The Suitability of Uv Coating for Various Print Applications

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Satish Chauhan, Bijender, Santosh (Department of Printing Technology, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)

Objective of this paper is to throw light on various types of UV coating available to the printer and finding suitability of UV coating for different print applications. Today UV coating has become most popular way of finishing which suits to a wide range of substrates and jobs. The research work was carried out at Janus Packaging Pvt. Ltd., Baddi and data was collected on day to day basis. The printed sheets were analysed after UV coating regarding the degree of finishes, coating thickness and various defects arising during the process. The results indicated that UV textured coating imparts maximum coating thickness. Misting and substrate picking were found most frequent defects occurring during UV coating on the other hand Ink polymerization and poor adhesion to the substrate were occurred least during UV coating.