Macdermid Graphic Arts Sa

Macdermid Printing Solutions Europe Sas

Hugues Serain

Gerard Rich

Jerzy Kuczynski

Michel Schanen

Laurent Teixera

The invention concerns a compressible plate for flexographic printing, designed to be positioned on a support cylinder of a printing machine. The invention is characterized in that said plate () comprises a photopolymer layer () and a compressible layer () made of a material exhibiting voids forming between 10 and 60% by volume of said compressible layer, the material comprising at least 70% by weight of a polymer or a mixture of polymers chemically compatible with the photopolymer.

Compressible plate for flexographic printing, and process for obtaining

The invention concerns a compressible plate for flexographic printing, designed to be positioned on a support cylinder of a printing machine. The invention is characterised in that said plate () comprises a photopolymer layer () and a compressible layer () made of a material exhibiting voids forming between 10 and 60% by volume of said compressible layer, the material comprising at least 70% by weight of a polymer or a mixture of polymers chemically compatible with the photopolymer.

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