Njengoba isithakazelo sikhula kuma-ink amasha e-UV LED kanye noyinki we-Dual-Cure UV, abakhiqizi beziyinki abaholayo owelapha amandla banethemba ngekusasa lobuchwepheshe.
Imakethe ekwazi ukwelapheka - i-ultraviolet (UV), i-UV LED kanye ne-electron beam (EB) yokwelapha- bekuyimakethe eqinile isikhathi eside, njengoba ukusebenza kanye nezinzuzo zemvelo kuye kwaqhubeza ukukhula kokuthengisa ezinhlelweni eziningi.
Nakuba ubuchwepheshe bokuphulukisa amandla busetshenziswa ezimakethe eziningi, ama-inki nobuciko bezithombe kube ngesinye sezigaba ezinkulu.
"Kusukela emaphaketheni kuye kumasignali, amalebula, nokuphrinta kwezentengiso, oyinki be-UV abaphulukisiwe banikeza izinzuzo ezingenakuqhathaniswa ngokusebenza kahle, ikhwalithi, nokusimama kwemvelo,"kusho uJayashri Bhadane, we-Transparency Market Research Inc. UBhadane ulinganisela ukuthi imakethe izofinyelela ku-$4.9 billion ngokuthengiswa ekupheleni kuka-2031, ku-CAGR ka-9.2% ngonyaka.
Abakhiqizi bakayinki abahamba phambili owelapha amandla banethemba elilinganayo. UDerrick Hemmings, umphathi womkhiqizo, isikrini, i-flexo yamandla elaphekayo, i-LED North America,I-Sun Chemical, yathi nakuba umkhakha welapheko wamandla uqhubeka nokukhula, ubuchwepheshe obuthile abusetshenziswa kakhulu, njenge-UV evamile kanye noyinki abavamile abafakwe emashidini ezinhlelweni zokusebenza.
U-Hideyuki Hinataya, GM we-Overseas Ink Sales Division forT&K Toka, ikakhulukazi esigabeni sikayinki owelaphekayo, siphawule ukuthi ukuthengiswa kweziyinki zokuphulukisa amandla kuyenyuka uma kuqhathaniswa noyinki ovamile osekelwe kuwoyela.
U-Zeller+Gmelin futhi unguchwepheshe owelapha amandla; U-Tim Smith weI-Zeller+Gmelin'sIthimba Lokuphatha Umkhiqizo liphawule ukuthi ngenxa yezinzuzo zabo zemvelo, ukusebenza kahle, kanye nokusebenza, imboni yokunyathelisa iya ngokuya yamukela o-ink abalapha amandla, njengobuchwepheshe be-UV kanye ne-LED.
"Lawa ma-inki akhipha ama-organic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) aphansi kunamayinki ancibilikayo, ahambisana nemithetho eqinile yezemvelo kanye nemigomo yokusimama," kusho uSmith. “Banikeza ukwelapha okusheshayo kanye nokunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla, ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukise ukukhiqiza.
"Futhi, ukunamathela kwabo okuphakeme, ukuqina, nokumelana namakhemikhali kubenza bafanelekele izinhlelo zokusebenza ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukupakishwa kwe-CPG namalebula," wanezela uSmith. “Naphezu kwezindleko zokuqala eziphakeme, ukusebenza kahle kwesikhathi eside kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwekhwalithi okulethayo kuthethelela ukutshalwa kwezimali. UZeller+Gmelin wamukele lo mkhuba obheke kumayinki alapha amandla akhombisa ukuzibophezela kwemboni ekusunguleni izinto ezintsha, ekusimameni, nasekuhlangabezaneni nezidingo eziguqukayo zamakhasimende nezinhlaka ezilawulayo.”
U-Anna Niewiadomska, umphathi wezokukhangisa emhlabeni jikelele wewebhu encane,Iqembu le-Flint, yathi isithakazelo ekukhuleni kwevolumu yokuthengiswa kwama-inki alaphekayo yenze intuthuko enkulu kule minyaka engu-20 edlule, okuyenza ibe inqubo yokuphrinta ehamba phambili emkhakheni wewebhu omncane.
