We often see beautiful patterns and colorful characters on silicone products. How are these patterns and characters printed on silicone products? How many printing methods are there?
The most common is silk screen printing. Generally, there are two types, the most common silk screen printing and pad printing. Silk screen printing is the most common printing method. The characters or patterns are printed on the silicone products by brushing ink on the silk screen with the patterns or characters. Generally speaking, for printing flat products, a few or dozens of them can be printed at one time in the whole page, but the disadvantage is that only one color can be printed at a time. Some products with multiple colors may need to be printed several times or more than ten times.Guangdong Anysil Silicone Co.,Ltd.manufacture different purposed used silk screen printing silicone ink including:high density silicone,embossing silicone,molding silicone,puff silicone,flocking silicone,matte and gloss silicone and more.......
Pad printing is also to brush the ink through the screen to create a pattern or character, and then use the dot printing head to stick the ink and print it on the silicone product. This method can only print one at a time, and the printing speed is not fast. But it is more suitable for silicone products with irregular shapes. This method cannot be printed by multiple people at the same time, and some require printing in a specific way and position, so pad printing is more convenient.
Finally, there is thermal transfer or water transfer. These two methods are suitable for printing some very complex patterns. Patterns with several or more than a dozen colors or lines mixed together are already very difficult to print by silk screen printing or pad printing, so this method can be used. However, the disadvantage is that the printing cost is relatively high.Guangdong Anysil Silicone Co.,Ltd.manufacture heat transfer printing silicone to meet up our customers requirements.