tesa® Twinlock
The concept of tesa Twinlock® is simple, a self-adhesive and compressible sleeve to mount your flexo plates without the use of plate mounting tape. By simply activating the tackiness of the surface the tesa Twinlock® sleeves are ready to mount your next set of flexo plates, over and over again. The basis for this technology begins with the selection of a base sleeve or cylinder from the customer's preferred supplier. We then add a polyurethane (PU) foam layer on to the top of the base sleeve. The PU foam is treated and coated with a unique adhesive polymer that remains permanently tacky. When proper cleaning procedures are observed, there is no limit to how many times tesa Twinlock® can be used. Our adhesive plate mounting sleeves provide exceptional print quality. Even after long press times the sleeves produce accurate and reliable results. The consistent print quality is attributed to our open cell foam structure. Through this foam structure our sleeves absorb bouncing effects to improve print quality. A second critical factor that influences print quality are our strict diameter tolerances. We use laser technology to measure our sleeves and ensure they meet your exact requirements. With our carefully crafted tesa Twinlock® we enable: - High printing speeds - Lasting print quality without the need of adjustments - Excellent registration The main advantage of this technology is the reusability of the self-adhesive sleeve. When best practices are observed our reusable sleeves have the potential to run endlessly. In most cases our tesa Twinlock® sleeves only need to be recoated when physical damage occurs to the base sleeve or coating. Flexo printers benefit form: - Lower running cost - Carbon footprint reduction - Fast ROI when reusing same repeats - More precise estimate of input production costs Contact your local sales representative to learn more about our self-adhesive sleeve assortment.
