KBH Printing system wet side

• Blanks provided by hermetic press
• Printing on the dry side
• Removal of cement paste by surface treatment (blasting) prior to printing
• After surface treatment and before printing, application of fixator necessary
• Complex process – Expensive – Process reliability questionable

• Blank production by paver machine Printing on the wet side
• Integration in existing plant configurations and green field sites
• Render ineffective cement paste on wet side
• Regular curing in the drying chamber
• Coating (surface protection) on the dry side only
• Simplified process – highly flexible due to variety of product shapes and designs

• State of the art printer
• Use of UV-resistant inorganic ink – special development for wet side application
• Wet side printing allows for a deeper ink penetration
• Significant cost reduction due to reduced drying solutions needed
• Patents pending

• Cycle time printing: approx. 15 seconds
• Costs ink: 0.25 – 0.50 Euro/m²
• Costs UV coating 100 % system: 2.00 – 3.00 Euro/m²

• Printer
• Spraying System wet side
• UV Coating System dry side