Printing and Publishing

Tanis has provided quality brushes to the printing industry for more than two decades. We work directly with internationally known equipment manufacturers to provide custom and standard brush assemblies that help ensure reliability and quality throughout the printing and conversion process. Our standards of quality meet high tolerances and exacting fit to reduce downtime and increase accuracy.

A variety of staple set brushes and metal back rotary brushes provide key components within web and sheet fed presses as well as paper converting and binding machinery. Quality natural and synthetic materials are used for guiding and moving paper through the presses, plate processing and cleaning, blanket cleaning and glue application. Our engineering staff will work with machinery manufacturers to exact specifications including brush diameter, length, filament type, and density.

We work with machine manufacturers and end users to provide replacement parts and repairs. Also, our metal-back coiled rotary brush refurbishment services provide a cost-effective alternative to replacements.

Rotary brush applications:

• Dampening brushes for web offset applications
• Cleaning blankets in web or sheetfed applications
• Developing plates, plate processors
• Sheet cleaning applications
• Web press bump roller gluing for Flying Paster applications
• Spreading glue in the binding process
• Splicing paper in converting process

Staple Set wheel brush applications:

• Sheet hold-down brushes in sheetfed applications
• Transporting paper products through presses

Staple Set flat brush applications

• Guide and folder brushes to support paper through folding equipment
• Holding down/guiding paper through bindery and finishing equipment
• Developing plates, plate processors 
• Removing static from paper
• Guide brushes for conveyors