Printing inks for Syringes

What is a syringe?

A syringe is a small rotary pump that consists of a plunger (though it is actually a piston in modern syringes) that fits snugly inside a cylindrical tube called a tube. The syringe will take in and eject liquid or gas through a discharge orifice at the front (open) end of the tube by linearly pulling and pushing the plunger along the inside of the tube.To direct the flow to and from the barrel, the open end of the syringe can be fitted with a hypodermic needle, a funnel, or tubes. In clinical medicine, syringes are often used to administer injections, infuse intravenous therapy into the bloodstream, add solvent or lubricant, and measure liquids..

What are the requirements of Syringe printing?

There are various usage of printing on the syringe. The syringes are used to give medicine to a patient to note the amount of medicine that has to be given to a particular patient there is a need to have printed quantity on the syringe so that one can get the accurate amount of medicine. also, there is a requirement of traceability in syringes, printing on syringes helps in traceability too and for manufacturers, it helps in branding and that branding works as a point of trust for buyers. The inks used in the printing of syringes need to follow various industry standards such as

1. ROHS
2. TOXICON 
3. REACH 

What are the issues in the printing of Syringes?

While printing on syringes you need to keep many thing in mind. There many issues such as.

1. 360-degree printing
2. Due to the limited scale, printing becomes difficult.
3. The printing must be extremely precise, sharp, crisp, and visible so that no errors in drug administration occur.
4. Inks must be able to dry quickly.
5. Adhesive quality
6. Printing must be precise at all times
7. Inks must adhere to all medical regulations.

What RUCO INKS have to offer?

Ruco Ink is a company that sells inks. Free of phthalates, BPA, cyclohexanone, butyl glycolate, endogenous solvents, barium, fluorine, and bromine, as well as cyclohexanone, butyl glycolate, . Suitable for printing on the packaging's non-food touch line. Mechanical and chemical resistance is excellent. Outstanding adhesion properties. Machine speeds of up to 4,000 pieces/hour Very high opacity through special pigmentation High lightfastness and weather resistance Standards:

1. Produce a smooth, vivid, and opaque outcome.
2. It has outstanding adhesive properties and dries easily.
3. Even after a long time of use, it does not become light..
4. Must adhere to P.P. with or without pretreatment.
5. It also follows various industry standards

• EuPIA Exclusion Policy   
• REACH regulation (SVHC)   
• Swiss Ordinance (SR 817.023.21)   
• Canadian Hazardous Products Act (R.S., c.H-3, s.1.)   
• USP Medical Class VI (exclusively for black)   

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Machine for printing on Syringes

Spinks being a printing expert for medical devices also offer printing machines for printing on the ampoule. We manufacture high precision pad printing machines.

Spinks Ampule printing machine is a high tech automation- with monitoring cameras, fully automatic part ejection, checking of medicine filling height and leak testing, GMP validation and many other features. - read more