XAAR and NAZDAR collaboration creates new viscosity

At the recent drupa 2024, Karl Forbes, Xaar Group’s R&D Director, showed how its Aquinox printhead, utilising XAAR’s Ultra High Viscosity printing and patented High Laydown Technology, is transforming productivity in digital textile printing. The presentation showed how XAAR’s collaborative work with global ink developer and manufacturer NAZDAR has enabled the creation of a unique high viscosity, pigmented water-based inkset – the HighV Aqua Tex – that will deliver disruptive performance benefits in the Direct-to-Garment (DTG) sector.

Chemists at NAZDAR were able to produce a new fluid technology that can deliver clarity and high pigment loading while simultaneously reducing the use of raw materials and energy costs. Vibrant, colour-rich textiles can now be achieved by using half the traditional amount of ink and printhead passes, delivering significant machine productivity savings. Notably, NAZDAR’s new HighV Aqua Series includes a high viscosity white ink, which when coupled with the TF Technology embedded within XAAR’s Aquinox printhead, provides customers with quality textile printing at an efficiency that was previously unmatched.