Screen Printing

Screen registration system

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Das VRS Nadelbrett (links) arbeitet mit Nadeln, um alle Siebpositive miteinander zu registrieren, sowie Sieb-Arretierungen zum passgenauen Anbringen des Positivs auf einem Sieb. Dadurch können alle Siebe passgenau belichtet werden.
Vastex International has developed a pin registration system that enables anyone to register screens off-press instead of on-press, enabling press operators to print profitable work almost non-stop, according to Mark Vasilantone, president.

Called VRS for ‘Vastex Registration System’, it allows pre-press staff to register screens in three steps:

The VRS Pin Board (left) uses pins to register all screen positives with one another, and screen stops to register each positive onto a screen, allowing all screens to then be exposed in register. Corresponding screen stops on a Pallet Jig (right) enable press operators to locate screens onto any rear clamp press with all colors in register, in one- to three-minutes per screen.

 
1) attach positives to setup sheets in register using a pin board
2) attach positives to screens in register using the pin board screen stops
3) burn all screens on any exposure unit in register.

Corresponding screen stops on a ‘pallet jig’ enable press operators to locate screens onto any rear clamp press with all colours in register, in 1 to 3 minutes per screen, according to the company. “If a press generates €70 to €220 of profit per hour, eliminating one-half hour to two hours of registration downtime saves €35 to €440 every job,” says Vasilantone.

In addition to cutting registration time by 70% to 90%, the system is said to improve registration accuracy while reducing rejects and creating a shop registration standard. The system accommodates any type and size of screen.

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