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Stencil Making Evaluation

Please do not make a blind guess or randomly select the answers to these questions, as it is a measure of what you know, and not how lucky you are.

There are a total of 21 questions.



1) Nowadays what is screen printing mesh made from?
Choice 1 Polyester.
Choice 2 Polyurethane.
Choice 3 Silk.
Choice 4 Nylon.
Choice 4 Steel.

 

2) Which of these images is likely to be printed using a stencil that is produced with liquid emulsion that has a face coat applied?

3) The unit measure of tension is:
Choice 1 RZ.
Choice 2 Shore.
Choice 2 Microns.
Choice 2 Newtons.

4) Which of the following statements is correct?
Choice 1 Tension has very little effect on the print.
Choice 2 A high tension is best.
Choice 3 The best way to check if mesh tension correct is by bouncing a coin on it.

5) In this example what does 140/355-34Y PW signify in a mesh specification?
Choice 1 140 microns/0.355” mesh opening - 34 microns thread diameter – yellow mesh – plain weft.
Choice 2 140 threads per centimetre/355 threads per inch - 34 micron thread diameter – yellow mesh – plain weave.
Choice 3 140 microns/0.355” mesh thickness - 34 microns mesh opening – yellow mesh – plain weft.

6) Accepting that most meshes now are plain weave, what are the main characteristics of mesh that affect the ink deposit?
Choice 1 Mesh Count.
Choice 2 Thread Diameter.
Choice 3 Mesh Thickness.
Choice 4 Mesh Weight.

7) What is the hidden energy of the process?
Choice 1 Squeegee movement.
Choice 2 Ink flow.
Choice 2 Mesh tension.
Choice 2 Mesh opening.

8) Liquid emulsions and capillary film are:
Choice 1 Direct emulsions.
Choice 2 Indirect emulsions.

9) What does EOM stand for?
Choice 1 Emulsion on mesh.
Choice 2 Emulsion overt mesh.
Choice 3 Emulsion outside mesh.
Choice 4 Emulsion over mesh.

10) In the printed example what are the likely causes of the loss of definition on the second R? (These have been printed off different stencils)


Choice 1 Underexposed emulsion.
Choice 2 Over exposed emulsion.
Choice 3 Poor contact of photopositive with emulsion.

11) If an emulsion is not dried sufficiently, when it is exposed will it be?
Choice 1 Over exposed.
Choice 2 Under exposed.

12) What will you see in a developed stencil that has not been dried sufficiently ?
Choice 1 Pinholes.
Choice 2 Fisheyes.
Choice 3 Water stains.
Choice 4 Dust particles.

13) When coating the mesh wet on wet on what side should the last coat be made?
Choice 1 Squeegee side.
Choice 2 Print side.

14) What instrument is used to measure the roughness of the stencil?
Choice 1 Spectrophotometer.
Choice 2 RZ meter.
Choice 3 Magnifying glass.

15) Why is it important to have as flat stencil as possible ?
Choice 1 To stop ink seeping out of the mesh.
Choice 2 To stop the squeegee juddering while printing.
Choice 3 To give good edge definition.

16) Is it better to have a?
Choice 1 High RZ reading.
Choice 2 Low RZ reading.

17) The reason for coating the print side of the stencil after it has been coated and dried is to ?
Choice 1 Make a thicker stencil.
Choice 2 Improve the RZ.
Choice 3 Stop the emulsion from breaking down.
Choice 4 Fill in any pinholes.

18) If the image on a photopositive is 1000 mm and the humidity increases by 1% rh what will be the effect on the image size?
Choice 1 The image will increase in size.
Choice 2 Rh has no effect on the photopositive.
Choice 3 The image will decrease in size.
Choice 4 It depends how long the stencil is exposed for.

19) What instrument is used to check the dot area and the density of the emulsion on the photopositive ?
Choice 1 Reflection densitometer.
Choice 2 Transmission tensiometer.
Choice 3 Transmission densitometer.

20) When printing 4 colour process what is the acceptable difference in tension between all four stencils ?
Choice 1 +/- 1 Newton.
Choice 2 Varying tensions don't make any difference.
Choice 3 3 Newtons.
Choice 4 +/- 1 Shore.

21) Which flood coater profile would you use for printing four colour process?
Choice 1
Choice 2


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