3M CUSHION MOUNT TAPES
Flexographic Plate Mounting Tapes
Keep the Presses Running and your Customers Coming Back For decades, 3M products have been at work in printing plants helping to improve the quality of the work that goes out and the efficiency of how it gets done.
You care about your craft: you’re passionate about getting it right and dedicated to making sure every job that comes off your press is a work of art.
What sets you apart is that your expertise doesn’t only reside inside your head, but also in the experience of your well-worn hands.
Expertise and experience both tell you that in flexographic printing you need plate mounting and printing tape solutions that deliver optimal, consistent and productive quality. Every time. From every angle.
Features
Offers a complete range of foam densities providing excellent print quality from process to combination to solid printing.
Consistent caliper control allows the printer to use multiple foam densities on a print job to optimize print quality.
Use the 3M proprietary Easy Mount liner, creating micro-channels in both adhesive surfaces. The crosshatched pattern creates a continuous and permanent network of micro-channels in the adhesive, allowing air to escape from between the tape and cylinder/sleeve and between the tape and plate.
The adhesive on the linered side (plate side) of the tape is designed for mounting of photopolymer plates, excellent holding power on-press and clean plate removal when demounting.
The adhesive on the non-linered side (cylinder side) of the tape is designed for mounting to flexographic printing cylinders or sleeves, providing easy application at mounting and clean removability when demounting.
On Easy with Reduced Air Entrapment 3M air release liners have a crosshatched pattern, unlike other mounting tapes that use a pebbled or flat release liner.
The embossed crosshatched pattern imprints unique micro-channels into the easy mount adhesive that allows entrapped air to escape.
Air bubbles disappear from between the tape and plate, and between the tape and sleeve or cylinder for virtually bubble-free mounting.
Setup is faster with smoother surfaces for cleaner print quality and higher productivity.
The adhesive maintains tight contact with reduced edge lifting.
OPERATING PRINCIPLE
3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tapes with Easy Mount Adhesive are designed for mounting flexographic print plates to cylinders or sleeves.
This family of foam mounting tapes provides excellent print quality for process, combination, and solid printing.
Honor the Craft with the 3M Print Quality Advantage
You’ve devoted your career to the craft of flexographic printing. You want more than a supplier, you want a partner who can bring solutions and join you in looking at the bigger picture. 3M flexographic experts are devoted to finding ways to help you honor your commitment to the craft at all stages of the print process.
PLATE MOUNTING
Plate mounting has to be perfect: it requires concentration and skill to mount the plate and configure cylinders correctly. We help you get it right.
ON-PRESS
During the print run you keep an eye on print quality, with a feel for how the press is running. We help keep each run rolling smoothly.
POST-PRESS
When the run is done demounting becomes the moment of truth. We’ll help reduce the incidence of plate damage and worker fatigue.
Advantages of Flexographic
Plate Mounting Tapes
Plate Mounting Tapes
OPTIMAL
You need the right flexographic tape for each job whether it’s low density to maximize dot reproduction, high density for a solid color field or something in between. We offer the industry’s largest range of tape densities so you can choose the precise one to best fit the needs of the job in hand.
Learn how we help you find the optimal combination of characteristics for each job from choosing the right density in the plate mounting room to choosing the right adhesive to help with post-press removal.
CONSISTENT
When you pull two samples you want them to look the same. We offer one of the industry’s tightest caliper tolerances so you know your flexographic tape is the same thickness whether it’s from the beginning or the end of the roll – or even a different roll.
Learn more about how we can help you find consistency, from technologies that help eliminate air bubbles at mounting to adhesives that reduce plate damage at demounting.
PRODUCTIVE
Air bubbles and edge lift are the enemy, interrupting the run and killing productivity. Our flexographic mounting tapes can help, offering air-release and firm stick so your press keeps running.
Learn more about how we help improve productivity with adhesive and foam characteristics that help throughout your process, from right-first-time mounting to demounting with less force for reduced plate damage and worker fatigue.
400 Series: Solid
Uniform coverage of solids when halftone dot reproduction is not critical.
18 Series: Firm
When plate contains mostly solids in a combination of solid and halftone images.
17 Series: Medium Firm
When plate contains mostly solids in a combination of solid and halftone images.
15 Series: Medium
For high-speed printing with fine-type reverses and expanded colour gamut.
10 Series: Standard
When solid and halftone areas are equally important.
13 Series: Medium Soft
For high-speed printing of combination work when halftone areas exceed solid.
19 Series: Light Medium
Improved tone reproduction at high speed when process and halftone images predominate.
12 Series: Light
Low density maximises dot reproduction for high-speed process and screen printing.
11 Series: Soft
Low density maximises dot reproduction for high-speed process work and screen printing.
OUR ETHOS
Raceyes and Co. believes in creating products and services that make a meaningful difference. Our commitment is to operate with integrity, deliver exceptional quality, and prioritize our customers’ needs every step of the way.
We are driven by the values of honesty, innovation, and sustainability. We treat our employees with respect and foster a culture of collaboration, where every voice matters. We believe in building lasting relationships, both within our team and with our customers, based on trust and transparency.
WE DELIVER EXCELLENCE WITH INDUSTRY LEADING PRODUCTS. WE BRING 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DELIVERING HIGH-QUALITY CONSUMABLES TO OUR CLIENTS.
OFFICIAL AGENTS
OUR BRANDS
Raceys & Co., official channel partners for 3M (USA) and TKM Meyer (Germany). Specialist suppliers to the packaging printing sector.
Raceys & Co. imports and distributes premium products, driving quality standards in packaging.
DRIVING QUALITY
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PACKAGING
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