Gloves were all tested with the most popular monomers to insure that they would provide proper protection when used with clean up solvents.
Ink drawdown skin#
Next was our skin lotion, which contains aluminum hydroxide able to neutralize the acrylic acid based coatings. We created a waterless hand cleaner that was oil based rather than solvent based. Most waterless hand cleaners are made with mineral sprits, and that solvent used with acrylates can lead to skin problems. Safety Products was the first category, and hand cleaner was the first product. With that five product categories were created to address the problems associated with the physical properties of the process. What else is needed to create a successful application? The realization was that it took more than these two components to do a “process”. At that time there were only companies producing UV coatings and/or Inks, and UV Curing equipment. founded in 1979 with the goal to service the growing UV Curing market. If you have questions about anilox rolls, or any other technical aspect of label printing, please call us today.UV Process Supply, Inc. The anilox takes the ink from the pan (or the fountain roll) and delivers it onto the plate in the precise amount required to print the ink density you need. Here is another diagram showing the same thing. When we document the anilox roller used on each color station, and the ink used, we can always be sure that we can repeat the job again and again with very consistent results. This is generally more exact and repeatable than altering the ink at press. We have various anilox rolls that deliver different amounts of ink to the plate – changing these rollers to others that deliver more or less ink is the primary way we adjust color on press. The gray roller is called an ANILOX ROLL and it is what actually pulls the ink from the ink pan and transfers it onto the printing plate (the darker, brown/purple cylinder above the anilox roll). This is a print station on a flexographic label press.
This takes time because we have to work it in between other ‘live’ jobs on press, so it isn’t always practical for jobs with a tight timeline, but it is a good way to see how your color will look on the actual label stock you have chosen.įor those that are curious about the technical aspects of putting ink on paper, we offer the following images: If you can’t decide on the exact PMS color for your label, a press check may be a good solution.Īnother option we offer is a color sample printed on press. This is very helpful on complicated labels that have not been run before, or on jobs where you don’t quite know what you want. To ensure customers get exactly the color they want, we always offer a no-charge press check for anyone that wants it. Because of the way a label press transfers the ink to the plate (and then to the paper), it is virtually impossible to replicate this process in the ink room (or anyplace else but on a printing press). These are common in the world of Offset printing, but not in the world of flexographic label printing. Every once in a while, we are asked about providing ink ‘drawdowns’ for customers.
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