Why is UV printing curing so popular

2024-08-24

The main reasons why UV printing curing is so popular are as follows:
Improving product performance: UV printing curing is the process of instantly curing ink through ultraviolet irradiation. This process enables UV printed products to have clear dots, good color tone reproducibility, bright ink, and high printing consistency. Due to the fact that the UV curing process is a photochemical reaction, both the ink layer and the photoresist layer have the advantages of strong adhesion, durability, water resistance, chemical resistance, wear resistance, and aging resistance. These characteristics make UV printed cured products have higher quality and longer service life.

Improve production efficiency and economic benefits: The UV printing curing process does not require a heat source, does not contain solvents, and has a very short curing time. This enables most UV processes to achieve high-speed production, with line speeds reaching up to 400 meters per minute, greatly improving production efficiency. In addition, UV curing machines have low energy consumption, greatly reducing production costs. At the same time, after UV printing curing, subsequent packaging processes such as die-cutting, indentation, bonding, and hot stamping can be carried out immediately, further improving production efficiency.

Compliant with environmental requirements: The UV printing curing system is a solvent-free system, which means a 100% solvent-free formula and does not contain VOCs (volatile organic compounds). This perfectly meets the environmental requirements of today's society, making UV printing curing an environmentally friendly printing technology.
Strong adhesion: The chemical substances in UV ink form a polymer three-dimensional network structure through photochemical reactions, which makes the printing ink layer firm, fast drying, and cross-linked. This ink layer has high wear resistance and chemical resistance, ensuring the quality and durability of printed materials.
Flexibility and adaptability: UV printing curing technology is suitable for a variety of printing materials, including non absorbent materials such as gold cardboard, silver cardboard, pearlescent paper, transparent stickers, plastics, PVC, PE, gratings, etc. This makes UV printing curing technology have a wider range of applications and can meet the personalized needs of different customers.