50results about How to "Improve ink adhesion" patented technology

The radiation curable ink compositions exhibit fasting curing, high flexibility and good adhesion to a broad range of substrates. The ink compositions include a dendritic or hyperbranched polyester acrylate component, which is present in an amount of 10-45% by weight and has a functionality of greater than 5. The compositions further include an oligomer component, a monomer component, a photoinitiator component, a colorant component, and an additive component. The compositions have a viscosity of not greater than 40 cP at 25° C. The radiation curable compositions are suitable for inkjet printing on a variety of substrates.

Printable, coated plastic substrates are disclosed. Plastic substrates are preferably films substrates, which are coated with a printable coating composition layer which comprises: an anionic acrylic polymer; and epoxy acrylate in an amount sufficient to improve ink adhesion in said coating composition. The anionic acrylic polymer can be cross-linked to an extent sufficient to improve the resistance of said coating to isopropyl alcohol and / or hot water, using a cross-linking agent.

Disclosed is a stereo transfer printing method of in mold transfer printing concurs with injection molding of silicone. The stereo in mold transfer printing method of silicone includes the following steps: (a) providing ink mixed with silicone; (b) using the silicone containing ink to print text or graphic needed on the substrate film; (c) positioning the text or graphic on the substrate film between the mold dies; (d) closing and locking the mold; (e) injecting the silicone; and (f) opening the mold and getting the silicone product.

This invention relates to color changing tape, label, card and game intermediates for evidence of use, concealing proprietary information or gaming or promotional information until the intermediate is separated. The intermediate includes a substrate of clear or transparent or colored translucent polymeric film or translucent paper combined with judiciously selected cleanly separable translucent colored coatings in intimate contact to form one translucent color that leave no residue when separated.

A plastic food service article bearing a decorative mark or image and method therefor is disclosed. The method includes providing an article made from a colored plastic such as polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, PET, PLA, ABS, etc., that discolors when irradiated with a laser beam; applying a laser beam to cause localized surface discoloration; and controlling the deflection and amplitude of the beam to form a surface decoration and / or image. In embodiments, the laser is a YAG or Fiber laser, the markings emulate silver or gold or pewter without applying metals, inks, or coatings to the plastic articles. The markings are clearly visible against both light and dark backgrounds, and can be placed in food-contact areas of the articles. The technique can be used for marking customized and personalized designs, images, and photographs on food service articles. Embodiments can be used to decorate plates and / or cutlery.

A heat-shrinkable resin film which has heat shrinkage in the maximum shrinkage direction of 20% or higher when a 10 cm×10 cm square sample cut out thereof is immersed in hot water at 85° C. for 10 seconds, pulled out, subsequently immersed in water at 25° C. for 10 seconds, and then pulled out, characterized in that a content of nitrogen atoms in a surface of the film is 0.1% to 3.0% and the surface of the film has wet tension of 36 mN / m or higher; and a film roll obtained by winding up the heat-shrinkable resin film characterized in that when the rolled film is sampled at a first sampling part located up to 2 m apart from the end of the rolled film and at other sampling parts located after the first sampling part at intervals of about 100 m and an average content of nitrogen atoms of each sample is calculated, then the content of nitrogen atoms of each sample is within the ±0.8% range based on the above average content of nitrogen atoms.

The invention concerns a glass article (1) comprising (i) a glass sheet (2), (ii) an adhesion layer (3) provided on at least part of said glass sheet and (iii) an ink layer (4), forming an image, provided on at least part of said adhesion layer. According to the invention, the adhesion layer (4) comprises an acrylic resin.

Printed substrates and methods for treating substrates to improve the adhesion of an ink composition to a hydrophobic substrate are provided. The printed substrates include are treated with a surfactant, for example an ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil or sorbitan monooleate. The method involves contacting at least a portion of a hydrophobic substrate with a composition that comprises an ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil or sorbitan monooleate or a mixture thereof; and then printing a pattern or other indicia on at least a portion of the portion of the hydrophobic substrate that was contacted with surfactant.

A heat-shrinkable resin film which has heat shrinkage in the maximum shrinkage direction of 20% or higher when a 10 cm×10 cm square sample cut out thereof is immersed in hot water at 85° C. for 10 seconds, pulled out, subsequently immersed in water at 25° C. for 10 seconds, and then pulled out, characterized in that a content of nitrogen atoms in a surface of the film is 0.1% to 3.0% and the surface of the film has wet tension of 36 mN / m or higher; and a film roll obtained by winding up the heat-shrinkable resin film characterized in that when the rolled film is sampled at a first sampling part located up to 2 m apart from the end of the rolled film and at other sampling parts located after the first sampling part at intervals of about 100 m and an average content of nitrogen atoms of each sample is calculated, then the content of nitrogen atoms of each sample is within the ±0.8% range based on the above average content of nitrogen atoms.

