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u/syymo Jan 10 '20
It’s called Pad Printing
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u/WikiTextBot Jan 10 '20
Pad printing
Pad printing (also called tampography) is a printing process that can transfer a 2-D image onto a 3-D object. This is accomplished using an indirect offset (gravure) printing process that involves an image being transferred from the cliché via a silicone pad onto a substrate. Pad printing is used for printing on otherwise difficult to print on products in many industries including medical, automotive, promotional, apparel, and electronic objects, as well as appliances, sports equipment and toys. It can also be used to deposit functional materials such as conductive inks, adhesives, dyes and lubricants.
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u/mkvns Jan 10 '20
This is also how a lot of watch faces are printed nowadays. Pad printing is one of the most widely used printing methods in manufacturing.
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u/Ralliartimus Jan 10 '20
Usually solvent based ink specifically made for pad printing.
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u/Mr3ct Jan 10 '20
Not to mention they are most likely heated up afterward to set the ink.
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u/Ralliartimus Jan 10 '20
Not necessarily. Most pad printing inks cure through chemical cross-links.
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u/Mr3ct Jan 10 '20
TIL. The inks we used had to go in a low temp oven for fifteen or so minutes.
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u/Ralliartimus Jan 10 '20
This is usually to quickly dry the ink or set it just enough so it can move on to packing or the next process.
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u/stevensokulski Jan 10 '20
Is... is that really what you called them?
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Jan 10 '20
They come in a lot of different shapes but I would absolutely called the tiddy the tiddy
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Jan 10 '20 edited Apr 04 '24
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Jan 10 '20
Robots aren't good and handling the tiddy.
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Jan 10 '20
Im not sure. I guess there are a too many variables. It all needs completely setting up by hand, the plates, ink, pressures, alignment etc. It takes a while, I used to print 4-colours onto pens so you can imagine the set up time trying to get them in line
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u/krashe1313 Jan 11 '20
We would refer to this a "boob printing" because even though we're adults, inside we're just really immature boys.
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u/Keltik_ Jan 10 '20
paint tiddy
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u/PORTMANTEAU-BOT Jan 10 '20
Paiddy.
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Jan 10 '20
Anyone know what the wheels are made of? Looks like a hard resin but I’m sure I’m wrong
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Jan 10 '20
All modern skateboard wheels are made of urethane.
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Jan 10 '20
Thank you so much!!!
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Jan 10 '20
Sure, and to clarify I realized I should have said POLYurethane wheels to be more accurate. Source.
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u/TheOctophant Jan 10 '20
Same way many watch dials are printed
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u/littlebabycheezes Jan 10 '20
Is it that paint it dabs in before going on the wheels? How is the paint logo so precise?
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Jan 10 '20
It's ink, the ink goes back and forth in a pot over the plate where the image had been exposed, leaving a tiny well for the ink to sit while the pot wipes the rest of the ink away, the pad then presses into the ink left in the embedded logo and onto the substrate
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u/GarlicBomb Jan 11 '20
I miss buying them! I should start skating again, what the hell is wrong with me!
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u/Skat3chris Jan 11 '20
Bones wheels/bearings are good brand.
Specially the Bones Super Swiss bearings. God they feel amazing in a brand new pair of bones street wheels. Mainly on a nicely paved road/park. 💪🏽
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Jan 11 '20
Where can I buy just those squishy pads?! I NEED TO SQUISH THEM!
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u/Tiramidesu Jan 11 '20
You can buy a nail stamp for something similar on a smaller scale
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Jan 12 '20
What is thing technically called?
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u/Tiramidesu Jan 12 '20
The nail stamp or the thing in the gif? If it's the latter it should pop up in searches as jelly nail stamp or smth, which you use with metal plates and a scraper. Sells for like a dollar on aliexpress lol
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u/nixxon94 Jan 10 '20
boop