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Industrial digital printing as a competitive way to grow your business

Industrial digital printing as a competitive way to grow your business

Industrial digital printing

Competitive because your degree of flexibility allows you to respond immediately in face of changing trends and fashions. Competitive because you save time, reduce stocks of semi-finished goods and reduce equipment in your production line. Appealing because you can respond rapidly to each demand being able to offer customised, top quality, durable products.

The key issue facing customers is the need to combine high productivity with the high degree of customisation required by the market. In particular, the ability to obtain realistic, high-volume, high-quality reproductions of natural (wood) patterns with extremely hard-wearing surfaces, all at an affordable process cost. A further commercial benefit is the ability to produce one-off panels when required. By scanning the desired pattern, you can respond to impromptu requests or replace damaged pieces with much less effort and in a much shorter time than before.

Ideal for furnishing components, doors, flooring, PVC sheets and packaging

Our J-Print MP, J-Print SP and J-Print TD machines for colour and 3D, integrate seamlessly into complete printing and texturing lines that perform the entire process, from preparation of the raw material to the finished product. J-Print industrial digital printers, supported by our process knowledge and expertise, together with careful selection of inks and technologies, responds better to the needs of durability, depth, naturalness and definition of the textured effect.

The smart solution for edging manufacturers

When you need to faithfully reproduce the pattern from the panels to which the edging will be applied, with a short response from the request to the delivery of the finished material, and with small batches. J-Print SP roll-to-roll (R2R) for edging strips produces reels of decorated edging on demand, even in small batches, with preparation, printing and finishing in a single reel loading/unloading operation.

Naturally beautiful and naturally resistant for skirting and profiles

J-Print SP top-side printers for skirting and profiles is able to replicate the pattern from the floors on which the skirting boards will be fitted, with short response from request to delivery of the finished material. Even for small batches, manufacturers can reproduce natural patterns, particularly those of wood varieties, with the most natural appearance possible. Textured effects are also possible with the J-Print single-pass printer.

In short we provide complete lines, from preparation of the bare skirting to the decorated and finished product; fine-tuning of the entire technological process, from reception of the flooring samples to be reproduced; support to help our customers acquire the necessary knowledge and experience for the preparation of final print files.

Haptic effects and EIR (Embossing In Register)

The J-PRINT TD employs the technology to create positive and negative tactile effects with outstanding realism and an affordable, reliable process. J-PRINT TD, performs embossing in register (EIR), printing with a resolution of 400 dpi and speeds reaching 50 m/min. The printer uses special inks, ensuring the same surface resistance as you would expect from any high-quality flooring. Whether it’s wood, MDF or cork, you can digitally print and emboss with exceptional 3D quality.

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FLEXPRO: Patented flexibility, productivity and automation from a one-stop high-performance feature

FLEXPRO: Patented flexibility, productivity and automation from a one-stop high-performance feature

Quality oven Omnidry FLEXPRO

Patented flexibility, productivity and automation from a one-stop high-performance feature.

The name's FLEXPRO and it means flexibility, operational versatility and high productivity for your coating line.

Over 50 years of industry-specific expertise in the field of vertical oven designing have resulted in taking a further step forward thanks to the patented FLEXPRO function, available in the Omnidry range. Flexpro ensures automatic management of loading thickness variability according to the dimensions of the workpieces and to logistical needs.

FLEXPRO, which has just been granted a US patent, after having been patented in Europe, is the ideal compromise between productivity and flexibility. Its uniqueness lies precisely in the fully automatic adjustment of loading thickness, which is made possible by direct interaction between the coating machine and the oven in terms of types of incoming pieces. For this reason, FLEXPRO is able to manage the entire cycle without requiring any operator action and without ever stopping production.

This patent is also the result of a solid, successful approach to process innovation by Cefla Finishing. FLEXPRO is the product of structured brainstorming among professionals in our various business areas, who analyse internal and external inputs (from the market and from our customers) and turn them into innovative ideas.

Congratulations to the inventors: Massimo Dovadola, Cristian Giovannini, Luigi Franzoni

Contact us and discuss your needs with a finishing expert.

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Spray coating line, medium size system

Spray coating line, medium size system

When looking for a spray-coating line for raised or flat panels, in wood or its derivatives, we at Cefla Finishing have an integrated solution. You may be thinking of using it to decorate furniture elements, stairs, noise barriers or other finished products with similar characteristics.

This system enables a high degree of flexibility to handle varying production needs. It is comprised of different machines for brushing/cleaning, spraying, flash-off and curing and because of its overall compact design, requires no more than 125 sqm of floorspace.

Contact us and discuss your needs with a finishing expert!

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Coating Technologies

Coating Technologies

We have been designing spray-coating equipment since 1960. Today’s innovative solutions cover all current market requirements, can be tailored within an integrated production context and are geared up to tomorrow’s market scenario.

Cefla Finishing iBotic coating

We design and project spray-coating equipment since 1960. Today’s innovative solutions cover all current market requirements, can be tailored within an integrated production context and are geared up to tomorrow’s market scenario.

We believe technological research and continuous innovation to be essential for the achievement of rewarding results. First and foremost, our goal is to be a consultant and partner.

Go here for more general information on our range of spray coating solutions

 
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Spray Coating. Doing it manually? Want to try automatic?

Spray Coating. Doing it manually? Want to try automatic?

Manual and automatic spray coating

Are you experiencing inconsistent coating quality? Is poor transfer efficiency an issue and is low productivity putting the brakes on attractive business opportunities for you? A limited investment in an automatic spray-coating solution will put you on track for the more demanding customers of tomorrow. 

What are the immediate benefits of moving to automatic?

➀ Reduced lacquer consumption, because it derives from machine set-up and not from the employee
➁ Consistent quality piece after piece, because automatic equipment does not get tired during a shift
➂ Productivity will increase by as much as 3 times compared to manual spray coating processes
➃ No need to worry about keeping the reverse side of a panel clean as it moves around on a flat surface

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What’s behind the comeback of Elispray?

What’s behind the comeback of Elispray?

Elispray elliptical spray coating Cefla Live

A solution which has been part of our portfolio for a number of years, Elispray was originally designed as the high-speed, elliptical spray coater, featuring 12 or 24 guns. Today, the only feature which is not affected by the in-depth innovations made to the machine is the name: Elispray.

The transformation? Consistent all-round savings

As many major manufacturers of doors, kitchen cabinets and other furniture items are seeking for ways to cut costs, Elispray has a combination of answers which addresses the overall demand to save wherever possible. And savings come through increased efficiency.

Superior transfer efficiency leading to reduced lacquer consumption has a large impact on costs. Furthermore, the oversized synthetic belt keeps overspray where it can be recouped and recycled. This also saves the filters from dealing with excessive overspray, meaning they will last longer, thereby diminishing costs even more so. All in all, it adds up to a cleaner machine, and this leads on to another benefit: cleaning operations are much easier than on the previous version. Even the double plenum contributes to directing overspray onto the work pieces, so less time is needed to clean the equipment between batches.

Faster than before and easier to maintain

Today’s Elispray works faster and ensures the same quality or superior thanks to a lacquer distribution system providing the following benefits:

  • critical machine components can be monitored while the machine is working to avoid unproductive stoppages

  • allows companies to plan maintenance sessions without needing to react to problems which disrupt production

With the new Elispray, productivity also takes on a new meaning, and is combined with excellent finishing quality and above all, significantly lower lacquer consumption and relevant costs. 


Cristian Giovannini

Product Manager | Spray Coating and Drying Technologies

Product development, technologies and machines for spray coating

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cristian-giovannini-9a62271b1/

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