Kornit Digital, a long-time innovator in digital textile printing technology, showcased its latest development, Storm Hexa, for the first time in China at this year’s China International Textile Printing Industrial Technology Expo (CITPE) Show in Guangzhou.
The new Storm Hexa is equipped with 16 print heads and two additional colours for full CMYK, Red, Green and White support capable of producing up to 170 garments per hour in high productivity mode. Its features include a recirculating ink system to reduce ink consumption and to further optimize reliability and system availability, as well as a doubled number of nozzles to increase productivity of up to 40 per cent over previous Storm configurations. The new system was originally introduced at FESPA Amsterdam and has been in high customer demand in Europe and North America since then.
Buck Kim, Kornit’s President – Asia Pacific shares, “The new Storm Hexa has been equipped with state-of-the-art technology to turn it into one of the most advanced industrial direct-to-garment printing systems. It delivers drastically improved throughput and further reductions in ink consumption, as well as excellent print quality.”
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Like all Kornit systems, the Storm Hexa is based on the company’s patented NeoPigment™ printing process. It eliminates external pre-treatment steps and produces colourful and highly detailed prints on a variety of fabrics (cotton, polyester, blends, denim, silk wool and more). The system is geared towards industrial mass-customization applications thanks to advanced productivity features such as a built-in pre-treatment system, a quick replace pallet mechanism, a 4-litre bulk ink system, an integrated humidity system and a backup power system for a quick and easy system start.
Kornit inks meet the most rigorous environmental regulations, including Oeko-Tex 100 standard, GOTS V3.0, heavy-metal free, formaldehyde-free and alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APE)-free. NeoPigment’s overall efficiency is complemented by brilliant and intense colours, an excellent ‘hand feel’, and long-term durability and wash fastness.
