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Picassian® PU-538

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Picassian® PU-538 belongs to the polyurethanes (pu) chemical family used in gravure ink,flexography ink applications.

Chemical Family: Polyurethanes (PU)

End Uses: Flexography Ink, Gravure Ink

Features: Excellent Adhesion, Long Potlife

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Identification & Functionality

Chemical Family
CASE Ingredients Functions
Technologies

Features & Benefits

CASE Ingredients Features
key Benefits

• Tin and TDI free. Fully aliphatic polyurethane
• Suitable for lamination and external printing
• High chemical resistance
• Film forming and low tackiness
• Soluble in alcohols and esters. Fully compatible with alcohol soluble nitrocellulose
• Excellent press behavior for printing on common flexible packaging films like polyester, polyolefin, aluminum foil and metalized films. When properly formulated, inks show excellent adhesion and lamination strengths to various flexible packaging films

Applications & Uses

Applications

• High performance in flexo and gravure inks
• Blending with hard resins may be required to eliminate residual tackiness
• The use of adhesion promoters is recommended when printing on polyolefin films

Properties

Appearance
Transparent liquid
Physical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Dry Solids content59.0-62.0%
Flash Point6°C
Solvent BlendEthyl acetate / Ethanol
Viscosity7,000-150,000mPa.s

Packaging & Availability

Availability

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