Patent · US Expired

Continuous production of cross-linked resin relief images for printing plates

US5877848A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 2, 1997
Grant dateMar 2, 1999
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Expiry dateApr 2, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03F7/2035
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Printing plates are formed from a layer of photopolymerizable resin by a process and assembly which involves moving a resin layer past a variable intensity light source so as to sequentially and selectively cross-link the resin layer as the resin layer moves past the light source.

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