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Notebook:

Useful & informative articles from past issues of our
e-newsletter.



Phone Us at 630-752-4000
Our Frequently Asked Questions To You:
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How To Design With Pad Printing In Mind





Just What Do We Mean By "Art"





How To Estimate a Pad Printing Job




Be Prepared With Spares




Pad Blowers Are Smart Accessories




Rotary Recommended As High-Speed Alternative





Keeping Track of What's Going On In Your Printing Operation


How To Estimate a Pad Printing Job



Patented golfball fixture
Frequently Asked Fixture Questions


More Fixture FAQs

Fixture Form Follows Function



Keyence PLC
Reading Your PLC's Pulse



Ink can pouring
Know Your Ink Mixing & Curing Terminology

Watch Those Ink Viscosity Variables

For ink viscosity guidelines,
click here!




Cliche Samples
Steel Cliché Care Tips

When should you replace your thick steel cliché?

Are you ready for StarLight Laser Clichés?



Looking for a single vendor that can provide a complete pad printing solution? Contact us!


Download a PDF of entire
Troubleshooting Guide


Download a PDF of entire
Troubleshooting Guide en Espanol



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Here are some milestones from our 25-year history
Here are some milestones
from our 29-year history.




Useful Tips & Information
from ePadPrint:

A collection of popular articles from our monthly e-newsletter of pad printing case studies, troubleshooting tips, new products and service solutions.

These archived articles from back issues of our monthly e-newsletter are frequently requested. You may find them both interesting and practical for your pad printing operation. To join our FREE monthly e-mailing list, Contact Us!

Pad Printing 101

Pick The Perfect Pad

Art & Cliché Guidelines

Be Prepared with Spares

Building a Better Golf Fixture

Catheter Printing Solutions

What Ink Sticks To This?

Additives & Guide To Terms

How To Estimate a Print Job

Fixture FAQs

More Fixture FAQs

Why Do I Need a Grey Scale
Test?

High-Speed Machines For
You?

Ink Pump Used As Dispenser?

Why Do I Need Pad Blowers?

Tips On Thinner Mixing

How To Read Your PLCs


Featured Products:



MBM Vacuum Exposure Unit

MBM vacuum exposure unit

The ITW Trans Tech MBM Vacuum Exposure Unit is the perfect tool to assist you in making cliché plates for test printing samples, prototype products and low-volume production runs. How To Make Your Own Polymer Clichés



SLD Special Lapping Disc

SLD Special Lapping Disc

How to Lap Ink Cups to Extend Their Productive Life

The SLD Special Lapping Disc is a valuable accessory for professional lapping and polishing of sealed ink cup rings. The unit is portable and, when properly used, increases the lifetime of ink cups, thereby improving print quality and productivity.



VersaDyne electrical surface pretreatment system

VersaDyne corona treating system

One frequently-asked question that we hear from even the most experienced pad printers is: "Why is my ink coming off?" This usually is followed by several other questions from us such as, "What is the substrate?", "Was it pretreated?" and "What is the surface dyne level?" If a customer is attempting to print on any of the olefin group of plastics, the solution will likely include some form of surface pretreatment using the VersaDyne corona surface pretreating unit from ITW Trans Tech.



NEW Pad Catalog
ITW Trans Tech Pad Catalog
(requires Adobe
Acrobat Reader® .)



Manual load cap-cover fixture

Fixture Form Follows Function


Time To Retool?




Need a special non-printing pad for your unique industrial application? Ask us about our Special Silicone Products


AUTOMATED SYSTEMS:
Pad Printing Applications
Custom-Designed & Built by
ITW Trans Tech:


Dispenser Package

Multi-Color Dispenser Package System
Uses Linear Racetrack
more...




Marker Button samples

Single-Color Marker Button System
Uses Helical Feed Screw Indexer

more...




Automotive Fuel Cap Printing System

Four-Color Fuel Cap Printing
System Uses Weiss Ring
more...




Robot Rules Semi-Automatic Pad Printing System

Robot with Multicolor Mug
Steals the Show
more...





The Ring That's Turning Heads
more...



TV Housing Pad Printing System

TV Housing Pad Printing System
more...



Automotive Knob Pad Printing System

Automotive Knob Pad Printing System
for Multiple Part Designs
more...



white toothbrush

Toothbrush System
Pretreats, Prints & Cures
more...



Photo slide mounts before printing

Automation Case Study:
Printing Four-Color Images
on 35mm Slide Mounts
more...



various syringe barrels after pad printing
Reinventing Syringe Barrel Pad Printing
with Each New Application
more...




Two-Up, Two-Sided
Luer Lock Printing System
more...




catheters after pad printing
Two-Sided Catheter Printing Choices
more...




housing detail

System for Printing on Blender Housing
Requires Pretreatment
more...



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