Ceramic ink is popular

According to relevant media data, as of April 2014, the number of domestic ceramic inkjet printers operating online has reached around 2,000 units. From the small pilot chopper in 2011 to today's popularity, the ceramic ink-jet printing technology has experienced explosive growth in these two years. Currently, it is basically blooming in various ceramic producing areas across the country. The advantages of ceramic ink-jet printing, For example, the cost is lower than the screen printing, the work site environment is sanitary, the conversion is easy to produce, and the color glaze is less wasted.

Coincidentally, I recently heard from some ceramic manufacturers that “inkjet printing is actually not cheap”, including some ceramic companies that have just started using ceramic ink jet printers, due to the market’s longing for inkjet ceramic tiles. In addition, problems such as insufficient color saturation and insufficient color gamut in inkjet printing have also gradually emerged. In particular, some new products developed by large-scale enterprises in the early stage have been able to maintain leading technological advantages for several months. Nowadays, in front of inkjet printing, it is transparent like paper. It can easily be easily copied and copied. Even some products are only displayed at the exhibition, and in the twinkling of an eye, they may face the risk of being produced by other manufacturers. Therefore, ceramic ink-jet printing as a new technology, in the domestic market dominated by imitation, the company has invested a lot of money to develop and cultivate talents. It is very likely that it will suffer a loss and a large number of technicians will lose. The phenomenon is happening everywhere.

In addition, the continuous declassification of ink dispersion method preparation technology for ceramic inkjet printing, the continuous innovation of domestically produced sand mill production process, and the continuous innovation of domestic inkjet printing related mechanical equipment will directly lead to inkjet printing related mechanical equipment. With the continuous drop in investment costs, various ink-related raw materials on the market have gradually been unveiled, exposing arms to fight prices, robbing the market, grabbing talents, and stealing designs.

At present, Xiao Bian’s concerns are not about how the ink exceeds the imported ink. However, under the circumstances that the quality of the domestic ink itself is still not strong, the domestic ink production capacity will also usher in explosive growth in the second half of 2014. The limitation of its own shelf life leads to a serious excess of production capacity for a long period of time. Therefore, the current domestic ink manufacturers not only have to pay attention to how to do a good job of ink, in addition to the continued digging of the stability and color gamut expansion of the ink, it will also face a severe market price war. At present, there have been ink investment companies in Foshan local production and equipment to stop rental situation.

In the macro-economic market environment, ceramic ink-jet printing has a more significant impact on the pigment market, especially the impact of glaze pigments, mainly in brown, black, blue and so on. The black color in the glaze is currently in full swing. In addition to the prevalence of black crystals in full-glazed glazes and the strong market demand, the demand for the other three primary colors in the zirconium-based pigments is relatively strong. The export market is also mainly in the zirconium series, which are yellowish yellow, vanadium zirconium blue, and zirconium red.

Because of the reason of raw materials for rare earths, Huanghuang is currently producing more than 80% of the world's Huanghuo products. It is mainly exported to Europe for the production of ceramic inks and other colored glazes and finally exported to the Chinese market. Because of the complicated production technology of zirconium-iron red, zirconium-iron red is the most cost-effective product currently produced in Chaozhou, Guangdong. It is difficult for the manufacturers in other regions to surpass and make high-low-temperature and stable product quality.

In general, ceramic inks are fierce, but due to their own technical problems that are currently difficult to solve, especially the domestic market's preference for darker tile products, traditional color glazes will be available for a long time to come. There is still a certain market demand for the enterprise, in particular, the status that the green body colorants cannot be replaced in the vitrified tiles, and the requirements for the darker hair color products in the individualized demand products. These are the current ceramic ink-jet printing problems that cannot be solved. of. Including the current market, the main production process is screen printing, and ink jet printing is gradually adopted and accepted.

Traditional color glaze companies need to further refine the traditional colorants, not only the depth of the problem, but also do a good job in grinding particle size distribution and hair color stability, and develop a new generation of jets for inkjet ink pigment market Ink materials, as well as strict control of the process to improve the preparation of traditional pigments and to enhance the color palette speed.