Aluminum Foil Varnish Performance Classification and Troubleshooting Methods

First, the technical requirements of polishing oil

Aluminium foil finishes include gloss base coats and gloss finish oils. Polishing primer, also known as the primer coating, varnish oil, also known as varnish or varnish.

1. Aluminum foil primer (also known as base oil and primer)

The primer of aluminum foil is a layer of paint between aluminum foil and ink. Its role is to make the base oil firmly adhere to the aluminum foil and can be combined with the ink. The bottoming is to use the transfer of the roller to evenly apply the coating on the rubber roller (paint or surface oil) to the aluminum foil, or use the texture of the gravure roller to directly transfer to the aluminum foil. The primer coating has the following technical requirements:

1 The paint has a light color (almost no color after drying), and has a low yellowness;

2 have a certain leveling, suitable drying (or volatilization or thermosetting) and flexibility;

3 has a certain degree of water resistance and magnetic properties;

4 The white ink has good oleophilicity, especially for pure aluminum foil.

5 does not contain substances harmful to human health;

6 The base oil can be used as a scavenger after the filler has been added, or it can be used as an ink base or printed after adding the colorant.

In order to improve the adhesion to the aluminum foil, it should be as thin as possible at the time of bottoming (usually the bottom oil thickness of the rubber roller is generally controlled at 20~40μm, and the thickness of the bottom oil after transfer on the gravure printing machine is generally controlled at about 10μm. )

2. Aluminum foil polish (also known as cover paint)

The varnish is applied on the surface of aluminum foils that have been completed with all colors or single colors, which can make the surface of the printed products glossy, beautiful, and resistant to acids and alkalis. It can also protect the graphic surface and increase the surface hardness of the product. In addition, it should also have a certain degree of flexibility. Therefore, aluminum foil varnish must have the following technical requirements:

1 Good color retention performance, no migration, no yellowing, no color change or ink ink film falling after a certain temperature;

2 has a certain degree of brightness, firmness and hardness;

3 with white or yellow base oil and ink should have a certain affinity;

4 high solid content, low viscosity, high transparency, especially good leveling, after filming can withstand die-cutting, embossing, punching and other mechanical impact.

Second, the classification of polishing oil

There are many kinds of varnishes on aluminum foil, which are generally divided into the following four series.

1 Normal temperature (refers to drying with a printer at a lower temperature such as blowing or infra-red) Aluminium foil varnish: Generally, a varnish of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic resin, or an amphoteric resin as an auxiliary varnish; Plastic-based resin, and then add thermosetting resin (to increase its softening point) of the coating, will stick back, yellowing, discoloration at a certain temperature, often used as a binder in aluminum foil coating system.

2 general high temperature (refer to 121 ~ 160 °C) aluminum foil varnish: usually based on hot resin. After this type of coating oil approaches or exceeds 180°C, yellowing, discoloration, discoloration, and side light are liable to occur, and in particular, chlorine dioxide is easily generated and is currently prohibited from being used in pharmaceutical packaging printing products.

3 high temperature (refer to 180 ~ 250 °C) aluminum foil varnish: Most use of amphoteric resin or acrylic resin, then add silicone resin, due to yellowing, plus two polymers or two or more polymers in high temperature Collisions have produced harmful and toxic chlorine monoxide. At present, people have abandoned the use of amphoteric resins in such products. However, due to the high cost, people are exploring the use of amphoteric resins to add chlorinated additives to solve the problem.

4 UV-cured aluminum foil varnish: This varnish mainly consists of a photosensitive resin and an initiator, etc. to form a varnish. Due to poor adhesion, thermoplastic tackifying resins are now introduced. Make up for its deficiencies. It solves the problems of adhesion, back tack, acid and alkali, anti-hot pressing, embossing, punching, cross cutting and so on, and is deeply favored by the packaging printing industry.

Third, all kinds of faults and troubleshooting

Pinhole and snow point

Main reasons: 1 There is oil on the surface of aluminum foil; 2 There are too many plasticizers in the base oil or white coating system, and the viscosity is too large; 3 The surface of the mechanical roller or substrate is not smooth and so on.

