Printed Fiberglass Bandages as Orthopaedic Fiberglass Casting Tapes (5)
The orthopaedic fiberglass casting tapes substrate are Rashel knitted fabric made according to known knitted substrate methods, the substrate is 100% glass fibers and printed on the surface of the fiberglass substrate is a pattern 2 which is formed of a plastisol based ink. The plastisol ink is typically made of a formulation of plastisol and pigment. The pigments are present in sufficient quantity to obtain the desired color and the plastisol is a vehicle to keep pigments on the substrate. The plastisol is a dispersion of polyvinyl latex particles in a plasticizer. A typical composition is 100 parts resin to about 100 parts plasticizer which forms a paste that fuses when heated.
