Fluid volume method was applied to simulate non-newtonian ink transfer in the second stage of gravure offset printing to study ink transfer from ink cell to rubber blanket. According to the simulation results, the influence of ink cell wall contact angle, plate contact angle and ink cell depth on ink transfer rate was analyzed. The contact angle combinations for the largest ink transfer rate were put forward.
LIU Meng-cai, TANG Zheng-ning, WU Yan-jia.
Numerical Simulation of Ink Transfer for Gravure Offset Printing[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2012(17): 118-121