Press release submitted on behalf of GEW.
GEW, Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom, a leading manufacturer of UV systems for label and narrow web printing, shared the latest news items. The first of these is an introduction to two of their latest products, the Air Blast Cooler and the DoseGuard Lab Unit. Read more here. Next is a video from our Managing Director, Robert Rae, which outlines the benefits of GEW’s distributor network. Watch the video here. Finally, they turned their focus on a recent interview from Label & Narrow Web, in which Editor Greg Hrinya speaks to Jeff Stone, GEW’s Sales Manager for the Midwest. They discuss how GEW supports customers in the USA. Read on, or watch the video here.
LATEST PRODUCTS
Air Blast Cooler
The Air Blast Cooler is a simple, low-energy, closed-loop system that features an air-cooled heat exchanger that uses ambient air to remove heat. It provides efficient, low-maintenance cooling without water loss, contamination risk and avoids the use of regulated refrigerants (F gases), which face new EU restrictions in Europe from January 1, 2027.
Air Blast Coolers are specified to suit the GEW UV system and can be configured in tandem to provide cooling capacity at 20kW, 38kW or 56kW. They are standalone refrigeration units that can be ducted to atmosphere by the customer, if required. The master unit consists of an axial fan, heat exchanger, filter, pump, expansion vessel, fill tank and control cabinet. Slave units consist of an axial fan, a heat exchanger and a filter.
Air Blast Coolers typically consume around 50% less energy than chillers because they eliminate the need for compressors. Watch Robert Rae’s LinkedIn video to find out more about our Air Blast Cooler: Watch video here.
DoseGuard Laboratory Unit
The second new product is the DoseGuard Laboratory Unit, which is the perfect quality control system for any pressroom with multiple GEW UV-equipped machines. It offers a fast, simple and accurate method to measure the UV output of any GEW UV Arc or LED cassette across its entire width under standard conditions. The system can analyze any GEW cassette manufactured since 2000.
How does the DoseGuard Laboratory Unit work?
The DoseGuard sensor is mounted inside the Laboratory Unit, below the lamp mounting position. When a cassette is inserted, the unit will run the lamp at the selected power level and scan the entire length of the lamp. Irradiance in mW/cm2 is measured, and UV dose at any speed is calculated for easy comparison of expected curing performance. Warning levels can be set to easily identify non-conforming cassettes, and data can be simply exported via USB in Excel format.
Go to the GEW website to learn more about the DoseGuard Lab Unit or click the link to watch Managing Director Robert Rae’s LinkedIn video, which explains the benefits of the DoseGuard Lab Unit for printers: Watch video here.
Robert Rae explains how the distributor network benefits GEW customers
In his latest post, Robert Rae outlines the extent of our worldwide distributor network and explains the benefits of this extensive network for our customers, including:
- Local stockholding for fast delivery of spare parts and consumables
- Minimal downtime if there’s a problem
- Local sales staff who speak your language
- Swift, responsive service by highly trained Service Technicians
Watch Robert Rae’s video here.
Jeff Stone discusses how GEW supports customers in challenging times: Watch the video here. In this short video interview, created with Label & Narrow Web magazine’s Editor Greg Hrinya, Jeff Stone outlines why printers should continue to invest in GEW, even during economically difficult times.
About GEW
GEW (EC) Limited designs and manufactures Arc and UV LED curing systems for printing, coating and converting applications. The company is the leading manufacturer of UV systems for label and narrow web printing and is experiencing a growing global presence in sheetfed and web offset for commercial printing and packaging, as well as the wood coating market.
GEW’s UV systems are available for all new machinery, and can be retrofitted to any active press, allowing printers to breathe new life into older printing equipment. GEW has a world-class production facility at its UK headquarters, a subsidiary in the USA and a branch office in Germany, all supported by an extensive list of worldwide distributors.
For more information, visit www.gewuv.com.
