Textile Fixation for Screen Printing
Textile fixation ensures that your textile stays exactly in place on the platen during the printing process. This gives you precisely registered, shake-free designs even in multicolor multi-station printing. Whether adhesive tape or spray adhesive – with the right textile fixation you hold your textile in position securely and precisely.
With textile fixation, reliable adhesion throughout the entire printing process is what counts in order to ensure precise registration. In the Textile Fixation category, Print Equipment offers you different fixing systems for your needs. In the Textile Fixation category you'll find the right solution to hold your textile securely on the platen.
What defines textile fixation?
Textile fixation holds your textile immobile on the platen throughout the entire printing process – whether by means of adhesive tape or adhesive. Suitable adhesive strength is decisive for a precisely registered design without slipping.
The typical use of textile fixation is clearly structured:
- The platen is prepared with adhesive tape or adhesive
- The textile is laid smoothly and precisely onto the prepared platen
- During the multicolor printing process, the textile stays exactly in position
- After printing, the finished textile can be removed from the platen without leaving residue
Textile fixation thus ideally complements our screen printing machines and is a sensible addition to our accessories range.
Why textile fixation is indispensable
Textile fixation plays an important role for the registration accuracy of your screen printing designs. Only with reliable fixation can you prevent the textile from shifting during printing and distorting the registration of multicolor designs.
The most important advantages include:
- Secure adhesion: Reliable fixation throughout the entire printing process
- Residue-free release: Textiles can be removed cleanly after printing
- Different adhesive strength levels: From standard to high-tack fixation. Your individual textile is decisive for the choice.
- Versatile forms of application: Available as adhesive tape, roll-on adhesive or spray adhesive
- Ideal for multicolor designs: Popular in multi-station printing with high demands on registration accuracy
This makes textile fixation indispensable both for simple single-color designs and for complex multicolor prints.
Which fixing systems are available?
In the Textile Fixation category, adhesive tape as well as roll-on and spray adhesive are available to you.
Platen tape
The PMI double-sided platen tape is available to you with standard adhesive strength, supplemented by a high-tack variant for particularly demanding textiles.
Typical characteristics are:
- Double-sided adhesive tape designed specifically for fixation on the platen
- Available in standard adhesive strength and a high-adhesion high-tack version
- Tiered pricing depending on the chosen adhesive strength and roll size
This makes platen tape ideal for a permanently reliable basic fixation of your platen.
Roll-on adhesive & spray adhesive
The Inkuin white roll-on adhesive (5 kg, SKU IN-GL-5915-05, €60.99) as well as spray adhesive from Print Equipment and Amex are available to you as a liquid alternative to adhesive tape.
They are especially suited for:
- Large-area, even fixation of thin or delicate textiles
- Quick, direct application by means of spray adhesive on the platen
- Water-based formulations for professional continuous use
This way, with roll-on and spray adhesive, you find a flexible complement to classic platen tape.
Our textile fixation range at a glance
In Print Equipment's Textile Fixation category you'll find platen tape as well as roll-on and spray adhesive for your screen printing workflow.
Typical advantages:
- Different adhesive strength levels: From standard to high-tack fixation
- Flexible forms of application: Adhesive tape, roll-on adhesive or spray adhesive as needed
Our textile fixation range is thus a sensible addition if you want to take care of precisely registered multicolor prints in the screen printing area.
What to look out for when buying textile fixation
If you want to buy textile fixation for screen printing, you should consider various factors in order to find the right solution for your needs.
Important criteria are:
- Adhesive strength: Weigh standard against high-tack fixation according to your textile
- Form of application: Check whether adhesive tape, roll-on adhesive or spray adhesive suits your workflow better
- Textile type: Look for the suitability of the fixation for your specific textile thickness
- Release behavior: Check that it can be removed without residue after printing
- Container size: Plan for the suitable order quantity according to your production volume
The right selection ensures that you work securely and precisely in screen printing.
Textile fixation for different applications
Depending on the textile type and print volume, the requirements for your textile fixation vary considerably. While platen tape provides a permanent basic fixation of the platen, roll-on adhesive & spray adhesive score with flexible, large-area application on delicate textiles.
The choice of the right fixing system therefore depends strongly on how often you have to re-apply adhesive to the platen and how delicate your textile is. For consistently reliable operation, many textile print shops rely on a combination of platen tape for basic fixation and spray adhesive for daily use.
Buy textile fixation at Print Equipment
If you want to buy textile fixation for your screen printing, you'll find platen tape as well as roll-on and spray adhesive for different requirements at Print Equipment. From permanent basic fixation to quick spray adhesive use, we offer you reliable solutions for your workflow.
In the Textile Fixation category you'll find our range as well as further categories in the screen printing category, such as our accessories range. This way you get all components for your screen printing workflow from a single source.
In addition, you benefit from personal advice, technical support and hands-on assistance when choosing the right textile fixation. This lets you optimize your registration accuracy in a targeted way and work successfully in the long term.