With the continuous progress and development of industry, consumers have higher and higher requirements for product quality, details, and sophistication. Take a fountain pen for example. Whether it is a beautifully engraved logo or a printed personalized pattern, it can enhance the overall visual beauty and grade of the fountain pen and leave a deep brand impression on the user. Therefore, manufacturers are also constantly improving their logo production process! Let’s explore what logo processes can be made on fountain pens? How are the logos on these fountain pens made? And how to choose which process for different fountain pens?
Embossing pen
The embossed pen production process is a process of creating a three-dimensional logo design by carving out convex and concave images on a flat surface. The embossed logo pen not only has a strong three-dimensional sense visually, but also can feel its depth and layers through touch. It is a form of expression that combines sculpture and painting art.
Making of relief pen
- Design Pattern: First, the designer will draw or design the desired relief pattern. This pattern will determine the shape and details of the final relief.
- Engraving or Milling: Use an engraving machine or hand tools to engrave or mill on the pen surface to create a raised effect. This step requires precise control of depth and details to ensure the final relief effect.
- Painting and Processing: After the engraving is completed, the relief is painted and processed to enhance its texture and protect the surface. Painting can increase the color layer and gloss, making the relief more vivid.
Advantages
The advantage of relief is its unique visual effect and durability. Due to its raised design, the embossed logo pen will produce different texture effects under different light, enhancing the visual impact and recognition of the logo. In addition, the embossed logo also has high durability and stability, and can maintain good condition for a long time in outdoor environments.
Thermal transfer pattern pen
The basic principle of custom thermal transfer printing pens is to transfer the pattern pre-printed on the film to the pen by heating and pressurizing. Transfer film printing uses dot printing technology with a resolution of up to 300dpi, which can ensure rich patterns, bright colors and small color differences. The thermal transfer process mainly includes two parts: transfer film printing and transfer processing.
Specific steps of thermal transfer process
- Design pattern: First design and make the pattern, usually using computer design software.
- Transfer film printing: Print the designed pattern on the film through dot printing technology.
- Transfer processing: Heat and pressurize the thermal transfer machine to transfer the pattern on the film to the pen. After molding, the ink layer is integrated with the pen surface to form a realistic pattern.
Advantages of thermal transfer printing
The pattern is clear and the colors are bright, which is suitable for mass production.
Hot stamping and hot stamping logo
The pen hot stamping logo process is a process that uses the principle of heat pressure transfer to transfer the aluminum layer in the electroplated aluminum to the surface of the pen to form a special metal effect. The main material of the hot stamping process is electroplated aluminum foil, so it is also called electroplated aluminum hot stamping. Electroplated aluminum foil is usually composed of multiple layers of materials, including substrate, separation coating, color coating, metal coating (aluminum plating) and glue coating. Commonly used electroplated aluminum models include No. 1, No. 2, No. 8, No. 12, No. 15, etc. In addition to gold, there are also many colors such as silver, blue, brown, red, green, etc.
Specific steps of pen hot stamping process
The steps of custom hot stamping logo include hot stamping preparation, plate mounting, plate padding, hot stamping process parameter adjustment, hot stamping test, sample signing and formal hot stamping. In the hot stamping process, it is necessary to reasonably control the process parameters such as temperature, pressure and hot stamping time to ensure the ideal hot stamping effect.
Features
Advantages include full-surface hot stamping without ink residue, no pollution, color patterns can be hot stamped in one go, simple process and wide processing range.
Pen Emboss engraving
Embossing engraving is a special technique for decorative processing on the surface of pens. By using a concave and convex mold to plastically deform the position where the logo needs to be added to the pen under pressure, a pattern or text with a relief sense is formed. This process can not only enhance the three-dimensional sense and artistic effect of the logo, but also improve the grade and added value of the product.
Process
- Design production: Carve the graphic content of the design onto two copper plates, one with convex content and the other with concave content, forming a set of embossed plates.
- Embossing operation: Fix the designed embossed plates on the upper and lower parts of the embossing machine and place the material in the middle. Use the heavy pressure of the machine to press the embossed plates together to form a convex or concave effect.
- Finished product processing: After embossing, the machine separates the embossed plates and the logo is formed.
Laser pen engraving
Customized pen laser logo is a process that uses laser technology to mark the surface of the pen, which has the characteristics of high precision, high definition and strong durability. The principle of the laser logo process is to generate a high-energy laser beam through a laser generator, and the focused laser acts on the position of the pen barrel to instantly melt or vaporize the surface material, and then control the surface path of the laser engraving pen barrel to form a fine pattern and text engraving.
