Milan based paper converting and specialist printing agency So Ma Ca has been appointed to distribute Stork Prints’ RotaPlate reusable nickel screen in Italy. It will offer both rolls and pre-cut and punched sheets.
The electroformed, non-woven RotaPlate is suitable for non-Stork systems and the full range of rotary screen applications, from fine linework to Braille and tactile image features. It is said to offer many performance and cost benefits, including greater strength, handling qualities and resistance to damage during printing.
Its hexagonal structure is also said to allow up to 40 per cent greater hole-counts in a given area compared with alternative meshes, making the screen ideal for high-detail reproduction.
As an alternative to conventional exposure, Stork offers a fully digital way of pre-production for RotaPlate users, known as ‘direct laser exposure’. With the company’s new table-top rotaLEX 6610F system, a laser exposes the emulsion of the non-image (negative) areas, enabling the unexposed areas to be removed with ease. The screen is subsequently ready for insertion into the printing station.
This method avoids the need for film, ablative film or ablative plate processing.
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