Hix SD-2632 Screen Drying Cabinet
Professional 8-screen drying cabinet with filtered heated airflow, angled drying racks, individual air-knife distribution, and a corrosion-resistant galvanized interior for fast, clean, consistent screen drying.
Characteristics
The HIX SD-2632 Screen Drying Cabinet is a professional screen-printing darkroom solution designed to dramatically reduce the time required to dry freshly coated emulsion and reclaimed screens while providing a cleaner, more controlled drying environment.
Built for production screen rooms, the SD-2632 accommodates up to eight screens with a maximum size of 26" x 32". Its compact cabinet design allows multiple screens to dry simultaneously without consuming the floor space required for large open drying racks.
An innovative 10-degree angled rack system positions screens so the coated emulsion surface remains untouched by the shelving during the drying process. This helps protect freshly coated screens while promoting proper airflow around each frame.
The SD-2632 uses a filtered air delivery system to provide clean air inside the drying chamber. Removing airborne contaminants before they reach freshly coated screens helps reduce dust-related imperfections and pinholes that can require additional screen preparation and touch-up before exposure.
Optimally positioned air knives direct heated airflow across each individual screen slot. This controlled air distribution helps screens throughout the cabinet dry evenly rather than relying on uncontrolled ambient airflow.
The cabinet is equally useful for drying freshly emulsion-coated screens and wet reclaimed screens. Accelerating moisture removal can significantly shorten screen-preparation turnaround times and help shops move screens from coating or reclaiming to the next stage of production faster.
For additional flexibility, the cabinet's heating and airflow system creates a controlled drying environment without exposing emulsion to excessive temperatures. The maximum cabinet temperature is approximately 30°F above ambient room temperature, with a maximum operating temperature of 110°F.
The interior walls are constructed from corrosion-resistant galvanized material, helping the cabinet withstand moisture produced by wet screens as well as exposure to vapors associated with emulsions and other screen-room chemicals.
In addition to drying screens, the SD-2632 is designed to make efficient use of valuable darkroom floor space. Its approximately 37" x 35" top surface can function as a convenient work surface or support a compatible HIX tabletop exposure unit, allowing screen drying and exposure equipment to occupy essentially the same footprint.
By combining filtered airflow, controlled heat, individual air distribution, and protected angled screen storage, the HIX SD-2632 helps screen-printing shops improve stencil consistency, reduce drying time, minimize dust-related defects, and increase overall screen-room productivity.
- Professional screen-printing drying cabinet
- Designed for screen-room and darkroom production
- Holds up to 8 screens simultaneously
- Accommodates screens up to 26" x 32"
- Quickly dries freshly coated emulsion
- Quickly dries wet reclaimed screens
- Helps reduce screen-preparation turnaround time
- Controlled enclosed drying environment
- Filtered air delivery system
- Helps prevent airborne dust from reaching wet emulsion
- Helps reduce dust-related pinholes and stencil imperfections
- Directed air-knife airflow system
- Air knives deliver heated air to individual screen slots
- Promotes consistent drying throughout the cabinet
- Innovative angled screen rack system
- Approximately 10-degree sloping shelves
- Helps keep emulsion surfaces from contacting shelves
- Designed to maximize airflow around screens
- Heated airflow accelerates moisture removal
- Maximum temperature approximately 30°F above room temperature
- Maximum cabinet temperature of 110°F
- Corrosion-resistant galvanized interior
- Designed to withstand moisture from wet screens
- Suitable for coated and reclaimed screens
- Compact, space-efficient cabinet design
- Top surface can function as a work area
- Top can accommodate a compatible HIX tabletop exposure unit
- Helps consolidate darkroom equipment into a smaller footprint
- Ideal for professional screen-printing production environments
- Speeds drying of freshly coated screens
- Speeds drying of reclaimed screens after washout
- Reduces dependence on slow ambient air drying
- Helps improve screen-room production throughput
- Provides a cleaner drying environment than open racks
- Filtered airflow helps minimize contamination of wet emulsion
- Helps reduce pinholes caused by airborne dust
- Controlled airflow promotes more uniform drying
- Individual air knives help distribute airflow across each screen
- Angled shelving protects freshly coated emulsion surfaces
- Allows eight screens to dry within a compact footprint
- Helps shops move screens into exposure faster
- Galvanized interior provides durability in humid screen-room environments
- Top work surface helps maximize available production space
- Excellent companion to compatible HIX tabletop exposure equipment
- Drying freshly emulsion-coated screens
- Drying reclaimed screens
- Screen-printing darkrooms
- Screen coating departments
- Screen reclaim departments
- High-turnover screen preparation
- Manual screen-printing shops
- Automatic screen-printing operations
- Production environments requiring cleaner screen drying
- Shops looking to reduce screen-preparation bottlenecks
- Position screens properly on the angled racks so freshly coated emulsion does not contact the shelving.
- Allow adequate spacing and avoid obstructing the cabinet's air-delivery paths.
- Keep the air filtration system clean to maintain effective airflow and minimize contamination.
- Remove excess water from reclaimed screens before placing them inside the cabinet to help shorten drying time.
- Monitor drying conditions when working with different emulsions, coating thicknesses, mesh counts, and ambient humidity levels.
- Do not exceed the emulsion manufacturer's recommended drying temperature.
- Maintain the screen room and drying cabinet as a clean, low-dust environment for best stencil quality.
- Periodically inspect the air passages and interior of the cabinet and remove accumulated residue.
- Follow HIX installation, electrical, maintenance, and operating recommendations.
- Screen-printing shops looking to shorten screen preparation time
- Production environments coating multiple screens per day
- Shops experiencing pinholes caused by dust during open-air drying
- Darkrooms with limited floor space
- Operations needing consistent drying conditions
- Shops combining screen drying and tabletop exposure equipment in a compact workspace