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Oct 15, 2022
Impacts of Removing Heat from Screen Printing
Heat has been one of the inherent challenges in screen printing since the beginning. That paradigm is now a thing of the past. This video details the sources and measurement of heat and then documents how the SST LED technology produces so little heat while still providing high curing dosage. On-press examples with data and the benefits of removing heat are provided.
PROVEN RESULTS OF REMOVING HEAT FROM FLEXO PRINTING:
- 1. Elimination of web breaks and melting events due to heat
- • Resulting wasted substrate, labor and press time
- 2. Elimination of capital cost of chill drums and chilling system on new presses
- • $100K to $ 170K depending on size of press and OEM
- 3. Elimination of operating, maintenance and utility costs of chill drum and chilling systems
- 4. Elimination of hazardous chemicals used to chill the water
- 5. Elimination of large chilling system footprint
- 6. Enables printing heat sensitive substrates without adding chilling to existing press
- 7. Faster and more consistent job registration on heat sensitive substrates
- 8. Decreases print quality variation from temperature fluctuations as chill system cycles on/off
- 9. Reduces air conditioning demand in warm months
