Addition of Luwax AF wax to inks

Luwax AF wax can be applied to solvent type flexographic inks and packaging gravure inks; base type flexographic inks, recommended for offset inks.
The recommended amounts of Luwax AF wax to be added to different inks.
0.5-1.0% for solvent type flexographic inks and packaging gravure inks.
0.8-1.5% for water-based flexographic inks and packaging gravure inks
0.8-1.2% for printing gravure inks
1.0-1.5% for offset inks.

No matter how the PVC is adjusted, that is, the amount of emulsion is from 10% to 50%, the non-volatile volume fraction of the coating is difficult to change significantly. Latex paint is a low-solid content paint. The focus of improving the performance of the paint should not be solely on the wax emulsion. The consideration of the preparation of the slurry is imminent.

In view of the fact that the amount of water in the emulsion cannot be reduced, the work of controlling the amount of water can only be placed in the beating section. There are many methods for reducing water beating or preparing high-solid slurry.
①Increase the density and bulk density of inorganic pigments and fillers, and increase the amount of people, control the specific surface area of ​​inorganic substances, and reduce their water absorption.
② Correspondingly increase the number of inorganic substances and emulsions, reduce water, and do not change PVC.
③Choose appropriate wetting agent or dispersing agent with strong hydrophilicity.
However, the result of doing so will also have corresponding side effects. The increase in the density of inorganic substances and the viscosity-reducing effect of the hydrophilic wetting and dispersing agent cause sedimentation problems. Hydrating thickeners can solve this problem, but they also bring about leveling and water resistance problems. So far we can point out that the bottleneck of coating preparation is how to control the continuous phase—water.

The amount of dispersant added
Although the type of dispersant is important to the preparation of slurry, its addition cannot be ignored. The adsorption capacity of inorganic pigments and fillers on the dispersant is related to the oil absorption, which depends on the specific surface area, which is in turn related to the density and particle size. Indexes such as oil absorption of pigments and fillers.

The size of the oil absorption of pigment and filler particles is related to the specific surface area of ​​the particles. An increase in the specific surface area will lead to an increase in oil absorption; it is related to the porosity between pigment and filler particles, and a decrease in porosity will result in a decrease in oil absorption; , The shape of the filler is related, the needle-shaped particles absorb more oil than the spherical particles (the needle-shaped specific surface area and gaps are larger).