Adhesive Tape Systems
Solutions for the Flexographic Print Industry
ORAFLEX® Cushion Mounting Tapes for Flexible Packaging Printing
Engineered to Perform Better™
ORAFOL Europe GmbH Headquarters and production facility
ORAFOL Europe GmbH offers a truly comprehensive range of technical adhesive tapes including flexographic tapes, transfer tapes, double sided tapes, foam tapes and splicing tapes. ORAFOL‘s adhesive tape systems are available in a wide selection of constructions with different types of high-performance adhesives. They guarantee excellent functionality and adhesion on a large variety of surfaces and thus meet the most diverse customer requirements.
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ORAFLEX® Cushion Mount Tapes The ORAFLEX® Cushion Tapes are produced using odour-free pure solvent acrylate adhesives featuring the latest ORAFLEX® product designs with several adhesive types offering different levels of bonding and repositionability. These adhesives are also designed to be resistant to the typical solvents contained in inks used in flexographic printing. ORAFLEX® Cushion Tapes’ Compressible Foam and Film Reinforcement Construction
Adhesive, cylinder side
PE film, transparent
High quality polymer foam
PE film, coloured
Liner, embossed PP Film
Adhesive, cliché side
The ORAFLEX® Cushion Tapes’ compressible foam and film reinforcement construction technology guarantees an optimized thickness accuracy, with minimal thickness tolerances (+/- 0.02 mm). The flexible PE-film reinforcement reduces dot gain by perfect cushioning the applied impression. It is interesting to note that the medium ORAFLEX® Cushion Tapes (1165X) offer a very wide range of linear dot gain making the hardness choice very easy – one medium tape can be used for most combinations and printing requirements. ORAFLEX® Cushion product code identification ORAFLEX® product range
Application thickness „500 micron / 20 mil“
ORAFLEX® 11 6 2 7
Adhesion level „7-series“ Foam hardness „soft“
Ancillary products for Flexographic Printing
SPLICING
EDGE SEALING
CORE STARTING
Product
Colour
Thickness (µm)
Application
ORABOND® 1301
Red
90
Especially suitable in processes when visual splice is crucial. FDA certificate.
ORABOND® 1346
Translucent
110
Splicing of paper, cardboard and film.
ORABOND® 1459
Translucent
140
Splicing of PE coated paper. FDA certificate.
ORAFLEX® 11405
White
60
Edge sealing tape can additionally be used to seal the plate edges on printing cylinders/ sleeves with small diameter.
ORABOND® 1396TM
Translucent
130
Core starting and splicing at high temperatures. FDA certificate.
ORAFOL® professional plastic squeegee
Grey
Use for professional application of tapes.
Find the full application instructions on the ORAFOL website www.orafol.com
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Product overview ORAFLEX® 1162X
ORAFLEX® 1165X
ORAFLEX® 1168X
0.5 mm 20 mil
0.5 mm 20 mil
0.5 mm 20 mil
Soft
Medium
Firm
Screen, half tones and minimum dot gain
Combination of solids and screens
Solid (no pinholing) optimal ink transfer
6-series Higher printing plate side adesion standart to the cylinder side
11626
11656
11686
5-series Higher printing plate side adhesion standart to the plate side
11625
11655
11685
7-series good for reusability Enhanced printing plate side adhesion for thin plates
11627
11657
11687
Thickness category Hardness, colour
Typical relationship between screen and solids
Desired print image
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ORAFLEX® Cushion With the ORAFLEX® Cushion Tapes, consistent superb quality is ensured for your entire print run. The 0.5 mm tapes are available in four hardnesses, and designed to give good tolerance on pressure settings so that the optimal impression can be set very quickly. Now also available with different adhesion levels such as bouncing stripes caused by press vibration at high speeds are avoided. Choose the right adhesion level
Plate side adhesion High
6-series
Standard
5-series
Low
7-series
Standard
High
Enhanced
Cylinder side adhesion
Engineered to Perform Better™
Solutions for the Flexographic Print Industry
ORAFLEX® Cushion Mounting Tapes for Flexible Packaging Printing
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ORAFOL Europe GmbH Orafolstraße 1, D-16515 Oranienburg, Germany Tel: +49 (0)3301 864-0 / adhesive.tapes@orafol.de Find out more about our products at: www.orafol.com · www.orafoleurope.com Front page photo courtesy of INOMETA GmbH ORAFOL Europe GmbH. ORAFLEX® is a registered trademark of ORAFOL Europe GmbH. - 48201-108 (05/2021)