Pad Printing Solutions by DROP AG
Pad Printing Solutions for Industrial and High-Precision Applications
Pad printing is a highly versatile printing process used to transfer ink onto complex, uneven, or three-dimensional surfaces. DROP AG develops advanced pad printing solutions that support precise plate production and reliable workflows for industrial pad printing applications where accuracy, consistency, and efficiency are essential.
What Is Pad Printing?
Pad printing is an indirect printing process in which ink is transferred from an etched printing plate to a substrate using a flexible silicone pad. This technique makes it possible to print on surfaces that are difficult or impossible to print with other methods, including curved, recessed, textured, or irregular shapes.
Because pad printing is often used for functional and decorative markings on industrial products, the quality of the printing plate plays a decisive role. Precise imaging, clean edges, and reproducible plate production are critical to achieving sharp prints and stable results across large production volumes.
Typical Applications of Pad Printing
Pad printing is widely used across many industries, including:
- Industrial and technical components
- Medical devices and laboratory equipment
- Automotive parts and interior elements
- Consumer electronics and appliances
- Promotional products and branded items
In these applications, pad printing enables accurate reproduction of fine details, logos, symbols, and functional markings on challenging surfaces.
Advantages of Pad Printing
Pad printing is especially well-suited for applications that require precise printing on complex and three-dimensional surfaces. Its ability to adapt to curved, recessed, or irregular shapes makes it a reliable solution where other printing methods are limited.
With accurately produced printing plates, pad printing delivers clean edges, fine details, and stable ink transfer, even at small print sizes. Once the process is set up, it offers consistent and repeatable results across medium to large production runs, supporting efficient production and reliable quality control in industrial environments.
Phoenix DLES for Pad Printing
For high-quality pad printing plate production, DROP AG offers the Phoenix DLES UV laser direct beamer.
Phoenix DLES enables the production of high-quality printing plates for virtually all printing processes, including pad printing, screen printing, offset printing, flexo plates, Folex films, and embossing dies. It provides a future-proof solution for classic and industrial printing applications at the highest level of efficiency.
The system features a unique Longlife UV laser combined with a high-resolution DMD chip and 4° exposure technology. Integrated autopredictive autofocus ensures reproducible imaging quality and reliable machine runtimes, especially when producing UV-sensitive printing plates that require the highest resolution and precision.
By using Phoenix DLES for pad printing plate production, manufacturers achieve consistent quality, precise detail reproduction, and stable results across repeated production cycles.
Advantages of Phoenix DLES Pad Printing
- Japanese high-power long-life laser with 12 or 15 watts 375
- Bundled to one laser beam
- Laser light provides approx. 50 % more light energy compared to LED
- Water cooled system for a long durability of the system
- High-quality lens for a perfect, parallel laser beam
- Tolerance +\- 1 Micron
- Table machine for more exposing quality
- Every pixel is exposed up to 800 times
- HD DMD Chip 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Automatic predictive autofocus (for permanent and optimal depth of field)
- Very fast exposing speed
- 1920 Pixel are exposed at the same time
- Excellent curing of the polymer
- 2540 dpi, 3600 dpi or 5080 dpi
- Quiet gentle exposure movement, minimizing maintenance costs significantly
- Reduction of energy costs to conventional exposing solution
- Sustainability
Contact for DROP AG Pad Printing Solutions
With deep expertise in prepress and imaging technologies, DROP AG delivers pad printing solutions designed for demanding industrial environments.
From precise plate imaging to stable and efficient production workflows, DROP AG supports pad printing applications where quality, repeatability, and long-term reliability are non-negotiable.
To learn more about pad printing solutions and the Phoenix DLES system for pad printing plate production, please contact DROP AG.
