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By Wolfgang Heitkamp
Printing Training
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Rotary – Screen Printing
Automatic flat-screen machines
cannot be described as continuous
because of their intermittent
printing action.
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In rotary-screen printing, continuous
rotation of a cylindrical screen while in
contact with the fabric ensures
continuous printing.
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In the case of blade squeegees, the
the rotation of the screen in contact
with the stationary blade provides
the pressure to force the colour paste
through the screen.
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The design of most rotary screen
printing machines follows the pattern
established for plat-screen machines
with an endless driven blanket washing
and drying underneath during the
return passage.
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Buser Rotary Printing Machine
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The cylindrical screens can be much
closer together than it is possible with
flat screens and so the blanket is shorter
for a given number of colours.
The fabric dryer, however, must be longer
to enable the dryer to dry the printed fabric
at a much higher running speed.
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Speeds up to 30-50 m/min are used
depending on the design and the fabric
quality.
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Inside the screen the pipe is rigid as
it also acts as a support for the squeegee.
Holes in the pipe allow the paste to run
down into the bottom of the screen.
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Squeegee Systems
Blade squeegee
(conventional)
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Blade squeegee
The curvature of the blade, and therefore
the angle of the contact between the
blade and the screen, changes according
to the applied pressure, which can be
readily altered by adjusting the bearings
at both ends of the squeegee assembly.
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Squeegee Systems
Airflow squeegee
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Airflow squeegee
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Squeegee Systems
Magnet roller
squeegee
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Magnet roller squeegee
The magnet roller squeegee is exceptional
ease to operate with relatively few control
functions.
The diameter of the roller and the viscosity
of the paste mainly determine the amount of
print paste applied.
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Squeegee Systems
When printed light-weight fabric a
metal blade is often preferred to a
rod.
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Rotary screen
Although the seamless nickel
screens are only about 0.1 mm
thick, they are strong enough
provided they are put under
lengthways tension.
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Rotary screen
Light aluminum alloy end-rings are
fitted to the ends of the screen, care
being taken that the plane of the ring
is at right angles to the axis of rotation
of the screen.
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Rotary screen
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Closed Bearing System
Stork Rotary
Buser Rotary
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Open bearing system Buser
StorkRotary
Rotary
Zimmer Rotary
Buser Rotary
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Blanket and screen drives Stork Rotary
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Stork RD4 Stork Rotary
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Stork Rotary
Stork RD4
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Stork Rotary
Stork RD4
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Blanket washer
Stork Rotary
Stork RD4
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Stork Rotary Wet Gluing
Stork RD4 System
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Stork Rotary Large
Stork RD4 repeats
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The duplex printing
Stork Rotary unit
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Transfer paper
printing
Stork Rotary
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Stork Rotary
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Stork Pegasus
Stork Rotary
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Stork Pegasus
Stork Rotary
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Stork Pegasus
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Stork Rotary
Stork Print – Change System
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Pegasus
Stork Rotary
Stork Print – Change System
The system consist of a number of
mobile shutters (one for each print
position) that can be inserted between
the screen and the printing blanket.
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Pegasus
Stork Rotary
Stork Print – Change System
Once a printing position has been
raised, the shutter can be positioned
at the touch of a button.
It makes a complete seal, so that screens and
squeegees can be removed without any risk.
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Stork Print – Change System
Stork Rotary
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They slide into a cassette at the bottom
of the printing machine; any paste
leaks are scraped off during this
process.
The shatters can be operated on a
position by position bases.
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Stork Print – Change System
Stork Rotary
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Print + Change can put an end to this
screens and squeegees of previous
designs can be dismantled during the
printing process without any problem.
Printing can continue at full speed;
there is no risk of cloth contamination
and the screens for the new design
can be installed at the same time.
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Stork Print – Change System
Stork Rotary
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Stork Print – Wash System
Stork Rotary
The Stork Print@ Wash system is used
to clean screens and squeegees after
printing, without removing them from
the machine.
The system is an extension of Print@
Change shutters, where the printing
machine continues to print specific
positions while other positions are
cleaned.
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Stork Print – Wash System
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Buser Rotamac 5
Stork Rotary
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Buser Rotamac 5
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Reggiani
Stork Rotary
UNICA
Rotary printing
machine
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Reggiani
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UNICA
Rotary printing
machine
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Stork Rotary
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Washing in progress
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Zimmer Rotascreen Stork Rotary Closed
screen bearing
system
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Stork Rotary Closed
Zimmer Rotascreen
screen bearing
system
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Stork Rotary
Open screen
Zimmer Rotascreen bearing system
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Open screen
bearing system
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ICHINOSE SAMURAI
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Ichinose SAMURAI
Rotary screen printing
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Ichinose SAMURAI
Rotary screen printing
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SAMURAI
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Colour circulation
The colour paste is pumped from
above into the screen, the volume
is controlled via pump speed.
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Colour circulation
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Colour circulation
As claimed by Ichinose this
supply system provides outstanding
uniformity; the colour flows conti-
nuously in a closed circulation.
The rheological properties remain
extremely constant.
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Magnet squeegee
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On – machine washing Stork Rotary
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On – machine washing
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Once printing has been completed,
the colour residue is extracted at
the same time from screens and
pipes.
This process is highly effective, as
the colour remaining in the screen
will follow the law of gravity and
flows of its own accord to the point
of extraction
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On – machine washing
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On – machine washing
After the colour residue has been
extracted, service water is fed into
the system.
This water flows through the screen
and is conveyed – together with the
water flowing out of the screen – into
the service water tank.
Final rinsing is effected using a small
amount of fresh water.
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On – machine washing
Stork Rotary
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On – machine washing
Compressed air is fed into the screen
together with the washing water.
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SAMURAI
Colour changes are effected
without removal and re-
installation of the screen.
They remain on the machine, safe
from damage.
The result is less misprints, no re-
registration is required, fitting is
perfect, right from the first meter.
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