To provide a squeegee made of a plastic which can suppress an influence caused by wear to a minimum, and a cream solder printing apparatus equipped with the squeegee.
A belt-like squeegee 2 which slides on a screen 18 with an opening part 17 and squeezes a printing agent 19 placed on the screen 18 to fill the printing agent 19 into the opening part 17 is formed of a plastic material, and the thickness of the plate is made approximately 0.3-0.8 mm, preferably approximately 0.5 mm. The plastic material can be selected from a group comprising polyamideimide, polyimide, polyamide, polyetheretherketone, polyacetal and ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. The squeegee 2 can be used by laminating at least one back-up material 3, and it is preferable that an extending space with approximately 1-5 mm is provided between the back-up material 3 and the squeegee 2.
TAKAHASHI MASARU
MURAKAMI TOSHIYUKI
SARASHINA EIGO
Takuji Yamada
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