Flexo Concepts launches anilox roll cleaning service

Flexo Concepts, manufacturers of Microclean dry media anilox cleaning systems and TruPoint plastic and composite doctor blades, has launched its MicroClean anilox roll cleaning service. The service is available to flexographic and offset printers who wish to clean their anilox rolls off-press to maintain uptime without investing in the cleaning equipment.

To utilize the service, rolls are sent to Flexo Concepts' Plymouth, Massachusetts headquarters where they are deep cleaned using the company's exclusive MicroClean anilox cleaning equipment. The clean rolls are then returned to the customer within several days to be placed back into inventory for future use. As part of the service, the customer receives a roll analysis report which includes microphotographs of the cells before and after cleaning as well as critical cell dimensions such as volume, depth, opening, and wall thickness.

Tara Aubut, customer service manager for Flexo Concepts, sees the service as a good complement to the company's existing line of MicroClean equipment: ‘The roll cleaning service allows us to offer the MicroClean technology to printers who can't make the investment in the equipment. Offset printers with anilox tower coaters are a perfect example; they tend to clean rolls by hand, typically have a small anilox inventory, and often can't justify the expense of bringing a machine in-house.’