JP2778664B2 - Aluminum alloy plate for printing plate and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate used as a support for offset printing or the like, and in particular, to form a uniform electrolytically roughened surface by a short electrolytic roughening treatment. The present invention relates to an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate and a method for producing the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in offset printing, an aluminum or aluminum alloy (hereinafter referred to as aluminum) plate is generally used as a support. This aluminum plate for a printing plate is obtained by subjecting the surface of an aluminum plate to a surface roughening treatment in order to impart adhesion to a photosensitive film and water retention of a non-image portion. Conventionally, mechanical treatment methods such as a ball polishing method and a brush polishing method have been used as the surface roughening method. Recently, however, an electrolytic solution mainly containing hydrochloric acid or hydrochloric acid or an electrolytic solution mainly containing nitric acid has been used. An electrolytic surface roughening method for electrochemically roughening the surface of an aluminum plate using a liquid, and a processing method combining the above-mentioned mechanical processing method and this electrolytic surface roughening method are mainly used. It is becoming. This is because the rough plate obtained by the electrolytic surface roughening method is suitable for plate making, and also has excellent printing performance,
Further, the electrolytic surface roughening method is suitable for the case where the aluminum alloy plate is coiled and subjected to continuous processing.

As described above, it is required that the surface of the aluminum alloy plate to be roughened be formed with uniform irregularities (pits) by the roughening treatment. In an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate on which uniform irregularities are formed,
Adhesion with the photosensitive film and water retention are improved, and excellent image clarity and printing durability can be obtained. Also, recently, in order to reduce the cost of the surface roughening treatment, there is a strong demand for the development of a material capable of forming uniform irregularities in a shorter time or with a smaller amount of current.

As such an aluminum alloy plate having excellent roughness uniformity, Fe: 0.05 to 0.5% by weight, M
g: 0.1 to 0.9% by weight, Si: 0.2% by weight or less and Cu: 0.05% by weight or less.
An aluminum alloy plate containing 0.01 to 0.3% by weight of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Ni and the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities has been proposed (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 62-62). 230946).

Further, as an aluminum alloy plate having good strength and uniformity of pits, Mg: 0.30 to 3% by weight, Fe: 0.15 to 0.50% by weight, Ni: 0.0
05 to 0.30% by weight and Ti: 0.01 to 0.1
0 wt%, Si, Cu, and Mn are each regulated to 0.20 wt% or less, and the balance is Al and the content of each element is 0.10 wt% or less. Has been proposed (JP-A-63-30294).

Further, Fe: 0.1 to 0.5% by weight, S
i: 0.03 to 0.30% by weight, Cu: 0.001 to 0.03% by weight, Ni: 0.001 to 0.03% by weight, Ti: 0.002 to 0.05% by weight, and Ga:
0.005 to 0.020% by weight, and the total content of Ga and Ti is 0.010 to 0.050% by weight.
(Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
-177528). In this aluminum alloy plate, streaks (also referred to as streaks, hereinafter referred to as streaks) as irregular streaks and irregular image quality irregularities are improved and the rough surface is uniform.
The stain on the non-image area is prevented.

[0007]

However, recently,
In order to reduce the cost, an improvement in the electrolytic processing speed is required, and there is a need for an aluminum plate that can form uniform pits in a short electrolytic surface roughening treatment. That is, even when the electrolytic surface roughening treatment time is short and the pits to be formed are shallow, the etching is uniformly performed in a short time, and an unetched portion (an unetched portion of the aluminum plate surface) occurs on the aluminum plate. It is requested not to.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate, in which roughening pits are uniformly formed even in a short electrolytic surface roughening treatment, and an aluminum alloy plate for the same. It is intended to provide a manufacturing method.

[0009]

The first aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention has an Fe content of 0.20 to 0.6.
Wt%, Si: 0.03 to 0.15 wt%, Ti:
0.005 to 0.05% by weight, Zn: 0.005 to 0.05% by weight, and Ni: 0.005 to 0.20% by weight, further selected from the group consisting of In, Sn and Pb. One or more elements are contained in an amount of 0.001 to 0.020% by weight per element, the total content of In, Sn and Pb is 0.001 to 0.020% by weight, and the balance is Al and inevitable Characteristic impurities.

The Ti content is preferably at least 0.010% by weight.

