TKM Doctor Blades – A Commitment to Quality & Safety
TKM’s commitment to manufacturing quality doctor blades means continually monitoring production processes, which yield a stable quality environment throughout manufacturing. The focus is on continuously improving processes that are as error-free as possible.
Constantly increasing quality requirements for cutting edges and tolerances of the slitting dimensions necessitate the smallest possible production tolerances for the tools used in the cutting process. TKM addressed this problem very early on. Fully automated production steps and complete machining processes ensure ultimate precision and short delivery times for our blades. The finish machining and final inspection are carried out at a temperature of 20°C, under standardized conditions.
TKM OptiPrint®
TKM's Premium carbon steel material that outlasts and outperforms the competition. This steel contains fewer sulfur particles, thereby eliminating breakouts and burrs at the surface of the anilox roller and protecting your investment. The higher chrome content allows the OptiPrint to wear more slowly, uniformly, and break down into a fine powder, which prevents metal contamination in the ink system. OptiPrint is the ideal material for line, screen, and process work.
- Premium Carbon Steel with high chrome content
- up to 20% longer lifetime
- Best value everyday blade
- Reduced cylinder and anilox wear
- Reduced start-up time
- Breaks down into a fine powder to protect your roller
TKM PowerPrint®
PowerPrint is a high-alloy tool steel produced exclusively for TKM. The special steel structure has outstanding wear resistance and avoids contamination of the inking system from residual steel particles. This material is designed for longer lifetime with white and other abrasive inks and coatings. It is also designed for exceptionally long print jobs like continuous CMYK and extended gamut environments.
- High Durability
- Reduces Scoring lines
- Breaks down into a fine powder to protect your roller
- Use for highly abrasive inks and coatings
- Use for long runs and multiple jobs, Extended Gamut and CMYK
- Eliminates blade crack-outs at Cylinder edges
TKM MeyerPrint®
This reliable carbon steel doctor blade is the foundation of the TKM product line and meets the highest printing standards. By including chrome and reducing Sulphur content in our raw material, our basic carbon steel outperforms the competition.
- Standard Carbon Steel with low sulfur content
- Value-conscious blade choice
NEOFlex® Power
NEOFlex Power is a patented innovation designed to revolutionize doctor blade performance in flexographic printing. Say goodbye to unexpected machine downtime caused by premature blade wear. With up to 40% reduced blade pressure, NEOFlex Power minimizes wear on doctor blades, end seals, and anilox rollers—helping to eliminate costly issues like scoring lines.
- Patented doctor blade technology
- Up to 40% reduced blade pressure
- Minimizes wear on blades, seals, and anilox rollers
- Fine, non-abrasive wear pattern
- Eliminates back doctoring and dot gain
- Consistent ink transfer
- Less downtime, higher efficiency
- Extended doctor blade and anilox roller life
Download: TKM OptiPrint Doctor Blade Data Sheet - Adobe PDF, 254 KB
Download: TKM PowerPrint Doctor Blade Data Sheet - Adobe PDF, 267 KB
Download: TKM MeyerPrint Doctor Blade Data Sheet - Adobe PDF, 313 KB
Download: TKM NEOFlex Power Doctor Blade Data Sheet - Adobe PDF, 347 KB
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Download: TKM Wide-Web Fact Sheet - Adobe PDF, 1.1 MB