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Item
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UniFlex®
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Solid
Cylinders
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Die Manufacturing
Time
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2 days
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3-5 days typical but
within the industry some cylinders can take as long as 1-2
weeks.
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Installation
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Quick and easy- often
in minutes. Can be handled by one operator.
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Can be very time consuming
depending on application and size of cylinder: 30 minutes-
2 hours. Will require special handling due to size and weight
of cylinder and may require two operators.
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Changeover
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Quick and easy- in
minutes- can be changed while cylinder is still hot.
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Must allow cylinder
to cool down before changeover can occur. Can take several
hours.
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Running Speed
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Comparable to solid
cylinders but slightly faster.
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Comparable to UniFlex®
but slightly slower.
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Special Requirements
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Requires a hot stamp
station and a magnetic cylinder for mounting the UniFlex®
Die.
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Requires a hot stamp
station.
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Foil
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Can utilize any standard
hot stamping foil formulated for rotary hot stamping- available
in many shades.
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Can utilize any standard
hot stamping foil formulated for rotary hot stamping- available
in many shades.
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Foil Indexing
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Can be utilized with
UniFlex® and can further reduce foil costs by maximizing
foil usage.
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Can be utilized with
most solid cylinders and can further reduce foil costs by
maximizing foil usage.
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Adhesives
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Not required.
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Not required.
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Foil Stamping Quality
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Crisp, clean and sharp
edges. Can stamp both fine detail and large area detail. Foil
maintains brilliance of foil so it retains its true inherent
characteristics.
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Crisp, clean and sharp
edges. Can stamp both fine detail and large area detail. Foil
maintains brilliance of foil so it retains its true inherent
characteristics.
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Substrate
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Can stamp on a variety
of substrates.
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Can stamp on a variety
of substrates.
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Reuse
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The UniFlex® die
can be reused and easily stored- very lightweight about 1
lb. A UniFlex® plate can also be trimmed, if necessary,
and ran with another plan if the repeat is the same- thus
running two repeat jobs at once.
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The solid cylinder
can be reused but storage space is more significant compared
to UniFlex®. Solid Cylinders do require special handling
and may damage with improper handling.
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Cost
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The UniFlex® die
becomes a "fixed" cost- as the die is priced per square inch
regardless of detail. The UniFlex® process is extremely
cost effective.
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Solid brass cylinders
are a "variable" expense. They are pricing is based on size
of cylinder and image. The more complex an image the more
expensive.
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Job Performance
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UniFlex® will
stamp as clean and crisp as traditional solid cylinder foil
stamping without the cost of a customized solid cylinder.
Stamping is very user friendly with UniFlex®.
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Solid cylinders will
stamp clean and crisp. Solid cylinders do require more handling
and extra time and attention to detail.
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Storage and Handling
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Lightweight and thin-
can be easily stored. Limited handling due to weight and size.
Size and the light weight make UniFlex® very inexpensive
to ship.
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Heavy and requires
special attention to handling. Storage space can be significant
due to size of cylinders and storage containers. Due to size
and weight shipping can be expensive.
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Product Size
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Size of plate is determined
by image and the repeat. It is not necessary to make the plate
the entire length of the cylinder (minimum 3")- just what
accommodates the image- thus a cost savings because the price
of the plate is based on square inches.
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The size of the cylinder
is determined by the specifications of the machine which will
run the cylinder and the repeat. Regardless of a one-up or
multi-up, the length of the cylinder can not be changed and
must be made to machine specifications- even for small one-across
images. The pricing is based on image complexity and size
of cylinder.
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