{"id":17863,"date":"2022-06-22T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flxon.com\/?p=17863"},"modified":"2022-06-27T10:11:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T14:11:29","slug":"doctor-blades-are-a-key-component-for-flexographic-printers-to-make-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flxon.com\/es\/doctor-blades-are-a-key-component-for-flexographic-printers-to-make-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Blades Are a Key Component for Flexographic Printers to Make Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DOCTOR BLADES: A Key Process Variable | FLEXO Magazine | June 2022<\/h2>\n

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Fundamentally, 2022\u2019s challenge for flexographic pressrooms is the same as it\u2019s always been.<\/h4>\n

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That challenge is to generate a bottom line, a net profit or net income at a level needed to sustain the business and meet shareholders\u2019 expectations. As in every business, achieving this goal requires having and implementing an operating system to manage the entire enterprise; defining every step the business must take.<\/h4>\n

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For a pressroom to deliver the required net profit, the print process must be optimized. This means operating a press to achieve a predictable outcome with maximum efficiency. More specifically, every step and every variable in the process must be defined; tolerances must be established, and operating practices must be detailed and implemented. Without this detailing on the front end, the outcome cannot be predictable.<\/h4>\n

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Ink Transfer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

While flexography\u2019s indirect ink transfer process, from ink source, to metered anilox surface, to plate, to substrate is fundamentally the same as it was in 1970, the precision in these process steps or variables has changed greatly. Every variable in this process has changed as part of flexography\u2019s evolution to become a cost-effective process able to deliver the highest-quality print.<\/h4>\n

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Until recently, most flexographic technical improvements to ink transfer were focused on ink, anilox, blade holders, plates and substrates; but not so much on the doctor blade materials and dimensions. That doesn\u2019t mean doctor blade technology hasn\u2019t changed; in fact, it has.<\/h4>\n

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Over the past 20 years, blade materials have been developed to address flexography\u2019s evolution.<\/h4>\n