Marcablo 17215

Special Inks for Line Marking

Special inks for line marking produced by FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG, are a type of ink developed for marking cables with a line.

To achieve this special type of marking requires an application wheel, such as the gravure wheel of gravure printing, with a color line.

This type of marking is an alternative to coextrusion. The main advantage is the line speed and also there is no need to use different types of compounds for extrusion. Another advantage is the high pigmentation of the ink to achieve high contrast on the cable insulation.

The 17215 series is available in all international color shades, e.g., according to RAL scale, IEC 304, and also metallic shades.

Upon request, the laboratory can develop a series of tailor-made inks, e.g., for new substrates, new color shades, or different line speeds.

Description and Application

FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG's Marcablo 17215 series inks are suitable for gravure wheel (gravure wheel) application and are distinguished by excellent adhesion on critical substrates, sharp printing and high production speed.

This series can be used on most types of plastic insulated electrical wires e.g. PVC, PE, XLPE, Monosil, PA, Tefzel, , PP*, EVA, EPDM, PU etc.

For optimum printing results, marking should be done on a substrate with a temperature around 100 °C, e.g., after the extruder.

With PE and PP substrates, surface oxidation by corona pretreatment is necessary to achieve good adhesions.

It is recommended to pre-cool the plastic after extrusion by ambient air or water jet (residual water should be blown off).

In addition, the 17215 series is suitable for line speeds of up to 400 m/min.

Chemical and Mechanical Properties.

17215 ink has no influence on electrical characteristics, is benzene resistant directly after printing, and fast to abrasion.

The pigments are free of lead and other heavy metals.

Inks in this series of FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG gravure printing inks have a shelf-life of 2 years, except for some special colors.

In addition, the 17215 series inks are ready-to-use, as they already contain the required amount of thinner.

Thinner 17288 is used to adjust the viscosity in the machine.

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Mohwinckel has been operating in the cable industry market for more than a century.

Mohwinckel has been the official distributor in Italy of inks, paints and thinners produced by FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG for 50 years. The Herkula inks we market include 3 different lines: Marcablo, Fibrecoat and InkJet.

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