Principle Of Pad Printing Machinery

Principle of Pad Printing Machinery?

Pad printing is performed as follows. The silicon pad used for printing has elasticity, so it can print on curved or uneven surfaces. Also, compared to general silk printing, pad printing dries more quickly, enabling overprinting immediately after printing, and full-color printing is also possible.

The object is placed on the printing table and its position is fine-tuned.

Ink is poured onto the intaglio plate engraved with the print design, and the excess ink is scraped off.

A silicone pad is pressed against the intaglio surface to transfer the ink.

The silicone pad is pressed against the object to transfer the ink to it.

There are two types of pad printing machinery: those in which human operators make positional adjustments, etc., and those in which the machine does everything automatically. For custom-made products with a small production volume or when printing accuracy is not that high, a partially manual pad printing machinery can be sufficient. When mass production is required or high printing accuracy is needed, automatic pad printing machinery is generally used. In addition, since printing quality depends on the condition of the silicon pad, care must be taken to avoid deterioration and dust adhesion of the silicon pad.