10.07.15
Kornit Digital will present its new high-productivity, low-cost-per-print Vulcan system at ITMA 2015, from Nov. 12-19 in Milan.
Kornit’s new Vulcan is a digital platform that rivals screen printing for mid-to-long runs, due to its extraordinary speed and ink efficiency. Compared to the company’s current systems, Vulcan users can reduce the cost per print by up to 40%. With the Kornit Vulcan, more textile printers and garment decorators can benefit from digital printing advantages, which include reduced turnaround times, mass customization capabilities and the elimination of setup costs, coupled with significantly reduced labor and manufacturing space.
Kornit’s new direct-to-garment flagship will be the fastest direct-to-garment printing system in the market, capable of producing up to 250 high quality garments per hour, with dark and light garments printed at the same speed. This marks a significant increase of productivity at more than double the effective throughput of previous Kornit systems.
The Vulcan will produce excellent photorealistic quality, featuring 60 new-generation printheads with an advanced recirculating ink system in a six-color-plus-white configuration. Like all other Kornit systems, the Vulcan was developed around the company’s unique NeoPigment patented printing process. Kornit’s own water-based inks work on a variety of fibers (natural, man-made and blends) and allow for inline-pretreatment. For the new system, the ink will be shipped in 4 liter bottles. After printing, garments are cured with a standard hot-air dryer. The inks are Oeko-Tex 100 certified and GOTS pre-approved.
“Given the continued trend towards large scale manufacturing of relatively small batches of discrete designs, Kornit made the decision to create a first of a kind versatile system able to run small, medium and large batches at extremely high speeds and with an easy-to-use user interface,” said Oded Kraft, Kornit’s VP of product development. “It is the most cost-efficient way to produce quantities beyond 100 shirts per print run, while being capable of customizing each shirt.”
Kornit will be launching multiple beta sites and evaluations of the system over the coming months and expects general market availability by the middle of 2016.
Kornit’s new Vulcan is a digital platform that rivals screen printing for mid-to-long runs, due to its extraordinary speed and ink efficiency. Compared to the company’s current systems, Vulcan users can reduce the cost per print by up to 40%. With the Kornit Vulcan, more textile printers and garment decorators can benefit from digital printing advantages, which include reduced turnaround times, mass customization capabilities and the elimination of setup costs, coupled with significantly reduced labor and manufacturing space.
Kornit’s new direct-to-garment flagship will be the fastest direct-to-garment printing system in the market, capable of producing up to 250 high quality garments per hour, with dark and light garments printed at the same speed. This marks a significant increase of productivity at more than double the effective throughput of previous Kornit systems.
The Vulcan will produce excellent photorealistic quality, featuring 60 new-generation printheads with an advanced recirculating ink system in a six-color-plus-white configuration. Like all other Kornit systems, the Vulcan was developed around the company’s unique NeoPigment patented printing process. Kornit’s own water-based inks work on a variety of fibers (natural, man-made and blends) and allow for inline-pretreatment. For the new system, the ink will be shipped in 4 liter bottles. After printing, garments are cured with a standard hot-air dryer. The inks are Oeko-Tex 100 certified and GOTS pre-approved.
“Given the continued trend towards large scale manufacturing of relatively small batches of discrete designs, Kornit made the decision to create a first of a kind versatile system able to run small, medium and large batches at extremely high speeds and with an easy-to-use user interface,” said Oded Kraft, Kornit’s VP of product development. “It is the most cost-efficient way to produce quantities beyond 100 shirts per print run, while being capable of customizing each shirt.”
Kornit will be launching multiple beta sites and evaluations of the system over the coming months and expects general market availability by the middle of 2016.