Cylinder linings for printing and graphic arts

Manufacturer of elastomer components for the printing and graphic arts industries

Manufacturer of elastomer components for the printing and graphic arts industries

Printing industry

BORFLEX® has developed elastomer grades for various printing applications that ensure flawless print quality, extended machine life and long-term dimensional stability of the cylinders.

BORFLEX® is used in conventional offset, UV, flexography and rotogravure printing, as well as in the fields of varnishing, laminating, gumming and coating…

BORFLEX® offers a range of elastomers suited to every application, as well as to every function of the cylinder within the machine’s kinematics, complemented by its Borclean cleaning product, which has been specially developed for printing cylinders.

Roll coverings for the printing industry

Roll coverings for the printing industry

All grades of elastomers: 

  • Natural
  • SBR
  • Silicone
  • Neoprene
  • Nitrile
  • Butyl
  • EPDM
  • Hypalon
  • All hardnesses
    from 25 Shore to ebonite
  • All diameters up to 1,000 mm
    ; lengths up to 3 metres
  • Machining and grinding
  • All types of products resistant to temperatures ranging from -80°C to +250°C
    , as well as to solvents, greases, acids, etc…
The cardboard and packaging industry

The cardboard and packaging industry

Cylinder relining for the cardboard packaging industry

With extensive expertise in the field of rubber and polyurethane roller re-coating, BORFLEX® now excels in producing rollers and technical coatings tailored to the specific characteristics and requirements of the cardboard processing and printing industries.

Our cylinders are used at every stage of the cardboard packaging manufacturing process.

Processing:
winding – slitting – laminating – folding – gluing – embossing

Compatible with the leading machine brands (BOBST MARTIN*, DENDAZOLLI*, EMBA*, CARTEC*, DCM*, TEXO*, JURINE*, CUIR*, WARD*, ASITRADE*, FOSBER*, ALLIMAND*, …)

  • Feeding roller, gluing roller
  • Drive roller, guide roller
  • Half-section: easy dismantling
  • Folding roller

Marking – printing:
offset – flexography – rotogravure – digital printing

Compatible with the leading brands of printing presses (HEIDELBERG*, KBA*, PLANETA*, KOMORI*, ROLAND*, …)

  • Inking roller (ink applicator, ink distributor, ink pick-up roller)
  • Dampening roller (metering roller, fizzing roller, touching-and-dampening roller)

*A trademark belonging to a third party with no connection to the BORFLEX® group.

The timber industry

The timber industry

Elastomer cylinder and roller linings for the timber industry

As a specialist in the coating of rollers and cylinders for the timber industry, the BORFLEX® Group offers the following services:

  • re-cuffing and trimming of rollers for: wide-web machines, gluing rollers,
  • re-coating and grinding of coating and varnishing cylinders, etc.,
  • re-fitting of: saw blades, four-sided feed rollers, rollers for hot foil stamping of mouldings,
  • manufacture of rollers for edge banding machines,
  • etc.

Elastomers used in the timber industry:

  • natural rubber,
  • polychloroprene,
  • nitrile,
  • silicone,
  • EPDM,
  • Hypalon,
  • polyurethane,
  • etc.

Shore hardness: from 20 to 95 ShA. Our capabilities:

  • Turning: Ø 560 x 4100 to Ø 1000 x 1000
  • Cutting dimensions: Ø 400 x 2000
  • Autoclave: Ø 1200 x 2800 to Ø 1000 x 6000
  • Rectification: Ø 590 x 3000 to Ø 560 x 4100
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