ANILOX & CYLINDER CLEANING
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“How can I reduce downtime?” “Can I clean all my aniloxes or cylinders in only a few minutes?” “Is it possible to recover the anilox cell volume completely?” “Is there really an environmentally friendly way

Quality Cleaning and Quality Printing go Hand in Hand With the smaller and smaller cells the need for quality cleaning is getting larger and larger, otherwise quality printing cannot be obtained. The deeper cells can exasperate plugging issues. Plugged aniloxes cause difficulties in getting the right colour, poor colour densities, inadequate ink distribution, and waste of time, ink and substrate. Smaller cells mean a more delicate cell structure. Delicate cells are more easily susceptible to damages because of improper handling, doctor blade scoring, and poor cleaning methods. Abrasive...

Cleaning of Aniloxes The fully automatic Anilox Roll Cleaners are designed to deep clean/restore anilox rolls and anilox sleeves. Furthermore it is also a very good tool for the daily washing and maintenance of aniloxes. The Flexo Wash system is based on liquid and high-pressure water. Therefore the system is effective even for high line aniloxes. The quick and gentle cleaning process leaves the aniloxes totally clean and ready for immediate use after just 10-20 minutes cleaning without causing any wear or tear to the roll. The FW Anilox Cleaners work with environmentally friendly cleaning...

Cleaning of Rotogravure Cylinders The PLC controlled machines can be equipped with rotating brushes thus making it possible to clean gravure cylinders in the machine. The brushes ensure in depth cleaning at the engraved parts of the cylinder thus leaving it clean on all surfaces. The machines can also be equipped with rotating brushes for cleaning of gravure cylinder ends, where there is often a heavy build-up of ink, which can be difficult to remove. The hard rotating and oscilating brushes will remove all ink from the shaft and end of the cylinder, and the cylinder will then be totally...

Cleaning of Coating Applications No matter whether you use aniloxes or gravure cylinders for your coating jobs, the FW Anilox and Gravure cleaning unit will deep clean your roll or cylinder, leaving it perfectly clean, dry and ready for the next print job. Flexo Wash has a large selection of specially made cleaning liquids to handle all cleaning jobs, no matter if you use special inks, glue, varnish, lacquer etc. The special combination of the right cleaning liquid and high pressure water will ensure a perfect cleaning result. For heavy layers of ink, glue etc., the Flexo Wash units can be...

The Cleaning Cycle A unique four stage cleaning cycle. All done 100% automatically. As soon as the start button is activated the washing cycle will begin and after approx. 15-20 min. the roll will be ready for immediate reuse. The cycle runs as follows: Washing: The roll rotates while heated liquid is sprayed onto the roll for about 5-15 min. The liquid makes the ink in the cells crack and loosen from the cell walls. When the washing cycle ends the roll continues to rotate while the cleaning liquid is drained-off and runs back into the tank for re-use. Duration is 2-3 min. To remove the...

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Other Flexo Wash Roll Cleaners FW Side Load, Anilox Sleeve Cleaning This fully automatic anilox sleeve cleaners are designed to deep clean/restore large anilox sleeves. Furthermore it is also a very good tool for the daily washing and maintenance of sleeves. The easy loading system in the FW Side Loaded Anilox Sleeve Cleaner makes it possible to take the sleeve directly from the press to the washing machine without extra handling. The mandrel inside the washing machine is levelled with the sleeve trolley and thereby the sleeve can easily be slid into the Anilox Sleeve Washer. This minimizes...

Other Flexo Wash Roll Cleaners Multi Cylinder Cleaner The Multi Cylinder Cleaner system is based on washing and rinsing of cylinders. The quick and gentle cleaning process leaves the cylinders clean and ready for immediate use after cleaning without causing any wear or tear to the cylinder. With a standard Wash and Rinse system 8-12 cylinders per hour can be cleaned. All cylinders are cleaned by using eco friendly cleaning liquid and brushes. Afterwards they are rinsed with water at high pressure and finally an air stream removes excess water. Both the water and liquid is recirculated in...

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