Images Magazine Digital Edition February 2019

PF SCREEN PRINTING www.images-magazine.com 70 images FEBRUARY 2019 From ovals to squeegees to exposure units, our annual round-up of screen printing essentials has everything a decorator could need from the industry’s leading brands and distributors Screen time Adelco: The Matrix Oval Adelco, which has been manufacturing screen printing systems since the 1970s, comments: “We have built a strong global reputation for producing cutting edge equipment. Adelco has an extensive development programme to ensure its products provide unmatched specifications in terms of quality, price and reliability. Our experience has created one of the most accurate and reliable fully automatic screen printing presses.” The Matrix oval from Adelco is said to take up less floor space than comparable carousel-based machines, and “enables greater stability with larger print areas”. It also promises versatility with multiple flash, cooling and speciality print stations as required for water-based, discharge and speciality printing. The Matrix is fully modular, which gives printers the ability to increase the number of print heads and stations as their business expands. Available in three standard print size formats, it can be configured for almost any production requirement with an almost infinite number of pallets and print stations. Other features of the Matrix include individual servo- driven print heads for a smooth stroke, a high power servo index, chain-free pallet movement for longevity and minimal maintenance, an independent screen lift/lower and optional stations for the AD Hybrid digital station. It also has a “strong and stable structure with unparalleled support of print arms during print cycle for exceptional print quality and repeatability”, reports Adelco, along with “a smooth and quiet operation due to a unique rail-and-drive system that ensures almost silent operation, creating a quiet print shop environment”. www.adelco.co.uk The Matrix promises smooth and quiet operation thanks to its rail-and-drive system Dalesway Print Technology: Vastex Screen Printing Presses “With the Vastex range of screen printing equipment, Dalesway Print Technology is proud to constantly challenge convention in the industry,” says the company. “Our entry-level press may have no bells and whistles, but compared to its competition, the V100 is unmatched in its ability to hold registration. For the serious printer that needs to start small, the all-heads- down V100 is therefore the best possible entry level choice.” According to Dalesway, the Vastex V2000 press offers “the simplest and fastest micro-registration capabilities available on the market”. It adds: “When time is money, a V2000 is your ideal companion.” The Vastex IR (infrared) tunnel dryers promise “extremely compact footprints” with energy efficient models capable of curing from 110 items per hour in an area the size of a modest table. Dalesway reports that Vastex offers “industry leading-LED technology in the range of screen exposure units on offer and many innovativ e ancillary items to ensure every job can be performed consistentl y and accurately from art room to final cure”. www.dalesway.co.uk Vastex infrared dryers