The second aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention is characterized in that Fe: 0.20 to 0.6% by weight, Si:
0.03 to 0.15 wt%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05 wt%, Zn: 0.005 to 0.05 wt%, Ni: 0.005 to 0.20 wt%, and B: 1 to 50 ppm by weight, and further contains 0.001 to 0.020% by weight of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Pb per element.
And Pb in a total amount of 0.001 to 0.020% by weight, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities.

According to a method of manufacturing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention, an aluminum alloy ingot having a composition according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is added to an aluminum alloy ingot having a composition of 500 to 63.
The homogenization treatment is performed at a temperature of 0 ° C., and then the starting temperature is 40
It is characterized by performing hot rolling at 0 to 450 ° C.

It is preferable that a cold rolling step and an intermediate annealing step are provided after the hot rolling step. Moreover, you may have a leveler correction process.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present inventors have conducted intensive studies to obtain an aluminum alloy plate in which uniform roughening pits are formed even when performing electrolytic surface roughening treatment in a short time. As a result, the following facts were found. That is, among the alloy elements contained in the aluminum alloy plate, in addition to controlling the content of Fe and Si which have been conventionally added, an appropriate amount of Ni and Ti are added, and Cu and And / or it is effective to control the content of Zn to a predetermined amount, further control the content of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Sn and Pb, and control the total amount thereof. Was determined. It has also been found that by adding B as needed, the aluminum alloy plate can be etched even more uniformly. By controlling the content of each element in this way, it is possible to obtain roughened pits having good uniformity even if the electrolytic roughening time is short.

First, the reasons for limiting the composition of the aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 1 will be described.

Fe (iron): 0.20 to 0.6% by weight Fe has an action of forming uniform pits on the roughened electrolytic surface. Fe is an element that combines with other elements in an aluminum alloy to form an Al-Fe eutectic compound.
This eutectic compound has the effect of reducing the size of recrystallized grains and the effect of forming a uniform electrolytic rough surface. If the Fe content is less than 0.20% by weight, the number of reaction initiation points of the electrolytic surface-roughening pits is insufficient, and an unetched portion is generated. On the other hand, F
If the e content exceeds 0.6% by weight, the roughened electrolytic surface becomes non-uniform due to the formation of coarse compounds. Therefore, the Fe content is set to 0.20 to 0.6% by weight.

Si (silicon): 0.03 to 0.15 weight
% Si forms an Al-Fe-Si-based intermetallic compound and acts as a nucleus for recrystallization between passes in hot rolling, and thus has an effect of miniaturizing recrystallized grains during hot rolling. . If the Si content is less than 0.03% by weight, this effect is small, and the streak evaluation after forming a printing plate support is inferior. On the other hand, when the Si content exceeds 0.15% by weight, the roughened electrolytic surface becomes non-uniform due to the formation of a coarse compound. Therefore, the Si content is set to 0.03 to 0.15% by weight.

Ni (nickel): 0.005 to 0.2
0% by weight of Ni has the function of making the electrolytic rough surface uniform. Ni is Fe
Binds to other elements in the aluminum alloy as in
-An element that easily forms a Ni-based eutectic compound. Further, since Ni is electrochemically nobler than Fe, uniform independent pits are easily formed. For this reason, by adding Ni, a uniform roughened surface can be obtained by a short-time electrolytic surface roughening treatment.

If the Ni content is less than 0.005% by weight,
An unetched portion occurs on the rough electrolytic surface. On the other hand, when the Ni content exceeds 0.20% by weight, a coarse compound is formed,
The electrolytic rough surface becomes non-uniform. Therefore, the Ni content is 0.1.
005 to 0.20% by weight.

Ti (titanium): 0.005 to 0.05
The Ti-B master alloy has a function of refining the ingot structure to refine the crystal grains by weight, preferably 0.010% by weight or more . If the Ti content is less than 0.005% by weight, the grain refinement is insufficient. Also,
Ti has the effect of making the electrolytic rough surface uniform, in addition to the above-described miniaturization effect, similarly to the other components described above. In order to sufficiently obtain this effect, the Ti content is preferably 0.010% by weight or more. Ti content 0.010% by weight
If the value is less than the above range, the etching is not sufficiently performed, and an unetched portion tends to remain. On the other hand, when the Ti content exceeds 0.05% by weight, a non-uniform electrolytic rough surface is formed due to the formation of a coarse compound. Therefore, the Ti content should be 0.005 to 0.05% by weight, preferably 0.010% by weight.
Above.

