Rotary Screen Pattern Printing of Polyurethane Resin onto Textiles

A method for printing a textile layer with a PU material, comprising the steps of:

• providing a polyurethane containing paste that is adapted for printing on textile material;
• providing a textile material;
• preparing said textile material for printing with said polyurethane paste;
• providing a rotary screen printing device comprising:
• a rotary screen that is a cylinder having openings, said openings defining an open space along the surface of said cylinder that corresponds to a predetermined printing pattern, said prepared textile material adapted to receive said predetermined printing pattern, and said cylinder containing a squeegee blade or magnetic roller that is operatively connected to said polyurethane containing paste;
• a conveyor to move said textile component adjacent and leaving a gap in relation to said rotary screen;
• and
• a source of hydrodynamic or magnetic pressure, said pressure source component cooperating with said squeegee blade or said magnetic roller to force an effective amount of said polyurethane containing paste through said rotary screen and onto said textile material to form a polyurethane based print having said predetermined printing pattern;
• feeding said prepared textile material into said rotary screen printing device;
• applying said predetermined print to said textile material with said the rotary screen printing device according to a set of device parameters;
• and
• drying said printed textile material according to said set of device parameters.