Azura Chemistry free plates

[arfamoe]

Anyone using these plates? Are they living up to the expectation? Finally anyone using them with UV ink?
Many thanks

 

[Santa]

We have been using them here for about 4 + years. Pressman love them, pre-ress loves them. We do not have a UV press so can not speak to that.
Our average run length is 20,000 and under but we have run them upwards of 150,000 with no issues.
Our work is higher-end 4/5 color commercial sheetfed offset running 20 x 28 on a Komori Lithrone.
We are running 175 line screen using Esko-Artworks Paragon Screening.

Any particular questions/concerns you have?

Best,
John Santangelo
H&S Graphics
Lodi, NJ

 

[arfamoe]

Thanks very much for the info Santa. We are thinking of doing some trials but we are taking delivery of a new fully equiped Komori 40" UV press very soon and if we switch to chemistry free we would like to know that others have run these plates using UV ink and washes. We dont mind cutting edge it's bleeding edge we dont need right now.
Thanks

 

[VladCanada]

As I know AMIGO thermal plate with the same "thermal fuse" principle was created for UV ink use, not Azura

 

[arfamoe]

As I know AMIGO thermal plate with the same "thermal fuse" principle was created for UV ink use, not Azura

Thanks for the information, we'll have to look further into the AMIGO.