The Most Innovative
Doctor Blades
In The World
Doctor Blades
In The World
TruPoint doctor blades are developed in our Innovation Lab, designed specifically to outperform traditional steel doctor blades in virtually every category including blade life, metering precision, anilox wear and scoring, safety, temperature, and chemical resistance.
Which Doctor Blade is right for you?
All doctor blades are not created equal, and the same doctor blade material can perform differently depending on application variables like speed, surface roughness, ink or coating abrasiveness, or the surface being cleaned. To help find the right product in our portfolio we’ve created a rating system (1-5) for different performance characteristics including stiffness, creep, metering, and wear.
These ratings are guidelines and performance will vary based on operating conditions, but they do serve as a guide to give you a relative comparison across products.
One way to make a stiff doctor blade is to make it thick. We pride ourselves on offering several thin, stiff doctor blades. A rating of 5 in this category means very stiff, which typically translates into excellent sheering action from the blade. The rankings below were calculated based on stiffness after running on a press for 1 hour.
Creep is the tendency of a material to bend or deform permanently under mechanical load. A high creep rating means the degree of “spring” or contact pressure from the blade doesn’t diminish significantly over time, leading to sustained high quality metering. The tendency to creep can be impacted by the thickness of the material.
The ability to control the quantity and uniformity of fluid (ink & coatings) transferred. The higher the rating, the more effective the blade is at ensuring a clean, consistent, and precise transfer takes place.
Application conditions dramatically impact wear or the “durability” of any doctor blade material. Many materials have high wear rates, buy only premium products are able to combine high wear and high quality metering.
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Thickness: .030″/.8mm
.040″/ 1mm
Max Width: 1.575″ / 40mm
Max Length: 100′ / 30m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 15°, 22°, 30°
Microtip: M8, M10, M15, M25
Food Safe: Yes
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| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.75 | 4.5 | 4.25 | 4.5 |
Thickness: .028″ / .71mm, .040″/ 1mm
Max Length: 300′ / 90m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Straight, Bevel: 15°, 22°, 30°
Microtip: M8, M10, M15, M25
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- Coating & Laminating
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.25 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.25 |
Thickness: .027″/.7mm .040″/ 1mm
.050″/1.27mm .060″/1.6mm
Max Width: 3″ / 76mm
Max Length: 250′ / 75m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 15°, 22°, 30°
Microtip: M8, M10, M15, M25
Food Safe: Yes
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- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.25 | 4 | 4 | 3.75 |
Thickness: .025″ / .64mm .030″/ 1mm
.063″/1.60mm .071″/1.80mm
.117″/2.97mm
Max Width: 2″ / 50.8mm
Max Length: 100′ / 30m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 30°, 45°
Microtip: n/a
Food Safe: Yes
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- New/Energy Technology
- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4.25 | 2.5 | 4 |
*The metering value on polyester is low, as this blade is not typically used for metering purposes.
Thickness: .007″ / .19mm .014″ / .36mm
.020″ / .5mm
Max Width: 3″ / 76.2mm
Max Length: 330′ / 100m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Straight or Bevel: 15°
Microtip: n/a
Food Safe: Yes
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- Envelope
- Coating & Laminating
- New/Energy Technology
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- Wide Web
- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.5 |
Thickness: .030″/.8mm
.050″/1.27mm .063″/1.6mm .080″/2mm
Max Width: 3″ / 76mm
Max Length: 250′ / 75m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 30°
Food Safe: Yes
- Corrugated
- Envelope
- Coating & Laminating
- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.75 | 3.25 | 3.5 | 3 |
Thickness: .020″ / .5mm .030″/ 1mm
050″/1.27mm 080″/ 2mm
Max Width: 3.5″ / 88.9mm
Max Length: 250′ / 75m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 15°, 22°, 30°
Microtip: n/a
Food Safe: Yes
- Corrugated
- New/Energy Technology
- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Thickness: .063″/ 1.66mm .080″/2mm
Max Width: 4″ / 101.6mm
Max Length: 200′ / 60m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Straight or Bevel: 30°, 45°
Microtip: n/a
Food Safe: Yes
- Corrugated
- Envelope
- Coating & Laminating
- New/Energy Technology
- Specialty Applications
| Stiffness | Creep | Metering | Wear |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.75 | 4.75 |
Thickness: .040″/ 1mm .050″/1.27mm .063″/1.6mm.080″/2mm
.090″/2.3mm .125″/3.2mm
Max Width: 3″ / 76mm
Max Length: 250′ / 75m
Cut-to-length: Available
Profile: Bevel: 15°, 22°, 30°
Microtip: M8, M10, M15, M25
Food Safe: Yes
- Corrugated
- Envelope
- Coating & Laminating
- Specialty Applications