Learning to use industrial foil

With this entry we seek to introduce you to the paths of industrial foil, it does not have to be your passion, but it is important that you know the process in case you want to expand your expectations.
Aprendiendo a usar el foil industrial

This week we will be talking about foil on a large scale, and how it is applied to different surfaces in an industrial way. As we discussed in a previous post, foil is what we commonly know as "gold leaf", this process in most cases when we heat a metal mold and place it on the material to allow it to be stamped on the surface, this process requires the use of metal molds, the metal plate that is the foil.

Why do we say "in most cases"? Because there are variations of this material that can be applied in food, paintings, frames, ceramics, among others, but these require other techniques and craft processes.

Hot Foil Stamping Machine

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Hot Stamping Foil hand machine, we can see the metal mold that is heated to create the result.

So, you may be wondering: What does this have to do with the other foil accessories? Is this one better? Our answer is that the accessories we saw earlier, made of foil, allow you to do personalized work on a wide variety of surfaces, offering an excellent finish, but we understand that you should know both sides of the coin, it seemed good to us. idea to give you an introduction to the industrial way of doing it, creating relief on your surfaces through the mold. No technique is better, just different.

What features does this equipment offer you?

  • Creation of reliefs in materials from plastic to leather.
  • Printing of any surface.
  • Foil application.
  • Filling of the mold design.
  • Job creation in seconds.

But since it has many advantages, it also has disadvantages, the main one being that you have to create the molds of the designs, which limits your creativity and the work to be done.

With this entry we seek to introduce you to the paths of industrial foil, it does not have to be your passion, but it is important that you know the process in case you want to expand expectations and how it happens to us, since we see a material identify how it was made, we want taking you to that level is skill. Until next time.

Emi Group RD

Desde 2017