EP2077949A2 - Processus de fabrication de feuille lithographique - Google Patents

Processus de fabrication de feuille lithographique

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EP2077949A2
EP2077949A2 EP07759824A EP07759824A EP2077949A2 EP 2077949 A2 EP2077949 A2 EP 2077949A2 EP 07759824 A EP07759824 A EP 07759824A EP 07759824 A EP07759824 A EP 07759824A EP 2077949 A2 EP2077949 A2 EP 2077949A2
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Juan Francisco Del Rio Martin
Jose Alberola Fuster
Gemma Mora Azuar
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Acr Ii Aluminium Group Cooperatief Ua
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41NPRINTING 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
    • B41N1/00Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/04Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor metallic
    • B41N1/08Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor metallic for lithographic printing
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41NPRINTING 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
    • B41N1/00Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/04Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor metallic
    • B41N1/08Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor metallic for lithographic printing
    • B41N1/083Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor metallic for lithographic printing made of aluminium or aluminium alloys or having such surface layers
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41NPRINTING 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
    • B41N3/00Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces
    • B41N3/03Chemical or electrical pretreatment
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41NPRINTING 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
    • B41N3/00Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces
    • B41N3/03Chemical or electrical pretreatment
    • B41N3/034Chemical 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
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C21/00Alloys based on aluminium
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22CALLOYS
    • C22C21/00Alloys based on aluminium
    • C22C21/06Alloys based on aluminium with magnesium as the next major constituent
    • C22C21/08Alloys based on aluminium with magnesium as the next major constituent with silicon