Remedy: 1 Remove the oil on the surface of the aluminum foil or replace the aluminum foil: 2 Add a T12-6X or TM-3 coupling agent to the base oil and white paint. 3 Replace the smooth surface of the roller or replace the printed aluminum foil.

2. Difference in gloss

The main reasons are as follows: 1 The surface of the aluminum foil is rough and uneven, and the absorption ink is large; 2 The varnish oil is opaque and the quality is poor; 3 The varnish oil has low viscosity and the coating is too thin; 4 The coating temperature and pressure are insufficient.

Remedy: 1 exchange roller roller or air coating after a period of time, and then polishing operations; 2 select transparent and good leveling of the coating oil; 3 select the coating system in the high resin content and low viscosity coating Oil; 4 The working temperature is adjusted to the glass transition temperature of the varnish and the roller pressure is increased.

3. uneven and glowing

The main reasons are as follows: (1) the adhesion of the coating oil or the base oil to the ink is poor; (2) the viscosity of the coating oil is too low; (3) the ink layer is too thick or the ink film of the printing ink is crystallized.

Remedy: 1 Add appropriate amount of surfactant to the varnish to reduce the surface tension of the varnish; 2 Increase the varnish viscosity or add fresh varnish to the adjusted varnish: 3 In the varnish Added TM-3 coupling agent from Tianyang Chemical Factory or roughed the surface of printing ink film.

4. The coating is explosive and not folding

Main reasons: 1 The temperature in the embossing is too high, which makes the resin in the printed matter, especially in the varnish ink system, become too brittle after the hardness is too high; 2 The embossing and die-cutting pressure are large, so that the post-glazed printed product has extensibility and flexibility. Bad; 3 die cutting, embossing, punching or improper folding; 4 coating oil and ink adhesion is poor.

Remedy: 1 reduce the embossing temperature, or choose a moderate hardness of the varnish; 2 reduce embossing, die-cutting, punching impact pressure; 3 due to improper die-cutting, should be in the packaging printing design plate, as far as possible Take the longitudinal specifications as the basis for production of die cutting, embossing, punching and folding (because of the different tensile strength of aluminum foil in transverse and longitudinal directions); 4 Change the base oil or varnishes with good ink affinity, or add Big print pressure.

5. Adhesion

Main reasons: 1The coating oil is too slow or dry; 2The coating of coating oil is too thick; 3The blowing is small, the baking path is short, the temperature is low, or the intensity of UV light is weak; 4The substrate of the coating is too high after coating .

Remedy: 1 Change to a quick-drying varnish: 2 Reduce the amount of varnish to be applied, reduce the thickness of the varnish coating, 3 Strengthen the blowing or adjust the angle of the drier, extend the drying tunnel, increase the temperature of the drying tunnel or UV light The light intensity; 4 Try to avoid too high stacking of substrates.

6. Pieces of shedding

The main reasons are as follows: 1 The surface of the aluminum foil of the substrate is uneven; 2 The coating oil or the bottom oil is not firmly adhered; 3 The printing pressure is not enough or the pressure of the embossing is too high.

Remedy: 1 Select the aluminum foil with a smooth surface; 2 Select a good adhesion or base oil with good fastness, or add 1%-5% mixed auxiliary agent -PPH or 4011 to the polishing oil or base oil ;3 Increase the printing pressure or reduce the pressure of embossing.

7. Fading, discoloration and yellowing

Main reasons: 1 PH value of coating oil or base oil is inconsistent with the ink; 2 film drying process is too high during oxidation polymerization, resulting in yellowing; 3 coating oil or bottom oil itself is not resistant to high temperature; 4 printing The color and dye in the ink system are not resistant to high temperatures.

Remedy: 1 exchange with the ink PH value consistent with the varnish or base oil: 2 control the drying temperature of the varnish; 3 select the high temperature varnish or base oil; 4 replace the high temperature printing ink or add calcium, silicon, etc. Organic fillers.