Thursday, March 31, 2011

Laser Cutting NovAcryl

The base material used for the NovAcryl PT Series Photopolymer is PETG (Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol). Many people think that the clear base is acrylic and are often times surprised when the PETG does not laser cut the same as acrylic.

PETG is a thermoplastic polymer resin and requires different setting when laser cutting. There are several large photopolymer fabricators that exclusively use lasers to cut their NovAcryl photopolymer. The most common lasers are made by Universal Laserr in Scottsdale, AZ.

Here are a few setting for cutting NovAcryl with a 50 watt Universal Laser.
-  run at 100% power
- .6% speed for PT-236
- 2.0% speed for PT-118
- 3.0% spedd for PT-060
- run all at 1,000 PPI

Visit the Tech Support section of our website for more information.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Rolland VersaUV LEC Seriers Printers

Nova is now selling Rolland VeraUV LEC Series UV Inkjet Printer/Cutter.

As the world’s first UV inkjet printer/cutters, Roland’s DPI award-winning VersaUV LEC series quickly revolutionized the packaging prototype and short-run label industries. For the first time, professionals could print CMYK plus White and Clear inks for varnishing and embossing effects on virtually any substrate and then crease, contour cut or perf-cut their designs, all on one device through one seamless workflow.

VersaUV uses safe, low-heat LED lamps to print on materials ranging from metallic and synthetic papers and foils to BOPP, PE and PET film, even leather and fabrics. VersaUV creates remarkably rich effects including matte and high-gloss finishes in your choice of textures and patterns. Roland ECO-UV inks produce graphics that are easy to handle and can be stretched across curved surfaces and sharp edges without cracking. With VersaUV, your prototypes and comps are so realistic, they are virtually indistinguishable from finished products.






Thursday, March 3, 2011

How To Process Photopolymer

We recently made a video that demonstrates  How To Process Photopolymer Signs for ADA Complaint Room Identification signage. 

In the video below we process NovAcryl Photopolmyer using our Orbital X Photopolymer Processor, AccuCutter 19" finishing shear and the Kobo TC-851 hot stamp device. Please contact us for more info.