Vol.113

High brilliance Pearl ink for screen printing

STELLA Ink Series

We have been offering Pearl Inks, which gives pearl like color and brightness.
Today we can offer you STELLA Ink, which has brighter color than usual pearl inks. To provide more glittering with usual pearl ink, one has to apply bigger size pearl pigment, and therefore needs larger opening screen. STELLA Ink solved the problem and provides better brightness and weather resistance and other resistances.
The ink can be applied for IMD and other usages. We can offer special standard color that changes color by view angle.

1. Special Features.

  1.  Excellent brightness and saturation.
  2.  Color changes by view angle. (887 STELLA Bronze Yellow, 888 STELLA violet green.)
  3.  Excellent Weather resistance and other resistances.
  4.  Brighter color than traditional pearl inks.
  5.  Can be printed high mesh screen.
  6.  Suitable to UV curing inks.
  7.  Can make various color variation, changing under print color.

2. Applications.

Game machines, Cellular phones, cars, electric appliances, graphics.


High Class design


Color changes by view angle

3. Printing

STELLA inks use even and small diameter pigment, and can be printed with higher mesh screen.
Solvent inks: T-200-250 mesh
UV inks T-250-300 mesh

4. Standard colors

Name
 Color
881 STELLA Silver Silver
882 STELLA Gold
 Gold
883 STELLA Purple
 Purple
884 STELLA Blue
Blue
885 STELLA Green
 Green
887 STELLA Bronze Yellow
Color changes bronze to Yellow
888 STELLA Violet Green
Color changes violet to green

We can offer you STELLA ink in several base inks. We can select and recommend suitable base ink for you substrate and usage. Please contact us.

5. Resistances

Item Test conditions IMI 13
Adhesion Cross cut & adhesive tape, 90 degree peel
100/100
100/100
Hot & Cold 80C 4hrs, 25C 1hrs, -40C 4hrs, 25C 1hrs, 10 cycles No defect No defect
Heat 168 hours in 90C, check appearance No defect No defect
Moisture 72 hrs in 50C 98%RH, check appearance No defect No defect
Water Dip 168hrs in city water, check appearance No defect No defect
Hot Water Dip 72hrs in 60C hot water, check appearance No defect No defect
Engine oil Dip 1 hour in engine oil, check appearance No defect No defect
Alcohol Dip 1 hour in Ethanol, check appearance No defect No defect
Detergent Dip 24hrs in 5% solution of a detergent, check appearance. No defect No defect
Acid Drop 0.5ml of 5% HCl, after 24hrs, check appearance. No defect No defect
Alkali Drop 0.5ml of 5% NaOH, after 24hrs, check appearance. No defect No defect
Scrub Gakushin tester, with cotton, 500g weight, 1000 back & forth Back print No defect
Scrub Alcohol Gakushin tester, cotton soaked with ethanol, 500g weight, 200 back & forth Back print No defect
Punching Punch with a punching tool, check the edge No defect Back print
Weather Xenon weather-O-meter 800hrs
(Back print)		 800hrs

Specimen conditions:
Substrate:Polycarbonate 0.5mm thick,
Screen:T-250 mesh,
Drying:30mins at 80C
Base inks:13 ink and IMI ink
Note: These results are only for our lab purpose. We do not guarantee the results.Please test our new ink.