Printek Equipment Co. inc
Welcome, we are a manufacturer of pad and screen-printing equipment, U.V. curing units, plate makers, laser plate maker, silicone pads, plates and customized tooling. We stock all replacement parts for all printing equipment presses. Printek provides all the supplies and services needed in pad and screen-printing operations. Printek Equipment Co. was founded in 1986 and is located in Fairfield, New Jersey. Printek has been providing the printing industry with the highest quality supplies, equipment and service at affordable prices for over 20 years!
The Printek Advantage:
- Family run business
- Reliable and dedicated personal
- In-house precision machine shop, turning, milling, grinding and polishing
- Customized Tooling fixtures
- Quality inks, pads, screens and plates
- Attention to detail
- 20 years of dedicated service
- We keep you printing!
What is Pad Printing?
Pad 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 (cliché) via a silicone pad onto a substrate (surface to be printed). Pad 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).