Pros & Cons: Pad Printing in a Clean Room Environment
Comments Off on Pros & Cons: Pad Printing in a Clean Room EnvironmentPad printing is a fantastic, fast, quick-drying process allowing for adjustment to ink coverage, density and evaporation each step along the way. It is also vulnerable to the changing conditions in the environment surrounding your pad printing area. You may find it beneficial to consider setting up a clean room to protect your jobs from […]
Tags: Clean Room Environment, Clichés, CMYK, Custom Pads, pad printers, relative humidity, safe environment, temperature
Safe and Efficient: Best Print Environment Ever!
Comments Off on Safe and Efficient: Best Print Environment Ever!To get the most out of your printing operation, you need to account for many factors, including lighting, adequate compressed air supply, controlled temperature and humidity, quality consumables, etc. Everything of value in your operation must be put in place, maintained, serviced and supplied. One factor often overlooked is the operator, and more pertinent to this […]
Tags: Clichés, CMYK, Custom Pads, cycles, ergonomics, goggles, inks, measurement, operator, Preparation, safe environment, safety, substrate, thinner
Pick This and Place First in Pad Print Success!
Comments Off on Pick This and Place First in Pad Print Success!The pad printing industry has revolutionized marking in so many manufacturing industries, and continues to grow and cause further change. Pad Print Machinery of Vermont wants our customers to stay current on what has — and still is — happening in your industry and in the fields your customers service. Starting today we will occasionally feature […]
Tags: Clichés, conveyors, Custom Pads, Custom Service, EPSVT, manufacturing, pad printers, pick-and-place, safe environment, Strokes, substrate
Ergonomics in the Printing Environment
Comments Off on Ergonomics in the Printing EnvironmentHere’s a quick study on ergonomics. Simply put, ergonomics is defined as the science of work. The word is derived from two Greek words: ergon, meaning work, and nomoi, meaning natural laws. So it is really the science of work and a human relationship to that work; a “discipline focused on making products and tasks […]
Tags: Design, efficiency, Environment, ergonomics, operator-centric, pre-treat, process-centric, Setup
Reasons to Consider a Servo-Driven Pad Printer
Comments Off on Reasons to Consider a Servo-Driven Pad PrinterWhile a programmable servo-driven pad printer will cost more than comparable electro-pneumatic models, they provide the highest degree of accuracy, control, adaptability and flexibility in a more compact area, and they include additional valuable features. The improved servo-driven technology allows engineers to choose linear motion devices that: provide the highest degree of accuracy increase speeds […]
Tags: Clichés, Custom Pads, EPSVT, inks, pad printers, safe environment, servo-driven, Special pads, Strokes, substrate
Save on Pad Printing Ink!
Comments Off on Save on Pad Printing Ink!Our customers have told us many times how frustrated they are with the amount of pad printing ink they have to throw out at the end of the day. Well we heard you and designed a handy little device to help utilize those small volumes of the ink mixed in the cups. Plus when the […]
Tags: Clichés, CMYK, Custom Pads, EPSVT, hardeners, Ink Saver-Ring, inks, pad printers, safe environment, substrate, thinner
Can Static Electricity Cause Problems in My Pad Printing Business?
Comments Off on Can Static Electricity Cause Problems in My Pad Printing Business?We have all experienced the effect of static electricity in our lives. From rubbing a balloon on our sweater and sticking it on a wall, to receiving the zap from someone who’s shuffling their feet across carpeting, it is a very real force and can certainly affect your pad printing. Like the electrical discharge after […]
Tags: acrylics, atmosphere, electrical discharge, EPSVT, hygrometer, image resolution, polycarbonates, safe environment, static electricity, strenes, substrate, thermometer
The Skinny on Plate Types
Comments Off on The Skinny on Plate TypesEngineered Printing Solutions reps often hear the question “what plate type should I use?” The answer is standard for pad printing: What is the intended application How detailed is the artwork (fine lines? large solid areas?) What are the environment’s conditions (dusty? flying debris?) What is the thickness or opacity of ink required? What is the […]
Tags: Clichés, CMYK, Custom Pads, Custom Service, cycles, EPSVT, pad printers, photopolymer, safe environment, Single Exposure, Steel, Strokes, substrate, Thick Steel Plates, Thin Steel Plates
Pad Print Thinners and Hardeners
Comments Off on Pad Print Thinners and HardenersPad printing’s smooth transfer of an image from the inked cliché to the subtrates is facilitated by additives used in the ink’s mix. Pad Print thinners and hardeners are additives critical in handling ink adjustments for better adhesion and extending image life. Thinners Transferring pad printing inks requires that a percentage of thinner be mixed […]
Tags: Clichés, CMYK, cross-links, cured, Custom Pads, EPSVT, hardeners, Ink & Materials Table, ink and pigment, inks, pad printers, safe environment, speeds, substrate, tacky, Thinners
Stuck with Pre-treating for Adhesion?
Comments Off on Stuck with Pre-treating for Adhesion?Pad printing’s a great way to transfer images to 3-dimensional parts. Its versatility handling shapes and substrates composition surpass almost every other automated marking method. However, getting that ink to ADHERE to all these parts can present a challenge, especially parts molded from Polyethylene (PE) or Polypropylene (PP). These two substrates exhibit a low surface […]
Tags: ADHERE, adhesion issues, Clichés, CMYK, corona, cycles, EPSVT, Flame treatment, inks, pad printers, Pads, plasma-jet, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, pre-treatment, safe environment, substrate