IEC 62899-301-3:2024

IEC 62899-301-3 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Printed Electronics –
Part 301-3: Equipment – Contact printing – Rigid master – Method to measure
the shape errors of printing plate rollers

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IEC 62899-301-3 ®
Edition 1.0 2024-09
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Printed Electronics –
Part 301-3: Equipment – Contact printing – Rigid master – Method to measure

the shape errors of printing plate rollers

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
ICS 19.080; 37.100.01 ISBN 978-2-8322-9717-9

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Measurement methods . 10
4.1 General . 10
4.2 Measuring instrument. 10
4.3 Measuring process . 10
4.4 Report. 12
Annex A (informative) Printing force variation of the printing plate roller . 13
Annex B (normative) Numerical procedures to extract the shape errors of the printing
plate rollers . 14
B.1 Extraction of the least square reference circle for each measured
circumference of the printing cylinder . 14
B.2 Remove the axial deviations and the radial deviations . 15
B.3 Calculate the cross-section deviations . 16
B.4 Calculate the residual shape errors . 16
Annex C (informative) Examples of report . 17
C.1 Example of report . 17
C.2 Example of report 2 . 20
Bibliography . 24

Figure 1 – General shape of printing plate roller . 8
Figure 2 – Datum axis of the printing plate roller for measuring shape errors of the
printing cylinder . 8
Figure 3 – Median line deviation of a cylinder . 9
Figure 4 – Radius deviation of a cylinder . 9
Figure 5 – Cross-sectional deviation of a cylinder . 10
Figure A.1 – Printing force variations in two different cases . 13
Figure A.2 – Axial deviation with a slope relative to the datum axis . 13
Figure A.3 – Axial deviation with an offset relative to the datum axis . 13
Figure B.1 – Measurement of the printing cylinder . 14
Figure B.2 – Least square reference circle of the i-th circumferential measurement . 15
Figure C.1 – Measurement setup . 17
Figure C.2 – Measurement of the datum axis . 18
Figure C.3 – Measurement of the circumferences of the printing cylinder with the label
meaning the z-axis position of each measured circumference . 18
Figure C.4 – Graphical report of Table C.1 . 19
Figure C.5 – Extracted cross-section variation . 19
Figure C.6 – Residual shape errors . 20
Figure C.7 – Measurement setup . 21
Figure C.8 – Measurement of the datum axis . 21

Figure C.9 – Measurement of the circumferences of the printing cylinder with the label
meaning the z-axis position of each measured circumference . 22
Figure C.10 – Graphical report of Table C.2 . 22
Figure C.11 – Extracted cross-section variation . 23
Figure C.12 – Residual shape errors . 23

Table 1 – Guideline for the sample points on each circumferential measurement . 11
Table B.1 – Report form for the axial deviations and radial deviations of the printing
cylinder . 15
Table C.1 – Report for the axial deviations and radial deviations of the printing cylinder
fitted from measured circumferences given in Figure C.3 . 19
Table C.2 – Report for the axial deviations and radial deviations of the printing cylinder
fitted from measured circumferences given in Figure C.9 . 22

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PRINTED ELECTRONICS –
Part 301-3: Equipment – Contact printing – Rigid master –
Method to measure the shape errors of printing plate rollers

FOREWORD
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IEC 62899-302-3 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 119: Printed Electronics. It is
an International Standard.
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Draft Report on voting
119/505/FDIS 119/511/RVD
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INTRODUCTION
The term "printed electronics" can be easily understood in that this industry involves electronic
devices and products that are manufactured by using state-of-the-art printing techniques,
otherwise known as additive processes. Printing methods have been widely used in textile and
paper type substrates for centuries. In the past, the advent of mass producible printouts had a
significant impact on how knowledge is stored, transferred and reproduced. At this current stage
of technological development, printing on either rigid or flexible substrates is considered to
supplement or replace traditional electronic device manufacturing processes. The difference
between media printing and printed electronics stems from the fact that media print is used to
convey information for humans to process using their eyes while printed electronics requires
machines to process electronic information; the level of resolution and functionality required
makes the difference. Some of the widely used functional materials for printed electronics are,
but not limited to, nano- or micro-size metal particles, semiconductive polymers, and dielectric
materials. Due to the available and required readout resolution, small feature sizes below 20 µm
will necessarily be printed. Layer thickness and registration accuracy of printed products are
closely related to the quality control of electronic devices with ink materials requiring a high
level of quality. Overall, printing tolerance is much smaller in printed electronics.
There are two main categories in the printing process for printed electronics. One is a non-
contact printing process, such as inkjet printing or an electrostatic discharge (ESD) printing
process. The other is a contact printing process, such as gravure printing, gravure offset printing,
reverse offset printing and screen printing. This document provides a proposal for measuring
and assessing the printing master. Therefore, the scope is limited to the printing process using
the printing master.
The quality of the printing master is important because the ink is transferred from the printing
master to the substrate directly in these processes, which means that the quality of the results
of the printed circuit depends on the quality of the printing master. For the mass production of
printed electronic devices, many companies, such as device manufacturers, printing master
manufacturers and printing master manufacturing equipment vendors, are related to
manufacturing and thus they will use a printing master and standardized measurement and
assessment methods.
Printed electronics requires more precise dimensional control than conventional media printing
as mentioned above. It means that the evaluation of printing plate rollers is critical to achieving
the reliable production of high-resolution patterns and the reduction of printing registration
errors. One of the most important performance parameters of the printing plate roller is the
dynamic error in actual printing equipment during actual printing. The dynamic error of the
printing plate roller causes the changes in the printing process condition, such as the printing
pressure and the synchronization error between the roller and the substrate. Such a dynamic
error results in printed linewidth variations and printing registration errors. The dynamic error is
the combined results of the shape errors of the printing plate roller, the motion guiding error of
the bearing assembly, and the unexpected deformation of the roller by the external load
including self-gravity load. To reduce the occurrence of dynamic errors of the printing plate
roller, each contributor to the dynamic error of the printing plate roller will be evaluated. For the
first step to evaluate the dynamic error of the printing plate roller, this document focuses on
measuring the shape errors of the printing plate roller.

PRINTED ELECTRONICS –
Part 301-3: Equipment – Contact printing – Rigid master –
Method to measure the shape errors of printing plate rollers

1 Scope
This part of IEC 62899 defines measurement terms and methods related to the shape errors of
printing plate rollers. Measurement terms include radius, total run-out, and three kinds of shape
errors of printing plate rollers that are axial deviation, radial deviation, and cross-sectional
deviation. The remaining shape error excluding the three errors mentioned above is defined as
a residual shape error.
This document applies to printing plate rollers with or without patterns while excluding the
pattern area for the measurement.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
ISO 1101, Geometrical product specifications (GPS) – Geometrical tolerancing – Tolerances of
form, orientation, location and run-out
ISO 12180-1:2011, Geometrical product specifications (GPS) – Cylindricity – Part 1: Vocabulary
and parameters of cylindrical form
ISO 12180-2, Geometrical product specifications (GPS) – Cylindricity – Part 2: Specification
operators
ISO 12181-2, Geometrical product specifications (GPS) – Roundness – Part 2: Specification
operators
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http
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