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Research and development

Research and development

Silicone Blanket for Printed Electronics

What is Printed Electronics (PE)?

PE is an exciting next-generation technology that uses printing techniques for fast, inexpensive mass production of electronic products, such as circuits. They are printed just like newspapers and magazines.

Gravure Offset Printing

An Application of Offset Printing Using an Intaglio Plate (Gravure Plate).
  • 1.The doctor unit (blade) fills the engraved areas with paste (ink).
  • 2.The blanket roll is rolled over the intaglio plate, and the ink is taken up (off) by the blanket roll.
  • 3.The blanket roll is rolled over the workpiece, and the ink is transferred (set).

An Application of Offset Printing (Gravure Offset)

In gravure offset printing, the film of the paste transferred to the workpiece is solid or semisolid.
This means it is not very liquid and therefore suitable for miniaturized prints.

Special Characteristics

  • 1.The paste (ink) taken up by the plate can be fully transferred to the workpiece.
  • 2.Surface smoothness: The surface of the blanket is specially processed, with fine-scale surface roughness (Ra) in the tens of nanometers.
  • 3.Control of interface characteristics (controlling the balance of take-up and transfer) enables printing with very even film thickness.

Special Characteristics

Improved Printing Durability

Preventing Swelling

Preventing swelling is key to improving printing durability.
As printing has complex requirements, contact us by one of the means shown below for details.

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Catalog

* This product is under development. For details, contact us by one of the means shown below.
* We can provide samples for different applications. For details, contact us through the Contact page.
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