Automatic 2- to 6-color CNC UV screen printing machines for bottles and containers.
The automated, servo-driven DT-CNC Series is available in 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-color configurations for high-speed automated UV screen printing on round, oval, square and flat-sided bottles and containers. Each system combines automatic loading, surface preparation, CCD camera vision registration, LED UV curing and automatic unloading on one rotary platform, with optional hot stamping in place of one screen-printing station.
The screen-printing station.
The print is established at this station. The screen, squeegee and container move together through the stroke, while the DT-CNC controls each motion independently to match the package being decorated.
This close-up shows the container held in matched tooling beneath the print station as the screen travels across the part.
- Motion is matched to the container. Round parts rotate differently from oval, square or other flat-sided parts.
- Tooling keeps the part located. The fixture supports and controls the container throughout the print stroke.
- Servo settings are saved with the job. Once the profile is established, repeat runs begin from known settings.
Screen travel, fixture rotation, and print-head position move together.
The motion profile is programmed for the container. Round parts can rotate at a constant rate; oval, square and other flat-sided parts require controlled changes in speed and position through the print stroke.
Index the rotary table.
The servo rotary table moves every fixture to the next process station.
Rotate the container.
Each fixture has its own servo drive and follows the profile saved for the product.
Control the print stroke.
Screen travel, squeegee travel, and print-head height are set independently at each print station.
Correct the container orientation.
Optional body and bottom cameras can locate a seam, opening, thread, notch, or registration mark before the first color.
Loading, preparation, printing, curing, and unloading are built into the line.
The station sequence is selected around the application. A configured line can include automatic loading, part detection, anti-static cleaning, flame treatment, CCD orientation, screen printing, LED UV curing, inspection and automatic unloading.
Matched fixtures and support hardware control the container
Each container is supported by application-specific tooling and fixture hardware. The tooling locates the part, controls rotation and keeps it under control as the servo-driven rotary table indexes through treatment, printing, curing and inspection stations.
Automatic loading with part detection
Containers move from the infeed conveyor into the support cradle and onto the fixture. The enclosed line is engineered with product-specific loading, part detection and automatic transfer to the outfeed conveyor.
Clean and treat before printing
An ionizing bar neutralizes static while air nozzles remove loose dust. Flame treatment can be added for low-surface-energy plastics that need higher surface energy before printing.
Register to the package
Optional body and bottom cameras can find a mold seam, opening, thread, notch or registration mark and apply angular correction before the first color.
Program the print stroke
The screen frame, fixture rotation and print-head tracking are programmed together. Start and end positions, off-contact, squeegee pressure and print-head height are set for the job.
Cure each color and unload automatically
Each color is cured at its assigned UV station. The unloading robot removes the finished part and places it on the outfeed conveyor using product-specific grippers.
Recipes, alarms and diagnostics are built into the HMI
The DT-412CNC recipe system stores up to 50 product parameter groups with the associated graphic and cam data. Operators can also view cycle status, part presence, vision results, station timing, alarm history, servo fault codes and PLC input/output status.
The station layout is configured for the job.
The DT-CNC platform is available in 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-color configurations. The interactive maps below show representative 4- and 6-color layouts; station count and placement for every system are finalized during application engineering.
These are representative process maps rather than fixed station layouts. Final assignments are confirmed during application engineering.
See the DT-CNC running as a complete production system.
Watch the full machine cycle from automatic handling through screen printing, curing and finished-part transfer. Additional production videos below show specific applications, vision functions, robotic handling and print configurations.
DT-CNC automatic UV screen printing machine in production
See how the automated stations work together as one production line, including part movement, printing and downstream handling.
More DT-CNC production footage.
See specific print cycles, container applications, vision inspection and automated part handling on DT-CNC production configurations.
Print cycle and screen-printing station
Close production views of rotary indexing, screen travel, squeegee motion and the fixture beneath the print head.
Parts and production examples
See the DT-CNC platform running different container formats, color counts and multi-part production setups.
Artwork inspection and robotic bottle handling
See the camera inspection system and three-axis robotic handling used with round and oval containers.
