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3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tape E1515

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Purple, flexo plate mounting tape with air release feature adhesive

0.38 mm thickness

Medium

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Highlights
  • Purple, flexo plate mounting tape with air release feature adhesive
  • 0.38 mm thickness
  • Medium
  • Consistent caliper control allows the printer to use multiple foam densities on a print job to optimise print quality
  • Easy Mount liner, has micro-channels in both adhesive surfaces. The crosshatched pattern allows air to escape from between the tape and cylinder/sleeve and between the tape and plate. The productivity is increased, total handling time is reduced and printing defects are eliminated
  • Grooves in the adhesive are created by a cross-hatch pattern from the release liner
  • Plate easily demounts from the double coated cushioned tape without adhesive residue
  • Tape also removes cleanly from the sleeve or steel print cylinder
  • Flexographic printing, flexographic printers
  • Cushioned flexographic plate mounting sticky back foam tape

Mount your photopolimeric plate to print cylinders with 3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tape E1515. Our 0.38 mm white, double coated foam tape has the air release feature with easy plate side removal. It is used for high speed printing with fine type reverses and expanded colour gamut.

Bubble Free Flexographic Plate Mounting
3M™ Cushion-Mount™ Plus Plate Mounting Tape E1515 is a purple foam tape that provides high quality medium combination print. It has the air release feature that allows for bubble free mounting. This flexographic plate mounting tape has excellent resistance to lifting on press allowing for easy and clean plate removal.

Learn more about 3M™ Flexographic Plate Mounting Systems (PDF, 5.00 Mb)

3M air release liners
Differential acrylate adhesive system on each side of a foam carrier, protected by a release liner on one side
Recommended Applications
  • Mounting photopolymer plates to flexographic printing cylinders and sleeves
  • Used in combination, process and solid printing processes
  • 3M sticky back tapes are designed for narrow web presses to print tag and labels

3M flexographic plate mounting tapes are highly engineered to provide very tight caliper tolerance to allow printers to use tape from different manufacturing lots and keep tight print registration. The compressible foam will withstand long and high speed print runs.

3M™ Flexographic Plate Mounting Tapes Chart
Wide choice of adhesives, foams and thickness
This cushion tape is manufactured for 15 mil applications. It is constructed with engineered acrylic adhesives. The adhesive on the linered (plate) side of the tape is designed for mounting of photopolymer plates. The adhesive on the non-linered (sleeve/cylinder) side is designed for mounting to flexographic printing cylinders or sleeves, providing easy application at mounting and clean removal when demounting.

On Easy with Reduced Air Entrapment
3M air release liners have a crosshatched pattern, unlike other mounting tapes that use a pebbled or flat release liner. The embossed crosshatched pattern imprints unique microchannels into the easy mount adhesive that allows entrapped air to escape. Air bubbles disappear from between the tape and plate, and between the tape and sleeve or cylinder for virtually bubble-free mounting. Setup is faster with smoother surfaces for cleaner print quality and higher productivity. The adhesive maintains tight contact with reduced edge lifting.

Keep the Presses Running and your Customers Coming Back
For decades, 3M products have been at work in printing plants helping to improve the quality of the work that goes out and the efficiency of how it gets done.


Typical Properties

Adhesive Type

Differential Acrylate

Air Release

Yes

Application Thickness (Metric)

0.381 mm, 0.4 mm

Applications

Flexographic Plate Mounting

Backing Material

Polyethylene Foam

Backing Thickness (metric)

0.432 mm

Brands

Cushion-Mount™

Composite Sleeves

Yes

Industries

Print

Primary Liner

Polycoated Polyester

Primary Liner Thickness (Metric)

0.11 mm

Print Quality

Combination Printing - Medium

Print Quality (Series)

15 Series

Product Color

Purple

Product Form

Roll

Smallest Saleable Unit

Roll

Total Tape Thickness without Liner (metric)

0.43 mm

Units per Case

1.0

Urethane Sleeves

Yes

Warranty Period

2 Years from Date of Manufacture

Overall Length (Metric)

22.86 m

Overall Width (Metric)

457 mm, 1371.6 mm

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Overall Width (Metric) 1,371.6 mm, 457 mm
Backing Thickness (metric) 0.432 mm
Product Color Purple
Backing Material Polyethylene Foam
Adhesive Type Differential Acrylate