Combination Rotary Screen Printing

Inside the rotary screen subsystem

Screen printing is unlike any of the other printing processes in that the image is actually transferred to the substrate through the image carrier. A stenciled screen mesh cylinder is inked on the inside. As the web contacts the rotating mesh cylinder, a squeegee pushes the ink through openings in the screen onto the substrate. The size of the openings (or the mesh) in the screen, and the amount of pressure applied by the squeegee control the thickness of the ink deposit.