The group consisting of Cu (copper) and Zn (zinc)
One or more elements selected from: 0.005 per element
-0.05% by weight Cu exists in a solid solution state in the aluminum alloy, and has an effect of adjusting a potential difference between the aluminum matrix and the intermetallic compound, thereby making the roughened electrolytic surface uniform. If the Cu content is less than 0.005% by weight, the effect of adjusting the potential is insufficient, and the roughened electrolytic surface becomes uneven. On the other hand, Cu
If the content exceeds 0.05% by weight, an unetched portion is formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy plate.

On the other hand, Zn easily exists in a solid solution state in an aluminum alloy similarly to Cu, and has an effect of adjusting a potential difference between an aluminum matrix and an intermetallic compound to make a rough electrolytic surface uniform. If the Zn content is less than 0.005% by weight, the effect of adjusting the potential difference cannot be obtained.
Unetched parts are generated. On the other hand, when the Zn content is 0.05
If the content is more than 10% by weight, the entire surface is dissolved and a non-uniform electrolytic rough surface is formed.

Therefore, the content of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cu and Zn is 0.0
It should be from 0.05 to 0.05% by weight.

In (indium), Sn (tin) and Pb
One or more elements selected from the group consisting of (lead): 1 element
0.001 to 0.020% by weight per element In, Sn and Pn exist in a solid solution state in the aluminum alloy, and make the aluminum matrix electrochemically low to reduce the potential difference between the aluminum matrix and the intermetallic compound. It has the effect of adjusting and making the electrolytic rough surface uniform.
If the content of at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Sn and Pb is less than 0.001% by weight per element, this effect is insufficient. On the other hand, if the content of In, Sn, or Pb exceeds 0.020% by weight, the entire surface of the aluminum alloy plate has a molten surface, and a non-uniform electrolytic rough surface is formed. Therefore, the content of at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Pb is set to 0.001 to 0.020% by weight per element.

Content of In, Sn and Pb: 0.
001 to 0.020% by weight As described above, In, Sn and Pb have an effect of making the electrolytic rough surface uniform. However, if the total content of In, Sn and Pb is less than 0.001% by weight, this effect is insufficient. On the other hand, if the total content of In, Sn, and Pb exceeds 0.020% by weight, the entire dissolved surface is formed, resulting in a non-uniform electrolytic rough surface. Therefore, the contents of In, Sn and Pb are set to 0.001 to 0.020% by weight in total.

The aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 3 contains B in addition to the above-mentioned chemical components.

B (boron): 1 to 50 ppm by weight As described above, the Ti—B master alloy acts as a grain refiner. This crystal grain refining action is caused by an increase in the refined nuclei due to an increase in the amount of Ti-B particles due to a decrease in the amount of solute Ti. The present inventors have found that, in addition to this effect, an increase in the number of Ti-B particles has an effect of making the electrolytic rough surface uniform.

If the B content is less than 1 ppm by weight, etching pits tend to be uneven due to insufficient electrolysis. On the other hand, when the B content exceeds 50 ppm by weight, a coarse compound is formed, and the coarse compound forms streak-like deep pits, so that the electrolytically roughened surface becomes uneven. Therefore, when B is contained, the content is 1 to 50 ppm by weight.
And

In any aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate, Mn, Cr, Mg and the like are considered as inevitable impurities. If the content is 0.03% by weight or less, the effect of the present invention is adversely affected. Do not give.

In the method for producing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention, the aluminum alloy ingot having the above-mentioned composition is subjected to a homogenization treatment at a temperature of 500 to 630 ° C. Hot rolling is performed at a temperature to obtain an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate. When the aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate thus obtained is subjected to electrolytic surface roughening treatment, the unetched portion is small, and
The pit size becomes uniform.

The reason for limiting the numerical values of the homogenizing treatment temperature and the hot rolling start temperature in the method for producing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate will be described.

Homogenization temperature: 500 to 630 ° C. If the homogenization temperature is lower than 500 ° C., the aluminum alloy ingot is insufficiently homogenized. In this case, the roughened electrolytic surface becomes non-uniform. On the other hand, when the homogenization treatment temperature exceeds 630 ° C., the crystal grain size becomes coarse, so that the macrostructure becomes coarse, and streaks, which are streaks, are generated. Therefore, the homogenization temperature is set to 500 to 630 ° C.

Hot rolling start temperature: 400 to 450 ° C. When the hot rolling start temperature is less than 400 ° C., the structure becomes non-uniform, and the electrolytically roughened surface of the obtained aluminum alloy plate becomes non-uniform. . On the other hand, the hot rolling start temperature is 450
If the temperature exceeds ℃, crystals grow between each pass of hot rolling,
Streaks occur. Therefore, the hot rolling start temperature is 4
00 to 450 ° C.

