Plastic and Silicone Part Marking

Identify Your Product and Quickly Inform

With Boyd’s marking methods for all shapes, sizes, and complexity, identify plastic and silicone components with critical information such as brand name, part numbers, and lot numbers.

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Whether for medical, automotive, or other industries, Boyd’s knowledgeable experts can help provide guidance on optimal part marking to help your product meet visual and industry requirements.

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Combine Boyd’s marking and labeling solutions with our extensive molding and converting capabilities to create custom, fully-assembled solutions to lower cost and simplify your supply chain.

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Part Marking and Labeling

Marking plastic and silicone components can help heighten your brand and identify your products with key information. Boyd offers several different processes for marking silicone and plastic products, including laser marking, inline printing, and pad printing. These processes can be used to create fixed markings, such as date clocks or product lettering, or more complex markings, such as Unique Device Identification (UDI) marks to ensure traceability of silicone or plastic products in regulated industries. Depending on the application, we can even mark certain silicone and plastic products using RFID chips.

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Marking Methods:

Boyd primarily uses three methods for marking plastic and silicone components:

Laser Marking:

Laser Marking involves imprinting markings directly into the material using a laser. The laser irradiates the material, which triggers a local chemical reaction, resulting in the material changing colors. Laser Marking creates a mark that can’t be wiped off or removed through cleaning or use, since it’s created in the material itself and not just on the surface. Laser marking works with translucent silicone or plastic products and is ideal when markings need to be permanent for the life of the product.

Inline Printing:

Inline Printing, or printing directly onto the part while on the production line, helps save cost and improves process efficiency by allowing for continuous production. Inkjet printing is generally used and is directly integrated into the production process. Products can be marked at intervals of approximately 25cm.

Pad Printing:

Pad Printing is an offset printing process where ink is transferred from a printing plate to the required component via a pad. Pad Printing does not require a flat surface, so it’s ideal for decorating curved, textured, or irregularly shaped plastic or silicone products. Pad Printing can be highly customized with colors and is perfect for unique individual part markings.