CLEAN|CLICHÉ
// Save time and money
The cleaning of printing plates during your production process wastes a lot of time.
We asked some of our customers who didn’t have an automatic plate cleaning system to estimate how much of time they lose for washing plates, each year.They answered that: 20-25% of the effective machine production time is wasted for cleaning. To put that number into context: A print facility with a 2 shift operation of 3000 hr./year would need 600–750 hours/year just for plate cleaning. That’s time that the printing machine is not productive.
// Why do I need to clean so often?
There are 3 fundamental situations when plate cleaning is usually necessary:
- Cleaning after job set up due to ink drying on the plates during the approval process wait-time
- Interim cleaning after 3000-4000 sheets due to dust or dry ink defects
- Cleaning after the end of the job