by Marabu North America Integrating screen, pad and digital printing into complex production processes requires expertise in made-to-measure solutions. From functional and decorative liquid coatings to UV-curable, solvent- and water-based inks, the respective benefits of screen, pad and digital printing go beyond conventional graphic applications. Question: What is … [Read more...] about Q&A: Printing Inks for Industrial Applications
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What are the Differences in Drying and Curing Pad Printing Inks?
by John Kaverman, Pad Print Pros LLC When you read the technical data for a pad printing ink, you'll notice that the recommended drying and curing parameters generally are called out separately. This is because drying and curing are two distinctly different things. Drying simply is evaporating the solvents from the printed ink film. Curing is the chemical reaction that … [Read more...] about What are the Differences in Drying and Curing Pad Printing Inks?
Inks for IML: Proper Choices for Premium Results
by Tom Hammer, Product Manager, North America, Flint Group Narrow Web How much do you really know about the inks you use in your in-mold label (IML) applications? Are they really the right choice? What do you need to know about inks to make the right choice for your diverse applications of IMLs? How do the changes in the marketplace affect the inks you are currently using? No … [Read more...] about Inks for IML: Proper Choices for Premium Results
UV Curable Inks and Special Effect Decorative Pigments
by Scott Sabreen Question: UV-curable Inks We are considering changing from heat curing inks to UV to speed up our printing process lines. Will UV ink stick to polyethylene, and how does the process work? UV inks can achieve excellent adhesion to polyethylene using a surface pretreatment such as corona discharge or flame treatment. Note that some pigment colors may be … [Read more...] about UV Curable Inks and Special Effect Decorative Pigments
UV Screen Printing Inks for Plastics
by Jeff Morris UV screen printing inks have been available for decades, but like any maturing process, the technology has grown leaps and bounds in recent years. Improvements in specific substrate formulations have made printing on difficult substrates possible, and ink manufacturers have developed inks with viscosity and rheological properties that have been optimized for … [Read more...] about UV Screen Printing Inks for Plastics