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Six-Axis Rotating Head Golden Embossing Machine

Details: The Six-Axis rotating head golden embossing machine is a stamping machine with a head movable on six axes. The first axis, ‘Z’, at the top of the machine, is for punching, the second one is the rotary axis for indexing letters, the third one is for changing the angle and elevation of letters, the fourth one, ‘X’ axis and the fifth one ‘Y’ axis are for moving bed in the position of X-Y laterally and the sixth one is for foiling, i.e. golden roll winding. The machine facilitates golden embossed printing on a diary, paper, or file of any material - leather, canvas, plastic, or sheet. The whole system is software operated. Once the required text is entered into the software and the print command is given, the system starts printing. The device can emboss 350 characters in 1 minute.

Innovator: Ravindra Ganpat Chopade, Mumbai, Maharashtra

State: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org

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