Article: BIOFILTRATION LETS PRINTERS USE SOLVENT-BASED INKS SANS VOCS.

NORWALK, CALIF. -- Advanced soil chemist Hinrich L. Bohn has a way for flexographic film printers to use solvent-based inks without damaging the environment.

The University of Arizona professor described his low-temperature catalytic oxidizer, or biofilter, during a panel discussion at the Jan. 12 meeting of the California Film Extruders & Converters Association in Norwalk.

California's limits on emitting volatile organic compounds have forced some film printers to use water-based ink, which dries slower and delivers less gloss and fewer details than solvent-based ink.

In eliminating VOCs, an engineered biofilter bed offers an alternative to ...

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