Screen Printing On Plastic Parts

You can use ink to screenprint onto plastic.

Screen printing on plastic parts.

Many plastic parts that have a fairly flat print surface can still be screen printed. Silk screening is a printing technique that involves burning negative images into a silk based or synthetic screen with emulsion fluid and light. Screen printing on plastic custom screen printing on plastic screen printing or silk screening is a highly specialized process used to print on flat and flexible plastic surfaces. When applied over a plastic injection molded part silk screening is one injection molding process that can provide a way to apply more detailed designs involving multiple colors.

Once the image is burnt into the screen ink is spread over the screen and pushed through to the material below. Screen printing can be an excellent choice for plastic injection molded parts when the desired appearance of the end product requires more than one color. Screen printed inks are arguably the most versatile of all inks with great range of colors available for many different types of plastic. Abs styrene acrylic polybarbonate pvc all poly blends and many others.