Vacuum Exposure Unit for Solar Plates, Screen Making, Pad Printing Plates, Sandblasting Stencils

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0:00​ Intro
0:18 Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio
0:35 Review of the Vacuum Exposure Unit
0:57 Photo Etching onto a Metal Plate
1:21 Using Screen (Screen Tint)
1:29 Placing Plate face down onto the screen
1:51 Setting Exposure Time in the Exposure Unit
2:07 Setting Vacuum Pressure in the Exposure Unit to ensure good contact between plate and screen.
2:31 Removing Plate after Exposure to UV Light and Screen
2:41 Placing Separation into UV Exposure Unit and Expose again
4:13 Removing and Washing Plate in water and Sodium Carbonate
5:42 Example of Copper Plate etched in Ferric Chloride
7:11 How the Vacuum Exposure Unit works using Toyobo Solar Photopolymer Plate
10:11 Developing Toyobo Solar Plate in water by gently washing and drying (Etching/Intaglio Plate)
11:33 Printed examples from the plates that were made on the Creative Printers of London's UV Vacuum Exposure Unit






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Product Info
UV Exposure Units with Vacuum Blanket

For the ultimate in reproduction definition, a vacuum unit has to be the choice.
Unlike the pressure pad units this machine uses a vacuum to ensure the artwork and material to be exposed are held in perfect contact.

Suitable for use in exposure of Screen Printing Screens, The exposure process can be complete in as little as 30 seconds!

Provisional Technical details (subject to change):

Overall dimensions: 700mm (L) x 700mm (W) x 180mm (H)
Maximum exposure area for Flat Plates is: 560 x 440mm
Maximum exposure area for Screen frame size is:
540mm x 440mm x 20mm thick (Outside dimensions)
Maximum screen frame size:
520x420mm Outside dimensions
UV Lamps


Also Features an adjustable timer from 1-999 seconds.
The vacuum duration is also selectable and the machine will first countdown the vacuum time to establish good contact and then enable the High Power UV Lights to begin the exposure process.

All units come complete with a British 3-pin plug.


These units have UV Lights with an emission peak of 365NM.


vacuum pipe is approximately 25mm diagonally in from top left corner
of the exposure area. The tube can be used to create a seal within a screen frame