How To Add Logo On Silicone Products?

How To Add Logo On Silicone Products?

If you want to personalize promotional merchandise, create unique corporate gifts, or brand your silicone products, understanding the printing process is essential.

We’ll provide a comprehensive guide on how to print logos or patterns on silicone rubber products, covering various techniques, including

1-Laser Engraving,

2-Silkscreen Printing,

3-Pad Printing,

4-Water Transfer Printing,

5-Heat Transfer Printing,

1.Laser Engraving:

Laser engraving is the process of selectively removing microscopic layers of material to create visible marks on the treated surface. Depending on the material, the laser-material interaction can be different.

On harder surfaces, the mechanism of action is primarily ablation, where the focused laser beam removes microscopic particles from the substrate. Engraving can reach depths of 100μm and beyond, while laser marking is typically shallower.

The process is suitable for marking logos, barcodes, serial numbers and QR codes on silicone products. Along with laser etching, annealing, ablation, and other laser marking technologies, the process forms a suite of highly reliable processes for traceability, identification, and product decoration.

2. Screen Printing:

Screen printing is a printing technique in which a screen is used to transfer ink (or dye) onto a silicone product, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil. Once the screen is complete, an operator pours ink onto the screen and pushes it through the stencil. The ink only goes where the stencil is open.

This is used to create a printed design for a logo, pattern or text. A stencil is used on the screen to develop the graphic, with a mesh stretched over a wooden or metal frame. A blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh apertures with ink, and then a reverse stroke causes the screen to momentarily touch the substrate along a contact line.

This causes the ink to wet the substrate and be drawn out of the mesh openings as the screen springs back after the blade passes. One color is printed at a time, so multiple screens can be used to create a multicolor image or design.

3. Pad printing

Pad printing, also called tampography or tampo printing, is an indirect offset (gravure) printing process in which a silicone pad takes a 2-D image from a laser engraved (etched) printing plate (also called a cliché) and transfers it to 3-D products.

It is machine-printed using a metal plate. The plate is flat and the image is chemically imprinted. The silicone pad is pressed onto the ink, absorbing the image. Then the silicone pad is pressed onto the substrate, transferring the image to the silicone product.

The advantage of pad printing is that the printing speed is fast and you can print multiple colors at the same time. Pad printing can be used on a variety of substrates, especially oddly shaped objects that are difficult to screen print. You can print all kinds of difficult shaped products such as curved (convex), hollow (concave), cylindrical, spherical, compound angles, textures, etc. that were not available with traditional printing processes.

4. Water Transfer Printing

Water transfer printing, also known as immersion printing, water transfer imaging, hydro dipping, water marbling, cubic printing, hydrographics, or hydrographics. It is a decorative coating technology that allows detailed patterns and artwork to be applied to 3-dimensional objects.  It allows a manufacturer or brand to create silicone parts or silicone products with virtually unlimited appearance options.

It allows you to apply an elaborate graphic such as carbon fiber, wood grain, and even camouflage to a product. The great thing is that it can be applied to a 3D product surface. The water transfer printing process is extensive and can be used to decorate items ranging from vehicles to silicone items.

First, we apply a water soluble film to the surface of the water. We then immerse the product in the liquid bath, using the pressure created to wrap the item.

5. Heat Transfer Printing

Heat transfer printing is a popular printing method used to create designs for decoration, pattern, logo and text on silicone products. Heat transfer, also known as thermal printing, thermal transfer printing, and thermal wax transfer, is a printing method that allows you to print a design onto an object. Heat transfer printing uses heat to transfer an image created in wax to an object or garment.

This printing method is compatible with pre-painted images on a wax sheet or can be used to create an image by layering wax dye onto an object.  This printing method uses heat and pressure to transfer a design to the silicone surface, creating a permanent bond between the design and the material.

Ray Xian

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