DE|DUST

Dust and loose particles are a big problem in the printing industry:

• Dust adheres to the printing plates, so the ink won’t lay down properly creating hickeys and other print defects in these areas
• The dust mixes with the ink, adhering to the printing plate and or the Anilox, eventually re-depositing on the board leading to spots and defects on the printed image spoiling the finished print quality.

Frequent machine stoppages, required to clean the print plates, result in significant non-productive press downtime.

//So how CAN you remove that dust...?

In the corrugator

• By cleaning, early in the process, the web/sheets in the corrugator, plastic, metal, dust particles, and paper strips and angel-hairs will be removed. The total amount of dust pollution in the plant will be reduced.

• This will create a positive effect on all printing machines in the entire plant and will have a significant, favorable effect on the overall plant health and safety goals. A part of your health & safety objectives.

And / Or just before the print process

Dust and particle removal is highly recommended for printing machines with a high volume of HQ printing. Therefore, cleaning the sheets before the first print unit is judicious. Dust adheres to the board surface by a strong static charge. Even one dust spot will spoil the quality of the printing, potentially leading to a press stoppage and expensive downtime.