INGEDE SYMPOSIUM MUNICH 2019

UV/LED deinking – ready for a greener printing

Thomas Glaser / Peter Hengesbach

UV/LED Deinkability

Actual situation

Increasing particle size

Water-based Oil/solvent-based Cross-linked

Conventional flexo
(production use)
Improved flexo
(experimental use)
Inkjet
(agglomerated pigment ink)
Inkjet
(standard)
Suitability for flotation deinking
In general, paper printed with UV
Offset
inks shows problematic deinkability
(mineral oil)
„Ist sich der Kanton bewusst, dass mit
Offset dem genannten Druckverfahren be-
drucktes Papier nicht rezykliert werden
(vegetable oil)
kann und es das Altpapier verunreinigt?“
Dry toner
(copier, laser printer)
INGEDE-Pressemitteilung 1/2015:
UV / LED
Auf das Recycling achten: Auch mit LEDs
rotogravure Liquid toner ist UV-Druck nicht gleich umweltfreundlich
(“ElectroInk”)
Vernetzte Farben lassen sich beim Deinken nur
schwer entfernen – bunte Punkte in den Fasern

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Background/task

Evaluation

Co-operation project • UV/LED Inks: 8 different ink formulations,

between Siegwerk and simplex printed
Stora Enso with the • Substrates: 2 coated papers, 1 uncoated paper
target to improve
• UV curing: mercury, iron-doped and LED curing
the deinkability of
lamp technologies (printed on sheetfed +
UV/LED cured prints
narrow web presses)
• Deinkability: checked @ Stora Enso Support
Centre Mönchengladbach

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How is the deinkability measured?

Officially approved deinkability lab test method

INGEDE Method 11 (01/2018)

INGEDE
Method 11

Sample Pulping Flotation Sheet

preparation forming

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Dirt specks (ink particles) before and after flotation

CONVENTIONAL OIL
BASED INK

Dirt specks Dirt specks

before flotation after flotation

Most dirt specks after pulping

can be removed efficiently
by flotation … flotation works
efficiently with hydrophobic
particles of about 10‒150 µm

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Dirt specks (ink particles) before and after flotation

STANDARD UV/LED INK SIEGWERK UV/LED INK

Dirt specks Dirt specks Dirt specks Dirt specks

before flotation after flotation before flotation after flotation

Large dirt specks after pulping Small dirt specks after

can’t be removed efficiently pulping can be removed
by flotation … flotation works by flotation efficiently
efficiently with hydrophobic
particles of about 10–150 µm

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Dirt specks (ink particles) after flotation

STANDARD CONVENTIONAL OIL SIEGWERK

UV/LED INK BASED INK UV/LED INK

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Dirt specks (ink particles) after flotation

Dirt speck area deinked pulp < 50 µm (A50)

Dirt speck area
mm2/m2
18.866
2.500
Threshold
2.000

1.500

1.000
Target
500 301
87 159 50 54
23 20 28 24
0
LED-UV Conv. Ink 1 Ink 2 Ink 3 Ink 4 Ink 5 Ink 6 Ink 7 Ink 8
Offset Offset
Standard Siegwerk UV/LED ink
UV/LED ink Prints = UV Mercury cured

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Results

1 2 3

Deinkability Deinkability Deinkability

on coated paper, on virgin fibre differences
differences based improved between different
between mercury, newsprint and UV/LED ink
iron-doped, and machine finished formulations
LED lamps coated paper

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UV/LED Deinkability

1 Coated paper – influence of iron doped / LED UV lamp

Substrate coated paper LumiArt 100 g/m²

UV/LED inks 5 versions (CMYK)

UV lamp Iron-doped / LED 385 nm

Deinking score 97–100 points = good deinkability

Conclusion
No difference in deinkability
between mercury, iron-doped,
and LED lamps has been
observed.

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2 Virgin fibre based improved newsprint and machine finished coated paper

Substrate coated mechanical StellaPress

H 54 g/m², uncoated ExoPress 76
49 g/m²

UV/LED inks 8 versions (black only)

UV lamp mercury

Deinking score 93–100 points = good deinkability

Conclusion
Very good deinkability also on
uncoated and machine finished
coated papers

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3 Influence of different chemical formulations

UV/LED inks 8 completely different chemical

formulations from Siegwerk have Ink 1 Ink 2 Ink 3 Ink 4 Ink 5 Ink 6 Ink 7 Ink 8
been tested
Coated paper
99 100 100 100 100 100 100 98
Deinking score 93–100 points = good deinkability Mercury UV lamps

Coated paper not not not

97 tested 100 100 100 tested tested 100
Iron-doped UV lamps

Conclusion Coated paper not not not

100 tested 100 100 100 tested tested 100
LED UV lamps
 Very good deinkability for different chemical
formulations tested Uncoated paper
(improved Newsprint) 100 95 98 100 98 100 94 100
 Standard UV/LED inks normally clearly failed Mercury UV lamps
deinking tests or scored below 70 points only due
to a high dirt speck area after flotation Coated mech. paper
100 100 95 93 100 100 100 100
Mercury UV lamps

A Deinking Score above 70 = good deinkable

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Summary – ready for a greener printing

Siegwerk LNRGY ink Iron-doped UV/LED printing

series for UV/LED
• no mercury (LED only)
• state of the art in
commercial UV/ • no VOCs
iron-doped/LED • no spray powder
printing • low energy consumption
• Easy recycling due • no ozone
to good deinkability
• free of reclassified PIs*
* Free of reclassified photoinitiators 369, EDB, EHA, PBZ

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Contact

Peter Hengesbach Thomas Glaser

Manager Fibre and Analytical Services Head of technology Sheetfed
Peter.Hengesbach@storaenso.com Thomas.Glaser@Siegwerk.com
Phone: +49 2161 6096 204 Phone: +41 32 391 73 57

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