Method and a system for cleaning printing parts
AssigneePad Peripheral Advanced Design Inc.
InventorsDaniel Poissant, Anton Chernyshov, Martin Gingras, Eric Thibeault
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Abstract
A system and a method for cleaning a printing cylinder or other printing equipment such as printing plates, ink pans or floors of printing units, the method comprising applying a detergent to the surface to be cleaned, after a period to allow action of the detergent, removing the detergent by rinsing, using a vapor and high velocity air stream, i.e. atomized water fog; or steam; or a combination of steam and air, which allows dislodging particles encrusted within cells of the surface of the piece of equipment to be cleaned.
Claims6
A method for cleaning printing parts, comprising:
- i. applying a detergent to a surface of the part;
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- ii. after a period of action of the detergent on the surface of the part, removing the detergent by rinsing the surface of the part using a stream of vapor at a temperature below the boiling point of water;
- iii. wherein said stream of vapor has a pressure in a range between about 60 and about 100 psi and a humidity content in a range between about 50% and about 100%.
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