Sepiax is to launch a new series of its inks at EcoPrint 2012 in Berlin (26 to 27 September 2012) ideal for POS posters, outdoor signs, rigid signage, labelling, packaging, industrial manufacture, and many other wide format applications.
The new Aquares V3 formulation is backwards compatible and can be mixed with the V2 ink without any problems. Furthermore, customers now can print at even lower temperatures than they did before. The average drying temperature for plastic films is now below 50°C.
One main requirement especially from industrial customers was to improve reliability on long print runs while prolonging cleaning intervals at the same time. In the past, improper handling and excessively high heater temperatures caused some problems.
A water based ink system, Aquares is capable of printing onto virtually every surface without the need of special primers or coatings, including many difficult materials like hydrophobic glass without priming, acrylics, polycarbonate, wood, metal, textile (including natural fabrics).
Sepiax Aquares inks contain no SVHC (substance of high concern) or HAPs (hazardous air pollutants) as defined by the new GHS (globally harmonised system of classification and labelling of chemicals) which is now implemented by the United Nations. All other components in the ink are harmless to humans and the environment. In practice, this leads to the situation that Sepiax is able to provide a virtually ’empty’ MSDS without any hazard classification. The inks are also non-flammable, they have no odour and are free of ozone depleting chemicals and aromatic hydrocarbon solvents.
