Rollers for Printing & Packaging

Zenith launches its new “Super” range of Ready to Print Rollers

Offering the full range of products and services for rollers right from raw material to finished products.

We provide total solutions for rubber roller refurbishing facilities under one roof, be it machinery, tools, features, QC equipment, raw materials comprising ready-to-use rubber compounds and cores, finished goods, and technical support.

With total turnover experiencing phenomenal growth over the last five years Zenith has emerged as a multi-million dollar conglomerate and a world leader in the rubber roller industry.

ZENITH LAUNCHES ITS NEW COMPOUND – “SUPER COMBI” for UV Ink/Conventional Ink

Zenith R&D team has developed a new genre of rubber compound for printing rollers, the “Super Combi which has the same chemistry as that of original printing rollers manufactures. The rollers manufactured with this compound maintain dimensional and hardness stability for a longer span of lime.

Advantages Of Using - "Super Combi'

Very good geometrical and hardness stabilities.
Very good dynamic properties. Also suitable for high-speed sheet-fed and web-fed presses.
Reduce ink misting through reduced heat build-up of printing rollers and inks.
High swelling resistance with UV inks and chemicals.
A specially designed compound helps in easily cleaning the rubber roller.
Hold its dimensional properties for a longer period.
Advanced molecular locking technology to hold the shape and dimension of the rollers with continuous application of UV, Hybrid, and conventional inks.
The surface texture of the roller will remain unaffected for a longer period and cleaning will be very easy.
Good tensile strength, better dimensional and hardness stability.
Grinding tolerance of less than 5 microns.

"SUPERFLEX" Next Generation
Compound For Inking & Dampening Rollers

SuperFlex has been successfully accepted in the market by our valued customer after its successful launch 6 years back. This compound which has been manufactured from German raw-material has been a success in the Domestic and well as International Market. The roller manufactured with this compound is now coming with 2 years warranty.

Some of the characteristics have been listed below.

Characteristics of the compound “SUPERLEX” is given below:-

High Chemical and Solvent Resistance.
Uniform wettening of the Printing Plate.
Maintains the required hardness for a longer period of time.
Resistance to shrinking, swelling & abrasion
Resistance to hardening ever when exposed to isopropyl alcohol and substitutes acilitates more rapid attainment of the ink water balance.
Excellent resilience, with grinding tolerance of less than 5 microns.

"SUPER EXCEL" For Alcohol Dampening Rollers

Durable and solvent resistance
For use on all types of continuous dampening systems, it provides a fine, even & consistent film of water to the plate. The hardness ranges from 20-25 shore A.
Uniform hardness & special surface ensure the dampening solution is dosed in line with the machine running speed supplied as a standard on all new Heidelberg Alcolor systems.
Facilitates attainment of the ink-water balance.
Abrasion & swelling resistance.
Special elastomer to stay softer for a very long period.
Grinding & Crowning (where required) are carried out on precision computerized equipment to utmost accuracy in rubber roller profile.

“SUPER ROCK” For Rider Rollers

Zenith faces big challenges every day in order to keep you as a satisfied customer, we must continuously come up with improved solutions and products.

One of our new innovations is our newly developed compound “Super Rock’, This is a specially developed compound that has a very fine finish and is very hard & durable. The mechanical and chemical resistance properties of “Super Rock’ is very superior to any traditional medium and it increases the service life of the rollers even in the most demanding conditions such as increased surface temperature, higher friction efficiency, swelling tendencies of mineral/vegetable oil based ink which becomes significant in high-speed machines.

Specially developed compound with 5 years warranty

Purpose Of Using Special UV Inking Rollers

Hard & Durable
Super Fine Finishing
Long life. (Min 5 years)
Corrosion resistance
Minimizes Emulsification
Fights Stripping
Smoothes out the ink film
No oxidation problems

Lamination Rubber Rollers

Solvent Less Lamination Rubber Roller

We designed SuperFIex series specially for Solvent less Lamination Rubber Rollers for Rotogravure flexible packaging industry. Our solvent less rubber rollers are designed and manufactured under the supervision and strict quality measures. High-grade raw materials and advanced manufacturing practices ensure the premier quality of the product.
We are manufactured our solvent less transfer as well as nip rollers to most of solvent less machines like Kohali, Bobst, Raulimax, Nordmeccanica, Pelican and many more.

