NW Rollers: Grinding & Grooving Crosshatch Pioneers

NW Rollers has invested in the latest technology to manufacture a wide range of conical and parallel Easysleeve systems for various industries.

As a result of our investment, we have the biggest laser engraving facility in the UK that caters to manufacturing top-of-the-range, next-generation sleeves. This includes using several design techniques, such as the grinding & grooving crosshatch.

What is Crosshatch Grinding and Grooving?

This design technique uses a pattern of cuts to create a visual texture on a roller. Multiple cuts at 90-degree angles to each other make a checkerboard pattern across print areas. This is the crosshatch design.

Our Technology

One of our recent investments is our new custom-built HNC-RGV600, which provides fast, fully automated machining of our cylinders and sleeves up to 4000 mm long and 650 mm wide. It can be used with rollers weighing up to 3 tonnes.

This technology is specifically designed to create a range of patterns, one of which is the crosshatch design. Other patterns include:

• Parallel Groove
• Horizontal Linear Groove
• Diamond Pattern
• Radical Groove

…and many more.

Looking to the Future

While our competitors play catch up, our investment and more than three decades of expertise mean we can empower our customers to meet current and future high standards and expectations. Your printing designs will be of elite quality. NW Rollers can exceed your basic specs to tailor everything to your brand.

We offer unrivalled, fully integrated production by incorporating techniques such as grinding & grooving crosshatch. We have built a solid infrastructure here at our plant in Cheshire. It means we can offer:

• Fast turnaround without compromises in quality
• Responsive delivery, including on elite-standard jobs
• Global shipping
• Technical support
• End-to-end in-house control

30 Years of Experience Under One Roof

Our unwavering commitment to quality and stability, backed by our significant investment, ensures that we are at the forefront of the next generation of flexographic printing. Contact us to find out what we can do for your business and how our innovative techniques pioneer and adapt to the current and future printing requirements of our customers.