Printing Cylinders

Feather Lite™ Hollow Cylinders
Midway manufactures a complete line of printing cylinders. From sleeve type, ball bearing, integral (shaft in type) and our Feather Lite™ hollow cylinders for wide web and large repeat presses. Each cylinder is turned to an exacting tolerance of .0005" TIR for precision print quality.

Ball Bearing Style
When used in four-color process printing, the entire set of cylinders will not vary more than .001" from the largest to smallest diameter. Each cylinder is quality inspected for accuracy and scribed with lineal and cross lines for accurate plate mounting whether mounted by hand or by machine. Cylinder undercuts conform to any range of sticky back foam, including .015" standard foam, .020 cushion foam and any alternative available.

Integral Style w/Mounting Shafts
Cylinders may be ordered with AGMA 10 precision gears for high accuracy repeat lengths. Higher quality gears improve print quality by minimizing "scuffing" of the plate against the web due to gear error. These are a must when printing process work.

Moss™ Type Cylinders for Sleeve Mounting
Midway also produces cylinders drilled for the air mount "Moss" type printing sleeves. Proper placement of air holes makes mounting sleeve type plates as easy as 1 – 2 – 3.

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