Digital Textile Printing Consumes 600 Percent Less Water

According to the global printing federation FESPA, digital textile printing technologies are facilitating the fashion world to be greener. With the rapid developments in the fashion industry, the textile printing industry is also transforming. In the textile market of 165 billion dollars, over 30 billion square meters of textile printing is carried out annually in the world. The printing industry is expected to grow as the world population continues to grow. Sustainable technologies are gaining importance due to this consistent growth.

 

6 times less ink usage

In the world of sustainability, studies are performed to minimize the use of valuable resources. Digital textile printing machines significantly reduce the carbon footprint in production processes. Large amounts of water and ink are used in rotary screen printing on textiles. During rotary screen printing, 35-60 cc of ink is consumed per meter. In contrast, digital textile printing, which utilizes Piezoelectric print heads that spray micro ink droplets onto the surface of the fabric, uses 6 to 9 cc of ink per meter.

In simple terms, this means that a 10,000-meter print run on a rotary head printer would use more than 540 kilograms of ink as opposed to the 90 kilograms that would be used by the digital printer. Since the main component in aqueous ink dispersions is water, this means 600 percent water savings with digital textile printing machines.

FESPA Eurasia 2021, whose preparations continue at full speed, will bring the printing world together for the eighth time by taking all necessary precautions at Istanbul Expo Center (IFM) on 2-5 December as planned. Binici emphasizes that creative applications will revitalize the sector with new applications.