LUXEMBOURG | The rotec premium sleeve from Flint Group Flexographic Products is designed to offer maximum dimensional stability over time to cope with special printing requirements as well as unique upgrades to meet individual needs. Higher print speeds, standardized ink systems, weight restrictions or continuous strive for higher print quality – this and further factors have lead to an increasing demand for sleeves with an even more advanced quality, the company reports. Subsequently for certain applications sleeves are required, where the outer diameter or ‘runout’ are not altering overtime and therefore an exact register accuracy and constant parallelism during printing can be counted on.

Sleeve is characterized by minimal tolerances for the diameter and for the runout. Even after a long and extensive use of the sleeve, the printer can still rely on constant register accuracy and a continuous print quality. By selecting special premium upgrades according to customer’s needs, distinctive features can be added to further enhance performance. Sleeve is available in Low Weight Design, which is designed to reduce the sleeve weight to 30 % compared to a standard sleeve, depending on wall thickness and length, while still offering the excellent features of the rotec Premium Sleeve. Weight restrictions that can be hard to comply with particularly for larger sleeve dimensions, are said to be managed easily and efficiently with the rotec Premium Low Weight Sleeve.