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Application Overview
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Inks
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Printing Inks
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As you may know, printing inks mainly consist of semi solid
drying inks. They are used for example in gravure, flexo
printing, screen, offset, packaging gravure, letters and lithography as well as
UV radiation cured inks. Depending on their viscosity, we
classify them into liquid inks or paste inks.
The most used type of ink in the printing industry is UV curable inks.
Their high viscosity and ultraviolet radiation curable resin monomers enable the
printed image not to blur. Thus, UV inks do not get dried in the screen.
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Here are some of the main advantages of printing inks:
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Gloss
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Abrasion resistance
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Reduced drying time
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Rub resistance
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Color strength
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Chemical resistance
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Moreover, cost is a crucial and most important factor for the
printing inks industry. Therefore, the main focus in the inks industry
is on reducing costs without compromising quality nor the finished output.
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In terms of color, black is the most common color used in printing
but it can also be mixed with different colors in order to enhance the ink's performances.
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