New Machine for Printing Bottles

The K 15 - CNC is a family of newly designed rotary indexing screen printers with up to 8 printing heads used for the decoration of cylindrical, conical, oval, flat plastic and glass bottles, plastic tubes etc. with a speed up to 5400 cycles/hour.

Variable article and screen movements are controlled by servo motors and CNC-axis. Data input of article related parameters (diameter, taper, radius, print image length) via modern touch panels allows the automatic adjustment of screen stroke, article rotation and squeegee movement. All data can be stored for repeat orders. All constant movements like machine indexing, article input and exit, opening and closing stroke are electronically controlled and therefore adaptable to specific needs.

Once fixed in its tool (single capture tooling) the article travels through all printing stations. This feature enables users to decorate articles with multi-color patterns in perfect color to color registration without the need for a register mark or register lug. High efficient UV systems are available for guaranteed ink curing on glass or plastic articles.