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Ecolen Laser Engraver
In order to cater to customers demands of faster response, Stork has been regularly
modifying its equipment and processes to cater to this requirement. For quick
delivery of engraved screens, Stork was the first to introduce bestLEN in ITMA
2001. With introduction of bestLEN, downtime for engraved screens was greatly
reduced, as with this system mills do not have to spend time in developing and
polymerising the screens after engraving as in the old system. Ecolen, an economical
version of bestLEN with similar features but less efficient, was introduced
in ITME Birmingham 2003.
Till date Stork has sold over 45 bestLEN and 15 ecoLEN (since their introduction
in 2001 and 2003) respectively.
With the introduction of bestLEN and its revolutionary concept, Stork STK has
set a new milestone in textile engraving technology but it is an expensive machine.
In order to fight competition, Stork prints Austria have stared marketing ecoLEN.
This machine is ideally suited for those who want to compete in the market by
making engraved screens equivalent to the quality of bestLEN. The only problem
is the production of such screens will be low, but also the investment cost
of ecoLEN is low. This machine is ideally suited for those who have less engraved
screens per day with good quality and accuracy.
Advantages:
- High reliability
- Easier operation
- Fewer spare parts
- Shorter service times
- Stable colour yield
Speed
These machines are faster due to the increase in engraving speed and the advancing
of time consuming polymerising process before engraving as the user can keep
stock of various mesh and size of screens coated and polymerised.
Screen exposing and developing is omitted. In other words the screens are ready
for endring gluing and ready for printing. In case of screen breakage, the user
can get the screen reengraved and onto the machine for printing within an hour,
provided the necessary single component glue is used.
Advantages:
- Shorter process and engraving time
- Increased flexibility
- Better coping with production during peak season
- Less process steps in workflow.
Efficiency
The machines are more efficient by using a laster which is permanently filled
with gas. Gone are the days of keeping a separate room for generation of laser
beam and space required for the same. (approx. 30 per cent space for separate
room for storing the gases for production of laser beam).
Advantages:
- No more consumables such a wax or gas
- Lower cost of engraved screens
- Lesser power consumption
- Increase in quality and quantity
Savings in a nutshell:
- No more films
- No space needed for storage of films
- No joint marks
- No wet area
- Reduction in labour
- Saving in time of engraving screen
- Quicker remakes
- No more consumables
- Lesser spares
- Lower power consumption
- More output with no retouching or pinholes
- Lesser process steps
- Better quality and reproductivity.
Stork RD 8
This is Stork’s most competitively priced rotary printing machine. It is
also the most reliable and robust rotary screen printing machine, designed for
long, dependable and highly productive use. It is ideally suited for high volume
operations where quality is a priority.
The RD 8 is a successor of the well established and extremely successful RD
4 and is the latest in a long line of Stork rotary screen printing machines
best known for it’s quality and reliability at affordable price.
Squeegee System
A universal and versatile printing machine, the RD 8 accommodates two different
squeegee systems namely pneumatic and roller (magnetic) squeegee. Only on Stork
machine, a combination of both systems is possible. The blade squeegee is the
standard all-round choice and can be used with widest range of applications.
With a pneumatic squeegee, companies are able to control the application of
colour and thus are able to attain bright prints with surface printing. A roller
(magnetic squeegee) is extremely user-friendly system and the quantity of paste
applied depends on the roller (rod) diameter and the paste viscosity.
Glueing Device: The glueing device with RD 8 is the latest available with Stork
and is also being used on the Pegasus rotary machine. With this glueing system,
the user can get uniform layer of glue onto the substrate. It also helps reduce
glue consumption without compromising adhesion. The width and thickness of the
applied layer is easily adjustable during printing.
All the drives are AC inverter, all components of control panel are CE certified.
For higher levels of performance, users can opt for individual drive version
of RD 8 which is also available at additional cost. The individual drive version
of RD 8 brings at additional cost, and offers a higher level of printing sophistication,
automation and control to printing operations. The main difference between individual
drive and mechanical drive RD 8 is that each printing position is equipped with
its own motor and control panel. This brings several significant benefits:
- Easy screen insertions, fast register.
- Better quality through variable lead settings.
- Greater accuracy, easier operations.
- Synchornised opeartion
- Motorised repeat settings
- Automatic presetting system.
Advantages of Individual Drive System:
- No more connecting gearboxes, savings on wear and tear of gearboxes and
it’s maintenance.
- Ease of insertion and removal of screens as the mounting of screens is
from one position and that also in the top position.
- All screens come to start position when starting the printing sequence.
- All the longitudinal setting are controlled by a CPU which synchronsises
the drives to all screens.
Till date seven machines have been sold all over the world, since its inception
in May 2004. Most of the machines sold are already in operation.
- Three in China
- One in turkey
- One in Europe
- Two in India - To Ramkumar Mills Bangalore and Alok Industries, Mumbai
These products are marketed by A.T.E. Marketing in India, the marketing arm
of A.T.E. Group of companies and also represents products of more than 40 companies
both Indian and international, in India and overseas.
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