Clean anilox rolls are a must for flexographic printing.

By Tom Polischuk

“The MicroClean™ System by Flexo Concepts is an off-press anilox cleaning machine that uses specially designed plastic media to gently remove dried inks and coatings from the anilox engraving, restoring cells to their original volume.

“A leading producer of value-added film and flexible packaging products for the food, personal care, medical, industrial, and agricultural markets, is one package printer that turned to MicroClean™ to clean its anilox sleeves. The company recently purchased a second MicroClean™ unit, model 160, following its success with using a model 120 to clean sleeves in its Oklahoma plant. Prior to using MicroClean™, the sleeves were being cleaned by hand, a messy task which failed to thoroughly restore the anilox engraving.