Silkcreen Printing Introduce

Silkscreen Printing Working Principle

Silkscreen printing plays import role in packaging printing industry and decorate printing different kinds of packaging products (https://www.mcpackagings.com/products/). Silkscreen printing consists of five major components, namely screen plates, squeegees, inks, printing stations, and substrates. The basic principle of silkscreen printing is to use the basic principle of the screen printing part of the mesh to penetrate the ink, the non-image part of the mesh is not transparent to the printing. The ink is poured on one end of the silkscreen printing plate during printing, and a certain pressure is applied to the ink portion on the screen printing plate by the squeegee blade while moving toward the other end of the silkscreen printing plate. The ink is squeezed from the mesh of the graphic portion onto the substrate by the squeegee during movement. Due to the viscous action of the ink, the print is fixed within a certain range. During the printing process, the squeegee is always in line contact with the silkscreen printing plate and the substrate, and the contact line moves with the movement of the squeegee due to the screen printing plate and the substrate. A certain gap is maintained between them, so that the silkscreen printing plate at the time of printing generates a reaction force against the squeegee by its own tension, and this reaction force is called a resilience force. Due to the resilience, the silkscreen printing plate and the substrate are only in a moving line contact, and the other portions of the silkscreen printing plate are separated from the substrate. The ink and the screen are broken and the printing is ensured to ensure the dimensional accuracy and avoid the dirty substrate. When the squeegee scrapes across the entire layout, it is lifted, and the screen plate is lifted, and the ink is gently scraped back to the original position. This is a printing trip.

Advantage of silk creen printing

1. Not limited by the size and shape of the substrate

Generally, printing can only be carried out on a flat surface, and the screen printing can be printed not only on a flat surface but also on a specially shaped molded object such as a spherical curved surface, and the shaped object can be screen printed.

2. The layout is soft and small

The screen is soft and flexible.

3. Strong ink coverage

It can be printed on pure black paper with a strong white effect.

1. Suitable for all types of inks
2. Strong resistance to optical rotation

The gloss of the print can be made unchanged. (No effect on temperature or daylight). This allows for the printing of some stickers without the need for additional filming and other processes.

1. Flexible printing methods
2. Easy plate making, low price, easy to master technology
3. Strong adhesion
4. can be hand-printed by silk or machine-printed
5. Suitable for long-term display, outdoor advertising is expressive

Market expectation of silkscreen printing

Screen printing has the advantages of large batch size, low price, bright color, long shelf life and fast delivery. It is recognized by more and more industries and widely used. In the circuit boards of household appliances, patterns on textiles, T-shirts, cultural shirts, patterns on shoes, refrigerators, televisions, text on washing machine panels, decoration on ceramics, glass, wall tiles; various commercial advertisements, packaging, outdoor, fixed, mobile and other advertising platforms; in the packaging and decoration industry, high-end packaging boxes, packaging bottles, cigarette packets, wine bags, especially the super large outer packaging and product shape decoration - screen printing applications are abnormal Widely connected with our lives, its technology is mainly controlled by many printing houses, and the small and personalized screen printing technology is rarely taught in China, and the market is extremely broad!

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