Great Lakes Cylinders has been a mainstay for plate cylinders, air mandrels, and sleeve tooling requirements and continues to manufacture to the highest quality standards in the industry.

Sep 13, 2023 · The air source connects to the mandrel, and the air flows through holes at the end of the mandrel. Once the sleeve is in place, the air is removed. Without air, the sleeve adheres to the mandrel and can’t be moved. This provides a more detailed and replicable print.

Flexographic printing sleeves are used to mount printing plates on it. Printing plates are mounted on the flexo plate sleeves, which are floated onto the air mandrel by using compressed air. Initially, flexographic printing plates were mounted on the cylinders directly.

SEPARATE AIR AIR THROUGH SOFT COATED A Separate-Air bridge works using a separate air source that is not the mounting mandrel. The operator can choose which source of air to turn on and load the sleeve or the bridge separately. The Air-Through bridge works by directly providing air via the mandrel. The bridge has air vents that can be lined up

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Mandrels with gears can be either be air-assisted or non-air assisted. Having an air-assisted mandrel allows the operator to affix the sleeve with ease as it glides across a cushion of air. Separate stand and air probe are available.

Air Shaft Mandrel base: Sleeves are guaranteed to mount and lock on industry-standard air mandrels having a diameter tolerance of +0.0005/-0.0000” from the specified standard BCD and a maximum TIR of 0.0005” (0.0127mm)

Flow-Thru Carrier: Utilizes a single mandrel air source for mounting both Carrier and plate sleeve. Standard Carrier: Uses a secondary air source for mounting plate sleeves via an internal piping system.

Böttcher offers flood coat sleeves “ready to print“. For the production a large stock of air mandrels according to the common mandrel systems (e.g. Stork, BCD,..) is available. If requested, we can cut-back the sleeve surface related to the web with …

The INOflex® CFRP air mandrels stand for the highest performance in the flexographic printing. In combination with the INOflex® CFRP bridge adapters, they will secure a stable and profitable printing process. Machine vibrations force the printer …