DUO#CleanCliché® – Quick Plate Cleaner™ (QPC) for Inline Plate Cleaning

Cleans flexographic printing plates during production, reduces quality variations, and boosts the productivity of your flexographic printing line.

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During long print runs, dust, paper fibers, and dried-on ink residue build up on the printing plate. This contamination leads to print quality issues, increased scrap rates, and unplanned cleaning stops.
The DUO#CleanCliché® QPC was specifically developed to minimize such quality issues even during ongoing production. Through targeted, brief cleaning pulses, the printing plate stays clean longer without interrupting the printing process.
The QPC is thus the ideal solution for continuous quality stabilization in flexographic printing; however, it does not replace the essential final cleaning after production ends.

The DUO#CleanCliché® QPC is integrated directly into the printing unit and operates inline during production. When needed, a brief, targeted cleaning cycle is triggered, reliably removing loose particles, paper dust, and early ink deposits from the printing plate.
The cleaning process is gentle on the material and is specifically tailored to the requirements of highly dynamic flexographic printing processes. By regularly removing critical contaminants, the adhesion of ink residues is reduced and the service life until the next deep cleaning is significantly extended.
Since the production flow does not need to be interrupted, the QPC supports stable printing conditions, particularly during long production runs and at high machine speeds.

With the DUO#CleanCliché® QPC, you can stabilize your print quality directly during the printing process and reduce production downtime caused by cleaning.
Key benefits:

• Cleaning during production
• Significantly reduced quality variations
• Fewer unplanned machine stops
• Extended intervals between deep cleanings
• Gentle plate treatment
• Compact integration into the printing unit
• Greater process stability during long runs

By eliminating unplanned cleaning stops, the QPC improves overall equipment effectiveness and contributes to a rapid return on investment.

Unplanned cleaning interruptions in flexographic printing result in significant productivity losses. Even short stoppages accumulate to considerable downtime in multi-shift operations.
Typical production scenario:

• Multi-shift production environment
• Approx. 10 minutes cleaning time per stop
• Several cleaning-related stops per day

Under such conditions, several hundred production hours can be lost annually.
By implementing the DUO#CleanCliché® QPC, these unplanned interruptions can be significantly reduced. Users increase their effective annual output while lowering unit production costs. In many applications, the investment pays for itself within a short period of time.

The DUO#CleanCliché® QPC is primarily used in flexographic printing applications where long run times, high speeds and stable print quality are essential.

Typical applications include:

• Corrugated post-print
• Flexo inliners
• Long CMYK production runs
• High-speed flexographic printing
• Production environments with increased dust exposure

Especially during extended production runs, the QPC significantly contributes to stabilizing print quality and reducing unplanned stops.

The DUO#CleanCliché® QPC is designed for integration into modern flexographic printing machines.

Typical system features:

• Application: inline within the print unit
• Operating mode: cleaning during production
• Cleaning impulse: short and targeted
• Integration: possible per print unit
• Control system: machine-integrable
• Retrofit capability: yes
• Design: compact

Additional configurations are available upon request.