Gelflex-EB / Advantages
Better Print Quality:
- Higher details in full color images: Gelflex-EB allows to use up to 70 lcm (180 lpi) where 54 lcm (137 lpi) in general a standard is for established flexo platforms.
- Excellent tonal value: To compare with solvent or water based platforms, Gelflex-EB shows more brightness values in high light and shadow zones of the full color images.
- Higher contrast range: Dot gain of solvent or water based flexo printing is about 30-40% while printing with Gelflex-EB shows an average dot gain of at most 20-25%. Dot gain of Gelflex-EB is to compare of that of offset.
- Detailed brightness in high light zones: The gain of the smallest printable dot with Gelflex-EB is just 5-6%, that results in much more detailed brightness in the highlight zones, while experience with solvent or water based flexo results in 10-20% dot gain with much lower contrast value due.
- Smooth vignettes: Thanks to the very low dot gain of Gelflex-EB, the gradient of vignettes flow out much more elegant to the 0% zone without a visible disturbing by break out dots. In solvent based flexo platforms this phenomen has very often a disruptive influence on its print quality by breaking out of the 10% dot in print.
- Smooth solids: The lay down of Gelflex-EB is significant better in comparison to solvent or water based systems. This results to higher brilliance of colors and higher SID.
- Print quality always predictable: Printing with Gelflex-EB delivers on a consistent Solid Ink Density and dot gain, no differences in quality during the print job and printing repeat jobs.
Less Expensive:
- Faster make ready: Color matching with extended gamut proceeds in average 30% faster in comparison to standard flexo platforms.
- No distortian of the web: Thanks to the absence of a thermal dryer, make ready is faster en more accurate.
- Less waste of materiall: Higher uptime due to extended gamut printing and reduced color matching.
- Higher productivity: Gelfex-EB could stay in the press, even after longer stillstand times and even during the night. The ink never dries up in the press. That means: much less lost times by wash ups. That leads to 20-30% higher productivity.
- Less power consumption: To reach a better added value thanks to the absence of a thermal dryer and in several cases: an incerator is not necessary or just a smaller equipment for oxidizing the VOC's.
- 80-90% less use of solvents: A 24/7 flexo press is producing appr. (as example) 50 million m2 per machine/year and uses approx. 200 tonne of solvents, while using Gelfex-EB under same conditions has an usage of 20-25 tonne.
- Up to 60% less color ink consumption: That means: 2-2,5 times less volumes of anilox needed to achieve the same SID as standard in solvent flexo platforms.
- Up to 65% less white ink consumption: Thanks to the absence of solvents in Gelflex-EB last down white: 3-4 times less volumes of anilox needed to achieve same opacity as standard in solvent flexo platforms. Even higher opacity is achievable with fractionally more volume of anilox.
Green:
- 80-90% less use of solvents: Very poor exhaust of VOC's means: less costs; improved lean&mean logistics of solvents. Economic and environmental sustainability.
- Up to 60% less ink consumption: Means less cost of transport, better for the environment.
Safe:
- Gelflex-EB needs a very poor amout of solvents: Safer for environment and operators, less danger for explosion and fire. 80-90% less storage of solvents in warehouse.
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