Hosokawa Alpine is one of the world's foremost suppliers of film blowing systems. As a one stop shopping partner, Alpine supplies complete systems for the manufacture of blown film, from granule feeding systems to film winders, from single-layer die heads to 9-layer lines, and from simple speed regulators to state-of-the-art process control systems. And with Alpine's own film orientation lines, complete systems are now available which facilitate film upgrading and enhancement processes.

Blown film producers rely on Hosokawa Alpine for complete systems integration. Hosokawa offers the most advanced extrusion control systems for process optimisation. We not only design and manufacture the major extrusion components of a blown film system such as extruders, dies, winders and haul-offs, we also supply treaters, blenders, gravimetric systems, air chillers and steel towers.

To meet the ever-increasing demands for multi-layer films, Hosokawa Alpine offers co extrusion systems to produce up to seven film layers including nylon, EVA, EVOH and mLLDPE. Our systems offer tremendous flexibility and can be designed for swing line capabilities.

Troika FlexoCAM

FlexoCAM was developed for the label, carton, newspaper and corrugated markets where surface inspection and depth measurement, particularly of halftone dots, is needed.

It is capable of measuring and analysing film, flexo plate film laminations, translucent and opaque Flexo plate/sleeves and printed copy for quality, dot structures and halftone dot readings.

With the Zoom function to vary the magnification for different screen rulings and analysis within the unit, the FlexoCAM is genuinely a unique product from Troika.

Key Benefits

• Accurate dot readings over the full range from highlight to shadow;
• Portable-limited only by cable length;
• flat plate,cylinder and sleeve inspection;
• Film/LAMs and Printed Copy inspection;
• Non contact around inspection area;
• Auto-focus to eliminate operator analysis error;
• Sighting system for accurate targeting;
• Computer controlled micron stepped optics for optimum relief measurement;
• Full colour image on monitor;
• Depth measurement in microns;
• Utilises the power of a PC to analize the results received via USB.

Troika Announces Launch of Flexo Plate-II-Print

Troika Systems Limited have launched its Flexo Plate-II-Print product.

The hand held Flexo Plate-II-Print is an inexpensive tool for flexographic printers to check both plate quality and print quality quickly and efficiently. This latest introduction completes a trilogy of quality control products designed and manufactured by Troika Systems for the flexographic sector of the printing industry. It joins the FlexoCAM – a high-quality instrument for checking the fine detail of a flexographic plate – and the AniCAM – a quality control instrument for measuring the volume of cells on anilox cylinders.

“Flexo Plate-II-Print completes the package,” said Troika managing director Phil Hall. “This compact instrument gives the flexographic printer a fast and simple way of checking screen angles, dot size, and screen count. It will mean that the printer can check the critical details of a plate or printed sample in just a few minutes – even while it is on the press if necessary.”

Too often flexographic plate problems mean significant press downtime, and heated debates between the printer and the plate manufacturer regarding where fault might lie. Flexo Plate-II-Print has been designed to help eliminate such issues.

We are proud to announce that LASERLIFE LITTLEJOHN are the exclusive agents for Norcross, USA, and will be representing their product range in Australia and New Zealand. For more than 50 years Norcross has been providing viscosity measurement and viscosity control expertise from the simplest measuring cups to integrated systems for complete process control.

Norcross was the first company to manufacture a process viscometer in the United States. No Company is more experienced in process viscosity control than Norcross. From simple Shell cups to powerful PC-based viscosity control systems, Norcross can determine the correct control for your particular application.

As the agent for Benton Graphics, We offers a complete line of steel doctor blades for Gravure and Flexographic printing industry. Benton Graphics is still the only manufacturer to offer a lamella or bevelled edge blade without grinding.

Esterlam are specialist manufacturers of high-tech synthetic doctor blades for today's flexo, gravure and coating industries. Esterlam can boast knowledge, expertise and technology second to none.