Thermal transfer classification and advantages

Thermal transfer classification and advantages

1 Thermal transfer classification
Thermal transfer classification
Thermal transfer classification can be divided into thermal transfer (a printing method suitable for large quantities) and digital thermal transfer (suitable for small quantities, making products with their own characteristics).

2 Differences in thermal transfer classification
Thermal transfer classification difference one:
1. Thermal transfer film transfer production process

The first step. Make a high-resolution picture;

The second step. Make a dot-type gravure electric engraving plate according to the picture size;

The third step. Install the gravure on the printing machine and print it on the PET polyester film to print it into a thermal transfer printing film. Several thousand meters of finished patterns can be printed in one hour.

The fourth step. Install the thermal transfer printing film on the thermal transfer hot stamping machine for printing. The operation is simple, the pattern is formed at one time, and no color registration is required.

A thermal transfer machine can print tens of thousands of products in 8 working hours a day.

It can be applied to ABS, PE, PP, EVA, leather, stainless steel, glass, wood, and coated metal.

Thermal transfer classification difference 2
Digital thermal transfer production process:

Step 1. Produce high-resolution pictures;

Step 2. Print the pattern on thermal transfer paper through a thermal transfer printer, hundreds of meters per hour;

Step 3. Use ordinary machines such as hot stamping machines to print the pattern on the product. The operation is simple, the pattern is formed in one time, and no color matching is required; a thermal transfer device can print thousands of products in 8 working hours a day.

3 Advantages of thermal transfer
Advantages of thermal transfer 1
The advantage of thermal transfer is that it can excellently decorate the edges, panels, and even the edge strips of parts; the appearance and touch of the decorated products have a real feeling; the performance of its coating exceeds that of general coating; the bonding between the decorative layer and the substrate is seamless, and there is almost no gap visible to the naked eye; after thermal transfer, the parts can be immediately transferred to the next process for processing, and can be covered with hot stamping on the thermal transfer layer.

Advantages of thermal transfer 2
The thermal transfer process is applied to the surfaces of various ABS, PP, plastics, wood, coated metals and other products.

Advantages of thermal transfer 3
The thermal transfer film can be designed and produced according to customer requirements, and the pattern can be transferred to the surface of the workpiece through heat pressing to improve the product grade.

Advantages of thermal transfer 4

Widely used in plastics, cosmetics, toys, electrical appliances, building materials, gifts, food packaging, stationery and other industries.