Digital printing system for printing on fabric including foam pretreatment
AssigneeDover Europe SàRl
InventorLuigi Milini
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a plant (1) for printing a fibrous material (T). The printing plant (1) comprises: a station (14) for supplying a fibrous material configured for supplying the fibrous material along a predetermined operative path, a treating station (10) configured for treating the fibrous material with a treatment composition by applying the composition itself on a first side (T1) of the fibrous material (T); and a printing station (6) configured for ink-printing at least part of a second side (T2) of the fibrous material (T) opposite to the first side (T1). Moreover, the present invention refers to a process of printing a fibrous material.
Claims20
A digital fabric printing system comprising:
- a fabric supply station configured to supply a fabric to be printed along a predetermined operative path;
- a treating station configured to treat the supplied fabric with a treatment composition by depositing the composition to the fabric at a first side of the fabric as a foam and then pressing the composition into the fabric such that the treatment composition is forced into the fabric from the first side;
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- a printing station disposed downstream of the treating station and configured to digitally ink-print at least part of a second side of the treated fabric opposite to the first side.
A digital fabric printing system comprising:
- a supply station configured to supply a fibrous material to be printed along a predetermined operative path;
- a treating station configured to treat the fibrous material with a treatment composition by depositing the composition to the fibrous material at a first side of the fibrous material as a foam;
- a printing station configured to digitally ink-print at least part of a second side of the fibrous material opposite to the first side;
- a conveyor belt with an exposed surface configured to receive the fibrous material from the supplying station and to guide the received fibrous material along an advancement direction, and to carry the received fibrous material through the printing station;
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- a foam sensor configured to emit a control signal responsive to an accumulation of foam caused by an initial contact between the treated fibrous material and the conveyor belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.