06.22.15
IST Metz hosted the seventh edition of UV Days, and the event sported the motto, “UV rocks.” The company provided information about UV lamp technology, as well as the increasingly popular LED technology at its Nuertingen, Germany headquarters. Drying technologies were also displayed with a cartonboard guitar.
IST Metz broke its record for attendance as 800 guests attended the event. UV Days held several printing demonstrations and lectures, company tours, lab tours and a large exhibition of partners from the printing industry.
“With around 2,000 square meters in our new building, we had of course the advantage of having more space this year,” says Dirk Jagers, managing director at IST Metz. “Thus, we have been able to assign the popular exhibition stands to more companies.”
There was also high demand for the paper guitar, this year’s print gimmick for visitors. The printing of the guitar body, with the drying of inks and varnishes by means of UV light included, was demonstrated live, once with UV lamp technology and once exemplarily with a UV LED system. The finishing of the guitar neck with hot-foil embossing was also shown, cured by means of UV light.
Any ordinary smartphone can be pushed into the folded head of the guitar. It is first clamped into a holder produced by the 3D printing process. The top of the head is then closed with a cardboard tab. An app for Apple or Android devices developed specifically for the occasion can be loaded. It contains a game in which, similarly to when playing the guitar, the fingers of the left hand have to touch the correct strings to win points.
“We have once again shown at UV DAYS how much potential UV technology offers in combination with new product ideas,” adds Jagers. “Lamp or LED, which technology is the better choice depends on the respective application. UV allows for high-class finishings in packaging printing. There the lamp technology will remain useful. In commercial printing less finishing effects are required, but here the advantage of immediate processing is a strength UV also offers. A retrofitting to LED technology is conceivable in this area. What is certain above all is that the market for UV is growing, and along with it UV Days which we will host again in 2017.”
IST Metz broke its record for attendance as 800 guests attended the event. UV Days held several printing demonstrations and lectures, company tours, lab tours and a large exhibition of partners from the printing industry.
“With around 2,000 square meters in our new building, we had of course the advantage of having more space this year,” says Dirk Jagers, managing director at IST Metz. “Thus, we have been able to assign the popular exhibition stands to more companies.”
There was also high demand for the paper guitar, this year’s print gimmick for visitors. The printing of the guitar body, with the drying of inks and varnishes by means of UV light included, was demonstrated live, once with UV lamp technology and once exemplarily with a UV LED system. The finishing of the guitar neck with hot-foil embossing was also shown, cured by means of UV light.
Any ordinary smartphone can be pushed into the folded head of the guitar. It is first clamped into a holder produced by the 3D printing process. The top of the head is then closed with a cardboard tab. An app for Apple or Android devices developed specifically for the occasion can be loaded. It contains a game in which, similarly to when playing the guitar, the fingers of the left hand have to touch the correct strings to win points.
“We have once again shown at UV DAYS how much potential UV technology offers in combination with new product ideas,” adds Jagers. “Lamp or LED, which technology is the better choice depends on the respective application. UV allows for high-class finishings in packaging printing. There the lamp technology will remain useful. In commercial printing less finishing effects are required, but here the advantage of immediate processing is a strength UV also offers. A retrofitting to LED technology is conceivable in this area. What is certain above all is that the market for UV is growing, and along with it UV Days which we will host again in 2017.”