Pad PRINTING plate Making Equipment
Laser Engraving Machines and UV Exposure Units
Automark can supply everything needed to process pad printing plates, also known as clichés. This includes exposure units for photopolymer and thin steel plates, etching bins for steel printing plates, and lasers to process our YL50 and COL40 printing plates. Our specialists are ready to answer questions and guide new entrants through the process. Below is an overview of the Automark printing plate processing equipment, along with tutorials showing how easy it is to use this pad printing plate making equipment.
These plate making UV units are available in a couple of different sizes, with or without vacuum systems. The advantage of a vacuum is the printed film is held tightly against the exposure area. This reduces the ability for light to penetrate past the printed image, resulting in a very crisp image on the plate. UV exposure units are designed to emit a peak wavelength of 365-368 nm, with an emitting full range of 350-400 nm.
TTN UV Mark
- Affordable and accurate with glass plate to hold film against cliche
- Maximum cliche size 250x300mm
- Cliche Type: Photopolymer (water wash or alcohol wash) and thin steel
- Wattage: 4@15watts
- Vacuum: No – Glass pressure plate
- Dimensions: 535x427x707 (LxWxH) – Approximately 9 kgs.
Automark UV
- Professional printing plate exposure unit
- Maximum cliche size 240x580mm
- Cliche Type: Photopolymer (water wash or alcohol wash) and thin steel
- Wattage: 4@15watts
- Vacuum: Yes – Built-in vacuum with timer and gauge to measure vacuum suction
- Dimensions: 620x675x240 (LxWxH) – Approximately 20 kgs.
TTN Mark GF II
- Professional printing plate exposure unit
- Maximum cliche size 350x620mm
- Cliche Type: Photopolymer (water wash or alcohol wash) and thin steel
- Wattage: 6@15watts
- Vacuum: Yes – Built-in vacuum with timer
- Dimensions: 620x675x240 (LxWxH) – Approximately 30 kgs.
How to Get yOUR image on a Polymer plate
A Quick Tutorial on Using the UV Mark
This step-by-step process shows how easy it is to make a printing plate and starts by using a printed clear film to overlay on the printing plate. The polymer plates are then exposed through a series of steps which show the final plate hardness. Due to the different wattage variations of exposure units, the individual exposure times will vary. Understanding the process will provide best results, which this video aims to do.
TTN Cliche Laser
This ultra precise 30 watt fiber laser comes complete with air filtration system, computer system, and software to allow a precise burn of the image onto the plate. This is the fastest way to make plates today!
Benefits:
- Extremely Fast and Accurate – Plate is made in a minute or two depending on image size
- Lowers company labor to make plates
- Reduces errors as repeatability is done through machinery
- Images can be saved and recalled for quicker replication
- No costly printers, ink cartridges, or film costs
- Lowest environmental impact
How to Get yOUR image on a Laser plate
A Quick Overview on the TTN Cliche Laser
The TTN Cliche Laser is a machine that comes with everything you need to make a plate in a fraction of the time of UV Exposure Plates. This system even contains alignment plates to line up the plate for your image to be engraved exactly in the center of the ink cup. The wavelength of the TTN Cliche Laser is 10x more crisp than most competitor’s units and the lifespan of the laser will last tens of thousands of hours longer. It doesn’t get easier, more precise, or more durable than the TTN Cliche Laser.
TTN POLYMER CLICHÉ WASHING UNIT
Equipment for washing out photopolymer pad printing clichés. With this device you are able to wash out polymer pad printing cliché plates evenly. The evenly pressure assures that the cliché depth is the same in the complete surface of the plate. The unit is operated manually. This unit can be used for water washable and alcohol washable pad printing cliché plates.
This unit is available in 2 sizes:
KW 25 35 suitable for max. cliché size 250x350mm.
KW 25 50 suitable for max. cliché size 250x500mm.
RASTER FILMS
To make photopolymer or steel cliché plates, you need raster films to apply a certain raster in the artwork. The type of raster you use, decides for a large part how deep your cliché will be. For large images, it also has the function that it carries the blade or ink cup over the artwork, assuring you don’t scrape the ink out of the cliché. The raster films are available in different versions denoted by either lines per centimeter or lines per inch. Knowing the differences and when to use the different variations will perfect your pad printed parts.
PLUSH BRUSH
These brushes are used used for washing water washable pad printing plates or alcohol washable pad printing plates. They can also be used for cleaning the steel pad printing plates during the etching process, which can provide a better quality printing plate than polymer if done correctly.