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Why flexo printing uses water-based ink?

Why flexo printing uses water-based ink?

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It can completely eliminate the solvent based inks in some toxic and harmful substances, to eliminate the harm to the human body and to be packaged goods pollution, improve the overall quality of the environment, especially suitable for tobacco, wine, food, beverage, medicine, children's toys and other health conditions demanding packaging and printing products.
The utility model not only can reduce the fire hazard and the hidden danger caused by the static electricity and the flammable solvent, but also can reduce the residual toxicity of the printing surface, and the cleaning and printing equipment is convenient.
Because water-based ink does not contain volatile organic solvents, greatly reducing the volatile organic compounds (VOC, the same below) emissions, reducing air pollution, improve the printing operators environment conducive to the health of workers.

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