HarperScientific customizes sleeve rack design

HarperScientific, a division of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation of America, has developed a plate sleeve storage system customized to the needs of a Fortune 500 manufacturer headquartered in the US. 

The customer wanted vertical, enclosed units that could store 20 to 40 inch repeat by 100 inch or longer plate sleeves. The storage racks had to be modular, hold at least eight sleeves and offer easy accessibility from either side.   

Because floor space at the customer site was limited, HarperScientific’s craftsmen equipped each unit with heavy-duty casters and securing straps. That way, the enclosures – shielding the sleeves from light sources and normal plate dust – could be stored away from the printing line then easily moved, unloaded and reloaded by a single operator. 

In producing the custom units, Harper relied on many design features already available to the global anilox market from Harper’s SleeveWrak range of roll racks. Vertical storage prevents the sleeves from losing shape.  

‘Our customer was very pleased with the concept, design, quality of construction and overall flexibility of the system – and that is music to our ears,’ said Jim Harper, HarperScientific’s vice president.  

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