Products in Monomers & Intermediates: Lithographic Ink

EBECRYL® 140 is a clear, liquid radiation-curable coating tailored for diverse applications. This formulation, categorized under CASE Ingredients, combines properties like improved chemical resistance and hardness with efficiency features such as faster cycle time and low energy consumption. Targeted sectors include paints and coatings and printing and packaging, especially for wood finishes, industrial coatings, and packaging applications. Utilizing radiation cure methods, it ensures optimal performance on wood surfaces and offers compatibility with various printing inks.

EBECRYL® 3700/18 OT is a bisphenol A epoxy acrylate oligomer, diluted with 30% tripropyleneglycol diacrylate. Known for their fast cure response and relatively low viscosity, films cured by ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) display characteristics such as high gloss, high surface hardness, flexibility, and superior chemical resistance typical of epoxy. This product is recommended for use in various applications, including overprint varnishes, paper upgrading, and wood fillers. End uses for EBECRYL® 3700/18 OT encompass gravure ink, lithographic ink, radiation-curable coatings, varnishes, flexography ink, and screen printing ink. The ink and toner types suitable for this product include flexography ink, gravure ink, lithographic ink, and screen printing ink.

EBECRYL® 40, formulated by CASE Ingredients, is a clear liquid radiation-curable coating recognized for its bisphenol-A-free composition and low carbon footprint (PCF). This VOC-free and solvent-free product finds application across various sectors, including paints and coatings, printing, and packaging. Specifically designed for building and construction paints, wood finishes, industrial coatings, and specialty coatings, it supports printing methods like flexography, gravure, inkjet, offset, and screen printing.

EBECRYL® 150 is a clear liquid varnish designed for radiation cure processes. Belonging to the CASE Ingredients family, it falls under the acrylics and acrylates category, specifically as an oligomer. This formulation excels at delivering high gloss and robust properties like improved chemical resistance and hardness. Catering to sectors such as paints and coatings and printing and packaging, it finds its niche in wood finishes, industrial coatings, and specialized applications like lithographic printing. With features like low energy consumption and low volatility, it ensures efficient performance and sustainability for various coating tasks.

EBECRYL® 1830 is a 100% solids hexafunctional polyester acrylate oligomer, stands out for its exceptional performance when cured by ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB). Films derived from EBECRYL® 1830 display remarkable characteristics, including high abrasion resistance, solvent resistance, and hardness. Widely employed in end uses such as radiation-curable coatings, gravure ink, varnishes, flexography ink, screen printing ink, and lithographic ink, it finds versatile applications in wood coatings and finishes, as well as furniture and industrial coatings.

EBECRYL® 3702, developed by CASE Ingredients, is a clear liquid suited for radiation-curable coatings in the paints and coatings and printing and packaging sectors. Highlighting its eco-conscious design, the product boasts a low carbon footprint (PCF) and is both solvent-free and VOC-free. It finds applications in packaging coatings, including flexography and inkjet printing. With versatile coating methods like air knife, curtain, gravure, and roller coating, it's compatible with plastic substrates and employs radiation cure technology.

EBECRYL® 1141 is a purified ditrimethylolpropane tetra acrylate characterized by a reduced content of residual components. This specific formulation makes it particularly suitable for use in ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable coatings and inks. Additionally, it delivers significant improvements in cure response, hardness, chemical resistance, scratch resistance, and abrasion resistance. EBECRYL® 1141 demonstrates effectiveness in various applications, with a notable impact on lithographic offset inks and overprint varnishes. Its tailored composition makes it a valuable component for achieving enhanced performance and desirable properties in cured coatings and inks.

EBECRYL® 221 is a urethane acrylate oligomer under the CASE Ingredients category, known for its fast curing, high gloss, and enhanced hardness. This product, labeled as Bisphenol A-free, boasts a low carbon footprint and is solvent-free, tin-free, and VOC-free. Tailored for paints and coatings and printing and packaging sectors, it excels in applications such as wood finishes, industrial and furniture coatings, and diverse printing methods like flexography, gravure, and screen printing. With its radiation-curable nature, it ensures optimal performance while adhering to sustainability and efficiency standards.

EBECRYL® LEO 10501 is a clear liquid radiation-curable coating designed for paints and coatings and the printing and packaging markets. With a bisphenol A-free composition and a low carbon footprint (PCF), it stands out as a solvent-free and voc-free solution. Tailored for packaging coatings, overprint varnishes, and printing applications like flexography, offset and lithographic printing, and screen printing, this product serves as a versatile radiation-curable coating and is compatible with flexography ink, lithographic ink, and offset ink.

EBECRYL® 3608 is a fatty acid-modified epoxy acrylate oligomer, diluted with 15% of oligotriacrylate (OTA 480) (1). It stands out for its low odor, light color, low irritancy, excellent pigment wetting properties, and favorable cure response when exposed to ultraviolet light (UV) or an electron beam (EB). This versatile product finds recommendation in a variety of applications, including lithographic and screen inks and coatings, overprint varnishes, coatings on cardboard, chipboard, paper, and rigid plastics, as well as paper upgrading. End uses for EBECRYL® 3608 encompass radiation-curable coatings, gravure ink, varnishes, offset ink, flexography ink, screen printing ink, and lithographic ink. The application methods suitable for this product include curtain coating, gravure coating, lithography, roller application, and screen coating.

