A plate mounter is a machine used in the flexographic printing process in order to position printed plates on sleeves. The plates can be mounted manually or automatically, working with interactive cameras to controll the digital positioning of the flexo plates. The newest genaration of plate mounters have an accurate mounting which is operator independent, the handling of sleeves, plate loading and mounting and taping can already be executed by robots. The mounting speed per plate is very fast and an accuracy of 2 microns can be reached. The change of sleeves will take only ten seconds.
Different plate mounters for sale by Galred, please check our website for an up to date machine list.