PAD printing and meeting regulatory requirements

[Justanobody]

Wondering if anyone, outside medical, has any experience with PAD printing on a finished good and required regulatory information. Trying to explore options and possible roadblocks.
Greatly appreciate your insight.

 

[Jim Wynne]

Welcome to the Cove.
If not medical, what regulations are you interested in?

 

[Justanobody]

UL/FM/CSA/ETL....

 

[Jim Wynne]

Do you have any specific questions?

 

[Justanobody]

Who has used PAD printing with regulatory information on their products and what "system" did they use?

 

[ScottK]

so using pad printing for the actual marks, like the UL symbol, on the part? I don't see an issue as long as you verify/validate that it won't come off without serious effort (i.e. during normal use over it's lifetime) and that it's legible.
Are you looking to outsource or do in-house? If you outsource, your supplier should be able to guide you to the right ink for your application.

 

[Justanobody]

In house.

 

[ScottK]

In house.

Then your ink supplier should be able to recommend the right ink for the job and I'd probably do periodic adhesion testing to the appropriate ASTM standard. Maybe do an accelerated aging test to validate the process.

 

[Justanobody]

Thank you. Also going to need try to get EU regulatory agencies to buy in on it.

 

[Jim Wynne]

There are usually wear requirements for pad printing, and Taber is the primary source for information on test devices and requirements in general. www.taberindustries.com/taber-rotary-abraser