Making a keychain with a UV printer laser ARTJET 2025

Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

 

So far,  UV printer-related issues, We’ve compiled

24 articles on ink supply issues,
9 articles on head basics,
12 articles on actual head issues and their solutions,
10 actual mechanical Machine Problems and Solutions.
12 Problems and Solutions of Electronic Boards and SW Actually Issued
11 Problems and Solutions: Sai Rip Installation and Basic Settings, Spot Color Creation, and More

For related information, click on the article to go to the link.

 

Now, I’m explaining about the products that can be made with a UV Printer

1. How to print in Braille

2. “When printing on the front and then flipping the material over to print a different image on the back, can the front and back positions be aligned exactly?”

3. “Can I express a gradient with White? Is it possible to print it with a three-dimensional effect?”

Expressing gradients and three-dimensionality with white

4. “It is not easy to print a phone case because of the height of the iPhone 14 camera.”

5. “Do not print masks with a UV printer.”

6. Conditions and precautions required for printing natural and artificial leather with a UV printer.

7. I will explain how to print on the round name tags used on the soccer strategy board.

8. Description of Primer functionality and limitations

9. “After UV printing, they say they use a camera to align the position and cut only the desired location… I don’t know how that works.”

10. “How much will I earn if I sell my UV-printed phone case?”

11. Explain the difference between screen printing and inkjet printing.

12. Practicality of the Circular Bottle Print Jig

13. Precautions for Canvas Printing

14. How to create an epoxy effect by applying only varnish to the printed material

15. Creating a Light Frame with a UV Printer & Laser

16. Making Equipment Button Name Tags with a UV Printer Laser

17. Making a Cell Phone Grip Tok with a UV Printer and Laser

 

Today, I’ll show you how to make an acrylic keychain using a UV printer and laser.

I. Manufacturing process _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

 

1. Same process as the mobile phone griptok _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

It is the same process as the mobile phone griptok production explained previously. Please refer to the details below.

17. Making a Cell Phone Grip Tok with a UV Printer and Laser

 

 

2. With the introduction of acrylic bonding _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

Keychains were sold on 3mm-thick acrylic with CWC back printing.

However, this method exposed the ink, requiring strong adhesion to the acrylic and a hard ink that wouldn’t scratch with a fingernail.

Until 2019, almost all companies produced keychains this way.

 

However, one company developed and began using an acrylic bonding machine.

• After printing the CWC back on 2mm-thick acrylic,
• they bonded a 1mm unprinted acrylic,
• and then laser-cut the keychain.

Bonding prevented the ink from being exposed, solving adhesion issues, contamination, and everyday scratches.

Furthermore, the image visible through the front and back transparent acrylic enhanced the print quality.

Afterwards, other companies also began to introduce bonding, and now many companies use bonding machines.

 

II. laser cutting machine _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

1. The fear of being new _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

After selling UV printers for over 15 years, when I first brought in laser cutting equipment,

• the manual was poorly written.
• I experienced many ups and downs installing the software program.
• I also encountered many ups and downs installing additional cameras and crop mark cutting programs.

I introduced laser cutting equipment to sell alongside UV printers, and I was still learning. After all these ups and downs, I was afraid to sell. So I gave up selling laser equipment and learning more.

After that, whenever I needed laser cutting, I hired an engineer to do it for me.

Then, after finally learning it, I was able to cut in less than an hour.

It was easier than I expected.

You can learn laser cutting by simply watching the video below.

Crop mark cutting methods

Most Chinese-made laser cutting equipment uses the RD Works program.

You can perform crop mark cutting by following the laser crop mark cutting video at the end of the video.

 

2. CCD? Camera cut? Crop mark cutting? _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser  

This is all the same, and I’ll explain crop marks, which are crucial for camera cutting.

Before that, please refer to the following for the principle of how the laser aligns the cutting position after UV printer printing.

9. “After UV printing, they say they use a camera to align the position and cut only the desired location… I don’t know how that works.”

 

Crop Mark Display Format

• The black circles in the photo below are called crop marks.
• Most crop marks are created by creating a black circle on a large white area.
• The white border is used to ensure the black crop mark is easily visible on camera.

Black Crop Mark Circle Diameter

• Chinese laser equipment using the RD Works program recognized crop marks with a diameter of at least 5mm.
• When tested with a diameter of up to 10mm, the camera recognized the marks correctly, and crop marks between 5mm and 10mm seemed to work fine.
• It seems that most people use a default diameter of 6mm.

Number of Crop Marks

• The camera recognizes and cuts even with just two crop marks.
• However, due to camera error, cutting errors can occur with only two crop marks.
• To minimize this error, a minimum of four crop marks is required.
• In practice, five crop marks are the default.

Also, the larger the image to be cut, the higher the chance of errors. Therefore, most acrylics are typically cut to a standard size of 300 x 600.

