Ceramic Inkjet Ink Formulation

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Ceramic inkjet ink formulation.

In direct ceramic ink jet printing dcijp ink with ceramic pigment passes through the nozzle to build up a multilayered 3 dimensional structure. Our ink systems score highly on adhesion and come in a variety of colours and special effects plus they are scratch resistant dishwasher safe and free of heavy metals. Us20150015638a1 ceramic inkjet inks google patents. Direct ceramic ink jet printing has the advantage that composition is spatially programmable down to the resolution of an ink droplet throughout a component.

Then the pigment particles were dispersed in a mixed solvent of ethanol and ethylene glycol with addition of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ctab as a dispersant. Formulation of ceramic ink the prepared inorganic pigment was micronized using attrition milling to prevent nozzle clogging for the ink jet printing application. Thanks to the high stability offered by polyol suspensions the solid content of inks can be as high as 20 by weight so ensuring optimal colour performance. Most solvents used in the formulation of inkjet inks have viscosity in the range 0 5 5 0 cp but inks may be jettable at up to 25 cp or even more.

A solvent based ink formulation for inkjet printing particularly on plastics and non porous surfaces including 1 40 by weight of a ketone solvent 10 90 by weight of a mixture of cosolvents. A lot of materials can be synthesized by the polyol approach table iii and fig. The inks were characterised for their rheological wetting and storage stability properties. The primer solution makes sense because the same ink formulation could be used for any of these products.

Direct ceramic ink jet printing dcijp process is a suitable freeform fabrication technique to develop ceramic components whose dimensions are in microns. In terms of speed it makes sense to keep the printer running rather than stopping it to switch to a different ink formulation. The current document discloses an inkjet ink that is characterized by exceptionally low sedimentation rate of glass frit and pigment. In one day the printer could be printing on boxes labels plastic cups or ceramic mugs.