Round, oval, square and other flat-sided containers.
The motion profile changes with the shape. Round containers rotate at a constant radius. Oval, square and other flat-sided containers require programmed speed and position changes so the screen remains matched to the printable surface.
Continuous radius
The fixture turns continuously while the screen travels across the artwork.
- Published size
- Ø20–Ø120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Published speed
- 45–60 pieces/min
Changing radius
The servo profile accelerates and decelerates as the contact radius changes through the print stroke.
- Published size
- W20–120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Published speed
- 35–50 pieces/min
Faces and corners
The motion profile manages each printable face and the transition from one printable face to the next.
- Published size
- W20–150 mm × H20–300 mm
- Published speed
- 35–50 pieces/min
What can the DT-CNC screen print and hot stamp?
The DT-CNC platform is built for automatic direct decoration of cosmetic and personal-care bottles, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical containers, household cleaner bottles, jars, rigid cylindrical industrial products, wine bottles and spirits bottles. Plastic and glass are the most common applications. Selected coated metal or aluminum parts can also be reviewed when the actual product, ink system, pretreatment, foil and tooling are compatible.
Cosmetic and fragrance packaging
Perfume and fragrance bottles, skincare and serum bottles, lotion bottles, cosmetic jars, hair-care packaging and other premium beauty containers.
Personal care and toiletry containers
Shampoo, conditioner, body-wash, hand-soap, deodorant, grooming and other personal-care bottles in round, oval or flat-sided formats.
Pharmaceutical and nutraceutical packaging
Medicine bottles, vitamin bottles, supplement containers, topical tubes, healthcare packaging and other rigid packages requiring repeatable registration.
Household and cleaning-product bottles
Detergent, disinfectant, glass cleaner, degreaser, laundry, air-care and trigger-spray containers made for retail and institutional markets.
Industrial cylindrical products
Grease gun cartridges, assembly-compound tubes and similar rigid cylindrical industrial or automotive-related products requiring durable direct decoration.
Specialty and decorative containers
Decorative glass bottles, luxury product containers, limited-edition packaging and other high-value formats that benefit from opaque ink and foil accents.
Jars and wide-mouth containers
Skincare jars, cream and ointment jars, supplement containers and other rigid cylindrical or shaped packages that can be supported in matched tooling.
Rigid technical components
Oil filters, cylindrical housings, sleeves, cartridges and selected molded components that can be loaded, treated, registered and held securely during decoration.
Wine, spirits and premium glass bottles
Selected wine bottles, liquor bottles, vodka bottles, whiskey bottles, gin bottles and specialty glass packaging can be decorated with direct screen printing and premium hot-stamped accents.
Common container materials evaluated during application review
Ink selection, flame or other pretreatment, UV curing, fixture design and hot-stamp foil must be validated on the production-grade package.
- HDPE / PE
- Polypropylene
- PET / PETG
- Glass
- Selected aluminum
- Coated metal
Foil logos, brand names, borders and premium accents.
When one screen-printing station is exchanged for the application-specific hot-stamping station, the line can add gold, silver, metallic, holographic or colored foil to approved areas. Typical uses include logos, product names, crests, bands, borders and premium accents on cosmetic, pharmaceutical, personal-care, wine, spirits and luxury packaging.
- Gold and silver metallic branding
- Holographic or specialty foil accents
- Colored-foil text, bands and borders
- Registered screen print and foil on one automated line
Common applications include plastic and glass cosmetic bottles, toiletry and personal-care containers, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, household cleaning-product bottles, industrial packaging containers, automotive-related grease cartridges, lubricant tubes, oil filters, wine bottles and spirits bottles. Final compatibility depends on part dimensions, material, surface condition, print area, artwork, wall rigidity, production rate and matched tooling.
Hot stamping.
Hot stamping adds foil decoration with heat and pressure. On the DT-CNC platform, a screen-printing station can be replaced with an application-specific hot-stamping station when the job calls for metallic or specialty foil accents.
