Pre-Press & Pressroom Consumables
Ultrachem supply a top quality range of market leading offset printing blankets. All manufactured to the highest standards, cut to exact machine specification and are suitable for a wide range of applications.
Sapphire
For sheet-fed printing.
Sapphire blankets are characterised by a new compressible layer which combines a long blanket life with top print quality. The new superfine ground surface guarantees excellent results when printing screens as well as solids. Sapphire blankets are suitable with all types of stock and give equally good paper release speeds from all.
- Low dot gain
- Uniform solids
- Excellent sheet release
- For all standard paper types
Amethyst
A stripping blanket for varnishing and coating.
The blanket has been constructed so the surface and compressible layer can be accurately cut away to leave recesses with relief depths of more than 0.90mm
Peridot
- Surface attuned to newsprint paper
- Low settling behaviour
- Prolonged washing frequencies through considerably reduced build-up of paper dust and ink
- For Coldset web printing
This blanket has been specially developed to meet the requirements of modern, multi-colour newspaper printing. With properties attuned to the printing material, Peridot sets new standards of quality and economic efficiency. The surface provides excellent ink transfer and dot sharpness while the carcass fabrics ensure very low pack down and stretch.
Topaz
For sheet-fed printing.
The new surface construction of the Topaz blanket provides a high degree of durability even when using highly pigmented inks or if frequent paper changes are required. Topaz's surface allows for alternate prints using both UV and conventional inks without causing problems. The fine ground surface guarantees very good print results with easy washability and excellent paper release.
- Very good for high-pigmented inks
- For alternating prints with UV and conventional inks
- Especially good for frequent changes of paper format
Ruby
- For all UV applications
- Surface attuned to UV inks and washing solutions
- Good heat resistance
- For UV printing
The Ruby blanket has an EPDM surface that is specially attuned to UV inks, providing the highest possible chemical resistance and durability. The extremely fine surface structure ensures a uniform solid print and a very sharp dot. Special compound additives incorporated into the surface guarantee excellent paper release.
Emerald
For Heatset web printing.
- Newly formulated surface
- Good web release
- Superfine, ground surface
- Good swell resistance when in contact with washing solutions, even at higher operating temperatures
Available in 1.68 and 1.96mm
Emerald has been specially designed for the needs of high speed commercial web printing. The newly formulated surface compound with its finely ground surface provides excellent ink transfer and web release. The blanket has very good solvent resistance and the closed cell structure in the compressible layer gives very good recoverability.