Leonhard Kurz launches DM-Liner metallization unit

The new DM-Uniliner finishing unit from Kurz expands its portfolio of DM-Jetliner and DM-Flexliner in-line technologies with a standalone variant. It has been designed for print shops in the narrow web sector and utilizes the inkjet technology as in-line machines.

Label printers can use the DM-Uniliner before or after color printing. If the metallization is applied before, the colors applied by overprinting take on a brilliant metallic gloss. When designs with a rainbow color play or holographic structures are used, the overprinting creates shimmering and vibrant light and color effects.

Thanks to the high-pressure stability of the printing unit and constant web speed, the machine is said to ensure smooth, fast processing with minimal waste. It is able to processes substrates with the speeds up to 75 m/min (246 ft/min) and is suitable for rolls of up to 800mm (31.5in) diameter.

The new DM-Uniliner produces a flat, color printing equivalent application of the metallization layer predestined for finishing roll-fed labels without distortion and can apply the finishing on pre-printed materials with a registration accuracy of ± 0.2 mm.

Kurz multi-use function is also available for the DM-Uniliner. If metallization areas of a transfer roll remain unused after the first finishing pass, the roll can be reused multiple times to apply overprintable metallization. The unused areas are detected by a print mark sensor and transferred to the substrate in a second metallization pass.