Film thickness prediction in halftone screen-printing

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-359

  Fox, I J ^a   Bohan, M F J ^a   Claypole, T C ^a   Gethin, D T ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deposit thickness; Image transfer; Numerical model; Screen printing

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ROLLERS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

HALFTONE SCREEN PRINTING; NIP CONTACTS;

SCREEN PRINTING;

FILM THICKNESS; PRINTING;

EID: 1642343073     PISSN: 09544089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095440803322611705     Document Type: Article

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