Having a film adhesive label that keeps
curling up while flexo printing is quite frustrating. However, what may cause
it? There are several possibilities that can explain why your label keeps
curling up in printing below.
1. Factory environment humidity
The film self-adhesive material is a
composite material whose surface material of the film material is a film, and
substrate is usually paper. The film material is unfolded during printing, so
that the material is completely exposed to the air. It is assumed that the
moisture in the air is not in balance with that contained in the material
backing paper. In this case, the material backing paper loses or absorbs
moisture to balance the moisture in the external environment. During this
process, the area of the backing paper may change drastically
(longer or shorter). At the same time, the surface material is a thin film,
which does not change during this process, causing two surface materials, one
with the same area and one with a sharp change, resulting in curling of the
material. Usually after the material is die-cut, the tension between the
material and the backing paper will be balanced. Therefore, when using a
flexographic printing machine to print film labels, you’d better complete
printing and die-cutting at one time to reduce intermediate links.
2. UV heat influence
The UV in a label flexo printing machine emit a lot
of heat. When the film material passes through the UV, the backing paper will
dry out and lose water rapidly. After leaving the UV lamp, due to environmental
influences, the backing paper will absorb water rapidly, and the material is
easy to curl and deform.
3. Static electricity influence
During the printing process, the film
material will rub against the equipment, which will generate static electricity
and make the materials adhere to each other. If the label is a single-cut sheet
product, due to the electrostatic adsorption during printing process, the
material will curl, resulting in uneven rewinding. In this case, it is
effective to equip the flexographic printing machine with an electrostatic
device.
If you need any help with label projects,
Raloyal, the leading China flexo printing machine supplier, would be happy to offer you the most suitable solution for your label
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