Today's Anilox Roller Can Provide a Bright Future for Packaging
Today’s anilox roller technology has grown to be much more than a transfer roller for colorants. It is a versatile tool in many decorative and coating applications. Anilox rollers are now being used to create high opacity whites and base coats for flexible packaging, tactile coatings for raised-imaged varnishes, as well as applying coatings and adhesives for cold foil and multiple other decorative applications.
All these opportunities have allowed today’s anilox roller technology to compete with and share in the market with other processes that are much more costly. Even the advancements of high definition flexographic digital plates are incorporating this tool to create graphics that were once thought of as unobtainable.
Having the ability to take advantage of all these processes on a flexographic printing press has allowed converters to offer many cost-effective solutions to their customers. We no longer require expensive rotary screen and hot foil units to compete in today’s competitive markets. It is very common now to see packaging that is printed 300 LPI with opaque white, tactile varnish, and cold foil accents—all on one package, all flexo, and all printed in-line with no added investment in ancillary equipment. This is all being done, in part, with special care in anilox roller selection and use.
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