As Fast as a Speeding Press

When Aquaflex designs its presses, it designs them to address not only the current, but also the emerging needs of printers. “Our design objectives are to build in the most operational flexibility possible. Often, we find the dryer package can be a limiting factor,” comments Rosenbaum.

Rosenbaum cites the following example: you can run most applications with a standard IR dryer, however, when running a shrink sleeve application, IR drying can melt the thin shrink film unless you have just the right amount of forced air. “That’s what we do with our Aquaflex water-based dryer,” he says.