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UV Inkjet Ink Formulation: Best Practices & Troubleshooting Tips

UV Inkjet Ink Formulation: Best Practices & Troubleshooting Tips
Language: English
Length: 90 min
Recorded on: 05 Jul 23

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Course Description

Design stable, high-performance UV & UV/LED inkjet inks to meet your customers’ critical needs (rapid curing, strong adhesion, large color gamut, faster printing speed, zero VOC…).

Terence Kenneth will help you overcome complex formulation challenges like balancing low viscosity, UV stability, good jetting, etc. Guidance to select raw materials (monomer, pigment, photoinitiators…) and troubleshoot problems (banding, misting, poor ink transfer…) will be shared with practical examples.
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Terence Kenneth is the founder of Ink Intelligence, (www.inkintelligence.com) an independent consulting firm dedicated to the development of printing ink technology around the world. He began working in the printing ink industry in 1984 in the U.K. and has since held the positions of Technical Manager and Technical Director for a number of international corporations, including Manders, Johnson & Bloy, Kromacorp, Eckart America, Pemla International, Rieger Printing inks and Polytex Environmental Inks.

Terence is currently developing ink formulations and printing solutions for clients in the U.S.A, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and China.

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Why should you view this course?

UV inkjet inks are set to dominate every industry because of their green profile. And, it is especially true for the industrial packaging printing segment that demands faster printing speeds!

But, to jet well and reliably, UV inkjet inks must be designed cautiously. And the difficulty in finding materials that offer low viscosity, a balance of reactivity, stability, and good jetting characteristics, doesn’t make it any easier! Join this course to accelerate your transition to UV inkjet inks vs solvent inks and:

  1. Make stable UV inkjet ink formulations & achieve faster curing with new ideas for raw material selection, formulation & manufacturing techniques.

  2. Solve ink problems (banding, polymerization, misting, poor ink transfer…) with your customers by reviewing real-life/commercially acceptable knowledge that has been put to practice.

  3. Ease your transition to UV/LED inks & reduce your R&D time by learning the framework & protocol for inks formulation.

Who should join this course?

  • Managers of inkjet ink laboratories and technicians

  • Formulators wanting to get a better understanding of inkjet ink formulation

  • R&D specialists in the ink formulation industry looking to move towards eco-friendly solutions

  • This course is suitable for intermediate level proficiency
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Course Outline

Defining what is UV inkjet ink formulations

  • Conventional UV vs UV/LED
  • Printhead technology

Raw Material selection: What are the formulation components of UV inks?

  • Pigments
    -     Why it is significant to use high-performance UV inkjet pigments?
    - What are some of the best organic pigment choices?
    - Role of photoinitiators in UV/LED curing
  • Photoinitiators/synergist
  • Additives
  • Monomers & Oligomers
    -     How to select monomers and oligomers based on different applications?

Formulation guidance

  • What to expect while formulating UV/LED inks?
  • Problem of oxygen inhibition & its cure
  • How to go from laboratory to the printer immediately?
  • Examples of commercial-grade ink formulations

Closer look at curing mechanisms

  • Factors affecting curing
  • How inks are cured?

UV stability: Techniques for improving ink stability both in-can and post printing

Troubleshooting

  • How to recognize different UV ink problems (banding, polymerization, misting, poor ink transfer…)
  • Learn what causes it & find the possible solutions

30 Mins Q&A – Ask your questions directly to the expert!

Have a query? Email us for any help!

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