Glazing & decoration

The new products developed by Metco serve to fill the open microporosity on the surfaces with different solutions.

These innovative and complementary additives are used in the digital decoration of ceramic tiles to extend the range of decorations that can be performed.

Sinkmet soluble colours can be used on full-body porcelain tile to obtain veins and extraordinary aesthetic effects without the aid of glaze or glass sandwiching, while maintaining the technical qualities of porcelain.

Inter Ser is presenting the Evolution Clean digital printhead cleaning machine in partnership with Elema, which developed and tested it in operation.

The VivaJet® printer, available for widths of up to 1.4 m, holds up to 8 colour bars with the exclusive all-in-front layout which guarantees maximum accessibility to all components.

Igloo reduces the surface temperature by up to 12-14°C and also removes up to 90% of glaze surface moisture.

At Cevisama 2016 Kerajet unveiled the solution that would mark a real turning point for the future of the technology: complete digital lines covering the entire process from spray dried product through to the finished pallet ready for delivery

Polar and Easy Polar are the innovative cooling systems from Createch which are designed to eliminate steam from tiles prior to digital decoration.

The current model unveiled at Tecnargilla 2014 was specially designed to achieve maximum performance in terms of tile cleaning and cooling while keeping down electricity consumption and noise levels.

Amongst the new products, the series of HV4 digital inks is able to obtain the maximum colour yield and stability.

DGbull is a new printer concept for digital decoration of skirting boards with water-based inks and a low-temperature drying system. 

Print Head Cleaner offers a new method for cleaning and reconditioning digital printheads.

New 8-color inkjet ceramic printer with a printing width up to 1,000 mm – designed to meet the new trend of the 90x90 cm tiles, configurable for single and dual line mode.

Along with the already well-known ceramic inks, the Spanish ink manufacturer is introducing a new range of products capable of creating unique digital effects.

The machine developed by Cami prevent the harmful ingress of dusty air into the compartments where digital decoration machines are installed.

Smac has launched D-Glaze, an automatic system designed to control glazes which have to be diluted and brought to a specific density before being used in a glazing machine.

This new range of printers are designed for high-intensity colours and for the application of digital effects and glazes and are now also available in water-based versions.

Through-channel fluid recirculation in Toshiba TEC industrial inkjet heads continuously moves the large pigment particles carried by high-viscosity fluids across "side-shooting" inkjet head nozzle openings.

EFI Cretaprint has expanded its product portfolio which now covers industrial printers, software and ceramic inks and also ensures a rapid, allround Customer Service.

With Diversa, System introduces the concept of working in layers, allowing tiles to be decorated with the utmost flexibility in production runs as short as an hour.