Abstract: In recent years, UV ink is popular in packaging and printing industry, because it contains no VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds). But the application of it in metal packaging is not going well in our country. This paper researched the application of UV ink used in metal packaging to give the suggestion for the selection of UV ink and find the factors affecting the application. Based on these, the paper also gave the idea to solve the problems in the application.
At first,this article introduced the background of the UV curing technology and analyzed its development home and abroad to show the necessity of the research. Then this article analyzed the application in technology including the components of UV metallic ink,the principle, the curing procedure and so on. Meanwhile,the paper also analyzed the ink with some research in some enterprises to study the selection of UV ink and the problems in the application.
Keywords:UV ink; Green ink; Metal packaging; Application of UV ink