Does a higher resolution of image create better results?
Sandra Woerle, Marketing, SignTronic/Grunig-Interscreen, poses this question and details the comparison made to achieve the best outcome
SignTronic, together with other suppliers, have joined forces to show that the number of dpi, together with lower resolutions of image, can achieve perfect results. In the use of lower resolutions, the condition of an optimally selected mesh is essential.
In addition, a copying emulsion needs to be precisely adapted to the mesh.
TWO COMPANIES – ONE VISION
Sandra Wörle, Bachelor professional screen printing / Marketing Grünig and SignTronic, outlines the need for automation and standardisation to simplify screen printing.
Until recently, screen printing has been one of the most widely used finishing methods. This application – despite expectations and prognostics – has been refined and improved. More and more, companies set their stakes on this printing process or find the best results using serigraphy screens..
Simplifying screen printing on glass surfaces
The quality of a screen-printed glass product will only be as good as the previous process, i.e. the screen making procedure, explains Sandra Woerle from SignTronic/Grünig-Interscreen.
The demand for glass screen printing technology is rapidly growing, whether we are talking about disposable or
reusable products, solar panel plants covering the electric requirements of entire cities, decorative glass elements, or interior applications as well as generally in the automotive sector. In particular, the high-quality decoration and functional printing sectors are particularly versatile and interesting, and these are exactly the ones that require top quality and standardised procedures.
Art for Athlets
Andreas Ferndriger interviewed Fischer Sports GmbH management to find out why the Austrian winter sports company chose printing equipment and technology from SignTronic/Grünig for decorating its products.
SignTronic and Grünig offer overall solutions on a worldwide level for automatic screen making. With distribution partner Putz Drucktechnik, and in close co-operation with Fischer Sports in Austria, they were able to come up with a state-of-the-art solution to help Fischer optimise the printed designs on its skis.
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Upgrading to automation for standardised screens
Andreas Ferndriger explains how automated screen-making equipment from SignTronic and Grünig has helped German glassware manufacturer Glaswerke Haller to modernise and optimise its operation.
A specialist in glassware for 75 years, Glaswerke Haller offers optimal solutions for any type of individual requirements – from smaller to larger projects and even up to exclusive single parts.
CtS Direct Exposure
There are some myths regarding the productivity of CTS direct exposure for screen printing that need to be addressed. Stefan Rothenbach looks at the influence different light sources and direct emulsions can have on the process.
Before broaching the subject of ‘light sources and direct emulsions’ in detail, let us recall the essential considerations for
selecting the right type of computer-to-screen (CTS) system.
One step ahead
Shaping chaos into productivity: David Forrester Zamith looks at how screen printing adapted to the pandemic and what it needs to do to continue to evolve.
As a result of the Covid-19 global pandemic, lockdown in Portugal, as elsewhere, caused normal economy to halt, with no sales and no orders, and with production and logistics chains broken. In Europe a chaotic situation emerged with a lack of adequate face masks and PPE due to dependence on overseas products, particularly from Asia.
Seeing the light
Automating screen preparation can save time and money. Advocating CTS exposure, Andreas Ferndriger introduces a flexible new LED concept that caters for up to four wave lengths.
For the majority of companies, 2020 – dominated by the global Covid-19 crisis – was demanding and a real challenge. Whilst the number of incoming orders suffered a serious slump, they needed to find a way of keeping the costs under control and reducing them – a juggling act that required an unprecedented amount of flexibility.
Advancing with automation
David Zamith explores the importance of automation in digital CTS screen stencil making, and discusses how to position screen printing at the forefront of the 4th Industrial Revolution
From my e-work platform I wish all of you and your loved ones the best of health! The economy must go on and we have to be prepared for future recovery; perhaps working in different ways from those in which we operated before the COVID-19 pandemic.
High-tech from Swiss countryside to the global market
The homes of Grünig and SignTronic are no fancy big city manufacturing sites but medium-sized production and company offices in small villages near Niesen mountain (Grünig) in the western part and the Säntis (SignTronic) in the eastern part of Switzerland.
Focused on suitable production premises to cover the needs of its internal departments, as well as to highly educated and professional employees, both companies sign also for modesty in their appearance, says Andreas Ferndriger. Many customers are astonished to find the production of such high-tech products in small villages. International companies supplying clients in more than 40 countries around the world with high-tech products are – normally – not to be found up in this countryside.