Your mini guide to printing efficiency  

Selecting the correct foam hardness is a critical factor in maintaining consistent print quality – limiting familiar defects such as banding, increased dot gain, and pinholing, and therefore minimizing costly over-runs and product recalls. We offer six levels of foam hardness, so whatever the motif you can be sure of right-first-time results. The formulation of all our foams offer a level of resilience that makes faster machine speeds possible, even on long runs, eliminating waste and the need for on-press setting adjustments. 

Adhesives have very different properties and characteristics in response to different conditions and print parameters. Choosing carefully will save you a lot of unwanted headaches and wasted time down the line. For example, the right plate-side adhesive will prevent edge lift with thicker plates, as well as tearing and stretching with thinner plates upon demounting. While our sleeve-side adhesives are tailored to different sleeve types and ensure quick and easy demounting of tape from the sleeve.  

The plate mounting process can eat into valuable press time. That is why all our tape is designed for ease of handling. Latest innovations are assigned to further improve productivity. For example, our tesa® Softprint FE-X EA series features micro channels within the adhesive that aid air removal during plate mounting and printing.  

Self-adhesive reusable tesa® Twinlock sleeves can save you a significant amount of time in the mounting department as there is no tape handling required during mounting and demounting, and they are a good option for a great share of recurring repeats. The quality and characteristics of the PU foam layer and polymer coating are crucial factors to ensure there is no fall-off in performance over the longer run - so you enjoy the full productivity premium.