[China Glass Net] The digital inkjet printing technology that can be printed on ceramics, glass and other materials on the market has already developed very gratifyingly in the field of home decoration. Simply put, digital inkjet printing technology uses low-temperature UV ink inks with the advantages of low cost, high resolution and fine images. Linen Shirt,Printing Hawaiian Shirts,Short Sleeve Hawaiian Shirts,Hawaiian Beach Men Shirts Shaoxing Bosheng Garment-Making Co.,Ltd. , https://www.boshengshirt.com
At the moment, glass has become very common in large buildings. Energy-efficient glass not only reduces building energy consumption, but also allows natural light to enter the building, allowing people inside the building to see the surrounding landscape. The sense of openness created by glass is also difficult to match with other building materials.
The current market and customer groups are far less aware of glass digital ceramic printing technology than digital inkjet printing technology. From a market perspective, in 2000, the number of high-speed inkjet printers that emerged in 2000 was only 20 in the world. However, by 2010, the number of installed machines exceeded 200, showing how broad the market is. . In such a market environment, how competitive is glass digital ceramic printing technology? What is the difference between digital inkjet printing technology that is familiar to the public?
In fact, the digital inkjet printing technology that can be printed on ceramics, glass and other materials on the market has already developed very gratifyingly in the field of home decoration. Simply put, digital inkjet printing technology uses low-temperature UV ink inks with the advantages of low cost, high resolution and fine images. However, it also has the disadvantages of poor UV-resistance, easy scratching and peeling, and can not be used in outdoor environments. For the glass industry, after printing on the glass surface, it is no longer possible to carry out deep processing such as coating and laminating.
In 2009, Zhang Yanling, the director of DIP-Tech's digital printing press introduced to China's Friends Electronics Co., Ltd., introduced the high-temperature inorganic green ceramic ink in digital printing technology compared with the traditional screen printing technology. On the glass, the glass printed after tempering can be deep-processed, and has the advantages of anti-scratch and anti-ultraviolet glass after printing, which can be applied indoors and outdoors. This can greatly reduce costs and shorten lead times for design patterns, complex colors, and large glass sizes for different layouts, especially for large architectural glass with decorative glass façades.
From a global perspective, DIP-Tech has promoted the use of glass digital ceramic printing technology, DIP-Tech has more than 150 digital printing machines, the total printing glass area per year exceeds 1 million square meters, and the demand continues to grow.
Durability is the basic requirement of the market for glass printing. Most of them are used for the decoration of durable goods such as home appliances, furniture, building materials, etc. The printed pattern must ensure that it does not change color and is not damaged during the whole life cycle of the article.
Therefore, the glass print is required to have excellent durability. However, since the glass is an inorganic material which is difficult to adhere firmly, the organic resin for the screen printing ink hardly satisfies the above requirements for its adhesion, particularly water resistance and light resistance. Therefore, resins and pigments for glass printing inks must be specially designed and screened for various long-term tolerance tests. At the same time, with the increasing awareness of environmental protection, environmentally friendly inks have become the main development direction of this section.
Briefly speaking, glass digital ceramic printing technology is a digital printing technology that uses ceramic ink directly on outdoor or indoor decorative glass. The raw material of high temperature ceramic ink is composed of ceramic powder particles. The glass is washed and then printed, and then dried at a low temperature of 150 degrees Celsius to partially evaporate the added organic solvent, and then enter a tempering furnace of 650 degrees Celsius to 720 degrees Celsius to temper the remaining inorganic ceramic powder particles of the ceramic ink. The high temperature of the furnace is completely sintered on the glass and becomes a part of the glass.