Effect Coatings
Inline finishing: Efficient and eye-catching The brand name TerraEffekt stands for eye-catching finishing out of the coating unit. TerraEffekt includes pigmented coatings such as pearlescent and metallic coatings, opaque white as well as Drip Off systems. A major part of these coatings is available both waterbased (physically drying by hot air and infrared) and UV based (curing through ultraviolet radiation). TerraEffekt effect coatings are ready-to-use. Pigments and coatings harmonize perfectly and are professionally dispersed. Effect coatings clearly outperform specialty printing inks with regard to brilliance, coverage and finishing results. Compared to traditional offline finishing, effects out of the coating unit persuade by many advantages: flexible use, economic inline process, no costs and time loss due to external finishing operations. The coordination between print design and effect coating is of special importance. Contact us for your individual consultation around the application of effect coatings. You can achieve impressive effects when applying effect coatings in the right way. Packaging, labels and commercial prints are enhanced by an additional printing dimension. 2 TerraEffekt Effect Coatings
Drip Off coatings 4 Metallic coatings 5 Pearlescent coatings Opaque white 7 Coatings mentioned in this brochure just represent a selection of our TerraEffekt product programme. Many other effect coatings as well as colored coatings are available on demand. The numeric values mentioned in this brochure refer to a scale of 1 to 10. While 10 stands for the highest/best value, 1 represents the lowest/worst value. Overview 3
Drip Off coatings Drip Off represents an efficient and eye-catching method to achieve matt/gloss effects or matt/structure effects in a single process with just one coating unit. The principle: In the last ink duct a primer is partially used. Out of the coating unit, a high gloss coating is applied full area. Where primer and high gloss coating meet, a repellent effect is realised. Where the primer has been left out, you realise high gloss surfaces. In this way, you can produce fine printing motives without a spot coating plate. As the owner of the patented Aquaprint Drip Off system, ACTEGA Terra offers the original. Additionally, other waterbased and UV based Drip Off systems are available. The combination of oil based primer and waterbased high gloss coating achieves pleasant homogeneous matt areas as well as distinctive matt/gloss differences. All systems provide good drying characteristics as well as a good scratch and scuff resistance. For the application of UV Drip Off (also called hybrid coating), both UV based and oil based primers for the ink duct are available in combination with. Depending on the primer, application amount and the setting of your printing press (power of UV lamps), you can achieve medium to strong structures which provide a highly visual and haptical difference compared to the high gloss coating. The systems are characterised by a very good scratch and scuff resistance. Waterbased Scuff Wet block Gloss Drying Two-sided Drip Off effect resistance resistance TerraEffekt Drip Off Matt GNS + Aquaprint 975 Drip Off* 10 7 7 7 Fine structure (matt) Oil based primer TerraEffekt Drip Off 10 + TerraWet High Gloss Coating G 9/0 Drip Off 10 7 7 Fine structure (matt) Oil based primer TerraEffekt Drip Off 120 + TerraWet High Gloss Coating G 9/ N2 FoodSafe 10 4 1 Fine structure (silky matt) Mineral oil free primer *Available in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Denmark UV based Gloss Reactivity Drip Off effect TerraEffekt Drip Off 1290 + TerraGloss UV Gloss Varnish G /192 F VK Drip Off Medium structure Oil based primer TerraEffekt Drip Off 1250 + TerraGloss UV Gloss Varnish G /192 F VK Drip Off Medium structure Oil based primer TerraEffekt UV Drip Off 1235 + TerraGloss UV Special Varnish G /22 F VK Drip Off Medium structure UV curing primer TerraEffekt UV Drip Off 1235 + TerraGloss UV Gloss Varnish G /192 F VK Drip Off Strong structure UV curing primer 4 Drip Off coatings
Metallic coatings TerraEffekt metallic coatings provide a flexible and economic way of applying metallic effects in an inline process. In contrast to metallic inks, they are characterised by a higher brilliance. Gold and silver coatings develop their effect by means of small metal plates which reflect the light. While silver coatings contain aluminum plates, gold coatings sparkle through a copper/zinc mixture. TerraEffekt gold and silver coatings persuade through their outstanding coverage, a striking brilliance and a very high edge definition. They provide good running characteristics on the press as well as a good scratch and scuff resistance. coatings for the application after printing, ACTEGA Terra also offers coatings for the coating unit before printing. These coatings are characterised by non-leafing pigments and show a very good overprintability with conventional colours. UV based silver coatings provide a very high brilliance as they contain extremely thin non-leafing aluminum plates produced by vacuum metallisation. UV silver coatings realise homogeneous metallic surfaces that represent an economical and ecological alternative to cold and hot foil stamping. Beyond those metallic coatings shown in this brochure, special colour shades are available on demand. Please contact our laboratory for colour matching. Waterbased gold and silver coatings are available in various colour shades for offset and gravure printing. In addition to Waterbased Colour Brilliance Running behaviour Drying Scuff resistance TerraEffekt Gold Coating G 17/725 Rich gold TerraEffekt Gold Coating G 17/705 Rich gold 9 (coating before printing) TerraEffekt Gold Coating G 17/722 Rich pale gold TerraEffekt Gold Coating G 17/712 Rich pale gold 9 (coating before printing) TerraEffekt Gold Coating G 17/73 Pale gold TerraEffekt Paste G 17/504 + TerraEffekt Binding Agent G 17/999 LV 2-components-system UV based Colour Brilliance Running behaviour Reactivity Scuff resistance TerraEffekt UV G 7/0 10 7 7 Metallic coatings 5
