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Increasing energy and raw material costs, along with a growing sensitivity toward environmental issues, have led printing companies to seek new ways to obtain energy savings in order to reduce management costs and stay competitive on the international markets.

Rotogravure and flexographic printing processes make use of:

·    enormous quantities of organic solvents, with high management costs

·    enormous quantities of energy for heating the air for drying

·    enormous investments for recovering or disposing of solvents

As a result, on the most modern plants the major printing machine manufacturers have developed recirculation systems for the exhaust air coming from the drying chambers of the printing machines.

Modern air recirculation systems make it possible to achieve the objectives listed below while keeping the system in absolute safety condition:

·    reduction of the volumes of exhaust air discharged

·    reduction of the energy necessary for heating the air

·    reduction of investments (scaling of the recovery system connected)

·    reduction of the energy necessary for being self-sustaining (reduction of the fuel   necessary in heat reduction systems)

·    decrease of the residual solvent on the printed film

An adequate exhaust air recirculation system can also modernize older machines, reducing management costs and increasing both the productivity and life cycle of the machines.

Our company can conduct feasibility studies tailored to your specific needs, analyzing all the parameters of the printing process, calculating the savings obtainable by exhaust air recirculation, and developing an investment plan.