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Galvanic
screens.

The carrier of rotary printing: a nickel cylinder with no seam anywhere on it. We source the body and engrave it on our own laser lines.

Why seamless?

In rotary printing the cylinder turns continuously over the fabric. A single seam on the body would print a faint line every time the cylinder completed a revolution. Because a galvanic screen is one piece, the design continues unbroken through the repeat and no join shows in the print.

Perforation and mesh

The micro perforations across the screen are the paths the paste takes into the fabric. The higher the mesh number, the finer the opening: finely detailed designs call for a high mesh, while solid grounds work with a lower mesh that lets more paste through. Once we have your design we decide the right mesh together.

Where the body comes from

We do not electroform the galvanic body ourselves; we source it ready for engraving. What we do here is colour separation, matching the mesh and lacquer, laser engraving and head fitting.

How it is delivered

Once engraving is finished, the screen is dispatched either with its head fitted and ready for the machine, or without a head, as you prefer. Packing is prepared to the screen's circumference and length.

Surface of an engraved nickel rotary printing screen with the perforations visible
Engraved screen surface — perforation texture

Close up

The body,
close up.

The texture of the nickel body, its mouth and its surface after engraving. We source the body and do the engraving on our own lines.

A nickel rotary screen in a galvanic bath, with close-ups of the screen ends
Galvanic body and end details
The mouths of two nickel rotary screens showing a size mark and the mesh texture
Screen mouth and circumference mark
An engraved nickel rotary screen with the design perforations catching the light
The design after engraving — on our own line

The range we work in

In which sizes?

Repeat Circumference · mm 640–1010
Length Screen length · mm 1450–3500
Mesh Mesh number 25–195

For intermediate sizes and special requests, send us your measurements and we will assess it together.

Send us the dimensions, we'll send the price.

Industry, material and size are enough. No artwork needed at the quotation stage.

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