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Flexo Prepress Equipment
Photopolymer Plate Processing Systems
Rubber and Matrix
Orbital Flexo Plate Processors: Complete waterwash platemaking systems; including exposure, wash
out, dryer and detack. Plate sizes from 8-1/4"x11-3/4"
to 24"x30".
avflex 8000: New multi-function system for efficient
processing of water and solvent-wash photopolymer
printing plates
Rotary Flexo Plate Processors designed to process
solvent and water-wash photopolymer plates in sizes
from 15"x27" to 52"x80".
Combination Systems contain everything required to
expose, washout, dry, post expose and detack photopolymer plates in 15"x27" and 24"x30".
In-Line Flexo Platemaking Systems for solvent and waterwash materials process plates from 24"x30" to 52"x80".
Systems include washout, drying and detack capability.
In-Line Photopolymer Sleeve Processing Systems
Detack/Finishing Systems: Single and multi-function
systems detack, post-expose and mutli-expose in
sizes from 12"x17" to 52"x80".
Exposure Systems: Feature-rich systems range in size
from 18"x24" to 52"x80".
Filtration Systems recycle water-washout solutions
like Cosmolight®, removing polymer residue allowing
for recycling of the water washout solution.
Solvent Recovery Systems from PRI and IHS
Orbital Letterpress/Dry Offset Systems: Self-contained
systems produce water-wash photopolymer plates. Plate
sizes from 12"x12" to 40"x50".
Plate Etching Equipment
Rubber and Matrix
•Metal Etching Equipment: COFOMEGRA machines etch both zinc and magnesium plates from 16"x20" to 30"x40".
Pressroom Products
• Anilox Rolls (Harper & Praxair)
• End Seals
• Viscosity Controllers (AV Flexologic) • Densitometers
• Quality Assurance Tools
• Spectrophotometers
• Doctor Blades (Allison, Benton, Custom Flex & Flexo Concepts)
Plate Mounting Systems & Proofers
AV Flexologic Mount-O-Matic and Opti-Mount Series:
Series of mounter proofers ranging in size to address narrow web and mid-to-wide web applications. AV Flexologic
units are widely recognized for their dependability and
performance.
A&V Table-Top Mounter 7800 - An effective and simple
system to mount flexible photopolymer plates for narrow
web applications from 8" to 16".
FAMM - Fully automated photopolymer plate mounting
system for sleeves only. Two sizes available, 67 inch
and 98 inch. Winner of the 2005 International Printing
and Innovation Award.
Harley Opti-Chek Mounter Proofers Provide precision registration of photopolymer printing plates by optical
magnification of plate location. Units are available for
narrow and wide web applications, as well as corrugated.
Imagesetters
ECRM Imaging Systems is a global leader in cost-effective
quality imaging technologies for commercial graphic arts
and publishing businesses. ECRM imagesetters include
respected names like the Mako and Stingray series.
Xanté SpeedSetter Series: Provides accurate registration
using the unique patented virtual drum technology. Choose
from the 300 and 400 series supporting resolutions up to
4000 dpi - and 225 lines per inch.
avSTAR Synergy Print Solution is the best integrated,
user-friendly system for digital imaging negative and positive film. A state-of-the-art film printer is synced with the
fastest RIP in the industry, preloaded on a high-performance
avSTAR imaging unit.
Ancillary Products
• Flexo Plate Analyzers (Beta Flex)
• Digital Plate Micrometers
• Viewing Booths
• Plate Cutters
Technical Services
• Engineering Service: A&V's engineering specialists frequently
develop new and/or improve equipment for customer's unique
applications.
• Lab Services: (R&D, Sample Plates, New Product and Equipment Procurement, Internal Manufacturing Management.)
• Training & Technologies: (Consulting, Professional Development, Workflow Enhancement and Modification.)
• Technical Support: (Workflow Characterization, Hardware and
Software Support, On-site R&D.)
Visit www.AndersonVreeland.com for detailed information on all our flexo prepress materials and equipment.
