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Mink Bankets

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ChromoJET-Blanket

Basics

  • In the past, Mink blankets (also called Raschel blankets) were mainly made from acrylic fibers. For the last couple of years, more and more polyester is being used - mainly for price reasons. 
  • Nowadays most blankets are still being printed using flat-screen printing machines, but CHROMOJET printing is catching up very fast.

Printing Methods

Most blankets are being printed applying the flat-screen method or the CHROMOJET process color technology using 10 or 12 basic colors.

MagnoPRINT - ZIMMER AUSTRIA Klagenfurt - 001

MagnoPRINT flat-screen printing

  • Printing speed is about 10 m/min
  • Limited repeat
  • Limited number of colors
  • Contact printing
  • An individual screen is required for every color / design
  • Large printing machine with high space demand
CHROMOJET800 - ZIMMER AUSTRIA

CHROMOJET.PRINTER

| Process color jet printing

 

CHROMOJET technology represents the next level of digital blanket printing; this technology started revolutionizing the blanket printing industry.

Advantages: 

  • Unlimited repeat
  • No screens
  • Full penetration
  • Easy sampling
  • Little space needed
  • No color change - little waste water

Printing Process

To achieve good printing results, the Raschel or woven base material must be free of oil and impregnations. 

Printing Process ChromoJET

Printing Process for Acrylic blankets

  • Printing with CHROMOJET, using cationic dyes
  • Penetration enhancement by SUPRAPRESS system
  • Steaming for about 5 - 8 minutes with saturated steam of 100°C / 212°F
  • Washing
  • Drying

Printing Process for Polyester blankets

  • Printing with CHROMOJET, using disperse dyes
  • Penetration enhancement by SUPRAPRESS system
  • Drying

Offline processing

  • High-temperature fixation for about 2 minutes at 180°C / 356°F using hot air or overheated steam 
  • Reductive washing (cold rinsing; washing at a pH value of about 12; rinsing and vacuum extraction)
  • Softener application followed by pad mangle or vacuum extraction
  • Drying

Alternative processing

  • ZIMMER’s high-temperature flow through dryer executes drying and dye fixation after printing in one step
  • In this case, no additional steaming process is needed.

Printing Machine

CHROMOJET800 - ZIMMER AUSTRIA

CHROMOJET.PRINTER
 Specification CHROMOJET800
 Technology valve jet technology
 Resolutions 76 x 38 dpi  or  76 x 50 dpi
 Printing widths 2,600 mm or 3,200 mm
 Printing speed up to 6.5 m/min
 Dye systems Disperse for Polyester /  Cationic for Acrylic
 Number of basic colors 10 or 12 process colors
 Jets per color 1024