Digital Textile Printing

APPLICATIONS, INK CHEMISTRY & INTEGRATION

Monday 27 - Tuesday 28 January, 2020

Hotel Ilunion Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

COURSE FOCUS

Over the last decade, digital textile printing using inkjet technology has been introduced and is growing rapidly, especially for apparel printing. Many of the technical and material challenges have been overcome, and the increasing emphasis on cost saving, manufacturing flexibility and following market trends is generating a surge of interest.

The course will give an overview of the industry - the markets, applications and technology. The overall market dynamics and technology requirements for each digital textile application will be described. The required ink chemistries will be reviewed, and their use in inkjet printheads, and pre- and post-processing requirements detailed. Integration of inkjet technology within a production environment will also be considered, as well as the challenges of inkjet system design to make the process production-compatible.

COURSE OUTLINE

Course Leader

Prof Dr em Marc van Parys
Professor of Textiles, University of Ghent

Prof Van Parys is a Doctor in Chemistry and Professor of Textiles at University College Ghent and University of Ghent. He is Head of the Textile Department and the textile research Lab TO2C. Marc is also president of UNITEX (an SME association of Textile in Belgium and Netherlands), organiser of international congresses and chief editor of the UNITEX journal.

Marc is also a senior consultant and member of the board at Centexbel, as well as being owner and founder of TexZeppelin - a consultancy company dealing with emerging technologies including digital printing, UV-LED coating/printing, plasma and laser treatment and nanotechnology.

Dr Tim Phillips, Founder & Director
Catenary Solutions, UK

Tim Phillips has extensive experience in challenging inkjet integration projects, spending eight years working at Xennia Technology Ltd, the leading inkjet solutions company that was acquired by Sensient in 2015. This involved working with a wide range of companies developing technology for new applications including textiles, ceramics, packaging, décor and functional material deposition for printed electronics and biomedical uses. Tim founded Catenary Solutions in 2015 to bring this knowledge of digital solution development and marketing to a wider audience. Tim has also presented IMI Europe courses in the past including the Inkjet Academy and Inkjet Ink Manufacturing & Digital Textile Printing courses.

Tim graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MA Honours degree in Natural Sciences, and completed his PhD in liquid crystal physics and chemistry at the University of Bristol. More recently he studied for an Executive MBA at the University of Warwick.

To find out more on this topic check out these blog articles and presentations:

Tim Phillips of Catenary Solutions - Factors enabling industrial digital textile printing

Dr Enrico Sowade of Zschimmer and Schwarz - The digital revolution in textile printing – requirements and trends for inkjet inks and textile chemistry

Tim Phillips of Catenary Solutions - Manufacturing Inks for Industrial Printers