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The Flower
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The Flower™ is a miracle of simplicity and durability. Many press manufacturers have been inspired by its revolutionary approach: ease of use, performance stability during the years, components immediately available for job changes.

Productivity without stress
The Flower™ head helps the operator to deliver many jobs per day with consistent quality, and with limited stress in production. The working environment is organized to respect the work of the operator, to protect his health and to increase the efficiency and the total productivity of the press.

Free access to the easiest, most ‘open’ and ‘friendly’ print unit in the market
The print unit opens like a Flower™: each element separates and becomes independent and immediately accessible. The operator has ‘free hands’ on the print unit, which is totally open for changes and adjustments. The print cylinder is tightly held by our exclusive patent pending Pitagora™ ‘3 pressure points’ configuration, and is specially locked from beneath, on a ‘guideless’ geometry. This unique design allows immediate changeovers despite the different sizes, and a totally vibration free operation for the print cylinder at every speed, and during the years. Furthermore, when the Flower™ opens, the anilox roller becomes immediately available for change, fully disengaged from the print unit. It can be taken with one hand, or with a simple tool (the Spider) if the operator wants to keep his hand clean. The same happens to the rubber roller, which is fully disengaged and available for change. Another Spider tool prevents the operator from getting his hand dirty with ink. The doctor blade assembly includes the side wipers and it is immediately disengaged, for a quick doctor blade change. The ink tray follows the Flower™ movement, and it can be changed in any position of the Flower™.

Revolutionary stability in print
The patent pending Pitagora™ concept changes the geometry of the flexo print station. As the print unit has no guides, all the mechanical tolerances are recuperated, and the performances of the print unit stay identical at every speed. Also during the years the print quality remains the same, as the mechanical wear does not influence the printing quality.

Less adjustments, less stress for operators without experience
When changing the anilox roller or the diameter of the print cylinder, no printing pressure or anilox pressure adjustment is requested, due to the special Pitagora™ locking mechanism, which locks the print cylinder from beneath. Changing jobs becomes just a matter of putting the print cylinder in, whichever diameter, and printing at maximum speed. Every simple adjustment is made only when the thickness of the substrate changes. The same Pitagora™ concept eliminates any pressure adjustment when the printing speed changes. Due to the revolutionary geometry of the Flower™ head, all the guides are eliminated and the mechanical vibrations or wear have no influence on the print quality, as all the tolerances are recuperated, especially at very high speeds.
The doctor-blade assembly too has been specially designed to avoid any adjustment from the operator. A unique doctoring configuration allows ink-spitting free operations in every working condition. No mechanical or pneumatic adjustment is required. Just closing the Flower™, the Doctor Blade assembly fits into the correct position, and no adjustment is needed from the operator. Also the rubber roller does not need any adjustment, and fits into the correct pressure adjustment, at any speed, without any screw adjustment from the operator.

Innovative concepts, and high quality standards
The length register adjustment acts on the print cylinder, and not on the impression roller. No stress is given to the tension of the web, and all the register corrections are immediate, without any influence on the previous and following colours, and a minimal paper waste. Only high precision hardened certified ISO Din Class 5/6 helical gears are used on the Flower™ print station, to guarantee the maximum print quality, guaranteed in the years. The print unit is entirely made with steel frames, on a steel platform, to confirm the same quality performances during the years.



1. Change print cylinder.




2. Change anilox roller.




3. Change ink tray and meter roller.