Screen Printing Dryers
Tunnel dryers that are compact and upgradeable

All screen printing dryers are not created equal. If you need a tunnel dryer or t-shirt dryer that is upgradeable, you have found the ideal product range in Vastex. The importance of a good quality infra red tunnel dryer should never be overlooked irrespective of whether you are starting a new screen printing business or expanding an existing shop. An infra red screen printing dryer is really the best t-shirt dryer for use with plastisol inks and although they can be expensive, a shrewd choice will buy you a tunnel dryer that can later be upgraded to meet the growing needs of your business.
Screen Printing Dryers:
DriBox T-Shirt Dryers
Our entry level range of t-shirt dryers is the Vastex range of DriBox drying ovens offering 46 or 76cm belt width and the choice of a single or dual heating chamber. These drying ovens are suitable for curing plastisol screen printed inks
EconoRed Screen Printing Dryers
Looking for a more advanced conveyor oven? EconoRed screen printing conveyor dryers offer digital controls and a choice of 76 or 137cm belt width, up to four heating chambers and forced air to help cure delicate products.
BigRed Tunnel Dryers
At the top of the range are >BigRed conveyor dryers. These dryers are able to cure water-based inks, plastisol inks and digitally printed inks (DTG). This range offers a choice of 76 and 137cm belt width with three or four heating elements.
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Compact UV Dryer
If you need to cure UV surface coatings that have been pad or screen printed onto items such as glassware, credit cards, promotional or electronic products and you have limited space, we offer a compact uv dryer for the application.
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T-Shirt dryers - essential kit for screen printers
When a t-shirt printed with plastisol ink is not cured properly, the printed image on the garment will break down very quickly during washing. While start-up screen printing businesses may choose to use a flash cure unit to do the final cure of the print initially, it is important to realise that doing this should be a short term measure. Also keep in mind that there are certain limitations when using a flash cure unit to complete the final stage of curing.
The first such limitation is that you should only cure smaller images in this way and certainly not a printed image on the garment that reaches the limits of the spot curer's size. It is also best not to try to dry very large solid areas of print with only a flash dryer.
As a specialist manufacturer of screen printing dryers, presses and spot curers, the Vastex range offer exceptional value for money to those with a serious interest in pursuing a career in screen printing. The Vastex range of screen printing dryers offer various models and within the range you will find tunnel dryers that are ideal for drying products such as plastisol printed t-shirts, water-based inks and discharge inks. The range of infra red tunnel dryers offer plenty of choice and scope for growth as most models are upgradeable.
There is an infra red screen printing dryer suitable for everything from the entry level t-shirt printer all the way up to high production shops thanks to the variety of models and options. With a model such as the DriBox screen print dryer to suit the smallest t-shirt printing business that has limited space available to the BigRed t-shirt dryer capable of curing both plastisol and water-based inks in high production shops, you can't go wrong with the quality and upgradeability that Vastex infra red tunnel dryers offer.
- Available in 46, 76 & 137cm belt widths
- Belt extensions available for DriBox and EconoRed series
- Additional heating chambers available for DriBox and EconoRed series
- Freestanding or table top
- Single phase of three phase mains on EconoRed and BigRed series
- 10 year heater warranty
- Cure plastisol ink, water-based ink and digitally printed inks with the BigRed series
- Height adjustable heating elements
- Adjustable and consistent belt speed
Product resources:
Specification sheet and comparison table (Acrobat PDF file)



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