Tresu has developed a new inline coater for next-generation sheet-fed digital folding carton printing.
The new Tresu iCoat II delivers high-end coating opportunities for digital printing using industry-standard UV or water-based varnish in a single production pass and is capable of applying spot, partial or full surface coating immediately after the printing stage.
The new generation Tresu iCoat II features significantly improved registration and tighter tolerances, enabling high-end coating results for a wider range of substrates, both thinner and thicker.
A flexible modular platform allows future updates with further modules and functionalities at any time in order to accommodate future changes in brand owners’ printing operations or changes arising from short-run seasonal fluctuations or fashion cycles.
Ronni Nielsen, vice president, Solutions division at Tresu, commented, ‘With the next-generation Tresu iCoat II, the converters in digital printing enter a new era of coating application opportunities and we now present a flexible modular coating solution with significantly tighter registration and tolerances for a wider range of substrates, enabling our customers to match the quality they already know from offset.’
The HP Indigo 35K is a re-engineered sheet-fed folding carton platform, and features the new Tresu iCoat II
In developing the new iCoat II, Tresu is building on its existing iCoat portfolio and consolidating its existing successful partnership with HP Indigo to supply the next generation of inline coating technology for the new HP Indigo 35K digital press, the next-generation sheet-fed folding carton press based on LEP technology. The HP Indigo 35K digital press builds n the HP Indigo 30000 digital press, and features a redesigned inline primer and feeder, redesigned paper path, and the redesigned coater.
Both the HP Indigo 35K and the new Tresu iCoat II are planned to be presented at drupa 2020 on the HP stand.
