Detailed Water Transfer Technology - Application

(III) Water Transfer Applications

â–² 1. Printing materials

Water transfer printing technology can be used to decorate most items in daily life, such as plastics, metals, glass, ceramics, wood planes and molded bodies. According to the need for coating before transfer, the printing materials can be divided into the following two categories.

(1) Materials that are easily transferred

Some plastic materials have good printing performance, such as polystyrene (PS), ABS, plexiglass, polycarbonate (PC), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other materials, can be transferred without coating, and the principle of transfer The printing principle is similar.

(2) Materials requiring coating

Non-absorbent materials such as glass, metal, ceramics, and non-polar materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene need to be coated with a special coating before they can be used for water transfer. The coating is a kind of paint that has good adhesion to the transfer material and can be processed by screen printing, spray coating, or roll coating. From the printing point of view, the coating technology solves the problem of surface decoration of many unprintable materials. Nowadays, many of the popular transfer processes, such as sublimation transfer printing, hot melt transfer printing, ceramic decal transfer, and pressure transfer India, etc., need to be coated on the surface of the substrate.

â–²2. Water transfer products

(1) Telecommunication products

In today's widespread use of mobile phones, people are increasingly looking forward to the personalized decoration of mobile phones. In addition to the quality of well-known mobile phone manufacturers, the unique appearance is also a hot competition.

The outer shell of the mobile phone is generally made of plastic injection. Adding various kinds of pigments in the ingredients is a more traditional method of decoration. However, this method is expensive and difficult to change. In the ever-changing information society, people’s aesthetic tastes are changing and it is very difficult to grasp. Using this method is obviously difficult to meet the trend of human pursuit of fashion, and the water transfer printing process can be more personal and colorful mobile phone shell decoration.

(2) Decoration industry

The biggest characteristic of water transfer printing technology is that it is easy to personalize. This is in itself a patent for young people who like to change and express their individuality. Therefore, the transfer printing technology is often used in places where young people are concentrated, such as the leisure tea room, the indoor of the bar, and Window displays, etc. can be decorated with water transfer printing, and can use water transfer printing techniques to change decorative patterns regularly to obtain fresh feelings; in the furniture industry, spray paint once occupied an important position, in recent years, the rise of water transfer printing process, change The furniture has a single decorative pattern, monotonous colors, and serious environmental pollution.

(3) Crafts

This is a world that relies on appearance to conquer consumers. Unchanging faces are sure to win customers. The performance of water transfer technology in the finishing of handicrafts should be one of the choices for which the investment is not too large. It is difficult to say that water transfer has any particular advantages. However, one must admit that it has turned many old antiques from the 1970s into a new generation in the 21st century and regained people's favor. There are numerous examples in this area, such as wall clocks, picture frames on the table, chandeliers on the roof, and so on.

Obviously, the advantage of the water transfer technology is that it can realize new decoration methods on the surface of a specific substrate, and the finished decoration is novel and of high quality. However, at present, the operation process of the water transfer process basically stays in the cumbersome labor of manual work, and accurate multi-color positioning cannot be completed yet, and the mechanization process is still relatively slow. These problems limit the further development of the water transfer technology.

Source: Ke Yin Media