In the field of industrial screen printing, managing the challenge of extremely small glass formats – such as 100×15 mm substrates – represents a top-level technical and engineering achievement.
Cugher is capable of developing highly specialized automatic screen printing lines, designed to handle these minimal dimensions with consistency, flexibility, and precision. This type of system makes it possible to automate a process that is typically managed manually.
Custom-Built System
The entire line is the result of targeted engineering work, where each machine has been reconfigured or developed with optimized technical features to ensure reliability and precision when handling non-standard formats.
- Roller Conveyors: Equipped with Ø 18 mm ground rollers, they ensure stable and continuous transport of extremely thin and narrow glass pieces, eliminating the risk of instability.
- Corner Conveyors: Fitted with closely spaced Ø 5 mm belts, interlaced with those of the next machine, they allow precise redirection of small glass panels without any risk of falling.
- Compact 100×30 Automatic Printing Machine: A fast and compact screen printer that optimizes automatic printing even on miniaturized glass, guaranteeing high precision with a reduced machine footprint.
- IR 100 Dryer: Designed with small-diameter drive rollers and Kevlar belt transport, it ensures uniform and safe drying of small glass pieces, even at controlled temperatures.
Operating Parameters
The performance achieved by this type of system confirms the effectiveness of the engineering approach adopted, resulting in concrete outcomes across all key operational parameters:
- Minimum glass size: 100 x 15 mm
- Glass thickness range: from 2.8 to 8 mm
- Cycle time: 7.9 seconds (for 800×100 mm glass)
- Printing accuracy: ±0.08 mm
- Line speed: 10–30 m/min
Line Flexibility and Performance Return
Adopting an automated screen printing line for small-format glass enables companies to efficiently and consistently meet production demands for non-standard formats.
The ability to integrate small glass sizes into a fully automated in-line production cycle represents a clear competitive advantage—reducing processing times, manual interventions, and the risk of errors.
Beyond precision, the line offers high adaptability to different production configurations, simplifying format changes and ensuring stability even with variable batch sizes.
Energy efficiency, achieved through careful design focused on consumption optimization, further contributes to the system’s sustainability—making it a strategic choice also in terms of reducing operating costs.
In an industrial landscape increasingly driven by miniaturization and advanced automation, having engineering solutions like this ensures continuity, quality, and scalability of the production process.
