Spring Cleaning

Brushes

Removing anilox rolls from the press to be cleaned after every job is not always an option. That's where hand cleaning with brushes is necessary. Stainless steel brushes should be used on ceramic aniloxes, while brass brushes should be used to clean chrome rolls.

While Harper Scientific (Charlotte, N.C.) offers both stainless steel and brass brushes, its Poulsonator Auto Brush helps take the elbow grease out of brush cleaning anilox rolls. The hand-held Poulsonator provides dual brush scrubbing action using compressed air that creates the desired circular cleaning motion. "The Poulsonator holds two stainless steel brushes and cuts manual cleaning time in half," said Dan Foy, technical product specialist at Harper Scientific. The Poulsonator can be used on- and off-press.