Coating ingredients for Digital Inks

Raven 2350 Ultra by Birla Carbon is a carbon black. It offers uniformity, increased compatibility, improved dispersion, and better processing. Provides longer screen life, enhanced color development and reduced scrap. Raven 2350 Ultra is suitable for industrial & powder coatings and inkjet ink applications.

Raven 2500 Ultra by Birla Carbon is carbon black for use in industrial and powder coatings, inkjet ink. Suitable for applications where high jetness is required. Raven 2500 Ultra provides greater uniformity, increased compatibility, improved dispersion, better processing, longer screen life, enhanced color development, and reduced scrap.

Thetawet™ FS-8150 by Innovative Chemical Technologies is a VOC-free, nonionic fluorosurfactant in a low viscosity aqueous solution. It offers excellent wetting benefits which improves wetting of difficult to wet surfaces such as plastics, oily substrates, waxy surfaces and provides excellent surface tension reduction to 18 dynes/cm at low use levels.

• It is 25% active, sparingly water-soluble product which is effective at low end use concentrations.
• This low foam product performs well in severe chemical and thermal environments.
• It is effective in high or low pH, hard or soft water and stable in concentrated acids, bases and oxidyzing solutions.
• It is ideal for use in VOC-sensitive systems.
• Offers narrow-range ethoxylation for high consistency in critical use concentrations such as ink jet medias.
• It is used in paints and industrial coatings.
• It is based on short-chain fluorochemical technology which meets the goal of the US EPA 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program.
• Recommended dosage level is 0.01-0.1%.
• Thetawet™ FS-8150 has a shelf life of 3 years.

Kronos® 2310 distributed by DKSH is a rutile titanium dioxide pigment produced by the chloride process and surface treated with aluminum, silicon and zirconium compounds. It exhibits outstanding optical properties and very high weather- and outdoor resistance.

• It imparts maximum brightness and a neutral tone in white coatings.
• It produces brilliant, clean tints and offers very high opacity, making it economical in use.
• It disperses readily and meets all requirements of modern production methods.
• It provides glossy, low-haze coatings and is suitable for all exterior paints and coatings.
• It is recommended for waterborne paints, white- and tinted automotive finishes, vehicle refinish systems and UV-cured finishes.
• Kronos® 2310 is designed for high-quality screen- & digital printing inks, and industrial-, coil- and powder coatings.
• It is available in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, Portugal and Spain.

EBECRYL® 367 by allnex is a low VOC, solvent-free polyester acrylate designed to be used at additive levels in UV/EB inks and coatings to improve adhesion onto plastic substrates.

• It is bisphenol A (BPA)-, tin- free grade and offers low viscosity and low acidity.
• It exhibits low migration, long pot life, low color for clearcoat, faster cycle time, lower energy consumption and low flammability.
• It is suitable for use in radiation curable coating compositions, white flexographic inks, paints and overprint varnishes.
• It may be applied by flexography, inkjet and gravure, direct and reverse roll.
• The typical addition level is 10% by weight or more.
• The shelf life of EBECRYL® 367 is 6 months.

UCECOAT® 2804 by allnex is a high performance, UV/EB energy curable polyurethane dispersion for digital printing. It is a low viscosity, low/zero VOC, solvent-, tin-, BPA- and APEO-free grade suitable for indirect food contact applications. Its polymer composition is optimized for high reactivity and low migration potential. It is used as a binder for water-based overprint varnishes, inkjet- and flexographic inks.

• It is tack-free and water re-dispersible after water evaporation but before cure.
• The low grits content allows easy product filterability and good colloidal stability.
• It offers excellent adhesion, faster cycle time, long potlife, low temperature curing and lower energy consumption.
• UCECOAT® 2804 can be applied by flexography & gravure printing techniques as well as conventional spray, screen, curtain and immersion coating methods.
• It is used to coat paper and paperboard, corrugated sheets as well as several plastic substrates including corona-treated polyethylene and polypropylene.
• The cured coating is hard and shows outstanding mechanical and chemical resistance in clear or pigmented applications.
• It is recommended for coatings for plastics & wood and clear coating on PVC floorings.

UCECOAT® 2806 by allnex is a solvent-, tin-, BPA- & APEO-free, high-performance LED/radiation curable polyurethane dispersion for digital printing. It is used as a high-end binder for water-based overprint varnishes and inks. It is suitable for indirect food contact applications. It possesses low- viscosity and mean particle size associated with an excellent colloidal stability alone and in the presence of pigments. Its polymer composition allows high reactivity and elevated curing density as well as low migration potential.

• It contains essential oligomers and polymers (molecular weight above 500 Da) with acrylic double bound functionality equal or superior to 6.
• It is easily water-redispersible and tacky before cure and after water evaporation.
• It can be applied by flexography & gravure printing techniques as well as conventional spray, screen, curtain and immersion coating methods.
• It is used to coat paper and paperboard, corrugated sheets, and several plastic substrates.
• UCECOAT® 2806 is suitable for inkjet- & flexographic inks, coatings for plastics & wood, and clear coating on PVC floorings.
• It has a shelf life of 1 year.

UCECOAT® 2801 by allnex is a co-solvent-, label-, tin- and BPA-free, low viscosity, acrylated polyurethane dispersion in water. It is anionic in nature, making it compatible with water without any external emulsifier. It exhibits good properties concerning the jetting and water re-solubility before cure.

• It provides good stain- and chemical resistance along with hardness in the polymerized coating.
• Cured products based on UCECOAT® 2801 exhibit very good adhesion on multiple substrates (paper & board, PVC, PC), excellent flexibility, outstanding surface wetting, and very low yellowing.
• It is designed for water-borne UV/EB curable inkjet inks for all colors and spot varnishes.
• It has a shelf life of 1 year.

UCECOAT® 2805 by allnex is a solvent-, tin-, BPA- & APEO-free, non-irritant, high-performance radiation curable polyurethane dispersion for digital printing. It is used as a high-end binder for water-based overprint varnishes and inks. Its regulatory compliance makes it suitable for indirect food contact packaging or labeling markets. It possesses an extremely low mean particle size associated with a low viscosity and excellent colloidal stability alone and in the presence of pigments. Its polymer composition allows good coating performance and low migration potential after cure.

• The cured coating is hard and exhibits good mechanical- and chemical resistance with clear or pigmented formulations.
• It is tack-free and water-redispersible before cure and after water evaporation.
• UCECOAT® 2805 is recommended for inkjet- & flexographic inks, coatings for plastics & wood, and clear coating on PVC floorings.
• It can be applied by gravure printing techniques and conventional spray, screen, curtain and immersion coating methods.
• It is used to cover paper and paperboard, corrugated sheets as well as several plastic substrates.
• It has a shelf life of 1 year.

Photomer® 4184 distributed by DKSH is a monofunctional urethane acrylate which can be used as a reactive diluent. It is non-yellowing with a low odor and improves flexibility & adhesion.

• It exhibits excellent reactivity, low shrinkage and high elongation and stress at break.
• It is used in plastic, wood, metal coatings and electronics market.
• It is applicable for flexographic, screen-printing inks and inkjet for its good cutting power.
• Photomer® 4184 has a shelf life of 12 months.
• It is available in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and France.