Pad Printing In Plastic

Also referred to as stamping pad printing is a very simple quick and affordable painting process for adding color to plastic injection molded parts.

Pad printing in plastic.

The pad printing process is used to transfer a 2 d image onto a 3 d object such as injection molded plastic parts. Pad printing ink plastic pad printing ink can be for solvent sensitive or non solvent sensitive plastics. We can readily handle most of your decorating requirements. 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.

Contact us for pad printing on plastic parts and much more. Today there are two primary doctoring methods used. Pad printing is the process of transferring a 2 d image onto a 3 d part. 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 offset printing process requires the use of an etched plate also known as cliche and pad to transfer the image. 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. 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. 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.

The best quality pad printing and part decorating available. 55 years of experience of our management staff and technicians to insure the greatest success for your printing project. Pad printing also called tampography is a printing process that can transfer a 2 d image onto a 3 d object. 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 print on a wide variety of materials including plastic metal glass ceramics and pcb s. Pad printing machines range in style depending upon the number of colors and size of the image. The best drying or curing method chosen following pad printing is determined by the many variables in material and the molding process selected. The process makes use of height compensators for ink cups to print at different levels in one printing run.