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Fox Valley
Technical College
Appleton, WI

In 2002, XericWeb® Drying Systems helped fund five irAIR dryers for Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton, WI. The combination infrared-convection dryers were installed on a Mark Andy five-station flexo press.

The College is well known for its excellent graphic arts training programs in both flexographic and sheet-fed offset printing. Recognizing the importance of providing flexo students with state-of-the-art equipment, XericWeb Drying Systems offered to retrofit the school’s narrow-web press with more effective dryers.

Flexo instructors Mark Keller and Dan Muthig have been very pleased with the results.

Mark explained, “I had to change the dryers on the Mark Andy press. Our run speeds were always in jeopardy, due to drying-related issues. Now, with dryers from XericWeb Drying Systems, we can always run at the maximum speed the job will allow. Our run speeds have tripled.”

“There are so many variables with any printing job,” said Dan. “Because our new dryers do what they’re supposed to do, they’ve eliminated one of the variables right off the top. Also, with the old dryers, jobs would ‘pick,’ even at idle speeds. That doesn’t happen any more.”

“We also appreciate the help and support we get from the folks at XericWeb Drying Systems. If we need it, help is just a phone call away,” Mark stated.

Edale Ltd.
Romsey,
United Kingdom

"We wanted to get people involved who understand dryers and tap into their knowledge of drying and inks," explained James Boughton, Chief Executive of Edale Ltd., as he described why his company chose the irAIR dryer for the Sigma flexo press. Working with XericWeb Drying Systems allows us "to focus on our technology, which is printing and web handling," added Steve Jordan, Technical Director.

Edale has been designing and manufacturing narrow-web flexographic printing presses since the 1950s and today has presses installed in countries all around the world. The irAIR dryer is a popular option for Edale's servo-driven Sigma press, which was introduced in 2003.

"We custom-build our Sigma press and XericWeb Drying Systems is able to custom-build dryers to support our machines," James stated. "We are pleased with XericWeb's service and support."

Tailored Label Products, Inc. has been producing industrial pressure-sensitive labels for 20 years and today specializes in manufacturing labels and die cut components for applications with unique requirements. Most of the company’s labels are printed on films.

In June, 2004, Tailored Label selected a full compliment of irAIR dryers from XericWeb Drying Systems to retrofit a Mark Andy 8-color 2200 press (7-inch web).

Steve Melzer, Lead Pressman, explained, "When we wanted to upgrade, we did some research and talked to other printers. We learned that the XericWeb irAIR dryer was the dryer of choice. It’s what people most recommended."

Tailored Label has seen significant improvements since installing the XericWeb dryers. "We are completely satisfied," Steve continued. "We can run our products at nearly twice the speed. We’ve also significantly reduced waste, which was an important part of our ‘lean manufacturing’ initiative. We no longer have to discard large quantities of product because the ink’s not dry."