EP2120096B1 - Method for arranging on a carrier a flexible printing plate manufactured substantially from photopolymer, and device for applying such a method - Google Patents

Method for arranging on a carrier a flexible printing plate manufactured substantially from photopolymer, and device for applying such a method Download PDF

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EP2120096B1
EP2120096B1 EP20090155404 EP09155404A EP2120096B1 EP 2120096 B1 EP2120096 B1 EP 2120096B1 EP 20090155404 EP20090155404 EP 20090155404 EP 09155404 A EP09155404 A EP 09155404A EP 2120096 B1 EP2120096 B1 EP 2120096B1
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Petrus Johannes Marie Otten
Robert Wilhelmus Laurier
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    • 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
    • B41N6/00—Mounting boards; Sleeves Make-ready devices, e.g. underlays, overlays; Attaching by chemical means, e.g. vulcanising
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F27/00—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
    • B41F27/005—Attaching and registering printing formes to supports
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/10—Forme preparation for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
    • B41C1/1083—Mechanical aspects of off-press plate preparation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/18—Curved printing formes or printing cylinders

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device for arranging on a carrier a printing plate manufactured substantially from photopolymer.
  • Such printing plates are applied in so-called flexography, a form of relief printing, which is increasingly being applied.
  • a relief is here arranged on the printing plate manufactured from a photopolymer, only the raised parts of this relief transferring the ink to the substrate for printing.
  • the relief can be arranged by separately processing the usually limp plate manufactured from photopolymer and arranging the thus obtained plate on a printing cylinder, which must take place with the necessary accuracy, particularly in the case of multicolour printing. It is however also possible to already arrange the printing plate on a printing cylinder or on a cylindrical so-called sleeve before arranging the relief thereon. The relief is then arranged on the printing plate while it is already situated on the printing cylinder or on the sleeve.
  • the present invention relates to this latter, per se known method.
  • the still flat, flexible printing plate is here arranged on a cylindrical carrier. Unevenness in the surface of the cylindrical printing plate, which was already in the surface or is the result of the printing plate being arranged on the cylindrical carrier, can however be seen immediately on the produced printed work.
  • the present invention has for its object to provide an improved method and an improved device for arranging a printing plate on a cylindrical carrier, wherein the flatness of the arranged photopolymer is sufficiently great to manufacture printing work of sufficient quality.
  • the present invention provides for this purpose a method for arranging on a cylindrical carrier a flexible printing plate manufactured substantially from photopolymer, comprising the processing steps of placing the printing plate on a table, cutting through the printing plate a first time with a directional component parallel to the axis of the cylindrical carrier using a cutting device, moving toward each other and bringing the printing plate and the cylindrical carrier into mutual contact, rotating the cylindrical carrier over a known first arcuate part, wherein due to adhesion of the printing plate to the cylindrical carrier the printing plate is wound onto the cylindrical carrier and the printing plate is thereby displaced over the table, cutting through the printing plate, displaced on the table, a second time with the same directional component using a cutting device, and rotating the cylindrical carrier over a second arcuate part and thereby winding the printing plate further round the cylindrical carrier, wherein the two obtained cut edges of the printing plate thus arranged on the cylindrical carrier make mutual contact.
  • the cut edges of the printing plate arranged on the cylindrical carrier are mutual abutting. Adjusting the first arcuate part and the position of the second cutting line relative to the printing plate guarantees that the printing plate has a length such that the cut edges are mutually abutting. In particular, the two cut edges are mutually abutting along their whole length.
  • the invention likewise provides a device for arranging on a cylindrical carrier a photopolymer layer (10) to obtain a seamless polymer printing plate, comprising: a frame, a table connected to the frame for the purpose of carrying the printing plate to be arranged on the cylindrical carrier, bearing means connected to the frame for bearing-mounting of the cylindrical carrier, wherein the table and the bearing means are mutually displaceable, a cutting device connected to the frame for cutting through the printing plate placed on the table with a directional component parallel to the axis of a cylindrical carrier placed on the bearing means, first drive means for driving the cylindrical carrier in rotation, second drive means for driving the mutual displacement of the bearing means and the table and control means (60) for controlling the first and second drive means (30; 23) and for controlling a drive device for driving the knife (42) of the cutting device.
  • the bearing means here comprise a shaft, for instance when the cylindrical carrier is a hollow sleeve, and they can be formed by a shaft bearing when the cylindrical carrier is a printing cylinder.
  • the cylindrical carrier and the table are displaceable relative to each other particularly in vertical direction.
