When you plan to get the custom electronic service, electronic enclosure manufacturers may ask whether you need laser engraving or silkscreen printing? In this issue, you may hesitate to decide which method to mark your logo. Actually, both of them are the most commonly used and practical printing technology. The major difference between them is they use different materials in the design. The laser engraving uses a laser beam to mark the logo, and the screen printing uses ink. Today, the author would give you an introduction about these both technology and help you decide to apply which printing method.
What’s Laser Engraving?
According to Wikipedia, laser engraving is the modern technology of using lasers to engrave an object, as a result, the object has permanent marks. From the perspective of the practical, laser engraving is a process that uses the laser beam to vaporizes materials into fumes to engrave permanent, deep marks. In this process, the laser beam plays the role of chisel, leaving the marks through the way of removing the layer of the surface of the material. During the leaving process, the laser beam hits the major limited areas with huge energy, whose heat is high enough to arrive at the requirement of vaporizing.
The laser engraving has the most unique feature that it is capable to engrave the 2D codes. Furthermore, the 2D codes sustain the high readability after the post-process. Those post-process includes e-coating, blasting, and heat treatment.
What’s Silk Screen Printing?
Silkscreen printing is one of the most common printing technologies that is a technique for surface printing. It is a technology that the worker cut out of the slice of design from a paper or other material, and then rub, roll, spray paint or ink through making use of the cut-out areas. Silkscreen printing is versatile for diverse materials such as cotton, metal, wood, plastic, and so on. The logo also can be designed more sophisticatedly. Also, it is cheap for large quantity printing.
Conclusion
Both technologies have their own advantages in the customized enclosure. If you want to get a permanent mark, you could choose laser engraving. If you want to not only get the relatively reduce cost but also the great pattern in detail, you could choose the silk screen printing. YONGU always offers customized design services and these two printing technologies to our customers. Click Here to know more about electronic enclosures.
