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Advanced Method.

This method is not recommended unless the operator is fully experienced and equipped with the Murakami Stretcher or other stretcher that is designed to stretch the fabric only, free from direct contact with the frame.

  1. Stretch the fabric approximate 110% to the recommended tension level.
  2. Release tension.
  3. Repeat the steps 1 and 2 five times. No stabilizing is required.
  4. Stretch to the recommended tension level.
  5. Raise the table up to the maximum height until the frame can touch and push the fabric upward.
  6. Trim the fabric along the frame. The screen is ready for stencil making now.
Recommended Tensioning Procedure

Loading the fabric

  1. Load the fabric into stretching device, ensuring that the fabric is loaded as squarely as possible. If stretching device or frame is rectangular, we recommend to load the fabric in short sides first.
  2. Make accurate markings on four corners when inserting or clamping.This will help operator in uniformly softening corners and keep the mesh in proper alignment to the frame. For retensionable frames, locking strips or rods may be trimmed 1/4" or 1/2" shorter on each side without any sharply angled edges. This will prevent fabric from tearing in the corners.
  3. Soften four corners uniformly approximately 2" to 6" depending on the frame profile. For retensionable frames, the corners are properly softened if you are able to touch the table by pressing the center of the triangles formed by softening corners.

Stretching/Tensioning Retensionable Frames

  1. Beginning with long bars first, bring the fabric to 40% of the recommended tension level.
  2. Turn short bars to reach 50% of the recommended tension level. There should be no tension in corners. Soften as necessary. Throughout tensioning process, corners should be checked constantly.
  3. Go back to long bars. Using the bar that has been turned the least distance, bring the tension level to 65%.
  4. Using the short bar that has been turned the least distance, bring the tension level to 75%.
  5. Repeat step 3, bring the tension to 90%.
  6. Repeat step 4, bring the tension to 100%.
  7. Check the tension of both directions, and make any adjustments to reach even tension if necessary. In order to keep the mesh openings as square as possible, traveling distance of two bars on each direction should be even.
  8. We recommend you allow the screen to sit for 3 to 4 hours, and retension to the recommended tension level. For maximum stabilization, allow the screen to sit for at least 12 hours before retensioning.