Patent · US Expired

Method for producing laser-engravable flexographic printing elements on flexible metallic supports

US6913869B2 · kind B2 · utility

12Cited by

5References

22Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BASF Drucksysteme GmbH · DE

Inventors

Alfred Leinenbach · Ludwigshafen, DE
Margit Hiller · Karlstadt, DE
Uwe Stebani · Monsheim, DE
Thomas Telser · Weinheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 16, 2001
Grant date	Jul 5, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S430/146
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing laser-engravable flexographic printing elements on flexible metallic supports comprising a cross-linked elastomeric layer and an absorber for laser radiation. The invention also relates to a method for producing flexographic printing plates by means of laser engraving using flexographic printing elements of the aforementioned type, and to flexographic printing plates produced using such a method.

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