Products in Flexography: Radiation Curable Ink

Efka® SL 3210 is a slip and leveling agent, a very effective additive to increase substrate wetting, slip, surface smoothness, and gloss. It has good compatibility with a broad range of printing ink systems and is relatively insensitive to pin-holing, even at high dosage. The chemical nature is organically modified polysiloxane.

Efka® PX 4733 is an advanced polymeric dispersant with a core-shell structure. It is a 100% active, liquid dispersant with high pigment loading at low mill base viscosity. Particularly effective in UV-curable and mild-solvent ink-jet systems, it is suitable for use in UV-curable ink systems, including flexographic, lithographic, and screen inks.

HDK® N20 is a synthetic, hydrophilic, amorphous silica produced through flame hydrolysis. It is a standard product widely used in various industrial applications. This white colloidal powder offers high purity and serves multiple purposes. One of the primary applications of HDK® N20 is as a thickening and thixotropic agent in organic systems such as unsaturated polyesters, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetics. Additionally, it functions as a reinforcing filler in elastomers, particularly silicone elastomers.

DCL 7019 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 is a high-performance pigment developed for use in industrial coatings, automotive refinishing, and coil coatings. This reddish-violet shade is also suitable for plastic and ink applications, and is a close match to Clariant Red E5B. It is used in various high-end paint and plastic applications where excellent fastness properties are required, and is also FDA-approved.

DCL 1274 Hansa Yellow, PY.74 is a medium-shade Hansa Yellow with good lightfastness and opacity. It has various applications, including decorative and industrial coatings, as well as water flexo, solvent flexo, and UV inks. It features good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability.

DCL 2355 Opaque Yellow, PY.155 is an opaque, strong, green-shaded yellow pigment with good rheology and lightfastness properties. This pigment is mainly recommended to be used in water flexo, solvent flexo and UV inks, as well as industrial coatings.

DCL 1219 Quinacridone Red Violet, PV.19 (E5B type) is a bright, yellow shade quinacridone with excellent overall properties. This pigment is FDA approved (Section 178.3297) and finds major applications in the following: Plastics such as PVC, PP, PS, PE and PET. Automotive/aerospace, decorative, powder and industrial coatings. Solvent flexo, water flexo, inkJet, UV and offset inks

DCL 8300P Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:3 is a beta-shaded phthalocyanine blue pigment that is characterized by its easy dispersibility. This pigment is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297). It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of applications.

DCL A3RN Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings and ink applications.

DCL 3777 Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 (blue shade) is a bright, blue-shaded phthalocyanine with excellent overall properties. The product is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and recommended for various applications in inks, coatings, and plastics. It can be easily dispersed in plastics, coatings, and water-based flexo inks.

DCL 2870 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a blue-shaded red pigment for use where good overall fastness properties are required. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, including lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of paint, plastic, and ink applications.

DCL 1070 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very brilliant, opaque, strong, bright yellow shade of naphthol red pigment. It exhibits very good lightfastness, chemical resistance and flow properties. This makes it a highly reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL AG110 Fine Satin Silver, <15 m is a silver-white transulcent pearlescent pigment with a satin finish. It is recommended for general industrial coatings, plastics and printing ink applications is recommended for general industrial coatings, plastics and printing ink applications. The product is FDA-approved (Section 178- 3297).

DCL 2283 Opaque Yellow, PY.83 is a medium-shaded diarylide yellow offering good opacity, lightfastness, excellent flow properties, and tinting strength. It is recommended to be used in inkjet and UV inks as well as automotive, aerospace, industrial, and powder coating applications.

DCL 1482 2B Red, PR.48:2 is a calcium precipitated bright blue shade of 2B red with good properties. With exceptional resistance properties, this product is widely used in various applications, especially in water flexo inks and UV inks.

DCL 06-905 DNA Orange, PO.5 is a bright, semi-opaque orange pigment with good lightfastness. It is used in some applications to replace molybdate oranges. However, due to its poor solvent stability in some solvents, it is not recommended for baking systems. It is recommended for trade-sale paints, air-dry industrial coatings, water, solvent, and UV based printing inks.

DCL 1274-D Hansa Yellow, PY.74 is a medium shade hansa yellow with good lightfastness and opacity, suitable for decorative and industrial coatings, water flexo, solvent flexo, and UV inks. It features good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of applications.

DCL 2194 Benzimidazolone Yellow, PY.194 is a bright, green-shaded yellow with very good light and weather fastness, especially in deep shades. This product has relatively high opacity, good flow properties, good overall resistance properties, and good bleed characteristics. It is mainly used in plastics, high-end coatings, and inks.

