The difference between laser engraving and screen printing.

The products produced by laser engraving and silk screen printing may appear similar on the surface, but in reality, there are still significant differences.

1. The fonts and patterns of laser engraved products have translucency; Screen printed products are opaque. Laser engraving is similar to the carving form of stone tablets, and there will be a concave feeling when touched by hand.
2. For laser engraved products, the color of the font and pattern is the material color, and the base color is the ink color; At this point, silk screen products are exactly the opposite of laser engraved products.
3. In terms of wear resistance, silicone products using laser engraving technology are higher than those using screen printing technology. The patterns carved from radium will not wear out over time, but their disadvantage is that they cannot be as colorful and vivid as silk screen products.
4. The principles of the two processes are different: laser engraving uses laser burning to treat the surface of the product, which belongs to the optical principle; Screen printing is a physical principle that allows ink to adhere to the surface of a product.
5. Price difference: The price is determined based on the difficulty and size of the font and pattern of the product to be processed. The specific price will be quoted in detail by professional laser engraving and screen printing manufacturers based on the actual situation.
The full name of silk screen printing is screen printing, which works by exposing graphics to a screen and performing ink leakage printing through ink. So screen printing is also plate printing. The same screen printing plate only needs to change the color of the ink to print various different colors according to customer requirements, and multiple colors can be printed on the same pattern at the same time. Nowadays, multi-color screen printing machines are very popular in the market.
Laser engraving, due to its laser burning process, results in a concave pattern when touched by hand; Screen printing does not damage the surface of the product. After printing and baking, touching with your hand will reveal that the graphic is convex upwards.
Compared to laser engraving, screen printing has a richer and more three-dimensional pattern hierarchy, and the color of the pattern can also be varied. Moreover, the screen printing process does not damage the surface of the product. But the silicone products carved with radium are more wear-resistant and transparent. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages, and are indispensable processes in our silicone products.