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Method and device for structuring a surface to form hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions

US6969541B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Jürgen Kreutzkämper · Berlin, DE
Gotthard Schmid · Malsch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 25, 2002
Grant date	Nov 29, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41C2210/14
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for structuring a surface includes, by an assigned modification device, creating a latent structure of at least a first layer of the surface, which has a polymer therein, so as to form hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions for producing a printing form for offset printing, by selectively applying a gaseous, readily volatile solvent as a modifying agent to at least one locally limited region of the surface over at least one exposure time interval. A device for performing the method, a printing form exposer, a printing unit and a printing machine including the surface-structuring device according to the invention, are also provided.

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