Crystal products are intended for use within Piezo drop on demand systems for industrial applications, commercial graphics printing and publishing.
Crystal UGE-UV-Curing Jet Inks
Crystal UGE series of jet inks are acrylate based UV-curing products with wide ranging applicability. The products are intended for jetting through piezo DOD printheads at elevated temperatures.
The inks have been developed to have good adhesion to a wide range of substrates and especially many plastics. Adhesion to olefinic plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene (treated) is especially good, due to the low shrinkage of the product upon curing.
An extensive pigmented colour range is available and all colours are fully mixable - allowing users to blend a wide variety of spot colours.
Crystal UGE 1532 (Yellow)
Crystal UGE 2502 (Orange)
Crystal UGE 4541 (Magenta - Rubine non-lightfast)
Crystal UGE 4539 (Magenta - lightfast)
Crystal UGE 4542 (Purple)
Crystal UGE 4555 (Violet)
Crystal UGE 5529 (Cyan)
Crystal UGE 6564 (Green)
Crystal UGE 7537 (Black)
Crystal UGE 0513 (Curable blending clear)
Crystal UGE 0512 (Non-curing clear, flush fluid)
Crystal UDG-UV-Curing Jet Inks for Display Graphics
Crystal UDG series of jet inks are acrylate based UV-curing products optimised for use on a wide range of display graphics substrates including flexible, semi-flexible and rigid display media. The formulations balance flexibility with good surface hardness and scratch resistance. The products are intended for jetting through piezo DOD printheads at elevated temperatures.
The inks have been developed to have good adhesion to a wide range of substrates and especially many plastics, including vinyl, calendared vinyl, ABS, acrylic and polycarbonate.
Adhesion to olefinic plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene can be achieved after adequate surface treatment.
The products are suitable for outdoor use and with a suitable substrate and correct application should withstand 1-2 year exposure. All pigments are lightfast with a Blue Wool Scale rating of 7+.
Crystal UDG 1570 (Yellow) Crystal UDG 1581 (Lo Yellow)
Crystal UDG 4604 (Magenta) Crystal UDG 4620 (Lo Magenta)
Crystal UDG 5587 (Cyan) Crystal UDG 5604 (Lo Cyan)
Crystal UDG 7592 (Black) Crystal UDG 7621 (Lo Black)
Crystal UFE-UV-Curing Jet Inks with Enhanced Flexibility
Crystal UFE series of jet inks are acrylate based UV-curing products with enhanced flexibility for use on a wide range of substrates including flexible and semi-flexible display media. The formulations balance flexibility with good surface resistance although the resultant films are not as hard as the Crystal UGE series. The products are intended for jetting through piezo DOD printheads at elevated temperatures.
The inks have been developed to have good adhesion to a wide range of substrates and especially many plastics, including vinyl. Adhesion to olefinic plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene can be achieved after adequate surface treatment.
The products are suitable for outdoor use and with a suitable substrate and correct application should withstand 1 year plus exposure. All pigments are lightfast with a Blue Wool Scale rating of 7+.
Crystal UFE 1577 (Yellow)
Crystal UFE 4613 (Magenta)
Crystal UFE 4643 (Lo-Magenta)
Crystal UFE 5597 (Cyan)
Crystal UFE 5624 (Lo-Cyan)
Crystal UFE 7616 (Black)
More colours or shades on request.
Crystal UGR-UVCuring Jet Inks
Crystal UGR series of jet inks are acrylate based UV-curing products for use on a wide range of substrates including flexible and semi-flexible display media. The products are intended for jetting through piezo DOD printheads at "ambient" temperature ( ie in non-heated heads).
The inks have been developed to have good adhesion to a wide range of substrates and especially many plastics. Adhesion to olefinic plastics such as polyethylene and polypropylene can be achieved after adequate surface treatment.
The products are suitable for outdoor use and with a suitable substrate and correct application should withstand 1 year plus exposure. All pigments are lightfast with a Blue Wool Scale rating of 7+.
Crystal UGR 1545 (Yellow)
Crystal UGR 4563 (Magenta)
Crystal UGR 5551 (Cyan)
Crystal UGR 7598 (Black)
Crystal UGR 0520 (Non-curing clear, flush fluid)
Crystal UPA-UV Curing Paste Jet Inks
Crystal UPA jet ink is an acrylate based UV-curing product, which has the form of a paste-like solid at room temperature. The product is intended for jetting through piezo DOD printheads at elevated temperatures. Once the jetted drops contact the substrate (at ambient temperature) they rapidly solidify and can then be UV cured by conventional UV sources. This rapid solidification allows their use on porous substrates, where conventional liquid UV-curing jet inks would penetrate and give poor print quality and be difficult to cure. The inks may also be used where three dimensional details or structures need to be "built" (e.g. rapid prototyping, 3-d modelling etc). In these applications the ink will solidify to form the structure, which can then be cured to crosslink the acrylate monomers.
Crystal UPA 7559 (Black - pigmented)
