Some of the Physical Properties of UV Jet Printed Furniture Surfaces

Suat Altun,Didem Köse

doi:10.5552/drind.2013.1203

Abstract

This study researches some physical properties of furniture surfaces on which UV jet printing is applied. To this end, UV protected digital printing ink was applied on melamine faced chipboard (MFC) and Printpan (Pp) panels and their surface resistance to cold liquids (TS 12720), hot liquids (TS 4980), dry heat (TS EN 12722), wet heat (TS EN 12721), water vapor (TS EN 438-2), glowing cigarette (TS 4756), and abrasion (TS 4755) was identifi ed. As a result, it was found that UV jet printing ink applied on melamine faced chipboard and printpan panels is not resistant to cold liquid, water vapor, glowing cigarette and abrasion but relatively resistant to hot liquid, dry heat and wet heat.

Highlights

Based on the obtained data, when melamine faced chipboard (MFC) and UV jet printing was applied on printpan (Pp-UV), surfaces have shown the best surface performance against cold test liquids applied to the surfaces, confirming that MFC-UV is the least durable surface
The reason of low durability of MFC-UV surface might be that the liquids that remained on the surface, not being able to penetrate into the material due to the hydrophobic character of MFC surface, deform the structure of the ink and lead to further distortion
- It is determined that, Pp, Pp-UV and MFC surfaces show minor changes regarding the resistance to cold liquids in terms of reactive type, they are durable in general terms and that MFC-UV surface is relatively less durable

Summary

Introduction

In mass production modular furniture systems, the pre-coated wooden composite boards are mostly being used. The main reason for using these boards is that they have already been coated or painted, and there is no need for coating and finishing processes in furniture manufacturing processes. It is possible to reach higher productive capacities with lower investments. The melamine impregnated paper, plastic coatings and paint systems are most commonly used as surfacing material in these boards (Istek et al, 2010).

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