Pad Printing In Plastic

Each plate material type has features and benefits that make it suitable for specific requirements and operational budgets.

Pad printing in plastic.

We print on a wide variety of materials including plastic metal glass ceramics and pcb s. Also referred to as stamping pad printing is a very simple quick and affordable painting process for adding color to plastic injection molded parts. In basic terms to create a pad printing process a large pad is created incorporating a raised design that will pick up the paint then apply it to the plastic. The best quality pad printing and part decorating available.

If the product is solvent sensitive it will not need pre treatment because the solvent in the ink will slightly alter the molecular composition of the product allowing for better adhesion. Pad printing is an indirect offset or a gravure printing process where an image is transferred via a soft silicone pad onto the surface to be printed. The pad printing process is used to transfer a 2 d image onto a 3 d object such as injection molded plastic parts. Today there are two primary doctoring methods used.

Pad printing ink plastic pad printing ink can be for solvent sensitive or non solvent sensitive plastics. The best drying or curing method chosen following pad printing is determined by the many variables in material and the molding process selected. Stack plastics custom pad printing services allow you add long lasting lettering numbering logos or other designs to your parts. Trans tech offers a wide range of plastic laser thick steel and thin steel foil printing plates to fit the full spectrum of pad printing applications.

55 years of experience of our management staff and technicians to insure the greatest success for your printing project. Pad printing is used for printing on otherwise difficult to print on products in many industries including medical automotive promotional apparel and electronic objects as well as appliances sports equipment and toys. We can readily handle most of your decorating requirements. Pad printing machines range in style depending upon the number of colors and size of the image.

From printing on three dimensional plastic parts to embossed or etched surfaces or even golf balls pad printing can be used for a wide variety of applications. This is accomplished using an indirect offset printing process that involves an image being transferred from the cliché via a silicone pad onto a substrate. Pad printing is the process of transferring a 2 d image onto a 3 d part. Pad printing also called tampography is a printing process that can transfer a 2 d image onto a 3 d object.