Pad Printing

Lasting Impressions

Darter offers fully automated pad printing and hot stamping capabilities for anywhere from 900-1200 parts per hour. A detailed image can be transferred onto a variety of challenging surfaces, including cylindrical, spherical, compound angles, varied textures, concave and convex.

Technologically advanced through robotic mechanics, pad printing allows for inexpensive and limitless design possibilities. Experience and performance combine to provide a comprehensive product solution.

Pad Printing and Hot Stamping Services

We can pad print a permanent ink on a variety of materials from plastic, to metal, and glass, as well as many complex shapes like a golf ball and other curved surfaces. Our high-quality pad printing and hot stamping service is industry compliant and has successfully met the needs of a diverse array of industries, including, but not limited to, aerospace, automotive, hydraulics and marine.

We also offer a broad range of capabilities such as prototyping, contract manufacturing and miniature or intricate assembly service. With the ability to produce up to 1,000,000 units, we can handle all your production requirements from prototype to high and small volume and even large scale production volume run. Please contact Darter Plastics for more information about our expert pad printing and hot stamping service.

Pad Printing and Hot Stamping Capabilities

General Capabilities

Bulk
Contract Manufacturing
Custom
Imported
Intricate

JIT
Miniature
Production
Prototype

Industry Focus

Aerospace
Biotechnology
Chemical
Construction
Electrical
Electronics
Food Processing
Hydraulics
Machinery

Marine
Medical
Optical
Packaging
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Printing
Recreational

Industry Standards

ISO – Compliant
Mil-Spec – Compliant

UL

Pad Printing Work Envelope

Up to 3.75″ Circle

Hot Stamping Work Envelope

4″ X 10″ Stamp Size

Materials Printed and Stamped On

Aluminum
Beryllium Copper
Bi-Metal
Brass
Bronze
Carbon Steel
Cobalt Steel
Copper
Exotic Metal
Exotic Metal Alloy
Ferrous
Foil
Gold
Leather
Magnesium

Manganese Steel
Metal
Nickel
Nickel Alloy
Nickel Steel
Non-Metallic
Precious Metals
PVC
Rubber
Sheet Metal
Spring Steel
Stainless Steel
Steel
Tempered Steel
Titanium

Production Volume

Min 1 Unit to Max 1,000,000 Units
Specialty Production Shop
Prototype
Low Volume
Small Run

High Volume
Large Run
Long Run
Large Scale Production Volume Run

File Formats

AlphaCAM (AMD,ATD)
AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ)
BMP
Catia (CATDrawing,CATPart)
Delcam (DGK, DMT)
DXF
GIF
IGES
Inventor (IDW, IPT)
IronCAD (ICD,ICS)
JPG or JPEG
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)

PDES
PDF
Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW,PRT,XPR)
SAT
SolidEdge (DFT)
SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT)
STEP
SurfCam (DSN)
TIFF
TurboCAD (TCW,TCX)
Unigraphics (PRT)