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Core Skill A
Flexo Industry Overview
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Where are you most likely to find flexo products? | Most flexo products can be found in the grocery store. Tge primary user being the consumer. |
| What was flexo called before it was flexo and what was it named after | Flexography was called aniline printing and it was named after the dye inks which were a derivative of a coal tar. It was known for being toxic. |
| What is the ink roller called and how does it work? | The anilox roll delivers the ink to the printing plate from small cells that are evenly spaced apart and are the same size. |
| What are the four most common types of flexographic presses? | Stack, Central Impression, Inline, Corrugated (sheetfed) |
| In what way are flexographic plates unique? | They are soft and flexible. The image is a raised surface typically made of photopolymer (can be rubber) |
| What types of substrates are most commonly printed flexographically? | Corrugated board, film, pressure sensitive labels, textiles, cloth. |
| What are the four main rollers in the basic flexo print unit and give a brief description of their purpose? | Fountain Roll: Picks up ink and delivers it to the anilox roll Anilox Roll: Transfers a measured/specific amount of ink |
| What are the three ink types used for flexography? | Water based, Solvent Based and Ultra Violet (UV)Based |
| For increase productivity many flexo presses are equipped with in-line finishing capabilities. What are some of those capabilities | Coating, Laminating, Slitting, Die-cutting (with some inline presses they are able to do embossing, screen printing and offset lithography) |
| Flexography is unique because it was developed primarily for printing on board,film and other packaging substrates supplied for form-and-fill, bag making and other continuous web-processing machinery. What type of printing is required? | Roll-to-Roll or Roll-to-Cut |
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