Analysis of Adhesive Card Printing Technology

In addition to the practical value of plastic cards, they are also easy to carry. In addition to the technology for manufacturing IC chips, the chips can be small enough to be buried and used in plastic cards, and IC cards are used as media for computer systems. In view of the continuous expansion of the application scope of plastic cards, and the increasing value of their collections, the printing process has a lot of merits. Therefore, the magazine deliberately visited Toppan Information Card Co., Ltd. and China Business Security Printing Co., Ltd. I hope to snoop on one or two.

The first is the situation of Toppan Information Card Co., Ltd. in terms of printing plastic cards. On the day of the visit, Mr. Kato Kaoru, Managing Director of Toppan Information Card Co., Ltd., Mr. Liu Jianxiang, General Manager of the Finance Department, Mr. Yongyong Zheng, General Manager of the Production Department, Mr. Liang Yonghao, Production Manager, Mr. Chen Guoyuan, Sales Manager, and Director of the Security Department, Peng Zu Mr. Ming provided sufficient and detailed information for this publication. The journal is very grateful.

General plastic card printing process

After receiving an order, depending on the customer's requirements or the type of printing that the product is suitable for, the product can be seen by using off-press printing or screen printing (both offset printing and screen printing have their own strengths). The desired effect is to implement one of the printing methods.

After receiving the customer's film, they will be sent to the prepress printing department for printing. After printing the bottom and the front, they will be subjected to high-temperature compounding. (A plastic card consists of four layers of plastic, divided into two layers and two layers. Protective layer), compounded and then fine-grained beer.

Every step in the production must undergo a quality test, and the final total test should be carried out to remove the quality of the standard.

Tape card smart card another process

The magnetic tape on the tape card is attached to the protective layer before compounding, that is, the difference from the ordinary glue card is to add tape before compounding. The Other processes are not different.

As for the smart card, the former part of the process is the same as above. After the card body of each smart card is printed, it is the process of installing the embedded chip, reading, writing, and testing.

Before the chip is loaded into the card, it is tested to see if it is in good condition; after that, a small hole will be carved in the card body. The chip will be embedded in the hole, and the chip will be properly loaded with the appropriate information.

Some credit cards are also sent to other departments plus holograms after they are printed.

Printing process pays attention to temperature

Undoubtedly, printing a high-quality product requires careful attention in every process. However, there are always some areas that need extra attention. Printed plastic cards pay special attention to the temperature and pressure involved in compounding. The temperature and pressure during compounding must be properly controlled, otherwise the plastic card will expand or shrink, and even the four-layer plastic composite will not be firm.

In addition, the pattern design of the card surface should also try its best to match the effect achieved by its printing technology.

Quality control according to guidelines

For Toppan information cards, they see each employee as a technician and have sufficient skills and experience to cope with the work. Employees in charge of quality inspections screen and analyze “bad cards” every day. After an order is completed, a detailed report of the analysis results will be distributed to different departments so that the departments can understand that it can be improved. The place.

Of course, there will be different requirements for different orders. Therefore, before making each order, the head of the department will pre-list the charts to explain where the order needs attention or from what angles, and the employees can follow the guidelines. Do your duty.