Ink compositions
AssigneeArizona Chemical Company
InventorsTheodore J. Williams, Robert R. Klein
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Abstract
The specification discloses a process for making high viscosity gelled ink resins which exhibit improved properties. In a preferred embodiment, a precursor resin is conducted through an extruder with a cross-linking agent, preferably a heat reactive phenolic resin, to induce formation of covalent cross-link bonds in the resin producing a high viscosity resin which resists viscosity breakdown under high shear conditions. The resulting gelled ink resins may be used directly in making ink, obviating the need for further gelation and avoiding the use of conventional organo-metallic gelling agents.
Claims21
An ink composition which comprises an ink resin, pigment, ink solvent and a binder, wherein the ink resin is made by a process which comprises:
- introducing a precursor resin selected from the group consisting of rosin- and hydrocarbon-based resins into the entrance opening of an elongate reaction chamber;
- advancing the precursor resin through the reaction chamber from the entrance opening toward an exit opening thereof;
- continuously mixing the precursor resin as it is advanced through the reaction chamber with a non-metal containing cross-linking agent selected to induce formation of covalent cross-link bonds in the resin upon the application of sufficient energy to the mixture;
- heating the mixture as it is mixed and advanced through the reaction chamber at a temperature sufficient to cause the formation of covalent cross-link bonds in the mixture and to provide a substantially stable high viscosity ink resin having a softening point of at least about 190.degree. C. and a final resin solution viscosity of at least about 150 bubble seconds in about a 33.3 wt. % solution of resin in linseed oil at 38.degree. C.;
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- conducting the ink resin from the exit opening of the reaction chamber.
A lithographic ink composition which comprises from about 30 to about 60% by weight of an ink varnish containing from about 20 to about 60% by weight high viscosity ink resin, from about 20 to about 60% by weight phthalocyanine heatset flush, from about 10 to about 30% by weight ink solvent, and from about 1 to about 10% by weight wax dispersion, wherein the high viscosity ink resin is made by a process comprising:
- introducing a reactive precursor resin selected from the group consisting of reactive rosin- and hydrocarbon-based resins into the entrance opening of an elongate reaction chamber;
- advancing the reactive precursor resin through the reaction chamber from the entrance opening toward an exit opening thereof;
- heating the reactive precursor resin as it is advanced through the reaction chamber at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to cause the formation of covalent cross-link bonds in the resin and to provide a substantially stable high viscosity ink resin having a softening point of at least about 190.degree. C. and a final resin solution viscosity of at least about 150 bubble seconds in about a 33.3 wt. % solution of resin in linseed oil at 38.degree. C.;
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- conducting the ink resin from the exit opening of the reaction chamber.
A gelled ink resin comprising a covalently cross-linked rosin- or hydrocarbon-based resin having a softening point above about 190.degree. C. and a final resin solution viscosity above about 150 bubble seconds at 38.degree. C., said resin being substantially free of metal cross-link agents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.