Primeblade Doctor Blades From Sweden
PrimeBlade Sweden AB is a global manufacturer and supplier of Doctor Blades for flexo, gravure, offset printers, and coating applications. Together with their Swedish raw material supplier and end users, PrimeBlade Doctor Blades are produced to improve production quality, blade life, and to increase machine speeds.
PrimeBlade Doctor Blades are available in all different edge types, standard thicknesses and widths. They are supplied in 100 meter / 328 foot rolls in easy-to-use cassettes, or cut in lengths to meet your needs.
The pre-ground blades have radius-ground edges, enhancing blade functionality. The blade and anilox last longer than conventional blades. The pressure exerted by the blade on the anilox is constant, eliminating uneven blade wear.
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PrimeBlade Patented Nano Series Doctor Blades
PrimeBlade® Nano (Nano-treated)
New revolutionary patented metallurgic treated steel blades. PrimeBlade is the only manufacturer of these exclusive and incomparable blades.
Developed together with their partners in Nanotechnology, because printers were looking for a solution to increase productivity, printing quality, and reduce downtime due to the lack of blade longevity. The latest Nanotechnology has been used to optimize the properties and performance of the steel.
The blade will outlast any non-ceramic blade on the market, without any of the brittleness associated with long-life blades. The friction towards the cylinder or anilox roll is reduced by approx 40-60%. Printing quality is significantly increased. Treatments do not have any of the harmful environmental side effects that the commonly used ceramic and nickel coatings have.
Non Treated
Nano Treated
PrimeBlade™ Nano advantages:
- Longer life wear resistance
- Perfect for abrasive inks, such as white inks, etc.
- Less adjustment of the doctor blade chamber
- Breaks down in much smaller particles
- Reduction of 40-60% friction on the anilox
- Maximized print quality
- Cleaner wipe
- No ceramic particles involved
- Less particles sticking to the blade
NEW - PrimeBlade® Nano Xi
Special treated refined CARBON steel
PrimeBlade's new NANO X-Tended concept includes a package of important parts to be able to produce worry-free print. They have fine-tuned the NANO process itself to the next level. R&D defined the best possible lamella tip for a smooth printing process.
All this has been developed from a printer's perspective where productivity, satisfied partners, a worry-free working day, and benefits to all parties that have anything to do with the printed product.
PrimeBlade® Nano I
Special treated refined CARBON steel
- Thickness: 0.0029" - 0.0149"
- Straightness: 0.0393"/118"
- Hardness: 850 HV (top surface only)
PrimeBlade® Nano II
Special treated Refined Stainless Steel
- Thickness: 0.0029" - 0.0149"
- Straightness: 0.0393"/118"
- Hardness: 850 HV (top surface only)
PrimeBlade® Nano III
Special Treated Micro Alloyed Tool Steel
- Thickness: 0.0059" - 0.0118"
- Straightness: 0.0393"/118"
- Hardness: 850 HV (top surface only)
PrimeBlade Original Series Doctor Blades
PrimeBlade® 100 (Polymers)
A series of doctor blades are precision engineered from advanced polymer materials. Mainly used as containment blades in chamber systems for flexographic printing and within the tissue and corrugated industry
PrimeBlade® 300 (Carbon)
Our basic high-quality carbon steel blade, used at printing houses worldwide. Consists of genuine Swedish steel optimized for print quality and high press speed. Developed together with our raw material suppliers and end-users.
PrimeBlade® 400 (Stainless)
If blade corrosion is your main issue, then 400 is our answer, our most corrosion-resistant doctor blade. The moderate carbon content, while high enough to allow for an appropriate hardening, allows for retention of chromium where it is most needed, i.e, for corrosion protection.
PrimeBlade® 500 (Refined stainless)
Our standard martensitic stainless steel, with a medium-high carbon content and an optimized trade-off between hardness, abrasive wear resistance and corrosion resistance. Excellent performance for water-based inks. Very good corrosion resistance.
PrimeBlade® 600 (Refined carbon)
Our finest Swedish carbon steel, with high carbon content and excellent carbide particle microstructure. The microstructure has been refined by a small addition of chromium and by consecutively optimizing the heat treatment.
PrimeBlade® 700 (Ceramic coated)
The PrimeBlade® 700 series is our coated doctor blade, developed by combining our unique edge preparation and surface treatment technologies. This guarantees excellent bonding between steel and coating, providing the highest level of wear resistance. The uniquely smooth surface finish of the blade translates to a clean and smooth wipe, which gives excellent print quality.
PrimeBlade® 800 (Micro alloyed tool steel)
When it comes to low- to medium-alloyed tool steels, 800 is as good as it gets. The microstructure of the steel consists of evenly distributed and very small carbide particles, originating from the molybdenum and vanadium additions, giving it an exceptional wear resistance and performance better than many alternatives.
PrimeBlade Profiles
Bevel
- Used in coating, gravure and flexo printing
- Wipes well up to the point that the contact zone becomes to large
Round
- Used in coating, gravure and flexo
- Polished radius ends for instant run
- Excellent seal against roller
- Double sided radius edge
Lamella
- Most frequently used edge in coating, gravure, flexo and offset industry
- Constant contact area during wear
- Lower friction and wear against roller
- Standard dimension 1.3/0.07mm for gravure and 1.3/0.10mm for flexo 1.3/0.10mm, but trend is toward longer and thicker lamellas as 1.7/0.125mm.
Dual
- An alternative to the standard lamella or bevel edge, where the usage of a fine lamella edge in combination with stability of the dual profile can solve printing issues in the label printing process.
- Is available from thickness 0.25mm.
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Esko Full HD Flexo Certified Partner
We are happy to announce that PrimeBlade is the first doctor blade producer in the world that has been certified as a "Full HD Flexo Certified Partner" by Esko on April 11, 2014. The doctor blade used was 950 Nano I - 35 x 0.20 mm. The printing was done on a Soma 10 color press at HQ Print in Sunne, Sweden. PrimeBlade is proud to be a part of the Esko family of certified partners, where the aim is to increase the quality of flexo worldwide.
For more information about Full HD Flexo, please visit www.eskographics.com
