Luxembourg-based Flint Group has introduced new UV LED curing ink technology Ultraking XCURA LED for Sheetfed offset applications.
The product range of XCURA LED comprises standard process inks, a base mixing scheme, metallic inks and overprint varnish, as well as a low migration product will be added soon.
The new ink technology coupled with Varn Pressroom Chemistry and dayGraphica blankets, will allow printers to gain full benefits from switching to LED.
Ultraking XCURA LED products, which are suitable for printing to ISO 12647-1 standards, includes eminent color strength, display better ink or water stability and require lower levels of energy to operate.
Flint Group global research and product development director Rodney Balmer said the LED curing is one of the first technologies to reduce the drawbacks of UV.
"The fact the lamps contain mercury, require exhausts for the ozone they produce, need cooling and are actually relatively inefficient, typically utilising less than 15% of the energy produced, makes the search for alternative technologies all the more attractive," Balmer added.
