Offset & Lithographic Printing

EBECRYL® 150 is an ethoxylated bisphenol A diacrylate commonly used as reactive diluent in UV/EB cure applications. EBECRYL® 150 can improve the cure response, hardness, and chemical resistance of UV/EB curable coatings and inks while maintaining good adhesion, and without imparting brittleness.

EBECRYL® 250 is an undiluted high molecular weight aliphatic urethane diacrylate resin, characterized by its light color and lower viscosity. Films of EBECRYL® 250 cured by exposure to ultraviolet light (UV), electron beam (EB) or by means of peroxide are soft and flexible, exhibiting the inherent non-yellowing properties typical of an aliphatic urethane. This resin is most often used as an additive to improve the flexibility of finished formulations.

ROYALE BLACK® NuTone® 350 is a general purpose low color pigment black suitable for a broad range of tinting applications. It is easy to disperse and can enable higher loadings in most systems.

EBECRYL® 889 is an energy curable polyester acrylate for publication inks. EBECRYL® 889 provides good pigment wetting and color development for process color inks. Inks made with EBECRYL® 889 exhibit good adhesion to super- calendared paper, good ink transfer and excellent printability.

EBECRYL® 40 is a tetrafunctional polyether acrylate characterized by low viscosity, mild odor and light color. When formulated with acrylate oligomers, EBECRYL® 40 provides fast cure response in ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable coatings and inks. Besides its high reactivity, EBECRYL® 40 improves the hardness and solvent resistance of cured inks and coatings. EBECRYL 40 is particularly recommended for lithographic offset inks, overprint varnishes and paper upgrading.

AEROSIL® R 972 is a fumed silica aftertreated with DDS (Dimethyldichlorosilane)

EBECRYL® 605 is a bisphenol A epoxy diacrylate diluted approximately 27% by weight with the reactive diluent tripropylene glycol diacrylate (TPGDA) to provide a lower viscosity, easier handling product. EBECRYL 605 exhibits light color and fast cure response. Films of EBECRYL 605 cured via ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) demonstrate high gloss, surface hardness and superior chemical resistance.

EBECRYL® 140 is ditrimethylolpropane tetraacrylate, a reactive diluent exhibiting good cure response and light color. The addition of relatively small amounts of EBECRYL® 140 to ultraviolet light (UV) and electron beam (EB) curable coatings and inks can provide substantial improvements in cure response, hardness, and chemical, scratch, and abrasion resistance. EBECRYL® 140 is particularly useful in lithographic offset inks and overprint varnishes.

EBECRYL® LED 04 is an acrylated polyamine that can be added as a co- resin to UV curable formulations. EBECRYL® LED 04 – when combined with an appropriate photo initiator system – transforms formulations into UV LED, UVA, or low energy curable systems by providing improved surface cure. In addition, this effect is also seen in high energy cure formulations. The improved surface cure is obtained by mitigating oxygen inhibition of the free radical process and/or by being an amine synergist for Norrish type II photo initiators. Coating and inks based on EBECRYL® LED 04 exhibit a low odor after UV or EB curing. Due to its hydrophobic nature EBECRYL® LED 04 can also be used in offset inks applications as a replacement of aminobenzoate synergists.

AEROSIL® R 974 Silicas is a hydrophobic fumed silica aftertreated with DDS (Dimethyldichlorosilane) based on a hydrophilic fumed silica with a specific surface area of 200 m²/g.

EBECRYL® 2221 is a hexafunctional aromatic urethane acrylate that provides very fast cure response when exposed to ultraviolet light (UV) or an electron beam (EB). Cured films of EBECRYL® 2221 exhibit good hardness and solvent resistance.

EBECRYL® 416 is a chlorinated polyester resin, free from intentionally added Bisphenol A, diluted with trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) monomer . Films of EBECRYL® 416 cured by ultraviolet light (UV) or electron beam (EB) display good adhesion to metals, plastics and paper.