SCREEN PRINTING APPARATUS AND SCREEN PRINTING METHOD

摘要

In screen printing for printing cream-like solder on a board 7 through through-holes of a mask plate 12, removal of the board 7 from a lower surface of the mask plate 12 is performed in such a manner that the board 7 is moved down at a first descending velocity V1 as a lower velocity during an initial stroke S1 of from a state where the removal of the board 7 starts to a state where the board 7 is removed from the mask plate 12 so that the distance between the upper surface of the board 7 and the lower surface of the mask plate 12 reaches a predetermined value set to be in a range of from a half to twice as large as the thickness of the mask plate 12, and that the board 7 is moved down at a second descending velocity V2 as a higher velocity after the initial stroke S1. Accordingly, even in the case where solder apt to vary according to the passage of time is used, good removability and stable print quality can be secured.