Flexography is a major printing
technique, widely used to print packaging materials. This
technique is used to print on a number of materials and products
including corrugated boxes, folding cartons, multi-wall sacks,
paper sacks, plastic bags etc.
Flexography is used for
printing on various materials including plastic, paper etc.
This printing technique makes use of flexible printing plates
made of rubber or plastic. The inked plates with a slightly
raised image are rotated on a cylinder which transfers the
image to the substrate.
Process
A substrate is fed into the machine from a roll and the image,
printed is a result of the substrate being pulled through
a series of printing units. Each printing unit is responsible
for printing a single color.
Types of Flexographic Printing Machine Stack
Type Machine Central
Impression Cylinder (CIC) Machine In-Line
Machine
Application of Flexographic Printing: Paper
Bags Plastic
Bags Milk
Cartons Disposable
Cups Envelopes
Labels
Newspapers
Some of the other popular types of printing
techniques are:
