Scheffer unveils new UV coater

Scheffer Web Finishing is using Ipex as a springboard for a new high-speed UV coater and a hybrid machine offering a medley of uses, including fancy coatings.

The FlexCoater offers "unprecedented" UV coating quality and savings in consumables and operating costs, said a spokesman.

He added that like the FlexCoater, the hybrid machine handles UV, as well as specialised applications.

These included metal-fleck and foil metallics, magnetic backings and titanium coatings that change colour when viewed from different angles.

Other application include thermal coatings that change from black to translucent when touched.