Capabilities Overview
Xennia Team
Xennia has a world class team of chemists, material
scientists, physicists, software designers, electronics
and mechanical engineers, including 8 PhD scientists.
With over two hundred years of
industrial
inkjet experience and
expertise between them, the Xennia team is arguably
unrivalled within the industry.
Innovative chemistry and creative problem-solving are at the heart of Xennia’s
technical capability and are underpinned by fundamental understanding in key
areas such as organic chemistry, polymer science, dispersion technology and
fluid mechanics. The Xennia culture is all about creating real solutions for
real customers and the approach of our technical team is driven by pragmatism
and an understanding of our customers’ needs.
Facilities
Xennia’s inkjet laboratories are located near Cambridge in the UK . We have a comprehensive range of inkjet print rigs using most types of print heads commercially available or currently in development. We have examples of all types of piezo, thermal and continuous inkjet print heads and are capable of developing a wide range of inks for each individual head.
Our laboratories are equipped with state-of-the-art inkjet instruments, including several proprietary systems such as jet visualization and droplet measurement systems that help us to fully characterize the reliability and reproducibility of the droplet formation process for a given ink formulation. Advanced print/image quality systems allow us to quantify the performance of the ink on the substrate. Access to sophisticated chemical characterization techniques, ranging from electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance through to gel permeation chromatography enables assessment of complex chemical problems.
Our ink formulation laboratories include a range of ink processing equipment for mixing, milling, dispersion and filtration at various scales. Our ink manufacturing capabilities allow scale-up from the laboratory to full production volumes.
Our printer engineering and assembly workshops allow for system prototyping and manufacture of production printers.
