Diamond Rider
The rider that smooths the ink film instead of fighting it.
A rider roller earns its place by evening out the ink film and killing the mechanical ghosting and streaking that the form rollers alone will leave behind. Diamond is Westland's rider line: surface-finished for uniform contact, dimensionally stable so it rides true, and light enough on the train that it does not become the source of the streak it was fitted to remove.
- Compound colour
- Mint
- Position
- Rider
- Surface finish
- Ground & polished
- Shore A hardness
- On specification
Why it is specified
- Uniform surface finish for even ink film distribution
- Reduces mechanical ghosting and streaking
- Dimensionally stable — rides true without runout
- Set light, as rider duty requires
- Ground and polished to rider tolerances
Best for
- Rider roller positions on offset inking trains
- Presses showing mechanical ghosting or streaking
- Retrofits to existing inker geometry
Other lines.
Every line is formulated around an ink system. If yours is changing, the compound should change with it.
Endura
The long-run workhorse. Decades on press and still the default.
Premier
Endura's discipline, tuned for commercial sheetfed quality work.
Ultima Combi
One compound that will carry both ink and dampening solution.
Specify Diamond Rider for your press.
Send us the machine, the roller position and the ink system and we will confirm the compound, the hardness and the finish.