You care, you win!
Convert more economically with the right handling and care of your die-cutting tools. Maximize your precision by keeping your flexible dies, magnetic cylinders and rotary dies clean from rust & residues.
Care instructions for flexible dies
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- Never bend a flexible die.
- Always store dies with blades uppermost.
- Always clean the reverse side of the die thoroughly before mounting it onto the magnetic cylinder.
- Flexible dies should only be removed from the cylinder by a Wink lifter.
- Remove all paint and glue residues after usage and treat both sides of the die with anticorrosive oil lightly.
- Put flexible dies separately in provided Wink bags and seal them tightly.
- Store the dies in suspended file pockets or in the original cardboard packaging in which the dies have been supplied.
- Keep the certificate of quality and the provided cutting sample!
Caring instructions rotary cylinders
- Clean the cylinders thoroughly before usage.*
- Cylinders should be lifted into and out of the machine carefully.
- Never put a magnetic cylinder down on the magnetic area. Never put a rotary cylinder on the cutting lines.
- Remove paint- and glue residues regularly.
- Control cylinder on damages which could be caused by excessive pressure of bearers.
*Only 2-propanol 99.9% without any other ingredients is recommended for cleaning the magnetic cylinders. Do not use 1-propanol, water or soapy water! After cleaning, the magnetic cylinder should air out for at least 15 minutes before a flexible die is mounted.
In the printing machine
- Check for exact positioning of pressure-bridge on the bearers of the cylinder.
- Ensure that bearings and shafts are running free from backlash.
- Pay attention to adequate pressure between magnetic, rotary and anvil cylinder.
- Increase cutting pressure very slowly.
- Clean and oil the bearers and pressure rollers (felt-strips) regularly.
- We advise the usage of pressure cells.
Checks
- Measure the gap regularly.
- Consider gap changing when ordering new cutting tools.
- If the gap is one-sided or the gap tolerance is too large check or change magnetic and anvil cylinder.
- Check bearers, bearings and pressure rollers regularly.
- Check gears regularly.
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