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Aluminium sheet with rough surface

US5998044A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 1996
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31678
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Aluminium sheet suitable for use as a lithographic plate support has a surface that is uniformly rough by virtue of a rippled topography having an aspect ratio of at least 1.3 on a ale of 5-200 .mu.m and a superimposed pitted surface on a scale of 1-20 .mu.m.

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