DUO#CleanCliché® – Efficient plate cleaning for consistent flexographic printing processes
Automatisierte Reinigungslösungen für Flexodruck-Klischees reduzieren Stillstände, sichern Druckqualität und steigern die Produktivität Ihrer Druckmaschinen.
Why is efficient plate cleaning crucial?
Contamination from dust, dried ink, and particles on flexographic printing plates leads to quality issues, increased waste, and unplanned machine downtime. In many production environments, cleaning is still done manually, resulting in significant production time losses and increased resource consumption.
Different requirements arise depending on the production strategy: During printing, print quality must be kept consistent, and a thorough final cleaning is required after the job is complete. Without a structured cleaning concept, downtime, labor costs, and wear-and-tear expenses increase significantly.
Modern cleaning systems enable reproducible, automated, and material-friendly plate cleaning, thereby contributing significantly to process stability in flexographic printing.
The modular structure allows the cleaning concept to be tailored precisely to production processes, the level of automation and quality requirements.
Benefits of DUO#CleanCliché®
With DUO#CleanCliché®, you can reduce manual cleaning tasks and stabilise your flexographic printing processes in the long term.
Key benefits:
- Significantly reduced machine downtime
- Reproducible cleaning quality
- Lower labour costs
- Longer plate life
- Reduced water and cleaning agent consumption
- Higher machine availability
- Scalable automation depending on production requirements
Through structured plate cleaning, you can measurably increase the overall equipment effectiveness of your flexographic printing production.
Recommended cleaner for optimal cleaning results
To ensure consistently high cleaning quality, Duo-Technik recommends using gentle cleaners with a controlled PH value and low foaming properties.
The CITOCLYN Uni Eco cleaner has proven particularly effective; it has been tested for flexographic printing plates and demonstrates high material compatibility. The product complies with EC Regulation No. 1935/2004 for food contact materials and supports resource-efficient cleaning.
The choice of cleaner should always be tailored to water hardness, ink type and system configuration.
Flexible integration into current Flexo printing systems
The DUO#CleanCliché® systems are designed for use in modern flexo in-line presses and can, in many cases, also be retrofitted to existing machines. Their modular design allows for step-by-step automation in line with specific production requirements.