COLORJET’s eco-friendly digital textile printing machine at GTE 2016

In order to deal with Indian and worldwide environmental concerns and also to address the stigma of a polluting industry, COLORJET Group is showcasing a groundbreaking eco-friendly digital textile printing machine which uses water based pigment inks at GTE 2016, being held in New Delhi, India, in Hall E, Stall E-5.

Fabjet Grand

Garment Technology Expo or GTE 2016 is one of India’s biggest annually held apparel technology trade shows and will see around 350 exhibitors from over 22 countries participating at this year’s edition.

“Apart from the price being very competitive, since our digital textile printers are manufactured at a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in India itself, buyers of our machines are eligible for various subsidies and benefits offered by the Government of India under EPCG & TUF schemes,” Mr. Smarth Bansal, Brand Manager at COLORJET said.

COLORJET-FABJET GRAND

FABJET GRAND is a commercial grade 3.2 metres or 126 inch wide digital textile printer and uses water based pigment ink. The printer is suitable for the customised home furnishing textile segment, particularly for producers of home décor products like curtains, bed covers and sofa covers, which are directly printed on cotton and polyester-based fabrics.

The printer delivers high productivity enabling high daily printing volumes and outstanding runnability for overnight printing without bending and colour deflection.

Advantages-FABJET GRAND

Advantages of the eco-friendly FABJET GRAND are manifold, which include; Suitable for all types of fabric, whether natural, synthetic or blends, Printing using Pigment Inks eliminating the need for any additional process such as pretreatment and coating, steaming and washing steps thus eliminating energy and water consuming steps, the time required for finishing apparently becomes negligible since no post process after printing is required thus time to market get shortens, Centralisation of printing sites, close to fashion district or to customers, FABJET GRAND is an investment which creates the economies of scale since no other process is involved and the printing can be done directly on the fabric.

Alongside, COLORJET India will also be showcasing its bestselling VASTRAJET, a commercial grade entry level digital textile printer offering production speeds of 4,000 meters per day and thereby meets the normal daily requirements of a textile printing house, while being suitable for natural as well as polyester based fabrics like georgette, moss crepe, weightless, chiffon, etc.

The high speed is achieved through specially designed jetting controls to optimize printheads performance, to match the high jetting frequency,  the mechanical structure is excellently designed to handle high speed production and precise dot placements, while the new bundled software offers up to 20 percent on cost saving in inks, thus providing a lower cost of production.