Our experts have reinvented the UV curing process once again and the result is the SMARTcure system, which uses AI to recognise potential energy savings and can positively infl uence the service life of an LED. The required data transfer between the system and the cloud creates a system that, in addition to an assistance function, can also provide operating data for maintenance. All with the aim of establishing modern and environmentally friendly work processes. Precise details for the performance settings per dryer are determined and implemented in an energy-saving manner.
In concrete terms, this means a reduction in consumption through:
The associated reduction in power consumption and operating temperature has a positive effect on the service life of LED systems. The necessary parameters (such as substrate, ink and varnish information) are entered manually secured or automatically via an interface and classified via a cloud connection. The information is automatically stored in a database.
What follows is a processing and calculation
The user can use a feedback option to evaluate the curing quality. Feedback and changes to settings are processed directly in the cloud. Other measuring systems and analyses can also be used, such as the UV Analyzer, measurement of the double bond conversion, solvent resistance or simply a thumb test. The SMARTcure system therefore learns continuously and enables a simple and customer-friendly optimisation process for modern curing applications.
All LED systems from IST METZ have a variable zone switching of the LED segments and the option of clocking (in sheetfed offset). The intelligent SMARTcure control system automatically recognises the format to be printed and actively controls the switching on and of the necessary LED zones.
