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REVERSE ANGLE DOCTOR BLADE [1 record]

Record 1 2005-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Flexography (Printing)
DEF

In flexography, similar to doctor blade in gravure except used with much lighter pressure and a reverse angle on the anilox roll.

CONT

In this application the high viscosity of the UV [ultraviolet] inks, combined with the reserve doctor blade adaptation on flexo presses, has resulted in a very sharp reproduction of fine text and color work.

Key term(s)
  • reverse-angle doctor blade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Racle semblable à une racle d'héliogravure, qui nécessite beaucoup moins de pression et qui applique un angle sur le rouleau intermédiaire.

OBS

racle inversée : terme tiré du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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