In the eyes of those who don’t know the badge making industry, badges are just pieces of iron or iron sheets, and they think it’s easy to make. However, they don’t know that a small metal badge the size of a fingernail needs to be tempered and refined before it can be formed. Although the object is small, the process is not simple. Then let’s take a look at the processes that need to be paid attention to when making badges!
Process 1: Design the badge drawing. Whether the badge is good-looking or popular, design is the first priority. The original image is best a vector image. If you want to generate a 3D badge result image, you need the support of software such as 3DMax.
Process 2: Make a badge mold. Remove the color from the draft designed on the computer and make a metal corner draft with convex and concave colors. Print it on sulfuric acid paper at a certain ratio, use photosensitive ink to expose it to make a carving template, and then use an engraving machine to carve the mold according to the shape of the carving template. After the mold is carved, the model needs to be heat treated to enhance the hardness of the mold.
Process 3: Pressing. Install the mold that is often heat-treated on the press table, and transfer the pattern to different badge making materials such as copper sheets or iron sheets.
Process 4: Punching. Use the pre-made knife mold to press the object according to its shape and punch it out with a punch.
Process 5: Polishing. Put the object punched out by the knife mold into the polishing machine to polish it, remove the burrs of stamping, and improve the brightness of the object.
Process 6: Solder the accessories of the badge. Solder the standard accessories of the badge on the back of the object with solder.
Process 7: Electroplating and coloring the badge. Electroplating the badge according to customer requirements can be gold-plated, silver-plated, nickel-plated, red copper-plated, etc., and then coloring the badge according to customer requirements. After coloring, high-temperature baking is performed to enhance the color fastness.
Process 8: Pack the finished badge according to customer requirements. Packaging is generally divided into ordinary packaging and high-end packaging such as brocade boxes, etc. For this, we generally operate according to customer requirements.
After reading these 8 badge production processes, do you still think that making a small metal badge is very simple? Every step in badge production is very important. If there is an error in one link during the production process, the badge will be scrapped. This is commonly known as the scrap rate in the industry. The higher the scrap rate, the lower the factory’s profit.
Post time: Jul-19-2024