53 mm All-Electric Thermal Transfer Overprinter
No compressed air — lower running cost and consistent print pressure.
Built around your product
An electrically driven printhead removes the need for plant air. Print pressure is set digitally and stays constant, which improves print consistency and printhead life.
A thermal printhead with a row of tiny heating elements presses a ribbon against the film. Heated dots melt the ribbon’s ink layer onto the substrate. In intermittent mode the head travels across stationary film; in continuous mode the film moves and the head stays put. Clutchless ribbon drives keep tension constant and squeeze prints together to save ribbon.
Key features
- Airless electronic printhead drive
- Digitally controlled print force
- Lower energy use than pneumatic models
- Fast cycle rate for high-speed baggers
Process sequence
Mount
The printer sits in a bracket on the bagger, above the film web.
Sync
A print signal or encoder from the host machine times each print.
Transfer
The printhead melts ribbon ink onto the film at 300 dpi.
Advance
The ribbon drive indexes by the print length, minus the configured saving.
Seal
Printed film continues to the forming and sealing stations.
Machine video
A closer look at a typical thermal transfer (tto) installation. Ask us for a live demonstration of the TT-53A on your own product.
Specifications
| Model | TT-53A |
|---|---|
| Print area (intermittent) | 53 × 75 mm |
| Print area (continuous) | 53 × 300 mm |
| Resolution | 300 dpi (12 dots/mm) |
| Max print speed | 1,200 mm/s |
| Ribbon length | 1,200 m |
| Ribbon width | 20–55 mm |
| Interfaces | Ethernet, USB, OPC UA, I/O |
| Air supply | None required |
Typical configuration. Final values depend on your product and are confirmed in the quotation.
Add-ons
- Ribbon-save modes (radial, interleaved)
- Left- and right-hand versions
- Mounting brackets for common baggers
- Remote user interface
Suitable materials and packs
Questions
Wax, wax-resin or resin ribbon?
Can a TTO replace a hot-stamp coder?
Intermittent or continuous?
Get a proposal for this machine
- Application review by an engineer — material, code and line speed
- Trial marking, printing or packing on your own samples
- Quotation with layout, lead time, installation and service
Prefer to talk? Email info@motionworksrobotics.com or call +91 98100 93680.
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