UV metal printing

UV-drying printing ink systems

We offer you a new generation of UV-curing printing ink systems for a wide range of applications in metal printing.

The color series are very color-intensive and are characterized by outstanding flexibility. It goes without saying that they have all the authenticities required for metal printing. The series are suitable for printing on coated metal substrates in sheet-fed offset printing.

Applications

  • 2-part cans and 3-part cans
  • Food cans
  • Technical containers
  • Crown caps and closures
  • Twist-off lid + 3-part aerosol cans

UVALUX U3

UV-curing premium ink series

The good ink transfer in the machine produces a high-gloss, flexible ink film with very good mechanical and chemical resistance. The ink enables excellent thermoforming results, but these depend on many influencing factors and not just the ink. For example, the basecoat used has a strong effect on the thermoforming properties. The formability of UVALUX U3 inks is so good that they can in principle also be used on monobloc aerosol cans.

Properties

  • Excellent formability and thermoforming properties
  • Light fastness at least 6 (DIN 16525)
  • Hot sterilizable at 131 °C/30 min.
  • Resistant to solvent mixtures (DIN 16524)
  • Resistant to silver lacquers
  • High reactivity, therefore very good through-curing
  • Temperature resistant at least 180 °C/10 min.
  • Very high color intensity
  • Excellent printing behavior
  • Very good adhesion to painted substrates
  • Excellent scratch resistance

Opaque white

Opaque white systems play an important role in metal decorating. We currently have 3 standard opaque white types in our program:

  • Unembellished white for mixing
  • violet tinted, for clear-coated sheet metal
  • blue tinted, for gold-painted sheet metal

METALCURE U30

UV-curing premium ink series

The ink enables excellent thermoforming results, but these depend on many influencing factors and not just the ink. For example, the basecoat used has a strong effect on the thermoforming properties. The formability of METALCURE U30 paints is so good that they can in principle also be used on monobloc aerosol cans.

Properties

  • PFOA/PFAS/PTFE-free and BPA-free
  • Excellent formability and thermoforming properties
  • Light fastness at least 6 (DIN 16525)
  • Hot sterilizable at 131 °C/30 min.
  • Resistant to solvent mixtures (DIN 16524)
  • Resistant to silver lacquers
  • High reactivity, therefore very good through-curing
  • Temperature resistant at least 180 °C/10 min.
  • Very high color intensity
  • Excellent printing behavior
  • Very good adhesion to painted substrates
  • Excellent scratch resistance

Opaque white

Opaque white systems play an important role in metal decorating. We currently have 3 standard opaque white types in our program:

  • Unembellished white for mixing
  • violet tinted, for clear-coated sheet metal
  • blue tinted, for gold-painted sheet metal

UVALUX U37

UV-curing General-Line ink series

The UVALUX U37 series is a UV-curing printing ink series with deliberately reduced fastness properties that cannot be sterilized. It was specially developed for general-line applications, e.g. for printing on technical packaging that is not sterilized. It is very color-intensive and is characterized by outstanding flexibility. The good ink transfer in the machine produces a high-gloss, flexible ink film with very good mechanical resistance and excellent thermoforming properties.

Properties

  • Excellent formability and thermoforming properties
  • Contains colors with light fastness less than 6 (DIN 16525)
  • Not sterilizable
  • Resistant to solvent mixtures (DIN 16524)
  • Resistant to silver lacquers
  • High reactivity, therefore very good through-curing
  • Temperature resistant at least 180 °C/10 min.
  • Very high color intensity
  • Excellent printing behavior
  • Very good adhesion to painted substrates
  • Excellent scratch resistance