Front films
- Printing of front films using screen printing or digital printing
- Short delivery times (usually between 2-4 weeks after sampling)
- Front film design
- Embossing of front films
Product characteristics
Front films, also called design films and decorative films, are the face of an appliance, system or machine and are part of the communication interface. They make a decisive contribution to the product's sales success.
We consider the respective corporate design and use our experience to ensure that your product sells at its best.. Production can be carried out using screen printing or digital printing, depending on the requirements.
Advantages
- Printing of front films using screen printing or digital printing
- Short delivery times (usually between 2-4 weeks after sampling)
- Front film design, embossing & backlighting of front films
- Prototypes in digital printing
- Maximum colour fidelity, weatherproof, dust and waterproof, resistant to a wide range of chemicals
Printing process
Back printing
- In back printing, the ink is applied mirror-inverted to the reverse side using a screen printing or digital printing process, which means that the print is protected later by the film.
Overprint
- Overprint is basically possible with any print medium (aluminium, stainless steel, brass, plastics).
- The ink is applied to the printing medium / and baked on if required.
- White possible as colour, colours are UV-resistant.
- The inks are not scratch-resistant and have only limited resistance to solvents.
- Heat resistance depends on the ink composition and the printing medium to which the ink is applied.
Illustration
Back printing of films
Materials
Plastic
- Acrylic glass GS transparent
- Thickness 1 to 10 mm
- PVC hard
- Thickness 0.8 to 12 mm
- white or grey
- plotter foils
- Oracle 751C
- Thickness 0.06mm
- Different colors
- Kömacel rigid foam
- Thickness 5 + 10 mm
- Color white
- Engraving materials 2-layer
- ABS material
- Different colors
- Thickness 0.8 to 2.0 mm
- Engraving materials 3-layer
- PVC material
- Different colors
- Thickness 0.8 to 2.0 mm
- Polyester films (PES)
- Matted front, smooth back
- Front / back transparent smooth (touch panel suitable)
- Thickness 0.15 / 0.20 / 0.25 mm
- Suitable for digital printing and screen printing
- Clear coat possible on the front
- Formica / melamine
- Different colors
- Thickness 0.8 to 3.0 mm
- Polycarbonate foils (PC-Lexan)
- Matted front, smooth back
- Thickness 0.25 / 0.375 / 0.5 mm
- Silk screen printing process only
Surfaces
front panel frosted / rear smooth
front smooth / rear smooth
Material thicknesses
Polyester: 0.15 / 0.20 mm
Polycarbonate: 0.25 / 0.375 / 0.5 mm
PET films: 0.18 / 0.20 mm
Moduls
In our company films are usually cut by CO2 laser, for this purpose we use optical camera systems which, by means of software, achieve a cutting accuracy of 0.10 mm. Cutouts are also made by laser. Cutting on guillotine shears is also sufficient in individual cases.
Almost any geometry can be realised as an assembly in combination with an aluminium or stainless steel carrier plate.
Other
Films are also used in the meantime as a replacement for type plates, these are either provided with an overprint or mostly as back-printed films
Depending on the application, clear lacquer can also be partially applied to the front side; this is used especially for LED windows
Films can also be provided with self-adhesive over the entire surface
In some cases, films are provided with self-adhesive which is cut out on translucent windows
Key embossing can be done with an embossing tool which we build ourselves.
Examples
If you have question we will be happy to help!
All contact persons
Andreas Altenburg
Managing Director
Phone: +49 (0)2661 95 51 25
Mail: info@schilder-kuenkler.de
