What Are the Main Types of Hot Stamping Machines?
Understand the main types of hot stamping machines and how each machine supports different materials, shapes, production volumes, and foil transfer results. This guide helps manufacturers choose suitable equipment for packaging, labels, plastics, and decorative applications.
Types of Hot Stamping Machine
Hot stamping is a process to stamp the embossing patterns with metallic shines of the foil onto substrates by high heat and pressure. There are up and down stamping, vertical stamping, and digital stamping to choose from per products' needs. Detailed information of these three methods are shown as below.
Roll-on Stamping
The roller is mostly made of silicone rubber. Stamping speed is 60mm per second. Suitable for cylindrical objects such as wine bottles, eyebrow pencils, and cream boxes. It is often used for packaging.
| Roll-on Stamping | |
|---|---|
| Production efficiency | Low |
| Adjustment and calibration | Hard |
| Cost of plate making | Low |
Summary:
It takes longer to adjust and calibrate the machine but the cost is relatively low.
Vertical Stamping
It is a common approach. Stamping pressure is 50 kg/cm above. The benefits are simple structure, easy maintenance, and convenient for replacing parts. It is often used for objects with smooth or uneven surface such as magazine covers and uneven/curved surfaces. It is adopted for most of household appliances.
Summary:
It has wide applications, especially for household appliances.
Digital Stamping
Digital stamping is also known as plateless stamping . It is suitable for one off, customized needs. First, input the computer with the patterns to be stamped, perform hot stamping in ink-jet printing process. Only those part sprayed with varnish will have the color of the foil. It does not need plate making, has the benefits of low cost, quick proofing, and high flexibility. The technology is often applied to products like flyers and stickers.
| Hot Stamping Machine | Digital Stamping Machine | |
|---|---|---|
| Plate making | Yes | No |
| Sampling | Slow | Fast |
| Adjustability | Low | High |
| Paper adaptability | Good | Average |
Summary:
Plate making is not required in digital stamping . Often applied to small batch production of graphic products.
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Up and Down Stamping.
Vertical Stamping.
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