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Digitally exposable flexographic printing element and method for producing flexographic printing plates

US9789679B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims

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Assignee

Flint Group Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Stebani · Monsheim, DE
Armin Becker · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE
Matthias Beyer · Weinheim, DE
Denis Riewe · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Andreas Reifschneider · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 2014
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03F7/3057
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Digitally imagable flexographic printing elements for producing flexographic printing plates, which comprise an organically soluble relief-forming layer, a water-soluble barrier layer for oxygen, and a water-soluble laser-ablatable mask layer. A method for producing flexographic printing plates using such flexographic printing elements, which comprises a two-stage washout procedure using aqueous and organic washout media.

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