Destruction of printing solvents — ethyl acetate, ethanol, MEK, IPA, toluene — from presses, coaters, and laminators.
Ceramic heat exchange recovery — autothermal on solvent-rich printing exhaust.
Compliant
Meets Solvent Emissions Directive mass balance requirements — destruction replaces fugitive management.
Printing &
Packaging
Regenerative thermal oxidisers for flexographic, gravure, and lamination solvent abatement.
Purpose-built OxiTherm thermal oxidisers for the printing and packaging industry. 99% destruction of ethyl acetate, ethanol, MEK, IPA, and toluene emissions from presses, dryers, and laminators — with 98% energy recovery that enables autothermal operation on solvent-rich exhaust.
Printing & Packaging
Applications
Select an application to see how OxiTherm thermal oxidisers address your specific printing and packaging emission challenges.
Flexographic printing generates solvent vapours from ink drying systems — ethyl acetate, ethanol, IPA, and n-propyl acetate are the dominant species from solvent-based inks, while water-based flexo inks release glycol ethers and residual co-solvents. High-speed, multi-colour presses produce large air volumes with moderate solvent concentrations that vary with print speed, ink coverage, and substrate type. Our OxiTherm regenerative thermal oxidisers destroy 99% of flexographic emissions with 98% energy recovery — enabling autothermal operation on solvent-rich runs.
Autothermal
Zero fuel cost on solvent-rich printing runs
Multi-Press
Centralised system serves multiple press lines
SED Compliant
Meets Solvent Emissions Directive mass balance
Dryer Heat Return
Recovered energy fed back to press dryer tunnels
Built for
Print &
Packaging
Key advantages of OxiTherm regenerative thermal oxidisers for printing and packaging solvent emission control.
99%+ Solvent Destruction
Regenerative thermal oxidation at 850–1,100°C destroys all printing solvents — ethyl acetate, ethanol, MEK, IPA, toluene — meeting the strictest SED, IED, and EPA emission limits.
Autothermal Operation
On solvent-rich gravure and flexo runs, the heat released by destroying the solvents sustains the combustion temperature — eliminating supplementary fuel costs during production.
Multi-Press Centralisation
Single OxiTherm system serves multiple press lines, coaters, and laminators — intelligent VFD draft control adjusts to whatever combination of machines is running.
98% Energy Recovery
Ceramic heat exchange media captures combustion energy — recovered heat is returned to press dryer tunnels, reducing gas consumption and shortening drying times.
SED Mass Balance
99% destruction efficiency satisfies Solvent Emissions Directive mass balance requirements — eliminating the need for complex fugitive emission management programmes.
Variable Load Response
Modulating burners adjust in under 5 seconds to changing solvent loads during speed changes, ink changeovers, and substrate switches — maintaining destruction efficiency.
Your Ink Solvents
Heat Your Dryers
Printing presses run energy-intensive dryer tunnels between every colour station. OxiTherm systems capture the heat from destroying your solvents and pipe it straight back to those dryers — reducing gas consumption and boosting print speed.
Dryer Energy From
Solvent Destruction.
Printing and packaging plants consume vast amounts of natural gas for inter-colour dryers, final dryers, and lamination curing tunnels. The OxiTherm doesn't just destroy your solvents — it captures 98% of that combustion energy and feeds it directly back into the dryer systems that are already consuming your gas budget.
Clean hot air at 120–180°C is ducted directly from the oxidiser exhaust to the inter-colour dryer tunnels on your flexographic or gravure press line — reducing individual dryer burner firing rates by 40–60%.
The final dryer tunnel and curing oven receive supplementary hot air from the oxidiser — enabling higher line speeds without increasing gas consumption.
Dry-bond and extrusion lamination tunnels require precisely controlled temperatures. Recovered heat provides a stable, clean thermal source that reduces gas-fired oven running costs.
In cooler months, surplus recovered heat tempers the large volumes of fresh make-up air entering the pressroom — maintaining comfortable working conditions without dedicated space heaters.
Printing &
Packaging
FAQs
Common questions about regenerative thermal oxidisers for printing and packaging solvent emission control.
Printing & Packaging Consultation
Our engineers specialise in printing and packaging emission compliance. Tell us about your press types, solvent consumption, and dryer energy costs.
- Flexographic & gravure solvent abatement
- Multi-press centralised extraction
- Dryer tunnel heat recovery
- SED mass balance compliance