Xeikon to unveil digital developments at Labelexpo

At Labelexpo Europe on stand 9H45, Xeikon will show for the first time its 3500 digital press in-line with a DCoat500 finishing line.

The DCoat500 has a 500 mm (20in) web width and can be used either in-line or off-line. Modules include UV varnish, lamination and a die-cut station able to operate in full rotary or semi-rotary modes, along with slitting and rewinding.

In another world first, Xeikon will demonstrate its 'Digitube' applicator for decorating flexible seamless tubes, aluminum closures and similar articles. This is a heat transfer system developed in co-operation with its machinery partner Moss, and allows decoration of a variety of plastic containers using digital printing technology. The Xeikon 3500 first prints the exact numbers of heat-transfer labels required for the decoration. In the next step, the roll of printed transfers is fed into the Moss applicator which applies the label via a heat transfer process onto the container.

Xeikon also shows its 3300 with in-line DCoat330 finishing at the Digital Print Workshop and a Xeikon 3050 press in the Package Printing Zone, where it will convert a range of short-run packaging applications including wet-glue labels, heat transfer labels, folding cartons and POS/POP.

Pictured: The Xeikon 3300 with the DCoat500 finishing line

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