ITMA ‘95 - Textile Printing and Environment Protection

Abstract

Textile printing machines and processes have also been influenced by contemporary requirements for environment protection. The exhibits by the most important machinery and equipment manufacturers, presented at the ITMA ‘95 exhibition witness to that. The most important innovations and developments have been achieved in the field of machinery design improvements, so that the new machines can produce a high quality print, saving water and energy and efficiently protecting environment. The accent has been given to printing paste feed system, improvements in doctoring devices and optimisation in washing processes. Toshin Kogyo Ichinose Company has presented for the first time a printing machine of “Samurai” construction, enabling a sloped working position. In the manufacture of printing screens, flat as well as rotary, the patterns have been mostly produced by CAD/CAM systems, and engraving has been done by lasers. Transfer printing has also been significantly improved, especially in the field of natural fibre fabric printing. Jet-print and screenless print have achieved a high standard of quality, not only for floorcoverings, but also for other types of textile materials.