Product Features
Have good strength, stability and uniformity.
Suitable for all machine speeds.
Excellent bonding with shell.
Highly solvent resistance.
Heat resistant capability
Abrasion resistance

Product Specification
Hardness – 75-90 Shore A
Concentricity – .03 to so.05
Pressure – 0.5 to 6 kg
Temperature – Max 80° C
Tolerance OD – ±0.03 to ±0.05
Length – ±0.03 to ±0.05

Solvent Base Lamination Rubber Roller

We have manufactured our solvent base transfer as well as nip rollers for most of solvent base machines like Kohali, Bobst, Raulimax, Nordmeccanica Pelican, and many more.

Product Features
Excellent chemical, solvent and Heat resistant property.
Smooth surface and have good strength and stability.
Suitable for all types of Lamination speeds.
Excellent Anti-static properties.
Excellent bonding with shell.

Product Specification
Hardness – 65-80 Shore A
Dynamically Balanced
Pressure – 0.5 to 6 kg
Temperature – Max 80° C
Tolerance – OD – +/- 0.03 to +/-0.05
– Length – +/- 0.03 to +/-0.05

Zenith Offers Ready To Print (Rtp) Rollers For Sheet-Fed & Web Offset Presses

Sheet-Fed Offset Rollers

Heidelberg
Komori
Man Roland
KBA Rapida
Mitsubishi
Ryobi
Shinohara
Solna
Planeta Super Variant
Miller TP
Sakurai
Adast

Web-Fed Offset Rollers

Man Roland
KBA
Komori
Mitsubishi
Goss Community
Manugraph
TPH
Prakash Web Offset
NBG Printograph
Ronald Web Offset

Flexography Printing

Flexography is the major process used to print on packaging materials. Flexography printing besically prints on LD/HM/PP/Nylon/HDPP/HDPE/Poly/Non-woven/corrugated boxes/disposable cups/tapes and wrappers.

The selection of rubber compounds is the key of their printing performance in Flexography. All rubber compounds coverings possess unique properties that determine suitable for particular applications.

Flexography uses fast drying inks for printing process and can print on absorbent and non-absorbent substrates that is the reason it is important that the rubber rollers used in these machines are suitable for these kind of printing process.

Some of the characteristics of the Flexography rubber rollers have been highlighted below.

Excellent Chemical Resistance: – As this industry uses various types of inks which contain different types of solvents and chemicals which are used to maintain ink viscosity or flow at the time of printing. Zenith rubber compound has been formulated to withstand such usage.
Hardness stability: – As in all types of rubber rollers uses in flexible packaging the Hardness of rubber rollers is the most important factor. Swelling or softening of the compound is restricted and hence maintains the hardness of the roller stability.
Abrasion Resistance: – Zenith has formulated the rubber compound which does not wear out easily despite of the use of various solvents and chemicals in the inks, there by maintaining its structure.
Longer Life of The Rubber Roller: – As all industries work on cost saving to increase the profit of the company. On this view, Zenith formulated the rubber compound which has long run-ability.

Anilox Rollers

Anilox Rollers are essential components in Flexo Printing, Carton Printing, and Coating. Anilox Rollers are precision engraved rollers, designed and manufactured to apply the exact volume of ink/coating, cooperating with the doctor blade chamber, to printing plates. Compared with traditional Machine Engraved Chrome Coated Anilox Rollers, Laser Engraved Ceramic Anilox Rollers have significant advantages of accuracy and durability. Anilox Rollers are measured by screen counting, angle of engraving, depth, and volume. An optimum engraving is achieved when all these factors are balanced in relation to the specific requirement of printing and coating.

Electro-mechanical engraved Copper chrome plated Anilox from ZENITH, provides high quality even in chrome plated coating, which has good chemical stability and its hard surface provides excellent anti-corrosion and wear resistance. Round, smooth and uniform cells ensure efficient and even ink release. Controlled cell opening and depth ensure a precise amount of ink transfer.