A 100% solids energy curable liquid primer coating is provided for use on a variety of substrates which cures to form a coating that provides good ink adhesion and high print quality when printed using an electrophotographic printing device. The coating includes a polyester acrylate, at least one acrylated amine, and optionally, a photoinitiator.

The invention relates to a microporous polyethylene breathable film and a preparation method thereof. The film is obtained by a coextrusion blow molding method, and comprises a printing layer, a middle layer and a heat-sealing layer, wherein each of the printing layer, the middle layer and the heat-sealing layer is prepared from calcium carbonate, metallocene linear low density polyethylene and a fluorine-containing processing agent with a mass ratio of (65 to 75):(25 to 35):(0.5 to 1.5), and the particle size of the calcium carbonate is 1 to 2 mu m. The microporous polyethylene breathable film has obvious advantages in indexes such as pulling strength, hydrostatic pressure and water vapor permeability, thus providing excellent technical guarantee for positioning, cutting and multi-colour printing chromatography of corresponding products; the gram weight of per unit area of the microporous polyethylene breathable film is light, thus plastic resin can be used less, energy consumption is greatly reduced, and carbon emission is reduced, thus providing guarantee for realizing lightness and emission reduction of one-off living sanitary articles.

Polyethylene compositions having improved printability are provided. The compositions which are comprised of a polyethylene base resin, polyethylene glycol and polyethylene modified with carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative functionality are melt blended under conditions of mixing and shear to increase their melt elasticity.

An electrostatic adsorbable sheet (iii), which has a long-lasting adsorbability not easily affected by humidity, secures good ink adhesiveness, and does not generate troubles in a printing process, is provided. The electrostatic adsorbable sheet (iii) comprises a laminate of a label layer (i) containing a resin film layer (A) and a recording layer (D) on one surface of the resin film layer (A), and a peelable sheet layer (ii) containing a peelable layer (B) and a support layer (C), in which the label layer (i) and the peelable sheet layer (ii) are laminated so that the resin film layer (A) and the peelable layer (B) contact with each other. The peeling strength between the label layer (i) and the peelable sheet layer (ii) is from 1 to 50 g / cm, and the label layer (i) peeled from the peelable sheet layer (ii) is electrostatically adsorbable to an object to be attached.

Tape lamination on a dry copper ink film, followed by a flash lamp procedure, produces conductive films. The tape lamination increases the curing parameter window and reduces crack formation in the metallic film Tape lamination facilitates curing of a continuous copper film on temperature sensitive substrates, such as PET, at power levels that would usually crack blow off the copper film This lamination process also improves adhesion and uniformity of the cured film.

The radiation curable ink compositions exhibit fasting curing, high flexibility and good adhesion to a broad range of substrates. The ink compositions include a dendritic or hyperbranched polyester acrylate component, which is present in an amount of 10-45% by weight and has a functionality of greater than 5. The compositions further include an oligomer component, a monomer component, a photoinitiator component, a colorant component, and an additive component. The compositions have a viscosity of not greater than 40 cP at 25° C. The radiation curable compositions are suitable for inkjet printing on a variety of substrates.

This invention relates to color changing tape, label, card and game intermediates for evidence of use, concealing proprietary information or gaming or promotional information until the intermediate is separated. The intermediate includes a substrate of clear or transparent or colored translucent polymeric film or translucent paper combined with judiciously selected cleanly separable translucent colored coatings in intimate contact to form one translucent color that leave no residue when separated.

A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition contains C.I. Pigment Orange 43 as a pigment and one or more kinds of compounds represented by the following general formula (1) as a solvent and the content of water contained in the ink composition is 0.1% by mass or more and 2% by mass or less,R1O—(R2O)m—R3  (1).In general formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group in which the number of carbon atoms is 1 or more and 4 or less. At least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group in which the number of carbon atoms is 1 or more and 4 or less. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 2 or 3.

There is provided an environmental-friendly inkjet ink composition, comprising an organic solvent, a pigment or a dye, a surfactant, a dispersant, and a wetting agent. The low-toxic, non-pungent, and high-boiling polyethylene glycol ether solvent, the fruit smelling acetoacetate solvent, the food grade resin, and the non-harmful additives containing silicon are used in the inkjet ink composition. Such an inkjet ink composition has excellent humectancy, high printing resolution, and has very good adhesion to a wide variety of substrates when applied in printing. Also, the inkjet ink composition is non-pungent, environmental-friendly and found no harmful to human bodies.

An automotive window panel including a substantially transparent substrate with a protective coating system disposed thereon, and an ink applied onto the protective coating system is disclosed. The formulation of the ink includes an adhesion promoter and is adaptable to adhere to the surface of the protective coating with the adhesion promoter.

