Steel Doctor Blades: Bringing a Fine Edge to Process Control

There’s a lot of materials science and fluid dynamics to process control on a modern flexo press and every element plays an important part. As we visit converters’ shops around the country, we hear the same requirements over and again: Everyone is after consistent and repeatable results. This means not only throughout a run, but from … Continued

Solving Back Doctoring on Central Impression Presses

It starts seemingly simple enough—with visible ink leakage dripping in the catch pan under the doctor blade chamber. Yet, when seals and calibration settings are checked, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong. But the proof is right there in the pan and on your equipment. Your problem could be due to back doctoring. When … Continued