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News from industrial pad printing
Applications, technical developments and projects from TAMPONCOLOR
How can a complex component be printed? Which machine concepts are developed for special production tasks? And what new applications does pad printing open up?
Here we report on printing solutions we have delivered, technical developments, research projects and news from our company.
Pad printing from different perspectives
The articles are organised into four topic areas:
Applications and solutions
Specific printing tasks, components and the machine concepts developed for them.
Projects and research
Cooperations and development projects that open up new uses for pad printing.
Technology and know-how
Machines, processes and technical developments in industrial pad printing.
Applications and solutions
Applications and solutions ·
Printing designs on aluminium wheels
Positioning print images precisely on complex three-dimensional surfaces
Pad printing makes decorative prints possible on aluminium wheels and other geometrically demanding components. TAMPONCOLOR has developed printing solutions for this application.
Projects and research
Projects and research ·
Printing conductive layers directly in the injection moulding process
Cooperation between TAMPONCOLOR and Chemnitz University of Technology
Together with Chemnitz University of Technology, TAMPONCOLOR developed a modular pad printing machine that prints electrically conductive layers directly onto the mould wall of an injection moulding machine. The printed motif is then embedded in the plastic component as it is formed.
Projects and research ·
OPENMIND: 360° pad printing for medical applications
Pad printing system for continuously fed endless material
In the European research project OPENMIND, TAMPONCOLOR developed a system solution for high-precision 360° all-round printing on continuously fed material. The project explores new manufacturing options for customised minimally invasive medical devices.
Technology and know-how
Technology and know-how ·
In-mould printing system: pad printing in the injection moulding cycle
Fully automated pad printing system mounted on the injection moulding machine
TAMPONCOLOR and its project partners developed a fully automated pad printing system that is mounted as an additional unit on the injection moulding machine and synchronised with the injection moulding cycle.
Technology and know-how ·
TC Portalprinter for flexible multi-colour printing tasks
Servo-electric portal system for freely positioned print images
TAMPONCOLOR TC Portalprinters are used for single- and multi-colour printing, inscribing, marking and decorating. The modular machine concept is configured to suit the application.
TAMPONCOLOR news
TAMPONCOLOR news ·
Review: TAMPONCOLOR at K 2025
At K 2025 in Düsseldorf, TAMPONCOLOR presented current solutions in pad printing and special machine engineering.
Sharing knowledge from practice
TAMPONCOLOR has been developing pad printing machines and customer-specific printing systems since 1977. Many technical solutions arise from specific requirements for components, materials and production processes.
We want to make this wealth of experience more visible in future: with application examples, insights into special machine projects and specialist topics in industrial pad printing.
Are you working on a special printing task yourself?
Some applications can be solved with an existing machine, others need a specially tailored printing system. If you have a component and do not yet know how it can be printed reliably, we will be happy to look at it together with you.