For the manufacture of original stamps you need ultra-modern equipment for the production of seals. The products that are manufactured on it will provide the necessary profitability to any business entity.
Types of equipment
Consider the equipment for the production of seals in more detail. So, first of all, it is necessary to mention the exposure cameras, which allow the production of polymer seals and high-end stamps. Basically, such a machine for the production of seals of foreign manufacture is most popular on the domestic market. It is characterized by the following qualities: efficiency, functionality and ease of operation.
Using exposure cameras, you can create cliches in a matter of moments.
Quite widespread today are ink-filled stamps and seals. Their popularity lies both in ease of use and in the absence of the need for an ink pad. The secret of such a seal lies in the presence of microporous special rubber, which is its basis. For the manufacture of ink-filled stamps, flash equipment for the production of stamps is used.
If the entrepreneur has a goal - to seriously engage in this type of business, then it makes sense to purchase laser engravers. The price of equipment for the production of seals of this type is about 8,000. e. (for comparison - flash equipment costs about 500 cu), however, it pays off quite quickly and brings more income to its owner.
The specified equipment will allow not only to produce high-quality printing, but also to provide it with certain degrees of protection. Representatives of medium and large businesses are interested in such seals and stamps. The cost of materials is not too large, so this production can pay off quickly enough. Such equipment for the production of seals will allow the manufacture of products that will be characterized by the following qualities:
- security and clarity of the print;
- originality and durability;
- convenience.
Production of stamps using photopolymer technologies
Photopolymer technology for the production of seals involves the manufacture of stamps, seals and facsimiles using photopolymer with gradual hardening for each layer. This all happens under the influence of ultraviolet light of a specific spectrum.
Advantages and disadvantages of photopolymer technology
Among the advantages of this production method, it is necessary to highlight the following:
- quite a small cost of clichés, which is caused by low material costs;
- insignificant costs associated with the organization of production, thanks to inexpensive equipment;
- simplicity of the process itself.
However, along with such significant advantages, there are certain disadvantages, which are as follows:
- limited resolution, inability to transmit graphic images of increased complexity;
- the relative instability of the cliche to ink, which is based on alcohol;
- rapid aging and cliche wear.
Equipment
When using photopolymer technology, the following equipment is required:
- Computer and printer.
- The exposure camera, which was already mentioned above.
- Dry heat oven designed for drying cliches.This equipment has a good temperature range and sufficient volume.
- Automatic washing - a device with which a cliché is washed (however, often this procedure is carried out manually). The disadvantages of this equipment include too long a cycle.
- Transparent (sometimes matte) film designed for printing a print layout on a laser printer.
- Liquid polymer - a material used in the manufacture of cliches.
- Auxiliary materials: border tape (limits the area of photopolymer); protective film (keeps the negative from corroding it with polymer); substrate (gives the cliche base a certain strength), a damper or double-sided tape (with its help, the cliche is glued to the snap).
The main stages of the manufacture of seals
- Formation of the original layout on a computer and printing it on film using a laser printer.
- Printing is preparing for exposure. This stage implies the location of the negative print on the surface of a special glass on the contrary. Next, a protective film is glued to the negative, and a border tape is located around the perimeter. A polymer is poured onto a future cliché. Glass is applied to the finished mold, which is tightly attached to the bottom glass.
- Print exposure.
- Cliche rinsing and completion of polymerization.
- Drying, cutting and cliche sticker.
