The Berkeley AP plate mounter is suitable for plate mounting application on letterpress and rotary narrow web flexo printing presses, and wide web flexo print presses.  The plate mounter allows plate cylinders with a diameter of 50 to 1300 mm, depending on the model. It works through two movable high resolution video cameras to enlarge the registration mark on the plate and display on screen, and then move plate to match the registration mark of the plate against the recorded position on screen until  there is a perfect plate to cylinder match. The subsequence can be mounted repeatedly at the same position with more plates for the different  print colours. It’s easier, faster and more precise than mounting plates manually. The Berkeley AP plate mounter will help you to get higher production efficiency and better printing quality.

On the Berkeley AP plate mounter, there is a mounting arm which supports the video camera which is automatically driven by a motor, to register the camera position vertically to the plate cylinder which comes in different diameters.

Two plate cylinder brackets are movable to support any cylinder width within the operating capacity.

On the left side of plate mounter there is an eccentricity/adjustment frame, which makes it very convenient to adjust parallel configuration between scribed lines on the plate cylinder and the register mark read by the video cameras. On the right side of the frame you can lock the plate cylinder by locking the friction plate mechanism, and this will avoid the plate cylinder rotation which in turn ensures precise plate-mounting.

The Berkeley AP plate mounter has the options to work with sleeves and conventional print cylinder shafts or journals. There is an air supply position on one side of the air mandril and a plate sleeve can be fitted on or removed easily by the operator. Further details can be provided subject to enquiries.