A carbon infrared (CIR)
drying system from Heraeus
Noblelight is being used with
a Kodak Versamark high
speed print unit for costeffective
drying of a range of
high quality tickets at the Hull
factory of Bemrose Booth.

The car parking tickets
feature blocks of black ink to
alert users that rolls are in
need of imminent replacement.

These ‘alert blocks’
require large amounts of ink
which need to be dried at
speeds to match the printing.

The purpose-designed
drying system consists of a
12.9kW carbon medium
wave, infrared system providing
highly efficient drying,
as water absorbs infrared
most strongly in the medium
wave section of the spectrum.

An optical pyrometer
measures the temperature of
the web after it leaves the
heating/drying module. As
the line speed increases or
slows, or if ambient
conditions change, the
system’s infrared emitters are
regulated to maintain a preset
temperature.