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    Rotary Screen Printing Machine

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    Rotary screen printing uses a cylindrical screen that rotates to print on roll fabric. It can print on narrow or wide textiles at a consistent speed. The process involves applying print paste to engraved rollers that force the paste into the fabric as it passes between the rollers and a central cylinder. Multiple colors can be printed in one continuous operation. The printed fabric is then dried and cured. Rotary screen printing allows for high yields with fewer constraints on color numbers compared to other printing methods.

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    Rotary Screen Printing Machine

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    Rotary screen printing uses a cylindrical screen that rotates to print on roll fabric. It can print on narrow or wide textiles at a consistent speed. The process involves applying print paste to engraved rollers that force the paste into the fabric as it passes between the rollers and a central cylinder. Multiple colors can be printed in one continuous operation. The printed fabric is then dried and cured. Rotary screen printing allows for high yields with fewer constraints on color numbers compared to other printing methods.

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    Rotary screen printing uses a cylindrical screen that rotates to print on roll fabric. It can print on narrow or wide textiles at a consistent speed. The process involves applying print paste to engraved rollers that force the paste into the fabric as it passes between the rollers and a central cylinder. Multiple colors can be printed in one continuous operation. The printed fabric is then dried and cured. Rotary screen printing allows for high yields with fewer constraints on color numbers compared to other printing methods.

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    Rotary Screen Printing Machine

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    Sm Mahiuddin Rasel
    Rotary screen printing uses a cylindrical screen that rotates to print on roll fabric. It can print on narrow or wide textiles at a consistent speed. The process involves applying print paste to engraved rollers that force the paste into the fabric as it passes between the rollers and a central cylinder. Multiple colors can be printed in one continuous operation. The printed fabric is then dried and cured. Rotary screen printing allows for high yields with fewer constraints on color numbers compared to other printing methods.

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    Rotary Screen Printing

    Machine
    Rotary Screen Printing Machine
    Rotary screen printing is so named because it uses a cylindrical screen
    that rotates in a fixed position rather than a flat screen that is raised
    and lowered over the same print location. Rotary presses place the
    squeegee within the screen. These machines are designed for roll to
    roll printing on fabric ranging from narrow to wide-format textiles. In
    rotary printing, the fabric travels at a consistent speed.
    Features
    • Floating bearing system.
    • Very easy handling of screen.
    • Space savings.
    • Micro gearing synchronization device.
    • Easy Screen running due to1:1 gear ratio.
    • Any repeat possible between 500 and 1018 mm.
    • Stepless width variation between maximum and minimum printing
    width.
    Working Principle
    • This process involves a print paste (like a thick paint) that is applied to an
    engraved roller, and the fabric is guided between it and a central cylinder.
    • The pressure of the roller and central cylinder forces the print paste into
    the fabric. Because of the high quality it can achieve, roller printing is the
    most appealing method of printing designer and fashion apparel fabrics.
    • Long runs of the same fabric design are produced on a roller print
    cylinder machine operating at speeds between 50 and 100 yards a
    minute. As many as 10 different colors can be printed in one continuous
    operation, but each colour must have a separate roller.
    • The design is cut into the surface of copper rollers; by varying the depth of
    the engraving on the roller the shade depth can be altered.
    • Sharpness of line and fine detail can be achieved this way. A typical printing
    machine has a large padded drum or cylinder, which is surrounded by a
    series of copper rollers, each with its own dye trough and doctor blade that
    scrapes away excess dye.
    • The tubular screens rotate at the same velocity as the fabric, the print paste
    is distributed inside a tubular screen, which is forced into the fabric as it is
    pressed between the screen and a printing blanket (a continuous rubber
    belt). It picks up colour from the engraved area of each roller in sequence.
    • The printed cloth is dried immediately and conveyed to an oven that sets
    the dye. Knitted fabric is mostly printed in this method as it does not pull or
    stretch the fabric.
    Process Flowchart
    Fabric is fed into the printer section
    ↓
    Fabric passes under the rotating screens
    ↓
    Pumping of printing paste
    ↓
    Squeezing of print paste
    ↓
    Fabric passes into drying woven
    ↓
    Curing and Washing
    Advantages
    • The nickel mesh is light.
    • It is convenient to load and unload the rotary screen, register and add
    pulp, etc. Therefore, labor intensity is low.
    • With a high yield, matching color number has fewer constraints.
    • Since the processing is carried out under no tension, it is suitable for
    printing a fabric that is easily deformed and a wide fabric without a
    lining cloth.
    Disadvantages
    • High cost of engraving leads to expensive short runs.
    • Size of repeat limited to about 65 cm, lesser than manual screen
    printing.
    • Fabric wastage is high.
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