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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2020
Miraclon Corporation, Oakdale, MN (US);
Donald L. Swihart, Stillwater, MN (US);
Fredrick Charles Mellema, Oakdale, MN (US);
David Edgar Brown, St. Paul, MN (US);
M. Zaki Ali, Mendota, MN (US);
MIRACLON CORPORATION, Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A system is for processing a photosensitive flexographic printing plate having a latent image formed by image-wise exposure of an aqueous-processable photopolymer. The system can use a first aqueous processing solution with the latent image for cleaning and then washing a resulting relief image with a second aqueous processing solution, where the second aqueous processing solution is devoid of the photopolymer. A processing solution tank is configured to combine the first used aqueous processing solution with the second used aqueous processing solution to form a combined used aqueous processing solution. A processing solution removal can include: a holding tank configured for receiving the combined used aqueous processing solution; and a conduit from the processing solution tank to the holding tank. The processing solution tank includes the combined used aqueous processing solution at less than a predefined maximum volume and having the photopolymer at less than a predefined maximum concentration.