Photoengraving

Why choose photoengraving

Designers and operators interested in making objects made of plastic, rubber, fiberglass, die-cast, blown or rolled articles, are well aware that photoengraving can give multiple advantages:

  • aesthetic advantages: it gives originality, care and elegance to the object, a real and unique "personal" character.
  • functional advantages: it can increase the grip and resistance to scratches and streaking of printed products as well as being able to mask any molding defects thus avoiding waste of products.
  • Novatex provides its customers with a wide range of textures to choose from, from the reproduction of natural surfaces such as wood and leather to geometric designs or patterns.
    Thanks to our graphical team, we are also able to satisfy personalized and creative requests, creating new textures and designs that are not included in the proposed standard samples, based on the needs of our customers.
    Through photoengraving it's also possible to reproduce words and logos, diagrams and illustrations in parts of the mold where it sometimes appears to be difficult and expensive to obtain with normal mechanical processing.

    Materials

    Steel (composed of no more than 13% Cr), aluminum, copper, bronze, graphite (see electrodes), nickel, zinc, titanium, brass, silver and gold.

    Electro-discharge machining

    It is possible to affect EDM, without having to resort to polishing treatment but by carrying out a particular surface treatment thanks to the expertise of our laboratory technicians.

    Depth control

    The engraving depth is measurable, therefore it is possible to request the desired depth for each of our textures.

    Shades

    It is possible to modify, by fading, the depth of the photoengraving in the presence of areas where the taper is lower than what is required to ensure a correct extraction of the printed part or for aesthetic purposes.