The disclosure discloses a foil stamping mechanism, which includes a base and a lifting seat, wherein a plurality of stamping molds are arranged between the base and the lifting seat, an aluminum foil driving mechanism is arranged above the stamping mold, the aluminum foil driving mechanism includes a connecting plate, a monitoring device is installed on one side of the connecting plate. According to the disclosure, a pattern on an electrochemical aluminum foil can be precisely stamped to a corresponding position on a film roll.

An apparel straightener for screen printing comprises a curvilinear unit of plexiglass or similar material having a plurality of fastening apertures and covered edge configured to removably secure to a screen-printing press.

A heat press includes a lower platen and an upper swing arm attached to a base, and an upper platen having a heater therein. The upper platen is coupled to the upper swing arm via a piston rod, and operable via a linkage. The linkage includes a coupler linked between the upper swing arm and a print handle and includes an input link that rotationally couples the print handle to the piston rod such that a motion of the print handle moves the piston rod up or down. The heat press includes a control housing that is electrically coupled to the heater. The upper swing arm is operable to swing the upper platen away from the lower platen when not in contact with the lower platen. The control housing remains in a stationary position regardless of a position of the upper swing arm.

The invention relates to a method for producing a support body in a card format, with a graphic customization, that has a surface finishing effect that is more or less smooth, rough, mirrored or matte on the support body. The method includes supplying a support body having a layer of material configured to allow a marking by punching or lamination. The layer is exposed on the main external face and the surface finishing effect is equivalent to that obtained by a step of marking or lamination while not including a step of depositing varnish.

The present invention provides a system and process for direct-to-transfer printing, including heat presses and corresponding heat press stations through which the heat presses are indexed, and at which garments are (1) dressed upon the heat presses; (2) the garments are pre-pressed; (3) thereafter components are sequentially placed on top of and fused with their corresponding garments by applying heat and pressure; and (4) the finished garments are unloaded from the heat presses. The present invention also provides a component on a carrier sheet for use in such a direct-to-transfer printing system and process, which includes identification and registration symbols (such as barcodes, QR codes or other suitable markings) in addition to a design or embellishment. The present invention further provides an ASR system for use with a direct-to-transfer printing system.

Methods, apparatus and system for decorating plastic articles having an uneven surface or hollow structure are disclosed. An assembly comprising a transfer pad and a flexible heat transfer die comprising a thermal interface material (TIM) replace the hard rubber die in a hot-stamping process to fuse indicia into the surface. The assembly modifies ordinary pad printing into a hot-stamping process that transfers indicia onto uneven surfaces. A pad printing machine or other robotics is used to move the assembly from a position of heating to a position of compressing the ink transfer to the surface of the article.

The invention relates to a device (410; 410′) for driving a stamping foil over a path through a stamping machine, the driving device (410; 410′) comprising two foil-introduction chain-like elements (420a, 420b) and a drive member (440) coupled to the foil-introduction chain-like elements (420a, 420b) for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements (420a, 420b) notably through a platen press (310) of the stamping machine (1), characterized in that it further comprises at least one first load-measurement device (3a; 3a′) comprising a first detector (7a) configured to measure a parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member (440) for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements (420a, 420b) in a first direction, the at least one first load-measurement device (3a; 3a′) being connected to a stamping-machine (1) control unit (4) configured to stop the driving by the drive member (440) when the parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member (440) and measured by the first detector (7a) crosses a threshold.

The present invention also relates to a stamping station and machine comprising the driving device. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling the driving of a stamping foil.

A pressureless high-frequency suspension thermal transfer printer is disclosed, in which a high-frequency signal of 60-100 Hz is generated by a high-frequency switching power supply, and a high-frequency energy conversion motor is driven to convert a signal into high-frequency mechanical vibration which produces 60-100 Hz high-frequency waves which propagate in a longitudinally diffused manner in which an entire transfer printing surface is covered in a direction that is perpendicular to the transfer printing surface, avoiding wasteful loss in the direction of lateral propagation parallel to the transfer printing surface, so that the high-frequency waves act on a molecular movement during the transfer printing process to the greatest extent, which effectively changes a state of the molecular movement, enhances a molecular penetration force, realizes replacement of physical pressure with the high-frequency waves, completely changes a thermal transfer printing process, and achieves pressureless thermal transfer printing.

Systems and methods for film positive print transfers during screen printing utilize positive artwork, one or more film positive design backups and one or more presses are presented. A screen having positive artwork creates one or more positive artwork design backups, which are stored for later use or used immediately. One or more items are screen printed with the positive artwork design. The one or more positive artwork design backups may be removed from storage and used to transfer the positive artwork to one or more replacement items.

A heat press including a body, a heat plate, a handle, a cover, a control compartment and an insulation portion. The body includes a first end and a second end. The heat plate is located proximate the first end of the body and is configured to engage ironable materials. The handle is located proximate the second end of the body and is configured to withstand forces from a user. The cover covers a portion of the body and the handle. The control compartment includes an electrical circuit, controls and a display. The control compartment is spaced away from and is at least indirectly electrically coupled to the heat plate. The insulation portion is positioned between the control compartment and the heat plate. The insulation portion includes a first layer of insulating material.