Machinery News

A new Vastex VRS Pin Registration System for side clamp screen printing presses allows film positives to be registered onto screens off-press, and each screen to then be aligned in register on-press in about two and a half minutes. The system consists of a free-standing 53x66cm pin board with two …

M&R’s new i-Image S features the same software, print head, output quality, and image area as the i-Image ST-36-1, but with a smaller footprint, exceptional pricing, and the ability to image up to 100 screens per shift. It’s the ideal choice for small-to-medium size print shops. i-Image S quickly generates …

Capable of printing up to 1,100 pieces per hour, the MHM iQ-Digital was launched at SGIA in Las Vegas last month. This screen and digital hybrid machine is able to compete competently in both fields. It features a maximum print area of 63x120cm, with printing on both sides of the …

M&R has added the HotHead fabric compression system to its extensive product range. This system gives garment decorators two ways to apply heat and pressure to fabrics for fibre matting, ink smoothing, foil transfer, on-press ink discharging, and other speciality processes. HotHead’s control module mounts on the front of a print …

Wide-format printer and sign cutting plotter manufacturer Mutoh has added two new products to its extensive portfolio. The new ValueJet 1604X single head 64in wide printer model features a professional standard configuration including a RIP and a motorised take-up system for rolls up to 30kg. It is targeted at starting …

The Tx500P-3200DS 3.2m direct sublimation printer is the latest innovative product launch from Mimaki. With its built in, in-line heat fixation unit, the new printer significantly reduces production time through its simultaneous performance of two operations; printing and colour fixation, reducing two steps to one. With a print speed capability …

The new Red Chili DX has been added to M&R’s line of quartz flash cure systems. The freestanding Red Chili DX quartz flash cure system has numerous sophisticated features that can be operated directly from newer compatible M&R presses (Challenger III, Gauntlet III and Stryker). Those features include flash duration, …

Two decades of partnership has seen more than 200 of R A Smart’s customers’ textile digital printing systems running Aleph’s Smartprint dedicated textile RIP software. Aleph has unparalleled experience in the world of digital textiles, including writing proprietary  textile software and manufacture, supply and support of dedicated digital textile solutions. …

After three years of production, M&R has produced its 500th i-Image computer-to-screen imaging system. Geoff Baxter, director of M&R’s digital products division, said: “In the three years we’ve been making i-Images, the demand has been phenomenal. Interest in the line started strong and continues to accelerate. We’re now turning out …

Milton Keynes-based DTGUK.com has become the first UK company to install Kornit’s Storm Hexa, which was supplied by Adelco Screen Process. DTGUK.com already uses two of Kornit’s Breeze machines and this new addition means that throughput rates can now be augmented with the added benefit of working with a wider …