What are the advantages of hot stamping process?

1. The definition of hot stamping

Hot stamping as a special printing technology without ink, environmental protection, clean, and suitable for plastic, glass, paper and other materials;

Hot stamping process is to use the principle of heat pressing transfer, to transfers the aluminum layer in the hot stamping foil to the surface of the substrate to form a special metal effect. Because the main material used in hot stamping is electrochemical aluminum foil, so hot stamping process is also called foil stamping. There are many different color of hot stamping paper, such as gold, silver, laser gold, laser silver, black, red, green and so on. It is often used in cosmetic packaging, such as lip gloss tube, eye shadow palette, powder compact, and so on.

2. The role of hot stamping process

(1) Hot stamping always used for surface decoration of products to improve the additional value of products. Through the hot stamping process after the products pattern is clear, beautiful, bright and rich colors, magnificent sivual effects and wearproof. Hot stamping, embossing or concave process and other processing methods combined, can play the Midas touch effect. Suitable for the current trend of The Times, but also in line with the promotion of environmental protection of the industrial concept, has become an international trend.

(2) Hot stamping can improve product anti-counterfeiting performance. Hot stamping anti-counterfeiting labels need to be heated on the label of the anti-counterfeiting information layer transferred to the sticker, can not be peeled off and can not be replicated, so as to achieve the role of anti-counterfeiting. In daily life, you can look at the eye shadow case, lipstick , all have this process.

3. The whole process of hot stamping

(1) Place hot stamping foil (gold foil) between the paper/plastic and the bronzing plate.

(2) Heat the hot stamping version to about 100-150 degrees, then press it down. After contact with hot stamping foil, the pressure is applied to the paper/plastic.

(3) Make the graphic content on the hot stamping version and paper/plastic completely fit.

(4) Hot stamping version lifted away.

(5) Influenced by the temperature of the hot stamping version, hot stamping foil contact with the graphic content on the hot stamping version, the color of the layer will be peeled off, transfer to paper/plastic.

(6) Remove the aluminum carbide waste that has been stripped.

(7) Finish the hot stamping effect on the paper or plastic.

There are many products used in the hot stamping process in life, such as book covers, gift boxes, cigarette boxes, the outer box and glass bottle of wine, trademarks of clothing and makeup packaging, greeting cards, invitations, pens, etc., The color and pattern, can also be customized according to specific requirements.

For example, the lip gloss tube in following picture with simple lines outline the beauty of the design is the use of the process of hot stamping.