STAINLESS STEEL WIRE CLOTH

Highly accurate registration, precision ink deposit control and high abrasion resistance top the list of benefits prompting printers to choose stainless steel wire cloth. Haver wire cloth is known for its excellent dimensional stability, and the narrow tolerance of its overall fabric thickness which provides uniform and accurate aperture widths. Haver and Boecker's technology and the nature of stainless steel itself make these benefits possible. For example, stainless steel’s strength allows thinner wire diameters to be used.

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Unlike synthetic screen fabrics, Haver wire cloth will not absorb moisture, and is unaffected by temperature. It virtually will not shrink, stretch or sag. It is dimensionally stable, yet elastic enough, so you can stretch a highly-tensioned, drum-tight screen and print with a minimum off-contact distance. This ensures the most accurate and consistent printing results.

Characteristics of Stainless Steel Wire Cloth

Mesh Stability
The use of stainless steel assures excellent dimensional stability. Even if the wire cloth is fixed at an angle to the stencil frame, the mesh keeps its rectangular form and the wire diameter does not change by parallelogram displacement.

Electrostatic charge
Haver wire does not emit an electrostatic charge.

Moisture absorption and temperature
Stainless steel wires do not absorb moisture so Haver Wire Cloth’s performance is not adversely affected by applied temperatures up to a maximum of 600°C (1112°F).

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HAVER TBC – TENSILE BOLTING CLOTH

HAVER TBC – “Tensile Bolting Cloth“ – is a high tensile stainless steel wire mesh for screen printing stencils.

Compared to standard “Bolting Cloth – BC” the TBC specifications are woven from wires whose alloys have high tensile strength and yield stress properties due to complex annealing processes and a specific alloy composition.

Optimized stretching performance guarantees highly accurate registration and accommodates low off-contact printing, leading to high reproducibility. The wires’ high tensile strength results in longer service life and maximum printing speeds. The final stretching stabilizes very quickly during the stretching process. The tension loss is minimized during the printing process.

CALENDERING CT FOIL

In the early 1950’s, having realized the screen printers need for defined ink deposits, Haver & Boecker invented the process of calendering of stainless steel wire cloth for screen printing.

Our calendering process uses two steel rollers to reduce the wire mesh to a predetermined thickness without altering the wire diameter and mesh openings. The final thickness is accurate to within +-3 microns. (0.12 mil.)

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Calendering removes air pockets present in all as-woven wire mesh, which forces the wire knuckles into their final, stabilized positions. So you can acquire a stabilized screen very quickly. There is, essentially, no mesh elongation and much less need for re-tensioning.

Within the faster stabilization CT Foil delivers, you can expect your production speeds to increase substantially. You will also maximize your registration capabilities due to CT Foil’s increased dimensional stability. Elongation on press is virtually eliminated.

Our calendering process gives the mesh a more uniform and tighter overall fabric thickness tolerance .therefore minimizing the ink deposit variance from print to print and run to run. In addition, the ink deposit will be uniform throughout any given print. You can also expect reduced squeegee wear because the calendered wire cloth has a smoother surface.

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STAINLESS STEEL WIRE CLOTH

STAINLESS STEEL WIRE CLOTH

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