Semi-Automatic Fabric Screen Printer

I print 4–5 m cotton lengths every day with a single colour. Right now I block-print each piece by hand with wooden stamps, lifting, realigning, and stamping the fabric five times before rolling it forward. The manual cycle is accurate but far too slow, so I want to replace only the stamping phase with a faster, low-cost, semi-automatic alternative based on screen printing. Here is the workflow that must stay: I will still feed, tension, and roll the fabric manually between passes; patterns change daily, so the tooling has to let me swap a screen or frame quickly without expensive re-registration steps. Key goals • Screen-printing mechanism that repeatedly places one top motif and four-to-five evenly spaced repeats in a single travel. • Compact footprint suited to a small workshop and simple to clean at day’s end. • Consistent pressure so colour density matches or exceeds my current wooden stamps. • Materials and components that keep per-print cost low; no high-end industrial consumables. I can supply detailed photos, dimensions, and a video of my existing bench the moment we start. If you can design, prototype, or even build and ship the unit (partial or full solution), outline: 1. Your approach and any preferred drive system (manual lever assist, pneumatic, small stepper, etc.). 2. Rough timeline from concept to first test print. 3. Estimated cost breakdown for design, bill of materials, and fabrication. I’m happy to iterate alongside you, test early prototypes on-site, and give rapid feedback. Let’s speed this process up together while keeping the artisanal feel intact.

Project ID: 40220347