What Is A Heat Transfer Label/Tag?

• The design image is printed onto special transfer paper or synthetic film. This substrate has a special coating known as a release layer. This aids the transfer of the image onto the garment. The image is printed in reverse on one side with the coating.
• Methods of printing include Silk Screen, Flexo, Digital or sometimes a combination of two of these systems. Focus has developed both its Letterflex and Silk Screen equipment under the TAGTRANS umbrella for volume production of tag-less labels and heat transfers.

• The printed image is applied to the garment through a heat press at a controlled temperature, under specific pressure and an exact time. Heat presses can be a sample clam shell design or semi-automated in a production line.
• The textile substrate is laid on the press, and the printed transfer paper or film is then placed on top with the inked side in contact with the fabric.
• The press is set to the recommended pressure and time.
• The handle is lowered to clamp the heat press shut; an alarm will sound when the time is up.
• The transfer paper is then peeled off (some types must be left until they are cold; others should be removed while still warm) leaving the inked design permanently transferred into the fibres of the garment.

Heat transfers produced on Focus TAGTRANS equipment are high quality, reliable, and ensure reduction in waste production compared with those on manually produced equipment. Our technology can be customised to your individual requirements and tailored to whatever textiles you need to apply tag-less labels to.