Printing Sleeve and Method for Producing a Printing Sleeve

A printing sleeve comprising:

• a first and radially inward layer comprising an inner side for directly contacting the outer side of a printing cylinder, and an outer side which is radially opposite the inner side;
• and,
• a second and radially outward layer comprising an outer side for configuring a printing surface, and an inner side which is radially opposite the outer side;
• wherein the outer side of the first and radially inward layer and the inner side of the second and radially outward layer bear directly on one another, and wherein the first and radially inward layer is configured to be able to absorb both forces that arise in the circumferential direction (U) and/or in the longitudinal direction (L), as well as pressures that arise in the radial direction (R).

A method for producing a printing sleeve, the method comprising:

• applying a first glass fiber reinforced compressible compound onto a cylinder;
• molding a first compound on the cylinder, so as to form a first and radially inward layer which absorbs forces that arise in one or more of a circumferential direction (U) or a longitudinal direction (L), as well as absorbs pressures that arise in a radial direction (R);
• applying a second compound to an outer side of the first and radially inward layer;
• and,
• molding the second compound on the outer side of the first and radially inward layer, so as to form a second and radially outward layer, the outer side thereof being configured as a printing surface.

A method for producing a printing sleeve, the method comprising:

• applying one or more of a non-woven, an open-pore woven fabric, or a mesh structure onto a cylinder;
• incorporating a compressible rubber compound into the one or more of a non-woven, an open-pore woven fabric, or a mesh structure, so as to configure a first and radially inward layer which absorbs forces that arise in one or more of a circumferential direction (U) or in a longitudinal direction (L), as well as pressures that arise in the radial direction (R);
• applying a second compound to an outer side of the first and radially inward layer;
• and
• molding the second compound on the outer side of the first and radially inward layer, so as to form a second and radially outward layer, wherein the outer side thereof is configured as a printing surface.