The high speed Kornit Digital Vulcan prints up to 250 garments per hour.
As a worldwide market leader in the design and manufacture of direct-to-garment and roll-to-roll textile printer technology, Kornit Digital has pioneered the development of pigment ink with its NeoPigment process that provides truly eco-friendly inks and production process. The company has been instrumental in bringing innovative machines to the market for all sizes of business, and its latest solution is designed to accommodate users who want to take advantage of digital apparel production at industrial levels that meet eco-aware operating practices.
The Kornit Vulcan is ideal for runs ranging from 50 to 300 garments where quality is vital, with the Kornit NeoPigment process providing the best results onto virtually all fabrics, using environmentally-friendly yet durable inks and minimal finishing. The Vulcan enables garment and apparel print businesses to benefit from optimum results with very fast cycle times and minimal finishing compared with other T-shirt and clothing production technologies.
The Kornit Vulcan eliminates the need for external processing, such as complex post-treatment, and this guarantees a more efficient total cost of ownership and a healthy and rapid return on investment. In common with all Kornit systems, the Vulcan features aqueous-based NeoPigment inks and simply requires external hot-air drying.
Kornit’s NeoPigment ink produces the best results onto virtually all fabrics
Of all the growing markets for digital print, the textile sector is proving to be among the fastest. Within that segment, direct-to-garment is rapidly expanding in popularity and Kornit has extended its solutions beyond desktop and industrial printers with its Vulcan, which appeals to print bureaux and businesses who want to achieve greater profitability using the latest digital technology. The trend for personalisation on apparel has led to significant market take-up for systems that appeal to print-on-demand specialists, screen-printers and digital print companies wanting to extend their services. As a result, the Kornit Vulcan offers a single source solution for just-in-time production, minimal SKU requirements and fast turnaround business models.
Although today’s run lengths are getting shorter, the demand for 50 to 300 pieces of apparel or T-shirts requires a system that can handle volume efficiently and very cost-effectively. The Vulcan takes users into the growing market segment where 250 high quality garments per hour can be produced, and with light and dark items being printed at the same speeds.
The Kornit Vulcan generates extremely high quality photorealistic prints as the machine incorporates 60 new-generation print-heads that feature an advanced recirculating ink system in a configuration of six colours plus white. With a maximum print size of 70 x 100 cm, the printer’s new method of media transport is complemented by its parallel printing sequence. This enables superior print quality on light and dark garments, with a wide gamut and bright, vivid results, that benefit from the same high speed architecture.
As with all the other printers produced by Kornit Digital, the Vulcan has been developed around the company’s unique patented NeoPigment printing process and this machine incorporates water-based pigment inks. This means that virtually all fabric types can be printed, including cottons and other natural fibres, man-made textiles and blends, broadening the potential and opportunities for garment and apparel decoration beyond the boundaries and limitations usually associated with digital fabric printing.
Kornit Digital’s family of direct-to-garment printers includes units suitable for start-ups and very small businesses, through mid-range and heavy-duty industrial machines to models ideal for meeting the strict colour matching requirements demanded by brands and the fashion sector. The Kornit Vulcan is the first of its kind for catering for the mid-volume market where mass customisation and extremely fast throughput speeds are vital, and where green operating practices are essential.
Specifications:
Machine description: High speed direct-to-garment printer
Printheads: Dimatix Spectra PWR
Ink: Water-based Kornit NeoPigment
Speed: Up to 250 garments per hour
Key features:
• Very fast end-to-end production
• Mass customisation for all volumes typically from 50 to 300 items
• Identical print speeds for light and dark items
• Generous print area of 70 x 100 cm
• Designed for 24/7 use
• Environmentally friendly and waste-free
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