ECO-THERM
mineral oil-free
The web offset heatset process inks
based on renewable raw materials.
Eco-dynamic printing is a leitmotif of HUBER-GRUPPE associating environmental thinking still
more with printing ink.
We supply ECO-THERM heatset web offset inks based on renewable raw materials,
containing
only vegetable-based binders instead of mineral oils. These inks meet the high quality
demands of modern heatset web offset printing. A special achievement in this development
is the fact that these process inks do not fall behind mineral oil-based systems in respect of
drying.
This ECO-THERM process series – mineral oil-free – corresponds to our new "HIGHLY IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY" standard.
Economy and ecology are of equal importance, in combination with the very latest
manufacturing
technology, and constitute the basis for these new process inks. Each of the special formula constituents has been precisely adapted to the individual
processing
steps in manufacturing. The binders are formulated to ensure optimum pigment
wetting by the wetting medium and through precisely monitored dispersing conditions as well
as optimum performance in printing by the use of highly sophisticated printing ink resins.
The quality improvements of these new process inks conforming to the HIT-technology
become
most obvious to the printer in the following respects:
• The inks maintain a stable viscosity over a wide temperature range.
• Stable emulsification of damping solution ensures uniform ink splitting.
• Elastic characteristics of the binder minimize
ink misting.
• Superb gloss on the print and optimum color
intensity.
Modern processing technology of HUBER-GRUPPE as well as comprehensive, standardized
production controls, e.g. according to DIN ISO 9001, guarantee a good and uniform quality
of the new ECO-THERM process inks.
Special properties of the ECO-THERM series
• Free from mineral oils due to vegetable oil-based binders.
• Good swelling/shrinking properties of roller-elastomers – similar to mineral oil-based
heatset inks.
• High gloss depending on the substrate.
• Plates run clean fast when using suitable damping solution, through limited absorption of
damping solution and therefore stable ink/damping solution equilibrium.
• High-contrast printing.
• High color intensity and transparency.
• Very good rub resistance.
• Excellent printability.
• Good flow characteristics, making these inks highly suitable for automatic ink supply
systems, and excellent entrainment in the ink duct.
• Good de-ink ability, similar to mineral oil-based heatset inks.
Application
For ecology-minded offset printing plants or when their customers demand the use of
renewable
raw materials.
Printing auxiliaries
If ECO-THERM inks need to be adapted to special printing conditions in exceptional cases,
it is advisable to use the sundries supplied by companies of HUBER-GRUPPE which are
adapted to the highly sophisticated binder system.
