Kobe Steel, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

Masaki Tanigawa

Masayuki Takada

Takashi Inaba

Toshiki Ueda

Masanori Ikeda

Akihiro Tsuruno

Yasuhiro Nishioka

Fumihiro Koshigoe

Tomohiro Nishimura

Makoto Morishita

Yoshinori Kato

Kenji Tokuda

Jitsuto Shikata

Kenji Harada

Naoki Sakashita

Yoshihiko Asakawa

Kozo Hoshino

Shinichiro Hosono

Yasunori Nishioka

Skin material of a clad material is composed of one or more layers, each layer of the skin materials is made of a metal different from the core material in their component compositions, and at least one layer of the skin material has a cast microstructure, when the skin material is superposed on either of one or both faces of the core material.

Method for manufacturing clad material and equipment for manufacturing the same

Equipment for manufacturing skin material of a clad material includes a casting apparatus which melts and mixes a metal for the skin material different from the core material in their component compositions, and casts the skin material; an ingot-cutting apparatus which cuts an ingot for skin material which is cast by the casting apparatus; and a conveying apparatus which conveys the ingot for skin material among each apparatus. The ingot-cutting apparatus is a slicing apparatus which slices the ingot for skin material into a predetermined thickness.

A method for manufacturing a clad material composed of a core material and one or more skin materials which are superposed on either one or both faces of the core material, includes a clad material preparation process where an ingot for core material is manufactured by dissolving and casting a metal, and an ingot for skin material is manufactured by dissolving and casting a different metal for skin material, without hot rolling. The ingot for skin material is superposed as a skin material at a predetermined position of either one or both faces of the ingot for core material and the superposed material is hot-rolled to manufacture a clad material.

A method for manufacturing a clad material composed of a core material and one or more skin materials which are superposed on either one or both faces of the core material, includes a clad material preparation process where an ingot for core material is manufactured by melting and casting a metal, and an ingot for skin material is manufactured by melting and casting a different metal for skin material, without hot rolling. The ingot for skin material is superposed as a skin material at a predetermined position of either one or both faces of the ingot for core material and the superposed material is hot-rolled to manufacture a clad material.

An aluminum alloy sheet for printing plate contains Fe: 0.2 to 0.6 Wt %, Si: 0.03 to 0.15 Wt %, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05 Wt %, Ni: 0.005 to 0.20 Wt %, and remainder of Al and inevitable impurity, wherein a ratio of Ni content and Si content satisfies 0.1.ltoreq.Ni/Si.ltoreq.3.7. The aluminum alloy sheet is manufactured by homogenizing an aluminum alloy ingot at a temperature in a range of 500.degree. to 630.degree. C., after performing hot rolling at start temperature in a range of 400.degree. to 450.degree. C., providing cold rolling and intermediate annealing, and further performing final cold rolling. By this, the aluminum alloy sheet for printing plate is prevented from pit generation upon dipping in electrolytic solution in a condition where an electric power is not applied. Uniformity of grained surface of the aluminum alloy sheet by electrolytic treatment can be improved.

Aluminum alloy sheet for lithographic printing plates and method for

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