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Thick Film Screen Printing

FWCC manufacturers specialized foam based wipers that enable operators to more efficiently remove excess paste from screens and metal masks with zero transfer of fibers to the screen. FWCC offers CleanWIPE®, FirmWIPE™, and UltraSORB® three types of foam wipers to accommodate the cleaning of the various types of paste formulations used to make resistors, hybrids, LTCC products, capacitors, inductors, conductive adhesives and PDPs.

Application Product Line
To clean metal masks used to print LTCC components, Capacitors, EL, OLED and Plasma Display Panels
UltraSORB® 4600 Series Wipers or
FirmWIPE® 4300 Series Wipers
To clean metal masks used to print thick film resistors and hybrid circuits CleanWIPE® 4200 Series Wipers
Solder Paste and Stencils UltraSORB® 4600 Series Wipers
Thick Film Resistor Ink UltraSORB® 4600 Series Wipers or
CleanWIPE® 4200 Series Wipers
Ink for Plasma Displays UltraSORB® 4600 Series Wipers
Polymer Thick Film Inks UltraSORB® 4600 Series Wipers or
CleanWIPE® 4200 Series Wipers
Highly Viscous inks for Hybrid Circuits CleanWIPE® 4200 Series Wipers

UltraSORB® versus Bemcot for Paste Removal
See Comparative Photos