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
ESC-COMEC KP16 4C pad printing machine



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

electromechanically driven step-by-step feeder


electromechanically driven elliptical feeder


electromechanically driven linear feeder


pneumatically driven rotary table


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 2C (version TI)


KP16 5C KP16 5C



Machine details


pad holders adjustable in height

pad holders adjustable in height

modern, closed ink cup system

modern, closed ink cup system

automatic pad cleaning station (optional)

automatic pad cleaning station (optional)

micrometrically adjustable cliché holder (optional)

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.