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Screen printing ink selection and use

It is more important to choose and use silk screen printing inks than to select other printing methods (gravure, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic). Screen printing inks are the same as other types of inks, which are mixed with pigments, resins, solvents and additives. of.

Ultraviolet curing type - A method in which a chemical reaction caused by ultraviolet irradiation causes an ink to form a film. Different drying methods can bring different gloss and different resistance (resistance to mechanical, chemical and weather resistance) of the ink film after printing. Different drying equipments are used to generate different costs, so users should choose carefully.

Only different materials of different substrates can be used, and different resin type inks can be selected to avoid the adverse effects of adhesion caused by ink errors. It is best to determine the ink to be used after the printing test is not clear.

Different types of inks use the matching thinners provided by their manufacturers, mainly because various diluents have different solvating powers for various resin types of inks to avoid bad printing effects.