Foil stamping
Foil stamping is the application of pigment or metallic foil, often gold or silver , but can also be various patterns or what is known as pastel foil which is a flat opaque color or white special film-backed material, to paper where a heated die is stamped onto the foil, making it adhere to the surface leaving the design of the die on the paper.
There are different types of foil, some appropriate for line work,others are better suited for covering large areas.
Foil stamping can be combined with embossing to create a more striking 3D image.
Here you may find more information about Hot Foil Stamping
Embossing – Debossing
Embossing creates a magnificent graphic element by allowing designs to be raised or depressed in the paper.
Embossing places a raised image on a box.
Debossing presses an image into the surface of the paperboard.
A score that will allow a carton to fold without cracking requires a female channel into which the steel creasing rule will press the paperboard.
In the same way,the more elaborate images pressed into a box panel for debossing or embossing requires both a raised male die and a recessed female die.
Window Patching
Sometimes there’s no substitute for seeing what’s inside the box,so we can place and glue a rectangular patch of window film in precisely the right spot over a cutout on a folding carton.
It can be a perfect solution, both for functional reasons (so the product does not come into contact with the carton) and for aesthetic reasons (so the product is visible).
Here how it’s done.
Die-cutted boxes are fed with the printed side down through the window patching machine.
A pattern of adhesive is applied to the cardboard box.
The roll of window material is unwind and cut to the desired length.
This “patch” is transferred to a vacuum cylinder.
At the precise moment, the vacuum is released and the patch is compressed onto the carton as it passes below.
Folding and Gluing
The final box must be folded, glued and shipped flat.
When it reaches the customer it will be opened, formed into a tube and filled with product.
In order for this to happen, adhesive must be applied to one or more points for gluing.
