Self-adhesive plate mounting sleeves

tesa® Twinlock: the reusable, self-adhesive, and compressible sleeve that provides consistency in high quality printing

Our offer — Covering all flexo plate mounting needs

Twinlock-Softprint Diagram — What is best for your plate mounting needs? This diagram shows some main influencing factors for your decision!

Depending on your individual requirements, we offer a complete range of truly dependable plate mounting solutions with our tesa® Twinlock (self-adhesive and reusable flexo sleeve) and tesa® Softprint (plate mounting tape) assortments. Together, we will find the solution that works best for you!

Through an expert consultation by our global team of flexo specialists, we learn the ins and outs of your business, to analyze whether tesa® Twinlock is the right fit for you.

tesa® Twinlock at a glance

tesa® Twinlock is a reusable, self-adhesive and compressible plate mounting sleeve - the printing plate can be directly mounted on the sleeve. After printing and plate removal, the tackiness can simply be re-activated, making the sleeve ready for the next job.

Our PRODUCT DESIGN:
Let us know your preffered sleeve type and we take that sleeve and add a layer of polyurethane (PU) foam, a stabilization film layer, and then a layer made from a polymer that is formulated to retain its adhesive qualities.

Our ASSORTMENT:

Three different hardness levels (soft, medium, and hard) for different print motifs
Different thickness coating layers to deliver a sleeve exactly fitting to your needs

Our customers can benefit from our tesa® Twinlock promise:

Reaching SUSTAINABILITY targets

Why? Because you are saving all that plate mounting tape waste and are reducing CO₂ emissions caused by frequent tape deliveries

Don’t worry, just PRINT – leave technical issues behind

Why? Because of our high-quality product design and exceptional production standards

Cost and time SAVINGS in the mounting department

Why? Because you won’t be buying, storing, mounting and de-mounting a variety of tapes any longer

01Reaching SUSTAINABILITY targets

Reduction of WASTE
A simplified calculation shows: For 200 print jobs, an average of roughly 450 kilograms of waste is caused by self-adhesive tape. This can be avoided by using tesa® Twinlock.
Reduction of TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
When using tesa® Twinlock, you could be looking at one annual delivery instead of approximately 50 separate tape deliveries per year, which leads to fewer trucks emitting carbon dioxide.

02Don’t worry, just PRINT – leave technical issues behind

Consistent HIGH-QUALITY PRINT results even on LONG RUNS
The special chemistry and thickness (1.5 mm) of our PU foam layer ensures consistent compressibility, eliminating the need for on-press machine adjustments.
Perfection in print REGISTER for first-rate print quality
Highest quality standards in our production process ensure that your exact sleeve thickness requirements are met. Additionally, the thickness tolerances of a standard sleeve and a standard plate mounting tape add up, resulting in an even higher tolerance level compared to our one-sleeve solution.
Reduced BOUNCING enables high printing speeds and print quality
Our specially designed PU foam compensates for vibrations occurring on press and smoothens out the effects of unbalance within the printing press.

03Cost and time SAVINGS in the mounting department

Reusability ensures FAST PAYBACK PERIOD
The more you use your new tesa® Twinlock sleeves, the faster will they pay off. When investing in a new press or sets of sleeves anyways, the significance of the initial invest is considerably reduced.
COMPLEXITY REDUCTION in LOGISTICS
Three hardnesses covering all levels of required print quality, a large share of all print jobs can be printed with our medium hardness sleeve.
COMPLEXITY REDUCTION in PLATE MOUNTING
No tape mounting, no liner removal, no tape demounting after printing: less process steps and an overall easy & quick application process.