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US 12,251,951 B2Granted
Plate making system and plate making method
AssigneesAsahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
InventorsYuki Yamamoto, Hideo Saito, Thomas Pascal, Klein Thomas
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Abstract
A plate making system comprises a writing device, an exposure device, a developing device, a plate cutting device, a first transfer device, a second transfer device and a third transfer device in an integrated manner. The plate making system also comprises a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for a flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device.
Claims34
A plate making system, comprising:
- a writing device that applies laser writing onto a flexographic printing original plate;
- an exposure device that exposes the flexographic printing original plate subjected to the laser writing;
- a developing device that develops the exposed flexographic printing original plate;
- a plate cutting device that cuts the developed flexographic printing original plate;
- a first transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate subjected to the laser writing by the writing device to the exposure apparatus;
- a second transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate exposed by the exposure device to the developing device;
- a third transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate developed by the developing device to the plate cutting device,
- wherein the plate making system comprises the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device, the plate cutting device, the first transfer device, the second transfer device and the third transfer device in an integrated manner, and
- wherein the plate making system further comprises a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for the flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device;
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- wherein the developing device performs development, drying, and post-exposure as an integrated unit, the developing device continuously transfers the flexographic printing original plate with a transfer device that has a plate setter for transferring the flexographic printing original plate;
- a device for attaching the plate setter to the flexographic printing original plate is provided at an entrance of the integrated unit of the developing device;
- and a device for removing the plate setter from the flexographic printing original plate is provided at an exit of the integrated unit of the developing device.
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A plate making system, comprising:
- a writing device that applies laser writing onto a flexographic printing original plate;
- an exposure device that exposes the flexographic printing original plate subjected to the laser writing;
- a developing device that develops the exposed flexographic printing original plate;
- a plate cutting device that cuts the developed flexographic printing original plate;
- a first transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate subjected to the laser writing by the writing device to the exposure apparatus;
- a second transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate exposed by the exposure device to the developing device;
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- a third transfer device that transfers the flexographic printing original plate developed by the developing device to the plate cutting device,
- wherein the plate making system comprises the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device, the plate cutting device, the first transfer device, the second transfer device and the third transfer device in an integrated manner,
- wherein the plate making system further comprises a control device that controls a series of plate making processes for the flexographic printing original plate performed by the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device, and
- wherein the control device includes device control units provided for the writing device, the exposure device, the developing device and the plate cutting device, respectively, and configured to control the respective devices;
- and a system control unit configured to control the plurality of devices so as to control the entire plate making system, and
- wherein the control device includes
- an information associating unit that associates an identification of a flexographic printing original plate to be subjected to the laser writing by the writing device with plate cutting information, related to this flexographic printing original plate, for causing a desired plate cutting to be performed by the plate cutting device;
- an information obtaining unit that obtains the identification of the flexographic printing original plate to be subjected to plate cutting by the plate cutting device and obtains, based on the obtained identification, the plate cutting information that has been associated with the obtained identification by the information associating unit,
- wherein the plate cutting device is configured to cut the flexographic printing original plate based on the plate cutting information obtained by the information obtaining unit;
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- wherein the developing device performs development, drying, and post-exposure as an integrated unit, the developing device continuously transfers the flexographic printing original plate with a transfer device that has a plate setter for transferring the flexographic printing original plate;
- a device for attaching the plate setter to the flexographic printing original plate is provided at an entrance of the integrated unit of the developing device;
- and a device for removing the plate setter from the flexographic printing original plate is provided at an exit of the integrated unit of the developing device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.