“Abashayeli balokhu kukhula bahlanganisa ikhwalithi yokuphrinta ethuthukisiwe nezici, ukwanda kokukhiqiza, nokuncipha kwamandla nokumosha, ikakhulukazi lapho kuqala i-UV LED,” kuphawula u-Niewiadomska. "Ngaphezu kwalokho, o-ink abaphembeka amandla bangahlangabezana - futhi ngokuvamile badlule - izinga le-letterpress ne-offset futhi balethe izici zokuphrinta ezithuthukisiwe kuhlu olubanzi lwama-substrates kune-flexo esekelwe emanzini."
U-Niewiadomska wengeze ngokuthi njengoba izindleko zamandla zikhuphuka kanye nezimfuno zokusimama ziqhubeka nokuthatha indawo ebaluleke kakhulu, ukwamukelwa kwe-UV LED elaphekayo kanye noyinki abalapha kabili kuyakhula,
"Ngokuthakazelisayo, sibona isithakazelo esikhulayo hhayi nje kuphela kumaphrinta wewebhu amancane kodwa futhi kusukela kumaphrinta we-flexo ebanzi naphakathi kwewebhu efuna ukulondoloza imali emandleni nokunciphisa izinyawo zabo ze-carbon," waqhubeka u-Niewiadomska.
"Siyaqhubeka nokubona intshisekelo yemakethe ekuphulukiseni oyinki kanye nama-coatings ezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlelo zokusebenza nama-substrates," u-Bret Lessard, umphathi womkhiqizo we-Inkampani INX International Ink Co., kubika. "Isivinini sokukhiqiza esisheshayo kanye nomthelela oncishisiwe wemvelo otholwa yilawa ma-inki kuhambisana kakhulu nokugxila kwamakhasimende ethu."
UFabian Köhn, inhloko yomhlaba wonke yokuphathwa kwemikhiqizo yewebhu ewumngcingo kwaSiegwerk, yathi nakuba ukuthengiswa kweziyinki zokuphulukisa amandla e-US naseYurophu kuntengantenga, iSiegwerk ibona imakethe enamandla kakhulu enengxenye ekhulayo ye-UV e-Asia.
"Imishini emisha ye-flexo manje ifakwe ikakhulukazi izibani ze-LED, futhi ekunyatheliseni kwe-offset amakhasimende amaningi asevele etshala imali ku-UV noma i-LED yokwelapha ngenxa yokusebenza kahle okuphezulu uma kuqhathaniswa nemishini yokunyathelisa ye-offset evamile," u-Köhn waphawula.
Ukuphakama kwe-UV LED
Kukhona ubuchwepheshe obuthathu obuyinhloko ngaphansi kwesambulela eselapheka amandla. I-UV ne-UV LED zinkulu, futhi i-EB incane kakhulu. Umncintiswano othokozisayo uphakathi kwe-UV ne-UV LED, emisha futhi ekhula ngokushesha okukhulu.
"Kunokuzinikela okukhulayo okuvela kumaphrinta ekufakeni i-UV LED emishinini entsha nefakwe kabusha," kusho u-Jonathan Graunke, i-VP yobuchwepheshe be-UV/EB kanye nomsizi womqondisi we-R&D we-INX International Ink Co. "Ukusetshenziswa kwe-end-of-press UV isadlangile ukulinganisa izindleko/umphumela wokusebenza, ikakhulukazi ngama-coatings.”
U-Köhn uveze ukuthi njengaseminyakeni edlule, i-UV LED ikhula ngokushesha kune-UV evamile, ikakhulukazi e-Europe, lapho izindleko eziphezulu zamandla zisebenza njenge-catalyst yobuchwepheshe be-LED.
"Lapha, amaphrinta ngokuyinhloko atshala imali kubuchwepheshe be-LED ukuze ashintshe izibani ze-UV ezindala noma yonke imishini yokunyathelisa," kusho u-Köhn. "Kodwa-ke, sibona umfutho oqinile oqhubekayo ekwelapheni kwe-LED ezimakethe ezifana ne-India, i-Southeast Asia ne-Latin America, kuyilapho i-China ne-US vele ikhombisa ukungena okuphezulu kwe-LED emakethe."
