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PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS Pad Print Machinery/Supplies
ITW Trans Tech (630) 752-4000 www.itwtranstech.com ITW Trans Tech, Carol Stream, Ill., offers standard, custom, and fully automated pad printing equipment, digital inkjet solutions, supplies, re-tooling, rapid prototyping, and superior technical support. Equipment is available in rotary, desktop, stand-alone, tabletop, flatbed, in-line, wide format, and automated systems. Auxiliary equipment includes robotic part handling conveyors, pretreatment (flame, plasma, and Corona), vision systems, part curing stations, and anti-static stations. Supplies include inks, pads, plates, cleaners, thinners, ink cups, SpaceFrames™, and ExpressLiners™. Industrial Pad Printing (915) 875-1020 www.indpad.com Industrial Pad Printing Supplies, Mexico, and Kent Pad Printer Canada Inc. introduce the Green Pad Printing concept. This system incorporates a number of novel features working
or continuous print; separate on/off switches; variable speed controls in all axes of motion; electronic parts counter for all modes; automation interface for communication with PLC; and height-adjustable X-Y table. They are available in three sizes with choice of 60, 90, or 130mm ink cups. Options are available. Inkcups Now (978) 646-8980 www.inkcups.com Inkcups Now Corporation, Danvers, Mass., offers a complete line of products for pad printing including inks, photopolymer and laser-engravable plates, 1- to 6-color pad printers, laser plate-makers and exposure units, printing pads, accessories, and expert technical support in English and Spanish for the decoration of promotional products, tagless garments, and more. Sapphire Series is exceptional quality pad printing ink, compliant with heavy-metal and phthalate regulations, including CPSIA and California Proposition 65. Inkcups Now manufactures five laser plate materials specifically designed for YAG or CO2 systems and capable of handling the full spectrum of graphics. Comdec (800) 445-9176 www.comdecinc.com
together for an efficient and environmentally friendly pad printing process. Features include the patented sealed ink cup design, laser-engraved clichés, and UV curing ink technology. The process serves to eliminate the use of 75 percent solvents and produces a fast drying process. Tampoprint (800) 810-8896 www.tampoprintusa.com Tampoprint International Corporation, Vero Beach, Fla., introduces the new sealed ink cup 60-E, 90-E, and 130-E. These new machines are electronically controlled versions of the popular pneumatic-driven sealed ink cup machines that were first introduced in 1994. Updated control features include selector switch for single, double, triple,
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Comdec, Inc., Newburyport, Mass., presents its machine division SMI – offering advanced pad printing equipment. The newest technology gives customers the highest level of efficiency and quality for specific applications. Innovations such as vision systems, pretreatment, post-cure, loading, unloading, stacking, and even assembly can be combined within a single workstation. Servo-driven pad printers with tracking systems hold extreme accuracy. Comdec also is the North American distributor of RUCO inks with high opacity and all safety and compliance certifications. Proell, Inc. (630) 587-2300 www.proell.us Proell, Inc., St. Charles, Ill., introduces NoriProp N, a highgloss one-component pad printing ink for untreated and pre-