Process for manufacturing a strip of aluminum alloy for lithographic printing plates
US6439295B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 18, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49991
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a strip of aluminium or an aluminium alloy for electrolytically roughened lithographic printing plates, in which the alloy is continuously cast as a strip and then rolled to final thickness, is such that the cast strip is rolled to final thickness with a thickness reduction of at least 90% without any further heating. The resultant microstructure in the region close to the surface of the strip leads to improved electrolytic etching behaviour.
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