U-Hinataya uthe ukuphrinta kwe-UV LED kubone ukukhula okwengeziwe. "Izizathu zalokhu kucatshangelwa ukuthi yizindleko ezikhulayo zikagesi kanye nokushintshwa kwezibani ze-mercury kuya kumalambu e-LED," wanezela u-Hinataya.
U-Jonathan Harkins weQembu Lokuphathwa Komkhiqizo kaZeller+Gmelin ubike ukuthi ubuchwepheshe be-UV LED budlula ukukhula kokwelapha okungokwesiko kwe-UV embonini yokunyathelisa.
“Lokhu kukhula kuqhutshwa izinzuzo ze-UV LED, okuhlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi, isikhathi eside sokuphila kwama-LED, ukunciphisa ukushisa okukhiphayo, kanye nekhono lokwelapha uhla olubanzi lwama-substrates ngaphandle kokulimaza izinto ezizwela ukushisa,” kwengeza u-Harkins.
“Lezi zinzuzo zihambisana nokugxila okukhulayo kwemboni ekusimameni nasekusebenzeni kahle,” kusho uHarkins. “Ngenxa yalokho, amaphrinta aya ngokuya etshala imali kumishini ehlanganisa ubuchwepheshe bokwelapha be-LED. Lolu shintsho lubonakala ekwemukelweni okusheshayo kwemakethe kwezinhlelo ze-UV LED kuzo zonke izimakethe eziningi zokunyathelisa ze-Zeller+Gmelin, okuhlanganisa i-flexographic, i-dry offset, kanye nobuchwepheshe bokuphrinta be-litho-print. Lo mkhuba ukhombisa umnyakazo obanzi wezimboni obheke ezisombululweni zokuphrinta ezivumelana nemvelo nezingabizi kakhulu, ngobuchwepheshe be-UV LED buhamba phambili.
UHemmings uthe i-UV LED iyaqhubeka nokukhula kakhulu njengoba imakethe ishintsha ukuze ihlangabezane nezidingo zokusimama okukhulu.
"Ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okuphansi, izindleko eziphansi zokunakekela, amandla okusebenzisa ama-substrates angasindi, kanye nekhono lokusebenzisa izinto ezizwela ukushisa konke kuyizici ezibalulekile zokusetshenziswa kweyinki ye-UV LED," kuphawula u-Hemmings. "Zombili iziguquli nabanikazi bomkhiqizo bacela izixazululo ezengeziwe ze-UV LED, futhi abakhiqizi abaningi bezindaba manje sebekhiqiza imishini yokunyathelisa engaguqulelwa kalula ku-UV LED ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo."
U-Niewiadomska uthe ukuphulukiswa kwe-UV LED kukhule kakhulu eminyakeni emithathu edlule ngenxa yezici ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zamandla, izimfuno zokuncishiswa kwezinyathelo ze-carbon, kanye nokunciphisa imfucuza.
“Ngaphezu kwalokho, sibona uhla olubanzi lwamalambu e-UV LED emakethe, luhlinzeka ngamaphrinta neziguquli ngohlu olubanzi lwezinketho zezibani,” kuphawula u-Niewiadomska. “Iziguquli zewebhu eziwumngcingo emhlabeni wonke zibona ukuthi i-UV LED iwubuchwepheshe obufakazelwe futhi obusebenzayo futhi baqonda izinzuzo ezigcwele ezilethwa i-UV LED - izindleko eziphansi zokuphrinta, ukumosha okuncane, ukukhiqizwa kwe-ozone, ukusetshenziswa kwezibani ze-Hg, kanye nokukhiqiza okuphezulu. Okubalulekile, ama-web converter amaningi amancane atshala izimali ezintsha ze-UV flexo angahamba ne-UV LED noma ohlelweni lwesibani olungathuthukiswa ngokushesha nangokwezomnotho ku-UV LED njengoba kudingeka. "
Oyinki Ababili-Cure
Kube nesithakazelo esikhulayo kubuchwepheshe be-double-cure noma i-hybrid UV, oyinki abangelapheka kusetshenziswa ukukhanya okujwayelekile noma kwe-UV LED.
