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Pamarco’s Cleaning Plate: Convenience without the Fee
We’ve all experienced the convenience fee. Sometimes it comes in the form of a small bottle of pop costing the same as a two-liter bottle, or entertainment tickets purchased online that boast one price until a fee gets tacked on at the last second. It’s an unfortunate...
Coating Application Information and the vital roll the anilox roll plays
John Bingham provides information for, coating applications and the vital roll the anilox roll plays in this application. He explains the importance of engraving specifications and how to ensure you have the right specs. John Bingham with Bingham flexo services....
Wasted Resources: How to Avoid Volume Inefficiency
They say it takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, it takes the collective company to avoid wasting resources. This is especially and unfortunately true with the anilox roll and wasted ink. In order to improve or eliminate the amount of ink wasted through...
Anilox metrics translate into consistent print metrics
It’s all about the numbers - anilox metrics translate into consistent print metrics Metrics dominate our lives- the more the results matter, the more we measure and set performance standards and tolerances. Flexo printing is no exception to this - when offset quality...
PAMARCO AT PRINT UV 2018
For Immediate Release: January 9, 2018 PAMARCO AT PRINT UV January 9, 2018- Come join us in Las Vegas from February 26-28, 2018 at the Print UV Conference, the premier all-in-one conference for leaders in the global UV printing industry. Attendees meet to network,...
Looking forward to 2018
As we approach the end of 2017, it is important for us to take a look at the past and at the future. The flexo industry continues to go from strength to strength in every sector. Purchases of new equipment in the three major areas of corrugated, flexible packaging,...
How to achieve maximum start up efficiency
By asking one question three times over and answering a few others, specifying anilox rolls for a new multi-color die cutter or flexo folder gluer can be done easily. This is true for any flexo printer in the corrugated market, no matter the size. Asking for a...
Doctor blade materials and profiles
First read in Flexo Magazine [download id="8750"] An Overview of Options and their Application The doctor blade appears to be a simple component of the flexographic printing process but, as often is the case, appearances can be deceiving. The casual user might...
Safe-handling ideas for doctor blades used in Flexo and Gravure
Safe-handling ideas for Doctor Blades used in Flexo and Gravure. The edges of typical new, unused metal Flexo and Gravure doctor blades look like this in cross-section. Allison Systems, PDF by Bill, 01/29/13 Allison Systems ~ Bill Safe-handling ideas for Doctor Blades...
Four simple ways to build a better box
As originally printed in Corrugated Today How can one printer stand out in a crowd of competitors? Easy. By building a better box. But how do you build a better box than the one that you’re building right now? Over my years in the print industry, I have found that...