PAD PRINTING SUPPLIES
Pad printing supplies are the materials needed to transfer a 2D image onto 3D objects. These include silicone pad printing pads, cliche plates, cups, rings, and specialized inks and ink additives.
Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. is a trusted pad printing supplier in the USA with a global distribution network, providing a comprehensive range of high-quality pad printing supplies. Our pad printing supplies portfolio includes vibrant pad printing inks, precision-engineered pads, and meticulously crafted accessories to meet the diverse needs of the product marking, decorating, and printing industries.
With Boston Industrial Solutions, you not only gain access to cutting-edge technology, but you also get unmatched product reliability and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in pad printing. Explore our extensive line of industrial pad printing supplies.
PAD PRINTING SUPPLIES FOR YOUR PAD PRINTING MACHINES
Backed by a strong background in the printing industry, Boston Industrial Solutions, Inc. is at the forefront of developing and offering innovative pad printing supplies. Our extensive knowledge of the pad printing process enables us to offer complete pad printing supplies. Additionally, we can consult and offer impartial product recommendations.
Lastly, we not only have a global distribution network, but we also make all our supplies in-house. This enables us to offer high-quality silicone, pad, screen, inkjet supplies and fulfill orders within hours, anywhere in the world.
PAD PRINTING PADS
Pad printing pads are soft, silicone stamps that pick up ink from an etched plate and press it onto three-dimensional objects so the ink can bond permanently to them.
We offer a wide range of pad printing pads for many industries across the world. Our printing pad supplies are available in different materials, shapes, sizes, and durometers (hardness).
We also offer pad bases made of different materials, such as aluminum, wood, or Delrin plastic. All these factors are crucial in successfully transferring an image from the plate to the object with a pad printing machine.
PAD PRINTING INK
Pad printing ink is a specialized chemical formulation made of pigments, resins, and solvents designed to lift off an etched plate via a silicone pad and bond permanently to three-dimensional objects.
We offer a wide range of inks, each with a different finish, adhesion, and abrasion properties. Available ink services include free ink adhesion testing and ink color matching services in Pantone, RAL, CMYK, and HKS. Let us help you find the right ink for pad printing and color for your application.
We offer solvent-based pad printing inks, and also offer UV, water, and silicone-based inks. These inks are used to print the world’s most challenging substrates, such as silicone, glass, nitrile, EPDM, etc.
Lastly, all our inks undergo rigorous quality and compliance testing to ensure that they not only pass but also exceed industry standards.
PAD PRINTING HARDENER
Pad printing hardener is a chemical additive or catalyst that is mixed into 2-component inks to trigger cross-linking and polymerization.
Hardener, known as a cross-linker or catalyst, is an important in the pad printing process. This pad print supply improves the final print’s durability, adhesion, abrasion resistance, and chemical durability properties.
PAD PRINTING SOLVENT
Pad printing solvent is a specialized chemical additive that is mixed into pad printing ink to adjust its viscosity, control drying speed, and ensure proper ink transfer. Solvent, also known as thinner or retarder, is important in the pad printing process as it ensures that the ink is in the right condition to lift off the silicone pad and stick to the product.
We offer different solvents depending on the ink line, materials, and printing speed requirements of the printing application.
PAD PRINTING PLATES
Pad printing plates, also known as clichés, are flat metal or plastic master templates that act as the carrier for the image or graphic.
Chemicals or a laser engraver etch the image onto the plate. An ink cup floods the image with a thin ink film. A printing pad then picks up the image and transfers it onto the substrate.
We offer nylon (photopolymer), laser, thin steel, and thick steel plates depending on your application needs.
PAD PRINTING INK CUPS
Pad printing ink cups are closed-reservoir inking systems and scraping components used in pad printing machines to hold, apply, and clean ink off pad printing plates.
The ink cup is a crucial component of a pad printing machine. The ink cup acts as a reservoir, which holds the pad printing ink. Components of the ink cup include the body, O-ring, vent plug, and a ring (ceramic or tungsten). The O-ring absorbs shock when the machine is rocking back and forth.
We offer the widest variety of pad-printing ink cups to fit any pad printing machine.
PAD PRINTING INK CUP RINGS
The ink cup ring cleans the excess ink from the image.
We offer a wide variety of single- and double-sided pad printing ink cup rings to fit any ink cup.
PAD PRINTING ACCESSORIES AND AUXILIARY SUPPLIES
Pad printing accessories and auxiliary supplies are used for maintaining every component of the pad printing machine and the printing process in general.
We offer all the accessories a manufacturer would need for pad printing, including gloves, solvent bottles, mixing cups, plate and pad conditioners, brushes, and more.
