Marcablo 17220
Product description:
Ink for electrical cables
Special Inks for Offset Printing
Special inks for offset printing produced by FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG are a type of ink developed for clearly marking irregular surfaces.
With this type of marking, a metal wheel prints the desired lettering/number/text on a rubber wheel. This rubber wheel transfers the final print onto the cable surface.
The main advantage is that irregular surfaces can be clearly printed with the rubber wheel.
Offset printing is also known as indirect gravure or pad printing.
The 17220 series is available in all international colour shades, e.g. according to RAL scale, IEC 304 and also metallic shades.
On request, the laboratory can develop a range of tailor-made inks, e.g. for new substrates, new colour shades or different line speeds.
Description and Application
The inks of the Marcablo 17220 series from FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG can be used on most types of plastic insulated wire e.g. PVC, PE, XLPE, Monosil, PA, Tefzel, , PP*, EVA, EPDM, PU etc.
For optimum printing results, marking must be carried out on a substrate with a temperature of around 100 °C, e.g. after the extruder.
With PE substrates, surface oxidation by corona pretreatment is necessary to achieve good adhesion.
We recommend pre-cooling the plastic after extrusion by means of ambient air or water jet (residual water must be blown off).
The 17220 series is also suitable for line speeds of up to 500 m/min.
Chemical and Mechanical Properties
Our product shows resistance to bleeding and no influence on the electrical properties of the cable.
The pigments are free of lead and other heavy metals.
The inks of this FARBWERKE HERKULA SA/AG series for gravure printing have a shelf-life of 2 years, except for some special colours.
In addition, the inks in the 17220 series 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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