Kyocera Printing Devices Division plans to release new EX series inkjet printheads this year

Picture Media Weekly Show: Could you please share your views on China’s digital printing market in the next year? What do you think is the current market trend? What are the development plans for Kyocera-related businesses in China?

Watanabe Yuuto: With China’s emphasis on environmental protection, digital inkjet printing has also developed rapidly. The current market demand for industrial print heads is further increasing.

Specifically, digitalization in the advertising and ceramic fields has been relatively mature, the textile field has developed rapidly in the past few years, the carton field has developed rapidly since last year, and the label field has shown strong momentum this year. Many manufacturers in the textile and POD fields are already using Kyocera printheads, but the digitalization process is still in progress.

Kyocera has been cooperating with equipment manufacturers in the field of cartons and labels many years ago to jointly develop projects, and the results are worth looking forward to. I believe that China's development is the development of the world, and I hope to continue to contribute to China's digital inkjet printing industry.

Picture Media One Week Show: It is understood that Kyocera will launch a new print head product in 2023. Will the new product be for inkjet or thermal? Or both? What is the difference from the previous print head?

Yuto Watanabe: The new product is an inkjet print head. Although Kyocera print heads have been adopted by many customers and have mature technical capabilities, we are also developing new products that incorporate piezoelectric components, Kyocera’s technological strengths. This product not only improves quality but also achieves stability. Sexual improvement. This is the EX series inkjet printhead expected to be released within this year. Compared with previous products, this print head has three major design features.

First of all, the piezoelectric actuator of the EX series print head adopts the latest version of the integral piezoelectric actuator, which enables easy installation and more accurate printing.

Secondly, the EX series print head is equipped with a piezoelectric brake in a high-strength box frame structure, which has a higher safety factor.

Finally, the EX series print head has developed an auxiliary circulation flow path that passes directly near the nozzle hole to realize a true circulation head!

EX600 (new product)

EX600RC (new product)

Art Media Weekly Show: How much is the approximate price of the new product? What application market is being addressed? Are there any printers that support molding?

Watanabe Yuuto: I think this product achieves very competitive product performance and price on the current market. It can be mainly used in textile, carton, and POD fields. We are currently promoting the evaluation and development after installation on the machine.

Graphic Media Weekly Show: Who are the competitors of this print head?

Watanabe Yuuto: I believe that all inkjet printhead manufacturers will sell high-quality products to customers, but we can provide Kyocera's unique inkjet printhead that can realize a 4-inch large-scale integrated monolithic piezoelectric braking unit.

It has been more than 60 years since Kyocera was founded. Kyocera not only strives for excellence in the research and development of precision ceramic technology, but also has a long history as a manufacturer of piezoelectric components for electronic components. Piezoelectric elements are the core of inkjet printheads, and the performance of piezoelectric elements determines the speed and quality of printing.

In order to make industrial printheads achieve faster speeds, higher image quality and longer durability, Kyocera has mastered the matching core technology through years of experience in the development and production of piezoelectric components.

The high-density nozzle configuration independently developed by Kyocera's inkjet printhead enables precise control of the amount of ink droplets. The resulting maximum 5 grayscale printing options provide high-precision image quality. The use of fast-response piezoelectric elements lays the foundation for the realization of high-speed printing.

In addition, the unique flow path design enables stable ink supply to all nozzle holes while suppressing non-discharge during continuous printing. And the technical experience cultivated in the textile field has been applied to high-strength nozzles that prevent ink from immersing and are durable.

Picture Media One Week Show: What are your expectations for the Chinese market regarding the new printhead?

Yuto Watanabe: I think this new product will become the core product for accelerating the digitalization of printing. In order to benefit more users, we will make more attempts.

Picture Media One Week Show: Who are Kyocera’s current partners in the Chinese market?

Yuto Watanabe: In the cloud exhibition hall of Kyocera Printing Devices Division, digital printing equipment from Honghua and Hanglory are on display.

Customers who have published articles on the official WeChat public account of Kyocera Printing Devices include (in order of publication time): Founder, HG, PRT, Docan, Haotian, Texttalk, NKT, etc.

Talking about the future development of Kyocera printheads, Mr. Watanabe Yuuto said: As far as printheads are concerned, from the perspective of market requirements and characteristics, I think there are the following directions: First, for existing uses , higher production capacity will be required in the future. Higher image quality , and it must be applicable to more types of inks ; secondly, new application areas , the durability of nozzles for special inks ; and thirdly, printing under special conditions .

Kyocera will also shoulder these requirements and expectations, continue to improve existing products, synchronize the development and manufacturing of new products, and further enrich technical support activities.

In addition, regarding the environment, Kyocera Group has been conducting CSR environmental activities . In recent years, China has also promulgated many rules and regulations on environmental protection. Especially in the printing industry, various requirements such as reducing volatile substances and waste have become increasingly strict .

Under these requirements, I believe everyone in the traditional printing industry is working hard to carry out various improvement activities. Considering the traditional printing process and process, perhaps transitioning to digitalization is the simplest way to protect the environment .

From the perspective of workload, digitalization can reduce the process flow of traditional printing and inkjet printing , which is also a huge contribution to the printing industry.

Based on these, in order to catch up with the high image quality and high speed of traditional printing and meet market demand, Kyocera will also consistently improve and develop printheads and strive to promote the digital development of the printing industry .

In addition, it was revealed that Kyocera will participate in the 2023WEPACK (2023 World Packaging Industry Expo) in July this year, and plans to participate in the All-India Expo in the future.

Han Seal and Kyocera

Hanhong Group and Kyocera

Kyocera inkjet printhead customer cases:

Honghua: http://www.hh-gltd.com

Founder: http://www.foundereagle.com/index.htm

Haotian: http://www.sz-haotiandz.cn/

Textalk: https://www.textalk.com.cn/

For more information, please visit: www.kyocera.com.cn

The above content is reproduced from the public account of Aiji Printing

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