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Process and arrangement for production of printing plate support

US4897168A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 3, 1988
Grant dateJan 30, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S204/09
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a roughened printing plate support of aluminum or an alloy thereof, which shows equally distributed tubular depressions. Furthermore, a process for the production of the printing plate-support is disclosed, in which roughening is performed in an acidic electrolyte by means of a pulsed direct current. The invention also relates to arrangements which are suitable for carrying out the process.

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