  • the invention provides the measure of adjusting to each other the degree of rotation of the cylindrical carrier and the positions relative to the printing plate for the purpose of cutting through the printing plate a first and second time in that the device comprises control means which are adapted to input the diameter of the cylindrical carrier and to control the drive means.
  • the printing plate Prior to making the first cut, it is possible to bring the printing plate into abutment with a first stop placed on the table and having a directional component substantially perpendicularly of the axis of the cylindrical carrier.
  • the stop extends perpendicularly of the axis of the cylindrical carrier.
  • the position of the printing plate relative to the cylindrical carrier is also determined.
  • the device comprises a first stop connected to the frame and extending substantially perpendicularly of the cylindrical carrier for the purpose of determining the position of the printing plate in transverse direction relative to the cylindrical carrier.
  • the printing plate can also be brought into abutment with a second stop placed on the table and having a directional component substantially parallel to the axis of the cylindrical carrier, wherein the cutting device cuts through the printing plate at a position which is fixed relative to the table.
  • the second stop here extends parallel to the axis of the cylindrical carrier. Owing to this measure the position of the cut edge relative to the cylindrical carrier is known, whereby only the first arcuate part over which the cylindrical carrier rotates, and thereby displaces the printing plate over the table, determines the eventual length of the printing plate. This simplifies the method considerably, whereby the process of arranging the printing plate on the cylindrical carrier takes place not only more quickly but also more accurately.
  • the device also comprises a second stop connected to the frame and extending substantially parallel to the cylindrical carrier for the purpose of determining the position of the printing plate in length direction relative to the cylindrical carrier, and that the cutting device is connected rigidly to the frame and is adapted to cut through the printing plate along a straight cutting line substantially parallel to the cylindrical carrier.
  • the second stop extends in particular parallel to the axis of the cylindrical carrier, which results in a material-saving, and the second stop is connected movably to the table, whereby further operations can take place easily without having to displace the printing plate.
  • the printing plate is brought into abutment with the second stop below the axis of the cylindrical carrier.
  • the cylindrical carrier is now brought into contact with the printing plate by simply moving only the cylindrical carrier and the table toward each other in vertical direction.
  • the printing plate can also be wound round the cylindrical carrier, wherein the cylindrical carrier need only be rotated in one direction of rotation. This simplifies both the control and the movements, and thereby also the accuracy of arrangement of the cylinder.
  • a preferred embodiment proposes that the printing plate is cut along a plane extending at an angle other than 90° to the table.
  • the abutting cut edges of the printing plate arranged on the cylindrical carrier hereby overlap each other, whereby a more homogenous transition is obtained between the cut edges.
  • This preferred embodiment also provides the measure that the cutting device is provided with a knife and that the knife extends at an angle other than 90° to the table.
  • the cutting device is therefore provided with a drive device for driving the knife of the cutting device under the control of the control means. Because use is made of control means, the user is not only at a distance from the area in which the printing plate is cut, but the cutting also takes place in a predictable and reliable manner.
  • the printing plate must be properly attached to the cylindrical carrier.
  • Use is usually made of double-sided adhesive foil, which is arranged on the carrier and wherein the cover film is removed from this double-sided adhesive foil before the printing plate is arranged.
  • adhesive means in the form of an adhesive layer.
  • a removable film is placed on this adhesive layer. This film must be removed prior to placing of this adhesive layer on the cylindrical carrier.
  • a preferred embodiment therefore provides the measure that the printing plate is provided on a first side with an adhesive layer covered by a first film and that the first film is at least partially removed prior to the adhesion of the printing plate to the cylindrical carrier.
  • Another option in principle lies in heating of the cylindrical carrier prior to arranging the printing plate.
  • the printing plate manufactured substantially from polymer contacts the heated cylinder, it will become slightly viscous and adhere to the cylindrical carrier.
  • Another embodiment therefore provides the measure of heating the cylindrical carrier prior to adhering the printing plate to the cylindrical carrier.
  • the device preferably comprises a heat source for the purpose of heating the cylindrical carrier.
  • the cylindrical carrier it is advantageous to heat the cylindrical carrier over at least the width of the printing plate to be arranged.
  • the heat source therefore extends over at least the width of the printing plate to be arranged on the cylindrical carrier. A better adhesion is hereby obtained between the cylindrical carrier and the printing plate.
  • the heat source comprises an infrared lamp.
  • Such a heat source provides for a homogeneous heating of the cylindrical carrier, this enhancing the adhesion of the printing plate to the cylindrical carrier.
  • this plate can be damaged. Scratches may thus for instance occur on the surface of the printing plate by placing and displacing the printing plate on the table.
