2. NORIPHAN® HTR N 959 IR transparent black screen printing ink for IMD/FIM technology
With the development of the IR transparent NORIPHAN® HTR N 959, a carbon black free, non-conductive black color shade is available for functional touch panel applications. The color shade has a black appearance in incident light. Under transmitted light the color shades appear transparent and is ideally suited for radar, IR & lidar transmitting areas in display and touch panel applications
3. NORIPHAN® N2K non-conductive screen printing ink for IMD/FIM technology
NORIPHAN® N2K is a well-established solvent-based two-component screen printing ink for IMD/FIM technology.
The glossy ink system is optimized for processing thin PC films (< 175 µm). Films decorated with NORIPHAN® N2K show no curling effect.
Nowadays this IMD/FIM ink system is used especially for printed electronics applications.
The deep black and opaquely formulated color shade NORIPHAN® N2K 953 is suitable for the decoration of touch panels and shows high electrical resistance in capacitive applications.
The NORIPHAN® N2K 953 color shade meets the increased requirements regarding thermal resistance and the demanding hydrolysis test in the automotive industry.
NORIPHAN® N2K ink system is also used for overprinting, embedding and protecting of the sensitive conductive pastes. The ink layers prevent from wash-out effects during the injection molding process.
Films printed with NORIPHAN® N2K are perfectly suitable for the IMD/FIM process (In-Mold-Decoration/Film Insert Molding):
- Good formability e.g. high pressure forming or thermoforming
- Excellent temperature and washout resistance during injection molding
- Good and durable bonding with injection molding resins, preferably PC, PC/ABS and silicon rubber resin
4. Norilux®FastCure 1 highly resistant Dual Cure screen printing lacquer
Norilux® FastCure 1 is a formable, abrasion and chemical resistant dual cure protective lacquer. Norilux® FastCure 1 is a newly formulated lacquer belonging to the Norilux® DC family. To broaden its range of applications and processors, Norilux® FastCure 1 has a more reactive formulation and can be cured with a significantly reduced UV dose.
Norilux® FastCure 1 can be used as a protective lacquer or hard coat for first surface protection of products manufactured in IMD/FIM technology using PC and PMMA films and for many other applications where resistant surfaces are required.
Applications
In automotive interior, center stacks, touch panels and decorative trims can be first surface protected with Norilux® FastCure 1. Even mobile phone covers, sanitary panels and displays for household appliances can be overprinted with the highly resistant lacquer.
Versions
The glossy version of the dual-cure lacquer Norilux® FastCure 1/001 can be printed on textured film surfaces to produce abrasion resistant and transparent display windows.
The matt version Norilux® FastCure 1/002 can be printed on uncured transparent hard coat PC films to create matt and gloss effects on one printed film.
Besides the high gloss version, various satin gloss, textured and matt grades versions are available. Even rough haptic surface structures can be achieved with single pass screen printing.
The dual-cure screen printing lacquer can be used as well for overprinting UV curing and solvent-based screen printing inks (pretests are necessary) to protect the decoration.
Norilux® FastCure 1 dries by evaporation of the solvents in jet dryers. Films decorated with Norilux® FastCure 1 can be 3D formed after box oven drying e.g. by high pressure forming or thermo forming. Afterwards, the formed films must be UV cured. The cured lacquer layer shows excellent resistances to abrasion, chemicals and cleaning agents and passes various creme tests of the automobile industry.
5. NoriCure® ORL-1
The weather resistant UV curing lacquer can be used for overprinting of solvent-based ink systems (for example, Thermo-Jet®, NoriPUR®) as well as for printing on PVC self-adhesive films, Polycarbonate, rigid PVC and PMMA.
NoriCure® ORL-1 protects the overprinted ink layer from UV-radiation and is outdoor resistant.
The protective lacquer is available as high gloss version NoriCure® ORL-1/001 and as matt version NoriCure® ORL-1/002. The screen printing lacquer shows excellent printing properties, good scratch and abrasion resistance as well as high chemical resistance.
6. NoriCure® HC-1 – Hard-Coat Lacquer
NoriCure® HC-1 is an UV-curing screen printing lacquer showing excellent scratch and abrasion resistance. The cured surface of the lacquer resists even strong wipes with steel wool.
The high gloss UV-lacquer is designed for printing on PC films, coated PET films (e.g. Autotype Autoflex EPG 180, Autotex V200), and various rigid PVC films and for overprinting of printed products.
The lacquer is used to overprint and protect displays, lenses and panels. The cured lacquer shows excellent resistances to chemicals and cleaning agents. Besides the high gloss NoriCure HC-1, matt (NoriCure® HC-1-001) and textured (NoriCure® HC-1-002) as well as UV-stabilized (NoriCure® HC-1-003) versions are available.
7. NoriPUR® for NIR applications with ultra-short drying times
The versatile ink system can be used as one or two component ink for printing onto PVC, pre-treated polyester and polyolefins, acrylics, polycarbonate, wood, metals and more.
Processed as two-component ink, NoriPUR® shows excellent resistance to chemical and mechanical influences.
A wide range of color shades, including metallics and highly opaque formulations, is available from stock.
In general, two-component screen printing inks dry relatively slowly.
Instead of a conventional hardener, NoriPUR® inks can be processed with a NIR-activatable hardener that is optimally adapted to the NIR drying process.
By using this NIR-activatable hardener, the drying of the two-component ink layers is significantly accelerated.
The accelerated drying can be advantageous for decorating front panels (control panels for white goods), beverage crates, as well as metals and many other substrates.