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4.1 Continuous Inkjet (CIJ)
Market uses How it works
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)Â is the most commonly used CIJ is a non-contact printing system and works by
coding technology in the packaging industry. The pushing ink through a small nozzle at high pressure,
technology is particularly useful for high speed, high whilst being vibrated, to form an ink stream of small
throughput production lines in the Food, Beverage, droplets.The droplets to be printed then have an
Automotive and Electronic industries. The printhead is electric charge applied before they pass through a
typically easy to install as the droplets are relatively large deflection field.The charged droplets are deflected by
and travel at high speed so it is possible to have as much a variable amount depending on the charge applied
as 10-30 mm between the printhead and substrate. and printed characters are formed; unused droplets are
This makes it ideal for printing onto curved surfaces returned into the ink system via a gutter.
(bottles, cans, cables) and also onto products that may
have variable positions on the production line (cartons,
pouches, trays).
Customers
