Technology Empowers Environmental Protection: 3M Flexographic Tapes Boost Eco-Friendly Printing
#BM Tape News or Information ·2025-11-05 15:50:20
At present, the global call and requirements for environmental protection are getting higher and higher. The environmental pollution problems caused by packaging and printing have aroused widespread concern, and green printing will become the development trend of the future packaging and printing industry. In modern packaging and printing, flexographic printing is becoming more and more competitive.
Development Pattern of Flexographic Printin
Compared with traditional printing technologies such as offset printing, gravure printing and letterpress printing, flexographic printing has the advantages of low equipment investment, short plate making cycle, fast printing speed, strong adaptability to substrates, and the ability to use environmentally friendly inks.
In the field of packaging and printing in Europe and America, flexographic printing has a very high penetration rate, which can even reach 90% in North America.
In China, with technological progress and the enhancement of environmental awareness, the proportion of flexographic printing in China's printing industry is increasing, and it has gradually become a printing technology widely favored by the industry.
Features of Flexographic Printing
Wide Range of Substrates
It has excellent printability for a variety of substrate materials such as paper, film, flexible packaging, corrugated paper, etc.
"Green Printing"
Uses water-based ink, which is more environmentally friendly.
Fast Printing Speed and High Efficiency
The printing speed can reach over 600m/min.
Suitable for Medium and Short Run Printing
Short plate making cycle and fast plate changing speed
3M Flexographic Tape Innovative Product Portfolio
Product Advantages of 3M Flexographic Tapes
Flexographic printing is divided into three processes: pre-press, in-press and post-press.
In the pre-press process, we focus on the production and mounting of flexographic plates; in the in-press process, we focus on the consistency and effect of printing; while in the post-press process, we require convenient, efficient and non-destructive plate removal.
3M provides up to 9 kinds of foam tapes with different densities for selection, from the hardest for solid full coverage to the softest for ultra-fine printing, to meet customers' requirements for printing quality.
The venting technology of 3M™ Comply™ Adhesive System achieves bubble-free bonding, minimizes printing defects, and greatly saves the time of flexographic plate mounting, facilitating workers' operation.
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The 3M flexographic tape series also has products with different viscosities for selection, ensuring that plate lifting is prevented under process conditions such as different plate roller diameters, different plate thicknesses and materials, and different printing speeds.
The L-series enables more convenient plate removal, minimizes damage to flexographic plates, and saves the cost of repair and re-purchase. Data shows that the force required for plate removal can be reduced by more than 78%.
Through the collaboration of the entire printing process, from pre-press to in-press and then to post-press, the innovative products of 3M flexographic tapes make plate mounting fast and convenient, eliminate hidden risks of bubbles, while the wide range of foam types can meet almost all printing requirements, and finally, it also provides practical solutions for plate removal and reuse.
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The innovative products of 3M flexographic tapes work closely throughout the entire printing process, helping to comprehensively improve the quality and production efficiency of flexographic printing.