Laboratory Printing Proofer / Ink Drawdown Tester "Lab-Printer" - Poland

Laboratory Printing Proofer / Ink Drawdown Tester "Lab-Printer"

Compact flatbed laboratory proofer for repeatable print trials and ink testing in flexographic, gravure and coating laboratories. The unit draws down a controlled film of ink or varnish onto paper, plastic film, laminate or aluminium foil, so colour matching, hiding power and adhesion can be assessed on a bench-top station instead of a production press.

Technical Specifications

• Device type: flatbed laboratory proofer / ink and varnish drawdown tester
• Construction: rigid steel frame in a bench-top arrangement with a guided carriage, keeping every drawdown dimensionally repeatable
• Test plate: engraved plate with stepped grid and line fields, used for optical density, tone transition and ink coverage control
• Inking system: spring-steel doctor blade clamped in a screw-pressed beam - removes surplus ink from the smooth plate surface and leaves ink only in the engraved cells
• Impression: rubber-covered impression cylinder pressing the substrate against the test plate
• Setting: micrometer-type adjustment knob with scale for the blade and impression gap
• Control panel: digital displays with separate readouts for carriage speed and cycle parameters
• Substrates: paper, plastic film, laminate, aluminium foil
• Power supply: 230 V, 50 Hz

Applications

• Ink mixing rooms: colour matching and recipe verification of flexo and gravure inks before a production run
• QC laboratories: optical density, hiding power and tone reproduction control on a drawdown
• R&D: adhesion, drying time, gloss and abrasion resistance tests on coated substrates

Condition

Used laboratory unit, complete and operational - both mechanically and electrically. Typical laboratory wear only: pigment and ink stains on the enclosure, with no effect on the geometry of the guide or on the printing mechanism. Guide rails, impression cylinder, doctor blade beam and digital controllers are in working order. Ready for a test station.

Location and Terms

Located in Warsaw, Poland. Price: 2000 EUR NET, EXW Warsaw. The manufacturer nameplate is not legible in the available photos, so the brand remains unconfirmed - identification on site. Loading and transport support on request.

Contact: Marcin Bialczyk, WeSellMachines - ***@****, ***.