Rotary Screen Printing Process

As most of the screen printing procedures are different.

Rotary screen printing process.

This process is called rotary screen printing. In contrast to intermittent flat screen printing rotary screen printing is fully continuous with fabric speeds up to 50m per minute if adequate drying capacity is available. Have a question need a quote. Screen printing is a printing technique where a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil a blade or squeegee is moved across the screen to fill the open mesh apertures with ink and a reverse stroke then causes the screen to touch the substrate momentarily along a line of contact.

In flat screen printing the squeeze is used. A printing machine that utilizes seamless cylindrical screens made of metal foil was originally developed in holland. In rotary screen printing colored paste is forced through the open areas of a cylindrical printing screen that rotates as the fabric moves beneath it. Typical speeds are from 50 120 ypm 45 100 mpm for rotary screen printing depending upon design complexity and fabric construction.

The machine employs a rotary screen for each color as in flat screen printing and the design for each rotary screen is made in a manner similar to automatic flat screen printing. As a result considerable amounts of dye paste end up in the wastewater because the volume of the machines is significant and a substantial quantity of. In rotary screen printing for every colour there is a screen a supply system for the colour and a paint kitchen inventory. After every printed batch the system has to be cleaned thoroughly.

Rotary screen printing enables a wide range of applications including metallic doming security printing and braille. The print finish quality of rotary screen printing is not to the same standard as modern day discharge printing machines. Beside the rotary screen is round in size and it rotates. We can discuss about the difference between flat rotary screen printing process.

After print application the process is the same as flat screen printing. In flat screen printing technology the screen is flat and moves up and down. Screens have to be cut and made to the design we require and each colour way has to be.