ESC-COMEC KP16

Printing sizes of up to 145 mm diameter are considered as large-format in pad printing.

The ESC-COMEC KP16 pad printing machine fulfills requirements owing to its special internal construction and assures long-term smooth operation and precision.


Standard features:

  • closed ink cup system reduces ink consumption by 50 % and eliminates solvent odours
  • high-quality, low-wear ceramic ring
  • silent pneumatic precision drive
  • touch screen console for freely programmable machine functions
  • micrometric fine adjustment in x-y-z-direction with ± 15° rotation possibility at the cross table as well as ± 10° rotation possibility at the printing unit
  • pad holders adjustable in height
  • prepared to be connected to all optional feeding systems and optional equipment
  • prepared to be integrated into existing production lines
  • single operation for setup mode
  • single mode with operation via foot pedal or automatic mode



Optional extras:

  • individually lowerable pads (model TI)
  • automatic pad cleaning station
  • rotary printing device AUR-360
  • flaming station
  • Corona unit
  • Hot Wind Dryer Masterflow: blowing device for multicolor printing
  • automatic loading and unloading station



Optional feeding systems





pneumatically driven step-by-step feeder STEP 2 ST PN (for 2C machine)

electromechanically driven elliptical feeder ALM 12 ST P159 (4C)

electromechanically driven linear feeder ALM-LIN 20 ST (4C)

electromechanically driven rotary table T15

electromechanically driven step-by-step feeder STEP930 EL (4C)

electromechanically driven elliptical feeder ALM 14 ST P159 (5C)

electromechanically driven linear feeder ALM-LIN 26 ST (5C)

pneumatically driven rotary table TRP 160 and PN 250

electromechanically driven step-by-step feeder STEP1230 EL (5C)





Machine versions

KP16 2C (version TI)

KP16 5C


Machine details

pad holders adjustable in height


automatic pad cleaning station (optional)

modern, closed ink cup system

micrometrically adjustable cliché holder (optional)


Technical data:


KP16 1-5 colors

KP16 1-color Slide

cliché size

180 x 360 mm

180 x 850 / 220 x 770 mm

size of closed ink cups

ø 160 mm

ø 160 / 200 mm

max. printing size

ø 145 mm

ø 145 x 550 / ø 185 x 400 mm

horizontal pad stroke

360 mm


vertical pad stroke

125 mm

125 mm

max. contact pressure

7300 N

7300 N

mains supply  

380 V / 50 Hz

380 V / 50 Hz

compressed air connection

6 bar

6 bar

approx. weight

±1200 kg

±1000 kg

Subject to technical modifications.