What is Technical Printing?

对于需要紧密公差和规格的功能印刷，技术印刷技术是完美的解决方案。

This blog is the first in our new series on technical printing. Throughout this series, we will describe the procedures involved in creating technical printing solutions, from start to finish. To begin, we'll focus on defining technical printing and what it's used for.

Introduction to Technical Printing

技术性印刷是一种用于功能印刷项目的通用术语，落下外部行业标准，材料，流程和规格。这些项目需要极其紧张的公差和关键产品规格，通常属于高度监管的行业，如医疗行业。该过程遵循当前的良好制造实践（CGMP），该规则是FDA强制执行的规定，以确保产品始终如一地满足所需的质量标准。技术印刷和功能性印刷都用于类似的应用，例如用于膜开关。功能印刷具有更宽容的规格，而技术性打印要求更严格。

Examples of Technical Printing Projects

技术印刷部件的常见示例是印刷电极，其是用于用于电化学分析的条带。这涉及技术印刷，因为它们通常用于高度调节的医学领域，在糖尿病测试条等应用中。当制造印刷电极时，在聚酯上错综复杂地印刷导电线，通常使用包括碳，融合银和银氯化银的导电油墨。

With technical printing, applying a conductive ink to a surface is similar to the process of applying frosting to a cake. When you squeeze a bag of frosting, a controlled amount comes out of an opening at the end. This same process is how conductive inks are applied as circuit lines on polyester substrates during technical printing.

Technical Printing for the医疗产业

Boyd经常为电化学测试条和装置制造电极，例如糖尿病测试条或快速诊断实验室。Boyd用银，碳或各种导电油墨打印电极来测量电流或其他信号。我们的客户将在电极顶部涂上试剂。当那些试剂暴露于血液的体液时，发生化学反应，并且电极将检测到该反应并将信号发送到其供电的器件。这是在微小的尺度上完成的，信号的读数必须完全准确，这就是为什么本部分需要具有高度审查的技术打印。电路中的大型差异改变了结果，可以使测试条失效，因此需要更严格的技术印刷公差。

许多变量进入技术印刷项目, such as the curing times and quality of inks, as well as the substrates and thicknesses used. These variables are closely controlled, especially when making electrodes for medical equipment. These parts go on critical equipment and could mean life or death in certain situations, such as buttons for a medicine administration device used in hospitals or printed electrodes used in diagnostic labs for diseases. Boyd is a trusted manufacturer for technical printing projects with years of experience in the medical industry and other highly regulated industries.

在我们的下一个博客中，我们将如何结束如何技术印刷项目从开发到生产。