CURVINK

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Inkjet for bottles

Company Profile

Curvink bv is based in the Netherlands and was founded in 2013 to be worldwide agent for Dekron in Germany. Curvink sells Dekron’s digital inkjet technology to the glass bottle manufacturing industry.

In close cooperation with Rosario c2c bv, also based in the Netherlands, Curvink is not only able to supply the complete inkjet printing line but also ready to serve the users of the Dekron equipment. Rosario c2c bv has an almost 50 years experience in supplying screen printing machinery to the glass bottle industry worldwide.

DIRECT DIGITAL DECORATION is a cost efficient solution for all applications where traditional decorations, like paper-and plastic labels, sleeves and screen printing have reached their limits and have become too expensive.

Full color decorations, spot colours, instant switches between decorations have become a reality at a very attractive cost due to the application at high speed.

We are convinced that digital inkjet printing will be tomorrow’s answer to a modern need of full colour flexible printing. It will definitely replace a great part of the traditional bottle decoration methods.

Decoration

of bottles

will go digital!

Full colour

Organic inks

Decorated bottles

We herewith present just a few bottle (im)printed by inkjet, which should give you an impression of the way you may decorate your bottles.

Of course full colour, but also very fine printing and a modern design. Each decoration can be individualized by changing a colour, text, name or a number and all these changes can be controlled automatically through the software of the Dekron Inkjet printer. Automatic printing of individualized bottles.

Also on concaved bottle shapes can be printed.

High speed

(Up to 600 bpm)

Equipment

Model

DecoType Lab

DecoType Compact

DecoType Performance

Maximum speeds **

30 pcs/hour

5-70 pcs/minute

300-600 pcs/minute

Number of smart *

print modules duo

1 - 8

12 - 24

*) Each Smart Print System Duo consists of 2 print heads

**) The speed very much depends on the diameter of the bottle, height of the print and type and quality of the artwork/final print

Featuring:

Full colour UV curable inks (CMYK + white with 8 gray scales)
Stand alone units
Modular concept, adding of extra modules possible
Fully automatic ink dispensing system
Quick change Dekron Smart Print modules
Contactless printing
Immediate change of artwork through software
Quick change of artwork to another diameter of bottle, by quick change 'snap-on' base cups
Automatic printing of unique bottles

A typical Dekron Inkjet line consists of:

A preflame/silane pretreatment
A combined primer application unit and drying tunnel
(no heating required)
Dekron Smart Print module(s) unit to print CMYK + white + protective varnish
OR dedicated 2 or 3 colour print heads+ protective varnish
LED UV pinning 8 Watt
Final UVA curing

Technical specifications:

50-100 mm diameter round bottles and glasses
Concave and slightly conical shapes are possible
320 mm height bottles
Max printable height 190mm on body only

Xsaar inkjet heads
Resolution 360 dpi
Starwheel in –and outfeed on carousel machines
Visual inspection optional

UV cured

A better life

for your

bottle

UV inks are made out of organic compounds and pigments and are free of heavy metals. Direct printing of the UV inks on glass containers makes the use of paper and plastic substrates obsolete. The ink cost is a fraction of the total

label cost.

UV inks are cured by UV lamps which makes the decoration scratch-, water and pasteurization resistance. With the

colours C(cyanea) M(magenta) Y(yellow) K(black) and white as a basis you will be able to create your own very big scale of colours.

The total cost of ownership of direct digital decoration is

more than competitive to current high-quality decoration

such as self-adhesive labels, sleeves or screen-print for any order quantity.

Recycling of the with UV inks printed bottles has no effect

on the recycled glass or environment.

UV Ink technology

Change

of artwork in minutes

Service

Our goal is to optimize your daily glass inkjet printing production. More than 50 years of experience we can be seen as an authority in its field.

The buying of Dekron machinery in combination with our services is crucial to achieve the desired performance.

It is even more important to maintain this desired performance at the required level, which very much depends on the state of the equipment and the reliablity of the production line; 90% of your efficiency depends on a consistant production.

Together with Dekron we offer a wide range of services and machine maintenance programs, varying from personal training, part supplies, straight forward on site machine repairs, machine inspections and repair advice, preventative-maintenance agreements and scheduled maintenance jobs.