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  • This invention in one embodiment relates to an Al alloy and yet in another
  • Lithographic sheet manufacturing typically includes a
  • electrograining roughening
  • a finished printing plate formed of lithographic sheet is inserted into the
  • Al-materials for offset printing plates must exhibit sufficiently high fatigue strength or reversed bending fatigue strength
  • the present invention provides an alloy suitable for
  • the aluminum alloy includes:
  • the aluminum alloy includes:
  • a lithographic sheet including a electrolytic pre-etching step.
  • method for producing a lithographic sheet includes:
  • peaks may be obtained from a thyristor power supply which conducts in either one or
  • Figure 1 shows the sinusoidal wave form of current used in the prior art
  • Figures 2a-2c represent micrographs of a lithographic sheet surface formed
  • Figures 3a-3c represent micrographs of a lithographic sheet surface formed
  • Figures 4a-4c represent micrographs of a lithographic sheet surface formed
  • Figures 5a-5c represent micrographs of a lithographic sheet surface formed
  • Lithographic sheet is used in printing
  • aluminum alloy means aluminum alloy
  • the alloy of the present invention includes:
  • the Mg content may range from 0.31 wt % to about
  • the Si content may range from about 0.05 wt % to about
  • the Si content may range from about 0.8 wt % to
  • Si in solution may alter the reactivity of the lithographic sheet during
  • Low pitting density may be have a surface characterized
  • plateaus that may be detected by
  • S negative skewness
  • the Si content is too great, too few pits may form during electro-graining, in which the
  • excess pitting may be
  • a surfacing having at least two pits with a diameter greater than 10 ⁇ m
  • the Fe content may range from about 0.25 wt % to
  • the Fe content may range from about
  • Mg present ranging from 0.31 wt % to approximately
  • mixtures further including additives selected from the group including but not limited to
  • the Mg content may range from 0.31 wt
  • Mg is one element in the alloy that may provide for
  • electrograining acids such as HNO 3 or HCl.
  • the temi increased mechanical strength means that a
  • present invention and work hardened to H 18, may have an ultimate tensile strength
  • inventive aluminum alloy has a higher ultimate
  • the H 18 designation means that the material was cold rolled at a temperature not
  • a hard material denotes a Brinell hardness greater than about 50.
  • Zn may be present in less than or equal to about 0.03
  • the Zn content may range from 0.01 wt % to 0.03 wt %.
  • Zn is advantageous for electro-graining in nitric acid.
  • Zn is electrochemically anodic with respect to aluminum and functions as
  • the initiator for pit formation during electrograining.
  • Ti may be present in less than or equal to about 0.03
  • micrographs do not include isolated pits having a diameter greater than about 10 ⁇ m in
  • Grain refiner such as TiB 2 , may or may not be present. Ti combined with
  • Mn is present in less than about 0.25 wt %, preferably
  • Mn may have a strengthening effect.
  • Mn may be present within a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.25 wt %. In one embodiment, Mn may be present from about 0.05 wt % to about 0.25 wt % to
  • Cu may be present in up to about 0.04 %, and in one embodiment of the
  • present invention is limited to about 0.007 wt % or less.
  • the alloy includes about 0.8 wt % to about 0.12 wt %
  • the lithographic sheet forming process begins with providing a direct cast
  • titanium boride may be employed as a grain refiner.
  • the ingot is scalped in a machining
  • the pre-heat step prepares the ingot for hot rolling and provides for a
  • the pre-heat step is
  • heat time may range from 2-20 hours depending on the heat up cycle of the furnace.
  • the ingot is then hot rolled to a thickness ranging from about 7.5 mm to
  • the hot rolling apparatus may be single stand or multi-stand hot mill.
  • the strip is then coiled, in which the coiling temperature is
  • the sheet may experience surface defects including but not limited to
  • the strip is cold rolled
  • the annealing atmosphere may or may not be an inert atmosphere.
  • the strip is then cold rolled to a final gauge, i.e. ranging from about 0.1 mm to about 0.5
  • the aluminum strip is then treated with an electrolytic pre- etching or
  • an electrolytic pre-etching step including a
  • coating may be an aluminum oxide having a thickness of about 100 nm or less, and in yet
  • another embodiment may be a thickness ranging from about 1 nm to about 30 nm. It is
  • the electrolytic pre-etching step includes passing the
  • the mineral acid bath may include any one of the minerals acid bath (electrolyte)
  • mineral acid is in a concentration of about 5% to about 35%, and yet in an even further
  • the mineral acid bath may be about 15% to about 25%. In one embodiment,
  • the mineral acid includes sulfuric, phosphoric, or sulfuric-phosphoric mixtures.
  • the aluminum content of the electrolyte should be kept below about 15 g/1
  • the mineral acid wherein higher levels may decrease conductivity.
  • the mineral acid is sodium tartrate
  • bath includes phosphoric acid ranging from about 10% to about 30%, and in yet another
  • embodiment approximately 20% phosphoric acid, and containing about 2 g/1 to about 15
  • the temperature of the mineral acid bath is the temperature of the mineral acid bath
  • acid bath may include chromic, boric, and tartaric acids and combinations thereof.
  • Figure 1 shows the non-sinusoidal wave form 10 of the current generated
  • a thyristor power supply which is used during pre-etching when practicing this
  • the operating frequency of the thyristor power supply is at least several
  • form 10 here disclosed can be generated by a thyristor power supply where the
  • conduction angle is selected for the exact current density applied to the aluminum sheet.
  • the peak voltage ranges from about 35 to about 60 volts.
  • the thyristor power supply maintains a constant peak voltage. Degreasing
  • Peak current is related to peak voltage.
  • cathodic and anodic current the current having a non-sinusoidal wave form 10
  • the aluminum strip may be roughened by
  • electrograining and may be treated by similar processes used to provide lithographic sheet and plates. Suitable electrograining response may be achieved with the alloy and
  • the present alloy and processing method provides a lithographic sheet
  • form 10 which can be asymmetrical or symmetrical and has a constant peak voltage.
  • Table 1 below shows the composition of an alloy within the scope of the
  • Lithographic sheets were formed using the alloy representative of the
  • the comparison sheet formed from AA 1050 was
  • Figures 2a-2c represent micrographs of electrogram roughened lithographic
  • Figures 3a-3c represent micrographs of a comparative example of an
  • Figures 4a-4c represent micrographs of a comparative example of an
  • AA 1050 similar to AA 1050, which included about 0.2 wt % Mg and about 0.07 wt % Mn.
  • alloy composition including 0.090 wt % Si, 0.34 wt % Fe, 0.004 wt % Cu, 0.07 1 wt %
  • the alloy was composed of .096

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  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • Printing Plates And Materials Therefor (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un alliage d'aluminium pour feuille lithographique englobant environ 0,05 % en poids à environ 0,25 % en poids de Si ; environ 0,25 % en poids à environ 0,4 % en poids de Fe ; une teneur inférieure ou égale à environ 0,04 % en poids de Cu ; une teneur inférieure ou égale à environ 0,25 % en poids de Mn ; 0,31 % en poids à 0,35 % en poids de Mg ; une teneur inférieure ou égale à environ 0,03 % en poids de Zn ; une teneur inférieure ou égale à environ 0,03 % en poids de Ti ; et les impuretés inévitables. L'invention concerne également un procédé de traitement d'une feuille lithographique englobant les phases consistant à fournir une feuille aluminium ; à amener la feuille aluminium au contact d'un bain électrolytique ; et à appliquer un courant présentant une forme d'onde non sinusoïdale avec un pic de tension constante audit bain électrolytique.
EP07759824.1A 2006-03-31 2007-03-30 Processus de fabrication de feuille lithographique Revoked EP2077949B1 (fr)

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PCT/US2007/065635 WO2007115167A2 (fr) 2006-03-31 2007-03-30 processus de fabrication DE feuille lithographique

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