Will UV varnishing replace the pre-coated film lamination process ?

The printing technology continues to advance, the printing materials are constantly updated, the influence of various post-press processing conditions on the film is increasing, the printing quality standards and market demand are constantly increasing, which requires the film industry to change according to objective conditions. New quality technical standards for structural adjustment. At the same time, we should also look for other processes that can replace the film in time to reduce the pressure on the environment. In fact, in addition to the film coating process, UV glazing can also play a certain role in protecting and decorating the surface of the printed matter. The two are similar in many functions. Due to the relatively low cost of UV glazing, 【Laminating Machine Supplier】the development is relatively rapid, and the product is very attractive, so it also has a certain market share in some post-press processing fields. Some people who are optimistic about UV glazing technology even believe that this technology can be independently developed instead of laminating technology.

In fact, this is just a wish of people. According to some printing companies that use UV glazing technology, UV glazing applications are mostly partial glazing. Local UV glazing can improve the grade of books, but in most cases, this partial UV glazing process is also This is done after the film is applied, and the previous film coating process must be a solvent-based film. In addition, there is still a lot of deficiencies in UV glazing compared to film coating. Such as UV glazing protection, folding resistance, wear resistance, etc. are not as good as the film, there are limitations in many areas, 【Lamination Machine Manufacturer】 such as packaging boxes; UV glazing also needs to put into printing equipment and UV curing equipment, and the film has Off-the-shelf equipment foundation and mature technology; in addition, some UV varnish will also volatilize odor during the coating process, which will affect the operator.

Today's printing houses and publishing houses pay great attention to this process, and believe that UV glazing can replace the laminating process in book printing. But in general, UV glazing is still limited in many aspects, there are still many problems in the process, and it is impossible to completely replace the laminating process.