EP0007233B1 - Procédé de traitement de feuilles d'aluminium on de plaques lithographiques et produits obtenus de cette mainère - Google Patents

Procédé de traitement de feuilles d'aluminium on de plaques lithographiques et produits obtenus de cette mainère Download PDF

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EP0007233B1
EP0007233B1 EP79301377A EP79301377A EP0007233B1 EP 0007233 B1 EP0007233 B1 EP 0007233B1 EP 79301377 A EP79301377 A EP 79301377A EP 79301377 A EP79301377 A EP 79301377A EP 0007233 B1 EP0007233 B1 EP 0007233B1
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • C25D11/00—Electrolytic coating by surface reaction, i.e. forming conversion layers
    • C25D11/02—Anodisation
    • C25D11/04—Anodisation of aluminium or alloys based thereon
    • C25D11/16—Pretreatment, e.g. desmutting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
    • B41N3/00—Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces
    • B41N3/03—Chemical or electrical pretreatment
    • B41N3/034—Chemical or electrical pretreatment characterised by the electrochemical treatment of the aluminum support, e.g. anodisation, electro-graining; Sealing of the anodised layer; Treatment of the anodic layer with inorganic compounds; Colouring of the anodic layer

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  • This invention relates to the treatment of aluminium (including its alloys); especially aluminium foil in continuous web form. Primarily, but not exclusively, it is concerned with the pre-treatment of aluminium that is subsequently to be coated with photosensitive material to make a presensitised lithographic printing plate.
  • Aluminium for this purpose is almost always anodised, generally using a bath based on sulphuric acid, though phosphoric acid is used by at least one manufacturer.
  • Sulphuric acid gives a hard, adherent and abrasion-resistant coating, but there are problems in getting satisfactory adhesion of some attractive sensitive coatings (for example polyvinyl cinnamate among negative-working coatings and orthoquinone diazide sulphonate-based resists amongst positive-working coatings).
  • Phosphoric acid anodising gives much better adhesion with these and some other coatings, but the anodic coating is much softer and tends to abrade away during printing to an extent that may limit the number of copies that can be taken off the plate.
  • DE-A 2557222 illustrates the use of an auxiliary electrolytic cell as a mere means for introducing current into a web of aluminium foil for the purpose of anodising it
  • US-A 3929591 describes a process in which, prior to being anodised, an aluminium foil is etched in an entirely separate A.C. anodising process.
  • the invention is based in part on the realisation that anodic oxidation takes place at the surface of the metal, not of the coating, and that it will not of itself destroy the existing exposed surface of the coating.
  • a method of treating aluminium comprising passing the web through a first bath containing phosphate ions and afterwards through an anodising bath containing sulphate ions is characterised by passing current between an anode immersed in the first bath and a cathode immersed in the anodising bath.
  • the web may be passed through the baths by dipping or, with some advantages, by spraying or flooding the surface of the aluminium.
  • the phosphate ions are preferably orthophosphate ions, but more complex phosphates can be used.
  • the phosphate and sulphate ions may be the only anions present to any substantial extent in the respective baths, but the presence of other anions that are inert or that modify, rather than radically alter, the effect of the treatment may be present. In particular the presence of minor amounts of sulphate in the phosphate bath and/or of phosphate in the sulphate bath is not excluded.
  • the associated cations should be wholly or mainly hydrogen ions, but neutral or alkaline salt solutions may be suitable in some cases.
  • the accompanying drawing shows the distinctive part of apparatus in which a web of aluminium foil 1 is passed, on the run, through a first bath 2 containing 45% aqueous orthophosphoric acid and, with or without intermediate washing (not shown), through a second bath 3 containing 15% sulphuric acid.
  • Current is supplied from a conventional power pack and flows between an inert anode 4 immersed in the first bath and an inert cathode 5 immersed in the second bath via both the electrolytes and the part 6 to the aluminium web extending between the two baths.
  • the bath temperatures are both around 20°C
  • the applied potential is about 16.5 V
  • the mean current density at each of the immersed length of the foil is about 200 Am-2.
  • the line speed is such that the dwell time in each bath is approximately four minutes.
  • the anodised web After washing and drying the anodised web is coated with a proprietary positive-working lithographic resist comprising a resin sensitised with the 2,4 dihydroxybenzophenone ester of 1, 2, 5 diazo naphthol sulphonic acid and coloured with a blue dye to yield presensitised plates with excellent adhesion and press life compared with the best current commercial anodised- aluminium presensitised lithographic printing plates.
  • the anodic coating is thin compared with conventional coatings, and penetration of dye into the coating is not significant.

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1. Procédé de traitement de l'aluminium en feuille sous forme de bande consistant à faire passer cette bande dans un premier bain contenant des ions phosphate, caractérisé en ce qu'on fait passer un courant entre une anode immergée dans la premier bain et une cathode immergée dans la bain d'anodisation.
2. Procédé pour fabriquer une plaque d'impression lithographique présensibilisée comprenant l'anodisation d'une tôle ou feuille d'aluminium et ensuite l'application d'un revêtement lithographique photosensible sur cette feuille, ce procédé étant caractérisé en ce qu la tôle ou feuille est traitée par le procédé suivant la revendication 1.
3. Aluminium en feuille, caractérisé en ce qu'il est traité par le procédé suivant la revendication 1.
4. Plaque d'impression ou lithographique présensibilisée, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est fabriquée par lé procédé suivant la revendication 2.
EP79301377A 1978-07-13 1979-07-12 Procédé de traitement de feuilles d'aluminium on de plaques lithographiques et produits obtenus de cette mainère Expired EP0007233B1 (fr)

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AT79301377T ATE926T1 (de) 1978-07-13 1979-07-12 Verfahren zur behandlung von aluminiumfolien oder flachdruckplatten sowie die so erhaltenen produkte.

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GB2088901B (en) * 1980-10-23 1983-12-07 Vickers Ltd Anodised aluminium sheet for lithographic printing plate production
DE3206470A1 (de) * 1982-02-23 1983-09-01 Hoechst Ag, 6230 Frankfurt Verfahren zur herstellung von traegermaterialien fuer offsetdruckplatten
DE3206469A1 (de) * 1982-02-23 1983-09-01 Hoechst Ag, 6230 Frankfurt Verfahren zur herstellung von traegermaterialien fuer offsetdruckplatten
DE3312497A1 (de) * 1983-04-07 1984-10-11 Hoechst Ag, 6230 Frankfurt Zweistufiges verfahren zur herstellung von anodisch oxidierten flaechigen materialien aus aluminium und deren verwendung bei der herstellung von offsetdruckplatten
AU568081B2 (en) * 1983-06-13 1987-12-17 Hoechst A.G. Method and plants for the continuous unilateral anodic oxidation of aluminium bands and utilization thereof to make offset printing plates
DE3328048A1 (de) * 1983-08-03 1985-02-21 Hoechst Ag, 6230 Frankfurt Verfahren zur zweistufigen anodischen oxidation von traegermaterialien aus aluminium fuer offsetdruckplatten
JP2006103087A (ja) * 2004-10-04 2006-04-20 Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Inc 平版印刷版用アルミニウム支持体、その製造方法、平版印刷版材料及び画像形成方法

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US3929591A (en) * 1974-08-26 1975-12-30 Polychrome Corp Novel lithographic plate and method
US3935080A (en) * 1974-10-02 1976-01-27 Polychrome Corporation Method of producing an aluminum base sheet for a printing plate

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