Let’s first talk about commonly used trademarks, also known as trademarks, woven labels, and woven labels. The raw materials are all 100% POLYESTER synthetic fibers. It is mainly divided into two types: woven edge and cut edge:
The trimming trademark, as the name suggests, is used on specialized high-speed machines. On this machine, it is woven like a piece of fabric, then cut into strips according to the marked width. Due to the thermal melting properties of polyester, the yarns will stick together during cutting and will not scatter. For this reason, the appearance and feel will be affected to a certain extent. Ultrasonic cutting can be used to improve, but this increases the unit price. Generally, customers still accept electric wire cutting because the cost is relatively low. In addition, the trademarks cut on the machine are packaged in strips, but they are sewn onto the clothes one by one. Therefore, the trademarks will have subsequent processes, including cutting, shaping, and locking. Because the maximum width of this machine is 20.8cm, which means it can weave labels of this width, and can also process various shapes of cut edge fabric labels. According to the process classification, it can be divided into two categories: flat labels and satin labels.
Flat label: A simple flat label is formed by interweaving one warp and one weft, resembling a fabric structure. Generally speaking, warp yarns are fixed, either black or white, so there is a distinction between black and white. For light colored backgrounds, white is generally used, while for dark colored ones, black is generally used. The pattern and color of fabric labels are mainly expressed by weft yarn, and the color expressed should be different from the effect of crossing with warp yarn. Due to the limitations of the types of weft yarns used in general machines, the colors that can be expressed are also limited, generally within 8 types. As can be seen from the above, the price composition factors include: the width of the trademark (i.e. the amount of warp yarn used); The length of the trademark and the length of each color along the warp direction (total color yarn length). In order to express details and colors more richly, the weft of the trademark is doubled, which is called a double-sided label. If a certain sample color needs a more three-dimensional sense, an additional layer of yarn is added, which is called a heavy shuttle. Except for washing and sizing, most use flat double-sided labels.
Trademarks are all made of yarn to express patterns, and there must be differences from the original graphic design, so it is impossible to produce large quantities without a small sample confirmation. Woven edge fabric label: When the required trademark is woven in one go according to the width requirements, it is called a woven edge trademark. This process avoids many drawbacks of edge cutting, but the yield is relatively low. There is also a distinction between flat and satin, characterized by a soft and firm texture. It is more suitable for high-end clothing products, such as fashion, suits, etc., and is most commonly used by Japanese manufacturers who value quality. The machines are also made in Japan. Weaving edge markers are usually used for satin markers, but the satin background color is difficult to express. This problem is often solved by processes such as ironing/dyeing. The setting of whether a machine should be flat or satin is generally relatively fixed. The width of cut edge satin generally cannot exceed 10.8CM, and the width of woven edge generally does not exceed 5.0CM. There are generally wooden shuttle machines for edge weaving, and the colors cannot exceed four; There is also a crochet machine that can weave various qualities of craftsmanship, and even add transparent polyester thread to the warp, known as a fish thread crochet machine.
The cost composition of fabric labels is not only related to width, total length of each color, and craftsmanship, but also to the variety of yarn used. JB series yarn is commonly used internationally.
Screen printing: The offset printing mentioned above is more suitable for high-quality and large-scale paper printing, and screen printing is a very flexible processing technology.
Principle: It is basically like wax paper oil printing, but the version is different. There is a specialized silk screen printing. It is printed directly. Thick ink coating.
Features: Low plate making cost, suitable for printing on any medium: paper, plastic, PVC material, fabric, glass, etc. For example, small batch simple paper hang tag processing has obvious drawbacks, such as imprecision and inability to perform four-color printing. Even if it is possible, the dots are still coarse and poor. Of course, machine printing is better than manual printing. The commonly used accessories for screen printing processing include plastic tags, various leather tags, various PVC tags, woven tapes, special printing tags, etc. The combination of screen printing and offset printing can also create special effects on clothing tags.
Screen printing voltage gauge
We usually see various PVC labels, three-dimensional labels, reflective labels, inflatable labels, etc. The process is to first determine the materials (materials are an important component of cost composition), then print them according to the required size and color on the materials, and then take them to a high-frequency voltage machine. With the prepared mold, the required three-dimensional sense and one or more of the required materials are pressed together. The quality of a product is closely related to its design, especially the materials used.
Rubber seal – drip plastic label, PVC label, leather label
Regardless of the name, it makes sense. The raw material is PVC, and there are also environmentally friendly materials such as Silikon CLICONE. The method is similar to making mooncakes. First, make the mold, then fill it with various pre colored liquid PVC, send it to the oven, fully react in high temperature, and then take it out to cool and fix it. Basically, bake one color at a time. Finally, it is necessary to trim and organize the edges. It can be seen that the more complex the pattern, the higher the cost, the more colors, and the larger the size, the more difficult it is to make, and the higher the cost. Ordinary materials are very cheap, in addition to environmentally friendly materials. The surface of the pattern is a horizontal plane, which is relatively simple and is called a flat seal; If the surface of the pattern is a certain curvature of the facade, forming a three-dimensional adhesive seal is more difficult and costly. So the corresponding mold opening fee will be charged based on the difficulty level of the appearance. The application of rubber seals is not only for ordinary clothing identification, but also widely used in small gifts such as keyrings, phone straps, and phone holders. The production of rubber seals is labor-intensive, and the speed of production is largely limited by the size of the molds used. Mold is a relatively large part of production. In terms of design, attention should be paid to not expressing too small details, usually over 2mm, and each color block should have gaps.
