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Printing Ink – Flexographic, Gravure, Inkjet Printing Ink Binders
In collaboration with producers of printing inks, we developed ideal 'cationic' acrylic binders and styrene-acrylic binders for gravure printing inks, flexographic printing inks, and inkjet printing inks.
These binders strictly comply with the demands and requirements of the printing on corrugated cardboard, composite materials, envelopes, flexible packaging, paper packaging, and coating. These binders are applied as vehicle for water-based mat overprint varnishes (OPV) and vehicle for increasing the hiding power in water-based gravure printing inks and flexographic printing inks, holding together the other ingredients of ink such as pigments, solvents, and additives so that it forms a film, enabling the ink to adhere to the material surface onto which it is printed, and exhibiting gloss, resistance to heat, chemicals and water.
- Applied to printing ink binder
Printing inks using ACRYCOTE® polymers will outperform conventional resins in areas of flow, hold-out, gloss and solubility. Whether used in gravure printing, flexographic printing, or inkjet printing inks, our ACRYCOTE® emulsions ensure superior adhesion, sharpness and color richness with an array of substrates.
In particular, ACRYCOTE® AF-7802 is a styrene-acrylic copolymer non-film-forming emulsion for use in water-based OPV and flexographic-printing ink, providing high heat seal and film release properties. The heat resistant properties may be further enhanced by the addition of zinc ammonium carbonate solution. In OPV, ACRYCOTE® AF-7802 additionally provides gloss and optical clarity.
| Product name | Applications | Key properties | Solid (%) |
pH (25℃) |
Viscosity (cps, 25℃) |
Tg (℃) |
Ionic charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printing ink applications ('Cationic' acrylic emulsions) | |||||||
| ACRYCOTE® AP-291M | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper ink and coating | excellent printability, re-solubility, high gloss, non-tacky | 32.0 ~ 34.0 | 5.0 ~ 6.0 |
< 800 | 70 | cation |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-906M-1 | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper ink and coating | high gloss, excellent re-solubility | 32.0 ~ 34.0 |
5.0 ~ 6.0 |
< 1,000 | 70 | cation |
| ACRYCOTE® ASC-3327 | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper ink and coating | excellent printability and water resistance | 39.0 ~ 40.0 |
5.0 ~ 6.0 |
< 1,000 | 60 | cation |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-1008A | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper coating | excellent re-solubility, high gloss | 26.0 ~ 27.0 |
5.0 ~ 6.0 |
< 1,000 | 50 | cation |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-1031A | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper coating | excellent printability and re-solubility, high gloss | 29.0 ~ 31.0 |
5.0 ~ 6.0 |
< 1,000 | 65 | cation |
| Printing ink applications (Styrene-acrylic emulsions) | |||||||
| ACRYCOTE® AF-2006 | hard type flexo ink | excellent hiding power and transferability, high gloss | 49.0 ~ 51.0 |
6.0 ~ 8.0 |
200 ~ 800 |
100 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AF-7800 | hard type flexo ink | high gloss, excellent color expression | 49.0 ~ 51.0 |
7.0 ~ 9.0 |
500 ~ 1,500 |
80 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AF-7802 | hard type flexo ink | excellent hiding power, coloring, and alcohol miscibility | 43.5 ~ 45.0 |
8.0 ~ 8.8 |
200 ~ 500 |
84 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AF-362 | hard type flexo ink to hide the brown background of natural kraft substrates | improve ink brightness and color intensity, reduce level of pigments and inorganic extenders | 47.5 ~ 49.5 |
7.5 ~ 8.5 | 1,400 ~ 2,800 | 100 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-6780 | water-based flexo ink | resin solution, excellent re-solubility | 45.5 | 8.0 ~ 9.0 |
3,800 ~ 5,500 |
- | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-90M | water-based flexo ink | alkali soluble, good pigment dispersion, gloss, transparency, and printability | 34.5 ~ 36.5 |
8.0 ~ 8.6 |
2,500 ~ 4,500 |
- | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-205 | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper printing and coating | excellent printability and re-solubility, high gloss | 46.0 ~ 48.0 |
7.0 ~ 9.0 |
< 500 | 40 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-1240 | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper printing and coating | excellent printability and re-solubility, high gloss | 48.0 ~ 50.0 |
7.0 ~ 9.0 |
1,500 ~ 3,000 |
50 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-3160 | gravure printing, PVC wallpaper printing and coating | excellent printability and re-solubility, high gloss | 40.0 ~ 42.0 |
7.0 ~ 9.0 |
1,000 ~ 2,000 |
60 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-3407 | OPV and letdown vehicle of ink | excellent gloss, adhesion, rub resistance, water resistance and grease resistance, fast drying, versatile resin compatibility | 46.0 ~ 48.0 |
7.5 ~ 8.5 |
< 450 | -35 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-2352 | OPV and letdown vehicle of ink | fast drying, excellent gloss, superior pigments wetting, superior adhesion, outstanding water and grease resistance, versatile resin compatibility | 45.0 ~ 48.0 |
7.0 ~ 9.0 | > 2,000 | 100 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-1354 | OPV and mill base of ink | fast drying, excellent gloss, superior pigments wetting, superior adhesion, outstanding water and grease resistance, versatile resin compatibility | 30.0 ~ 40.0 | 7.5 ~ 8.5 | > 3,500 | 100 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® DC-300 | OPV and letdown vehicle of ink | containing neither zinc nor other metallic crosslinkers, excellent rub/water/grease resistance, excellent gloss and adhesion, fast drying, versatile resin compatibility | 38.0 ~ 40.0 | 7.0 ~ 9.0 | < 800 | 58 | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-500K | inkjet ink binder | excellent printability and workability | 10.0 ~ 11.0 |
10.0 ~ 11.0 | < 100 | - | anion |
| ACRYCOTE® AP-600K | inkjet ink binder | excellent printability and workability | 10.0 ~ 11.0 |
8.0 ~ 9.0 |
< 200 | - | anion |
