In this paper, a novel design concept for roll-to-roll printing equipment used for manufacturing printed electronic devices by multi-layer printing is presented. The roll-to-roll printing system mainly consists of printing units for patterning the circuits, tension control components such as feeders, dancers, load cells, register measurement and control units, and the drying units. It has three printing units which allow switching among the gravure, gravure-offset, and flexo printing methods by changing the web path and the placements of the cylinders. Therefore, depending on the application devices and the corresponding inks used, each printing unit can be easily adjusted to the required printing method. The appropriate printing method can be chosen depending on the desired printing properties such as thickness, roughness, and printing quality. To provide an example of the application of the designed printing equipment, we present the results of printing tests showing the variations in the printing properties of the ink for different printing methods.
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June 2012
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June 11 2012
Design of roll-to-roll printing equipment with multiple printing methods for multi-layer printing
Chung Hwan Kim;
Chung Hwan Kim
a)
1Department of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineering Education,
Chungnam National University
, 79 Daehangno, Yuseung-gu, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea
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Jeongdai Jo;
Jeongdai Jo
2Nano-Mechanical Systems Research Division,
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials
, 171 Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-343, South Korea
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Seung-Hyun Lee
Seung-Hyun Lee
2Nano-Mechanical Systems Research Division,
Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials
, 171 Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-343, South Korea
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail: mech@cnu.ac.kr. Tel.: +82-42-821-8584. Fax: +82-42-821-8732.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 065001 (2012)
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Received:
February 06 2012
Accepted:
May 20 2012
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Chung Hwan Kim, Jeongdai Jo, Seung-Hyun Lee; Design of roll-to-roll printing equipment with multiple printing methods for multi-layer printing. Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1 June 2012; 83 (6): 065001. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4726018
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