The final hot-stamping head, tooling and foil path are engineered around the application. Foil type, temperature, pressure and dwell are confirmed during process testing.
Available in 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-color configurations.
The established 2-color, 4-color and 6-color platforms remain available, with 3-color and 5-color configurations offered for applications that fall between those standard layouts. The interactive comparison below shows the published 4- and 6-color platform data. Optional hot stamping replaces one print station.
| Fixture-position drives | 12 independent Inovance servo drives |
|---|---|
| Container range - round | Ø20–120 mm × H20–300 mm |
| Container range - oval | W20–120 mm × H20–300 mm |
| Container range - square | W20–150 mm × H20–300 mm |
| Published platform speed | Up to 60 parts/min for round containers; 35–50 parts/min for oval or square containers |
| Published registration accuracy | ±0.1–0.3 mm |
| Motion control | Beckhoff controller with servo-controlled screen, squeegee, print-head and fixture axes |
| Rotary platform | GOIZPER servo rotary table |
| Surface preparation | Anti-static dust removal and integrated flame pretreatment; other options are application dependent |
| Visual registration | Optional bottle-body and bottle-bottom CCD vision |
| Production controls | HMI cycle monitoring, alarm history, I/O diagnostics and product recipe storage |
| Optional decoration | Interchangeable hot-stamping head in place of one print station |
| Published speed with hot stamping | Approximately 25–35 parts/min, subject to the container, foil area, tooling and process |
| Published reference utilities | 380V–480V, 3-phase, 50 Hz; 6–8 bar compressed air. Final requirements follow the selected configuration and machine nameplate |
| Optional inspection | Full-color print inspection systems are available for qualified applications |
Published standard-platform specifications: DT-208-CNC, DT-412-CNC and DT-616-CNC
These published reference specifications preserve the established 2-color, 4-color and 6-color platform data. The 3-color and 5-color configurations are specified around the application. Final utilities, dimensions, weight, station assignments, options, as-built drawings and machine nameplate govern the delivered system.
DT-208-CNC (DT-208CNC)
2-color standard platform
- Print heads
- 2-color
- Maximum round container
- Ø20–Ø120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum oval container
- W20–120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum square container
- W20–150 mm × H20–300 mm
- Round-container speed
- 45–60 pcs/min
- Oval / square speed
- 35–50 pcs/min
- Registration accuracy
- ±0.1–0.3 mm
- Control system
- Beckhoff motion controller (Germany)
- Rotary table
- GOIZPER servo rotary table (Spain)
- Screen stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Squeegee stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Print-head up / down
- Inovance servo motor
- Fixture-station drive
- 8 × Inovance servo motors
- Infeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Visual registration
- CCD camera, optional
- Surface treatment
- 1 flame-treating unit
- Print / fixture stations
- 8 stations
- UV curing units
- 2 LED UV units
- Outfeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Pneumatics
- Festo or SMC components
- Electrical requirements
- 380V–480V, 3 phase, 50 Hz
- Air supply
- 6–8 bar
- Power consumption
- 25 kW
- Machine dimensions (L × W × H)
- 3,920 × 2,360 × 2,250 mm
- Machine weight
- 4,000 kg
DT-412-CNC (DT-412CNC)
4-color standard platform
- Print heads
- 4-color
- Maximum round container
- Ø20–Ø120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum oval container
- W20–120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum square container
- W20–150 mm × H20–300 mm
- Round-container speed
- 45–60 pcs/min
- Oval / square speed
- 35–50 pcs/min
- Registration accuracy
- ±0.1–0.3 mm
- Control system
- Beckhoff motion controller (Germany)
- Rotary table
- GOIZPER servo rotary table (Spain)
- Screen stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Squeegee stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Print-head up / down
- Inovance servo motor
- Fixture-station drive
- 12 × Inovance servo motors
- Infeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Visual registration
- CCD camera, optional
- Surface treatment
- 1 flame-treating unit
- Print / fixture stations
- 12 stations
- UV curing units
- 4 LED UV units
- Outfeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Pneumatics
- Festo or SMC components
- Electrical requirements
- 380V–480V, 3 phase, 50 Hz
- Air supply
