Solvents

In paints and coatings, solvents are majorly used to dissolve or disperse various components used in the formulation. Industrial Coatings made with solvents dry up to 10 times faster than low-solvent alternatives at room temperature, making painting fast and easy along with other benefits such as long-lasting protection, brilliant performance in extreme weather conditions and many more. Explore main factors to be considered while selecting the right solvent for your industrial coating formulations from a range provided by the coatings market. Also, find out a primary evaluation of the different solvent families (hydrocarbons, ketones, esters, alcohols, glycol ethers….) and some specific...

Inkjet printing appears simple, however, inkjet inks ought to meet certain important physicochemical requirements (storage stability, adhesion, surface tension...) which make their chemistry and formulation extraordinary. While formulating digital printing inks, the ink and the substrate pre-treatment are the most important components of the system. This is because unlike printing on paper or other substrates, the textile material will be subjected to repeated washing using various detergents, and the color ought to be fast to washing, rubbing, and sunlight. These factors make ink formulation for digital textile printing quite complicated. In order to solve your problems, learn more about how to...

Flexible packaging has now become popular in various industries ranging from consumer products to industrial applications. Both flexographic and gravure printing methods are used for flexible packaging printing. These two methods share the same raw materials; hence guidelines to select raw materials for the both printing methods are common. Review the guidelines to select raw materials such as waxes, surface additives, various resins as well as pigments for flexible packaging inks.