3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tape E1320H with easy mount adhesive is designed for mounting flexographic print plates to cylinders or sleeves. This yellow foam mounting tape provides high quality medium soft combination print.
13 Series tapes feature microchannels that allow air to release and eliminate bubble problems for easier, virtually air-free mounting
Bubble Free Flexographic Plate Mounting
3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tape E1320H is a yellow foam tape that provides high quality combination print. This is the medium soft tape for combination print. It has the air release feature that allows for bubble free mounting. This tape has excellent resistance to lifting on press allowing for clean plate removal.
Recommended Applications
- Mounting photopolymer plates to flexographic printing cylinders and sleeves
- Used in combination, process and solid printing processes
- 3M sticky back tapes are designed for wide-web presses to print film or paper for flexible packaging industry
3M flexographic plate mounting tapes are highly engineered to provide very tight caliper tolerance to allow printers to use tape from different manufacturing lots and keep tight print registration. The compressible foam will withstand long and high speed print runs.
This cushion tape is manufactured for 20 mil applications. It is constructed with engineered acrylic adhesives. The adhesive on the linered (plate) side of the tape is designed for mounting of photopolymer plates. The adhesive on the non-linered (sleeve/cylinder) side is designed for mounting to flexographic printing cylinders or sleeves, providing easy application at mounting and clean removal when demounting.
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Product Number |
Application Thickness Inches (mm) |
Manufactured Target Thickness Inches (mm) |
Description |
Plates |
Cylinders |
Color |
Features |
3M™ Combination Printing Tapes |
13 Series — 3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Medium Combination Plate Mounting Tapes |
E1315H, E1315 |
0.015 (0.38) |
0.017 (0.43) |
Differential acrylate adhesive system on each side of a foam carrier, protected by a release liner on one side. |
P |
SS/SL |
Yellow |
High quality, medium-soft combination print. Adhesive removes cleanly from the print plate and the print cylinder. |
E1320H, E1320 |
0.020 (0.51) |
0.022 (0.56) |
P |
SS/SL |
Yellow |
L1320 |
0.020 (0.51) |
0.022 (0.56) |
P |
SS/SL |
Yellow |
Note: This technical information and data should be considered representative or typical only and should not be used for specification purposes.
DL — Double Liner; E — Air Release, Standard Plate Side Adhesion; EH — Air Release, High Plate Side Adhesion; K — High Sleeve Side Adhesion for Composite Sleeves; L — Air Release, Less Removal Force and Plate Damage; M — Modified Plate Side Adhesion; P — Photopolymer Plates; R — For Rubber Plates; S — High Adhesion on Cylinder/Sleeve Side; SL — Sleeve; SS — Stainless Steel Cylinder
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.
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