- 6–8 bar
- Power consumption
- 35 kW
- Machine dimensions (L × W × H)
- 5,065 × 3,200 × 2,100 mm
- Machine weight
- 6,000 kg
DT-616-CNC (DT-616CNC)
6-color standard platform
- Print heads
- 6-color
- Maximum round container
- Ø20–Ø120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum oval container
- W20–120 mm × H20–300 mm
- Maximum square container
- W20–150 mm × H20–300 mm
- Round-container speed
- 45–60 pcs/min
- Oval / square speed
- 35–50 pcs/min
- Registration accuracy
- ±0.1–0.3 mm
- Control system
- Beckhoff motion controller (Germany)
- Rotary table
- GOIZPER servo rotary table (Spain)
- Screen stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Squeegee stroke drive
- Inovance servo motor
- Print-head up / down
- Inovance servo motor
- Fixture-station drive
- 16 × Inovance servo motors
- Infeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Visual registration
- CCD camera, optional
- Surface treatment
- 1 flame-treating unit
- Print / fixture stations
- 16 stations
- UV curing units
- 6 LED UV units
- Outfeed conveyor
- 2 meters
- Pneumatics
- Festo or SMC components
- Electrical requirements
- 380V–480V, 3 phase, 50 Hz
- Air supply
- 6–8 bar
- Power consumption
- 40 kW
- Machine dimensions (L × W × H)
- 7,068 × 3,713 × 2,100 mm
- Machine weight
- 8,500 kg
The 2-color DT-208-CNC (DT-208CNC) and the 3- and 5-color configurations are available for applications that do not require the established 4- or 6-color layouts. Utility requirements, dimensions, machine weight, fixture positions and installed options are confirmed for the selected configuration; final as-built drawings and the machine nameplate take precedence.
The machine is specified around the container and process.
Deco Tech provides application review, system integration, installation, operator and maintenance training, documentation, spare-parts coordination, post-sale support and service, and North American technical support.
Application review
Send the container drawing or dimensions, artwork, material, annual volume, target rate and physical samples when available.
Tooling and process trials
The fixture set, screens, inks, pretreatment, curing and motion profile are evaluated on the actual package.
Installation, training and handoff
Deco Tech installs the system, trains the production team and supports the move from setup into routine operation.
Documentation and North American support
The customer package includes operating and maintenance instructions, HMI and robot setup, preventive-maintenance checklists and as-built electrical documentation. Service and application support are based in California.
The maintenance plan is defined before the machine is turned over.
The DT-412CNC operating manual separates routine maintenance into daily, monthly and annual tasks. It also calls for maintenance records, recipe backups and inspection of the safety, electrical, pneumatic, UV, vision and motion systems.
Send us the container and the job requirements.
Include the container dimensions, material, artwork, number of print colors, annual volume and target rate. Physical samples are required before the final machine configuration is approved.
What we confirm before quoting the machine.
Common applications include cosmetic and fragrance bottles, personal-care containers, pharmaceutical and supplement bottles, household cleaner bottles, jars, specialty glass bottles, grease cartridges, oil filters, rigid cylindrical components and selected wine and spirits bottles. Every product is reviewed for size, material, surface condition, tooling, pretreatment, curing and target speed.
The DT-CNC platform is available in 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-color configurations. The exact number of fixture positions, curing units and optional stations is confirmed during application engineering.
Yes. The published DT-CNC range includes round, oval and square containers. Every new package still requires a fixture and process review.
No. CCD visual registration is optional. It is used when the print must align to a seam, molded feature or existing decoration.
The platform supports an interchangeable hot-stamping station in place of one print station. Whether it can be added later should be confirmed when the machine is configured.
No. The published platform maximum is up to 60 parts per minute. The DT-412CNC operating manual lists a 35–55 parts-per-minute reference range for round containers and 35–50 for square or other shapes. Print length, ink, curing, loading, vision and inspection all affect the final rate.
Send container drawings or dimensions, artwork, material, annual volume, target rate and physical samples when available.
