HOT FOIL STAMPING MACHINE

MAKE-READY & REGISTRATION OF FOIL STAMPING JOBS

High pressure embossing jobs are difficult on a converted cylinder machine, but you can achieve the result with good make-ready and good operator. You can use two types of blocks on cylinder machine i.e., 1.5 mm copper and 6 mm brass blocks. With the help of a Special adhesive, you can paste the 1.5 mm block on 4 mm aluminum plate which will be on the top of 13.5 mm Heater plate. To fit 6 mm Brass block you need to remove the 4 mm aluminum and under that you will see the Heater plate of 13.5 mm with number of holes, so with the help of the Block holders, you need to fit the blocks directly on that Heater plate.

There are many ways to register the job on cylinder machines but the most easy way to register the job is to make a full positive of your job as per the size of the heater plate with gripper margin marking on it. Place the positive on the Heater plate and fix the block as per the image on the positive.

Make-ready – Frist Wrap a Thick paper (Brown paper used for packing) on cylinder. Start putting thin papers inside the Thick paper, which is wrap on cylinder. First try to level the pressure from each side by putting thin papers inside the thick paper. Once the 80 to 85% level is ok, then take one impression on your desired sheet, wherever there is excess pressure cut the thin papers one by one which are inside the thick paper and try to level the equal pressure everywhere.