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20____
Year of Manufacture:
E-1000/E-2000 Exposing Units
Contents
Introduction, Machine Specifications
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Safety Information
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Assembly Instructions
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Operating Instructions
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Maintenance
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Troubleshooting
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Emulsion Tips
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Warranty/Terms and Conditions
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Electrical Drawing #:
Serial Number:
VTX
(Please log your machine's serial number and date of purchase for future reference.)
Assembly and Operation Instructions
E2-2536
Revision:
Date:
Pg. #
2
3
4-5
6-8
9
10-12
13-14
15
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Original Instructions
E2-5236
Vastex International, Inc.
7 Emery St
Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 USA
Phone# 610 625-2702 Fax# 610 625-2775
Web Site www.vastex.com
Authorized Representative in Europe:
Certification Experts BV
Nieuwstad 100 1381 CE Weesp,
The Netherlands
Tel : + 31 (0) 294 – 48 33 55
Fax : + 31 (0) 294 – 41 46 87
Vastex E-mail assistance
Purchasing & Product Info:
sales@vastex.com
Electrical Support:
stech@vastex.com
Tech Support, Mechanical Setup, and Operation:
techsupport@vastex.com
Screen Printing Issues & Support:
printech@vastex.com
Doc. # 01-04-033A
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- Page 1 Doc. # 01-04-033A 20____ Original Instructions Year of Manufacture: E-1000/E-2000 Exposing Units Assembly and Operation Instructions E2-2536 E2-5236 Vastex International, Inc. Contents Pg. # 7 Emery St Bethlehem, Pa. 18015 USA Introduction, Machine Specifications • Phone# 610 625-2702 Fax# 610 625-2775 Safety Information •...
- Page 2 Thank you for purchasing your printing equipment form Vastex International Inc. Vastex has been designing and building printing equipment since 1960. We have knowledge and experience, and are proud to supply the printing industry with quality equipment at an affordable price. You can be confident your purchase will give you years of trouble free service.
- Page 3 Doc. # 01-04-033A Safety Intended Use: This equipment is intended for the purpose of exposing screens and films with UV light in conjunction with UV sensitive emulsions. Safety: The operator should read and understand this manual before operating this equipment. Store manual •...
- Page 4 Doc. # 01-04-033A Assembly Getting started: Your Exposing Unit has been fully assembled and tested in our factory. Both lid lifting cylinders have been removed from their upper mounting stud and secured to the side of the cabinet. Be careful not to damage the rubber vacuum blanket when removing the Exposing Unit from it's crating.
- Page 5 Doc. # 01-04-033A Assembly Cont’d Step 1 1) Install legs, if included. Place Legs on a clear spot on the floor, 28.5” (72.5cm) apart as shown in picture 1. Step 2 2) Lock lid handles as shown. Carefully lower the exposing unit down onto the legs.
- Page 6 Doc. # 01-04-033A Operation Overview: Your Exposing Unit is equipped with UV Lights, a vacuum pump, and touchscreen controls to digitally set vacuum and exposure times. The vacuum pump draws the air out from between the blanket and glass. This flattens the coated screen and positive to the glass making for a sharper exposed image.
- Page 7 Doc. # 01-04-033A Operation Cont’d Touchscreen Controls Set your exposure cycle by selecting either ENTER TIME or SELECT PRESET on the home screen. Your machine has the ability to save and recall up to 10 presets, storing vacuum and exposure times. Selecting ENTER TIME by default will set the vacuum time to 10 seconds and the exposure time to 10 seconds.
- Page 8 Doc. # 01-04-033A Operation Cont’d Preset slot Return to setup screen Saving settings as a preset: 1) On the setup screen, select SAVE PRESET. 2) Select a letter to save the preset to. Settings currently stored to the letter selected will be shown on the right. Confirm all settings before overwriting a preset.
- Page 9 Doc. # 01-04-033A Maintenance Wear gloves when handling the Do Not allow objects to glass. Glass is tempered and contact the UV lights. although strong, can shatter if the edges are subjected to an impact. Glass Removal / Installation There are three glass retainers. One on each side to square the glass to the rear seal and one in the front with special cams.
- Page 10 With the lid locked down, check that the lid seal and blanket is contacting the glass at all four 7) Contact Vastex for technical support if these sides. If this seal is not contacting the glass it steps fail to resolve the problem.
- Page 11 Doc. # 01-04-033A Troubleshooting Cont’d Light Bar Replacement / Installation Note: It is important to wear dark shaded and UV rated eye protection while testing any UV Lights. Do Not allow objects to contact the UV lights. Depress Limit Switch when testing lights 1) Inspection of LED light Bars.
- Page 12 Doc. # 01-04-033A Troubleshooting Cont’d UV Black Light Bulb Replacement / Installation Note: It is important to wear dark shaded and UV rated eye protection while testing any UV Lights. Do Not allow objects to contact the UV lights. Depress Limit 1) Inspection of UV Black Bulbs.
- Page 13 example would be that pure coat the squeegee side once over the Emulsion information photopolymer emulsions are available entire screen. Coat again the squeegee for the screen printer in very high solids content with low side on only two thirds of the screen, viscosity.
- Page 14 (emulsion up) on a hard flat surface. pressure stroke with a soft squeegee. (Fig. 7) (Fig. 9) The use of newsprint on your work surface will help with clean up. Fig. 4 Surface smoothness can affect your substrate to stencil gasket. The lower Rz numbers will be produced only by machine coating or film products.
- Page 15 The defective part or parts will be repaired or replaced at the discretion of Vastex International, Inc. If the equipment in question is less than one (1) year old, it will be shipped to the customer at no charge, with an RGA issued by Vastex for the defective part. The defective part must be shipped back to Vastex freight prepaid within 30 days or the account will be billed.
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