What are the common logo making processes?

Logo making process plays a vital role in the process of business operations. How a product logo is applied can largely reflect the image of the brand. Logo not only concerns product design but also reflects the product technology.  With the development of the social economy and the improvement of people’s standard of living, the requirements for the logo process are getting higher and higher. The following will specifically introduce the common logo making process classification and its technical principles.

Ⅰ.What are the common logo making process?

1、Surface treatment

Spray painting technology

Spray painting technology is a technique that sprays specific paint directly onto the surface of an object along a specific trajectory via a nozzle. The technology is easy to operate, and has a wide range of applications. It can spray different materials and shapes of objects into various logo shapes. At the same time, this technology can form a layer of protective film on the surface of the object, protecting the object itself from external corrosion, and improve its service life.

Electroplating Technology

Electroplating technology is a technology that deposits metal ions on electrodes, utilizing electrochemical principles to reduce the metal ions to real metal and form a thin layer of metal on its surface. The common gold-plated color logo is a typical metal plating logo. The logo produced by this technology has bright color, hard texture, high gloss, outstanding corrosion and abrasion resistance.

Atomization process

Atomization process can spray Logo patterns onto the surface of an object through specific atomization spraying technology, forming clear, soft, and unique surface textures.This process can produce a variety of unique logo surface texture effects such as matte, creamy texture, etc. It is suitable for the production of logo on tempered glass, stainless steel and other materials. Atomization process is currently the most widely used and expressive and easy-to-use technology in the logo making market.

Partial polishing

The part where the logo pattern is located is polished to give the pattern area a bright and smooth effect, thus highlighting the visual effect of the logo pattern. This process is suitable for the production of logos in key locations, such as keychains, jewelry, watches, etc.

Hot Stamping/silver Stamping Process

Hot stamping/silver stamping process means that the printing and hot stamping with traditional logo patterns are made first, and then transferred to the product surface by high temperature pressure to show the color of the logo plated with metal or silver effect. This process can realize various silver-plated and gold-plated effects on different product surfaces, which is applicable to the production of logos on various products such as leather goods and packaging cartons.

Engraving

Laser engraving technology

Laser engraving technology is a well-designed logo engraving on the surface of the technology, the technology according to the logo pattern set the corresponding laser parameters, through the high-energy laser beams to the surface of the object to remove a certain amount of material ablation, the formation of the required logo modeling. The logo produced by this technology can maintain the exquisite quality after enlargement and has a wide range of applications.

CNC engraving technology

CNC engraving technology is a kind of logo production technology based on graphic image processing and CNC processing technology to realize, with the designed logo as the input, the use of CNC numerical control processing tool will logo accurate engraving on the surface of the goods. This technology can produce logos with a high degree of complexity and simulation, so it is often used for high-precision production.

Hollowing technology

Hollowing technology is the process whereby a logo element is completely cut out of the surface of an object by a process such as cutting or laser scribing to create the effect of one or more spaces. The Hollowing technology is highly personalized, especially since the process can be created with complete freedom by means of contour lines and graphics. The technology product visual effect is unique and beautiful, commonly used in a variety of materials logo production.

3、Transfer printing

Thermal transfer technology

Thermal transfer technology refers to the logo pattern first printed on a special material thermal transfer texture, and then the pattern through the machine’s high-temperature pressure, the pattern will be transferred to the corresponding artifacts on the surface of the technology. The logo produced by thermal transfer printing is rich in color, realistic in effect and clear in pattern. Its versatility and diversity make it a popular product in the current market.

Silk screen printing technology

 

Silk screen printing technology is through the printing screen technology will be printed on the surface of the logo pattern technology, the technology is simple to operate, and the logo made with this technique looks vivid and has a certain ornamental value. It is used in a wide range of fields, including packaging printing, tableware printing, decorative printing and so on.

Water transfer technology

Water transfer technology is a technology that utilizes water medium and specific printing paper to transfer patterns to the surface of specific items. By soaking the designed watermarking paper in water and then laying it on the surface of the object to be printed, the water will transfer the pattern on the printing paper to the surface of the object to form a logo. This technology increases the beauty of the product without changing the texture of the object surface.

4、Film pasting

PVC film pasting technology

PVC film pasting technology is a use of printing technology on PVC film printing process, and then cut and paste the printed pattern on the surface of a film technology. This technology has a wide range of applications, is cost-effective, and has a relatively soft texture with strong toughness, making it adaptable to various object surface shapes.

Heat-setting film pasting technology

Heat-setting film pasting technology is the printed logo material after a series of processing technology, the formation of heat dissipation cavity, bulging logo pattern, through the heating of the technology will be pasted on the surface of the object. The logo produced by this filming technology has a flat surface, regular shape and three-dimensional effect, which is excellent in visual effect.

5、Parts

Injection molding technology

Injection molding technology is a technology that melts plastic materials evenly, then injects them under a certain pressure through an injection molding machine, and then closes the mold to make the plastic fill the mold to form the desired structure. This technology can make any shape of logo , with a wide range of applications, and has become one of the most popular production methods.

Metal die casting technology

Metal die-casting technology is a technology in which a metal material is filled into a mold under a certain pressure to form a precise desired structure. This technology can produce logo patterns with high precision and density, and is therefore widely used in automotive, electronics, and other industries.

Inlay pasting

Inlay pasting technology is to cut the designed logo elements into individual blocks or strips through printing, cutting and other processes, and then affix these elements to the surface of the product through special glue or similar substances to form a unique, multi-dimensional and three-dimensional logo pattern. It is commonly used on the surface of complex fixed objects, such as auto parts, tires, watches, leather and other products.

The above introduction of logo production process is not all, but they are currently the most popular and widely used techniques. These techniques may complement each other, and the most suitable process should be selected according to specific needs and uses to produce exquisite logo products. In general, with the development of the market and consumer demand changes, logo making process is constantly updated and improved. Each logo making process has its own advantages and characteristics, need to be considered before the specific production, in the limited time and budget to choose the appropriate logo production technology, to produce the most appropriate for the enterprise logo works, so as to achieve better branding results.

Ⅱ.How to choose the appropriate logo making process?

To choose the right logo production process for insulation bottles, you can consider the following aspects:

1. Before choosing the process, you need to consider the material, shape and logo style of insulation bottles need to be printed as well as quality requirements and other factors.

2. Select the appropriate production technique based on the Logo design style, color, etc. For example, spray painting or transfer printing techniques are suitable for making Logos with many colors and clear blocks; laser engraving technology is suitable for making logos with small and precise details that require high accuracy. Electroplating technology is suitable for making logos with metallic luster, and so on.

3. For the choice of production process, you also need to consider  the required quantity, production time and cost. For example, spray painting or transfer printing techniques are suitable for producing a large number of logos. Laser engraving or electroplating is suitable for small-scale production.

4. Before selecting the process, you need to understand the advantages and disadvantages of various processes and the scope of application, and according to their own situation to choose the most suitable production process. For beginners, you can consult the advice of professionals or go to a professional production manufacturer for consultation and site visit ability program to ensure that the production results meet the requirements.

In summary, choosing a suitable insulation bottle logo production process is the key to making high-quality logo. You need to choose the most suitable production process according to the product demand and actual conditions, in order to achieve the best thermal insulation bottle logo effect, adding more possibilities for brand promotion and marketing.