Glass is a sustainable raw material that is becoming more and more important in printing, especially for high-endpackaging like wine glasses, liqueur, perfume and bottles for cosmetics and healthcare products. Using the right printing ink is essential in achieving prints that are durable and of excellent quality.
Understanding Glass Printing Inks:
For glass printing ink to adhere well and last, it usually needs to cure. A variety of techniques, such as UV or heatcan be used to accomplish curing. Particularly UV curing is a well-liked option due of its effectiveness and rapidity. The ink is exposed to UV light during UV curing, which causes a chemical reaction that turns it from a liquid to a solid and bonds it to the glass surface.
Similarly post heating of printed sample at 100-150 degree C for 20-30 minutes results in good adhesion. In some cases, flame treatment is required as pretreatment method to improve the surface energy of the glass surface.
Hardeners are frequently added to the ink formulation of glass printing ink to improve its robustness and durability. By strengthening the ink, hardener becomes resistant to abrasion and other environmental conditions.
Glass printing generally requires specialist machinery to achieve good print quality. Different printing processes including pad printing or screen printing may be used, depending on the intricacy of the design and the intended result.
Applications:
Glass printing ink has a variety of uses in almost every industry, includingpromotional mugs to high-tech medical devices. It is also used in vehicle displays, ornamental glass panels, electronics, interior designs, architecture etc.
Performance & Visual Appeal:
The performance and aesthetic appeal of glass printing ink are among its main advantages. Glass printing ink produces prints with remarkable clarity, colour vibrancy, and durability, which makes them perfect for high-impact applications where durability and aesthetics are crucial.
When it comes to producing elaborate patterns, striking images, or personalized branding components, glass printing ink offers unparalleled visual impact and efficiency.
Spinks Expertise & Special Characteristics:
With over three decades of experience in this area, we have earned a reputation as a dependable partner, offering unparalleled expertise and innovation.As a distributor of technical inks, we provide both the inks as well as technical support. Hence, we provide total printing solutions for our customer and future technical support too.We pride ourselves on being the troubleshooters for printing industry.
Our inks adhere to the most difficult substrates easily. Hence from consumables to automation, we provide inks. Thus, it makes us the solution providers.Our inks meet various industry standards, making them ideal for applications like aerospace, military, liquor and beverage and medical devices.Our inks comply with strict European standards REACH, ROHS and EN-71-3 which are required for all major industries in today’s environmentally conscious global market. All our manufacturers are environmentally responsible companies.