“Kuyaziwa,” kusho uGraunke, “ukuthi oyinki abaningi abalapha nge-LED bazophinde belaphe ngamasistimu e-UV kanye ne-additive UV(H-UV) yohlobo.”
U-Köhn kaSiegwerk uthe ngokuvamile, o-ink abalapheka ngezibani ze-LED bangelapheka ngezibani ezijwayelekile ze-Hg arc. Kodwa-ke, izindleko zamayinki e-LED ziphakeme kakhulu kunezindleko zamayinki e-UV.
"Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, kusekhona oyinki be-UV abazinikele emakethe," kwengeza uKöhn. “Ngakho-ke, uma ufuna ukunikeza ngohlelo lweqiniso olukabili, udinga ukukhetha ukwakheka okulinganisa izindleko nokusebenza.
"Inkampani yethu isivele yaqala ukuhlinzeka ngoyinki osebenza kabili eminyakeni eyisithupha kuya kweyisikhombisa ngaphambili ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo 'UV CORE'," kusho uHinataya. “Ukukhethwa kwe-photoinitiator kubalulekile ku-inki olashwe kabili. Singakhetha izinto zokusetshenziswa ezifanele kakhulu futhi sakhe uyinki ofanele imakethe.”
U-Erik Jacob weThimba Lokuphathwa Komkhiqizo likaZeller+Gmelin uqaphele ukuthi kunentshisekelo ekhulayo yoyinki abalaphe kabili. Le ntshisekelo isukela ekululameni nasekusebenziseni izinto ezihlukahlukene lawa ma-inki anikezwa amaphrinta.
“Oyinki abakhapha abakabili benza amaphrinta akwazi ukusebenzisa izinzuzo zokwelashwa kwe-LED, njengokusebenza kahle kwamandla kanye nokuncipha kokuchayeka kokushisa, kuyilapho egcina ukuhambisana nezinhlelo ezikhona zokuphulukisa ze-UV,” kusho uJacob. "Lokhu kuhambisana kuyathandeka kakhulu kumaphrinta ashintshela kubuchwepheshe be-LED kancane kancane noma lawo asebenzisa inhlanganisela yezinto ezindala nezintsha."
UJacob wengeze ngokuthi ngenxa yalokho, i-Zeller+Gmelin nezinye izinkampani zikayinki zenza o-inki abangasebenza ngaphansi kwazo zombili izindlela zokwelapha ngaphandle kokubeka engcupheni ikhwalithi noma ukuqina, ukubhekelela isidingo semakethe sezisombululo zokunyathelisa ezivumelana nezimo nezimeme.
“Lokhu kuthambekela kugqamisa imizamo eqhubekayo yemboni yokusungula nokuhlinzeka amaphrinta ngezinketho eziguquguqukayo, ezihambisana nemvelo,” kusho uJacob.
"Abaguquli abashintshela ekwelapheni kwe-LED badinga ama-ink angelapheka kokubili ngokwesiko nange-LED, kodwa lokhu akuyona inselele yezobuchwepheshe, njengoba, ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu, wonke ama-ink e-LED aphulukisa kahle ngaphansi kwezibani ze-mercury," kusho u-Hemmings. "Lesi sici semvelo sikayinki we-LED senza amakhasimende akwazi ukushintsha kalula ukusuka ku-UV yendabuko iye koyinki we-LED."
U-Niewiadomska uthe i-Flint Group ibona intshisekelo eqhubekayo kubuchwepheshe bokwelapha obukabili.
“Uhlelo Lokwelapha Okubili luvumela abaguquli ukuthi basebenzise uyinki ofanayo ku-UV LED yabo kanye nomshini wokunyathelisa ovamile we-UV, okwehlisa i-inventory kanye nobunkimbinkimbi,” kwengeza u-Niewiadomska. “I-Flint Group iphambili kwejika ubuchwepheshe bokwelapha be-UV LED, okuhlanganisa nobuchwepheshe bokwelapha obukabili. Le nkampani ibiphayona ama-ink e-UV LED kanye ne-Dual Cure iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi, ngaphambi kokuba ubuchwepheshe buyenze yafinyeleleka futhi isetshenziswe kabanzi njenganamuhla. "
I-De-inking kanye Nokugaywa kabusha
Ngentshisekelo ekhulayo yokusimama, abakhiqizi beziyinki kudingeke ukuthi babhekane nokukhathazeka ngoyinki we-UV nowe-EB mayelana nokukhipha uyinki nokugaywa kabusha.
