KEG Screen Printing Machine
- Machine tool quality and durability.
- Independent flood bar & squeegee height micro-adjustment.
- Universal screen mounting.
- Top quality linear ball bearings rated at over 300 million cycles.
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Product Description
Print Your Kegs Quickly and Easily
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• Efficient Keg Printing: The KEG Screen Printer combines simplicity, versatility, and quality craftsmanship, making keg printing easier than ever.
• Multi-Color Capability: Print kegs up to 20” (508 mm) in diameter with the ability to print up to four colors simultaneously using the multi-color printing attachment.
• User-Friendly Operation: Initiate the print cycle with a foot pedal, with the option to run in single or auto cycle mode for adjustments or full-speed production.
• Versatile Tooling: Comes standard with three tooling sizes for the most common keg formats: 1/2-barrel, 1/4-barrel, and 1/6-barrel kegs. It also accommodates beer growlers and pint glasses, giving you the flexibility to print a wide range of beverage containers with a single machine.
• Modular Design: The modular design allows for quick tooling changes with minimal adjustments between keg sizes.
KEG Printer Specifications
Kegs aren't cylinders with convenient flat bands — they're ribbed, chimed, and different at every height. The KEG printer is engineered around that reality.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Controls | PLC control · AC motor with variable-speed drive — set the exact print speed and it repeats every cycle |
| Print head | Positions anywhere along the keg length — print the body, chime band, or any section (one per pass) · two fine-tuning screws set squeegee contact to the keg's curve |
| Squeegee drive | Single center-mounted air cylinder for even pressure across the print |
| Keg lift | Rides on six linear bearings — machine-tool build quality |
| Tooling | Included for all three standard keg sizes · other sizes available |
| Multicolor | Additional print heads available for multicolor printing |
| Typical delivery | 8 weeks |
Pair It With the Keg UVSP Spin Cure
- One line, blank to bar-ready — the operator loads the printed keg onto a two-station indexer; it indexes back, spins a full 360° in front of a vertically mounted 18″ tri-power UV lamp, and returns cured.
- Every keg size, same cure — the keg position adjusts to keg size while the lamp stays fixed, so every size cures at the identical focal distance. Adjustable spin speed dials the exposure.
- Watch it safely — a welding-glass viewing window lets the operator see the cure without UV exposure; baffling between stations blocks light from escaping the shroud.
- Beyond kegs — optional platens handle growlers and CO2 tanks on the same cure unit. See the UVSP spin cure family and the Keg UVSP brochure (PDF).
- More brewery printing — the same harmonic-lift architecture drives the HLT; see all brewery screen printing applications.
Features
Engineering Features
- 100% made in USA.
- Machine tool quality and durability.
- Independent flood bar & squeegee height micro-adjustment.
- Universal screen mounting.
- Quick release squeegee holder and flood bar assembly.
- Stainless steel air cylinders.
- Hardened, ground, and polished shafts with linear ball bearings rated at over 300 million cycles.
- Flood bar rises and falls alternately with squeegee.
- Smooth, quiet operation.
Standard Features
- Includes all necessary tooling for printing 3 sizes of basic style beer kegs. Standard sizes: 1/2 keg, 1/4 keg, 1/6 keg (half-barrel, quarter-barrel, sixth-barrel).
- Emergency stop buttons.
- Harmonic lift with 8″ (203 mm) movement upward to screen.
- Foot pedal cycle start.
- Heavy-duty welded steel base.
- Squeegee holder.
- Flood bar.
- Independent squeegee/flood bar height adjustment.
Options
- Dual print head for precise squeegee pressure for images 16” (406 mm) or wider.
- 5 digit stroke counter.
- Adjustable squeegee pressure with gauge and regulator.
- Multicolor printing attachment.
- Beer growler & pint glass tooling.
- Automatic Ink Dispenser.
- Screen Tension Meter.
Typical Applications
- Stainless Steel Kegs
- Finn Kegs
- RSR Kegs
- Optikegs
- Wine Kegs
- Growlers
- CO2 tanks
