Gravure

Cylinder Wear / Chromium Damage

The chrome is either wearing or flaking from the cylinder surface. It I normal for the chrome to wear, but the right doctor blade and settings can reduce it.

Cylinder Wear / Chromium Damage

Causes

  • Doctor Blade pressure too high
  • Insufficient ink lubrication on the cylinder
  • Doctor Blade angle too steep
  • Cylinder roughness (Rz) too smooth
  • Using a low quality doctor blade

Solutions

  • Assuring that the lowest possible blade pressure is used at all times
  • Check doctor blade angle and make sure its not too steep
  • Use a softer blade setup (Overlap & Doctor Blade Tip)
  • Use OptiPrint, PowerPrint, CeraPrint or CeraPrint XT

Recommended Solutions to solving Cylinder Wear / Chromium Damage

OptiPrint
PowerPrint
CeraPrint®
The new CeraFlex® XT - doctor blade
CeraPrint XT

More to Troubleshoot?

Hazing / Toning
Streaking / Pinlines
Crack-outs (at the cylinder edge)
Drag-outs
Missing Dots
Missing Dots
Comets
Drying In
Chattermarks

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