THIEME 500

THIEME 500

Semi-automatic, flatbed, clamshell screen printing machine used for many applications.

Basic Machine Construction

Printing Table

THIEME Squeegee Unit

Squeegee Control

Printing Head and
Screen Frame Mounting

Peel-Off Device

Control

The THIEME 500 is the result of an idea to combine new technology with a traditional, space-saving concept.

The following proven design advantages of open-angle, or clamshell machines were kept:

compact, space-saving design
excellent working accessibility
ease of operation
quick semi-automatic printing

Due to advances in technology, new advantages have been added:

a shorter set-up time due to an easily-accessed screen-frame mounting system
superior work results using the patented THIEME Hi-Tech Squeegee Unit
flexible operation by means of adjustable drives
A complete machine re-design to meet almost all demands in the flatbed screen printing industry.

Print sizes in mm/Inch:

THIEME 510 550x750 / 22x30

THIEME 520 750x1050 / 30x41

THIEME 530   1000x1400 / 39x55

More information can be downloaded as PDF file: Brochure - THIEME 500  [507 KB]
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Your contact
USA/Canada : Bernd Klammer, Phone +1-630-5 13-16 66
Great Britain: Andrew Kippax , Phone: +44 (0) 1484 51 13 33
For all other countries: Jürgen Weischedel, Phone: +49 (0) 76 41 / 5 83-505

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BASIC MACHINE CONSTRUCTION
- Welded, torsion-resistant machine frame in a heavy-gauge steel profile
- Exposed surfaces or outer parts treated with either a solvent-resistant paint or durable finish
- Sound-absorbing side panelling for lower-noise levels (approximately 74 DbA)

PRINTING TABLE
- Anodised aluminium surface and aluminium sandwiched construction
- Freely positionable substrate placement
- Vacuum printing area with 1.5 mm diameter holes, pitched every 15 mm on center
- Printing table height for off-contact adjustment from 0 - 40 mm via central handcrank
- 3 axes fine-adjustment +/- 10 mm scaled

SQUEEGEE UNIT
- Pneumatic changeover or inversion from squeegee to flood-coater, and vice- versa for each
stroke
- Pneumatic squeegee pressure control, with automatic adjustment of parallelism to the plan
of the printing table
- Angel of squeegee and flood-coater infinitely adjustable, independent of the squeegee
carriage support beam
- Quick release squeegee and flood-coater clamps for rapid insertion or removal
- One maximum-length squeegee and flood-coater set according to the machine size

SQUEEGEE CONTROL
- Squeegee control is accomplished by a frequency-controlled and potentiometer adjustable
3-phase gear motor, and a toothed drive belt
- Squeegee and flood-coater speeds are infinitely and independently adjustable
- Squeegee stroke length is infinitely adjustable using proximity limit switches
- Accurate squeegee carriage tracking is performed using dura-synthetic load- bearing rollers

PRINTING HEAD AND SCREEN FRAME MOUNTING
- The opening and closing of the printing head is mechanically controlled for smooth,
non-hesitating travel
- Cleaning position extension is switch-controlled
- Screen frame mounting is accomplished by fast insertion from the front of the press
- Screen frame support bars are easily moved to accommodate different frame sizes
- The screen frame is mechanically held in place
- Three-point screen positioning device

PEEL-OFF DEVICE
- The peel-off height is infinitely adjustable from 0 to 50 mm per 200 mm of stroke length, or, a maximum
rate of peel lift of 2.5 mm/linear cm
- The peel-off datum or starting point is infinitely adjustable across the squeegee stroke length
- The zero-degree flooding device allows the screen frame to be parallel to the printing table during
the flood stroke

CONTROL
- Equipped with a freely programmable controller
- A three-position switch toggles between "Set-up" , "Print-cycle" or "Automatic" operation
- Start cycle via foot-pedal-switch
- Start cycle via two mushroom switches
- The control panel is attached to the press