Decal installation/application
Decal installation/application
(OP)
We are currently using IMD (in-mold decoration) for adhesion of decals on high-volume plastic parts. This is an expensive option, and in our case creates a problem with part number proliferation.
As a cost savings, we're looking at pushing that product differentiation to the end of the line and installing decals manually. We've typically avoided this because of the difficulties associated with applying them without bubbles, straight, etc.
What are industry best-practices associated with decal application in a high-volume manufacturing environment?
As a cost savings, we're looking at pushing that product differentiation to the end of the line and installing decals manually. We've typically avoided this because of the difficulties associated with applying them without bubbles, straight, etc.
What are industry best-practices associated with decal application in a high-volume manufacturing environment?





RE: Decal installation/application
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
RE: Decal installation/application
The cheapest labor available to do the differentiation you want is the customer himself. I suppose that could work, given support in the form of phones answered by native speakers, and even a few people set up to go out and fix whatever the customer screwed up, gratis.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: Decal installation/application
Cheers
Greg Locock
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