You might try the E-blade from Photo Stencil.  It is an Electroformed Nickel
blade with a very smooth surface that minimizes curtaining.


William E. Coleman
Vice President - Technology
Photo Stencil An ISO 9001 Registered Company
4725 Centennial Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80919
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        From:  Rama Vemulapalli [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:  Tuesday, March 18, 2003 3:14 PM
        To:  [log in to unmask]
        Subject:  [TN] Squeegee blades for printers

        For more than 4 years, we were using Alpha metals, no clean 63/37
paste. Recently we tried the Kester paste on our DEK printers. The printing
performance is far better than the Alpha Paste. So, we switched to Kester
FL250D no clean paste (63/37, 90%, Mesh -325+500 , VISC 1400-1800 ).

        But, we are having serious unexpected problem on MPM printers. The
paste does not drop from the blades after the print stroke causing big voids
on the boards. We are scrapping quite a few boards due the misprints.

        Is there any solution for this problem ? Some one suggested 'TEFLON'
coated squeegee blades.

        Sincerely,

        Rama Vemulapalli



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