System for mounting a flexographic printing plate
OwnerKurt M. Sangerinventor
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Abstract
A system for mounting a flexographic printing plate to a cylinder includes a flexographic printing plate with a first alignment feature; a fixture with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature; aligning the plate to the fixture using the first and second alignment features; mounting the cylinder in the fixture in alignment with the second alignment feature; and transferring the plate from the fixture to the cylinder maintaining registration.
Claims25
A system for mounting a flexographic printing plate to a cylinder comprising:
- a flexographic printing plate with a first alignment feature;
- a fixture with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature;
- aligning the plate to the fixture using the first and second alignment features;
- mounting the cylinder in the fixture in alignment with the second alignment feature;
- and
- transferring the plate from the fixture to the cylinder maintaining registration.
A system for mounting flexographic printing plates to plate cylinders comprising:
- a first flexographic printing plate with a first set of raised relief image features and a first alignment feature;
- a fixture with a second alignment feature which matches the first alignment feature;
- aligning the first flexographic printing plate to the fixture using the first and second alignment features;
- mounting a first plate cylinder in the fixture in alignment with the second alignment feature;
- transferring the first flexographic printing plate from the fixture to the first plate cylinder with the first set of raised relief image features registered to the first plate cylinder;
- a second flexographic printing plate with a second set of raised relief image features and a third alignment feature;
- wherein the third alignment matches the second alignment feature;
- aligning the second flexographic printing plate to the fixture using the third and second alignment features;
- mounting a second plate cylinder in the fixture in alignment with the second alignment feature;
- and
- transferring the second flexographic printing plate from the fixture to the second plate cylinder with the second set of raised relief image features registered to the second plate cylinder.
A system for mounting flexographic printing plates to plate cylinders in flexographic printing stations comprising:
- platen rails aligned to a first cylinder;
- a platen aligned to the platen rails;
- a first flexographic printing plate with a first alignment feature;
- a fixture with a second alignment feature;
- mounting the fixture onto the platen;
- aligning the first flexographic printing plate to the fixture using the first and second alignment features;
- transporting the platen on the platen rails to the first plate cylinder in a first printing station;
- and
- transferring the first flexographic printing plate from the fixture to the first plate cylinder maintaining registration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.