138 | Labelexpo Europe 2023 – Ancillary products“MANY OF THE PRODUCTS WERE FEATURED ON EQUIPMENT THROUGHOUT THE EXPO” Renova showed brakes and clutches Association (FTA). designed for the unwinding and rewinding Swedev presented its fexo printing of rolls of any size and material. Pneumatic doctor blades M-Flex plus, Microkote brakes and magnetic powder brakes ft G, H9, Micronox II, M-Flex I, and M-Flex any application and maintain the high II. Swedcut doctor blades are made of torque ratio necessary to obtain accurate Swedish steel and offer a patented surface web tension. The company also offers core coating method to reduce friction and chucks, safety chucks and expanding shafts increase blade lifetime.in addition to web tension control systems, TEG Technologies introduced the web tension sensors, and load cells Sitexco Label L20 anilox cleaning system, a RK PrintCoat Instruments introduced laser system designed to clean anilox up to the FlexiProof 100 machine, which 850mm using the Sitexco Plus technology incorporates a custom-designed LED for the narrow web industry. The Sitexco UV unit as an alternative to the dichroic laser cleaning technology is designed to be mercury arc vapor lamps. This machine’s fast, safe and cost-effective.main components are identical to a Teknek presented the Tek-NW3, a web standard fexographic press. FlexiProof 100 cleaner designed to deliver defect-free UV One showed the new EvoLED, a utilizes a doctored ceramic anilox roller production. Made from 70 percent UV curing system designed for industrial and a photopolymer plate, and, with a recyclable aluminum, it meets the OECD printers that allows fve interchangeable maximum speed of 100m/min, realistic Sustainable Manufacturing Framework printing technologies in a single printability testing can be undertaken guidelines. The Tek-NW3 incorporates polymerization system. It offers high UV on all types of fexo substrates. The the new cleaning roller guard feature, power with minimal energy consumption company also showed the VCML Pilot preventing the machine from running and can adapt to fexo and offset presses. coater, a reel-to-reel machine developed without adhesive and protecting the The EvoLED system includes the EvoCure for printing, coating and laminating for cleaning rollers. This helps prolong its own cassette, EvoPower power supply unit, R&D and product development. Other service life. EvoTouch panel and EvoChill chiller. displays included the GP100, Esi Proof, Klox Tesa presented its adhesive solutions for The latest UV LED technology provides Complete and K Hand Coater. fexographic label printing including plate environmental and economic benefts.Roosen BPL showed pneumatic reel mounting solutions with tesa Softprint and UV Ray unveiled the new PowerMaxx handling equipment designed with safety tesat Twinlock, splicing, roller wrapping, suite of power supplies with three features to reduce the risk of injuries and edge sealing, core starting, failure fagging, options: Pure (UV), LED, and Hybrid. worker fatigue and includes a range of reel and end tabbing. Tesa also sponsored the The PowerMaxx LED is a standalone lifting and turning equipment. Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) seminar power supply specifcally dedicated to Sandon Global showcased its anilox that explained why and how to make LEDs supporting up to three lamps in a engravings designed to boost print the transition from traditional spot color single unit. performance and increase anilox return on printing to modern expanded color Also displayed was its range of curing investment. Its products include Fluid HEX, gamut printing. systems offering solutions for the three Fluid UV, HOW (high opacity white) and TKM presented the new PolyPrint main curing technologies of UV, LED, and its patented GMX Anilox, all designed to UHMW doctor blade suitable for abrasive Hybrid that support a range of applications overcome common narrow web print issues inks and resistant to solvents and various in the printing industry and beyond.and technical challenges such as ink spitting chemicals. Also presented was the enpurex Voyantic demonstrated its next-or coatings with large particle deposits. 95 Plus line of cleaning solutions for anilox generation Tagsurance 3, an inline quality The company also highlighted how it rollers, print cylinders and printing rollers, testing system for RFID tag and label recently strengthened its commercial and and the Duroblade, CeraPrint, and CeraFlex production lines with upgraded hardware, technical presence in mainland Europe coated doctor blades. software, and technology stack. The system with additional investments in its facilities, Troika Systems introduced and showed offers full visibility into the RF performance leading-edge laser equipment and advanced live demonstrations of the AniCAM of labels and measures the performance of coating technologies. HD Plus. The device is a 3D Volumetric UHF and HF RFID inlays, tags and labels at Its aniloxes were featured by Nilpeter Scanning device with all settings different production stages. The modular and AB Graphic International in live printing completely automatic, including lens system scales to various production volume demonstrations. recognition, focusing and lighting. Also needs from one to eight lanes with one to Sibress showed the Veritas measurement presented was its SurfaceCAM 3D scanning fve stations per lane, handling lane speeds microscope. The company recently microscopes which facilitate accurate up to 200m/min.took on the distribution of US company measurements and data management. Zecher together with Ulmex Industrie MicroDynamics’ Veritas measurement Quality control management can provide System presented the new Evolux Compact microscope for anilox rollers in Europe and up to 15 percent savings in make-ready 1500 anilox laser washing machine for neighboring countries. Veritas provides waste and a 55 percent reduction in fexible packaging and narrow web labels.+/- 1 percent measurement repeatability, ink waste.with data results appearing in under eight Ulmex Industrie System together seconds, and was awarded the 2023 with Zecher GmbH presented the new Continue reading to learn more technical innovation award in the pre-press Evolux Compact 1500 anilox laser about Chinese exhibitors at category by the Flexographic Technical washing machine.Labelexpo Europe 2023labelsandlabeling.com