Offset Rubber Blankets Data – 5
(Written by N.R. Jayaraman)
Some useful data on Rubber Blankets for Offset Printing. No single source of information is available on the availability and varieties of Rubber Blankets used on Offset Printing Presses. Therefore I have compiled the data to the best extent possible so that it will benefit of Students and others in Printing appearing in interviews and exams.
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VULCAN, USA
The Vulcan® name is the oldest and most-respected name in printing blankets. They have one-hundred year history in the manufacture best quality Vulcan offset printing blankets in the industry. One encountering problems in printing with UV inks, new coating methods, or obtaining high-speed perfection Vulcan claims that they will help achieve the best possible results.
Some of the Vulcan blankets manufactured by them are the following:
1) Vulcan® Cart-One – Blue colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 68° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
2) Vulcan® Cart-One UV – Blue colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use on UV ink printing.
3) Vulcan® Folio – Violet in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 66° / for use on high quality sheet fed printing
4) Vulcan® Response – Liberty Green colour / Thickness 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
5) Vulcan 2000®Plus – Silver Grey colour / Thickness 0.067″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
6) Vulcan 714® – Green in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.77″ /Shore hardness 82° / for use on sheet and web presses.
7) Vulcan® 714 Master – Teal in colour / Thickness 1.71 mm and 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for general purpose printing
8) Vulcan® 914 5 Ply – Teal in colour / Thickness 0.103″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use on Ryobi and Itek brand machines
9) Vulcan® 101 – Steel Grey colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70°
10) Vulcan® 102 – Blue colour / Thickness 1.71mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use with heat set and Cold set inks
11) Vulcan® Reflection – Dark Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70°/ for use sheet fed and web press
12) Vulcan® Reflection SRF – Dark Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for quick release of paper
13) Vulcan 2000® Plus SR – Silver Grey in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70°
14) Vulcan® 578 R – Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for use on presses requiring higher pressure
15) Vulcan® 914 – Teal in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for use on general machines
16) Vulcan® Champion NC – Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 60° / for use on box board printing machines
17) Vulcan® Combo – Light Blue in colour / Thickness 1.71 mm and 1.96 mm/ Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV inks and hybrid inks
18) Vulcan® Eco – Light Blue in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use on sheet feed and metal decorating printing machines
19) Vulcan® UV – Purple in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm/ Shore hardness 68° / for use on UV ink on printing machines
20) Other few varieties include Vulcan® UV shield, Vulcan® 714 Strippable, Vulcan® Champion Compressible, Vulcan® Image 4 U, Vulcan® Strippable etc.
For more information one may contact them by clicking ‘Contact’ below.
Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc.
790 Reeves Street
Spartanburg, SC 29301, USA
Phone: (800) 344-0714
Fax: (864) 595-2273
Contact
KOENIG & BAUER, WURZBURG
World wide the Koenig & Bauer Group is the second-largest Printing press manufacturer of several types of Printing machines. KBA’s core competence is the development and manufacture of technologically innovative yet cost-effective printing systems and peripherals. Their parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities available in Würzburg, Radebeul, KBA-FT Engineering GmbH and Albert-Frankenthal GmbH in Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany). Koenig & Bauer Offset Rubber Blanket consist of two varieties as shown below:
1) KBA Conventional premium rubber blankets – Green in colour / Thickness 1.95 mm / Shore Hardness 60° /
2) Combi UV premium rubber blankets – Magenta in colour/Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore Hardness 66°
1) Vulcan® Cart-One – Blue colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 68° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
2) Vulcan® Cart-One UV – Blue colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use on UV ink printing.
3) Vulcan® Folio – Violet in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 66° / for use on high quality sheet fed printing
4) Vulcan® Response – Liberty Green colour / Thickness 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
5) Vulcan 2000®Plus – Silver Grey colour / Thickness 0.067″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV, sheet fed machines and metal decorative printing.
6) Vulcan 714® – Green in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.77″ /Shore hardness 82° / for use on sheet and web presses.