Laser logo advantages
Laser logo technology can achieve very fine pattern and text engraving, suitable for applications requiring high-precision marking. Laser marking has excellent wear resistance and corrosion resistance, suitable for various harsh environments.
Pen screen printing
Screen printing logo technology is a printing technology that transfers ink to a ballpoint pen through a screen printing plate to form an image or text. Its basic principle is to transfer the ink through the holes of the screen printing plate to the pen surface through the extrusion of a scraper to form the same image and text as the original.
Screen printing logo steps
- Stretch the screen: Fix the screen on the frame to ensure that its tension is uniform.
- Degreasing: Clean the surface of the screen to remove grease and impurities.
- Exposure: Apply the photosensitive material to the screen and solidify it by exposure.
- Development: Remove the unexposed part to form the desired pattern or text.
- Drying: Dry the developed screen to ensure that the ink layer is firm.
- Printing: Pour ink on the screen printing plate and apply pressure with a scraper to transfer the ink through the mesh to the pen.
advantage
There are many types of inks. You can use oil-based, water-based, synthetic resin emulsion and other types of inks. Strong adaptability Suitable for printing on pens of various shapes and sizes, not limited by the shape of the pen surface. Low cost, simple equipment, easy operation.
Etched logo
Custom pen logo etching is a process that creates unique textures and details on the surface of metal pens through chemical etching or laser engraving.
This process step produces
- The designed logo pattern is transferred to the pen barrel through transfer technology to ensure the accuracy and clarity of the pattern.
- Pour the chemical mixture and start etching the pattern. The chemicals will react with the surface of the metal pen to form unique textures and details.
- Cover the parts that do not need to be treated with wax or other protective materials to protect the surface of the pen barrel from corrosion.
- After the corrosion is completed, rinse the surface of the pen barrel to remove the residual chemicals. Heat and remove the covering protective material to ensure the fineness and overall beauty of the logo.
- Polish the logo to make the protruding parts shiny. According to customer needs, it can also be colored to add the desired color to the logo.
Advantages and features
The corrosion logo process has unique texture and detail expression capabilities, and is suitable for logo production of various metal pen materials. At the same time, this process also requires the operator to have a high level of technical skills and experience to ensure that the logo produced is of high quality and satisfactory effect.
UV logo
UV is a logo made by ultraviolet curing technology, which has a unique visual effect and high durability. The production of UV logo mainly relies on ultraviolet curing technology. This technology uses ultraviolet rays to irradiate special UV inks or coatings, making them cure quickly in a short time, thus forming a beautiful logo pattern.
Characteristics of UV logo
- Environmental protection: UV inks usually do not contain solvents, and no harmful substances are produced during the curing process. They are environmentally friendly and have strong weather resistance. They are not easy to fade or deform even when exposed outdoors for a long time.
- Efficient: UV curing speed is fast, which greatly shortens the production cycle.
- Durable: The cured UV ink has extremely high weather resistance and abrasion resistance, ensuring the long-term stability of the logo.
Epaxy logo pen
The pen’s dripping glue logo is a logo made by dripping glue technology, which has a three-dimensional sense, texture and appeal. It can increase the brand value and market competitiveness of enterprises or products, and is a very practical logo solution.
Customized Epoxy Logo Production
The glue dropper drips glue onto the corresponding position of the logo on the top of the pen. The glue dropper is equipped with a precision control system that can accurately control the size and spacing of the glue drops to ensure the quality and aesthetics of the logo. Finally, the glue drops are cured to keep their three-dimensional shape.
Advantages and Features
- The glue logo has the characteristics of strong three-dimensional sense, good texture and high gloss. It can make the logo more eye-catching and prominent, attracting people’s attention.
- The glue logo is also waterproof, dustproof and wear-resistant, and can maintain clarity and beauty for a long time in harsh environments.
- The production cost of the glue logo is relatively low, but the effect is very good. It can provide high cost performance for enterprises or products.
- In addition, the glue logo can also be customized according to customer needs, such as adjustments in color, shape, size, etc. to meet the needs of different customers.
Conclusion
Adding a logo to a pen is a complex task that requires professional and precise machines and skilled operators to produce these exquisite logos. When we choose the logo process, we can make a decision based on the different pen models, your brand positioning, and the final effect you want to present.
