Engineered Printing Solutions has worked with numerous apparel manufacturers of T-shirts, underwear, and lingerie in developing tagless printing operations to identify brands, sizes, and care labels. Tagless labeling allows garment manufactures to print directly on the fabric – eliminating the need for sewn-in tags and the cost and labor associated with it. Direct Labeling – Fine and […]
The viscospatula is designed as a simple but efficient tool to assist you in establishing a consistent and reasonably accurate viscosity when mixing inks for use in your pad printing machinery. You will notice the five smaller holes at the wider end of the spatula. The speed at which your ink runs from the top […]
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 […]
More often than not, the ceramic rings do not make it to expiration of the useful production life. The more likely scenario for replacing them tend to be mishandling. The rings will often be set down incorrectly or dropped causing a chip in the ring that renders it unusable. If the ring is to make […]
It is very important that whether it is an operator or maintenance that care is always taken when working with drop-on-demand print heads. They are generally expensive and delicate. If you want to maximize the production life of print heads only trained personal should be handling them. A filtration of some sort should be used […]
There are two major differences between a polymer plate and a thin steel plate: Etching method. Printing Plates are etched by means of a UV exposure unit whereby a series of steps are taken to burn the image to the surface of the plate while exposing the surrounding area. Depending on the type of polymer […]
[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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Aside from looking smart while getting your print on… The UV created by the curing mechanisms is no different than that of the sun. Do not stare at the sun! The jury is out on whether the reflected light is as harmful… it is always good practice to wear UV glasses when in a production […]
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