Heat transfer technology process and market application

In the fashion handicrafts is becoming increasingly popular today, all for technology transfer production craft has been developed, and attracted many entrepreneurs and fashionable gens use. Among them, the transfer printing technology known than the water transfer printing and heat transfer these two, what is the heat transfer technology? What are its characteristics and use? How the transfer operation and market demand situation?

1, Heat transfer printing technology

Transfer press is a printing method that transfer the pictures or words on the coat to the printing sheet by pressure accordingly.and according to the pressure difference, the transfer can be divided into water transfer printing, heat transfer, gas transfer, screen transfer, low temperature transfer etc.. Among them, the heat transfer is the portrait, landscape, arbitrary image using sublimation ink (namely theheat transfer ink) print in sublimation paper (or sublimation special ink-jet printing paper), or ordinary ink printed on the film heat transfer paper, after heat transfer heating equipment in a few minutes is heated to a certain temperature, a special printing technology transfer paper pattern vivid color to porcelain, glass, metal, plastic, cotton fabric and other materials.

Therefore, the use of heat transfer technology, even a variety of color patterns, due to heat transfer operation is just a process, the customer can shorten the printed pattern, reduced due to a printing error of the material (product) loss. In other words, The multi-color pictures can be printed in once time with the heat transfer press. Without chromatography, even if only some simple equipment also can be printed in lifelike patterns, thus, greatly improving the scope of application and the transfer operation.

2, Production tools and implementation process

The heat transfer technology can be widely used in ceramics, glass, metal, plastic, cotton textile materials such as the object, but because the heat transfer by heating area, object shape constraints, so for different area, the shape of the object is often need to use the tools to make specific, in which heat transfer at present common production tools mainly a heat press machine, plate press machine, mug press machine and so on, but making method after all they are based on the principle of heat transfer, so the manufacturing steps and processes are similar, just heat transfer tool used is different. Below in order to T-shirt heat pressestransfer images to the clothes as an example, explaining the steps and process of heat transfer printing production.

The first step: the image by color inkjet printer to print out.

The second step: the printed pattern, first on one side, about 15 ~ 20 minutes after the start of transfer. Transfer printing, the image printed on clothes, should be the pattern face down, then according to the heat transfer equipment transfer request good time (usually 20 seconds), heating tablets and equipment (Note: cotton T-shirt in the transfer should be preceded in the printing position a little darkening agent, and shall be dry after heat transfer, its role is through the heat pressure change ink color, improve the ink on clothing vivid effect).

The third step: to avoid yellow clothes because the temperature is too high, can be in a piece of clothing on the pad lining of heat transfer. In the heat transfer equipment time alarm, filed a heating plate, quickly opened the paper patterns, remove clothing, closed equipment supply.

The fourth step: the last question on the clothes temperature cool, Fold bag, can finish the whole transfer the production, manufacture into finished.

Analysis of three, heat transfer technology market demand

With the current mainstream fashion, the water transfer printing heat transfer technology comparison, what advantages and disadvantages? Specifically, water transfer is flexible, convenient, not by the object area, shape, generally do not need special tools and equipment (as long as a water transfer printing paper can be), so its applicable scope is more extensive, the cost of production is lower than heat transfer, very suitable for home users and small workshops, fashion jewelry shop.

Heat transfer due to heat image color image, the finished products will be water transfer more firmly, not easily fade, it has the corrosion resistance, impact resistance, aging resistance, wear resistance, high temperature resistance, fire prevention, can maintain ten to dozens of years do not change color, so the heat transfer technology is especially suitable for on the image retention have special requirements for electrical appliances, daily necessities, building materials decoration etc.. For example, the available heat transfer technology, trademark, barcode label printing on the goods. It is because of heat transfer printing technology has the advantages and disadvantages of this, they can even complement each other, so in the transfer industry friend, may wish to consider both concurrently.