Water washable polymer plate (Plate size: 100*214mm)
(10 pieces in one pack)
Specially desighen for our sealed inkcup pad printer machine.
Thickness:0.43mm
Relief depth:0.21mm
Hardness:67 degree
Base material: metal
Advantages:
1: Water washable . No solvent used!!
2: High durability . Allows printing very fine lines and big solid lines together, by using 300 lpi screen available.
3:High Reproductivity . Cost Effective.
Our high quality polymer clichés are water washable and therefore no chemicals are used when etching. This makes them highly suitable for home or office use, without any of the dangers associated with chemicals.
Shipping:
This polymer plates in only stocked in our HongKong warehouse and no stock in NY and Toronto warehouse. For customers who want to buy it, please contact with us first to email: dingstore@hotmail.com . We will reply within 24 hours.
Polymer Plate Making Process Illustation
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1.Contact with Positive film
Remove plate cover film slowly and place positive film onto undeveloped plate. Keep the positive film and the plate contact tightly. Use positive film having optical density of not less than 3.0.
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2.Exposure
Put the the plate covered with positibe film on the UV exposing machine. Expose plate, through positive film, to UV light having 360 nm wave lengths for 1-2 minutes.
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3.Wash-out
Remove positive film.
Wash-out exposed plate with water, at 15-25degree for 1-2 minutes with sponge roll.
If wash out unit is not available, you can wash it out with running tap water.
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4.Drying
Dry the plate in a hot-air dryer after removing the surface water by sponge roll or compressed air at 50-70degree for 5-10 minutes.
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5.Post exposure
Expose the dried plate to UV light again for 15-20 minutes in order to get stability.After post-exposing, the plate will become hard enough to be suitable for printing.
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General Hints:
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Gloss film as well as matted film can be used.
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Good contact between film and plate is essential.
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Treat films carefully as any kink will be reproduced on the developed plate.
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Check film and plate without any dust before exposure.
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Minimize the pressure of doctor blade to enjoy longer durability of plate.
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It can be used in inkwell system and closed ink cup system.
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