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System and process for mounting a printing plate on a carrier

US11639069B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH · DE

Inventors

Joachim Scheele · Oldendorf, DE
Nils Kay · Itzehoe, DE
Jan Buchweitz · Huje, DE
Pascal Thomas · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 9, 2020
Grant date	May 2, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 15, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F9/00
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for mounting a printing plate on a carrier sheet, including disposing registration indicia on the plate, placing the carrier sheet on a cutting table of a cutting system, mounting the plate to the carrier sheet, detecting absolute coordinates of the registration indicia; and cutting the carrier sheet along a cut line having absolute coordinates generated based upon the detected absolute coordinates. A related system includes the cutting system with the cutting table, a camera for detecting the registration indicia, a processor, a cutter, a controller, and a computer memory programmed with instructions for instructing the controller to detect the indicia, calculate the absolute coordinates for the cut line based upon the detected absolute coordinates and stored relative coordinates for the cut line, and cutting the carrier sheet along the cut line. Computer readable media containing such programmed instructions is also disclosed.

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