Rev (Revolution) UV series is a fast curing, multi-purpose system designed for screen printers for a wide variety of substrates. Rev offers excellent outdoor durability, very good flexibility, and optimized for use on in-line presses. This series is available in gallons only. 

Substrates;

Rev is suitable for printing on the following substrates; styrene, treated or top-coated mylar/polyester, corona-treated polyethylene & polypropylene banner material, corona-treated Coroplast, corona-treated high density polyethylene sheet, coated paper & board, rigid vinyl,  pressure-sensitive vinyl, ABS, PETG, acrylic, polycarbonate, anodized aluminum, and some coated metal.

Process Colors;

Two sets of Rev 4-Color process inks are available; Rev process colors matched to SWOP standards and Rev process colors matched to EURO standards. Rev-S171 can be used as the process black for both the SWOP and EURO set. Rev-TPS Transparent base may be used to adjust the density of process colors. The special rheology of the REV process colors were designed with LDP technology, which features Loe Dot Profile and minimal friction drag, while maintaining optimum color balance with negligible shift throughout the print run.  As with all UV halftone printing, plain-weave mesh counts and thin stencil coatings should be used to minimize ink deposit and dot gain.

Curing;

Actual cure speeds will vary depending on ink-color, mesh, other printing parameters that effect ink-film thickness, and the actual UV curing unit used.  Belt speeds as high as 140 ft/min with two Mercury UV curing  lamps can be achieved, dependent on these variables.  Ink adhesion can only be achieved if the UV ink film is adequately cured.  Substrates have differing receptivity to UV ink and on certain rigid or colored materials it may be necessary to cure ink more effectively to achieve satisfactory adhesion.

Modification;

The following additives are available for modification; ST-350 Viscosity Modifier 3 to 10%, ST-370 Cure Accelerator 1 to 5%, ST-373 Adhesion Promoter 2 to 3%. Note; Once the ST-373 has been added, the uncured ink will remain active for up to 8-hours, after which time it will lose its enhanced resistance properties nd should be discarded. This will not affect cured ink films, which will retain the enhanced resistance indefinitely.  Overdossage of these additives may cause problems during further processing.