What is Gravure Inks?

Jul 28, 2022

Gravure inks are fluid inks with a very low viscosity that allows them to be drawn into the engraved cells in the cylinder then transferred onto the substrate. In order to dry the ink and drive off the solvents or water, which essentially replaces most of the solvent, the paper is run through Gas fired or electric fired driers. The ink will dry before the paper reaches the next printing station on the press. This is necessary because wet inks cannot be overprinted without smearing and smudging. Therefore, high volume air dryers are placed after each printing station.

The solvent-laden air from the dryers is passed through either a solvent recovery system or solvent vapor incinerator. A typical recovery system uses beds of activated carbon to absorb the solvent. Saturated beds are regenerated by steam. The solvent laden steam is then condensed and the water and solvent separate by gravity. Greater than 95 percent of the ink solvents can be recovered using this process (Buonicore). The solvents can either be reused or destroyed by incineration.


Water based inks, especially used for packaging and product gravure, require a higher temperature and longer drier exposure time in order to drive off the water and lower vapor pressure constituents. As mentioned subsequent sections, Flexo and Gravure inks are very similar and the constituents are essentially the same. Again, a pollution control device may be needed.


The demand for gravure printing ink materials in the packaging sector will rise with the booming preference for online shopping mainly across the emerging countries. The growing penetration of labels, plastic bags, and invoices in packaging will drive the market growth.


Constituent:

Constituent

Content (wt)

Phase

Functionality

Pigment

5-40

Powder

Color, Resistance to heat , light,

acid, alkali, migration

Resin

0-20

Derivative of solid viscosity

Adhesion. Post processprocedures

Pigment dispersion . Film properties

Solvent

40-85

Liquid

Resin soluble.

Adiust dry speed and viscosity

Compound

1-5

Liquid Solid, Powder

Improve print film properties


Sino Sunman supply many different types of raw material for produce ink, such as: chlorinated polypropylene, vinyl resin; polyamide resin; solid acrylic resin and polyketone resin. If you are interesting our goods, please feel free to contact us!

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