Heat Press Machine

A heat press is a machine engineered to imprint a design or graphic on a substrate, such as a t-shirt, with the application of heat and pressure for a preset period of time. While heat presses are often used to apply designs to fabrics, specially designed presses can also be used to imprint designs on mugs, plates, jigsaw puzzles, caps, and other products.

Most heat presses currently on the market use an aluminium upper-heating element with a heat rod cast into the aluminium or a heating wire attached to the element. For high-volume operations involving the continuous imprinting of items, automatic shuttle and dual platen transfer presses are used. The substrates to be imprinted are continuously loaded onto the lower platen and shuttled under the heat platen, which then applies the necessary heat and pressure.

The pattern is printed in sublimating ink on sublimating paper which allows the pattern to transfer.

FAQ

What is a heat press and what does it do?

A heat press is a type of machine that utilizes heat in order to apply designs onto various substrates. It uses a combination of pressure from the heated upper platen onto the lower platen in order to achieve its results. The majority of presses are used to apply heat transfers onto a range of garments.

What is a heat press made of?

Most heat presses currently on the market use an aluminium upper-heating element with a heat rod cast into the aluminium or a heating wire attached to the element. For high-volume operations involving the continuous imprinting of items, automatic shuttle and dual platen transfer presses are used.

What are the different types of heat presses?

There are three main types of heat presses, all of which have their own advantages and shortcomings.

• Clam shell. Like their name suggests, these heat presses use a mechanism with top and bottom plates that resemble a clam shell or jaws. …
• Swing away. …
• Draw.