Rogers Corporation: Dampening Sleeve Sizes

Dampening Sleeve Sizes

This Technical Bulletin contains information for selecting the appropriate Rogers Dampening Sleeve for a specific printing press. The Roller Diameter Table provides the standard diameter in inches and millimeters for each dampening sleeve. The Press Application Table is a list of commonly used printing presses and the dampening sleeve that would properly fit the dampening form roller of those presses.

A dampening sleeve is identified by its product number. The product number contains five digits; the first three digits represent the nominal diameter of the sleeve (sleeve code), the last two digits represent the sleeve length in inches.

For the sleeve to fit properly, the dampening form roller must be ground to the diameter listed for the sleeve code in the roller diameter table.

After applying a new dampening form roller, be sure to adjust for sleeve-to-plate and sleeve-to-vibrator (or distributor roller) pressure according to procedures in your operator’s manual. Some presses have enough adjustment latitude to function with more than one sleeve/roller diameter.

Roller Diameter Table
For the sleeve to fit properly, the dampening form roller must be ground to the diameter listed for the sleeve code in the roller diameter table.

Sleeve Code	Inches (±0.004)	Millimeters (0.10)		Sleeve Code	Inches (±0.004)	Millimeters (0.10)
130 172 185 188 197 205 210 222 230 247 251 260 272 280 285	1.310 1.735 1.860 1.890 1.985 2.065 2.110 2.235 2.310 2.485 2.527 2.615 2.740 2.815 2.865	33.27 44.07 47.24 48.01 50.42 52.45 53.59 56.77 58.67 63.12 64.19 66.42 69.60 71.50 72.77		297 303 313 322 335 347 360 378 391 397 413 428 447 497	2.990 3.051 3.145 3.240 3.365 3.490 3.615 3.801 3.925 3.990 4.149 4.300 4.490 4.990	75.95 77.50 79.88 82.30 85.47 88.65 91.82 96.55 99.70 101.35 105.38 109.22 114.05 126.75