XSYS have announced the launch of their latest flexo plate, described as “the perfect response to pressure from the market to find solutions that are better for the environment, but also cost efficient”.
“This latest addition to the nyloflex® plate portfolio will have a broad appeal for printers [who wish] to move to a more sustainable operation, but still retain the ability to produce the highest quality products,” says Simon Top, product manager at XSYS. “The nyloflex® FTM Digital will help to fulfil the brand owners’ sustainability requirements by allowing printers to switch from printing on plastic film materials to printing on paper substrates with water-based inks.”
A medium hard plate with a smooth surface, the nyloflex® FTM Digital plate offers ink transfer and laydown out of the box and is capable of reproducing sophisticated surface screenings. With no need for additional equipment or auxiliaries, the plate can be exposed in existing systems with standard tube lights or LED UV-A light exposure, before solvent processing.
The plate also boasts XSYS’ inherent flat top dot technology, developed to minimise dot wear and reduce dot gain. XSYS claim that this will improve press uptimes while reducing costs and start-up waste.
“The nyloflex® FTM Digital can be considered as the flat top dot counterpart of our well known nyloflex® ACT Digital plate,” Top explains. “The plate enables printers to easily tackle both coated and uncoated papers without the need to use two different plate types. [In] one customer case, we were able to reduce this complexity for up to 60% of the print jobs by using the nyloflex® FTM Digital.”
nyloflex® FTM Digital plates are commercially available in 1.14 mm (0.045 in) to 2.84 mm (0.112 in) thicknesses and in varying plate sizes, and are available for shipment now.