Several major factors have brought about a “good day” for the market, and digital printing equipment has “evolved” like this!
Hangzhou Honghua Digital Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Honghua Digital”) recently released its semi-annual performance report, stating that operating income in the first half of 2021 was approximately 456 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 56.42%; The net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company was approximately 108 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 49.36%; the basic earnings per share was 1.89 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48.82%. In the first half of 2021, Honghua Digital’s main business, digital printing equipment and ink, accounted for 60.6% and 31.3% of revenue respectively.
As the leading domestic digital printing company and the first domestic company to apply digital printing technology to industrial production, Honghua Digital’s outstanding report card also reflects the digital The printingequipment market is booming.
The epidemic brings new opportunities for transformation
Digital printing has outstanding advantages over traditional printing. Traditional printing colors are relatively monotonous, the printing accuracy is poor, and there is a lot of sewage discharge. All these shortcomings can be solved with digital printing, and digital printing has a wider color gamut and higher image accuracy. At the same time, digital printing is also a representative of new green printing and dyeing technologies.
According to the research statistics of China Textile Machinery Association, digital printing equipment has maintained a year-on-year growth trend in the past five years, and the digital direct injection printing machine and high-speed transfer printing machine markets have grown rapidly. .
The outbreak of the new crown epidemic has brought new opportunities for the development of digital printing equipment. Affected by the epidemic, after the Spring Festival in 2020, most printing and dyeing companies faced the situation of being unable to start work as scheduled or having insufficient personnel to resume work. The role of digital technology is stimulated and revealed. “Digital printing equipment realizes automated management and control processes, especially transfer printing equipment. One skilled worker can operate multiple pieces of equipment at the same time, which greatly saves the number of employees in the company, reduces labor costs, and helps alleviate the labor shortage caused by the epidemic. The issue of resumption of work and production.” said a person in charge of the China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association.
Under the epidemic situation, the advantages of digital printing of “small batches and quick response” have become more prominent. Its production organization is flexible and requires less labor. Compared with other industries, it is less affected by the epidemic, bringing new market growth points to the printing industry. andtransformation and upgradingopportunities. Research data from the China Textile Machinery Association shows that although the sales of digital direct-injection printing machines declined slightly due to the epidemic in 2020, the sales of high-speed transfer printing machines still increased by nearly 20%. From January to June 2021, the sales of digital direct-injection printing machines and high-speed transfer printing machines both increased by more than 20% compared with the same period last year.
In addition, the continuous release of policy dividends is also one of the main factors promoting the rapid development of the digital printing market. In recent years, the government has introduced a series of policies and measures to promote intelligent manufacturing. Major textile provinces such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Shandong have vigorously promotedintelligentproduction in the textile and apparel industry, and digital inkjet printing of textiles is one of the important areas. The issue of localization of inkjet printheads is also expected to be included in the national “14th Five-Year Plan” scientific research and technical transformation projects. The localization of inkjet printheads will greatly promote the popularization of digital printing technology.
Technological progress builds momentum for development
In recent years, according to production needs, digital printing equipment technology has also been constantly innovating. At the 2020 China International Textile Machinery Exhibition and ITMA Asia Exhibition held in June this year, many digital printing equipment manufacturers displayed their latest models.
Honghua Digital’s VEGA8000DI high-speed, high-precision intelligent digital inkjet printing machine is equipped with 48 high-precision industrial nozzles, with a printing speed of 630 meters/hour. It has a quadruple intelligent nozzle protection system, which can support remote diagnosis and support Computer networking connects enterprise MES and ERP systems.
The mini LARIO digital scanning direct printing machine of the Italian MS company uses balancing technology and changes the arrangement of the nozzles to increase the number of nozzles from the original 32 to 64. The printing speed reaches 18.2 meters/minute and can support Remote diagnosis and other services.
For the first time, Konica’s NASSENGER10e digital printing machine uses dual guide rails on the scanning car, which reduces the load weight of the guide rails, makes the guide rails less deformed, improves the stability of the scanning car, and ensures printing accuracy.
The world’s first SDouble one-time double-sided printing technology of Flying Ship Digital Printing Equipment Co., Ltd. combines simultaneous double-sided printing, image recognition and alignment, and digital printing technology. It only needs to install the printed fabric once. Synchronize the double-sided digital printing process. Pattern alignment does not require manual intervention, and can provide a variety of printing processes such as “same flowers and same colors, same flowers and different colors, different flowers and different colors” to meet the needs of various permeable or non-permeable fabrics.Qualityprinting requirements.
Xiamen Hanyin DA067D paint all-in-one machine has a modular design. Various ink supply, treatment liquid, waste ink recycling, electrical control and other units are independent of each other and made into drawers, which can be easily opened during application or maintenance. Closed, it will not affect the operation of other modules.