Rotogravure Printing

Rotogravure printing process is a high-speed printing process in flexible industries. It is rolled to roll printing process with a speed of up to 400-500 meter/min. Gravure printing basically prints on low-thickness printing material like PET/BOPP/NYLON/PVC/LD etc. For this process, excellent impression rubber rollers are required. The basis on which Zenith has formulated a special compound for Gravure Printing. This specially formulated rubber compound for the printing industry, provides excellent resistance to solvent base ink, chemical, pressure, and heat with the best of its physical properties. It stands as the most ideal rubber for rotogravure and printing applications.

Rotogravure Impression (NIP) Rubber Roller

Characteristics of the Gravure Printing rubber rollers have been highlighted below.

Excellent Chemical Resistance: – As this industry uses various types of inks which contain different types of solvents and chemicals which are used to maintain ink viscosity or flow at the time of printing. Zenith rubber compound has been formulated to withstand such usage.
Hardness stability: – As in all types of rubber rollers uses in flexible packaging the Hardness of rubber rollers is the most important factor. Swelling or softening of the compound is restricted and hence maintains the hardness of the roller stability.
Excellent Resiliency Ability: – even though there are high-speed machines, the roller maintains its shape and elasticity which is very important for the roller to function properly.
Low Heat Build-Up: – Printing and lamination is done on high-speed machines where it’s important that the roller is not heated. Rollers made of Zenith compound have low heat build-up. Thereby maintaining its shape, Hardness, and surface integrity.
Longer Life of the Rubber Roller: – As all industries work on the cost saving to increase the profit of the company. On this view, Zenith formulated the rubber compound which has long run-ability.

Zenith provides all applications of rubber rollers/sleeves for Rotogravure printing industries.

Product Features:
Excellent printing performance on plastic and flexible substrate.
Excellent chemical, solvent and Heat resistant property.
Smooth surface and have good strength and stability.
Excellent Anti-static properties.
Excellent bonding with shell.
Dynamically Balanced

Product Specification:
Hardness – 55-75 Shore A
Pressure – 0.5 to 6 kg
Temperature – MaxIOO.deg.c.
Tolerance – OD – +/- 0.03 to +/-0.05
– Length – +/- 0.03 to +/-0.05

Rotogravure Rubber Impression (NIP) Sleeve

ZENPRESS-P - 45-95 ShA Water/Alcohol

Special elastomer for coating rubber impression rollers in rotogravure printing in presence of water or alcohol based inks. The fiber glass conductive sleeve and the special compound make the product antistatic.

Hardness range 45-95
Max load 40 [Kg/cm]
Max temp 140° C
Antistatic sleeve
Food contact certified

ZENPRESS-N - 60-95 ShA Water/Alcohol

Special elastomer for coating rubber impression rollers with aliphatic solvents based inks and high printing pressure (up to 50 [kg/cm]) on paper, cardboard, laminated substrates and aluminium; highly resistant to edge cuts.

Hardness range 60-95
Max load 50 [Kg/cm]
Max temp 120° C
Antistatic sleeve
Food contact certified

ESA Printing

ZENPRESS ESA ORANGE - 75-90 ShA High Temp.

Elastomer designed for printing impression rollers with electrostatic assist (ESA) for printing on plastic film and paper. ESA Orange eliminates ionization effect typical of traditional black rubber compounds with carbon black. The volumetric resistance, dynamic resistance and insulation values of ESA Orange comply with the electrostatic assist system installed on the printing press and the type of application.

E.S.A. System
Hardness range 75-90
Max load 15 [Kg/cm]
Max temp 150° C
Food contact certified

ZENPRESS ESA GREEN - 80-90 ShA WaterAlcohol

Technopolymer designed to coat impression rollers for ESA printing on paper and cardboard with higher printing loads and high resistance to the abrasion with water, alcohol o acetate max 30% based inks. Cleaning with gasoline or with a blend of 80% Ethyl alcohol and 20% ethyl Acetate.

E.S.A. System
Hardness range 80-90
Max load 50 [Kg/cm]
Max temp 90° C
Food contact certified