ASC Manual Pad Printing Machine /Printer with Inkwell

　

　

　

Features of Pad Printing:

Following are the unique features of the Pad Printing process.

* Can print on convex, concave, curved, recessed and discontinuous surfaces allowing product designers a substantially broader range of shapes and designs.
* Pad printing is able to print shapes and surface structures well outside the capabilities of Screen Printing and Hot Stamping opening up a way to decorate a whole new range of products.
* Allows wet-on-wet multicolour printing (without intermediate drying) on non-absorbent surfaces - therefore much reduced down time.
* Is capable of 90 degree wraparound on three-dimensional objects.
* Offers better edge definition and higher resolution than most other printing systems therefore offering a method of decorating high quality high priced items.
* Is a relatively inexpensive printing system particularly for multi-colour and process colour printing which means reduced capital outlay.

The many advantages of Pad Printing:

* Variety of substrates - Almost any material including glass, ceramic, metal can be printed with suitable inks.
* Ability to print fine details - Resolution is far better than that of screen printing in fact up to 120 lines / Cm (300 lines per inch)
* High resistance of printing inks - Depending on ink type used extremely high resistance against mechanical abrasion or chemicals can be achieved.
* Easy handling and little maintenance - Compared to other printing processes pad printing is easy to learn
* Multi-colour printing: wet on wet - Possibility to apply multiple prints without intermediate drying
* Short tooling-up times - Plates and inks can be exchanged within a few minutes
* Low set up cost - Plates can be produced in-house
* Relatively low space requirement - Compared to other printing machines pad printing equipment is space efficient
* Low drying cost - In the most simple case air drying at room temperature is sufficient.
* Integration into complex systems, inline production and assembly lines - For years now there has been a successful combination of pad printing systems with injection moulding equipment or assembly lines.

What is pad printing ?

Pad Printing is contact-based printing process in which a silicone ball/pad is used to lift the color and design off of a plate and then transfer it on to the surface of the item to be imprinted.

Pad Printing machine is also sometimes known Tampo / Tampon printing after the popular company Tampoprint, Germany. It is also called tampon printing as the silicone pad was traditionally know as a tampon.

Why use pad printing ?

Pad printing is used for printing on various substrates like Plastics, Metals, Glass and Ceramics, Paper and Cardboard, Leather. But it is primary used in places where the printing area is small and / or the contour or surface of the object is not flat or hard to reach by other printing process.