High Precise Blanket Engraving with CO2 Direct Laser Engraving Technology
In the world of beverage cans, every detail counts – from brilliant designs to the highest print quality. As a leading provider of pre-press technologies in the two-piece can industry, SPGPrints Austria offers not only high-precision machines for plate production but also a first-class engraving shop for blankets. With 40 years of experience in CO2 direct laser engraving technology, the Austrian company sets new standards in the quality and efficiency of print form production.
Blankets: Key Components for Creative and Individual Can Printing Production
Blankets are crucial elements in the can printing process, transferring the print image from the printing plate to the can surface. These rubber materials play a central role in transferring the print image through indirect contact. In addition to printing plates, engraved blankets can also be used to create individual design elements in the same print run without changing the basic design. This allows for flexible and creative design of the can surface, which is perfect for personalized and targeted advertising campaigns, such as those during football world championships or other special events.
Printing Blanket
Highest Precision and Flexibility for Optimal Print Quality
The quality and precision of the print image largely depend on the engraving quality of the print forms. SPGPrints pre-press systems offer CO2 direct laser technology with an impressive resolution up to 10,160 dpi. This high resolution ensures exceptional sharpness and detail of the print image.
The integrated and specially developed software bestIMAGE enables database-controlled engraving job preparation with the ACTIVE 3D® RIP feature. The ACTIVE 3D® RIP allows individual adjustments of the print point, resulting in a precise print image and even the finest rasterizations. Settings such as angle, plateau, first step, and relief depth can be individually adjusted and thus tailored to the printing requirements. SPGPrints' direct laser engraving technology enables precise and homogeneous raster structures, ensuring improved color transfer, high print quality, and increased reproducibility. This reduces production deviations in the printing process.
ACTIVE 3D® RIP
CO2 direct laser engraving allows the engraving of almost any material, regardless its colour, unlike traditional CTP processes that rely on light sensitive materials with a black mask. This flexibility in material choice opens up new possibilities for the design and production of blankets.
Efficient and Environmentally Friendly Direct Laser Engraving
In direct laser engraving technology, the CO2 laser removes the desired material solvent-free and thus environmentally friendly. It offers reduced process steps with more automated processes that are less error-prone and enable better reproducibility. Traditional engraving techniques in the can industry often rely on chemical processes or mechanical engravings, which are both time-consuming and environmentally harmful. The efficiency of direct laser engraving technology enables fast and reliable production of blankets that meet the high delivery requirements of the two-piece can printing industry.
DLE - Direct Laser Engraving Technology
SPGPrints Austria: Fast Delivery Times and Highest Quality through State-of-the-Art Pre-Press Systems
The engraving shop at SPGPrints enables fast delivery times through state-of-the-art pre-press systems and its own design studio for engraving job preparation. The long-standing experienced employees handle the orders with the highest commitment. With 40 years of experience in CO2 direct laser engraving technology, the Austrian company sets new standards in the quality and efficiency of print form production and continuously works on advancing its technologies to deliver high quality print forms. In January and February, the engraving shop at SPGPrints Austria was able to handle an impressive order of 11,000 blankets for a marketing campaign.
SPGPrints Pre-Press System THORIUM
Innovative CO2 Direct Laser Engraving: Advantages for the Two-Piece Can Industry
The combination of precise CO2 direct laser engraving technology and efficient production processes offers several advantages for the printing companies in the two-piece can industry:
Consistent print quality through exact rasterization
High production speed through fast engraving processes
Sustainability through the elimination of solvents
Thus, SPGPrints Austria contributes to the advancement of pre-press in the beverage can industry.
