Apex Machine Company
954.566.1572
www.apexmachine.com
Apex Machine Company, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has redesigned a market leader, the C-400, and changed golf tee decorating forever. The most versatile turnkey decorating system, the C-400, now delivers high-quality multi-color, 360-degree shaft decorating, along with the ability to print inside the cups of golf tees. This C-400 is designed to help reduce the need for manufacturers to handle their golf tees twice. Additional benefits of the system include production speeds ranging from 80-140+ parts per minute; turnkey options, such as feeding and bagging; the ability to print in up to four colors; and quick-change features to reduce downtime caused by artwork, color or part changeover. Apex also participates in diverse markets, including medical, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food, household and more.
Automark
512.593.7100
www.automarkco.com
Automark, located in Katy, Texas, has introduced a machine for 4-color automation for printing jigsaw blades, which uses a manual loading process and a linear conveyor system to move carriers, each holding up to five blades. If fewer than five blades are loaded, the machine detects this, skips printing and recirculates the unprinted carrier. The pad-printing units operate with servo-driven XYZ axes and allow for tool-free adjustments via HMI, including cliché and pad changes. During conveyor return, printed blades cure while hanging upside down on magnet-equipped carriers. At the start of the conveyor, a robotic arm unloads the cured blades using a vacuum gripper and a magnet-release mechanism.
AutoTran, Inc.
239.659.2515
www.autotran.net
AutoTran, Naples, Florida, has unveiled the newest pad and screen printing ink line, POP Ink. With a focus on quality and price, POP ink is hitting the market to assist customers in achieving the boldest prints for their products while improving their bottom line to maximize profits. This highly pigmented ink line is easy to use and comes in three ink series – Amplify, Focus and Enhance. Each series will be equipped with a 12-color matching system and the ability to order custom color matches based on the customers’ requirements.
Diversified Printing Techniques
704.583.9433
www.diverprint.com
Diversified Printing Techniques, Charlotte, North Carolina, has introduced the G-Turbo 350 Flex – the latest innovation in advanced pad printing, offering unmatched versatility and precision. This two-color system features servo-driven carriages, shuttle rotation for multi-axis printing and up to 24 print locations, opening endless possibilities for non-traditional set-ups. With quick-change G-Cups, HMI controls and fast job set-up, the G-Turbo 350 Flex enhances efficiency and minimizes downtime. Its user-friendly design ensures superior print quality, making it ideal for manufacturers looking to elevate their industrial decorating processes.
Inkcups
978.646.8980
www.inkcups.com
Inkcups, Danvers, Massachusetts, has introduced the ICN-150, a 2-color large-image pad printer capable of handling 150 mm ink cups that enable printed images up to 140 mm (5.5 in) in diameter. The machine’s mechanics include a 2-position pneumatic part shuttle, which allows it to shift with ease from one color to the next. The ICN-150 is the perfect 2-color large-image pad printer for handling parts such as injection-molded jousting, bezels, mugs, beach balls and large promotional products. Print on items up to 6.4″ (162.56 mm) tall with the ICN-150.
ITW Trans Tech
630.752.4000
www.itwtranstech.com
ITW Trans Tech, located in Carol Stream, Illinois, offers the versatile and robust Orion 130 pad printer. Designed as a modular system, the Orion can print as either a single or multi-color system with cup sizes of 60, 90 and 130 mm. Options, including a linear slide, allow operators to print long substrates, such as catheters, or utilize an electric shuttle. The system can put down multiple images of varying sizes and colors in a single cycle. The Orion can be paired with various options, such as a pretreatment, pad blower and tape-off options, among others.
Kent Pad Printer Canada, Inc.
905.940.8539
www.kentpp.com
KENT, Ontario, Canada, has specialized in pad printing for nearly five decades and is a global leader in advancing green pad printing with robotic automation. KENT’s innovations include unifying software and hardware automation for complete robotic pad printing. Printing systems include PLC controls automatic viscosity control (AVC) for consistent print quality, automatic pad cleaning and user-friendly auto-lock fixtures. The company supports seamless part handling with conveyors, trays, stackers, CCD cameras and sensors. Robots manage loading, printing, inspection and unloading efficiently, demonstrating that full robotic automation in pad printing is achievable with the right set-up.
Standard Machines
978.462.3399
www.comdecinc.com
Standard Machines, headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts, has improved upon its HD Servo Pad Printer. Its newly designed “quick change plate system” makes this machine a versatile and cost-effective pad printer. The HD Servo quickly can change print plate size from 100 x 225 mm (4 x 9″) to 150 x 300 mm or even up to 200 x 400 mm.
Tampoprint USA
800.810.8896
www.tampoprint.com
TAMPOPRINT, Vero Beach, Florida, is a full-service provider of pad printing, laser marking and inkjet machines with all the necessary system components for the printing process. Pad printing accessories, such as clichés, printing inks, printing pads or ink/doctoring cups, are important components of the solutions at TAMPOPRINT USA. Thanks to its many years of experience, TAMPORINT knows down to the last detail how the nature of a product can be brought into perfect harmony with the adhesion and viscosity of the printing medium and the nature of the cliché, as well as printing pads and ink.
