Cleaning brushes with long-life plastic handles

A Harper Corporation of America product story

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Mar 5, 2010

Harperscientific has developed what it believes to be a solution to premature breakage of wood-handled pressroom brushes, offering longer-life plastic handles.

Anilox roll scrub brushes are among the most frequently used tools in a press operator's tool kit, said Harperscientific, but traditional brushes are made with wooden handles that are prone to swelling and early breaking if left in water for long periods and not thoroughly dried.

Harperscientific said that its Duro-Brush anilox cleaning brushes are designed with tapered, extended-life plastic handles that resist the impact of water and pressroom chemicals.

Their bristles provide improved agitation of dried ink in cell bottoms.

The company added that new brushes with stainless-steel bristles are recommended for cleaning ceramic anilox rollers only.

Brushes with brass bristles work best on chrome anilox rollers.