The Customer Waveform Tool (CWT) will help Xaar’s OEM customers deliver Xaar-enabled print systems that are highly tuned to each customer application. End users buying machines that have been developed using the CWT can expect to see a higher degree of print performance. Furthermore, the new CWT will provide more development flexibility and decrease time-to-market for OEMs developing new printers.
Waveforms are electrical drive signals that are applied to the channel walls inside a print head to create a movement; this in turn produces the acoustic (pressure) waves used by most of Xaar’s print heads to eject the ink or fluid from the nozzles. The tool enables Xaar’s customers to finely tune these electrical drive signals in-house to produce the best possible jetting characteristics. OEMs using this tool will see their product development shorten as they will have more control over time needed for this aspect of the product development cycle.
‘This is an exciting development for Xaar and its OEM partners’, said Alan Mutch, senior product manager at Xaar. ‘We are delighted to be able to respond to customer demand with the launch of the CWT. This tool helps our customers to leverage their own technical capabilities and address the needs of their own customers. It also helps them to bring their products to market more quickly. We are launching the CWT as part of our ongoing commitment to working more closely with, and delivering the very best service to, our global OEM customer base.’
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