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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2005
Stephen Haggata, Glasgow, GB;
Iain Frank Fraser, Kilbirnie, GB;
Stephen John Coughlin, Muirhead, GB;
Stephen Haggata, Glasgow, GB;
Iain Frank Fraser, Kilbirnie, GB;
Stephen John Coughlin, Muirhead, GB;
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
A process for the preparation of pigment compositions which give improved ink flow is provided which comprises treating the pigment, during the pigment synthesis, with a small amount of a long chain aliphatic amine. The pigment compositions obtained can be used for preparing millbase inks which due to their improved flow viscosity (rheology) at high pigmentation can be easily handled as well as flexibly formulated, e.g. a number of final printing inks for different ink applications can be manufactured from a single millbase in a very economical manner. The final inks are preferably used in packaging gravure printing processes.