Apparatus and method for treating a relief precursor with reduced cleaning
AssigneeXsys Prepress NV
InventorBart Marc Luc Wattyn
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Abstract
An apparatus for treating a relief precursor such as a printing plate precursor, with a liquid includes a treatment compartment with treatment means configured to treat a relief plate precursor with a liquid and to remove pieces from the relief precursor, and a liquid collection system configured to receive liquid and removed pieces from the treatment means. The liquid collection system is configured to separate pieces having dimensions larger than predefined minimum dimensions from the liquid and to allow at least some of said pieces to be dissolved at least partially in the liquid at least when the liquid is in a static state after or before a treatment of the relief precursor with the treatment means.
Claims21
An apparatus for treating a relief precursor, such as a printing plate precursor, with a liquid, comprising:
- a treatment compartment with treatment means configured to treat a relief plate precursor with a liquid and to remove pieces from the relief precursor;
- a liquid collection system configured to receive liquid and removed pieces from the treatment means;
- wherein the liquid collection system is configured to separate pieces having dimensions larger than predefined minimum dimensions from the liquid and to allow at least some of said separated pieces to be dissolved at least partially in the liquid at least when the liquid is in a static state after or before a treatment of the relief precursor with the treatment means.
A method for treating a relief precursor with a liquid, comprising the steps of
- treating a relief precursor with a liquid and to remove pieces from the relief precursor;
- collecting liquid and removed pieces and separating pieces having dimensions larger than predefined minimum dimensions from the liquid and allowing at least some of said separated pieces to be dissolved at least partially in the liquid at least after the treating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.