Description
Kustom Kure Energy-Curable Litho Ink Materials Our Kustom Group Energy-Curable products are designed to provide superior litho performance without misting or sacrificing any cure speed. Our gelled vehicles allows control of rheology just like oil based inks. These products provide excellent adhesion to various substrates such as plastic, foil-coated and poly-coated board, as well as paper. Most significantly, these products will allow the ink maker to achieve the highest gloss possible in an Energy-Curable ink system. Some of our Energy-Curable products are listed as follows: Green UV Vehicles UV Dispersion Vehicles Vehicles for Paper Vehicles for Plastic Liquid Photoinitiators Green UV Vehicles GRN-1000 - Green UV Gel Vehicle: GRN-1000 is a 25-30% renewable/sustainable UV gel vehicle derived from naturally occurring raw material. It achieves "Green Status" without compromising finished ink properties. Extensive press testing shows superior press performance versus traditional UV epoxy and polyester chemistry Tack: 18-22 @ 400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 500-700 Poise Yield: 4000-7000 dynes/cm2 GRN-1001 - Green UV Freeflow Vehicle: Grn-1001 is a companion freeflow vehicle to GRN-1000. Tack: 22-26 @ 400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 300-500 Poise UV Dispersion Vehicles KS-345 - 100% Reactable, Energy-Curable Grinding Vehicle: KS-345 has shown excellent pigment wetting, allowing up to 40% loading of conventional pigments and up to 35% loading of special pigments such as fluorescents. Excellent choice for plastic and paper substrates. Tack: 7 - 11@ 400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 150 - 225 Poise Yield: 400-800 dynes/cm2 KS-302 - Energy-Curable Flushing/Grinding Vehicle: KS-302 is our best-wetting vehicle and is especially effective for hard-to-disperse pigments, such as Lithol Rubine, Carbon Black, and Alkali Blue, among others. KS-302 exhibits excellent litho properties and will improve flow and transfer. Tack: N/A Viscosity: 400 - 700 Poise Yield: N/A Vehicles for Paper KS-265 - Low Tack Energy-Curable Gel Vehicle: KS-265 is ideal for UV forms and all uncoated stocks. KS-265 is our gelled epoxy and can be used in those instances where low tack, fast-curing inks are necessary. Because of its low tack nature, KS-265 allows the ink maker to make an energy-curable ink with little or no free monomer. This reduction in monomer produces an extremely fast-curing, high-hold out ink at conventional tack rangers or comparable cure speeds at very low tacks. Use KS-265 at 5-20% into any inks formulated for paper to increase cure speed and maintain body. Tack: 7.0 - 9.0 @ 400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 300 - 500 Poise Yield: 800 - 15,000 dynes/cm2 KS-270 - UV Vehicle for Paper: KS-270 is a higher tack, less gelled version of KS-276. KS-276 is proprietary chemistry unique to KustomGroup. Tack: 22-24 @400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 600-800 Poise Yield: 5000-8000 dynes/cm2 KS-271 - Energy-Curable Free Flow: KS-271 is a companion vehicle to KS-276. Tack: 12 - 15 @ 400 rpm/1' Viscosity: 400 - 600 Poise Yield: N/A KS-276 - Energy-Curable Low Tack Gelled Vehicle: KS-276 is a low tack, tight-gel modified polyester acrylate vehicle. Litho properties rival that of conventional oil-based inks.