Kornit’s new Vulcan is a digital platform that for the first time 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%, states the manufacturer.
Kornit Digital will present its new high-productivity, low-cost-per-print Vulcan system at ITMA 2015, taking place November 12-19 in Milan.
Quality
The company’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 photorealistic quality, featuring 60 new-generation print-heads with an advanced recirculating ink system in a six-colour-plus-white configuration. The system caters for multiple print sizes and configurations with a maximum print size of 70×100 cm / 27.5×39.5 in.
NeoPigment inks
Like all other Kornit systems, the Vulcan was developed around the company’s NeoPigment patented printing process. The 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.
Availability
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. The new system will be presented as a technology preview at ITMA during scheduled demonstrations. Kornit welcomes registrations either online at http://kornit.insiders.website/itma/ or during the show (Hall 18, B 113).
