Offset Printing

Komori Corporation Presses for Printed Electronics Targeting Touchpanel Market Score Major Success at Touch Taiwan 2012

Thursday 06. September 2012 - Komori Corporation (Head Office: Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President, Chairman and CEO: Yoshiharu Komori) exhibited at Touch Taiwan 2012, the International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition 2012, that was held for three days from August 29 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan and recorded a very successful outcome. The results are reported in the following pages.

From August 29 to 31, Komori Corporation in cooperation with its distributor Schmidtek Ltd. exhibited at Touch Taiwan 2012, the International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition 2012, that was held for three days at the Taipei World Trade Centre Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wu Den-yih, the Vice President of the Republic of China, delivered a speech at the grand opening ceremony
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Komori Corporation announced two types of gravure offset printing press for fine line printing in the touchpanel manufacturing industry. During the three days of the exhibition, the Komori booth was a lively highlight, hosting more than 70 visitors from 26 touchpanel manufacturers mainly from Taiwan and 160 visitors from a total of 100 companies representing countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China and the U.S.
Japanese customers evidently decided to come to the exhibition as a result of reading a newspaper article that ran on August 23 and Komori’s news release. Some companies in Japan directed their Taiwan subsidiaries or affiliated companies to visit the show. Quite a number of touchpanel manufacturers, makers of related materials, and university research institutes came with requests for actual tests. This is taken to indicate just how high expectations are for gravure offset presses in the field of touchpanel manufacturing.
In the booth, the video explaining in detail the actual operation of the PEPIO presses was very well received, and a huge crowd formed in front of the monitor. After looking at the printing samples, materials and panels that were displayed, many visitors posed meaningful technical questions for discussion.
The two gravure offset presses announced at the show print fine lines on film or glass for use in touchpanels. These new machines solve the primary problem of lines produced by screen printing (maximum line width of 100 µm) by achieving the formation of fine lines with a width of 30 to 50 µm, meeting the requirement for the deposition of fine lines in the touchpanel market. At the same time, the entry of Komori Corporation means that it will be unnecessary to purchase expensive photolithography equipment to meet the fine line requirement of the market. Komori explained the manufacturing process and displayed samples of fine lines on glass and film substrates. Thus, it was shown that print quality will be substantially improved and manufacturing costs will be considerably reduced in the future.
The following is a general explanation of the two presses that were announced as covered in the previous news release.
Komori Corporation Presses for
Printed Electronics Targeting Touchpanel Market
Score Major Success at Touch Taiwan 2012
Komori Corporation (Head Office: Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President, Chairman and CEO: Yoshiharu Komori) exhibited at Touch Taiwan 2012, the International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition 2012, that was held for three days from August 29 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan and recorded a very successful outcome. The results are reported in the following pages.
From August 29 to 31, Komori Corporation in cooperation with its distributor Schmidtek Ltd. exhibited at Touch Taiwan 2012, the International Touch Panel and Optical Film Exhibition 2012, that was held for three days at the Taipei World Trade Centre Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wu Den-yih, the Vice President of the Republic of China, delivered a speech at the grand opening ceremony
.
Komori Corporation announced two types of gravure offset printing press for fine line printing in the touchpanel manufacturing industry. During the three days of the exhibition, the Komori booth was a lively highlight, hosting more than 70 visitors from 26 touchpanel manufacturers mainly from Taiwan and 160 visitors from a total of 100 companies representing countries such as Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China and the U.S.
Japanese customers evidently decided to come to the exhibition as a result of reading a newspaper article that ran on August 23 and Komori’s news release. Some companies in Japan directed their Taiwan subsidiaries or affiliated companies to visit the show. Quite a number of touchpanel manufacturers, makers of related materials, and university research institutes came with requests for actual tests. This is taken to indicate just how high expectations are for gravure offset presses in the field of touchpanel manufacturing.
In the booth, the video explaining in detail the actual operation of the PEPIO presses was very well received, and a huge crowd formed in front of the monitor. After looking at the printing samples, materials and panels that were displayed, many visitors posed meaningful technical questions for discussion.
The two gravure offset presses announced at the show print fine lines on film or glass for use in touchpanels. These new machines solve the primary problem of lines produced by screen printing (maximum line width of 100 µm) by achieving the formation of fine lines with a width of 30 to 50 µm, meeting the requirement for the deposition of fine lines in the touchpanel market. At the same time, the entry of Komori Corporation means that it will be unnecessary to purchase expensive photolithography equipment to meet the fine line requirement of the market. Komori explained the manufacturing process and displayed samples of fine lines on glass and film substrates. Thus, it was shown that print quality will be substantially improved and manufacturing costs will be considerably reduced in the future.
The following is a general explanation of the two presses that were announced as covered in the previous news release.
[PEPIO F20]
The PEPIO F20 is a flatbed gravure offset press for the deposition of fine lines with high productivity by printing for the manufacture of touchpanels, a market that is forecast to grow in the future. The target substrates are glass and film.
The combination of a high-precision printing press integrating Komori’s latest technologies and new printing materials that offer optimum matching with devices enables the deposition by gravure offset printing of very fine lines width L/S=30/30 ?m or less which meets the narrow bezel requirement of projected capacitive touchpanels. This achievement, which heretofore could not be produced by printing, will be a major contribution to the development of printed electronics.
High Precision Printing
1. High-precision motion control and machine construction using a rigid, high-precision frame and base configuration to support this control realizes high-precision print quality.
2. Use of a high-precision camera and a high-rigidity, high-precision fine alignment stage enables high-precision positioning of ITO and printed metal lines.
3. Stable suction power is produced by the use of a ceramic-spec suction table with an ultra-fine micron-order pore diameter, thus preventing damage to the work and leaving no suction marks.
High Productivity
1. Komori’s long run support system is used to properly control silicone blanket swelling to realize stable printing.
2. Plate cylinder changing, which previously took more than 30 minutes, can be completed in less than three minutes thanks to Komori sleeve technology.
3. Komori’s high-precision doctor allows precise setting of the doctor blade easily. The angle can be easily reset when changing or cleaning the blade by simply attaching/removing the blade holder.
[Specifications]
Printing speed 0.5 – 20 m/min
Substrate size 250 x 250 mm – 520 x 600 mm
Substrate thickness 45 – 250 ?m (Option : 3 mm MAX.)
Maximum printing area 500 x 580 mm
[PEPIO R20]
The PEPIO R20 is a continuous roll-to-roll gravure offset press aimed at next-generation high productivity in printing fine lines. The target substrate is roll film.
While the target market of this press is the same as that of the PEPIO F20, it enables printing of fine lines with a line width of 50 ?m or less with high productivity.
Because the PEPIO R20 is roll-to-roll type machine that prints on film, it uses the Komori Smart Alignment System and a center position control system to ensure high-precision position alignment.
[Specifications]
Printing speed 1 – 10 m/min
Substrate width 250 x 250 mm
Substrate thickness 45 – 200 ?m
Maximum printing area 500 x 610 mm
We are grateful to all the visitors at Touch Taiwan 2012 who took an interest in the new gravure offset presses and came to the Komori booth. We look forward to seeing you at the next Touch Taiwan.