T8-SS Screen Printing Machine
- Up to 1,600 cups per hour with integrated UV curing and automatic take-off.
- Servo-driven 8-station indexer for unmatched accuracy across every cycle.
- Optional automatic loading, optical registration, and pretreatment integration.
- Switches between cup sizes without advanced setup — one operator, any run.
- Patented design (U.S. Patent #5,784,932) built for decades of daily production.
Product Description
Automate Your Screen Printing Process
• Compact Profit Center: The Model T8-SS (U.S. Patent # 5,784,932) is designed for years of dependable service, allowing you to control production output, quality, and reduce labor costs with an easy-to-use and serviceable machine.
• Fully Automatic Features: Includes automatic loading (optional), pretreatment (optional), optical registration for multicolor prints (optional), integrated UV curing, and unloading, streamlining your entire production process.
• High Accuracy and Speed: The servo-driven rotary indexer with 8 or 4 stations delivers unmatched accuracy and speed, capable of cycle speeds up to 1,800 parts per hour (depending on the application).
• Effortless Setup: Switching between products is easy, requiring only pre-determined settings rather than advanced skill, making it perfect for businesses with varying cup sizes.
• Versatile Solution for Cups: Whether you’re printing small cups or stadium-size cups, the T8-SS delivers consistent, high-quality prints to meet your production demands.
For cylindrical products like bottles and oil filters, see the Super ROI. For smaller-volume semi-automatic printing, see the Model F1-DC
Modular Automation Options
- LED module for UV curing in place of conventional UV lamp
- Conveyor loader system
- Automatic unloader onto conveyor
- Flame or FieroSil pretreatment
- Anti-static module attachment
- Mechanical registration for multicolor (submit product for evaluation)
- Visual inspection integration
- Integration with third party feeder equipment
Advanced Automation Options
A Cup Line That Runs Itself — Load, Print, Cure, Stack
Fill the loader magazine with cups and the T8-SS does the rest: each cup feeds onto a mandrel, gets flame-treated, printed, LED-cured in place, and taken off automatically into a stacker sleeve — printed product comes out organized with no operator standing at the exit.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Print stroke | 15″ (380 mm) |
| Electrical requirement | 120 VAC, 15 amps — standard wall power |
| Pneumatic requirement | 80 PSI at 2–3 CFM |
| Take-off | Automatic take-off into a stacker sleeve — printed cups stay organized with no operator at the exit |
| Mandrels | One set of four included · additional sets available for every cup size you run |
| LED curing (as configured) | 6″ 395 nm LED module with operator-adjustable intensity · baffles between mandrels contain stray UV light |
| Automatic cup loader (option) | Feeds 12–32 oz rigid-lip plastic cups horizontally from a stacked magazine · expands the dial to 6 stations · quick size changeover |
| Flame pretreatment (option) | Natural gas or propane · 360° cup rotation past a 4″ burner · flame management with safety shutoff · overhead exhaust hood · 6-station dial with aluminum mandrels, leveling pads replace casters |
| Stroke counter | 5-digit |
| Typical delivery | Eight to ten weeks |
Specifications vary with machine configuration; throughput depends on article, operator, number of stations, ink type, and cure rate. Semi-automatic budget? See the PT-8.
Automatic Cup Loading and Flame Pretreatment for Dishwasher-Safe Cup Printing
- Hands-off loading — the automatic loader feeds 12–32 oz plastic cups with rigid lips from a stacked magazine straight onto the mandrels, expanding the dial to six stations for a true hands-off cup line. Send us cup samples and we confirm your product runs on it.
- Dishwasher-safe prints — integrated flame pretreatment is what makes ink bond to polypropylene and other hard-to-bond plastics. Each cup rotates a full 360° past the burner before printing, so adhesion is uniform around the wrap.
- Cool, contained curing — the 395 nm LED curing module cures each print in place with adjustable intensity, and baffles between every mandrel protect adjacent stations from stray UV.
- Grow the lineup — add mandrel sets for every cup size you print; changeover between sizes is quick by design.
- Ink adhesion beyond flame — for substrates flame can't fix, FieroSil™ pretreatment delivers best-in-class ink adhesion.
Features
Engineering Features
- Unique modular design.
- 100% made in USA.
- Simple, reliable, easy to service.
- Machine tool quality and durability.
- Hardened, ground and polished shafts, top quality linear ball bearings rated at over 300 million cycles.
- Harmonic acceleration and deceleration of rotary indexer.
- Overload protection for operator safety.
- Quick release squeegee assembly.
- Flood bar rises and falls alternately with squeegee.
- Smooth, quiet operation.
- Carriage opens pneumatically for screen cleaning and set up.
- Electrical enclosure is hinged and swings open for easy access.
Standard Features
- Patented (U.S. patent #5,784,932) servo driven indexer.
- Product present detector.
- Ultra Light UV system.
- Ultra Light UV light shutters and guarding.
- Quick change over from one product size to the next.
- variable UV product rotation speed.
Options
- LED Integration in place of conventional UV.
- Pre-treatment.
- Multicolor pre-registration.
- Automatic ink dispenser.
Pretreatment
Your product surface may require pretreatment to promote ink adhesion. Products ordered in bulk may have oil contaminants or other residue as well as having poor surface tension, which can be remedied by flame pretreatment. Pretreatment integration is done by installing a burner on your machine that will provide flame to your entire surface area. If your product is cylindrical, it will spin 360 degrees, parallel with the burner and if it is flat, the flame system will move to cover your product area. Burners are made in house and to size. Pretreatment is done prior to printing your product.
