Research Progress on Water-based Ink Drying Technology

Abstract

Abstract Water-based ink is an environmentally friendly ink that does not contain volatile organic compounds. It conforms to the development tenet of modern society and it doesn’t produce solvent volatilization and solvent residue. Therefore, it has great application prospects in the field of packaging printing where relatively strict sanitary conditions are required, however, due to slow drying speed, high energy consumption, low adhesion, etc., there are still insufficient development and application in the market. There are still some shortcomings in development and application. By searching domestic and foreign materials and literature, this paper studied various drying methods of water-based inks, and analyzed the drying efficiency of water-based inks under various drying technologies. The drying efficiency of the aqueous ink is compared under different drying techniques, and the drying methods include hot air drying, infrared drying, microwave drying, and auxiliary drying, By comparing the advantages and disadvantages of different drying methods, it provides a new idea for the efficient and energy-saving of dry water-based inks.