Product Overview
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Benefits
Wide range of applications
- Photopolymer gravure plate for high quality pad printing, suitable for printing on promotional and industrial products
- nyloprint® S43 and S58 also suitable for letterset, form printing on continuous letterset presses, label printing, metal sheet printing, sheetfed and rotary letterpress printing
- nyloprint® S58 can also be used as a female die for blind embossing
High print quality
- Screen ruling up to 305 lpi (120 L/cm); S43 and S58 for letterpress up to 137 lpi (54 L/cm)
- Excellent solid density due to brilliant ink transfer
- Reliable and reusable for repeat orders
- High durability, suitable for high run lengths
- Efficient, consistent and fast plate processing
- Wide exposure latitude
- Highly productive and cost-effective due to plate processing within 40–50 min
Efficient, consistent and fast plate processing
- Wide exposure latitude
- Highly productive and cost-effective due to plate processing within 40 – 50 min
Suitable equipment
nyloprint® S plate can be processed with nyloprint® processing equipment and all similar devices.
Printing inks
Suitable for commonly used pad printing inks (e.g. UV-inks, solvent-based inks, 2-K inks).
Washout medium
For the washout the solvent nyloprint® R241 np is needed.
Processing information
A detailed description of the individual platemaking steps, as well as detailed information about processing and storing can be found in the nyloprint® User Guide.
High quality standard
XSYS printing plates are produced at Willstätt production site, which is certified according to international standards for quality management (DIN EN ISO 9001:2015), environmental management (DIN EN ISO14001:2015) and energy management (DIN EN ISO 50001:2018).
Specifications
Base Material
steel
Color of raw plate
green
Total thickness (mm) (inch)
0.43 (0.017")
Plate hardness (Shore D)
90
Relief depth (mm) (inch)
0.20 (0.008")
Tonal range (%) for gravure printing
5–95
at screen ruling of
120 l/cm (305 lpi)
Tonal range (%) for letterpress
2–95
at screen ruling of
54 l/cm (137 lpi)
Distortion factor (mm)(inch)
2.08 (5.28")
Main exposure (min) to be tested
1.0–5.0
Washout time for pad printing
1–2
Washout time for letterpress
>3
Washout temperature
20°C / 68°F
Drying time at 80°C / 176°F (min)
15
Post exposure (min)
2–3
