At Printpack India 2015, Provin Technos, the Indian distributor of Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology, Japan, will unveil the new version of Ryobi’s highest selling 36-inch press in India. Ryobi MHI Graphic Technology is upbeat about the Indian market and this is evident from the fact that for the first time the world premiere of a product will be done outside Japan.
The new version of the Ryobi press with the LED-UV curing system will be shown running at Printpack 2015. The 920 series – 36-inch format of Ryobi is the most popular press in the 36-inch segment in India with more than 30 installations so far and is available with all possible configurations such as in-line coating, perfecting and automation. Ryobi was the first press manufacturer to introduce LED-UV curing on a sheetfed offset press in 2008. This technology has been received well in Japan and has an installation base of more than 100 machines with LED curing systems. With persistent development efforts by Panasonic and Ryobi-MHI, the LED-UV system for the sheetfed offset press has been refined – the next generation LED system will be on display at Printpack 2015.
With a very small footprint for the control panel, the Ryobi LED-UV has press advantages like instant curing, no warmup or cooling time, latest-generation automation, broad substrate capabilities without heat generation or emission of ozone and very low power consumption – 15% compared to the conventional UV system. The LED-UV lamps quickly adjust to paper size and are claimed to yield more than 15 times the lifespan of conventional UV lamps.
