AUTOMATIC FACILITY AND AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR DECORATING ITEMS MADE OF ROUGH OR REFINED GLASS OR OF PLASTIC WITH RAISED PATTERNS

摘要

The present invention provides an automatic facility for decorating items made of rough or refined glass or of plastic with raised patterns including a carrier for continuously moving the items between a station for loading the items onto the carrier, a station for screen-printing a decoration onto each item with UV ink, a station for ultraviolet pre-polymerization of the ink of the decoration, the ink remaining slightly tacky on the surface, a station applying a paper film using heat by adhering the paper film onto the ink of the decoration and a station for unloading the items towards a tunnel for the final ultraviolet polymerization of the decoration. A method is also provided.