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Steeled For Success


William S Kippax recounts a challenging commission requiring a custom print jig and stencil to screen print etch-resist ink onto steel discs.

Year
2021
Company
H G Kippax & Sons Ltd.
Author
William S Kippax
Printing jig being used with a wedge extraction tool
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Printing Type
Screen

Screen printing equipment manufacturing specialist H G Kippax & Sons Ltd was approached by a major manufacturer of diamond cutting tools, asking if they could commission the company to look at screen printing a fine pattern of etch-resist ink onto a steel disc of various diameters and, if successful, to supply a printing machine for their production. In this article William S Kippax describes how his company took up the print challenge.

Steeled For Success

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