UNITEX MARATHON® Graphic screen printing UNITEX MARATHON provides premium screen printing performance and quality at a competitive price. It is made from MDI (Diphenylmethane Diisocyanate) technology, and is designed to give superior resistance to degradation by commonly used inks, solvents and monomers used in modern printing processes. Advantages: • Compatible with most UV graphic inks – Delivers the vibrant colours your printing demands • Precision printing edge – Pin sharp reproduction • Excellent abrasion resistance – Last print as good as the first print • Resistant to solvents used in modern ink systems – Long predictable print runs • Made from high grade polyurethane – Compatible with a wide range of inks and systems • Tight manufacturing tolerances – Minimal set up and re-set up times • Consistent Durometer – Keeping your colours strong and vibrant • High degree of inspection – Your last squeegee in stock won’t let you down • Trelleborg Expertise – High performance, long squeegee life and outstanding value Durometer/Colour Coding: Tolerance: +/- 3˚ Shore A Profile: Technical Data: UNITEX MARATHON GREEN 75° Shore A (Durometer) PROPERTIES VALUES UNITS BRITISH STANDARD Shore A hardness @ 20°C 72.5 °Sh A BS ISO 7619-1:2004 Tensile modulus at 100% elongation 2.6 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005 Tensile modulus at 200% elongation 3.57 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005 Tensile modulus at 300% elongation 4.591 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005 Tensile strength (Maximum) 39.73 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005 Tensile strain at break 666.4 % BS ISO 37:2005 Tear resistance (initiated tear) 38.14 KN/m BS ISO 34-1:2004 Specific gravity 1.23 g/cm° BS 903:A1:1996 Swelling in solvent (I.P .A. 24 Hrs) 10.03 % BS ISO 1817:2005 Abrasion weight loss (mg) 13.2 (mg) BS 903 :A9:1988 • Single Durometer • Multi Durometer Softer Squeegee More ink, richer colours Harder Squeegee Less ink, greater detail GO 65º ORANGE 70º RED 75º GREEN 80º BLUE UNITEX®Squeegees Printing for the long run. TRELLEBORG APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
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UNITEX MARATHON®Graphic screen printing
UNITEX MARATHON provides premium screen printing performance and quality at a competitive price.
It is made from MDI (Diphenylmethane Diisocyanate) technology, and is designed to give superior resistance to degradation by commonly used inks, solvents and monomers used in modern printing processes.
Advantages:• Compatible with most UV graphic inks – Delivers the
vibrant colours your printing demands • Precision printing edge – Pin sharp reproduction• Excellent abrasion resistance – Last print as good as
the first print • Resistant to solvents used in modern ink systems –
Long predictable print runs• Made from high grade polyurethane – Compatible
with a wide range of inks and systems• Tight manufacturing tolerances – Minimal set up and
re-set up times• Consistent Durometer – Keeping your colours strong
and vibrant• High degree of inspection – Your last squeegee in
stock won’t let you down• Trelleborg Expertise – High performance, long
squeegee life and outstanding value
Durometer/Colour Coding:Tolerance: +/- 3˚ Shore A
Profile:
Technical Data: UNITEX MARATHON GREEN 75° Shore A (Durometer)
PROPERTIES VALUES UNITS BRITISH STANDARDShore A hardness @ 20°C 72.5 °Sh A BS ISO 7619-1:2004Tensile modulus at 100% elongation 2.6 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005Tensile modulus at 200% elongation 3.57 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005Tensile modulus at 300% elongation 4.591 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005Tensile strength (Maximum) 39.73 Mpa BS ISO 37:2005Tensile strain at break 666.4 % BS ISO 37:2005Tear resistance (initiated tear) 38.14 KN/m BS ISO 34-1:2004Specific gravity 1.23 g/cm° BS 903:A1:1996Swelling in solvent (I.P.A. 24 Hrs) 10.03 % BS ISO 1817:2005Abrasion weight loss (mg) 13.2 (mg) BS 903 :A9:1988
• Single Durometer• Multi Durometer
Softer Squeegee More ink, richer colours
Harder Squeegee Less ink, greater detail
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Bottles &Containers
Textiles Graphics Solar Cells Ceramic
IndustrialDecal Electronics Glass CD / DVD UNITEXSqueegee Care
PU500/155-60º
YELLOW
PU500/360-65º
RED
PU500/3-465-70º
RED
PU500/470-75º
GREEN
PU500/875-80º
BLUE
PU500/980-85º
BROWN
PU101/9º85-90º
FAWN
PU500/1590-95º
PINK
60º
YELLOW
65º
ORANGE
70º
RED
75º
GREEN
80º
BLUE
85º
PURPLE
90º
WHITE
70/95/70º
TRIPLE
75/95/75º
TRIPLE
UNITEX® SqueegeesPrinting for the long run.
TRELLEBORG APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
Graphic screen printing
Typical UNITEX MARATHON squeegee applications for the graphic printing include: Plastics, PVC, Decals, Vinyl, Paper, Labels.
Typical Ink Systems:• UV inks• Solvent based inks• Water based inks
Technical recommendations:• For printing graphics the squeegee must have
correctly through the screen and have good solvent/UV ink resistance. Also, it must be free from surface imperfections and irregularities, especially for high quality graphics. Typically for high resolution graphics UNITEX MARATHON 75° Shore A (or harder) squeegee is used
• Many printers use UNITEX MARATHON Multi Durometer squeegee in 70° or 75° Shore A when higher print pressure is required to
squeegee, it can be used on many different types of machines – which mean a cut down on inventory
• Generally, lower hardness squeegees are used for larger mesh openings – such as UNITEX MARATHON 65° Shore A
Objectives: Constant quality issue with the previous squeegee used – defects in the middle of the printing edge. This resulted in excessive wastage and downtime. They approached Trelleborg for a solution.
Outcome:• Excellent quality – Zero rejects • Improvements in print quality and accuracy• Extended print runs•
Comments from the Print Manager: ‘We have been using MARATHON for over a year now and we could not be happier. The quality issue has now been resolved. It performs really well with UV inks, which has allowed us to increase our print runs. We have now converted all of our screen printing squeegees to MARATHON.’
UNITEX MARATHON exceeds the performance of similar squeegees on the market
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Description Roll Dimensions Colour HardnessUNITEX MARATHON PLAIN 75 25 × 5 × 3750 mm Green 75
