FUNCTIONAL INKS FOR DIGITAL APPLICATION ON TEXTILES
A quantum leap in the speed and high precision of ink application has recently made the inkjet Process even more interesting for the implementation of finishing chemicals and offers a new and sustainable perspective in surface functionality, reports Dr Reinhold Schneider of DITF
Year
2022
Company
DITF
Author
Dr Reinhold Schneider
The vision of a digital production of textiles using inkjet printing is possible and a number of digital functions can already be implemented today. Essentially, the problems to be solved are the creation of the required add-on and the avoidance of multiple overprinting. Specifically in the reproducibility of special functions that relate to electrical conductivity. There is still a great need for research so that such electrically conducting prints fully meet all the technical requirements. These must then be applied to the final properties, such as permanence, resistance to buckling and flexibility.