Investigation of the Water–Based Ink Hold onto the
Thermoplastic Composites Reinforced with
Sisal Fibers

Alberto Campagnolo

Research Article

Investigation of the Water–Based Ink Hold onto the Thermoplastic Composites Reinforced with Sisal Fibers

Oguz Eryilmaz¹*, Sinan Sonmez², Sabih Ovali³ And Kumar Jois⁴

¹Department of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Marmara University, Turkey

²Department of Printing Technologies, School of Applied Sciences, Marmara University, Turkey

³Department of Textile Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Adıyaman University, Turkey

⁴Institut für Textiltechnik, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Corresponding Author

Received Date: May 01, 2020; Published Date: May 13, 2020

Abstract

In this study, the surface adhesion of the ink on composite materials was examined. For this purpose, composite materials were produced by adding polypropylene, thus polyethylene thermoplastic matrices were reinforced with sisal fibres. After the production of composites, the screenprinting process using water-based ink was applied to composite surfaces to investigate printing performance. As a result of these applications, the printability of the PE was found to be better than the PP. Also, the ink was adhered to the surface by forming a bond with the composite surface at polyethylene materials, but meanwhile not being able to hold onto the polypropylene composite surface.

Keywords: Sisal; Polypropylene; Polyethylene; Composite materials; Printability

Article Details

Citation

Oguz ERYILMAZ, Sinan SONMEZ, Sabih OVALI, Kumar JOIS. Investigation of the Water–Based Ink Hold onto the Thermoplastic Composites Reinforced with Sisal Fibers. J Textile Sci & Fashion Tech. 5(3): 2020. JTSFT.MS.ID.000612.