Tampo printing
XMA is the only storage media specialist in the UK that can tampo print on
media, we are able to manufacture an individual logo or message for your
organisation, personalisng your data tapes.
Tampo printing is a printing
process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object. This is accomplished
using an indirect offset (gravure) printing process that
involves an image being transferred from the printing plate via a silicone pad
onto a substrate (surface to be printed). Tampo printing is used for printing on
otherwise impossible products in many industries including medical, automotive,
promotional, apparel, electronics, appliances, sports equipment and toys. It can
also be used to deposit functional materials such as conductive inks, adhesives, dyes and lubricants.
Physical
changes within the ink film both on the cliché and on the pad allow it leave the
etched image area in favor of adhering to the pad, and to subsequently release
from the pad in favor of adhering to the substrate (material being printed).
The unique properties of the silicone pad enable it to pick the image up from a
flat plane and transfer it to a variety of surface (i.e. flat, cylindrical,
spherical, compound angles, textures, concave surfaces, convex surfaces).