UV
printing - digital
KBA recently joined e-Best Digital Limited in Dongguan/China to organise a joint open house. Over the course of the event, the two partners shared their acquired wealth of experience in UV printing and finishing in 3b format with an impressive gathering of some 430 print professionals – a response which illustrated clearly the vast interest in this subject in China.
The morning session, chaired by Tommy Huang from KBA Printing Machinery in Guangdong, addressed the theoretical fundamentals of the UV process. In his opening words, e-Best Digital managing director John Ho thanked KBA for the excellent cooperation, in reply to which KBA sales director Dietmar Heyduck promised that KBA, and indeed all system partners, would continue to develop a broad diversity of future-oriented solutions for the Chinese print industry.
The demonstrations on the Rapida 105 universal gave an insight into the diverse possibilities of lenticular printing and the effects which can be achieved
Jürgen Veil, head of sheetfed offset marketing at the KBA facility in Radebeul, Germany, explained the press technology, the configuration details appropriate for UV production and the extensive possibilities for the printing of three-dimensional images on lenticular film. With the aid of various samples, he here pointed out the special technology considerations when dealing with flip images, morphing or 3D effects. John Ho also reported on the "vagaries of 3D printing" as experienced by his company in everyday practice, and offered numerous useful tips.
Subsequently, the guests were treated to a live print demonstration in the production centre at e-Best Digital Limited, where the recently installed six-colour KBA Rapida 105 universal with UV capabilities turned out a stream of high-quality 3D images. Both the e-Best crew and the visiting KBA specialists were kept busy answering a flood of questions from the audience.
KBA sales director Dietmar Heyduck thanked the many users in China for the confidence they place in Rapida sheetfed offset technology
The event gave an impressive insight into the possibilities for production on lenticular film and acquainted the participants with the special practical demands of this process. And throughout the day, the Rapida 105 universal once more underlined its outstanding reputation as an extraordinarily flexible means of production in the high-quality sector.