The hot rolling may be started after cooling the aluminum alloy ingot to a temperature of 400 to 450 ° C. after the above-mentioned homogenization treatment. May be started after the aluminum alloy ingot having the reduced temperature is again heated to a temperature of 400 to 450 ° C.

After the completion of the hot rolling, the obtained aluminum alloy sheet is subjected to one or more cold rolling steps with intermediate annealing as necessary to obtain a printing plate aluminum alloy sheet having a predetermined thickness. obtain. In this case, a leveler correction step may be provided.

[0036]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below in comparison with comparative examples that depart from the scope of the claims. First,
An example (first example) of the aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 1 will be described.

First Example An ingot of each aluminum alloy (Examples 1 to 4 and Comparative Examples 1 to 20) having the chemical composition shown in Table 1 below was beveled to a thickness of 480 mm at 610 ° C. The steel is subjected to a homogenization treatment at a temperature of 4 hours, then hot-rolled with the starting temperature set at 410 ° C., and further subjected to cold-rolling, intermediate annealing and cold-rolling in order to obtain an aluminum sheet having a thickness of 0.3 mm. An alloy plate was obtained.

[0038]

[Table 1]

Next, each of the aluminum alloy plates manufactured as described above was subjected to degreasing and neutralization cleaning under the processing conditions 1 or 2 shown in Table 2 below, and then subjected to AC electrolytic surface roughening treatment. Further, in order to remove oxides and the like formed by electrolysis, desmutting treatment was performed. After the end of this desmutting treatment, each aluminum alloy plate was washed with water and dried, cut out to a predetermined size, and used as a cut plate. Note that 1 dm ^{2 in} Table 2 is 0.01 m ² .

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[Table 2]

The cut surface of each aluminum alloy plate after a series of roughening treatments was surface-observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) at a magnification of 350 times.
A photograph was taken so as to be 2 mm ² . From the obtained photograph, the unetched rate was calculated by the following mathematical formula 1.

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## EQU1 ## Unetched rate (%) = area of unroughened part / total area × 100

From this calculation result, the unetched rate is 5.
0% or less: ◎ (excellent), exceeding 5.0% to 8.0
% Or less (good), the unetched rate is 8.0%
Is evaluated as x (defective), and the unetched portion was evaluated.

The roughened surface of each cut plate was observed and photographed by using a scanning electron microscope with a magnification of 500 times. The total length is 100
A cm line was drawn and the size (diameter) of the pit below the line was measured. If the size difference between the smallest pit and the largest pit is larger than 5 μm, the uniformity is × (bad), 5
Samples having a size of not more than μm were evaluated as having good uniformity (good).

Further, each aluminum alloy plate (rolling direction 1)
The surface of 5 cm × 10 cm in the vertical direction of rolling × 2 sheets = 3 dm ² ) was chemically etched with aqua regia to evaluate the length of the streaks. The case where the length of the stripe pattern in the rolling direction was less than 1 cm was evaluated as ○ (streak evaluation: good) and the case where the length was 1 cm or more was evaluated as x (streak evaluation: poor). Table 3 below shows processing conditions and evaluations for streaks, unetched portions, and uniformity. In each example and comparative example,
Each evaluation under processing condition 1 and each evaluation under processing condition 2 were the same.

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[Table 3]

As shown in Table 3 above, in Examples 1 to 4, since the content of each element was within the range specified by the present invention, any of the streak evaluation, the unetched portion evaluation, and the uniformity evaluation was evaluated. Was also good. However, in Example 3, since the Ti content was 0.007% by weight and 0.01% by weight or less, the pit size slightly varied.

On the other hand, in Comparative Example 1, since the Si content was less than the range specified in the present invention as 0.01% by weight, the streak was prolonged. In Comparative Example 2, since the Si content was 0.19% by weight, which was larger than the range specified in the present invention, the size of the pits varied.

In Comparative Example 3, the Fe content was 0.1
Since it was as small as 6% by weight, a portion that was not etched occurred on the surface of the aluminum alloy plate. In Comparative Example 4,
Since the Fe content was as large as 0.67% by weight, the size of the pits varied, and the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 5, since the Ni content was as small as 0.003% by weight, an unetched portion was formed. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 6, since the Ni content was as large as 0.213% by weight, the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 7, since the Ti content was as small as 0.002% by weight, the streak was prolonged. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 8, the Ti content was as large as 0.069% by weight.
The pit uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 9, since the Cu content was as small as 0.002% by weight, an unetched portion occurred. Also, the uniformity was poor. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 10, C
Since the u content was as high as 0.061% by weight, an unetched portion occurred.

