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Material for infrared laser ablated engraved flexographic printing plates

US7811744B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 21, 2005
Grant dateOct 12, 2010
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41C1/05
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A non-photosensitive flexographic liquid or paste precursor comprising a mixture of acrylate oligomers and acrylic or methacrylate monomers, infrared absorbing material, fillers and heat decomposable peroxide, which when heated forms a non-thermoplastic elastomeric solid material in the form of a flexographic printing blank engravable by infrared laser ablation.

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