Forward Thinking in a Challenging Business Environment

The direct benefits of this process are clear and quantifiable:

• 1/30 production time
• 1/6 labor
• 1/20 product defects
• 1/10 energy cost
• 100% reduction in harmful VOC emissions

Automating screen making

One of the most labor-intensive processes in screen printing is the process of making the meshed screen with the stenciled image used to print each color. Traditionally, screen makers handle screens up to 30 times, requiring an employee to retrieve them from the press, wipe off the ink, clean it, wash it, and prepare it for new emulsion. Then it would go through imaging, developing, washing out, drying, taping, blocking out, and inspection to have the screen ready to return to the press. This involved lifting and moving frames multiple times — with some as large as 60x79” — and requiring that employees come in direct contact with chemicals.