DuraGlide™ Blades
Photo Stencil's patented DuraGlide™ metal squeegee is unique, both in its materials and design. It is manufactured according to a proprietary in-house process. First a precisely engineered edge and surface is produced , then the entire blade is coated with Titanium Nitride to provide an extremely hard surface finish. This treatment preserves the engineered edge feature throughout the life of the squeegee blade. This yields near perfect solder brick deposits over tens of thousands of print cycles.
Advantages
Long Life: An independent laboratory's accelerated wear test confirmed the positive attributes of the DuraGlide™ metal squeegee. It showed no signs of wear after performing 6000 prints at twice the recommended squeegee pressure. Competitive products performed poorly in comparison with significant wear grooves forming on the blade edge.
High-Quality Print Performance: While most printing processes are not as severe as this accelerated wear test, print performance over a longer period with the DuraGlide squeegee blades can be expected. A blade edge that does not wear during print operation provides the highest-quality print performance.
Manufactured in Wide Variety: DuraGlide™ metal squeegee blades are manufactured in a wide variety of configurations to fit any of the common metal squeegee holders for DEK, MPM, Fuji, HTI Panasonic, Surface Mount Technologies, TDK and EKRA.
- DEK: (millimeters) 170, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 440, 483, 510, and 535
- MPM Speedline: (inches) 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, and 22
- Fuji: (inches) 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18
- Panasonic: (inches) 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18
- EKRA: (millimeters) 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, and 550
