Looking at the stringent requirements of nano-sized ceramic inks for ink jet printers, Jyoti Ceramic has introduced narrow fraction size micro milling beads. These specially formulated ceria-stabilized zirconia beads are marketed under the brand name Zirconox, and are featured at Stand 7-343.
In recent years, the use of digital ceramic tile decoration, digital decoration systems and technology has grown greatly. At the same time, the technology used for manufacturing special nano-inks used in ink-jet printing for digital ceramic tile decoration has evolved rapidly. The requirements of nano-inks used for reproducing high-resolution images on ceramic articles are rather severe. The quality of digitally printed images on ceramic depends greatly on control and optimization of ink properties. And ink-jet printer technology imposes many constraints on inks that can be used. These inks must exhibit the correct narrow particle size pigment range, color strength, suspension stability for long periods, surface tension and low viscosity. Ultra-fine particles of pigments tend to have a negative effect on color quality and dispersion, thus resulting in low-quality printing. These nano-inks should be free from print head nozzle clogging and dispersion instability. To successfully produce very narrow-defined particle size pigments it becomes essential to use the correct milling media for optimized results.