One of the easiest ways to improve the cure response of a UV system is to use a carbon black with a reduced surface area to minimize UV absorption by the pigment. One must take care however to not use too low a surface area that will result in an unacceptable loss in …

key points associated with the curing of printing inks by UV and will not go into a comparison of UV versus other types of ink formulations. While this article uses “inks,” many of the same principles apply to coatings, adhesives and resins that are UV coated. Using the word “CURE,” we can identify key points for each of the four letters in

Jan 31, 2002 · Black pigmented UV-curable coating materials intended for application on wood veneer and fiberboard were prepared and used to compare different compositions.

Specialty carbon blacks for UV cure inks, enabling low cure energy, excellent viscosity stability and blue tone for lithographic and flexographic inks. PRODUCT PERFORMANCE

On the one hand, Specialty Carbon Blacks absorb a portion of the UV radiation which is needed to crosslink the binders and so affects the curing of the ink. On the other hand the cus-tomer expects a deep-colored black, which, as a rule can be …

INXFlex TM Contour inks are specifically engineered for tried-and-true adhesion to shrink sleeves with heavy ink coverage and can be cured with either traditional UV or LED technology.

The novel ink comprises low levels of carbon black in combination with two or more other colored or non-black pigments which result in a black UV curable gel ink with superior cure...

Super-Cure inks are designed primarily for paper and board printing on presses configured with a UV ink train. The immediate cure of the Super-Cure series allows for in-line coating and quick turnaround times.

The Covestro Cablelite ® 751 UV-curable Optical Ink is specially formulated to color code optical fibers. This black-colored ink is designed to offer maximum processing line speeds compared to other UV-curable inks, without compromising final ink performance.

Announcing UViPrint LED BOOK Black. It's perhaps the most affordable LED UV-cure web/litho black for all uncoated & coated stocks you'll ever find. Use it for books, catalogs, business forms, magazines...printing anything on paper that uses a lot of black and UV LED lamps to cure.