Cabot Corporation Launches ATLAS™ Silica Composite for Digital Printing
New Class of Material Enables Breakthrough Quality in Electrophotography Applications
Today’s high volume laser printers demand toners that effectively maintain image quality over extended print runs, while also enabling faster printing and increased energy efficiency. Toner manufacturers have attempted to meet these standards by producing toners with softer resins that can be fused to paper at lower temperatures. However, these soft toners are more susceptible to physical degradation during extended print runs of hundreds or thousands of pages that results in a decline in image quality. When ATLAS silica composite particles are added to the mixture of powders in a typical toner formulation, they distribute themselves more evenly on the surface of larger toner particles. They then act as spacers to protect the toner surface from physical stress, enabling consistent tribocharging, free flow and print quality.
“The unique shape and size of ATLAS silica composite particles have been
specifically engineered to prevent embedding, migration and separation
from the toner surface — a phenomenon that typically limits the
performance of other materials used as spacers,” said
ATLAS silica composite particles are comprised of silica and polymer in a spheroid shape. The relatively homogeneous size of the composite particles helps to provide an even distribution within the toner and results in improved toner image uniformity on the printed page. In addition, the lightweight silica composite particles enable 25% less mass loading to achieve the same coverage on the toner surface when compared to other silica products.
“Customers are recognizing the innovation and performance of the ATLAS
silica composite as another sign of Cabot’s technology leadership in
digital printing,” said
Cabot will exhibit at booth #403 and present a technical paper on ATLAS
silica composites at the NIP
29 Conference, held in
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