Axcyl® Flexo Plate Mounting Sleeves
Axcyl® is now part of the Continental Printing Technology portfolio.
At Continental we design and manufacture Axcyl® mounting sleeves for all kind of flexographic printing machines - wide web and narrow web plate mounting sleeves. Thanks to their unique composite honeycomb structure, Continental’s Axcyl® flexo sleeves are the lightest, the stiffest and the most stable of the market. Specifically designed mounting layer has been optimized to filter vibration coming from the printing plate: Axcyl® offers less press bounce, thus higher productivity, and better printing quality even at very high speed.
Axcyl® advanced plates mounting sleeves assist flexographic printers and press manufacturers in their production for a variety of printing requirements.
Better function, better business in flexo printing
Our complete range of sleeves answers any needs of both wide web and narrow web presses:
- bridge sleeves with air holes ventilation
- repeat build up sleeves, equipped with patented cutting guide
- thin sleeves for plate mounting
- carbon fiber bridge sleeve for a better productivity
Long-lasting sleeves for better productivity
- Axcylox: to protect the fragile outer surface of anilox sleeves
- Carbon BS: High performance Carbon Fiber bridge providing exceptional stiffness & damping properties for improved productivity
- Coaxcyl BS: Composite bridge sleeves, with either standard air holes ventilation, or separate ventilation,
- Coaxcyl EM: Thick plate mounting sleeves
- Coaxcyl TR: Thin plate mounting sleeves
Cotinental Axcyl®
Technology and processes used at Continentals’ manufacturing facility create a wide choice of sleeves to assist flexographic wide web and narrow web printers for printing on any type of substrates. Check out what makes our solutions the natural choice to accelerate printing performance.
The flexo industry has changed enormously in recent years, with developments in pre-press, anilox rollers, digital plate technology and sleeve-dedicated presses leading to the process being used in areas of print that would have once been unthinkable, including newspapers, folding cartons, labels, and flexible packaging.
Coaxcyl EM
- Vibration filtration
- Smooth mounting
- Extremely stable and lightweight structure
This product is a plate mounting sleeve for flexo printing machines.
- Vibration filtration, thanks to damping mounting layer
- Honeycomb structures enables high rigidity and extremely low density
- Shock absorbing faces
- Totally sealed sleeve, compatible with sleeve cleaning machines
- Reinforced register slot from any sleeve thickness (Carbon/Kevlar, or metal insert over 15 mm wall thickness)
- Cutting guide in option
- Vibration filtration
- Smooth mounting
- Extremely stable and lightweight structure
- All products available with anti-static properties (guaranteed resistance below 1 MΩ)
Coaxcyl Type R
- Light and stable structure for consistent print results & easy handling
- Durable register slots, to keep precise registration over time
- Durable & precise registration using Carbon Fibre
- Light and stable structure for consistent print results & easy handling
- Durable register slots, to keep precise registration over time
- Smooth installation on press & quick make ready
- Easy positioning of adhesives and plates thanks to scribe lines
Coaxcyl BS
- Vibration filtration
- Smooth mounting
- Extremely stable and lightweight structure
Standard holes for air ventilation: 4, 6 or 8 holes (possible taps valves for easy dismounting). Version with separate air supply and internal ventilation for top sleeve mounting is available.
- Covers wide repeat range on one shaft
- Minimizes capital spending
- Vibration filtration, thanks to damping mounting layer
- Honeycomb structures enables high rigidity, and extremely low density
- Shock absorbing faces
- Totally sealed sleeve, compatible with sleeve cleaning machines
- Reinforced register slot with bayonet system and pin index
- Vibration filtration
- Smooth mounting
- Extremely stable and lightweight structure
- All products available with anti-static properties (guaranteed resistance below 1 MΩ) in field
Carbon BS Bridge Sleeve
- Higher printing productivity thanks to structure damping properties and exceptional rigidity
- Reduced weight, especially on high wall thickness
- Smooth installation on press and quicker make ready
This product is a carbon fiber bridge sleeve for flexo printing machine.
- Bridge sleeves are commonly used on flexo presses to reduce sleeve weight, wall thickness and cost. Modern press productivity is sometimes offset by the nature of designs, causing vibration/bounce and visible streaks.
- The Carbon BS Pneumatic Bridge technology offers exceptional dynamic response with exceptional reduction of bounce/visible streaks when it comes to printing demanding designs, as well as very low weight.
- Higher printing productivity thanks to structure damping properties and exceptional rigidity
- Reduced weight, especially on high wall thickness
- Smooth installation on press and quicker make ready
The product at a glance
Axcylox
- Durable competitive sleeve to maximize anilox lifespan
- Permanent label for anilox identification
Anilox is an essential part of the flexo printing process. Its ceramic outer layer is extremely hard, but fragile. Continental Axcylox® sleeve is designed to cover and protect the Anilox during all operations, apart from printing. The result is a permanent protection of the fragile outer surface of the Anilox, increasing its life span and reducing costly repairs due to damages.
- Rough outer surface, for excellent manual handling
- Machined hole, to ease removal of anilox + Axcylox on press
- Smooth inner surface, for easy cleaning
- Rubber edge, to immobilize the Axcylox on the anilox, and protect the anilox face
- Permanent label for tracability & identification (with indication of anilox color, volume & screen ruling)