Pad Printing Automations

Industry Leading Pad Printing Automation

Deco Tech is the industry leader in providing turnkey pad printing automations. With nearly four decades of experience, we have been involved with several hundred automated pad printing systems, ranging from simple semi-automated machines to highly complex full automations with auto loading and unloading.

Pad Printing Automations

microPrint LCN-131 Pad Printing Automation for Caps

microPrint Pad Printing Automation for decorating plastic caps.

microPrint Modul 110 5 Color Golf Ball Pad Printing Automation

microPrint Modul 110 8 Color Pad Printing Automation

microPrint MODUL-200 Pad Printing Automation

microPrint MODUL-200 automated pad printing system is shown above with

microPrint Rotary Table Pad Printing Automation

This microPrint Swiss precision built automation features a 4 station

Market Applications

At Deco Tech we have extensive knowledge in a wide variety of markets

Medical Devices

Deco Tech has the expertise in helping our medical industry customers to automate their production cells for printing on a wide variety of medical devices. We can handle complex projects for pad printing on wide range of surgical devices, catheter tubing, syringe barrels, lab test trays (PCR Plates), cryogenic tubes, centrifuge tubes, blood filters, and much more. Whether your application is for branding, functional deposition, depth markings or product identification purposes, we have the proven solutions for many substrates, part shapes, and regulatory requirements. We also provide medical grade Class VI certified inks from Printcolor Ltd. of Switzerland.

Automotive Parts

Deco Tech provides solutions for the printing of automotive components for both interior and exterior applications. We have the knowledge and technology to help you with printing applications for dashboards, instrument clusters, PRINDLE’S, gaskets, steering wheel bezels & control buttons, door panel threshold graphics, turn signal & cruise control arms, automotive badges, wheel graphics, radio bezels and so much more. We provide high-quality microPrint brand Swiss built pad printing machinery and Swiss made automotive industry certified pad printing inks from Printcolor, and with these products we can deliver a solution that meets the automotive standards for quality and durability.

Electrical components

Deco Tech has been providing standalone machinery and automated solutions for pad printing on a wide variety of electronic components for the purposes of branding, safety warnings, measurements, part number indicators, scales, safety instructions, and certification information on electronic components for a variety of applications. Applications include, but are not limited to, relays, circuit breakers, SD cards, card adapters, card readers, speaker components, headphones, musical instrument knobs, meter bezels, camera components, key caps, silicone button keypads, vacuum tubes, and much more.

Appliances

Deco Tech provides printing solutions for printing on a variety of appliances, from big industrial appliances to small kitchen appliances. Applications include washer and dryer knobs, industrial stove and BBQ knobs, appliance control panel graphics, interior refrigerator drawer graphics, coffee maker graphics, household irons, blender graphics and much more. We have the experience and expertise to help you with finding the right solution for printing your appliances big or small.

Power Tools

Deco Tech has years of experience in helping our manufacturing customers that want to pad print on power tool components. We provide turnkey solutions for decorating drill bodies, hammer drills, rechargeable battery packs, chain saws, garden tools (such as pole pruners), grinding wheels, and much more. Whether you need to print logos, part number, safety instructions, use indicators, and other important information we have the experience and knowledge to meet the high quality and durability standards that power tool manufacturers require to last in extreme use environments.

Sporting Goods

Deco Tech has the necessary experience and expertise in providing turnkey printing solutions for printing on sporting goods of all shapes, materials and textures. The wide variety of shapes and materials each provide a printing challenge and we can help with all of them to make every sports product look great. We provide standalone and automated solutions for pad printing on golf balls, golf tees, fishing lures, animal calls, gun sights, binoculars, hockey pucks, baseballs, basketballs, volleyballs and much more.

Analysis of Customer Needs

We work closely with you, and we help to clarify your precise needs & goals for the project. We always strive to provide the right pad printing automation solution based on your needs and budget and our goal is to meet or exceed your requirements & expectations. We listen carefully to your needs, wants, concerns and we take into account what your real-world experiences are with printing your product(s). Once we fully understand your needs, then we go about designing the right turn-key automated pad printing solution and we provide you with a system drawing and a formal quotation.

Our experts carefully review numerous topics including:

Substrate characteristics and ink selection
Image size & complexity of print
Production environment
Safety requirements
Required production speed & volumes
Compliance/validation requitements
Customer engineering & maintenance skill level
Need for pre or post-treatments
Application performance requirements & environment

Automation components

Transport Systems

WEISS or CAMCO brands of electro-mechanical or servo driven rotary indexers
Oval Racetrack Indexers
Programmable Linear Part or Pad Shuttles (stepper, servo or linear motor)
Mechanical Over and Under linear indexer (tank track)
Modular Palletized conveyor systems (dock and lock)

Robotics for parts handling

Pneumatic or Servo Pick-n-Place stations
Mechanical grippers or suction cups
Part Rake off devices
Stand up devices
Stack feeders for flat parts

Pre & Post Printing Stations

Drying conveyors - Hot Air with convection or IR
Modular UV curing systems (with light safety guarding)
De-ionizing / anti-static equipment & dust removal
Corona or Flame treating systems

Other Accessories & Safety Features

X/Y/R table for fast print head alignment
In-Feed and Out-Feed conveyor systems
Light curtain safety guards
Plexiglas safety enclosures with interlocked doors
Dual palm button controls
Ozone Filtration systems

Equipment

Services

Consumables

Company

Contact

sales@decotechgroup.com

1040 Segovia Circle
Placentia, California 92870 U.S.

Deco Tech

Pad Printing Automation Benefits

Productivity

Cost Reduction

Peace of Mind

Industry Leading Pad Printing Automation