Production process
Process 1: Design medal artwork. With the popularity of computer technology, computer drawings replaced previous manual drawings. The popular production software for medal artwork design includes Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw. If you want to generate a 3D medal artwork, you need software such as 3D Max. Regarding color systems, PANTONE SOLID COATED is usually used because PANTONE color system can better match colors and reduce the possibility of chromatic aberration.
Process 2: Making a medal mold. The computer-designed manuscripts were imported into the engraving machine program to compile the tool path for mold carving. During the engraving process, the thickness of the knife lines should be paid attention to. After carving, it is necessary to compare whether the mold is missing. Finally, the mold is heat treated to enhance the hardness and durability of the mold.
Process 3: suppression. The often heat-treated mold is mounted on a press table and the pattern is transferred to a different medal making material such as a copper sheet or iron sheet.
Process 4: punching. Using the die cutter that was done in advance, the product was washed down with a punch press according to its shape.
Flow 5: Polishing. The product punched by the die is put into the polishing machine to remove the punched burrs and improve the finish of the product.
Process 6: Welding medals accessories. Solder the back of the product with a medal standard accessory or a customer-requested accessory.
Process 7: Plating and coloring medals. According to customer requirements, the medals can be plated with gold plating, silver plating, nickel plating, red copper plating, etc., and then the medals can be colored according to the customer's requirements. After the color is finished, high-temperature baking is performed to enhance the color fastness. Through this step, a complete medal meeting the client¡¯s requirements was produced.
Process 8: Packaging the produced medals according to the customer's requirements. The packaging is generally divided into ordinary packaging and high-grade packaging such as brocade boxes, which we generally operate in accordance with the requirements of customers.