A key part of any Flexographic press is the Anilox Roll, its sole purpose to to carry a controlled volume of ink to the printing plate for consistent ink transfer onto the substrate. A number of things can affect your Anilox rolls performance.
Anilox scoring seems to be a never-ending challenge: It can occur immediately at the start of a new production run, other times it can appear suddenly and other times it comes and goes. Yet it never seems to totally go away. In This Article We Will Cover The Following: What is anilox scoring? Why does anilox scoring occur? Doctor Blade Selection Steel v Synthetic v Composite How to minimize anilox scoring. Regardless of the level of pressroom knowledge, anilox scoring can rear its head and if left unchecked it can become very expensive. Firstly in replacing the anilox and then the time and material cost because of the spoiled production.
