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Screen Printing Column (27)

~Are you washing your face?~

Do you wash your face when you wake up in the morning?
When asked about this, I say, "Of course. I don't work with a dirty face!"
By the way, how would you feel if someone asked you, "Do you wash the squeegee, which is the face of screen printing, every day?"

The squeegee is immersed in ink when printing, working hard in solvents, resins and fillers.Please clean the squeegee after work.

So how should we do that?
Before this explanation, the role of the squeegee will be explained first.The squeegee holds the ink firmly and applies pressure to push the ink out of the plate.Therefore, if the tip of the squeegee is uneven, it cannot catch the ink.Also, if the squeegee becomes wobbly, it cannot apply pressure to the ink.
 
So for maintenance, first polish the tip of the squeegee smoothly.Like the beautiful skin of a beautiful woman!A clean squeegee surface is important for beautiful printing.
Next, give your hard working squeegee a good rest.You can't do a good job if you're tired, right?The same is true for the squeegee, if it is soaked in the ink solvent for a long time, the solvent will permeate the squeegee and the squeegee will swell.Use it for a day, then let it rest for a day.
As you can see, squeegees need maintenance and rest just like humans.

We sell a squeegee polishing machine as a squeegee maintenance machine.
If you read this column and thought, "What is a polishing machine?", you may not be doing squeegee maintenance.It's like saying you wash your face every day and not knowing your face wash.
A small squeegee grinder "SA-1", large squeegee grinder "SG-500HR” to keep your squeegee clean.
NEWLONG SEIMITSU KOGYO CO.,LTD.
〒141-0022
3-21-5 Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo-to
TEL.03-3473-1155
FAX: 03-3473-5055
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