In Comparative Example 11, the Zn content was 0.002
Unetched portions remained due to the small weight percentage. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 12, since the Zn content was as large as 0.062% by weight, the entire surface was dissolved, and the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 13, of In, Sn and Pb, although In was added, the content was 0.0
Since the content was as low as 004% by weight, the total content of In, Sn and Pb was 0.0004% by weight. For this reason, the effect of adjusting the potential difference between the aluminum matrix and the intermetallic compound was insufficient, and an unetched portion occurred.
On the other hand, in Comparative Example 14, since the In content was as high as 0.0028% by weight, the In, Sn, and Pb contents were 0.1% in total.
0028% by weight, the entire surface was dissolved, and the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 15, the Sn content and In,
Since the total content of Sn and Pb was as small as 0.0004% by weight, an unetched portion occurred. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 16, since the Sn content and the total content of In, Sn and Pb were as large as 0.031% by weight, the size of the pits varied, and the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 17, the Pb content and the total content of In, Sn and Pb were 0.0003% by weight.
Therefore, an unetched portion was generated. On the other hand, in Comparative Example 18, since the Pb content and the total content of In, Sn, and Pb were as large as 0.026% by weight, the uniformity was poor.

In Comparative Example 19, the In content was 0.000
1% by weight, the Sn content is 0.0003% by weight, and the Pb content is 0.0001% by weight.
The total content of n, Sn and Pb was 0.0005% by weight, which was less than the range specified in the present invention, and an unetched portion was formed on the surface of the aluminum alloy plate. On the other hand, Comparative Example 20
In, the In content is 0.009% by weight, the Sn content is 0.009% by weight, and the Pb content is 0.005% by weight.
Although both are within the range specified by the present invention, I
Since the total content of n, Sn and Pb was 0.023% by weight, which was more than the range specified in the present invention, the uniformity was poor.

Next, an embodiment (second embodiment) of the aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 3 will be described.

Second Example Ingots of aluminum alloys having the chemical compositions shown in Table 4 below (Examples 5 to 10 and Comparative Examples 21 to 22) were added to the first ingot.
As in the example, face milling, homogenization treatment, hot rolling, cold rolling, intermediate annealing and cold rolling were sequentially performed to obtain a sheet thickness of 0.3.
mm was obtained. The comparative examples 1 to 20 of the first embodiment can be used as comparative examples of the second embodiment.

[0060]

[Table 4]

Next, similarly to the first embodiment, each aluminum alloy plate was degreased under the processing conditions 1 and 2 shown in Table 2 above.
Neutralization washing, AC electrolytic surface roughening treatment and desmutting treatment were performed. After the end of the desmutting treatment, each aluminum alloy plate was washed with water and dried, cut to a predetermined size to obtain a cut plate, and various tests were performed on the cut plate in the same manner as in the first embodiment. The etching part evaluation and the uniformity evaluation were investigated. The results obtained are shown in Table 5 below.

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[Table 5]

As shown in Table 5 above, in Examples 5 to 10, since the content of each element is within the range specified in the present invention and a predetermined amount of B is contained,
The etching was uniformly applied to every corner of the surface of the aluminum alloy plate, and the evaluation of the unetched portion was extremely good as compared with that of the first embodiment.

On the other hand, in Comparative Example 21, the B content was 60 wt ppm, which was more than the range specified in the present invention, so that the electrolytically roughened surface became non-uniform and the uniformity was poor. In Comparative Example 22, the B content was 0.5 wt pp.
m, which is less than the range specified in the present invention, none of the streak evaluation, the unetched portion evaluation, and the uniformity evaluation was particularly excellent.

Next, an example of a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention will be described. Table 1 above
An ingot of an aluminum alloy having a chemical composition similar to that of Examples 1 to 4 of Example 4 and Example 5 of Table 4 above was chamfered to a thickness of 480 mm, and then homogenized under the conditions shown in Table 6 below. And hot rolling, and further cold rolling, intermediate annealing and cold rolling to obtain an aluminum alloy plate having a thickness of 0.3 mm (Examples 11 to 15, Comparative Examples 23 to 26).

