Microscope Slide Screen Printing Machine
A fully automatic cell that loads, cleans, prints, inspects and unloads glass microscope slides. Developed with a leading U.S. medical supplier. Designed and built in Farmington, Connecticut.
How the cell works
The slide printing cell in production
Load
Slides feed from dual stack magazines. A pick and place sets each one in a nest, two per index.
Clean and print
Vacuum cleans the nest and the top of each slide. The servo indexer carries the slides under the screen and the print cures under LED or UV.
Inspect and unload
Vision inspection checks every print. A 2 axis robot lifts the slides off and stacks them for your packaging line.
Made for the lab
Hydrophobic inks
Runs Cytonix MH ink in translucent or pigmented grades, so samples stay inside the printed well.
Gentle on glass
Servo indexing and clean nests. Chipping is nearly 100 percent eliminated, so fewer rejects and less glass dust.
Options
Anti-static, automatic ink dispensing and a custom unload that feeds straight into your packaging.
See it run
Printing microscope slides
Microscope Slide Printing FAQ
How many slides per hour?
Up to 1,080. Two slides print on every index of the servo driven table.
Does it chip the glass?
Chipping is nearly 100 percent eliminated. Slides are handled by the loader and the unload robot, and every nest is vacuum cleaned before a slide goes in.
What ink does it run?
Hydrophobic Cytonix MH ink in translucent or pigmented grades. Other inks on request.
How is quality checked?
Vision inspection looks at every printed slide inside the cell before it is unloaded.
Does it need an operator?
One operator keeps the magazines full and takes away finished stacks. Nobody touches the glass.
Where is it built?
Farmington, Connecticut, with a 1 year limited warranty. Ask us for the current lead time.
Tell us about your slides
Share the slide, the print and how many you run a year. An engineer will configure the cell for your lab.
Some of our satisfied customers
