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Apparatus and process for forming a printing form having a cylindrical support

US7422840B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Dietmar Dudek · Langen, DE
Allan Banke · Nyborg, DK
Soren Jorgensen · Odense, DK
Helmut Luetke · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Andreas Koch · Heiligenhaus, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2005
Grant date	Sep 9, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 23, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S430/136
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention pertains to an apparatus and a process for forming a printing form from a photosensitive element having a cylindrical support, and in particular, to an apparatus and a process for thermally treating the photosensitive element to form a relief pattern and particularly to form a cylindrically-shaped flexographic printing form. The apparatus and process includes supporting the cylindrical support to accommodate thermal treating of photosensitive elements with various sizes of the cylindrical support.

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