The obtained aluminum alloy plate was subjected to AC electrolytic surface roughening treatment under the same conditions as in the first embodiment, and then cut out to obtain a cut plate. The roughened surface of the cut plate was observed at a magnification of 350 times using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and a photograph was taken so that the area of the visual field was 0.02 mm ² . From this photograph, the non-etching rate was obtained from the above equation (1). ◎ when the unetched rate is 5.0% or less
(Excellent) ○ The case of more than 5.0% and less than 8.0%
(Good), x when the unetched rate exceeds 8.0%
An unetched part was evaluated as (defective).

Further, the roughened surface was observed at a magnification of 500 times using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), and a photograph was taken. From the obtained photograph, the uniformity was evaluated in the same manner as in the first example. That is, those having a difference in size between the smallest pit and the largest pit larger than 5 μm were evaluated as having poor uniformity (poor) and those having a difference of 5 μm or less were evaluated as having good uniformity (good).

The aluminum alloy sheet obtained as described above (rolling direction 15 cm × rolling vertical direction 10 cm × 2)
(3 dm ² ) was chemically etched with aqua regia to evaluate the streak length. The case where the length of the stripe pattern in the rolling direction was less than 1 cm was evaluated as ○ (streak evaluation: good) and the case where the length was 1 cm or more was evaluated as x (streak evaluation: poor). Table 6 below shows evaluations for streaks, unetched portions, and uniformity.

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[Table 6]

The chemical compositions 1 to 5 in Table 6 indicate that the chemical compositions are the same as those in Examples 1 to 5, respectively.

As shown in Table 6 above, Examples 11 to 15
In the test, streaks, unetched portions, and uniformity were all good.

On the other hand, in Comparative Example 23, the homogenizing treatment temperature was 47
Since the temperature was 8 ° C., which is lower than the temperature specified in the present invention, the unetched portion was small and the uniformity was good.
Streak evaluation was poor. In Comparative Example 24, since the homogenization temperature was 645 ° C., which was higher than the temperature specified in the present invention, the streak evaluation was poor. In Comparative Examples 25 and 26, the hot start temperature was 373 ° C., respectively.
468 ° C. and 468 ° C. are out of the range specified in the present invention, so that streak evaluation was poor as in Comparative Examples 23 and 24.

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As described above, the aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the first aspect of the present invention contains a predetermined chemical component, so that even if the electrolytic surface roughening treatment is performed for a short time, the surface is roughened. The pits are uniformly distributed on the surface, the size of each pit is substantially constant, and the streak is short. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since a predetermined amount of B is further added, the roughened pits are more evenly distributed on the rough electrolytic surface.

In the method for producing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to the present invention, since the homogenization treatment temperature and the hot rolling start temperature are appropriate, uniform roughening pits can be obtained after the electrolytic surface roughening treatment. An aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate in which the generation of streaks is extremely suppressed can be manufactured.

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-3-177528 (JP, A) JP-A-3-122241 (JP, A) JP-A-58-210144 (JP, A) JP-A-4-325644 (JP) , A) JP-A-62-230946 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) C22C 21/00 B41N 1/08 C22F 1/04

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. Fe: 0.20 to 0.6% by weight, Si:
0.03 to 0.15% by weight, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05% by weight, Zn: 0.005 to 0.05% by weight
And Ni: 0.005 to 0.20% by weight, and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Pb in an amount of 0.001 to 0.020% by weight per element. , In, Sn and Pb are contained in a total amount of 0.1.
An aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate, comprising 001 to 0.020% by weight, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. 2. The aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 1, wherein the Ti content is 0.010% by weight or more. 3. Fe: 0.20 to 0.6% by weight, Si:
0.03 to 0.15 wt%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05 wt%, Zn: 0.005 to 0.05 wt%, Ni: 0.005 to 0.20 wt%, and B: 1 to 50 ppm by weight, and further contains 0.001 to 0.020% by weight of one or more elements selected from the group consisting of In, Sn, and Pb per element.
An aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate, wherein the total content of Pb and Pb is 0.001 to 0.020% by weight, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities. 4. An aluminum alloy ingot having a composition according to claim 1, wherein the aluminum alloy ingot has a composition of 500 to 630.
Homogenization at a temperature of 400 ° C. and then a starting temperature of 400
A method for producing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate, wherein hot rolling is performed at a temperature of from 450 ° C. to 450 ° C. 5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising a cold rolling step and an intermediate annealing step after the hot rolling step. 6. The method for producing an aluminum alloy plate for a printing plate according to claim 5, further comprising a leveler correcting step.