Application of high temperature ink in screen printing equipment

1. Single-fluid offset high-temperature ink The high-temperature ink removes water and wetting devices when it is printed. No waste water is produced. It is no longer necessary to coordinate the ink balance of the high-temperature ink. Unlike waterless offset printing, the use of single-fluid offset high-temperature ink requires neither special plates nor printing presses. The high-temperature ink can be printed on a single sheet of paper glue, and can also be printed on a four-color offset printing press using a thermosetting web, which also increases the printing speed of the offset printing press. The use of this high-temperature ink is very simple, as long as the high temperature ink directly in the ink fountain, you can open the printing. In the process of printing, a much smaller number of sheets than traditional offset printing can be used to meet the requirements of the field density, thus greatly reducing the amount of waste paper.

The dot gain rate of high-temperature ink is very small, and dot duplication is particularly accurate, and dots can still be seen within 95% of the dot. The quality of printed images is clear, and the accuracy of color density can reach a good level. In today's ever-changing era of technology, companies must create new products that meet their customers' needs in order to survive the competition. The printing of high-temperature ink industry is no exception, and some of these big companies are constantly reforming their own products and developing products that can bring more benefits to customers. Mr. Bill Tasker, Principal of National Printing Ink Research Institute (NPIRI) and Vice President of INX International, said: “In the past, people generally thought that high-temperature ink technology developed with the development of printing, but with the With the advancement of inkjet technology, newer content has to be added to high-temperature ink technology, and the development of high-temperature ink technology is very fast."

U.S. Printed High Temperature Ink Product Market Share: Offset $2.2 Billion Flexo Printing $900 Million Gravure $600 Million $Screen Printing $260 Million Digital Printing/Ink Jetting $250 Million Lead Print $100 Million Special High Temperature Ink (Safety, Marking) 2.7 Billion US Dollars Total $4,580 Million US Dollars There are often improvements in existing products. For this reason, some large-scale printer high-temperature ink manufacturers have established a foundation that promises to provide new technologies to enable high-temperature inks to have better printing performance. Last year was a breakthrough year. Many new technologies emerged at the Drupa conference. Drupa has the ability to gather the research results of various companies.

2. Hybrid High-Temperature Ink Hybrid High-Temperature Ink combines the characteristics of UV high-temperature ink and ordinary high-temperature ink, and is another area of ​​development, many companies are studying. SunChemical, FlintInk, SuperiorPrintingInk, INX BradenSutphin and Environmentalalinks and Coatings are all working on this area.

Harvey Brice, Manager of SuperiorPrintingInk and a member of the GATF Steering Committee, said: “The production of a UV blended high-temperature ink makes sense for the printing industry. This high-temperature ink can be used on the press without having to replace the blanket or ink roller. The press is set for UV high temperature inks and can also run ordinary high temperature inks. This is a great improvement for the printer because of its high flexibility." Hybrid UV high temperature ink allows the printer With only minor adjustments, all production operations for a job can be completed online.

The production efficiency is really improved, and the high temperature ink itself has higher transferability and print quality than the conventional UV high temperature ink. The biggest advantage of SunBrite's HyBrite high-temperature ink system is that it can perform in-line UV coating without the need to lengthen the transfer process to complete water-based coating. These improvements come mainly from the additional conditions of UV curing, and the price will therefore increase, but researchers predict that the final productivity will increase. They expect that the hybrid technology will continue to improve, improve product quality and reduce printing costs. Single-fluid high-temperature inks and hybrid high-temperature inks are two improvements that are currently being discussed, but some of the larger high-temperature ink companies are working on other products. Energy-cured high-temperature inks are a relatively fast-growing area in the high-temperature ink industry, and in particular, electron beam (EB) technology will occupy a place in the future market.