  • Another preferred embodiment therefore provides the measure that the printing plate is provided with a second film on a second side opposite the first side, and that the second film is at least partially removed after the printing plate has been arranged on the cylindrical carrier. This second side of the printing plate arranged on the cylindrical carrier faces away from the cylindrical carrier.
  • the smoothness can be improved still further when the whole obtained after arranging the printing plate on the cylindrical carrier is calendered.
  • This preferred embodiment also provides the measure that the device comprises a calender movable relative to the table for the purpose of calendering the printing plate arranged on the cylindrical carrier. The calender is particularly placed close to the heat source.
  • Figure 1 shows a device 1 for arranging a flexible printing plate 10 on a cylindrical carrier 20.
  • Printing plate 10 is provided with adhesive means in the form of an adhesive layer 11 on side 10a, and is also provided with a film 12 on side 10a over adhesive means 11 and a protective film 13 (not visible in figure 1 ) on the side 10b of printing plate 10 opposite side 10a.
  • Device 1 comprises a frame 2 to which a horizontally extending table 3 is connected. Beneath table 3 a beam 21 extending parallel to a cylindrical carrier 20 is fixed to frame 2 by means of vertically extending screw spindles 22. An electric motor 23 (not shown) is connected to screw spindles 22 for the purpose of moving beam 21 in vertical direction. Two uprights 24 extending in vertical direction are also fixed to both outer ends of beam 21. A shaft 25 is placed between uprights 24 by means of bearings (not shown). Cylindrical carrier 20 is connected to this shaft 25. An electric motor 30 which is coupled for driving to shaft 25 is mounted on one of the uprights in line with shaft 25.
  • Table 3 comprises a slot 41 extending parallel to shaft 25. Situated beneath table 3 is a cutting device connected rigidly to table 3 and provided with a knife 42 which is displaceable through slot 41, wherein knife 42 extends in the direction of table 3 at an angle varying from the perpendicular. Further placed above table 3 is a protective cover 44 which can be displaced perpendicularly relative to shaft 25 by means of guide rails 45. A first stop 46 extending parallel to shaft 25 is connected rotatably to table 3 close to slot 41. Connected rigidly to table 3 on the top side close to an edge 3a of table 3 is a second stop 47 which extends in a direction perpendicularly of shaft 25.
  • a partially opened hood 50 is connected movably to frame 2 by means of horizontally extending guide rails (not shown).
  • Hood 50 comprises a first hood part 51 and a second hood part 52 connected hingedly to this first hood part 51.
  • Placed inside hood 50 is an elongate infrared lamp 53 which extends over the full width of hood 50.
  • a calender 54 is also mounted inside hood 50 by means of bearings (not shown).
  • An electric motor 55 drives the calender, and is coupled for this purpose to a shaft 56 of calender 54.
  • a control device in the form of a computer 60 is connected to frame 2, which computer 60 is connected to electric motor 23, knife 42, electric motor 30 and infrared lamp 53.
  • control device 60 controls knife 42 such that printing plate 10 is cut through. This situation is shown in figure 2a .
  • protective cover 44 is displaced over guide rails 45.
  • the severed part of printing plate 10 is now removed.
  • Printing plate 10 is displaced along second stop 47 over table 3 such that the obtained cut edge lies against first stop 46, as indicated by arrow P1.
  • the part of film 12 of the side 10a of printing plate 10 located beneath cylindrical carrier 20 is now removed, as shown in figure 2b .
  • first stop 46 is rotated in a direction away from the printing plate, after which cylindrical carrier 20 is moved downward by means of driving the electric motor 23 and cylindrical carrier 20 makes contact with a light bias with printing plate 10.
  • Printing plate 10 will here adhere to cylindrical carrier 20. This situation is shown in figure 2c .
  • Electric motor 30 will then rotate cylindrical carrier 20 through a first angle as according to arrow P2, wherein cylindrical carrier 20 displaces printing plate 10 over table 3 in the direction of the cylindrical carrier as according to arrow P3. This situation is shown in figure 2d .
  • Hood 50 can then be displaced in the direction of cylindrical carrier 20 provided with printing plate 10 and hood part 52 can subsequently be rotated in the direction of hood part 51 so that hood 50 is closed.
  • Control device 60 will control infrared lamp 53 such that printing plate 10 is heated for a desired period of time at the desired temperature.
  • electric motor 30 will also rotate the cylindrical carrier 20 provided with printing plate 10 so that infrared lamp 53 can heat the whole surface of the printing plate. As a result of this heating an at least partial melting of the photopolymer takes place, whereby particularly the join between the two cut edges of printing plate 10 fuses and becomes smooth.
  • Printing plate 10 can further be subjected to a calendering process by calender 54, whereby printing plate 10 can be given an even smoother finish.

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