“Akhona kodwa mancane kakhulu,” kusho uGraunke. “Siyazi ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-UV/EB ingahlangabezana nezidingo ezithile zokuphinda zigaywe kabusha.
"Ngokwesibonelo, i-INX ithole u-99/100 nge-INGEDE ngokukhipha uyinki wephepha," kuphawula u-Graunke. “I-Radtech Europe ikhiphe ucwaningo lwe-FOGRA olwathola ukuthi o-ink be-UV offset basuswa inkaki ephepheni. I-substrate idlala indima enkulu ezintweni ezigaywe kabusha zephepha, ngakho-ke kufanele kuqashelwe ekwenzeni izimangalo zokuvuselela ingubo yokulala yezitifiketi.
“I-INX inazo izixazululo zokugaywa kabusha kwamapulasitiki lapho oyinki beklanyelwe ukuthi bahlale endaweni engaphansi,” kwengeza uGraunke. “Ngale ndlela, indatshana ephrintiwe ingahlukaniswa kupulasitiki womzimba omkhulu ngesikhathi sokugaywa kabusha ngaphandle kokungcolisa isixazululo sokugeza i-caustic. Siphinde sibe nezixazululo ezisusa inkaki ezivumela ipulasitiki yokuphrinta ukuthi ibe yingxenye yokusakaza kabusha ngokususa uyinki. Lokhu kuvamile ukuthi amafilimu ashwabene abuyise amapulasitiki e-PET.”
U-Köhn waphawula ukuthi ekufakweni kwepulasitiki, kunokukhathazeka, ikakhulukazi okuvela kuma-recyclers, mayelana nokungcoliswa okungaba khona kwamanzi okugeza kanye nokuwasha kabusha.
"Imboni isivele yethule amaphrojekthi ambalwa okufakazela ukuthi ukukhishwa kweziyinki ze-UV kungalawuleka kahle nokuthi umshini wokugcina wokuphinda usetshenziswe kanye namanzi okugeza akungcoliswa yizingxenye zikayinki," kuphawula u-Köhn.
“Mayelana namanzi okugeza, ukusetshenziswa kweziyinki ze-UV kunezinzuzo ezithile kunobunye ubuchwepheshe bukayinki.,” kwengeza u-Köhn. “Isibonelo, ifilimu eselashiwe ihlukanisa izinhlayiya ezinkulu, ezingahlungwa kalula emanzini okugeza.
U-Köhn uveze ukuthi uma kukhulunywa ngezicelo zephepha, ukukhipha iziyinki nokugaywa kabusha sekuyinqubo emisiwe.
“Sekuvele kunezinhlelo ze-UV offset ezigunyazwe yi-INGEDE njengezingafakwa kalula ephepheni, ukuze amaphrinta akwazi ukuqhubeka nokuhlomula ngobuhle bobuchwepheshe bukayinki we-UV ngaphandle kokubeka engcupheni ukugaywa kabusha,” kusho u-Köhn.
U-Hinataya ubike ukuthi intuthuko iyaqhubeka mayelana nokukhishwa kweyinki kanye nokusetshenziswa kabusha kwezinto eziphrintiwe.
“Ephepheni, ukusatshalaliswa kukayinki ohlangabezana nezindinganiso zokususa u-INGEDE kuyenyuka, futhi ukukhishwa koyinki sekunokwenzeka ngokobuchwepheshe, kodwa inselele iwukwakha ingqalasizinda ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukugaywa kabusha kwezinsiza,” kwengeza u-Hinataya.