If the crop mark is too close to the image,

If the crop mark is too close to the printed image, the camera will recognize the circular image surrounding the image as a crop mark.
In this case, an error message will appear indicating that the camera failed to recognize the crop mark because the crop mark is not located in the image file.

 

If the camera fails to recognize the crop mark,

• you can either cover the circular image on the acrylic print with masking tape.
• You can also create a gap between the crop mark and the image from the beginning to exclude the circular image from the camera’s detection range.
• In the RD Works camera program, you need to reduce the camera’s detection range to recognize the crop mark.

3. Concerns about Chinese-made laser cutting machines _Making a keychain with a UV printer laser

 

“American and German products do not catch fire when cutting acrylic, but Chinese laser cutting equipment catches fire when cutting.”

Opinions may vary from user to user, but I have seen cases where German equipment caught fire.
This part is related to the laser cutting power and speed settings, and the wind speed used during cutting.
Of course, there are differences depending on the type of acrylic used.

 

“American and German products have right-angled cutting surfaces, but Chinese laser cutting equipment does not.”

Whether the laser source is perpendicular or not depends on the angle, the reflector mirror settings, and the flatness of the plate.
This depends on the level of engineers setting up the equipment.
For high-end equipment vendors, this issue is unlikely to occur often due to their high quality control standards.
However, this situation can arise if Chinese equipment is imported and sold without sufficient research.

 

“American and German products have shiny and clean cutting surfaces, but Chinese laser cutting equipment does not.”

This part is the laser cutting power and speed settings, and the acrylic itself.
In particular, there is a huge difference depending on the acrylic material.
Some acrylics are shiny, but they tend to light up and go out when cut,
and some acrylics don’t light up well, but after cutting, the grain is more visible for some reason,,
You need to find the right material after testing various acrylics.

 

“A few things to acknowledge”

The laser source is CO2, so there are times when the laser power jumps.
For this reason, it is difficult to make elaborate assemblies using the laser, but it is not a big problem to use it for cutting purposes such as key rings.
In fact, I have seen people using Japanese equipment for UV printers, but Chinese equipment for cutting.

Also, it is better to use dedicated engraving equipment rather than cutting equipment for engraving.

III. This is how ARTJET supports our customers.

One thing I feel while selling and maintaining ARTJET UV Printers for 5 years is that the next most important thing after product stability is Troubleshooting DATA.

All products have problems, whether they are actual equipment problems or consumer errors, and product stability is how easily and quickly you solve those problems.

We are organizing all the troubleshooting DATA as follows.

You can see the product print quality by clicking here.

 

1. Additional information on printhead problems

Please refer to the information summarized above, and there is no additional information summarized yet.

 

2. Additional information on ink supply issues

Please refer to the information summarized above, and the additional information summarized below is as follows.

Addition

“no clogged nozzles, but banding in the red ARTJET 2025”
“When I print it, the whole thing has a yellow tint to it”

 

3. Additional information on Mechanical issues 

Please refer to the information summarized above, and there is no additional information summarized yet.

4. Additional information on Electron board and Software issues 

Please refer to the information summarized above, and there is no additional information summarized yet.

5. Additional information on Sai Flexi Rip software  

Please refer to the information summarized above, and there is no additional information summarized yet.

6. Problems and solutions from actual consumer sites

1. Paper that absorbs ink
2. A line-like thing appears at the end of the white print surface
3.Can varnish banding be reduced?
4. Are there many problems with China’s UV Printer?

7. UV Printer Application 

we are explaining not only UV printer problems and solutions, but also what products are produced with UV printers.

1. Braille printing
2. Flip the material and align it
3. 2.5D UV print
4. ARTJET UV Printer Application 6 _아크릴 본딩 장비
5. I phone 14 print limitation 
6. Mask printing not recommend
7. Leather Cigarette Case UV Printing
8. Round soccer strategy board UV printing
9. Primer  performance & limitation 
10. UV Print & Laser crop mark cutting
11. Mobil case UV print profit
12. Screen vs Digital Comparison and UV Printing on Hand Sanitizer Cases
13. Bottle zig & print
14. Canvas UV Printing
15. Applying epoxy effect with varnish
16. Making a light frame with UV Printer & Laser cutter
17. UV Printer & Laser Cutting Equipment Button Name Tag Making
18. UV Printer & Laser Cutting Making a Cell Phone GripTok
19. Making an Acrylic Keychain with UV Printer & Laser Cutter
20. UV Print with Zig
21. How to make RD WORKS CCD camera cutting Video manual
22. Acrylic bonding equipment
23. All the steps to create UVDTF
24. UVDTF TEST Result on various material
25. ARTJET CW+C Print time & Ink Cost
26. Create a white shield with different images on the front and back of the keyring
27. Keyring Business Required Equipment and Investment Costs
29. Acrylic Lighting Goods
30. Ballpoint pen jig printing
31. Staining occurs when printing on coated leather

 

That’s it for today.