Silk Screened Glass

Silk screened glass from JNS is manufactured in a variety of processes on a variety of machines with a variety of inks. The platform selected for custom printed glass is always determined by the customer’s specific needs.

Custom printed glass from JNS is performed on either a semi-automatic printer or automated printer within a Class 1000 or Class 10,000 cleanroom. In addition to printing border, graphics and logos JNS also offers many specialty printing processes:

Dead fronts
Etching & Bus Bars
Edge Printing

Custom screen printing of glass is often the final process to complete the turnkey glass fabrication from JNS. The screen printing can be applied to ultra thin glass, chemically strengthened glass, tempered glass and float glass. One of the most popular glass types screen printed by JNS is Gorilla Glass.

Large format screen printing up to 72” x 54

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Dead Front Panels

Applications that require clean lines and an uncluttered look often use a dead front panel. The dead front panel – when backlit – illuminates numerous icons, logos, directions, buttons, etc. When not backlit the icons remain hidden offering the user a very clean and aesthetically appealing interface.

— JNS prints dead front panel glass in both monochromatic and colored.
— Transmission level are specific to the customers needs but are typically 5% or 10%.
— Dead front panels can be printed on glass as thin as 0.030” or as thick as 1”
— Common applications for dead front panels are cockpit control panels, appliance indicator panels, touch keypads, vehicular indicators etc

Etching & Bus Bars

JNS provides etching and bus bar applications – per project specifications – such as silver epoxy or conductive ink printed on an ITO or IMITO. The etching and bus bar process is available on the Ekra X4, Cameo 18, Cameo 30, and Saturn. L-shaped and U-shaped bus bars are also available through edge printing.

Edge Printing

Edge printing for small to medium sized parts is available for any application with ceramic frit ink. Generally there are no limitations on part size or material thickness. However, for epoxy ink the largest part with edge printing is typically 72″ x 54″. Tolerances are up to ±0.010″.

JNS offers both Epoxy and Frit Inks

Epoxy / Polyester
– Color Black & Silver – standard colors
– Custom color matching available
– Resolution Can print as fine as 0.127 mm [0.005”] minimum

Thickness Requirements

Single Pass 10 – 12 μm
Double Pass 25 – 60 μm

Frit

— Black & Silver – standard colors
— Custom colors available
— Higher durability and more scratch resistant than epoxy/polyester
— Can print as fine as 0.305 mm [0.012″]
— Thickness Requirements <0.051mm [<0.002”]
— Single Pass: 35-60 μm

Physical Properties

Ekra 4
Minimum Thickness	0.76 mm [0.030″]
Maximum Thickness	12.7 mm [0.5″]
Tolerance	±0.13 mm [±0.005″]
Minimum Size	76.2 x 50.8 mm [3″ x 2″]
Maximum Size	25.4 mm [1.0″]
Argon – Large Format
Minimum Thickness	~1 mm [0.040″]
Maximum Thickness	19 mm [0.75″]
Tolerance	±1.016 mm [±0.040″] up to ±0.4 mm [±0.015″]
Minimum Size	460 mm x 460 mm [16″ x 16″]
Maximum Size	1828 mm x 1371 mm [72 “ x 54”]
Cameo/Saturn
Minimum Thickness	0.76 mm [0.030″]
Maximum Thickness	25.4 mm [1.0″]
Tolerance	±1.016 mm [±0.040″] up to ±0.25 mm [±0.010″]
Minimum Size	7.6 mm x 7.6 mm [0.3″ x 0.3″]
Maximum Size	457 mm x 609 [30″ x 24″]
Custom Press
Minimum Thickness	0.76 mm [0.030″]
Maximum Thickness	25.4 mm [1.0″]
Tolerance	±1.016 mm [±0.040″] up to ±0.25 mm [±0.010″]
Minimum Size	7.6 mm x 7.6 mm [0.3″ x 0.3″]
Maximum Size	914 mm x 609 mm [36″ x 24″]

JNS has the in-house screen printing capabilities to handle just about any printing need. Our precision printing capabilities complement our other precision glass fabrication capabilities. Custom printing usually the last step in the fabrication of a customer’s glass parts and is done after the glass is CNC processed, custom edged and chemically strengthened.