7) Vulcan® 714 Master – Teal in colour / Thickness 1.71 mm and 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for general purpose printing
8) Vulcan® 914 5 Ply – Teal in colour / Thickness 0.103″ /Shore hardness 70° / for use on Ryobi and Itek brand machines
9) Vulcan® 101 – Steel Grey colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70°
10) Vulcan® 102 – Blue colour / Thickness 1.71mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use with heat set and Cold set inks
11) Vulcan® Reflection – Dark Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70°/ for use sheet fed and web press
12) Vulcan® Reflection SRF – Dark Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for quick release of paper
13) Vulcan 2000® Plus SR – Silver Grey in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″ /Shore hardness 70°
14) Vulcan® 578 R – Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for use on presses requiring higher pressure
15) Vulcan® 914 – Teal in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 70° / for use on general machines
16) Vulcan® Champion NC – Blue in colour / Thickness 0.067″ and 0.077″/Shore hardness 60° / for use on box board printing machines
17) Vulcan® Combo – Light Blue in colour / Thickness 1.71 mm and 1.96 mm/ Shore hardness 70° / for use with UV inks and hybrid inks
18) Vulcan® Eco – Light Blue in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm /Shore hardness 70° / for use on sheet feed and metal decorating printing machines
19) Vulcan® UV – Purple in colour / Thickness 1.96 mm/ Shore hardness 68° / for use on UV ink on printing machines
20) Other few varieties include Vulcan® UV shield, Vulcan® 714 Strippable, Vulcan® Champion Compressible, Vulcan® Image 4 U, Vulcan® Strippable etc.
For more information one may contact them by clicking ‘Contact’ below.
Trelleborg Coated Systems US, Inc.
790 Reeves Street
Spartanburg, SC 29301, USA
Phone: (800) 344-0714
Fax: (864) 595-2273
Contact
KOENIG & BAUER, WURZBURG
World wide the Koenig & Bauer Group is the second-largest Printing press manufacturer of several types of Printing machines. KBA’s core competence is the development and manufacture of technologically innovative yet cost-effective printing systems and peripherals. Their parent company is Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA) with facilities available in Würzburg, Radebeul, KBA-FT Engineering GmbH and Albert-Frankenthal GmbH in Frankenthal and Trennfeld (all in Germany). Koenig & Bauer Offset Rubber Blanket consist of two varieties as shown below:
1) KBA Conventional premium rubber blankets – Green in colour / Thickness 1.95 mm / Shore Hardness 60° /
2) Combi UV premium rubber blankets – Magenta in colour/Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore Hardness 66°
One can contact them for more details by clicking the link ‘contact’ given below.
Koenig & Bauer AG
Werk Würzburg
Friedrich-Koenig-Str. 4
97080 Würzburg
Deutschland
Tel.: (+49) 931 909-0
Fax: (+49) 931 909-4101
Mail: kba-wuerzburg@kba.com
Contact
OHDEN PEGASUS , JAPAN
OHDEN Pegasus offset blankets are manufactured in Japan under OEM basis by their affiliated sister group. Pegasus offset blanket’s compressible layer increases blanket durability, has excellent absorption such as blanket smash and mechanical shock on a press and has high print quality.
They supply few models of Rubber Blankets in the following range. The firm claims that their blankets are approved by major press manufacturers of Mitsubishi, Heidelberg Japan, Ryobi, and Hamada for use on their machines.
1) Model PB-400 – Blue in colour / 4-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 60 /suitable for sheet-fed presses
2) Model PB-300 – Blue in colour / 3-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 59 /suitable for general sheet fed printing
3) Model PB-300 UV – Violet in colour / 3-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 59 /suitable for UV printing
OHDEN LIMITED, JAPAN
OKU Building,
1-13-14 Utsubo-Honmachi
Nishi-Ku Osaka
550-0004 Japan
Tel -81-6-6448-2736
Fax: 81-6-6448-7930
E mail: sales@ohden.com
Contact
OHDEN Pegasus offset blankets are manufactured in Japan under OEM basis by their affiliated sister group. Pegasus offset blanket’s compressible layer increases blanket durability, has excellent absorption such as blanket smash and mechanical shock on a press and has high print quality.
They supply few models of Rubber Blankets in the following range. The firm claims that their blankets are approved by major press manufacturers of Mitsubishi, Heidelberg Japan, Ryobi, and Hamada for use on their machines.
1) Model PB-400 – Blue in colour / 4-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 60 /suitable for sheet-fed presses
2) Model PB-300 – Blue in colour / 3-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 59 /suitable for general sheet fed printing
3) Model PB-300 UV – Violet in colour / 3-ply /Thickness 1.95 mm/Shore hardness 59 /suitable for UV printing
OHDEN LIMITED, JAPAN
OKU Building,
1-13-14 Utsubo-Honmachi
Nishi-Ku Osaka
550-0004 Japan
Tel -81-6-6448-2736
Fax: 81-6-6448-7930
E mail: sales@ohden.com
Contact
……….To be continued
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