EBECRYL® 3420 is a low viscosity, modified epoxy acrylate, exhibits excellent pigment wetting ability, making it particularly well-suited for UV offset lithography and UV flexo inks. This versatile product can also be applied in various other applications, including screen printing, gravure, and overprint varnishes (OPV). Key features of EBECRYL® 3420 include improved flexibility, long pot life, good pigment wetting, high pigment loading, high gloss, improved chemical resistance, faster cycle time, low-temperature curing, and low energy consumption.

EBECRYL® 1871 is a hexafunctional polyester acrylate oligomer that provides high reactivity and the proper ink-water balance necessary for good lithographic printing. Lithographic inks based on EBECRYL® 1871 display excellent rheological properties ensuring good ink transfer from the printing plate to the blanket and then to the substrate, combined with good dot definition.

EBECRYL® 113 is a clear liquid radiation-curable coating primarily based on acrylics and acrylates. Serving various markets like paints and coatings and printing and packaging, it stands out for its low carbon footprint, VOC-free nature, and solvent-free composition. This product offers benefits such as improved flexibility, adhesion, and a prolonged pot life. Compatible with plastics and wood, it's tailored for applications like wood coatings, industrial coatings, and various printing inks, especially gravure and screen printing.

EBECRYL® 180 serves as an active diluent, monomer, and rheology modifier within the CASE Ingredients category. This clear liquid, characterized by its high gloss and improved hardness, finds applications across various sectors like paints and coatings, printing, and packaging. Specifically tailored for wood coatings, industrial applications including leather and textiles, and packaging coatings, it offers benefits such as low energy consumption and radiation-curable properties. Compatible with diverse printing methods like flexography, gravure, and screen printing, it ensures efficient performance with a low carbon footprint and VOC-free attributes.

SU 542 is a difunctional aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring excellent adhesion on difficult substrate, good toughness and non-yellowing properties.

Elite UVP6150 is a flexible hybrid ester acrylate and BPA free.

Elite UVE2531-TM25 is a Epoxy Novolac or BPF glycidyl ether acrylate with 25% TMPTA and is BPA-free.

Epoxy Acrylate Oligomers

SU 5347 is a difunctional aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring good flexibility, low viscosity and non-yellowing properties.

SU 720 is a hexafunctional aromatic urethane acrylate oligomer which provides very fast cure response when exposed to ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB). Cured films of SU 720 exhibit high hardness and solvent resistance.

Elite UVP6331-TM25 flexible hybrid ester acrylate which is BPA-free and it contains 25% TMPTA.

SE 1702 is a bisphenol A epoxy acrylate oligomer which has been modified with fatty acid. This product is characterized by its flow and leveling, and its outstanding pigment wetting qualities.

SU 530 is a difunctional aliphatic urethane acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring good flexibility, low viscosity and non-yellowing properties.

SP 283Nis a amino modified multi-functional polyester acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring high gloss, fast curing and low irritating properties.

Epoxy Acrylate Oligomers

SE 120 is a difunctional epoxy acrylate oligomer. This product is characterized by its light color, fast cure response, high gloss, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.

SE 1701 is a modified bisphenol A epoxy acrylate oligomer. SE 1701 improves flexibility and toughness. This product is characterized by its fast cure response, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.

SP 280 is a low viscosity multi-functional polyester acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring high gloss, good solvent resistance and good pigment wetting properties.

SE 1500 is a low viscosity version of SE 1701 epoxy acrylate oligomer. SE 1500 improves flexibility and toughness. This product is characterized by its fast cure response, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.

Elite UVP6338 is a flexible hybrid ester acrylate which is BPA-free and contains 30% TMP(EO)TA.

Elite UVP6194-PT30 is a flexible hybrid ester acrylate which is BPA free and contains 30% PPTTA.

SE 1700 is diacrylate ester of bisphenol A epoxy acrylate oligomer. This product is characterized by its low irritancy fast cure response, high gloss, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.

SP 260 is a multifunctional polyester acrylate oligomer with 5% TMPTA. UV/EB cure coating applications for heat resistance and high compatibility with various kinds of resin.

SE 148 is a difunctional epoxy acrylate oligomer with 20% TMPTA. This product is characterized by its low viscosity, fast cure response, high gloss, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.

SP 281N is a low viscosity amino modified multi-functional polyester acrylate oligomer developed for UV/EB cure coating applications requiring high gloss, fast curing and low viscosity properties.

SE 146 is a difunctional epoxy acrylate oligomer with 25% TPGDA. This product is characterized by its low viscosity, fast cure response, high gloss, excellent solvent resistance and high surface hardness.