Kornit Digital has announced that it will present its new high-productivity, low-cost-per-print Vulcan system at ITMA 2015. Kornit’s new Vulcan is a digital platform that is positioned to compete with screen printing for mid-to-long runs, due to its extraordinary speed and ink efficiency. Compared to the company’s current systems, Vulcan users can reduce the cost per print by up to 40%, Kornit Digital claims. With the Kornit Vulcan, more textile and apparel printers can benefit from digital printing advantages which include drastically reduced turnaround times, mass customization capabilities and the elimination of setup costs, coupled with significantly reduced labour and manufacturing space.
Kornit’s new direct-to-garment flagship is capable of producing up to 250 high quality garments per hour, with dark and light garments printed at the same speed. This marks a significant increase of productivity at more than double the effective throughput of previous Kornit systems. The Vulcan will produce excellent photorealistic quality, featuring 60 new-generation print-heads with an advanced recirculating ink system in a six-colour-plus-white configuration. The system caters for multiple print sizes and configurations with a maximum print size of 70×100 cm / 27.5×39.5 in. Like all other Kornit systems, the Vulcan was developed around the company’s unique Oeko-Tex 100 certified and GOTS pre-approved NeoPigmentTM.
