April 02, 2022
The print quality of any material like automotive decals, garments, and sticker depends on curing the inks in conveyor driers and wicket driers at specific temperatures and duration.
Curing inks is comparable to baking cakes in that it takes time. Gas heats the ovens, and air circulates to transfer the heat to the ink (cakes) and cloth (pan). Heat is transported to the ink during the heating/curing process via convection from the air, but it is also transferred by conduction. The nearby ink (outer layer of cake) and the cloth are the two sources of heat conduction. The fact that time is just as essential as the temperature setting is due to conduction.
Even if your oven is set at a high temperature, it will take time for the heat to be transported to the center of the ink. A pan is normally an excellent heat conductor for baking, however, for ink drying, the material/cloth is a heat sink rather than a heat conductor. The quantity of heat sink is determined by the material/fiber
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