DUO#CleanCliché® – Final Plate Cleaner™ (FPC) for Offline Plate Washing
Thorough and reproducible plate cleaning outside the printing press reduces operator workload and ensures consistently high cleaning quality.
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When Is an Offline Plate Washing System the Right Choice?
After long production runs or during job changes, flexographic printing plates must be thoroughly cleaned to reliably remove dried ink, particles and residues. Only proper cleaning ensures stable conditions for subsequent print jobs. When this process is performed manually, it often results in high labor effort and inconsistent cleaning quality.
The DUO#CleanCliché® FPC (Final Plate Cleaner™) relocates intensive plate washing to a separate, controlled offline process. This creates reproducible washing conditions while significantly relieving operating personnel.
The FPC is particularly suitable for operations with high quality standards and the objective of standardizing cleaning processes, reducing operator workload and ensuring consistent washing results.
Functional Principle of the DUO#CleanCliché® FPC
The DUO#CleanCliché® FPC is designed as a centralized or decentralized offline plate washing system. Contaminated plates are removed from the press and placed into the washing station, where they are cleaned automatically.
During the wash cycle, ink residues and particles are specifically removed from the plate surface and discharged from the washing chamber. The material-gentle cleaning process ensures uniform treatment of the plates while maintaining controlled consumption of water and cleaning agents.
Depending on the configuration, multiple plates can be cleaned simultaneously, significantly increasing washing throughput. The system operates reproducibly and provides defined conditions for plate preparation. The closed process design ensures consistently high cleaning quality independent of operator influence.
Benefits of DUO#CleanCliché® FPC
With the DUO#CleanCliché® FPC, you standardize plate cleaning and sustainably reduce operator workload.
Your key advantages:
- Reproducible and consistent plate cleaning quality
- Significant reduction of operator workload
- Standardized wash process
- Parallel cleaning of multiple plates possible
- Gentle treatment of printing plates
- Controlled water and cleaning agent consumption
- Reduced manual cleaning effort
- Optional decoupling from the printing process
Automated offline cleaning creates stable and predictable conditions for plate preparation.
Cost Efficiency Through Standardized Plate Washing
Manual plate cleaning is labor-intensive and often results in inconsistent cleaning performance. With the DUO#CleanCliché® FPC, the wash process is standardized and performed reproducibly, independent of operator influence.
Automated cleaning and the possibility of parallel plate processing allow operator resources to be used more efficiently while making cleaning operations more predictable.
In many applications, the FPC achieves rapid return on investment through reduced labor requirements and stable cleaning processes. At the same time, cleaning workflows become more predictable and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) in flexographic production is sustainably improved.
Typical Applications of DUO#CleanCliché® FPC
The DUO#CleanCliché® FPC is used wherever flexographic printing plates must be cleaned regularly with consistent quality.
Typical applications include:
- Corrugated post-print
- Flexo inliners
- Centralized plate preparation departments
- Operations with frequent job changes
- Automated flexographic production environments
Especially in high-capacity production facilities, the FPC enables predictable and reproducible plate cleaning.
Technical Data of DUO#CleanCliché® FPC
The DUO#CleanCliché® FPC is available in different sizes and designed for industrial plate washing processes.
Typical system features:
- Application: offline plate washing
- Design: centralized or decentralized washing station
- Cleaning: automated and reproducible
- Parallel operation: multiple plates possible
- Cleaning principle: material-gentle
- Control system: integrated
- Retrofit integration: easily possible
Additional configurations are available upon request.