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Technical Information Container High Class Glass Decoration Ferro: enhancing life through superior materials performance Headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, USA, Ferro Corporation is a world leading producer of Performance Materials, with operations in 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas. We apply core technologies in organic and Meeting the needs of the Color World calls for inorganic chemistry to develop leading market great foresight, flexibility and innovation … positions in a diverse range of industries. • Our global presence is a strong competitive Our mission is “to achieve market leadership advantage. Technical, marketing and management through a customer-focused and highly creative personnel are in continuous contact with customers organisation committed to delivering top quality in every major region. Multinational customers can products and outstanding services to customers be assured of standard products and consistent worldwide”. quality wherever they have operations. Our materials are used to add value to, and to • We co-ordinate our R&D activities globally and improve the performance of products in a variety use our international talent to ensure that product of end markets including building and renova- specifications and performance are designed tion, home appliances, cookware, giftware and to satisfy the specific requirements demanded by tableware, transportation, household furnishings, regional markets. leisure, electronics and industrial products. • Ferro views the world-wide concern for the en- We are among the world’s leading suppliers of vironment as an opportunity to develop improved ceramic glazes and colors, glass decoration, products and also to participate in chemical indus- speciality glasses and porcelain enamel coatings. try effor ts to address public concern. Environmen- We pioneered the development of forehearth tal concerns are a major driving force behind the color technology for coloring of glass. evolution of our lead- and cadmium-free technolo- gy and our low VOC decoration systems. Our global commitment to quality, reliability, inno- vation and personal customer care is founded on • The markets we cover are extremely service- over 80 years of experience in serving the changing intensive. Ferro has established regional color needs of industry, from our international network matching, blending/pasting and technical support of manufacturing plants and service centres. Our facilities, to provide the level of service demanded commitment to quality management has been by our customers in all time zones. recognised with the award of ISO9001 accredita- tion to all of our global manufacturing and research Think of us as High Performance Partners facilities. to manufacturers around the world … ... Helping to create and enhance many of the products you use and enjoy every day of your life. Technical Information HGS01 Organic inks for Container Glass Decoration In this technical information leaflet Ferro presents the organic inks. Introduction Ferro’s organic inks are thermal cure organic screen print inks: single component inks (1 pack systems) vibrant color range no heavy metals Content low VOC higher mileage than ceramic inks Introduction 1 cure at lower temperature than glass enamels Main market segments 1 Organic inks are available in two forms: Legislation 2 HTP Series inks Bisphenol A Migration 2 solid form, thermoplastic inks Preparation of ink and substrate 2 for both single and multi-color application formulated to give good adhesion to the glass Printing 3 additional colors can be immediately over- Overprinting 3 printed using high-speed decorating machines Thinning 3 RTP Series inks Cleaning 3 paste form, liquid at room temperature single print applications Curing 3 can also be used with HTP Series inks in multi- Test parameters 4 print applications as the final print Consumption 4 Storage 4 Main market segments Range of products 5 Ferro’s organic inks are used in the following market Technical information summary 6 segments: FAQ 7 Cosmetics and perfume containers Giftware and advertising specialties Tumblers and household containers; tableware One way bottles (Wine, Liquor, Vodka and other beverage bottles) Multi-trip returnable bottles Appliance and decorative flat glass page 2/8 Legislation Ink Temperature Ferro’s organic inks are heavy metal free and are Ink pot temperatures therefore in compliance with the following HTP ink: 70°C to 80°C legislations: RTP ink: 21°C to 40°C Packaging and Packaging waste Directive 2004/12/EC Screen temperatures CONEG Legislation HTP ink print: 80°C to 90°C TSCA RTP ink: 25°C to 50°C Proposition 65 Glass substrate preparation - Tableware Bisphenol A Migration Glass must be clean, dry and free from greases, oils, dust and other contaminants. The base resin of our inks is an epoxy. Epoxy resins are If manually transferred, all glassware coming manufactured from Bisphenol A. Following regular from the production line should be palletized and requests from our customers, Ferro has conducted a covered before transporting to the printing feed series of Bisphenol A migration tests with a number area. of organic inks at an independent scientific Glass must not be handled with bare hands. laboratory. Handling without gloves may transfer oil, dirt or The glass slabs were prepared such that a typical grease to the printing panel, which may result in spread of pigments (inorganic, organic) and cure poor printing. conditions 180°C to 200°C were covered. Result of Make sure the loading table, guide rails etc. are that study was that Bisphenol A migration could not oil and grease free. be detected under any set of conditions. A detailed Ink transfer to cold glassware may be difficult. report is available upon request. Recommended glass temperature is 30°C. Temperature should not exceed 40°C and not go below 27°C. Preparation of ink and substrate Glass substrate preparation - Bottles HTP Ink melting and handling In addition to the above mentioned recommendations for glass tableware, we do Temperature control of the HTP organic ink is emphasize the following parameters for the absolutely critical. decoration of bottles: A minimum amount of heat should always be used when melting and printing. Excess heat in Hot end coating pots or on screens will shorten the lifetime of the Tin oxide, a hot end coating (HEC) is recommended. ink. An application thickness of 20-40 CTU‟s (coating Inks should be melted in a forced air oven. If one thickness unit) is recommended for use with Ferro‟s is not available, a convection oven can be used. organic inks. If a hot end coating is not applied as Alternatively, the ink pot could be immersed in a recommended, adhesion of the organic inks may not hot water bath. be optimal and the decorated bottle may not meet Do not apply direct heat. Application of direct performance requirements. heat, such as from a microwave, hot plate or burner, will cause curing and hardening of the Cold end coating product. If a cold end coating (CEC) must be applied prior to The ink block should be broken into small pieces decoration (post-annealing lehr), we recommend a to be melted. Smaller pieces will melt more very light application of stearate based cold end quickly due to higher surface area. coatings. Cold end coatings based on polyethylene or During melting and printing, ink temperature oleic acid are known to cause adhesion problems with should be monitored regularly via thermocouple the cured print. Adhesion performance can be or infrared pyrometer (IR heat gun). negatively affected when the cold end coatings are Temperatures must be checked before, during heavily applied. and after printing; screen temperature can Cold end coatings of any type may be applied to the increase when the machine is stopped. If printed ware if desired; no limitations exist for post- temperature is not checked, screens may be decoration cold end coating application. overheated and ink may cure. Ferro recommends Arkema‟s Tegoglas T5 cold end coating. A 0.2% concentration of T5 in deionized Suggested starting points for ink melting and printing water is recommended. If the cold end coating is not are as follows: applied as recommended, adhesion of the ® organic inks may not be optimal and the decorated bottle may not meet performance requirements. page 3/8 Pretreatment Overprinting Ferro does not require the use of pretreatment with Thanks to the outstanding opacity of our organic inks, our organic inks to achieve optimal performance. it is not necessary to utilize a white base print. Intense colors can be achieved individually by side-by-side printing. Fine details such as letters and thin lines can Printing still be overprinted. Ferro’s organic inks can be used on the existing Thinning printing machines and equipment already used with traditional inorganic glass enamels. Ferro’s organic inks are ready-to-use and do not need any dilution. The pure ink is considered as touch- Heatable stainless steel screen dryafter print. Mesh: 270 – 325 mesh In certain circumstances, adding our Thinner 001 for Metallic colors: ~160 mesh HTP/RTP might help to reduce the necessary screen for Halftone printing and 360° surface printing temperature during the printing process. The (full wrap): 350 – 425 mesh addition of this thinner will affect the tackiness of the ink after print which means that the ink becomes Screen tension sticky. 15N/cm² For more detailed information, please contact your regional technical service representative.