Pearlescent coatings TerraEffekt pearlescent coatings enrich printing products with an elegant and high value surface. Pealescent coatings can be applied in a flexible way: full area or partially for a defined finishing. Depending on the colour, the pigment size and type of pigment (e.g. colour changing), you can achieve various effects. For the realisation of the required pearlescent effect, the print design is of high importance. At ACTEGA Terra you get ready-to-use pearlescent coatings in which pigments are dispersed in an optimal way. These pearlescent coatings provide a good scratch and scuff resistance. Pearlescent coatings cannot only be applied out of the coating unit after printing, but also before printing for a more subtle shimmer. Special pearlescent coatings with a very good printability have been developed for this objective. TerraEffekt pearlescent coatings make use of the phenomenon of light refraction. Pearlescent pigments consist of a structure of transparent layers with different refractive indices. The different optical wavelengths are amplified or absorbed dependent on the thickness and type of the pigment plate. Therefore the coating shimmers in the defined colour only and not over the whole colour spectrum. Below you can find an overview of our standard waterbased pearlescent coatings. Many other pearlescent coatings (also UV based) are available on demand. Our colouristic department is pleased to do the colour matching. Colour Pigment size (μm) Running Scuff Coverage Drying behaviour resistance Pearlescent Coating G 29/400 10-0 5 9 7 Pearlescent Coating G 29/45 5-100 5 Pearlescent Coating G 29/502 20-100 2 Very high transparency and reflection capability Pearlescent Coating 29/100 10-0 5 9 (coating before printing) Pearlescent Coating 29/43 Gold 10-0 5 7 Pearlescent Coating 29/593 Gold 20-100 2 Very high transparency and reflection capability Pearlescent Coating 29/137 Gold 10-0 5 9 (coating before printing) Pearlescent Coating 29/42 Blue 5-25 9 7 Interference Pearlescent Coating 29/51 Blue 15-0 3 7 Very high transparency and reflection capability Pearlescent Coating 29/430 Green 10-0 5 Interference Pearlescent Coating 29/525 Green 20-200 3 9 High transparency and reflection capability, pureness, colour strength Pearlescent Coating 29/235 Green 10-0 5 9 (coating before printing), interference Pearlescent Coating 29/45 Lila 10-0 5 7 Pearlescent Coating 29/524 Red 35-150 2 Very high transparency and reflection capability Pearlescent coatings
Opaque white TerraEffekt opaque white for the application out of the coating unit provides optimum coverage for non-opaque surfaces. It is used in cases of metallised, foil laminated, transparent and coloured substrates as well as for kraft board. Also for maximum requirements with regard to the printing of colour charts, TerraEffekt opaque white guarantees true-colour printability. TerraEffekt opaque white is available both waterbased and UV based and can be processed out of the coating unit before and after printing. Applied out of the coating unit before printing a sufficiently good coverage is achieved with just one application. The opaque white is dried immediately by the dryer after the coating unit and can be printed inline immediately. Through the use of high quality titanium dioxides, opaque white is provided with a very high grade of whiteness and is characterized by a very good overprint capability with conventional and UV inks. Opaque white out of the coating unit outperforms opaque white out of the ink duct by higher opacity and higher coverage. Opaque White G /905 Opaque White G 7/910 Waterbased UV based Additives and cleaning agents Cleaning agents TerraWet Clean Cleaning Agent G 12/10 TerraWet Clean Cleaning Liquid G 12/200 TerraGloss Clean UV Cleaning Agent G 13/10 Application Environmental-friendly cleaning agent; for coating units, anilox rollers, pipe systems, blankets and coating plates Manuel and periodical cleaning agent for the deep cleaning of anilox rollers Cleaning agent for coating units, anilox rollers, pipe systems, blankets and coating plates Additives TerraAdd Retarder G 12/111 TerraAdd Slip Agent G 12/115 Application Additive in order to slow down the drying of the coating (sticking to the coating blanket, cracking) Additive to improve slip ability TerraAdd Defoamer G 12/119 Additive in order to reduce foaming TerraAdd Wetting Agent G 12/127 Additive to improve wetting of the coating on the printing ink TerraAdd Anticrackling Agent G 12/141 TerraAdd UV Wetting and Slip Agent G 13/101 TerraAdd UV Defoamer G 13/10 Additive to avoid cracking of the coating film Additive to get a better wetting and a better flow out. The slip angle will change. Additive to improve defoaming TerraAdd UV Antistatic Agent G 13/110 Additive to reduce static charging TerraAdd UV Accelerator G 13/122 Additive to improve reactivity The numeric values mentioned in this brochure refer to a scale of 1 to 10. While 10 stands for the highest/best value, 1 represents the lowest/worst value. Please consider: All information provided here are made to the best of our knowledge. This brochure does not claim to be complete. It represents a technical quality description, is advisory and does not release from own tests and examinations in customer-specific circumstances due to the wide range of materials, production conditions, operations and processes. If an application is intended to be made under different conditions than those specified here, we only assume liability after having examined the respective different conditions. We reserve the right to change product characteristics because of technical progress, amendment of applicable law and mandatory production-related needs. Opaque white, additives and cleaning agents 7
ACTEGA Terra GmbH Industriestraße 12 31275 Lehrte Germany Coated with Outside: TerraEffekt Pearlescent Coating G 29/519 TerraEffekt UV Drip Off 1235 + TerraGloss UV Gloss Varnish G /192 F VK Drip Off Inside: TerraEffekt UV Drip Off 1235 + TerraGloss UV Gloss Varnish G /192 F VK Drip Off Issue: March 2012 Tel +49 51 32 50 09-0 Fax +49 51 32 50 09-1 10 office.actega.terra@altana.com www.actega.com/terra