ExpertAnalysts believe that the outstanding features of digital printing equipment at this exhibition mainly include the following aspects: First, the integration of equipment and the Internet is getting closer and closer. For example, mobile phone embedded remote diagnosis, remote printing control, host networking and enterprise MES and ERP systems are used, and the intelligent functions are becoming more and more powerful. Secondly, equipment is getting larger and larger, and manufacturing quality is getting better and better. The speed of digital printing scanner is about 400~1000 meters/hour, and it is equipped with various widths of 1.8~3.2 meters. With such a high speed and such a wide door width, if the accuracy in manufacturing the beams, guide belt steps, etc. is not good, the quality of the printing will not be guaranteed. Therefore, technologies such as honeycomb beams, double beams, and fully closed-loop precise step positioning have been adopted. Thirdly, more and more attention is paid to the design of the printing chamber. In order to save costs, many digital equipment did not have a printing chamber in the past. At this exhibition, most of the direct-injection printing machines and transfer printing machines were equipped with inkjet printing chambers, which shows that manufacturers have realized the harm of flying ink to the human body.
Many technologies of digital printing equipment have made new progress: First, the development of nozzle technology. For example, the constant temperature control system of the Samba nozzle, the oblique splicing technology, and the design of different bevel angles for each nozzle hole have greatly improved the printing accuracy and resolution; Epson has launched the commercial nozzle i3200 and industrial-grade nozzle in China. S3200 not only has the characteristics of high precision, high speed and long service life, but is suitable for high-speed transfer and direct-injection printing. It is also relatively low-priced, so it is adopted by many manufacturers. Second, the number of dyeing (coating) materials used by digital printing machines continues to increase. For example, the application of fluorescent colors and 12 colors makes the colors after digital printing more vivid and rich. Third, high-speed transfer printing machines are becoming more and more adaptable to thin paper. Through the improvement of software and hardware, the high-speed transfer printing machine exhibited at this year’s exhibition has reached a good state for wrinkle resistance and smooth operation of 10,000-meter rolls of 28-31g tissue paper.
Cost reduction accelerates substitution
Compared with traditional printing, the most obvious disadvantage of digital printing is that the printing speed is too slow. However, nowadays, digital printing technology has developed from scanners to SinglePass technology, and the printing speed has been significantly improved. With the support of SinglePass technology, the printing system is fixed on the beam of the printing equipment. The transmission device uses a continuous feeding method to continuously transport the substrate through the printing area at a constant speed. The printing system completes the printing process of the target pattern.
The Kunpeng single-pass direct-injection digital printing machine of Zhejiang Haiyin Digital Technology Co., Ltd. is a single-pass direct-injection digital printing machine independently developed by a printing and dyeing enterprise. Except for the nozzles, the software, ink, etc. are all designed and manufactured by ourselves. Two of them have been in stable production in our own company for more than two years. “The fabric produced by our digital printing is vivid, and the 3D effect is very lifelike and photo-realistic. This is something that cannot be achieved by traditional printing. We can now produce 70,000 meters per day at a production speed. Last month we did It has reached 1.45 million meters, which is very amazing and has far exceeded the production speed of rotary screen (printing machine).” said Song Lina, general manager of Zhejiang Haiyin Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Dachangde Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd. is the first company to purchase Haiyin Kunpeng single-pass direct-injection digital printing machine. After using it for a period of time, Chairman Qian Hanning is still very firm about his original choice: “The first is speed. Secondly, it is of high grade, high authenticity rate and less likely to produce defective products. In the future, with the transformation and upgrading of the printing and dyeing industry, digital printing is an inevitable development trend.”
At the same time, with the technological advancement of digital printing equipment, the improvement of production efficiency, and the price reduction of ink after domestic substitution, the cost of digital printing in my country continues to decrease, the processing fee decreases, and its market competitiveness also continues to improve.
Since 2017, the processing fees and processing costs of digital printing have dropped significantly. Research data from the China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association shows that in 2017, my country’s direct-injection digital printing processing fee was 18 yuan/meter to 20 yuan/meter. In 2020, this number dropped to 10 yuan/meter to 12 yuan/meter; digital transfer printing processing The cost has dropped from 7 yuan/meter to 8 yuan/meter in 2017 to 3 yuan/meter to 4 yuan/meter in 2020; the comprehensive cost of direct injection digital printing processing has dropped from 8 yuan/meter to 10 yuan/meter in 2017 , dropped to 5 yuan/meter to 7 yuan/meter in 2020. At the same time, the cost of ink usage has also dropped significantly, from 2.8 yuan/meter in 2017 to 1.5 yuan/meter in 2020.
“Digital printing does not require making screens in advance. If it is a small batch production, the total cost will be lower than traditional printing. Although digital printing ink is more expensive than dyes used in traditional printing, at present, this price gap It is also shrinking. In the future, the advantages of digital printing will become more and more obvious.” said the relevant person in charge of the China Printing and Dyeing Industry Association.
Under the global trend of digital printing, digital printing equipment will undoubtedly usher in greater market space.
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