Environmental advantages and applications of water-based ink in self-adhesive label printing?

The environmental advantages and applications of water-based ink in self-adhesive label printing are mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Environmental advantage

Reduce VOC emissions: The biggest advantage of water-based ink is that it does not contain volatile organic solvents (VOC), and its use significantly reduces the emission of organic volatiles, thereby preventing air pollution and improving the printing environment. This is in line with the increasingly stringent global environmental regulations and is conducive to the sustainable development of enterprises.

Harmless to human health: Because it does not contain toxic solvents, water-based inks have no adverse effects on the health of ink manufacturers and printing operators during the printing process, reducing the risk of occupational diseases.

Improve safety: Water-based ink is not easy to burn, reducing the risk of fire caused by static electricity and flammable solvents, and improving production safety.

Improve environmental quality: The use of water-based ink helps to reduce environmental pollution, improve the overall environmental quality, and meet the requirements of green printing.

Application situation

Application: Water-based ink is mainly used in flexible printing and gravure printing. In self-adhesive label printing, although the application of water-based ink is limited (such as weak adhesion), with the improvement of environmental awareness and technological progress, its application potential is gradually increasing.

Applicable materials: Water-based ink can be applied to a variety of self-adhesive materials, especially those with high environmental protection requirements. However, due to its weak adhesion to some non-absorbent materials, it may be necessary to improve the adhesion by pre-treating or adding additives.

Printing effect: Water-based ink performs well in the printing process, ink stability, no corrosion plate material, simple operation. At the same time, it has good post-printing adhesion, strong water resistance and rapid drying (although it may be slightly slower than solvent-based inks, it has been significantly improved with technological progress), which can meet the various needs of self-adhesive label printing.

Development trend

With the increasingly strict environmental regulations and the increasing demand of consumers for environmentally friendly products, water-based ink has a broad application prospect in self-adhesive label printing. In the future, with the continuous progress of technology and the further reduction of costs, water-based ink is expected to occupy a larger market share in the field of self-adhesive label printing.

In summary, water-based ink has significant environmental advantages and application potential in self-adhesive label printing. With the improvement of environmental awareness and technological progress, its application prospects will be broader.