Drying plant for drying printed material
AssigneeSvecia Silkscreen Maskiner AB
InventorSylve J. D. Ericsson
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Abstract
A drying plant for drying printed material includes a material conveying means (3) and a plurality of print drying devices (4a, 4b). One or more first drying devices for drying print (6) are arranged on one printed side (5a) of the substrate material so as to face said side, while one or more second drying devices (4b) are arranged on an opposite side (5b) of said substrate material so as to face said opposite side; The second drying devices (4b) are arranged to act upon the printed part (6) of the substrate material in a drying and/or curing mode, before said part (6) is acted upon by the first drying devices (4a) in a similar mode.
Claims8
A drying plant for drying printing substance applied to a first surface of a radiation transmissive substrate, said drying plant comprising:
- means for conveying said material along a path;
- means for irradiating an opposite surface of said substrate from said first surface as said substrate is conveyed along a first portion of said path so to cure a first layer of the printing substance adjacent said first surface of the material;
- means for irradiating said first surface as said substrate is conveyed along a subsequent portion of said path so to cure the remaining layer of said printing substance.
The drying plant according to claim, 1 wherein said means for irradiating an opposite surface and said means for irradiating said first surface are UV-radiating devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.