by Micah Swett, sales manager, Diversified Printing Techniques Factory automation is quickly becoming more commonplace in today's manufacturing sector. With labor shortages, a decline in experience levels and rising wages, factories want to automate the pad printing process to ensure the work gets done even when qualified workers are in short supply. Unfortunately, most … [Read more...] about Automation with Robots for Pad Printing Operations
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Tech Watch: TOSH’s Logica 05.5 Pad Printer
by Lara Copeland, contributing editor Pad printing, a printing process that transfers 2D images onto 3D objects, extends into every sector and is used on many products - from coffee makers to fashion accessories, shoes to beverage containers and much more. Since the early 1980s, TOSH Srl, Rozzano, Italy, has been applying stepper motor technology for pad printing. Its new … [Read more...] about Tech Watch: TOSH’s Logica 05.5 Pad Printer
Choosing the Correct Pad Printing Ink
by Jessica Makrinos, Inkcups There are several things to consider before purchasing ink for a pad printing project. Ink that is ready for print has four properties, including Pigment: supplied in powder form, this gives the ink its color and opacity Solvent: enables the resin and pigment mixture to be transferred to the substrate during printing Resin: forms the … [Read more...] about Choosing the Correct Pad Printing Ink
Pad Printing on Textured Surfaces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
by John Kaverman, president, Pad Print Pros LLC About 20 years ago, we conducted some tests on more than 60 Mold-Tech texture plaques to determine "printability" of various textures using the pad printing process. A lot can change in two decades, and - in this case - what changed was the equipment. A pneumatic printer was used 20 years ago, but we've been working almost … [Read more...] about Pad Printing on Textured Surfaces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Modern Pad Printing Technology
by John Kaverman, president, Pad Print Pros LLC All pad printing machines are not created equal. At first glance, they all appear to be doing the same thing, but internally there are major differences when it comes to the level of technology employed to make them operate. I think you would agree that if everyone reading this article were sitting in an auditorium … [Read more...] about Modern Pad Printing Technology