Introducing AVantage® Liquid Photopolymer Resins

Introducing AVantage™ Liquid Photopolymer resins and the AVantage™ Processing System. Randy Reynolds, the AVantage® Businesses Development manager and Scott Murray, the AVantage™ Technical Services Representative for Anderson & Vreeland review the steps and processes involved in the making of a AVantage® liquid photopolymer plate.
Anderson & Vreeland offers a complete selection of AVantage® Liquid Photopolymers to meet the stringent demands of flexographic printing. Our liquid photopolymer resins are formulated to deliver optimum elasticity, resilience, hardness and ink transfer.
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Why is salt water used for the wash vs fresh water? Thanks!

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The Salt is for Oxygen Inhibition in the Post Exposure tank. In other words, it takes the oxygen out of the water so that the UV wavelengths of the exposure lamps can thoroughly cure the plate. This process is to crosslink any monomers within the photopolymer that was not fully cured during the imaging exposure time after the resin is extruded on to the glass that holds the artwork or film negative. It is also a step in the process that helps produce a tack-free plate due to the plate not being fully cured.