F1-DC Cylindrical Screen Printing Machine
- Prints any cylindrical product — mugs, tumblers, wine bottles, growlers, pint glasses, and more.
- Changeover in under 60 seconds. No skilled labor required.
- Print approximately 1,800 parts/hour — fully customizable tooling for your exact product line.
- 100% pneumatic — no electrical components to fail or go obsolete. Ever.
Model F1-DC Description
Built to Run. Built to Last.
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• Run Your Business Smoothly: The Model F1-DC Precision Screen Printer is designed to meet the demands of your business—helping you complete jobs and make payroll.
• Proven Versatility: The Model F1 series is brilliantly simple, easy to operate, and adaptable for various product sizes and shapes.
• Dependable: The Model F1 is completely pneumatic with no electrical components to fail or go obsolete. The mechanical design allows you to take care of the system without relying on proprietary components.
• Professional Expertise: Each F1 printer comes with access to our dedicated team’s expertise, helping you select the right options from our vast library of hundreds of standard attachments and provide immediate technical support.
• Quick Changeover System: Systematic Automation pioneered the quick change dedicated tooling system, allowing operators to switch between products in seconds without adjustments to screen height, squeegee centerline, or image alignment—reducing the need for skilled labor.
• Any Production Volume: Ideal for both short runs and high volume production, Systematic Automation’s semi-automatic screen printing machines deliver efficient and consistent results for both silk screen technicians and shop managers.
For flat product printing, see the F1 Semi-Automatic Screen Printing Machine.
About The Model F1-DC
Printing With The Model F1-DC
Product Tooling Available
How your product will be held during the print cycle, a necessary component for screen printing.
Universal | Dedicated
Why Choose the Model F1-DC
The Model F1-DC offers you versatility to print any cylindrical product. From a shot glass to a growler, you can print it all. Changeover between products will take you less than a minute. No skilled labor needed. Tooling can be made to suit your business needs. For example, if your product line is constantly changing, our universal wareholder tooling is adjustable for a wide variety of different shapes and sizes.
Configuration Example: Model F1-DC Configured for Pre-Assembled Lanyards
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F1-DC Models & Specifications
Cylindrical-only, three standard sizes — pick the print stroke that wraps your product. Same 100% pneumatic press underneath, bigger wrap as you go up.
| Specification | F1-12 DC | F1-20 DC | F1-30 DC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Print stroke (along circumference) | 7″ (178 mm) | 11″ (279 mm) | 16″ (406 mm) |
| Full wrap on product diameter | 1.2″ | 2″ | 3″ |
| Optimum screen length | 14″ (356 mm) | 18″ (457 mm) | 24″ (610 mm) |
| Extended wrap (optional) | — | — | 6″ rail extension: full wrap on 5″ dia. · stroke extension: parts to 6″ dia. |
| Tooling plate | 20″ × 20″ (508 × 508 mm) — all sizes | ||
| Screen width | No limit — the screen clamps at front and back | ||
| Universal ware holder (optional) | 1/4″–2″ (6–50 mm) standard · 2″–12″ (50–305 mm) premium | ||
DC-series printers are cylindrical-only. Printing flat products too? See the Model F1, 810, or HLT.
Cylindrical Tooling for Bottles, Mugs, and Glassware
- Gear-driven tooling — mechanically drives the substrate at exactly screen speed for crisp registration, with rapid changeover between tooling sets.
- Soft-walled bottles — an inflation system pressurizes the bottle during the print stroke to hold proper squeegee contact, with adjustable pressure and a gauge for visual reference.
- Mugs and tapered ware — spring-loaded three-prong gear-driven tooling automatically holds consistent contact pressure through taper, handle position, and diameter drift.
- Quick-change mandrels — friction-driven tooling with interchangeable mandrels for fast swaps across similar parts.
- No handle, notch, or detent? — a mechanical pointer registers those products; universal ware holders cover 1/4″ up to 12″ diameters.
- Not sure what fits? — submit your product for evaluation and we match the tooling to it.
Features
Screen Printing Features
- Capability to print any cylindrical product.
- Precision system allows for multicolor printing.
- Quick and easy product changeover in seconds.
- Simple design allows for unskilled labor.
- Approximate throughput of 1,800 parts per hour (depending on article).
- Machine tool quality and durability.
- Aluminum tooling plate base ground flat within +/- .001” (.025 mm).
- Hardened ground and polished shafts with linear ball bearings rated at over 300 million cycles.
- 100% air operation.
- Pneumatic system cannot overload or burn out, or become obsolete.
- Universal screen mounting.
- Hinged rear screen frame holder to provide quick access to screen, squeegee and flood bar.
- Quick release squeegee holder and flood bar assembly.
- Smooth, quiet operation.
Standard Features
- X & Y micro adjust screen frame holder.
- Variable squeegee speed.
- Variable flood bar speed.
- Flood bar.
- Foot pedal cycle start.
- Adjustable print stroke/print flood length.
- Print/flood cycle – machine “waits” in flood position.
- Overhead carriage screen lift switch.
- Heavy-duty welded steel base with casters and tote bins.
Options
- Quick-changeover tooling.
- Adjustable squeegee pressure with gauge and regulator.
- Stroke counter.
- Multicolor registration system.
- Adjustable squeegee angle.
- Flood/print cycle replaces standard print/flood cycle.
- Inflation system.
- Adjustable universal ware holder.
- Screen Tension Meter.
- Automatic Ink Dispenser.
- Dedicated Tooling.
- Universal Wareholding
