The Fiberglass Carbon Anilox Sleeve is a lightweight metering sleeve engineered for wide format flexographic printing, coating, and laminating machines. Unlike solid steel anilox rolls, this sleeve is constructed from a composite of fiberglass, aluminum, and carbon materials, which dramatically reduces weight while maintaining the rigidity needed for precise ink metering. The reduced weight makes handling, installation, and removal significantly easier for press operators, especially on wide machines where conventional rollers are heavy and difficult to manage.

The sleeve surface is finished with a laser engraved ceramic layer that provides a uniform cell structure for consistent ink transfer. Because the base is a lightweight composite, the sleeve can be manufactured in extended lengths up to 4800 mm, or 5250 mm including the axis, making it ideal for large coating and laminating applications. The combination of composite construction and ceramic surface gives the Fiberglass Carbon Anilox Sleeve excellent dimensional stability, low inertia, and dependable print quality over long production runs.

• Lightweight Composite Construction: Fiberglass, aluminum, and carbon materials reduce sleeve weight for easier handling and faster changeovers.
• Extended Length Capacity: Available up to 4800 mm, or 5250 mm with axis, for wide format coating and printing lines.
• Laser Engraved Ceramic Layer: Uniform cell structure is engraved into a durable ceramic surface for consistent ink metering.
• High Hardness Surface: The ceramic layer achieves 1300 HV hardness for excellent wear resistance in continuous production.
• Low Inertia Operation: The lightweight design reduces rotational inertia, allowing quicker acceleration and smoother running at high speeds.
• Customizable Cells: Hexagonal and trihelical cell shapes are available to match the specific printing or coating application.

The Fiberglass Carbon Anilox Sleeve is widely adopted in wide web flexographic printing, film coating, adhesive laminating, and paper converting lines. Its long length capability makes it particularly suitable for coating machines producing packaging films, release liners, and laminated materials, where a uniform coating across a wide web is essential. The lightweight sleeve design also supports quick job changeovers, helping converters reduce downtime between production runs. With cell configurations available from 30 to 2000 LPI, the sleeve can be matched to applications ranging from heavy adhesive coating to fine process printing.

Every Fiberglass Carbon Anilox Sleeve is inspected for dimensional accuracy, surface hardness, cell uniformity, and wall thickness consistency before dispatch. The sleeve is protected with anti-corrosion treatment, wrapped in moisture barrier material, and packed in an export standard wooden box to withstand international shipping. Our factory operates under ISO9001 quality management and provides inspection reports with each delivery. Contact our sales team with your machine model, required length, and target LPI to receive a quotation and a recommended cell specification.