Benefits from today’s anilox rolls include dot gain reduction, improved color quality, and longer roll life

By Tom Polischuk

Burgess—Pamarco Global Graphics still has a very strong mechanical engraving business but this is mostly now in the field of coating and laminating. These processes typically require volumes greater than can be achieved currently by laser engraving (in excess of 50 BCM) or require channeled cell structures due to rheology of the coating material being used. There are now very few mechanically engraved, chrome-plated rolls being used in the typical flexible packaging market due to the rapid wear experienced by the chambered doctor blade systems.