Silmark is a printing system that uses the light beam from a CO2 laser to “write” into the special IR-sensitive ink. The ink will change colour permanently from white to black after exposure to the 10000nm wavelength of the beam. It will do this so rapidly that alpha-numerics can be printed at over 1300 characters per second to produce good quality, stable, machine-readable codes and marks.
The added cost to the printing of a package is very low which leads to considerable overall cost savings compared with other coding technologies. Added to this is the fact that lasers are totally reliable and require virtually no service or maintenance. The use of Silmark means that packing lines do not require to have any contact with inks or solvents: no need for a technician and no chance of taint. Siltech claims that Silmark is better quality, cheaper, and greener than other coding systems. Furthermore, Silmark can be used to code through wrapping film (if you can see through the film, then the laser beam will go through it!), and it can code in damp conditions.
Siltech Limited offers an assessment service whereby possible savings following adoption of Silmark will be calculated.
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Siltech announces the launch of “Silmark”, a clean, fast method for packaging-line coding and marking.
The print engine is a low-power CO2 (IR) laser, the beam from which “writes” like a pencil onto Siltech’s special coating. The speed of writing is very high, up to 3000 characters per second, and the quality of the print excels that of other non-impact techniques. As the laser requires no maintenance/servicing, the running costs of Silmark are very low. Furthermore, emissions and waste are reduced, and considerable savings on space heating/cooling can be achieved, thus reducing the “carbon footprint” of the user.
The news is that we are here! And we are busy launching our speciality inks and labels into the market place.
To enable us to do this, we would like to hear from freelance sales/marketing personnel across the globe, particularly if you have successfully introduced new products into the packaging, printing or sterilisation industries.
We would particularly like to hear from you if you could market and sell our “Sterisure Gamma” monitor.
This is a new product, with many advantages over competitive products, and we expect it to become the standard by which others are judged.
Siltech Limited may be a small infant company, but it is big news in the printing industry.
Our portfolio of speciality inks and lacquers has succeeded in lighting fires in several sectors.
For example, we offer a heat-sensitive ink which can be marked (e.g. variable information) by conventional thermal-head printers.
Our flexo/gravure water-based chemithermal inks are set to revolutionise the printing of thermal labels.
Why use thermal label-stock when you can use ordinary label-stock and just print the patch where the variable information is needed?
Contact us for more information of our “Thermoprint” range of inks/lacquers.