Welcome to Oxytech Systems’™ comprehensive FAQ library. Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about our ultraviolet curing systems, infrared drying solutions, heated air knives, LED UV technology, and more. Whether you’re in packaging, publishing, or specialty printing, these FAQs will help you choose the right solution.
Oxytech Systems – Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to Oxytech Systems’ comprehensive FAQ library. Here you’ll find answers to the most common questions about our ultraviolet curing systems, infrared drying solutions, heated air knives, LED UV technology, and more. Whether you’re in packaging, publishing, or specialty printing, these FAQs will help you choose the right solution for your needs.
Ultraviolet Curing Systems
What are Oxytech’s conveyorized UV curing systems?
They are high‑performance ultraviolet curing solutions designed for continuous production lines, instantly curing inks, coatings, and adhesives for durable, high‑quality finishes.
What is narrow web flexo printing?
Narrow web flexo printing uses flexible relief plates to transfer fast‑drying inks onto substrates 10–24 inches wide, ideal for labels, tags, shrink sleeves, and flexible packaging.
How do Oxytech’s UV curing systems enhance narrow web flexo printing?
They instantly cure inks, coatings, and adhesives, ensuring vibrant colors, superior adhesion, and durability while boosting speed and reducing waste.
What is Oxytech’s UV curing solution for magazine covers?
It’s an advanced UV curing system that instantly hardens inks and coatings on magazine covers, delivering vibrant colors, superior adhesion, and durable finishes while boosting production efficiency.
What are Oxytech’s UV curing systems for gravure printing?
They are high‑performance UV curing solutions that instantly cure inks, coatings, and adhesives in gravure printing, delivering superior quality, durability, and efficiency.
What paper types can be used with Oxytech’s UV systems for newspapers?
They work with matte, gloss, coated, hi‑brite, news, and supercal stocks, enabling premium editions or cost‑effective daily runs with exceptional quality.
What is Oxytech’s portable UV curing solution for inline finishing?
It’s a movable UV curing unit that instantly hardens inks, coatings, and adhesives during inline finishing, boosting speed, quality, and flexibility across presses.
What is Oxytech’s UV curing solution for book printers?
It’s a UV curing system tailored for book production, delivering instant curing for covers, jackets, and specialty finishes with consistent quality and reduced turnaround times.
Infrared Drying Systems
What are Oxytech’s heated air knives used for?
They produce a high‑velocity curtain of heated air to remove moisture, debris, or coatings from surfaces without contact, ideal for printing, packaging, and industrial drying.
How does Oxytech’s IR technology speed up corrugator adhesive drying?
It emits infrared waves that penetrate paper, evaporating moisture in seconds, ensuring strong flute tip bonds and moisture equalization for enhanced board strength.
What types of industrial drying systems does Oxytech offer?
Infrared drying systems, hot air drying systems, and variable data drying systems, each engineered for specific applications and performance needs.
What are Oxytech’s Sheet Fed Infrared Drying Systems?
They are high‑performance IR drying solutions for sheet fed offset presses, delivering faster drying, superior print quality, and reduced operational costs.
How does pre‑coating IR drying improve digital print quality?
It conditions substrates with controlled infrared heat before printing, improving ink adhesion, reducing spread, and ensuring sharper, more vibrant prints.
What is the Oxytech Variable Data and Interstation IR Drying System?
A modular IR drying solution with 38″ imaging dryers for high‑speed, water‑based inkjet imprinting, featuring heated air knives, air evacuation, and inline imaging for quality control.
What is Oxytech’s infrared drying solution for newspaper printing?
It’s an IR drying system that rapidly cures inks on newspaper presses, improving print quality, reducing energy use, and enabling faster production speeds.
LED UV Systems
What is LED UV curing?
It uses ultraviolet light from LEDs to initiate rapid photochemical reactions that harden inks, coatings, and adhesives within seconds, with minimal heat and high energy efficiency.
Special Applications
Does Oxytech offer CNC plasma cutting and fabrication?
Yes. Oxytech provides CNC plasma cutting and CNC router fabrication services for precision‑engineered components and custom manufacturing needs.
