nyloprint® WS 83 D

Water washable, steel based letterpress printing plates for letterset in security printing, tubes, cups, cans, and label printing, continuous business forms

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Product Overview

  • Water
  • Steel
  • Digital

Benefits

Highest print quality

  • High print contrast with an exceptional tonal range
  • Brilliant halftone gradations due to very fine halftone dots (< 20 micron)
  • Smooth vignettes
  • High resolution – up to 10 160 dpi
  • Excellent solid density due to brilliant ink transfer
  • Very good durability for long print runs
  • Reliably reusable for repeat orders

Efficient, reliable and fast plate processing

  • Wide exposure latitude combined with high intermediate depths
  • Highly productive and cost saving due to plate processing within 25-35 min
  • Reduced downtimes on press due to fast replacement of damaged plates

Advantages of nyloprint® Digital

Higher print quality

  • Reproduction of finer details and less dot gain due to digital imaging
  • High dimensional stability
  • No defects caused by dust and damaged films
  • No data loss during transfer
  • Smoother plate surface can achieve higher density
  • Highly consistent especially when repeating plate processing

Cost-effective and environmentally friendly

  • No film costs
  • No chemicals for film development
  • Electronic filing of graphics, film storage is redundant
  • Easy and fast data exchange – worldwide

Suitable equipment

nyloprint® WS plates can be processed with nyloprint® processing equipment and all similar devices. nyloprint® WS Digital plates can be used with all laser systems suitable for imaging letterpress plates.

Printing inks and varnishes

Suitable for UV and oil based inks and varnishes.

Washout medium

For washout only tap water 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
Colour of raw plate
red
Total thickness (mm) (inch)
0.83 (0.033")
Plate hardness (Shore D)
76
Relief depth (mm) (inch)
0.56 (0.022")
Tonal range (%) at screen ruling
1 – 98 at 60 l/cm (150 lpi)
Fine line width (down to μm)
100
Isolated dot diameter (down to μm)
200
Distortion factor (mm) (inch)
4.49 (0.177")
Main exposure (min)
1.0 – 3.5 (without vacuum film)
Washout at 30°C / 86° F (min)
1.0–3.5
Drying time at 80°C / 176°F (min)
15
Post exposure (min)
2

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