XL1200 Drying System

1. XL1200 Drying System

2. XL1200 Drying System Confidential

3. Introduction • This presentation presents the elementary principles of theXL1200 drying system. • The goal of the drying system is to dry the ink on the media while printing. • Drying - media that pass the Free Fall system without any sticking sign. Confidential

4. Theory and Background • By heating the ink the substrate dries. • There are three methods to dry substrates by heating: • Conduction Heat Transfer. • Convection Heat Transfer. • Radiation Heat Transfer. Confidential

5. Theory and Background (Cont.) • With the XL1200, we use all three methods: • Radiation - by IR. • Forced convection - by ventilation. • Conduction - by heating the table. • Table heating is caused naturally by IR Radiation. • There is no additional heat in the upper table! Confidential

6. Radiation Forced convection Conductivity Theory and Background (Cont.) Confidential

7. Conduction Heat Transfer • When a temperature gradient exist in a body, energy transfers from a high-temperature region to a low- region. • We say that the energy is transferred by conduction. • With the XL1200, the upper table is heated by radiation and transmits the heat by conductivity to the back side of the media. Confidential

8. Convection Heat Transfer • It is well known that a wet surface dries faster when placed in front of a fan than when exposed to still air. • The phenomena is amplified when there is hot air. • With the XL1200, the ventilation system does exactly the same to help dry the ink. • The air inside the hood is heated by the frame (that heated by radiation) and forced to the ink surface by the ventilation system. Confidential

9. Conduction Heat Transfer (Cont.) • In contrast to the mechanisms of conduction and convection, where energy transfers through a material, heat by radiation can be transferred through a vacuum region. • The mechanism in this case is electromagnetic radiation. The radiation that causes heat to transfer is called Thermal Radiation. • With the XL1200, the IR lamps transmit very high thermal radiation to the ink surface that cause intensive drying. Confidential

10. Conduction Heat Transfer (Cont.) • Because of the intensive radiation, the media temperature rises very high and there is a possibility of media damage. • The ventilation also helps to cool the media by absorbing the heat with the solvent from the ink surface. • This is why the ventilation system in the XL1200 is always turned on. • The IR lamps are turned off, automatically, when the machine stops printing. Confidential

11. Heat and Solvent Balance • Most of the heat is transferred to the ink by thermal radiation. • The ink absorbs the heat and the ink temperature rises. • To eliminate high temperature, that can damage the ink and the media, the air is forced by the ventilation system to absorb the heat as well as the solvent from the ink. • The air temperature rises and the solvents vaporize in the air. • To eliminate high temperature and high solvent concentration, we are sucking 20% of the air outside the hood via holes on the top. This action keeps the temperature balance as well as solvent rejects from entering the hood. Confidential

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14. Front Side Confidential

15. Back Side Confidential

16. Left Side Confidential

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