DCL AG120A Shiny Satin, 5 - 25 m is a silver-white transulcent pearlescent pigment with a satin finish. This product is composed of a mixture of titanium and mica that appears as a silver white powder. It is FDA-approved (Section 178-3297).

DCL 2139 Isoindoline Yellow, PY.139 is a reddish shade yellow pigment with excellent opacity and lightfastness in deep shades. It is recommended for general industrial coatings where good rheology and opacity are required and can also be used in combination with inorganics as a replacement for chrome yellow medium, as well as in automotive refinishes and high-quality printing ink applications such as inkjet and UV inks.

DCL 1370 Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a very bright, yellow-shaded naphthol red with very good lightfastness, opacity, flow properties, and chemical resistance. The shade of 1370 is yellower and more opaque compared to that of 1970A. It is a reliable and versatile choice for various plastic, ink and coating applications.

DCL A3RJ Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a strong red shade and highly saturated blue pigment that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks and coating applications.

DCL A3R Indanthrone Blue, PB.60 is a red shade of highly saturated blue that combines very good tinctorial properties with excellent fastness properties. DCC Blue A3R is a highly transparent blue suitable for opaque and effect shades and is used in high-end coatings, plastics, and ink applications.

DCL 5454 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:4 is a transparent green-shade blue pigment that is non-crystallizing and stable to high processing temperatures in the presence of aromatic solvents. It is also non-flocculating in mineral oil/vegetable oil, and solvent-based systems. This pigment is recommended for high-grade industrial, agricultural equipment, automotive refinish and OEM, oven-drying coatings, and powder coatings, and is generally used in nitrocellulose and polyamide inks.

DCL 2583 Diarylide Yellow, PY.83 is a very strong, bright, and transparent red shade of diarylide yellow with good lightfastness and bleed properties. It also exhibits good overall resistance properties, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 1166 Disazo Scarlet, PR.166 is a transparent, yellow-shaded red with excellent heat stability and very good fastness properties. It is recommended for auto refinishes, solvent industrial coatings, and powder coating applications. It is also recommended for all ink and plastic applications.

DCL 5577 Phthalocyanine Blue, PB.15:3 is a greenish blue shade of phthalocyanine blue with excellent color strength. 5577 is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297) and exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a range of coating and ink applications.

DCL 3017-A Phthalocyanine Green, PG.7 is a strong, medium-shade phthalocyanine green pigment that is FDA-approved (Section 178.3297). It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of inks, plastics, and coating applications.

DCL 7354 DPP Red, PR.254 is a yellow-shaded DPP that offers excellent opacity, high color saturation, weather resistance, heat stability, acid, alkali, and solvent resistance. It is recommended for high-end coatings and high-end plastics applications, and is FDA compliant for indirect food contact plastic applications.

DCL 1144 Disazo Red, PR.144 is a medium to slightly blue-shade red pigment with high purity, tinting strength, and excellent heat stability. It is primarily used in the coloration of plastics such as PVC, ABS, polystyrene, polyolefins, and polyester spin dyeing, and is also used in some specialty coatings and inks, though it can cause warpage in HDPE.

DCL 1222 Quinacridone Magenta, PR.122 (Yellow shade), is a high-performance pigment that retains all the typical properties of quinacridone pigments, while offering a more yellowish and brighter masstone and a noticeably yellower, brighter, and stronger tint compared to the 1229 grade.

DCL 2874 Hansa Yellow, PY.74 is a high-strength, green-shaded Hansa Yellow. This pigment is specifically recommended to be used in water flexo and UV inks, decorative and industrial coatings. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability, making it a reliable choice for a range of applications.

DCL 1970-A Naphthol Red, PR.170 is a bright, blue-shaded naphthol red with good overall properties. It has a wide range of applications, including in plastics such as PVC and PE, as well as decorative, powder, and industrial coatings. It is also used in solvent flexo, inkjet, offset, and UV inks.

DCL 1334 Opaque Orange, PO.34 is a bright, strong diarylide orange with a modified particle size to gain high opacity and flow properties. It exhibits good overall resistance properties, lightfastness, weather fastness, and heat stability. This makes it a reliable and versatile choice for a wide range of plastics, inks, and coating applications.

DCL 2113 Pyrazolone Orange, PO.13 is a bright, clean, transparent pyrazolone orange pigment with excellent tinting strength. 2113 has fair lightfastness in masstone/deep shades and is poor in tints. It is recommended to be used in a wide range of plastic, ink, and coating applications.

DCL 1233 Carbazole Violet, PV.23 is a high-performance pigment with a bluish-violet color and high tint strength. It exhibits excellent fastness to light and weathering in most applications and is only slightly affected by reductions with titanium dioxide.