The Inkjet Conference's video: TheIJC 2017: Digital coatings: Markets and technologies

An award-winning presentation from TheIJC - the world's biggest event dedicated to inkjet engineering and inkjet chemistry. Our upcoming dates are: 12-13 April 2018, Chicago Book now at http://usa.theijc.com 15-17 October 2018, Düsseldorf Book now at http://theijc.com You can purchase all 2017 proceedings at http://www.esma.com/shop/theijc SUBSCRIBE TO THIS CHANNEL TO RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION RELEASE Rob Day from TTP presents during The Inkjet Conference 2017 "Digital coatings: Markets and technologies" Three technology groups exist to address established markets for digital decoration and marking: drop on demand inkjet, continuous inkjet and valve jet. These technologies occupy very different capability spaces in terms of drop size (and hence image resolution), firing frequency (and hence throughput) and fluid rheology. They serve the needs of most decoration and coding markets well. End users requiring viscous or particulate-laden fluids to be deposited digitally are being held back however. Emerging markets that fit this profile include additive manufacturing, adhesives for garment and footwear manufacturing, functional coatings for textiles, flooring and furniture, automotive and aerospace painting, security printing, bio-printing and high quality metallic decoration of packaging. Technologies that can operate in this space include TTP’s Vista and Touchspray printheads, Archipelago’s Powercoat, and Alchemie’s Jetronica. This talk will examine both the markets mentioned and the technologies offered, concluding that we are seeing the emergence of a new category of inkjet device for functional printing.