Success Story with Tampoprint

A matter of precision in printing various materials.

Frank Nitschke

Sales Department / Technical Advice Tampoprint AG

Altogether we can state that the application of the Openair-Plasma® method in pad-printing automation can be judged positive on all sides.

- Frank Nitschke , Sales Department / Technical Advice Tampoprint AG

Tampoprint AG was tasked to develop and construct a pad-printing full-automatic for 5-colour printing (raster image printing) on “mint boxes” with an hourly production rate of 1800 parts.

In cooperation with our customer, a catalogue of requirements was made which, among others, contained the following points:     

  • material PP    
  • wetting of the surface of at least 72 mN/m (water wetting)    
  • complete removal of the outwards diffusing mint oil    
  • complete removal of dust particles on the surface    
  • no damage of the work-piece’s surface    
  • no damage of the contents (peppermint dragees)    
  • integration feasibility into a full automatic

Very soon, it became obvious with these demands that no conventional physical pre-treatment method (gas or corona) could come to use here. After we had become aware through technical publications and our customer of Plasmatreat’s Openair-Plasma® method, everything went very fast, thanks to their professional support. 

With the defined requirements, different test series were conducted and finally all criteria met. The installation has been working three shifts a day for years and to our customer’s greatest satisfaction. This example is not an isolated case. Altogether we can state that the application of the Openair-Plasma® method in pad-printing automation can be judged positive on all sides.

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