Pad Printing Steel Plate Making Process

ASC365 pad printing plate making process is easy and economic,with these stuff, any person can DIY your own artwork on the steel plate.

1- Cleaning liquid 500ml
2- Photosensitive liquid 250ml
3- Developing liquid 250ml
4- Etching liquid 250ml
5-Stripping liquid 500ml
6- 5 PCs syringes
1£®Design on computer and print the image

Images are black and other parts are white, in order to ensure the effect of plate making, when using laser or ink-jet printing film, please print mirror image on the coated (matte) side of the film.

Black part must be black enough, in the print settings you should set the most sophisticated black-and-white printing to ensure that the black part is opaque with the best quality. It is better for customers who use a laser printer to use original cartridges, for domestic cartridges added later is not black enough which can also affect the quality of the plate.
2. Cleaning plate first with no.1 liquid to remove oil, dust. Wash cleaning liquid off with water and then towel and dry off water .(Using syringe to remove liquid)


3. Swill a little no.2 liquid on the plate and make the liquid evenly scattered on the plate .Put the plate in the emulsion coating machine, and fix the plate. Then, cover the coating machine.

4. Turn on the spinner machine. Turn it off after 30 seconds. (Don't make the machine work too fast. The faster it works, the thinner the coated layer would be . The coated layer can't be exposed well when it is too thin.)

5. Take the plate out from the coating machine. Make sure the layer is rather flat, no air bubble, dust. Using heat gun or hairdryer to heat the plate to make coated liquid dry fast.
6. Place transparency film (ink side touch plate) on the plate. Put the plate in the exposure unit, then place soft material on top of the plate, make sure plate and film touch well. Cover the machine , push the button of the machine to make it work. Set 60 seconds. (The time is not absolute for different exposure unit, you may have a try.)

7. Using no.3 liquid dissolve unexposed area. Just make the liquid cover all the design. Dithering plate about 30-40 seconds. Wash off liquid. Heat the plate with the hairdryer .

8. Using no4 liquid to etch the plate for a period of 10-30 seconds. This is the key step. Then wash off liquid. Using no5 liquid to remove all coated layer, especial exposed photosensitive film. Wash all syringes by water. You will find mark you wanted is in the plate.

Tips:

1.1- Cleaning liquid 500ml,2- Photosensitive liquid 250ml ,3- Developing liquid 250ml ,4- Etching liquid 250ml ,5-Stripping liquid 500ml ,are corroding chemical products, so don¡¯t touch with skin. If touching, please wash with large amount of water.

2. These liquids should be stored in a cool and ventilated place.

3. This operation can be done in a room without direct sunlight. To ensure the yield of the steel plate, the room must be clean without floating dust.

4. The steel plate with coating must be used immediately, for the coating will be exposed if staying for long time.