Inkjet Ink Characterisation

Viscosity, dispersions, jetting & surfaces

Wednesday 14 - Thursday 15 June, 2017

Novotel Gent Centrum Hotel, Ghent, Belgium

COURSE FOCUS

Development of high quality inks and fluids for inkjet applications requires state-of-the-art characterisation equipment and techniques. From fundamental ink properties such as viscosity and surface tension, which have a crucial impact on jetting performance, through analysis of particulates dispersed within the ink, understanding these properties is key to getting the best out of an ink development project. In addition, it is vital to understand how the developed ink actually behaves, both on ejection from the printhead and when landing onto the substrate of choice.

The Inkjet Ink Characterisation course gives an excellent introduction to these essential areas of study, presented by industry experts from leading suppliers and institutions in the field. The course will give you the basic foundations as well as a more detailed understanding of the vital equipment and techniques.

Live Demonstrations

As part of the course, there will be demonstrations using a JetXpert drop visualisation system - your chance to see the system in action.

COURSE OUTLINE

COURSE LEADERS

Gérald Chabanis, Rheology Customer Support Specialist
Malvern Instruments, Germany

Gérald Chabanis gained a degree in chemistry at FH Münster in Germany. He joined Bohlin Instruments in 2001, moving to Malvern Instruments with the company's acquisition of Bohlin in 2003. Gérald is fluent in German, English and French, with extensive rheological experience of customer and applications support. Between 2007 and 2015, Gérald was responsible for technical, application and sales support to distributors for the Malvern rheometers product line. He is now Customer Support Specialist covering technical and application support as well as rheology training and seminars.

Prof Long Lin, Head of Department of Colour Science
University of Leeds, UK

Long Lin, a Professor of Colour and Polymer Science, is the Head of Department of Colour Science and the Founder and Director of the Digital Print Centre of Industrial Collaboration, and of the Colour and Textile Science Centre, at the University of Leeds. Long has over 25 years of industrial collaborative R&D experience, spending most of his career working with printing and colour-related industries. His current research interests include functional materials for printed electronics, security, energy storage and medical applications.

Dr Steve Ward-Smith, Key Account Technical Specialist
Malvern Instruments, UK

Steve Ward-Smith is a Key Account Technical Specialist at Malvern Panalytical where he has worked for 22 years. He has a degree in Chemistry from Manchester University, a Masters in Biomolecular Technology from Leicester University and a PhD in Physical Chemistry & Colloid Science from Nottingham University. He started as the Mastersizer technical specialist in 1995, but the role gradually changed into one where he looks after Malvern’s key customers across the globe. 

Kyle Pucci, Applications Engineer
ImageXpert, USA

Kyle is an Applications Engineer at ImageXpert Inc. and lives in Nashua, NH USA. He graduated in 2014 from Villanova University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He specialises in integrating controllers and hardware with the JetXpert dropwatcher and offering support, installation, and training.