For many sheetfed printers, the move to LED feels like a gamble. You want the energy savings and instant-dry benefits of LED, but some of your speciality coatings or low-migration inks still perform best under traditional mercury lamps.
GEW believe you shouldn’t have to choose one and lose the other.
Their ArcLED hybrid technology is changing the game for commercial and packaging printers. It allows you to run both UV LED and mercury arc lampheads on the same press, interchangeably.
How it works for your business:
Total flexibility: Use a LeoLED2 cassette for your process colours to slash energy bills, then swap in an E4C mercury arc cassette for specialised high-build varnishes.
One power supply: Both systems run off the same RHINO power rack. If you start with mercury today, you are already 90% of the way to an LED upgrade tomorrow.
Fast swaps: Using just a simple hex key, your operators can switch cassettes between interdeck and delivery positions in moments.
Universal compatibility: Whether you are running a brand-new Heidelberg or retrofitting a long-serving Manroland or Koenig and Bauer, our engineering team integrates this tech seamlessly.
Small and medium-sized printers are using this exact flexibility to outmanoeuvre larger competitors. They can say yes to any job, on any substrate, with the most efficient curing setup possible for that specific run.
Read Gary Doman’s article to learn more about how UV LED can benefit your business.
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