The Xaar Aquinox is an aqueous industrial inkjet printhead for manufacturers and OEMs working with water-based inks, fluids or coatings. It can support applications including ceramics, coding and marking, corrugated packaging and textiles subject to ink, substrate and integration requirements.
Xaar Aquinox
A revolution in high-performance aqueous inkjet printing
Unlock reliable, high-speed printing with water-based fluids. Xaar Aquinox is engineered to deliver exceptional reliability, outstanding print uniformity and the productivity needed for demanding industrial applications, helping OEMs and manufacturers move confidently towards more flexible, efficient and sustainable aqueous printing.
Applications
High-speed aqueous and conductive printing for industrial applications
Designed for applications where conventional inkjet reaches its limits
From ceramics and textiles to corrugated packaging, coding and marking, and industrial print applications, Xaar Aquinox enables manufacturers to print aqueous and conductive fluids with greater reliability, higher productivity and improved colour performance. Its combination of aQ Power Technology, TF Technology, High Laydown Technology and Ultra High Viscosity capability helps customers overcome the traditional limitations of water-based inkjet printing.
Is the Xaar Aquinox right for you?
The Xaar Aquinox is ideal if you need to
The challenge
Water-based inkjet needs to deliver more than sustainability
Aqueous printing offers clear opportunities for manufacturers looking to reduce their reliance on more traditional ink systems, but
water-based fluids can be challenging to jet reliably in demanding industrial environments. Conventional aqueous inkjet systems can struggle with nozzle reliability, sedimentation, print density variation, colour consistency and the ability to handle more functional, higher pigment or higher viscosity fluids.
For OEMs and manufacturers, this can create a difficult trade-off: move towards water-based printing, but risk compromising productivity, uptime, colour strength or application performance.
Xaar Aquinox is designed to remove that compromise by making aqueous inkjet more reliable, productive and versatile.
How the Xaar Aquinox solves it
Bringing industrial reliability to aqueous printing
aQ Power Technology | Optimised specifically for aqueous fluids, aQ Power Technology combines Xaar’s optimised architecture, materials and drop ejection approach to enhance reliability, improve robustness and extend the working range of pH levels. |
TF Technology | Xaar’s TF Technology keeps fluid in constant motion directly past the back of the nozzle, helping prevent sedimentation, minimise temperature variation, reduce print density variation and remove air bubbles and unwanted particles from the fluid path. |
Ultra High Viscosity Technology | With the ability to jet viscosities up to 100cP, Xaar Aquinox enables manufacturers to work with higher pigment, higher opacity and more functional aqueous fluids, expanding what can be achieved with water-based inkjet. |
High Laydown Technology | High Laydown Technology increases the drop size the printhead can jet, enabling higher fluid volumes in a single pass. This is especially useful for textiles, highly absorbent substrates and thick film coatings. |
AcuChp Technology | AcuChp Technology and Tuned Actuator Manufacturing improve colour performance and print uniformity, helping manufacturers achieve high-definition image resolution and consistent output across the printhead. |
XaarGuard | XaarGuard helps maximise printhead life, uptime and print quality through nozzle protection. |
Key benefits of inkjet printing with Xaar Aquinox...
Xaar’s nozzle level piezo printhead ink recirculation technology which transformed industrial inkjet printing
Is a combination of ground-breaking technologies designed to optimise the Aquinox’s lifespan and robustness when handling aqueous fluids. These include a redesigned internal architecture, new water compatible materials capable of coping with an extended working range of pH levels, and a revolutionary new drive system enabling optimum drop ejection
Give you the ability to deposit large quantities of fluid
in each pass
Allows you to reliably print fluids around 100 centipoises (cP) at jetting temperature, (approx. 1000cP at ambient temperature) which is well beyond average jetting capabilities of 10-12cP
Frequently asked questions...
What is the Xaar Aquinox printhead used for?
Can the Xaar Aquinox be used in packaging and corrugated production?
Yes. The Xaar Aquinox can support packaging and corrugated applications where aqueous inkjet is needed for digital print, decoration, marking or coating. It can help manufacturers add digital flexibility, localised print, variable information or application-specific fluid deposition within production environments. Xaar’s Ultra High Viscosity Technology, enables the Aquinox printhead to jet new high viscosity formulations that minimise ink absorption into corrugated surfaces, producing strong opacity, colour vibrancy and delivering both visible appeal and durability for corrugated packaging.
Can the Xaar Aquinox be used for coding and marking?
The Xaar Aquinox can be used for coding and marking printing applications where water-based inks or fluids are required. In production environments, aqueous inkjet can support variable data, product identification, traceability, batch information and other industrial marks.
How does the Xaar Aquinox support textile printing applications?
The Xaar Aquinox is ideal for textile printing applications where aqueous inks or fluids are required. From direct-to-garment or direct-to-fabric print, the Xaar Aquinox offers enhanced reliability and print quality when printing with water-based fluids, thanks to its innovative and market-leading technologies. The Xaar Aquinox is supported by the reliable and proven Xaar Hydra ink supply system and drive electronics, with its ‘plug and print’ capability maximising printer uptime and print uniformity.
What makes the Xaar Aquinox suitable for aqueous inks and fluids?
The Xaar Aquinox printhead offers reliable aqueous printing performance when printing with water-based fluids, enabled by its patented aQ Power Technology. With fast speeds, high native resolution of 720npi and High Laydown Technology, printing with aqueous fluids using the Xaar Aquinox printheads is effective across packaging, corrugated, textiles, coding and marking and ceramic applications.
Why is fluid recirculation important for aqueous industrial inkjet?
Xaar’s TF Technology fluid recirculation helps maintain movement of aqueous inks and fluids through the printhead, which can support consistent jetting and reliable production. For applications such as packaging, corrugated, textiles, coding and marking and ceramics, this helps manufacturers manage challenging fluids and maintain repeatable performance in demanding production environments.
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