Pitching Plates

Easy and accurate

With the “PM” Plate Mounter, register marks on the flexographic or rotary letterpress plate are visually aligned with a stationary hairline on the plate mounter, which is parallel to the plate roll (plate roll is held in position by pneumatically operated side clamps). Fine adjustments are made by a screw-type knob that moves the plate table to the exact register position. Once the register marks are precision-aligned using the microscopes, the user simply touches the plate to the stickyback tape affixed to the plate roll cylinder, releases the plate clamp, and then turns the cylinder to complete the plate attachment. The result is a simple, yet extremely precise method for accurate plate mounting.