Product name | Heat transfer film/label for plastic bucket |
Material | PET |
Size | As per customer's requirement |
Surface | Glossy film |
Printing type | Gravure printing |
Thickness | 20μm |
Shape | in roll |
Length | 500m/roll |
Width | Max 120cm |
Feature | Environmental protection |
Heat transfer film production:
1. Making the Cylinder (Gravure Engraving)
Design Preparation: The desired pattern or artwork is digitally designed and prepared for engraving.
Cylinder Engraving: A metal (usually copper or chrome-plated) cylinder is laser-engraved with the design, creating microscopic cells that will hold ink.
2. Printing (Gravure Printing)
Ink Application: The engraved cylinder rotates through an ink reservoir, picking up ink in its engraved cells.
Excess Ink Removal: A doctor blade scrapes off excess ink, leaving ink only in the engraved cells.
Film Transfer: The cylinder presses against the PET or PP film, transferring the ink in the desired pattern.
3. Drying (Hot Air or UV Curing)
Hot Air Drying: The printed film passes through a drying tunnel where heated air evaporates
solvents, ensuring the ink sets properly.
UV Curing (for UV inks): Some films use UV-curable inks, which dry instantly under ultraviolet light for faster production.
4. Cutting (Slitting & Sheeting)
Slitting (Roll Form): If the film is produced in large rolls, a slitting machine cuts it into narrower rolls of the required width.
5. Quality Inspection (QC)
Visual Check: Operatorsinspect for defects such as misprints, scratches, or uneven ink distribution.
Adhesion Test: A sample is heat-pressed onto a substrate (e.g., plastic barrel) to verify bonding strength.
Color Accuracy: Spectrophotometers ensure colors match the approved design. Durability Testing: Some films undergo abrasion, chemical, or water-resistance tests.
6. Packaging Roll
Packaging: Films in roll form are wrapped in protective plastic, labeled, and boxed.
Decai Honorise is a leading manufacturer of heating transfer field, one-stop service comprehensive enterprise. The products involves the following major aspects:High-precision hot stamping silicone rubber roller and wheel、gravure printing rubber roller and various industrial rubber rollers,Thermal transfer film labels and in-mold labeling,Heat transfer machine and hot stamping machine.Integrating production, sales and R&D together. In strict accordance with printing industry standards for production and management. We're own scientific formula, precise processing methods and superb grinding technology, we provide high-quality products with advanced production equipment and strong technical force.
1.Are you a manufacturer?
3.How can we guarantee quality?
Always a pre-production sample before mass production;Always final Inspection before shipment.
4.What is "heat transfer printing' ?
Heat transfer printing utilizes high-quality gravure printed on a clear carrier that are permanently bonded to a part by the heat and pressure of the heat transfer process. Since heat transfer label are preprinted, multicolor images are transferred to the part in one pass.
5.How to use heat transfer printing ?
1)firstly you must have a heat transfer printing machine, we also produce this machine
7.How can we contact you as soon as possible?
We are always available on Alibaba.com, WhatsApp, Wechat. You can also reach us by email. You are welcome to send us any questions anytime and we will reply you.