digital printing system
MATRIX 2.0
Rapidly changing markets – specially adapted solutions
“Each eye is unique.” In the past decade on the optical market, this has led to a guiding principle which might be described as a great emphasis on individualization with the objective of finding a suitable answer to each customer requirement. The changing ophthalmology market has created a demand for new printing solutions for progressive lenses. COTEC® has responded with the MATRIX 2.0 digital printing system.
High quality, environment friendly printing on hydrophobic surfaces
Many years of experience in ongoing product development in the field of chemical surface treatment with hydrophobic functional coatings as well as systems engineering are the key success factors which enabled the creation of a digital printing system.
Our development team together with our own production facility ensures the provision of leading-edge solutions. As one of the leading providers of functional coatings such as DURALON series materials, we have developed a digital printing system which provides the opportunity to print individual, customer-specific designs on any lens surface, particularly even hydrophobic surfaces.
Digital printing system – COTEC presents the MATRIX 2.0:
A fast, safe, economical and environmentally friendly printing solution for progressive lenses. Perfect, high-resolution printing without design limitations. No influence on surface properties. Removal of the printing with no residue.
FAST, SAFE, ECONOMICAL
Our printing ink polymer dries immediately after printing and requires no additional drying processes. The printing produced has clear, sharp lines and edges. The finest structures can be shown with high resolution.OPTIMAL ADHESION – REMOVAL WITH NO RESIDUE
INDIVIDUAL DESIGN – CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC INFORMATION
properties and benefits
MATRIX 2.0
The MATRIX 2.0 printing system is designed for manual handling.
The Operator places the lenses in the printer manually and starts the printing process after the alignment of the marks included in progressive lenses.
The lenses are printed with the design selected.
- User-friendly, high-resolution printing system for surfaces with and without functional coating
- Removal of printing ink guaranteed with no residue
- Individualized print designs possible
- Standard printing colors available: blue, yellow, magenta, black and white
- OMA interface
Please contact us directly if you are interested in the MATRIX 2.0. Our development team will be pleased to prepare an appropriate solution for you.
| Technical Specification | |
|---|---|
| Capacity | approx. 100-130 Jobs per hour |
| Type of lenses | no restrictions |
| Surface | hydrophobic, oleophobic, AR-, hard coating, uncoated |
| Lens diameter | edged lenses and uncut up to 90mm |
| Printing resolution | 635dpi @ 40µm |
| Line thickness | min. 0,3mm recommended |
| Tolerance | max. rotation +/- 0,2°, max. shift +/- 0,2mm |
| Print design | single image or composed image files |
| Design editor | CorelDraw / Adobe Photoshop |
| Ink | solvent-free, pigmented hot melt ink |
| Colors | cyan, magenta, yellow, white and black (other colors on request) |
| Cleaning process | cotton cloth with isopropyl alcohol |