All posts by Dan Muthig

Many times, during job changeovers, we are in a time crunch to get the next job on press and up and running. Cleaning chamber parts and re-assembling them can be time-consuming. Quite often, technicians are wiping, scraping, and practically chiseling dried ink. If not done properly, dried ink remnants remain on blade clamps and end … Read More...
Are you still skeptical on the use of synthetic doctor blades in your flexographic printing process? While it may be natural to have doubts, the benefits of these blades may be too good to ignore. Today's technology in synthetic doctor blades is not like the "plastic blades" of the past. Esterlam's biaxially oriented polyester offers … Read More...
Cleaning flexographic printing plates after a press run and prior to storage can quickly become a bottleneck, eventually piling up and lead to a labor intensive and undesirable job to accomplish manually. Left uncleaned, plates can be damaged or offer poor print results in subsequent press runs. With APR's line of Automatic Plate Washers, this task … Read More...
Dirty print is something many flexographic printers may struggle with. An online search will reveal quite a few cause and effect diagrams or charts for possible solutions for the common issue. In some cases printers go through the gamut, making sure their ink is in spec, dryers are balanced, adding slower drying solvents to the … Read More...
Ink Mixing... Necessary in Your Process? There are many variables that enter into the Flexographic Printing process. Don't let the consistency of your ink be one off them. Whether pumping from a bucket or a drum a simple air mixer can get the job done. This is especially important when using dual diaphragm or peristaltic … Read More...
Simply Clean is APR's very own line of press room cleaners. The product line contains non-caustic cleaners designed for water based and UV inks that are much safer than the competition. One often over looked product in the line up is Simply Clean SW (Solvent Wash). SW was originally designed to be a non-caustic cleaner for … Read More...
Are the doctor blades currently being used in your presses the right blades? I would agree that’s a very broad question. Clarifying further, do the blades fit your process? Your life expectancy? Your pricing strategy? Your safety concerns? From the most cost effective to higher priced, short life to long life and the safest. All … Read More...
  PrimeBlade 900 Nano PrimeBlade® Sweden, along with their partners, have developed a Nano technology to treat and produce different steel qualities, allowing them to optimize the properties and performance of the steel. The 900 Nano Series doctor blades are produced with the latest Nano technology without ceramic or nickel coatings being used today in long … Read More...