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.
FAQs
1. What are glass printing inks used for?
Glass printing inks are commonly used for high-end packaging, such as wine glasses, liqueur bottles, perfume containers, and bottles for cosmetics and healthcare products. They also have applications in architecture, furniture, home appliances, medical devices, labware, glass for mobile phones, automotive exteriors, and drinkware. These inks are essential in creating elegant designs for cosmetics, beverages, and other premium goods. Most important is their use in baby feeding bottles, and medical industry.
2. What printing techniques are used in the glass industry?
There are various techniques used in the glass industry, such as pad printing, silk screen printing, digital printing on glass,hot stamping and foiling, spray coating, sublimation printing, laser printing , UV printing , frit printing many more.
3. What is the Suitable Ink for Glass Printing?
There are several suitable ink systems for glass printing, like Rucoinx, Merlia, Farbatone, Japan Belleview, and Farbatech from Spinks india.
4. What applications are Spinks India’s high-temperature glass inks suitable for?
Spinks India’s high-temperature glass inks are ideal for applications where the glass is exposed to extreme heat, such as:
- Automotive glass: Windshields, side windows, and rear glass that must endure high temperatures.
- Oven doors and appliance panels: Glass surfaces in appliances that need to resist heat without compromising the printed design.
- Architectural glass: For use in environments exposed to both heat and sunlight, maintaining durability and aesthetic appeal.
- Solar panels : The glass used in solar panels requires high-temperature printing for printing conductive paths, grids, or anti-reflective coatings. These panels are exposed to constant sun and heat, so the inks need to remain stable.
- Laboratory Glassware: Beakers, flasks, and other lab equipment must be printed with measurement markings or labels that can withstand high heat during sterilization or use in experiments.
