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Printing Ink Production Line
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USD 10,000.00 ~ USD 50,000.00/set
1/ set (Min. Order)
1.introduction
Printing ink is a sophisticated colloidal mixture, essential for transferring text and images from a plate or digital file onto a substrate like paper, plastic, or metal. Far more than just colored liquid, it is a precisely engineered product designed to dry quickly, adhere strongly, and deliver consistent, vibrant color for a specific printing process.
The formulation of ink varies dramatically depending on its intended use, whether it's for fast-drying newspaper printing, durable packaging, or high-gloss magazine pages.
2.Raw Materials: The Building Blocks of Ink
The four fundamental components of most printing inks are:
1. Pigments
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Function: Provide the color and opacity. These are fine, solid particles that are dispersed throughout the ink, not dissolved.
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Examples:
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Carbon Black: The primary pigment for black inks.
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Phthalocyanine Blues and Greens: Provide brilliant, strong shades.
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Quinacridone and Azo Pigments: Used for reds, oranges, and yellows.
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Titanium Dioxide (TiO₂): A white pigment used for opacity and to make lighter colors.
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2. Resins
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Function: Act as the binding agent. They hold the pigment particles together and form a film that adheres the ink to the printed surface. They determine the ink's gloss, hardness, and resistance properties.
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Examples: Acrylic resins, alkyd resins, polyamide resins, and hydrocarbon resins. For oil-based inks, natural resins like rosin are also used.
3. Vehicles (Carriers or Oils)
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Function: The fluid component that carries the pigment and resin. It transports the ink from the press to the substrate and then undergoes a process (like absorption, evaporation, or oxidation) to allow the ink to dry.
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Examples:
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Mineral Oils: Used in newsprint and cold-set web offset inks.
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Vegetable Oils (e.g., Linseed, Soybean): Common in sheet-fed and heat-set offset inks.
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Water: The vehicle for water-based flexographic and gravure inks.
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Solvents (e.g., Ethanol, Esters): Used in solvent-based inks for flexible packaging.
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Acrylic Monomers: The vehicle for UV-curable inks.
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4. Additives
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Function: Small quantity materials used to fine-tune the ink's properties and performance.
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Examples:
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Waxes: (e.g., PE or PTFE) to improve rub and scuff resistance.
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Driers: (e.g., Cobalt or Manganese salts) to catalyze the oxidation drying process.
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Plasticizers: To increase flexibility.
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Defoamers & Surfactants: To control foaming and wetting characteristics.
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Anti-skinning Agents: To prevent skin from forming on the ink in the can.
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3.Production Steps: From Raw Materials to Finished Ink
The manufacturing process is a physical dispersion process, not a chemical reaction. The goal is to evenly distribute and break down pigment agglomerates within the vehicle.
Step 1: Pre-Dispersion (Paste Mixing)
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The powdered pigment, resin, and a portion of the vehicle are loaded into a high-speed disperser (HSD).
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The HSD's saw-tooth blade rotates at high speed, creating a vortex that pulls all materials together. This wetting process creates a thick, rough paste where the large pigment agglomerates are broken down into smaller ones.
Step 2: Milling (Grinding)
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This is the most critical step for achieving color strength and fineness. The pre-dispersed paste is pumped through a mill to grind the pigment particles down to their optimal microscopic size (typically 5-10 microns).
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Key Equipment:
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Three-Roll Mill: Ideal for high-viscosity pastes (e.g., offset, UV inks). Shear force between the rollers grinds the pigment.
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Bead Mill: Common for lower to medium viscosity inks. Uses small grinding beads and agitation to achieve dispersion.
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Step 3: Letdown / Formulation
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The finely ground pigment concentrate is transferred to a larger mixing tank.
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The remaining vehicle, additional resins, and additives are added in precise proportions. This step "lets down" the concentrate to the final ink formula, adjusting its viscosity, tack, and other working properties.
Step 4: Quality Control (QC) Testing
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Before packaging, every batch undergoes rigorous QC testing. Key tests include:
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Color Strength: Compared to a standard using a spectrophotometer.
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Fineness of Grind: Measured with a Hegman gauge to ensure no large particles remain.
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Viscosity and Tack: Measured with viscometers and tackometers to ensure proper flow on press.
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Drying Time: Tested under simulated conditions.
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Step 5: Packaging
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The approved ink is filtered and filled into containers—from small cans and pails to large totes or bulk tanker trucks—ready for shipment to printers.
3. TGM Factory Profile:
TGM Chemical Machine Co., Ltd is a group enterprise. We have brands like TGM, Pengchang and Tongpeng.
We are a leader in the field of chemical machine industry, with 18 years of industry experience.
We have professional R&D design team, strong technical support, skilled production team, reliable after sales service, flexible customized solutions,
to meet your various standards and non standard equipment procurement needs. We committed to providing the complete and professional chemical equipment solutions.
We integrate, design, development, production, sales and training together.
Our products scope: Disperser, Bead Mill, Basket Mill, Mixer, emulsifier, Mixing kettles, Reactor, Filling machine, Bag filter, Pumps, Zirconium Bead, 3 roll mill, and other accessories.
Our machines help you to make ideal products: paints, coatings, inks, pigments, dyes, thinner, hardener, emulsions, varnish, spin finish, putty, glues, adhesives, viscous pastes, concrete Admixtures,
PCVC solvent cement, liquid resins, sealants, silicone sealant, lithium battery, electronic slurry&paste, pulps, silicon dioxide, liquid rubber, pesticide, liquid fertilizer, disinfectant, liquid detergent, gel,
lotions, shampoo, body wash, liquid soap, hand sanitizer, liquid wash, nail polish, creams, and so on.
We could offer individual machine or full production lines for your plants.
4. What are advantages of your factory?
1) Our factory is a leader manufacture of Chemical machine With 18 years of Industry experience. We have a lot Technology Patents & Product Patents;
2) Our factory has Professional R&D Teams, High Technical Supports, Skilled Production Team, Reliable After Sales Service, Flexible Customized Solutions;
3) Our factory is the leader of this industry, named with high and new technology enterprise;
4) Our factory has plenty of industry experience, we could offer you the complete palnt planning.
5. Who are your factory's clients? Could you list some of them?
AKZONOBEL, JUNTON, PPG, NIPPON, DABAO, BURGER, MAYDOS, RAINBOW, HITECH COATING, CHINA PAINT, CHANGJIANG COATING, TOA, LYNWON PIGMENT,
PEONY INKS, TL INKS, ZR INKS, SAKATA INKS, KINGSWOO INKS, DIC INKS, ANLI, ACHILLES, REPOW GROUP, SHINETSU ADHESIVES, JUSHI, XINGLONG PESTICIDES...
6. What certificate your factory could offer?:
CE, BSC, CNEX, ISO, patents.
7. Manufacture Processing:
Our Chemical Machines are strictly quality control at every single production step, after quality past, we will move to do next step production.
Our Chemical Machines production process: raw materials preparing-cutting/bending materials-welding-polishing-assembling-coating-testing-packing-loading.
8. Packing And Shipping:
