Pad for pad printing machine Printex

Printex offers a large selection of silicone printing pads. Using the highest quality silicone, our pads offer excellent ink transfer to a substrate; our printing pads also provide superior tear- strength and solvent resistance.
pads

Round
The first shape designed for pad printing and one of the most common pads used today.

These pads minimize distortion while placing an image on to a cylindrical surface.

Loaf
Derived from the round pad, size limitations required the round shape to be squared-up on 2 or more sides, developing the loaf pad.

This narrower profile, allows the loaf pad, to be positioned in restricted areas. The design of the loaf pad allows for 2 or more pads to be easily grouped together.

Bar
Shaped like the roof of a house, these pads were designed for long narrow applications. Long lines of text are difficult to print with round or loaf pads due to the over-compression it would take to pick up the lengthy image

The bar pad allows for items, such as long lines of text, to be printed with very minimal compression on the pad.
Recommended for printing on flat surfaces, due to the shapes inability to minimize distortion on rounded surfaces.

Durometer (Hardness)
We recommend selecting the maximum amount of hardness that the product can support for the best possible print.

Printex offers 3 Standard Durometers:
SOFT (yellow backing) 45 shore
MEDIUM (blue backing) 55 shore
HARD (red backing) 65 shore

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