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Cleaning of stencils, screens and unmounted misprints

Stencil cleaning

As a manufacturer and system supplier kolb provides for stencil, screen and misprinted bare boards cleaning the complete process from a single source: including machinery, accessories, detergents and specially applied software controlled, fully automated electronic processes.

Optimum screen cleaning (or cleaning of screen stencils, or stencil plates, as well as VectorGuard stencils)  is a prerequisite for reproducible quality and low failure rates in both electronics and solar cell production today. Residues and contamination from SMD adhesives and SMD solder pastes on screens and stencils, especially in the apertures, lead to printing errors during PCBA production and thus malfunctions of the finished product.

In addition to cleaning stencils from adhesive and paste, this process can also be used to clean misprints (misprinted bare boards) as well as solder frames / solder masks and carriers of solder paste, conductive pastes, adhesive, flux, oil, grease or dust.

A couple of decisive questions have to be answered when designing a process consisting of machine, detergent and reproducible process control:

  • Can the process effectively and material conserving clean fine and ultra fine-pitch apertures?
  • What exact contaminations need to be cleaned now and in a foreseeable future?
  • Can the process clean dry/older and fresh contaminations?
  • Is the whole process environmentally safe and compliant?
  • What is the total cost of ownership (investment, operating cost, maintenace time/downtime)?

Suitable cleaning systems


PSE 300 2HD
Fully automatic two-tank two circuit stencil cleaning system

Capacity: Capacity: Screen, stencil, carrier, washing frame up to 770 x 850 mm (30" x 33")
Fully automatic 3step process (cleaning, rinsing, drying with HotSpeed warm air)
Cycle time: < 30 min, depending on contamination and detergent

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PSE 300 2VL
Fully automatic two-tank two-circuit stencil cleaning system

Capacity: Screen, stencil, carrier, washing frame up to 770 x 950 mm (30" x 37")
Fully automatic 4step process, cleaning, MediumWipe®, rinsing and CWA® supercharger drying
Cleans stencils, screens, PumpPrint stencils, misprints from SMD adhesive, SMD paste, flux, oil, dust, grease

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PSE 300 HD
Fully automatic economy basic screen and stencil cleaning system

Capacity: Screen, stencil, carrier, washing frame up to 770 x 850 mm (30" x 33")
2step process (cleaning / rinsing, drying) with HotSpeed warm air drying
Cycle time: < 30 min, depending on contamination and detergent

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PSE 300 VL
Fully automatic high speed screen and stencil economy cleaning system

Capacity: Screen, stencil, carrier / washing frame up to 770 x 950 mm (30" x 37")
3step process (cleaning / rinsing, MediumWipe®, CWA® drying)
Cycle time: < 10 min, depending on contamination and detergent

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PSE MV8 TWIN
Cleaning system with double capacity for large stencils

Capacity: 2 Stencils, screens, carriers up to 800 x 950 mm (31" x 37")
Fully automatic 4step process, cleaning, MediumWipe®, rinsing and CWA® supercharger drying
Cleans stencils, screens, PumpPrint stencils, misprints from SMD adhesive, SMD paste, flux, oil, dust, grease

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AQUBE® MV3 ONE
Fully automatic compact highend cleaning system for stencils and many more

Capacity: Screen, stencil, carrier, washing frame (PCBAs, Misprints, Squeegees) up to 770 x 950 mm (31" x 37")
Fully automatic 4step process, cleaning, MediumWipe®, rinsing and CWA® supercharger drying
Cleans stencils, screens, PumpPrint stencils, misprints from SMD adhesive, SMD paste, flux, oil, dust, grease

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AQUBE® MV8 sTWIN
Parallel or sequential cleaning of two large stencils

Capacity: 2 Stencils, screens, carriers up to 950 x 770 mm (37" x 30") in two separate process chambers
Fully automatic 4step process: cleaning, MediumWipe®, rinsing and CWA® supercharger drying
Cleans stencils, screens, PumpPrint stencils, misprints from SMD adhesive, SMD paste, flux, oil, dust, grease

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AQUBE® MV9 QUAD
Fully automatic 4-fold stencil cleaning system

Capacity: 4 screens / stencils / carriers up to 800 x 940 x 40 mm (31.5“ x 37" x 1.5")
Vertical eightfold spray rotors, CWA® supercharger compression drying
Relative cycle time: 4 minutes per stencil
Process chamber dimensions: W 970 • D 955 • H 900 mm (W 38.18" • D 37.59" • H 35.43")

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Suitable detergents


MultiEx® B11

MultiEx® B11
Alkaline multifunctional aqueous stencil detergent

Aqueous alkaline broadband detergent concentrate for use in kolb systems with PowerSpray® technology and common spray-in-air cleaning systems. Most suitable for stencils, misprints, solder carriers, PCB magazines, ESD boxes

MultiEx® B11

MultiEx® CP

MultiEx® CP
Water-free special cleaner for paints, coatings and thermal pastes

Machine applicable detergent for the cleaning of stencils, screens, misprints (unmounted), as well as coating carriers and soldering carriers, masks and frames.

MultiEx® CP

MultiEx® GC

MultiEx® GC
Special screen cleaner for SMD adhesive

Detergent and rinse media for use in kolb systems with PowerSpray® techno­logy and common spray-in-air cleaning systems. Most suitable for printer screens as used e.g. in solar cell productions.

MultiEx® GC

MultiEx® N7-TS

MultiEx® N7-TS
Regenerative aqueous stencil cleaning and rinsing detergent

Aqueous neutral cleaning detergent for stencils, stencil flipside / underside cleaning, misprints (bare boards) in common spray-in-air cleaning systems as well as for use in screen printers for internal stencil underside cleaning. Also most suitable as rinsing detergent.

MultiEx® N7-TS

MultiEx® N8

MultiEx® N8
Regenerative multifunctional cleaning detergent

Aqueous pH-neutral broadband cleaning concentrate for use in kolb systems with PowerSpray® technology and common spray-in-air cleaning systems. Most suitable for stencils, screens, squeegees / srcapers, stainless steel

MultiEx® N8

MultiEx® SC

MultiEx® SC
Anhydrous special screen cleaning detergent

Anhydrous special cleaner for use in kolb systems with PowerSpray® techno­logy and common spray-in-air cleaning systems. Most suitable for photo technical screens and PumpPrint stencils.

MultiEx® SC

MultiEx® VR-18

MultiEx® VR-18
Single phase special cleaner for hard to clean fluxes on PCBAs

Removes especially hard to clean fluxes from PCBAs ceramic sub­strates, mis­prints, stencils, solder carriers and pallets, ESD boxes, PCB magazines.

MultiEx® VR-18

MultiEx® VR-HPA

MultiEx® VR-HPA
Highend broadband cleaner for PCBAs with sensitive components

Removes fluxes and pastes especially from PCBAs with sensitive compo­nents, from ceramic sub­strates, misprints, stencils, solder carriers, solder pallets, ESD boxes, PCB magazines.

MultiEx® VR-HPA

MultiEx® VR-SP

MultiEx® VR-SP
High end broadband detergent for PCBAs and many more

Removes all commercially available fluxes and pastes from assembled PCBs, ceramic substrates, misprints, stencils, solder carriers, solder pallets, ESD boxes, PCB magazines.

MultiEx® VR-SP

WipeEx® SA120

WipeEx® SA120
Special detergent for mechanical fleece cleaning

WipeEx® SA120 is a special cleaner for the underside / flipside cleaning process within screen / stencil printers to remove SMD adhesive and SMD paste.

WipeEx® SA120

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