Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014 11:24 GMT

Eco cures Harrison bottlenecks

News of the increased adoption of UV curing technology continues to come in, as the systems improve performance in terms of environmental impact, compared to methods using solvent-based ink.

One example is York-based Harrisons Signs, which recently made the decision to invest in a new Mimaki SUV wide-format printer. Peter Robinson from the company explains: “With our current high workload, we were starting to see production bottlenecks which we were keen to eliminate.

Having used Mimaki printers since the early years of this century (a JV3 followed by a JV33 that is still providing great service) we eagerly accepted an invitation from PaperlinX to test drive the latest technology in its demonstration suite

“Having used Mimaki printers since the early years of this century (a JV3 followed by a JV33 that is still providing great service) we eagerly accepted an invitation from PaperlinX to test drive the latest technology in its demonstration suite.”

Following the demonstration, Harrisons Signs went on to place an order that day. Robinson says the potential for cost and efficiency savings in all areas of production was one of the main reasons for its investment, and now estimates the business has realised an efficiency gain of around 25 percent.