EPS Expedites Machine Delivery to Fight COVID-19

As we’ve noted before, many of our customers have been deemed “essential” in the fight against COVID-19.   Last week, one reached out to us to say that they had been contacted by the White House COVID-19 Task Force about dramatically ramping up production of medical devices in anticipation of enormous demand.  They wanted to know, […]

EPS Offers a Turn-Key Solution for Plate-Making

Whether you are an existing customer of EPS, a prospective consumables customer, or use other service providers it is important for you to have a quality assurance process in place. Poor quality clichés adversely impact the quality of the decoration you want printed. At EPS, we adhere to the highest standards in our quality control […]

Industrial Printing – Customer Needs & Challenges!

In this edition of EPS Weekly, I caught up with Dan Leiter, sales engineer here at Engineered Printing Solutions. Dan has been in the printing industry for 25 years, with the last 10 years of it providing industrial printing solutions to clients via both pad printing and inkjet technology. We had an interesting conversation that […]

Tech Tip Tuesday: Pad Printing – It’s All About The Pad!

The print pad is one of (if not the) most important aspects of the pad printing process. Made from silicone rubber, it is the perfect ink transfer medium when designed, used and maintained correctly. The properly molded print pad will have the following features: Excellent adhesion Flawless Ink Detachment Perfect Ink Transfer Stability of Form […]

Tech Tip Tuesday: Choosing A Mixing Cup For Pad Printing

Before the process of pad printing begins, it is important to know what kind of cup you should (and should not) be using to mix your ink. Mixing solvents with ink is a very important part of the pad printing process, as it to enables the ink to transfer and dry quickly. However, solvents are strong chemicals […]

Tech Tip Tuesday: Considering Our Custom “Hot Wind” Option For Your Pad Printer?

The essence of the pad printing process is ink management – achieving a complete transfer of the ink (the image) from the Printing Platesto the surface of the part. Our custom “hot wind” option is a feature that affords your operator(s) much more control over their pad printing (i.e., ink management) process.  Here’s how: As […]

Tech Tip Tuesday: Tools Required To Operate Pad Printing Machines

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the traditional sense there are very few tools required to operate pad printing machines.  In most cases you will find that a single M4 Allen key will be all that you put to the machine in order to get it setup and functioning. However there are a few tools outside of formed metal that […]

Tech Tip Tuesday: How Do You Correct Distortion With Pad Printing?

Distortion means different things to different people.  Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We will first speak to pad printing. If we are to stay with a fairly standard definition of distortion … the printed image is the same size and clarity as the film from which the cliché was made were it […]

Tech Tip Tuesdays: Frequently Asked Pad Printing Pad Questions?

How long should my pad printing pad last? Depending on how “rugged” a surface you’re printing on, a pad should last between 50,000 and 100,000 impressions. Improper use, careless machine operation or stray grit however, can decrease the pad’s life. What should i watch for when I’m pad printing? Make sure your substrate is free […]