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Flexo Prepress Materials
nyloflex® ACE (64 shore A) Delivers great results in halftone
printing. Applications: flexible packaging of film/foil and paper,
beverage packaging, labels, pre-printing for corrugated board.
nyloflex® ACT (52 shore A) Ideal for high-quality printing on
all popular substrates, both absorbant and non-absorbant.
nyloflex® ART (44 shore A) Ideal for printing solid areas in
mixed forms on all uncoated and slightly coated stock, corrugated board printing and corrugated board pre-printing.
nyloflex® FAH (58 shore A) Ideal for flexible packaging and
label printing where maximum print quality is required.
nyloflex® FAR (52 shore A) The most versatile nyloflex® printing
plate. Ideal for high-quality, multi-color halftone printing and
all kinds of printing substrates used in flexible packaging.
nyloflex® FAB The resistant plate – especially for UV-inks, for high
quality printing of labels, flexible packaging and folding cartons.
nyloflex® FAC (32 shore A) Just brilliant - high performance in
corrugated postprint.
nyloflex® FCC The durable standard in postprint, especially for
printing on coarse corrugated fluted board, with uncoated and
half-coated papers.
nyloflex® FSC (26 shore A) The soft plate for postprint – unique
hardness in solid.
nyloflex® Gold A and Seal F Coating plates specially designed for inline and offline coating with flexo units in Sheet Photopolymer Plates - Water-Wash
Cosmolight® Delivers superior performance in flexography
using water-based ink, as well as solvent and UV-inks.
Printight® Developed for letterpress and dry offset printing.
Also suitable for embossing and crash imprinting.
MLD: Pattern plate substitute for zinc & magnesium used to mold
phenolic matrix boards for flexo printing & rubber stamps.
Rubber, Matrix & Photoengraving Products
• A&V matrix materials
Liquid Photopolymer Printing Plates
AVantage Liquid Polymers
Sheet Photopolymer Plates (Solvent-Wash)
Anderson & Vreeland offers a complete selection of
AVantage Liquid Polymers to meet the stringent demands of
flexographic printing. Our liquid photopolymer resins are
formulated to deliver optimum elasticity, resilience, hardness and ink transfer.
AVantage Liquid Polymers are used in the corrugated,
multiwall bag, folding carton, pre-printed linerboard, envelope, tag & label, paper cup and bag printing markets.
Benefits of AVantage Liquid Polymers include:
• Economy - AVantage Liquid Polymers cost signifi-
cantly less than solid plates without sacrificing quality.
• Capping Resin - AVantage liquid photopolymer plates can be produced with a higher-durometer layer of resin on top that results in better print quality.
• Reduced Processing - AVantage liquid photopolymer plates can be produced in much less time than it takes to produce a solid plate.
• Environmental Benefits - You can reclaim and reuse unexposed liquid photopolymer.
AVantage Liquid Polymers are available in a variety of
hardnesses to address specific print applications.
Processing Solutions
• AVsolve: AVsolve is a non-toxic, biodegradable and environmentally-safe washout solution for flexo plates. Developed to
replace hazardous solvents used in plate processing, AVsolve
is a citrus-based formula. Its pleasant orange formula is easy
to work with and is very effective. It’s a natural and wonderful
alternative to traditional solvents used to process flexo plates.
Film & Proofing
Kodak Proofing Media
Agfa Imagesetting Film
• Rubber Materials for molding and engraving
AV HN & HNM Imagesetter Film, Chemistry
• Magnesium, Zinc, Copper and Brass Engraving materials
Miscellaneous Ink Jet Proofing materials
• QPI Molding Compound for Embossing Counters & Duplicates
Plate Mounting Tapes & Miscellaneous Products
Mounting & Specialty Tapes
• 3M
• Tesa
• Rogers
• Harley
• Adheso Graphics
Corrugated Plate Mounting Supplies
Release solutions, cleaners, inks & cements
866.282.7697 (Toll-Free)
You can also order flexo platemaking
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Visit www.AndersonVreeland.com for detailed information on all our flexo prepress materials and equipment.
nyloflex® is a registered trademark of Flint Group Printing Plates. • Printight and Cosmolight are registered trademarks of Toyobo Co., Ltd.
