CHARACTERIZATION OF DIGITAL

INKJET PAINTS FOR CERAMIC TILES

DOUGLAS S. RODRIGUES, JESSICA R. SILVA, CARLOS P. BERGMANN, ANNELISE K. ALVES
POST-GRADUATE PROGRAM ON MINING, METALLURGICAL AND
MATERIALS
INTRODUCTION Viscosity x Shear Rate
The ceramic coating decoration sector has now characterized a technological
revolution, more specifically the digital printing industry, which allows the
coatings to be decorated with digital images that can be expanded or reduced
According to the demand of the project. These images can be printed in high
definition, and allow customization in a simple and fast way, also with the ease
of storing digital data and its low cost of storage in contrast to conventional
methods. Both changes in size and adjustments are much lower compared to
the traditional method that is often run manually, through the use of screens
requiring additional time and material, which leaves the activity more costly.
There are widely used printheads that are continuous ink jet (ICJ) and drop On
Demand (DOD – drop-on-demand), in which the difference is given by dripping
which is emitted only by a single hole in the ICJ head and by a matrix of holes in
the DOD head that respond to digital signals.
The paints used in the decoration of ceramic coatings must satisfy two criteria:
first have the rheological characteristics necessary to pass through the
printhead and second keep the desired colour after the application in the
coating. With this, the purpose of this work is to make the characterisation of
paints used for ceramic decoration and to analyse the influence of each variable
in the final print quality. Raman Spectroscopy

MATERIALS AND METHOD

Digital ceramic coatings in beige and brown colours (TDBEG and TDMAR), paints
for direct application in decoration of mugs, plates were used.
About 10ml of each of the inks were used, with the intended digital ceramic
printing were put in the process of drying for approximately one week, in a
hothouse of the mark of Leo with controller RA model TLK 48.
After drying, the X-ray fluorescence assay (XRF) was carried out in the
spectrophotometer, using the powder from the drying step of the inks which
was also used later in the X-ray diffraction tests (XRD) in the diffractometer of X-Ray Diffraction
the mark Phillips, Model X ' Pert MDP (x ray tube with CuK radiation), Raman
spectroscopy in Spectrophotometer Renishaw InVia Spectrometer System for
Raman spectral analysis with lasers available in the 532nm wavelengths and
785nm.
Inks in liquid state were subjected to a colorimetry assay in Colorimeter
Colourum 2 – 45/0 ° from Delta Color, thus obtaining its CIELAB system
coordinates, and also to an rheological analysis in Brookfield R/S Plus
Rheometer.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Colorimetry

TDBEG TDMAR
L* 67,02 L* 46,94
a* 22,55 a* 18,86
b*46,27 b*23,8
C 51,47 C 30,37
h 64,02 h 51,6 CONCLUSIONS
Digital ceramic coatings in beige and brown colours (TDBEG and TDMAR), paints
Related colours were converted as other space colours to compare its numbers. for direct application in decoration of mugs, plates were used.
TDBEG as example, can be described in RGB (in range of 0 to 255) being the About 10ml of each of the inks were used, with the intended digital ceramic
values red=217, green=147 and blue=79, Hexadecimal as #D9934F, CMYK (in printing were put in the process of drying for approximately one week, in a
range of 0% to 100%): being 14% cyan, 47% magenta, 79%, yellow and 1% hothouse of the mark of Leo with controller RA model TLK 48.
black, and, finally, XYZ (in ranges of 0 to 0.9642 for x, 0 to 1.0000 for y, 0 to After drying, the X-ray fluorescence assay (XRF) was carried out in the
0.8252 for z): being x=0.4246, y=0.3666 and z=0.0938. TDMAR is defined in spectrophotometer, using the powder from the drying step of the inks which
RGB as (149, 99, 72), in Hexadecimal as #956348, CMYK as (33%, 61%, 73%, was also used later in the X-ray diffraction tests (XRD) in the diffractometer of
19%) and XYZ as (0.1884, 0.1597, 0.0627). the mark Phillips, Model X ' Pert MDP (x ray tube with CuK radiation).