Sakata Inx Corporation

Jun Kawabata

Kazuhiro Fuke

Okinori Nakashima

Takuya Myose

Koki Ogasahara

An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition contains: (A) hydroxy group-containing monofunctional (meth)acrylates by 20.0 to 60.0% by mass in the total amount of all polymerizable components; (B) polyfunctional monomers having ether bonds; (C) amine-modified oligomers by 10.0 to 50.0% by mass in the total amount of all polymerizable components; (D) ethyl phenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphinate as a polymerization initiator; and (E) polymeric sensitizers. The active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition allows for printing on films used for food packaging that are subject to more stringent property requirements.

Active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition

An active energy ray-curable inkjet ink composition contains a pigment which contains Pigment Orange 71 and Pigment Violet 19 which is 30.0 to 85.0% by mass relative to a total mass of Pigment Violet 19 and Pigment Orange 71, and a photopolymerizable compound which contains, in a total amount of all polymerizable components,(A) 0.20 to 15.0% by mass of a multifunctional amine-modified oligomer; (B) 50.0% by mass or more of a monofunctional monomer; (C) 35.0% by mass or more of a monofunctional monomer whose glass transition temperature is 20° C. or more; (D) 35.0% by mass or more of a monofunctional monomer whose glass transition temperature is 10° C. or less; (E) 2.0 to 11.0% by mass of a multifunctional monomer whose glass transition temperature is 10° C. or less; and (F) 10.0 to 25.0% by mass of a nitrogen-containing monofunctional monomer.

An active energy ray-curable inkjet printing ink composition satisfies requirements A to E below is provided: (A) the content of amine-modified oligomer is 1.0 to 20.0% by mass; (B) alkoxy group-containing (meth)acrylate monomers are contained by 2.0 to 20.0% by mass; (C) (meth)acrylate monomers having an alkyl group with 6 to 20 carbon atoms is contained by 2.0 to 25.0% by mass; (D) at least one type selected from the group that consists of 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, 1,10-decanediol diacrylate, propoxylated(2)neopentyl glycol diacrylate, and hydroxypivalic acid neopentyl glycol diacrylate is contained by 30.0 to 60.0% by mass; (E) as photopolymerization initiators, ethoxy(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phenylphosphine oxide is contained by 3.0 to 15.0% by, and oligo(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-(4-(1-methylvinyl)phenyl)propanone) and/or 2-hydroxy-1-{4-[4-(2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionyl)phenoxy]phenyl}-2-methylpropanone is/are contained by 2.0 to 10.0% by mass, where the total content of photopolymerization initiators is 6.0 to 25.0% by mass.

Active energy ray-curable inkjet printing ink composition

Provided is a photo-curable inkjet printing ink composition, comprising (A) an acrylicated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule, (B) a (meth)acrylic monomer having an alkoxy group, and (C) at least one selected from the group consisting of hexanediol acrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, and neopentyl glycol diacrylate hydroxypivalate, wherein a content of the component (A) is 3 to 18% by mass in the ink composition, wherein a content of the component (B) is 5 to 35% by mass in the ink composition, and wherein a content of the component (C) is 30 to 60% by mass in the ink composition.

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Jun Kawabata