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R-bak is a registered trademark of Rogers Corp.
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Digital Flexo Prepress Equipment
Anderson & Vreeland offers flexographers a broad selection of digital prepress systems by leading manufacturers including EskoArtwork, plus a complete suite of digital flexo solutions. A&V supports this offering with almost 50 years of flexo
experience and a nationwide sales/service staff knowledgeable about the fine points of digital imaging and flexo printing.
“Experience the Difference” with A&V.
Digital Imagers
EskoArtwork Over 90% of all digital flexo plates globally
are imaged on a CDI, demonstrating that flexo printers
insist on CDI plates and sleeves for their work. They
attain superb results that before were only achievable
in offset or gravure. The CDI family of imaging devices
spans the entire range of flexo printing applications:
from narrow web label printing to wide format corrugated printing.
FlexoLaser offers compatibility with all commercial
ablative masked photopolymer plate materials, whether
solvent or water-wash, and deliver exceptionally high
quality output. Choose from five FlexoLasers in sizes
from 25"x19-5/8" up to 80" for processing digital photopolymer flexo plates, sleeves and digital letterpress
and dry offset plates.
Digital Prepress Workflows
DeskPack - Esko has taken the best of its packaging
and prepress technologies and put it right inside the
world's most popular design tools, Adobe® Illustrator®
and Adobe® Photoshop®, used to create more than 90%
of all packaging designs.
BackStage™ - A Smart workflow server. Automation
and organization. BackStage maximizes productivity,
repeatability and consistency in any workflow. This
client-server software is about a lot more than just
executing background tasks, it is about doing your Jobs
faster, cheaper and with a lot less errors.
Digital Proofing Systems
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Epson A&V offers Epson's complete line of printing and
proofing solutions, including the new WT7900, which offers
the world’s first aqueous-based white printing technology for
flexographic proofing.
KODAK APPROVAL is a complete suite of hardware, software
and consumable materials to create color proofs accurately
and consistently predicting process, spot and metallic colors
for flexographic.
EFI ColorProof XF offers ICC compliant accurate inkjet proofing solutions for contone and halftone proofing configurations.
Utilizing the LAB color space, EFI renders highly accurate spot
colors generated by the ColorProof verifier.
AGFA Sherpa: Reliable, high-resolution inkjet proofing
system matches tones and colors to your exact press
specifications. High-speed output makes it ideal for imposition proofing.
OpenRIP's KOOLTONE Proofing allows you to print coloraccurate proofs on a variety of inkjet printers and plotters. It
uses the Adobe PostScript 3 interpreter, for the highest level of
rendering accuracy, and industry-standard ICC Color Profiles
for accurate color reproduction.
Star Proof is an innovative actual dot proofing solution that
produces screened rosette contract proofs on inkjet printers.
Star Proof delivers high quality proofs with accurate color and
fine detail just as they appear on the press.
Rubber and Matrix
Direct Laser Engraving
OpenRIP® Flexo/Label Edition - Increase your productivity with OpenRIP’s easy-to-use automated flexo
tools; Auto Step-N-Repeat, Bearer Bars, Distortion
Calculation and Die Database. Combined with a highend Post-Script interpreter, designed for use with label
prepress environments of all sizes.
Stork Prints is the technology leader in direct laser engraving. This
single step ‘laser’ process is a purely digital means of printing
form imaging – simply engrave your desired design and rinse.
Choose from a complete selection of laser engravers designed
for narrow, mid and wide-web applications.
Agfa ApogeeX - Brings the wide range of capabilities
needed for an efficient, fully-automated workflow, from
normalizing incoming files into PDF digital masters to
creating Digital Film and managing output to a wide
range of devices, including proofers, imagesetters,
platesetters and more.
