In English, PLASTISOL, also called plastic melt ink, is a resin type non-solvent ink. Its main components are: PVC resin (without solvent, water), plasticizer, color material, and other additives. The solid content is close to 100%. %, thermosetting ink does not contain any adhesive, it is not easy to block the network and not easy to stick screen, thermosetting ink needs baking to cure...
The benefits of using thermoset ink printing for textiles are many. This is because the content of this ink is 100%. Its dry ingredients can be kept in suspension. When the ink is heated, the resin particles begin to soften, expand and absorb all the surrounding liquid. Fused together to form a uniform ink film, this happens when the ink film reaches 149 ~ 163 °C when the boiling point of all liquid components are around 210 °C, so the curing process does not volatilize any material, printing pattern network point is clear, and other advantages More, such as: easy to store, not compacted, can not afford to hide; curing volatile substances, is environmentally friendly; can stay on the screen version will not thicken in a few days, half a year will not block version; save ink when printing Can save costs and so on.
In Europe and the United States, since the thermosetting ink is suitable for the high-speed production requirements of the automatic printing machine, and many advantages in terms of effects, it has largely replaced the traditional printing materials. In addition to the use of glue and water slurry for processing under certain customer-specified requirements, most printing manufacturers have used plastisol inks to process high-precision products in large quantities. Its development has been for more than 40 years. About ten years ago, a series of European and American brands, such as the United States Ruili, Weifei Shi, Wan Lingyi, ICC, Canada Lixin, Italy KFG, etc., entered the Chinese market one after another and promoted sales to domestic printing plants through Chinese agents. In recent years, even more in the domestic factory production direct sales. These foreign thermoset brands and some fully automatic printer manufacturers have worked hard in the Chinese market for many years, which contributed to the promotion of China's thermoset ink market.
Today, thermosetting inks have entered the Chinese market for more than a decade. However, the embarrassing situation of thermosetting inks and automatic printing machines in China has only been evident from the current sales and use of fully automatic printing machines. For Chinese printing plants and Chinese printing material manufacturers, thermosetting inks are a new generation of textile printing inks. There are also many printing plants in China that have seen the trend of development of thermosetting inks. They want to print on thermosetting inks, but due to the Being accustomed to using mortar and water slurry for processing products, it is hoped to use the existing water-based paint printing platen production line for thermosetting ink printing production. Due to the lack of understanding and understanding of the process, many printing plants only use plastisol ink as a new material. They did not recognize the need for additional equipment or only purchase ordinary drying equipment for thermosetting ink printing. They did not realize that Thermosetting ink printing from the design, color separation, plate making, equipment, printing methods to finishing is a new technology, thermosetting ink printing is necessary to update the equipment, but what equipment to buy, how much investment, according to financial resources , business needs, technical talents.
The senior expert of China's printing industry, Ms. Xiaoxiao Miao, expressed his feelings that the breakthrough and improvement of China's printing industry are hindered. The root cause lies in the fact that the printing factory has no actual operation, and it is not because of the backwardness of our equipment. The emphasis is on the understanding and awareness of the pre-press process, resulting in the inability to From the production project configuration, to meet the needs of customers to produce high-precision products, so the use of thermoset ink has been maintained at a relatively low level.
Mr. Qiu Deqiang, general manager of Rugao Tianyuan Printing Equipment, said in an interview with HC360.com: Garment printing has become more mature in automation development in Europe and the United States. It has used materials such as thermosetting inks that are suitable for automated operations, but the Asian market is still relatively accustomed to waterborne materials. Material, accordingly, restricts the development of automation. With the development trend of the printing market, the requirements for printing materials and printing effects are getting higher and higher. At the same time, the requirements for the factory's environment, equipment and production levels have also increased.
The new round of financial crisis has led to the continuous reshuffling and integration of the printing market, with higher and higher requirements for high-end equipment and materials, and higher and higher management requirements. How to promote China's printing industry to move to a higher level requires more efforts than just printing plants, but all links in the printing industry chain, production, distribution, garment factories, designers, plate making, etc. We look forward to China The printing industry can really accept the thermosetting ink as soon as possible and accept the automatic printing machine!
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