SHEETFED DRYING/CURING SYSTEMS -- Running Hot and Cold

"With a multicolor machine plus coater now being the standard for modern sheetfed presses, adequate drying systems have become a must to achieve the highest quality results," notes Bill Whitehead, director of sales, sheetfed products, for Oxy-Dry Corp. in Itasca, IL.

In addition to boosting print quality, drying systems enable the faster turnaround times being demanded by print buyers, notes Margaret Bain, marketing coordinator at Accel Graphic Systems in Dallas. As an added benefit, they reduce spray powder usage and set-off or blocking, she points out.