High-Level Anilox Performance

Sleeve Care
Michael Potter, FlexoWash LLC

Gradually, printers/converters are replacing their older generation presses with anilox journals in favor of sleeved presses. Anilox sleeves are lighter, easier to remove from the press, and easier to handle. These anilox sleeves have been manufactured using various thicknesses of carbon fiber, aluminum, and other metals cores with bladders or mechanical configurations for ease of mounting and demounting to and from the mandrel. Anilox sleeves have now been in the marketplace long enough for OEMs and end users alike to better understand how to manufacture, clean, handle, and store them.