Meteor Inkjet Ltd, a leading supplier of industrial inkjet printhead driving solutions, has announced the launch of its Nozzle Health Technology – the first commercially available system to provide real-time health monitoring of every nozzle in an inkjet printhead. The technology improves the visibility of nozzle performance, giving manufacturers the ability to cut waste, reduce downtime and maintain maximum productivity. The system measures the impulse response of each nozzle in fractions of a millisecond, instantly identifying issues such as wetting, blockage, or air ingestion. Users can automatically compensate for missing nozzles using Meteor’s NozzleFix™ software or pause production for targeted maintenance before problems occur.
Meteor’s Nozzle Health Technology represents a fundamental shift in reliability and quality control for all inkjet applications, particularly in environments where the cost of failure is significant. Without Meteor’s Nozzle Health Technology nozzle faults are noticed only after producing perceptible errors. With this technology the nozzles can be checked without producing any faulty print. In additive manufacturing and 3D printing, a single faulty nozzle can cause anything from minor surface defects to complete and very expensive product failure. By identifying issues, Meteor’s technology ensures that uneven material deposition does not weaken layer bonding or result in fragile parts that fail under stress.
