Close tolerance screen and stencil printing is usually associated with smaller-format substrates and print areas such as used in micro-electronics. In recent times, however, there is a growing need for larger-format applications as used in the medical, solar, display, and flexible electronic circuitry fields.
MTS® Series printers allow better process stability for large areas--in all axes, and with superior results based on your screen making capabilities. Preco’s X-Y-theta camera registration can be equipped with a variety of fiducial recognition techniques, to provide unique repeatable accuracy for all formats.
| Feature | Benefit |
X-Y-theta vision registration and positionable screen frame |
Allows the web to be firmly fixed in place during the print stroke. |
Moving Table System |
Maximum to minimum images are printed from the center of the screen—“sweet-spot” printing. |
Solid-steel 50mm-thick printing surface |
The most technically-flat print table in the industry—assures uniform ink thickness in accordance with the stencil. |
Four individual off-contact motors |
Programmable off-contact and peel from the monitor easily provides distance setting, peel rate and starting point. |
Cassette-style screen insertion & pneumatic locking |
Easy frame loading encourages fast machine job set-up. |
Simulated Step-and-Repeat™ |
Indexed images can be spaced evenly to within ±0.075mm to each progression. |
Choice of squeegee operation modes* |
Permits traditional screen printing, or stencil-plate printing used for applying solder paste, blind-via fills and photoimageable compositions etc. |
Integrated web splicing |
Allows new roll introduction for continuous feeding. |
Web tension control* |
Prepares substrate for required printing condition. |
Inspection table |
Immediate availability of just-printed wet ink sample for image correction during setup. |
Registration strategies* |
Ability to select blob analysis (standard), scribed line recognition, reading of back-lighted materials, reading of transparent patterns |
*denotes option if selected for your specific requirements.
- Drying Options:
- Tower convection (various lengths)
- UV curing (microwave or ballast medium pressure lamps)
- Substrate cooling during the UV cure
- Dichroics, quartz shielding
- Custom substrate chill plates
- Infra-red curing solutions
- Web Cleaning: Contact or non-contact
- Corona Treatment
- Static Neutralization
- Inline capabilities
- Slitting
- Die cutting
- Laser marking, scoring or cutting
- Web Interleaving and lamination. Provides capability for slip sheeting, wet-ink spacer introduction, mask application or removal etc
- Flexible Circuitry (solder mask, photo-imageable coatings, nomenclature, etc.)
- SMD (web solder paste application, blind via fills, conductive adhesives, etc.)
- Bio-Sensors (test strips, tab electrodes, defibrillator pads, etc.)
- Thin-Film Solar Photo-Voltaics (collectors, insulators, z-connectors)
- Displays (bistable, electro-luminescent, etc.)
- RFID (antennas, interposers, connectors, etc.)
- Fuel Cells
- Membrane Switch Assemblies (overlays, circuitry, adhesive, etc.)
- Polyesters (PET, PEN, etc.)
- Polyimide
- Polycarbonate
- Polypropylene
- PVC (rigid calendared or limp)
- PMMA
- Thin metal foils (dependent on softness rating) or foil laminates
- PSA materials
- Many papers
- Thickness range from 50 microns (0.002”) to 380 microns. Other thickness dependent on material flexibility.