Substrates and the substantial benefits they bring to highly specialized print processes, like flexography, are not to be ignored, taken for granted or otherwise dismissed. Optimizing ink to substrate is essential in successful printing. Great attributes of a substrate, particularly plastic packaging, merit mention: Plastic packaging plays a key role in food freshness and preservation, … Continued
Day-to-day press operation often comes with challenges. One of the most common—unpredictable doctor blade failures—also comes with a number of additional concerns, such as safety, quality, service and cost. As technical advisors for professional print operators across the country, Daetwyler encounters these situations on a daily basis. This article will address problem areas regarding optimum … Continued
GURNEE, IL—Domino continues to grow its digital printing business, with entrance into the corrugated sector. Domino will be introducing the X630i, its first digital inkjet product offering for corrugated, via a virtual launch event on June 16th. Besides this being a highly automated inkjet printing solution, Domino will also launch a new ink set based … Continued
By now, nearly everyone in our industry has heard of laser anilox cleaning. Whether or not someone within your organization has conducted the appropriate due diligence into this great technology, there are a handful of widely accepted advantages. As noted in my Virtual FORUM 2020 presentation, those benefits include: sustainability, performance and cash savings—aka, bottom-line … Continued
GREEN BAY, WI—Green Bay-based Rol-Tec has purchased Axis Machine Co, and the Axis operation will remain in Green Bay. Axis Machine is a high precision grinding company for metal rollers and machine parts used in flexographic printing, paper making, industrial, and coating operations. Chrome, steel, tungsten and other high-precision rollers are used by many of … Continued
LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg—With sustainability firmly at the forefront of today’s packaging supply chain, Flint Group Packaging Inks, one of the largest consumables suppliers to the global print and packaging industry, has detailed its vision for supporting circular economies in a new white paper that reveals the formation of a dedicated Sustainability Task Force. The paper outlines … Continued
SCHAUMBURG, IL—INX International Ink Co has finalized its acquisition of RUCO Druckfarben, a well-respected printing ink manufacturer in Eppstein, Germany. Founded in 1857, RUCO Druckfarben is a medium-sized system provider of highly specialized industrial inks for screen, pad, gravure, flexo and dry offset printing. The company has approximately 150 employees with representatives in more than … Continued
In this strange time of the COVID-19 pandemic, I have a new take on the words written by Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Worst of Times: The world economy has been crippled. People are dying from an unseen enemy. State and federal governments are at odds … Continued
Flexographic presses utilize one of three methods to control the ink being delivered to the anilox roll. The three methods, in order of increasing effectiveness, are fountain roll metering, single-blade systems and chambered systems. Most applications are better served with either a single blade or chambered doctor blade system. This article will provide a comparison … Continued
The anilox roller has long been referred to as the “heart of the flexographic press,” as it provides the precise amount of ink, laminate or coating to the printing plate or substrate. One of the most innovative products that is utilized in the world of flexographic printing today is the lightweight, quick-change anilox sleeve. Instead … Continued
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