Bringing Flexo Into the Fold

Of an 18-inch to 32-inch press width range, Comco's Faust sees the 22-inch width as most popular because it provides a means to run currently wider jobs at decreasing run lengths.

Flexo press suppliers are promoting a range of efficiencies to the folding carton crowd. Jansen highlights sleeve-based plate cylinders and anilox rolls that "weigh nothing" and enable faster changeover. He also plays up infinitely variable repeat via independent drives that form a gearless, electrical line shaft which allows repeats to bump up against one another, eliminating layout waste.