Etching laser printing is a method of using chemicals to cut a design or pattern into a metal surface. Etching your own designs into metal is easier than it may sound, and it can be a fun and rewarding way to make your own jewelry! Learn the basics of how to choose your metals, choose your etchants, create or transfer your images with resists, and complete the etching process. Discover how to make a float boat for suspending your designs in etchant — plus find basic etching safety precautions, design considerations, and free projects.
Stainless steel etching laser print processOur stainless steel etching process takes stainless steel laminated with a photoresist mask printed with a CAD image of the component, which is then selectively etched with ferric chloride, a safe to use, recyclable etchant chemistry.Suitable steel and stainless steel gradesWe chemically etch ferritic/martensitic, austenitic, duplex and precipitation hardened stainless steel grades from stock. We also machine specialist grades, including Sandvik Chromflex strip steels, and work with customer-supplied metals.
Copper etching service offers a fast, cost-effective alternative to traditional stamping, laser and water-jet cutting.Due to thier delicate, reflective nature, laser cutting and stamping copper-based alloys have proven difficult, often compromising material integrity, flatness or quality of cut.
Aluminium etching uses easily re-iterated and low-cost digital tooling, providing a cost-effective and fast manufacturing alternative to stamping, laser and water-jet cutting. Aluminium and its alloys have always proved difficult to machine. Similarly, with etching, the process is not straightforward. Aluminium releases heat energy during etching, resulting in a rough, granular edge. We have developed a proprietary method for etching aluminium and its alloys, producing cleaner edge profiles with greater accuracy.
Titanium etching is a subtractive metal machining process which uses specialist etchant chemistry to profile complex, highly accurate precision components.
Metal etching offers a variety of advantages, regardless of the method and plate material you choose.
For example, metal etching is universal, it can be used as machine product labels, hangers, souvenirs, clothing labels, and brand alloys attached to products.