Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Sadayuki Nagashima

Ken Takahashi

Hiroaki Onishi

Toshinori Mimura

Toshiyuki Murakami

Naoichi Chikahisa

Hitoshi Nakahira

A printing screen cleaning apparatus and a method for cleaning a printing screen by employing the cleaning apparatus which includes a cleaning head having a wiping member and a backup member for sucking the paste via a wiping member while sliding the wiping member on a lower surface of the printing screen. The backup member includes a suction port provided in a suction region of a backup surface of the backup member. The backup member also has a groove that extends parallel to the suction region and approximately perpendicular to the sliding direction of the wiping member. The groove partially releases the backup of the wiping member.

Printing screen cleaning method and apparatus

When solder paste passes through a first gap located between a pressurizing member and a printing mask during solder paste printing, a pressure directed toward the printing mask is applied from the pressurizing member to the solder paste.

Solder paste printing apparatus and printing method

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Kofu, Japan

Sadayuki Nagashima