Kurz has developed DM-Uniliner as a standalone metallisation unit to afford maximum flexibility in finishing of labels.
DM-Uniliner builds on Kurz’s existing DM-Liner series of machines, which include the DM-Jetliner and DM-Flexliner inline systems. It has been designed for narrow web print shops that require maximum flexibility in their finishing processes. Like the inline machines, the new unit utilises inkjet technology, and it can be deployed before or after colour printing to create a variety of finished products. If metallisation is applied before printing, the colours applied by overprinting take on a brilliant metallic gloss. When designs with a rainbow colour play or holographic structures are used, the overprinting creates shimmering and vibrant light and colour effects. Labels already pre-printed on different machines using different processes, or those yet to be printed, can be metallised at any time. DM-Uniliner can also process self-adhesive labels produced from a wide range of plastic and paper substrates.
Specifically, DM-Uniliner processes up to 75 roll metres per minute. Substrate rolls of up to 800mm in diameter can be used. DM-Uniliner can apply the finishing on pre-printed materials with a registration accuracy of ± 0.2mm.
Kurz has developed a multi-use function for its narrow web machines that is also available for the DM-Uniliner. If metallisation areas of a transfer roll remain unused after the first finishing pass, the roll can be reused multiple times to apply overprintable metallisations. It is remounted in the winding system, and unused areas are detected by a print mark sensor and transferred to the substrate in a second metallisation pass. If further sufficiently large unutilised areas remain, they can be applied in a third pass to maximise use of the transfer roll metallisation layer.