"Abanye o-ink abanamandla alaphekayo basusa uyinki kahle, ngaleyo ndlela kuthuthukiswe ukusebenziseka kabusha," kusho uHemmings. “Ukusetshenziswa kokugcina kanye nohlobo lwe-substrate yizici ezibalulekile ekunqumeni ukusebenza kokuvuselela kabusha. Oyinki be-Sun Chemical's SolarWave CRCL UV-LED belapheka bahlangabezana nezimfuneko ze-Association of Plastic Recyclers' (APR) ukuze ziwasheke futhi zigcinwe futhi azidingi ukusetshenziswa kwezinto zokuqala.”
U-Niewiadomska waphawula ukuthi i-Flint Group yethule uhla lwayo lwe-Evolution lweziqalo namavanisha ukuze kubhekwane nesidingo somnotho oyindilinga ekupakisheni.
"I-Evolution Deinking Primer ivumela ukukhishwa kwezisetshenziswa zemikhono ngesikhathi sokuwashwa, iqinisekisa ukuthi amalebula emikhono enciphayo angagaywa kabusha kanye nebhodlela, okwandisa isivuno sezinto ezigaywe kabusha futhi kunciphise isikhathi nezindleko ezihambisana nenqubo yokususa ilebula," kusho u-Niewiadomska. .
“I-Evolution Varnish isetshenziswa kumalebula ngemva kokuphrintwa kwemibala, ivikela uyinki ngokuvimbela ukopha nokuhwamuka ngenkathi iseshalofini, bese yehla ngohlelo lokugaywa kabusha,” wengeza. "I-varnish iqinisekisa ukuhlukaniswa okuhlanzekile kwelebula ekufakweni kwayo, okwenza i-substrate yokupakisha isetshenziswe kabusha ibe izinto ezisezingeni eliphezulu, ezinenani eliphezulu. Ivarnish ayithinti umbala weyinki, ikhwalithi yesithombe noma ukufundeka kwekhodi.
"I-Evolution range ibhekana ngqo nezinselelo zokuphinda isetshenziswe kabusha, futhi, ibamba iqhaza ekutholeni ikusasa eliqinile lomkhakha wokupakisha," kuphetha u-Niewiadomska. "I-Evolution Varnish kanye ne-Deinking Primer zenza noma yimuphi umkhiqizo ezisetshenziswa kuwo ube maningi amathuba okuba uhambe uphele echungechungeni lokugaywa kabusha."
U-Harkins waphawula ukuthi ngisho nalapho ethintana ngokungaqondile, kunokukhathazeka mayelana nokusetshenziswa koyinki be-UV ngokupakishwa kokudla nesiphuzo kanye nomthelela wabo ezinqubweni zokugaywa kabusha. Inkinga eyinhloko iphathelene nokufuduka okungaba khona kwama-photoinitiators nezinye izinto ezisuka kuyinki ziye ekudleni noma eziphuzweni, ezingase zibe yingozi empilweni.
“Ukukhipha i-inking kube yinto ehamba phambili kumaphrinta agxile emvelweni,” kwengeza u-Harkins. “I-Zeller+Gmelin ithuthukise ubuchwepheshe obusha obuzovumela ukuthi uyinki olaphe amandla ukuthi iphakame lapho kwenziwa kabusha, okuvumele ukuthi ipulasitiki ehlanzekile igaywe kabusha ibe yimikhiqizo yabathengi. Lobu buchwepheshe bubizwa nge-EarthPrint.”
U-Harkins uthe mayelana nokugaywa kabusha, inselele ilele ekusebenzisaneni koyinki nezinqubo zokugaywa kabusha, njengoba ezinye iziyinki ze-UV zingaphazamisa ukugaywa kabusha kwezingxenye zephepha nepulasitiki ngokuthinta ikhwalithi yezinto ezigaywe kabusha.
"Ukuze kubhekwane nalokhu kukhathazeka, u-Zeller+Gmelin ubelokhu egxile ekuthuthukiseni o-ink abanezakhiwo eziphansi zokufuduka ezithuthukisa ukuhambisana nezinqubo zokuvuselela kabusha, nokuhambisana nemithethonqubo yokuqinisekisa ukuphepha kwabathengi kanye nokusimama kwemvelo," kuphawula u-Harkins.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-27-2024
