GiDue sets flexo standards benchmark

GiDue has announced the development of three test printing plates in cooperation with the University of Wales, Swansea, Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating. The test plates are set flexographic print standards that provide measurable data of print quality and performance from the time of press purchase and throughout its working life. Testing can be completed in less than four hours.
States Federico d’Annunzio, ‘We have been working towards our Auto-Certification Test (ACT) programme for the past two years. These tests record the ‘health’ of a press during its working life with the objective of scheduling effective and timely maintenance procedures and optimising press performance.’ Testing can be carried out on any press at any location and the results forwarded to Swansea Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating for measurement and certification.
Test Plate1 is a complete measure of all aspects of the printing quality of the flexographic print head. Test Plate 2 measures the print stability of the print head. Here strong mechanical stress is induced by printing a full solid image on half of the web and no image on the other half, resulting in measurable stability values. Test Plate 3 uses a dedicated algorithm in the press scanning equipment in combination with the specifically designed test plate to identify and accurately measure gear marking.
The University supports the GiDue ACT Program by providing a third party, non-aligned measurement and certification facility that will monitor and up-date the certification process for the benefit of standards in the flexographic printing industry. Any repro house can make the plates to the specifications provided by the University.