Minimally Engineered System:
TV Housing Project Perfect Fit
For Pad Printing & 'Fast-Track' Machine
WHEN larger products require decoration, the phrase, “keep it simple” is an appropriate guide. With issues of loading and unloading, operator ergonomics are amplified when the piece is an oversize (774 by 1017mm) ABS televison cabinet. Plus, the sheer space required for such a large pad printing operation is considerable. So when our engineers looked at this application, taking into account the customer’s short time frame, their answer was a simple yet flexible design: “Let’s tune this TV to Fast-Track.”
Television cabinet bezel, front and back views, prior to pad printing of three images by a manual-load system including Duoseal 90 and Sealcup 60 machines.
Image locations of three artworks on TV cabinet bezel.
Three Images, Two Printers
The heart of the solution is the shuttle slide-table that enables easy loading, firm support and positive-stop part positioning. This simple but critical fixture is the common reference point for integrating the Duoseal 90 and Sealcup 60 pad printers to transfer three images with exact registration. The two printers are synchronized by a mechanical switch that is activated when the shuttle is pushed into the print position.
Interchangeable Fixture Feature
To enable printing two different cabinets, a second, slightly smaller fixture is designed to be exchanged for the larger one. To accommodate the different dimensions and image locations, the Sealcup 60 is equipped with an adjustable X-Y table as well as being mounted on a movable machine base with casters, spacers and interlocks. This flexibility allows the operator to adapt to changing production requirements. The machines can also be disconnected and re-purposed to some entirely different application, if so desired.
Initial concept sketch of manual-load pad printing system for decorating television cabinet frame.
Machinist and standard product integrator Dan Hessert checks the sliding action of the fixture table, loaded with a television cabinet frame. Once loaded and slid into printing position, the Duoseal 90 applies the first two images to the lower control area while the Sealcup 60 imprints a logo to the upper left corner.
For more details on our custom designed, automated decorating systems, feel free to Contact Us.
Minimally Engineered System:
TV Housing Project Perfect Fit
For Pad Printing & 'Fast-Track' Machine
WHEN larger products require decoration, the phrase, “keep it simple” is an appropriate guide. With issues of loading and unloading, operator ergonomics are amplified when the piece is an oversize (774 by 1017mm) ABS televison cabinet. Plus, the sheer space required for such a large pad printing operation is considerable. So when our engineers looked at this application, taking into account the customer’s short time frame, their answer was a simple yet flexible design: “Let’s tune this TV to Fast-Track.”
Television cabinet bezel, front and back views, prior to pad printing of three images by a manual-load system including Duoseal 90 and Sealcup 60 machines.
Image locations of three artworks on TV cabinet bezel.
Three Images, Two Printers
The heart of the solution is the shuttle slide-table that enables easy loading, firm support and positive-stop part positioning. This simple but critical fixture is the common reference point for integrating the Duoseal 90 and Sealcup 60 pad printers to transfer three images with exact registration. The two printers are synchronized by a mechanical switch that is activated when the shuttle is pushed into the print position.
Interchangeable Fixture Feature
To enable printing two different cabinets, a second, slightly smaller fixture is designed to be exchanged for the larger one. To accommodate the different dimensions and image locations, the Sealcup 60 is equipped with an adjustable X-Y table as well as being mounted on a movable machine base with casters, spacers and interlocks. This flexibility allows the operator to adapt to changing production requirements. The machines can also be disconnected and re-purposed to some entirely different application, if so desired.
Initial concept sketch of manual-load pad printing system for decorating television cabinet frame.
Machinist and standard product integrator Dan Hessert checks the sliding action of the fixture table, loaded with a television cabinet frame. Once loaded and slid into printing position, the Duoseal 90 applies the first two images to the lower control area while the Sealcup 60 imprints a logo to the upper left corner.
For more details on our custom designed, automated decorating systems, feel free to Contact Us.