The Helios 6010 direct laser engraving system serves all label
and narrow web applications. This unit digitally engraves flexo,
dry offset and letterpress plates and sleeves in a single system.
This means film-making, exposing, chemical washing, masking
and long drying times are a thing
of the past. You save labor and
consumables, plus direct laser
engraving is faster, more efficient,
economical and easy to use.
Compose - Professional workflow solutions designed
to streamline prepress production ensuring greater
throughput, faster turnaround times and high-quality
output.
Visit www.AndersonVreeland.com for detailed information on all our flexo prepress materials and equipment.
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Digital Flexo Prepress Materials & Supplies
Sleeves
Direct Engraving Material
Direct Laser Engraving Material
Rubber and Matrix
AVCE Direct Engraving Material: AVCE is a true polymer
material for direct engraving that delivers amazing results. Up
to 250 lpi (when processed by a Stork Helios laser engraver)
with excellent repeatability and 30% faster processing. It’s environmentally friendly and economical! Available for letterpress,
flexo and dry offset.
Digital Plates - nyloflex®
nyloflex® ACE Digital (64 shore A) Use with alcohol and waterbased inks. Applications include flexible packaging on film, foil
and paper; beverage packaging; labels; preprinting for corrugated
board and folding cartons.
nyloflex® ACT Digital (52 shore A) Use with water and solventbased inks, conditionally suitable for UV inks. High-quality printing
on all popular substrates, both absorbent and non-absorbent.
nyloflex® ART Digital (44 shore A) Use with alcohol and waterbased inks, and UV inks. Applications include postprint on highquality corrugated board; preprint on kraftliner, sack and kraft
paper; folding boxes and flexible packaging.
POLYWEST SLEEVE SYSTEMS has a 20-year history of manufacturing state-of-the-art sleeves for flexography. During this
time the company has been on the cutting edge introducing
new materials that improve sleeve quality, consistency, ink and
solvent resistance and overall sleeve durability.
Color Management
x-rite Monaco series Award-winning software builds ICC monitor,
scanner, and printer profiles that bring accurate and consistent
color across devices and paper types.
x-rite Eye-One or ProfileMaker solutions give you
accurate, predictable color – from concept to final production.
EFI Proofing Solutions Obtain color-accurate results on conventional inkjet and laser printers.
Agfa ColorTune Pro Automatically compensates for differences
in color ranges between monitor, printer proofer and printing press
to maximize the quality of your color workflow.
nyloflex® FAB Digital (62 shore A) The resistant plate - especially for UV-inks.
nyloflex® FAH Digital (58 shore A) Use with alcohol and waterbased inks, and UV inks. Applications include shopping bags;
flexible packaging on film, foil and paper; beverage packaging;
napkins; and preprinting for corrugated board.
nyloflex® FAC Digital (32 shore A) Use with alcohol and waterbased inks. Applications include corrugated board post printing,
heavy-duty paper/film bags and solid board.
nyloflex FSC Digital (26 shore A) Soft plate for postprint - unique
hardness in solid.
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Digital Plates - Toyobo
Digital Cosmolight® Delivers sharp halftone resolution, excellent
ink transfer and resists ozone deterioration for extended plate
life. Features an carbon-based ablative layer that washes out in
detergent and tap water to simplify plate processing. Choose
from a broad range of sizes & gauges.
Digital Printight® Designed for dry offset and letterpress,
Printight offers excellent ink acceptance and transfer, sharp
half-tone resolution and extremely long press life. Available in
standard sizes up to 30" x 40", with special sizes available upon
request, in thicknesses up to .080".
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800.223.6869
You can also order flexo
platemaking materials online
with A&V. Visit our website at...
www.AndersonVreeland.com
Visit www.AndersonVreeland.com for detailed information on all our flexo prepress materials and equipment.
nyloflex® is a registered trademark of Flint Group. • ®Printight and Cosmolight are registered trademarks of Toyobo Co., Ltd.
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R-bak is a registered trademark of Rogers Corp.