Ink Jet Academy
Theory of Ink Jet Technology

This one and one half day course has been attended by over 2,300 in the past 14 years.

Completely revised, this course is aimed at people in the industry who would like to learn the basic theory behind the types of ink jet technology used today.

With the fast-growing industry rapidly changing, the course gives attendees the knowledge they need to keep up with the trends and new applications in ink jet technology.

Course outline

• Introduction
• Industrial applications
• Ink technology
• DOD printhead designs & vendors
• Materials for ink jet inks
• DOD printhead design considerations
• Print & image quality
• System design issues
• Future development

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Ink Jet Ink Manufacturing
Manufacturing Ink Jet Inks For Performance & Reliability

This course provides a background knowledge of the types of ink jet inks and materials that are used in today's ink jet inks.

How are inks actually made? Is pigmented ink more expensive to make than dye-based ink? What is involved in manufacturing advanced ink jet inks?

Course outline

• Critical aspects of ink jet systems design
• Ink formulation considerations for manufacturing
• Creating robust material specifications
• Testing protocols & validation for manufacturing
• Ink manufacturing
• Ink jet ink requirements
• Manufacturing & ink plant requirements
• Manufacturing processes
• Commercial considerations

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Jetting Functional Fluids
Rheology, Deposition, Process, Development

Applications such as 3D printing, displays, electronics and pharmaceutical products are just some of the many deposition developments used today.

How do you go about developing a functional fluid and jetting it? Hear an in-depth description of how to choose printheads, formulate and test fluids, characterise substrates and build deposition systems.

Course outline

• Ink jet systems for functional fluid deposition
  • Ink jet platform
  • Substrate
  • Functionalising
  • Ink jet image fundamentals
  • Ink delivery & ink management systems
• Practical applications & case studies
• Moving functional printing to industrial scale
• Overview of material deposition & printed electronics using ink jet

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