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Single pass radiation curable inkjet printing methods for producing printed flexible foils and plastic bags

US8371688B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGFA GRAPHICS NV · BE

Inventors

Geert Van Dyck · Hamme, BE
Etienne Van Thillo · Essen, BE
Peter Bracke · Mortsel, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2008
Grant date	Feb 12, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC09D11/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A radiation curable inkjet printing method for producing printed flexible foils and plastic bags wherein a web-like polymeric substrate having a maximum value for Tan δ between 40° C. and 110° C. and a surface energy Ssub is printed upon using a single pass inkjet printer with a non-aqueous radiation curable inkjet liquid having a surface tension SLiq, wherein SLiq is smaller than Ssub by at least 4 mN/m, and curing the radiation curable liquid on the substrate at a surface temperature equal or higher than the temperature of the maximum value for Tan δ and smaller than the melting point of the polymeric recording medium. A single pass inkjet printer is also disclosed.

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