The invention relates to a printing ink or printing varnish containing non-radiation-curable, preferably aromatic polycarbonate, in particular as a binder and adhesive component. According to the invention, the polycarbonate is provided with radiation-curable monomers, in particular is dissolved therein.

An ink jet recording head maintenance apparatus of this invention is provided with a plurality of wiping members having different wiping forces to remove residual ink or foreign substances from the nozzle face of the nozzle plate of the recording head. When performing wiping operation, the optimum wiping member is selected from among the plurality of wiping members in accordance with a change in the kind of adhering substances and adhering condition. It is therefore possible to select the optimum wiping member and achieve a good wiping effect without increasing the number of counts of wiping operation.

An automotive window panel including a substantially transparent substrate with a protective coating system disposed thereon, and an ink applied onto the protective coating system is disclosed. The formulation of the ink includes an adhesion promoter and is adaptable to adhere to the surface of the protective coating with the adhesion promoter.

The invention refers to a method to produce a packaging material comprising the steps of; treating at least one surface of a paperboard substrate with a binder and with a metal salt, printing at least a part of said treated surface with ink, and applying at least one polymer layer on said printed surface. The packaging material produced in accordance with the invention shows good printability and simultaneously good adhesion of the applied polymer layer.

The invention provides a UV (ultraviolet) ink bridging agent and application thereof. The bridging agent comprises resin, a curing agent and a solvent, wherein the resin comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 30-50% of alkyd resin, 10-30% of cellulose nitrate, 20-30% of ester solvent, 0-1.5% of antioxidant, 0-0.8% of tetrafluoroethylene gas-phase wax, 3-8% of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and 0-1% of leveling agent; the curing agent comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 20-80% of low free TDI (toluene diisocyanate) curing agent raw material and 20-80% of ethyl acetate; and the solvent comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 70-90% of ethyl acetate, 8-20% of ethylene glycol monoethyl ether acetate and 1-10% of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether. The bridging agent provided by the invention is used for the UV ink printing of plates and can effectively enhance the adhesive force of ink on the plates.

An ink composition containing an organic solvent and a pigment, which has a little amount of smell, excellent safety and health properties, excellent resin solubility, excellent printing stability and excellent drying properties, causes no corrosion to a printer, and is excellent in adhesion to non-absorbable printing media and good printability, wherein the ink composition comprises as the organic solvent at least one compound selected from compounds of the formula (1) and (2),wherein each of R1, R2 and R4 independently represents an oxygen atom or —NR6— wherein R6 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a hydroxyalkyl group, a hydroxyl group or a hydrogen atom, and each of R3 and R5 independently represents a branched or non-branched hydrocarbon group represented by CmHn wherein m is an integer of 2 to 8 and n is an integer of 2m-4, 2m-2 or 2m.

The present invention relates to printed antifog films suitable for the packaging of food products having an improved ability to maintain their antifogging properties after being wound up into a roll and to the packages obtained therefrom. The films of the invention comprise an overprint varnish applied over the printed image on the antifog film, said overprint varnish comprising a vinylidene chloride polymer and a surfactant. The printed antifog film may be manufactured using conventional equipment by applying an overprint varnish in the final print station of the printing process.

An ink composition containing an organic solvent and a pigment, which has a little amount of smell, excellent safety and health properties, excellent resin solubility, excellent printing stability and excellent drying properties, causes no corrosion to a printer, and is excellent in adhesion to non-absorbable printing media and good printability, wherein the ink composition comprises as the organic solvent at least one compound selected from compounds represented by the formulae (1) to (3), wherein each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R7 and R8 independently represents an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkenylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms and each of R5, R6 and R9 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms.

The present invention relates to the use of cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) blended with a polymeric material selected from a polyvinyl alcohol) (PVOH), an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer (EAA), other carboxylated polymer latexes, or other polymer blends, and applied as a thin coating layer on plastic films for printing with digital processes such as ink jet and laser printing, as well as with more conventional printing processes such as flexography and offset lithography, to the control of ink adhesion to the plastic film, and to the reduction in the oxygen transmission rate (OTR) of the plastic film.

The present invention provides a method for a customer to interact with a computer system over a computer network for specifying custom decoration of a plastic food service article. A computer-assisted decorating machine then processes the customer input and customizes the food service article according to the customer input. Thereafter, the customized article is delivered to the customer. Creation of customized and / or personalized designs is rendered feasible by providing readymade templates for a variety of events and occasions. In embodiments, the computer-assisted decorating machine is a laser marking system, and the food service articles are made from a plastic material that discolors when irradiated with a laser beam. The markings can emulate silver, gold, or pewter without applying metals, inks, or coatings to the plastic articles, and laser marked plate products can resemble decorated china plates or other permanent ware articles.