Product Construction
| Adhesive Type | tackified acrylic |
| Backing material | PE foam with film lamination |
| Liner Type | PP |
| Total thickness | 430 µm |
tesa® Softprint 52014 Steel Master
Plate mounting tape for photopolymer plates in flexographic printing.
Product Features
- Highly compressible foam, with superior recovery behavior for excellent print quality
- Long lasting recovery characteristic for extended and high speed print runs
- Low thickness tolerances for quick print preparation and reduced waste
Product description
tesa® Softprint 52014 STM is a double-coated foam tape, designed specifically for mounting photopolymer plates with a thickness of 1.14mm (0.045") or 1.70 mm (0.067") in flexographic label printing. The hard foam makes this the ideal solution for printing solids.
Product details and specifications
Product Features
- Highly compressible foam, with superior recovery behavior for excellent print quality
- Long lasting recovery characteristic for extended and high speed print runs
- Low thickness tolerances for quick print preparation and reduced waste
- High bonding on open side to steel cylinder or sleeve to avoid plate movement
- High bonding to plate to avoid edge lifting or plate movement
- Non increasing bonding power for easy repositioning and especially for easy demounting of plate and tape
- Very cohesive adhesive structure for demounting without adhesive residues
- The structured PP-liner prevents the formation of air pockets when plate mounting
- Green color marking indicates the hard foam
Application Fields
tesa® Softprint 52014 STM is a 380µm (15 mil) category double-coated foam tape, designed specifically for mounting photopolymer plates with a thickness of 1.14 mm (0.045") or 1.70 mm (0.067") in flexographic label printing.
Product Construction
| Adhesive Type | tackified acrylic |
| Backing material | PE foam with film lamination |
| Liner Type | PP |
| Total thickness | 430 µm |
Properties / Performance Values
| Thickness category | 380 |
| Hardness | hard |
| Color of logo | green |
Properties / Performance Values
| Thickness category | 380 |
| Hardness | hard |
| Color of logo | green |
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