| Customization: | Available |
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| Material: | Resin |
| Usage: | Flexo Printing |
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Brief introduction
-Flexographic printing plates are flexible photopolymer plates,
used in flexo printing to transfer ink & images to a flexible substrate, such as paper or film.
-The printing plates are a critical element of the flexographic printing process
and the quality of the printed image is largely dependant on the quality of the flexo plates used.
-The flexo process itself is well known for adapting to print onto all types of flexible substrates
and the plates can be used & re-used over millions of impressions.
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What is the difference between conventional flexo plate and digital flexo plate?
Conventional flexo plate
The required image is first exposed onto a film negative, using a laser imagesetter.
It is then placed directly onto the surface of the unexposed plate material and is held in place via a vacuum cover.
The plate and film are then exposed to UV light in order to fix the image into the polymer material.
Digital felxo plate
Digital flexo plates today are exposed using direct 'computer-to-plate' technology (CTP).
In this case, the unexposed film negative is supplied pre-laminated onto the photopolymer sheet,
so that both layers can be exposed in the same piece of equipment.
A laser is directed by a computer to first expose the negative layer,
after which the photopolymer is then exposed to the UVA light source.
This exposure technique produces a superior quality plate, compared with the traditional method.
The exposed plate is then processed, using the washout method described above.
| Type | R700-II | R635 | R550 | R470 | R394-II | R394-III | R318L | R284-II | R284M-II | |||||||
| Thickness(mm) | 7 | 6.35 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.94 | 3.94 | 3.18 | 2.84 | 2.84 | |||||||
| Rigidity | 38-40 | 34 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 38 | 39 | 48 | 53 | |||||||
| (Shore A) | ||||||||||||||||
| Recommend relief(mm) | 3.2-3.8 | 2.2-3.0 | 2.0-3.0 | 1.2-2.2 | 1.8-2.0 | 1.8-2.0 | 0.9-1.5 | 1.0-1.4 | 1.0-1.4 | |||||||
| Image reproduction | 3~95% | 3~95% | 3~95% | 3~95% | 3~95% | 3-95% | 2-95% | 2~95% | 2~95% | |||||||
| Maximum line line/inch | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 120 | 120 | 120 | |||||||
| Minimum isolated line | 0.30mm | 0.30mm | 0.30mm | 0.30mm | 0.30mm | 0.30mm | 0.175mm | 0.175mm | 0.175mm | |||||||
| (0.012inch) | (0.012inch) | (0.012inch) | (0.012inch) | (0.012inch) | (0.012inch) | (0.007inch) | (0.007inch) | (0.0068inch) | ||||||||
| Minimum isolated dot | 0.50mm | 0.50mm | 0.50mm | 0.50mm | 0.50mm | 0.50mm | 0.25mm | 0.25mm | 0.25mm | |||||||
| (0.02inch) | (0.02inch) | (0.02inch) | (0.02inch) | (0.02inch) | (0.02inch) | (0.01inch) | (0.01inch) | (0.01inch) | ||||||||
| Suitable ink | Suitable for water and alcohol-based ink, incompatible with oil-based ink, hydrocarbon solvent or the ink containing ethyl acetate of more than 25% | |||||||||||||||
| Type | R284H | R284L | R254-II | R228LS | R170LS | R170H | Rl14LS | Rl14H | |||||||||
| Thickness(mm) | 2.84 | 2.84 | 2.54 | 2.28 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.14 | 1.14 | |||||||||
| Rigidity | 58-60 | 39 | 56 | 56 | 60-62 | 70-72 | 69-70 | 76-78 | |||||||||
| (Shore A) | |||||||||||||||||
| Recommend relief(mm) | 1.0-1.4 | 1.0-1.2 | 1.0-1.2 | 1.0-1.2 | 0.7-0.9 | 0.7-0.9 | 0.6-0.7 | 0.6-0.7 | |||||||||
| Image reproduction | 2-95% | 2-95% | 2-95% | 2-95% | 2~95% | 2~95% | 2-95% | 2-95% | |||||||||
| Maximum line line/inch | 120 | 133 | 133 | 133 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | |||||||||
| Minimum isolated line | 0.175mm | 0.15mm | 0.15mm | 0.15mm | 0.15mm | 0.10mm | 0.10mm | 0.10mm | |||||||||
| (0.0068inch) | (0.0059inch) | (0.0059inch) | (0.0059inch) | (0.0059inch) | (0.004inch) | (0.004inch) | (0.004inch) | ||||||||||
| Minimum isolated dot | 0.25mm | 0.2mm | 0.2mm | 0.20mm | 0.20mm | 0.20mm | 0.2mm | 0.2mm | |||||||||
| (0.01inch) | -0.0079 | -0.0079 | (0.0079inch) | (0.0079inch) | (0.0079inch) | -0.0079 | -0.0079 | ||||||||||
| Suitable ink | suitable for water and alcohol-based ink, incompatible with oil-based ink and hydrocarbon solvent ink | Suitable for UV-ink, water, alcohol-based ink | Suitable for water, alcohol-based ink and UV-ink | ||||||||||||||
Available sizes
| Type | R700-II | R635 | R550 | R470 | R394-II | R318L | R284H | R284M-II | R254-II | R228LS | R170LS | R114LS | |
| R394-III | R284-II | R284L | R170H | R114H | |||||||||
| Thickness(mm) | 7 | 6.35 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.94 | 3.18 | 2.84 | 2.84 | 2.54 | 2.28 | 1.7 | 1.14 | |
| Size | 762×1016 (30×40) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| mm(inch) | 1067×1524 (42×60) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| 1067×2032 (42×80) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| 1200×2032 (47.2×80) | - | - | - | - | √ | - | - | - | - | - | √ | √ | |
| 1270×2032 (50×80) | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| maximum size:1320x3050mm | |||||||||||||
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