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Process for manufacturing support materials for offset printing plates
Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1983-02-14
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Granted: 1985-11-19
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Expires: 2003-02-14
Abstract
Abstract The process for manufacturing support materials for offset-printing plates is carried out in two stages. These materials are in the form of plates, foils, or strips, composed of aluminum, or an alloy thereof, which have been roughened by chemical, mechanical and/or electrochemical treatment. These two stages comprise an anodic oxidation in (a) an aqueous electrolyte based on sulfuric acid, and in (b) an aqueous electrolyte with a content of anions which contain phosphorus. An electrolyte with a content, in solution, of phosphoroxo anions, phosphorofluoro anions, and/or phosphoroxofluoro anions is employed in stage (b), and the treatment is carried out at a voltage between about 10 and 100 V, at a temperature of from about 10° to 80° C., and for a duration of from abut 1 to 60 seconds. The electrolyte is, in particular, an oxygen acid of phosphorus, or a salt with the above-mentioned anions. Following stage (b), it is also possible to carry out an additional treatment to impart hydrophilic properties to the support material.
Inventors
- 👤 Dieter Mohr
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 19:50
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41N; B41N3/00; B41N3/03; B41N3/034; C; C25; C25D; C25D11/00; C25D11/02; C25D11/04; C25D11/12; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S205/00; Y10S205/921
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
A process for manufacturing support materials for offset-printing plates, comprising the step of: subjecting a support member comprised of aluminum or an alloy thereof, which has been roughened by chemical, mechanical and/or electrochemical treatment, to a two-stage anodic oxidation treatment including a first stage (a) comprising anodic oxidation in an aqueous electrolyte consisting essentially of sulfuric acid and A1 3+ ion, and thereafter to a second stage (b) comprising anodic oxidation in an aqueous electrolyte consisting esstentially of a salt comprising an alkali metal cation, an alkaline earth metal cation or an ammonium cation, and a phosphoroxo anion, a phosphorofluoro anion or a phosphoroxofluoro anion, at a voltage between about 10 and 100 V, at a temperature of from about 10° to 80° C., and for a duration of from about 1 to 60 seconds.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
A process for manufacturing support materials for offset-printing plates, comprising the step of: subjecting a support member comprised of aluminum or an alloy thereof, which has been roughened by chemical, mechanical and/or electrochemical treatment, to a two-stage anodic oxidation treatment including a first stage (a) comprising anodic oxidation in an aqueous electrolyte consisting essentially of sulfuric acid and A1 3+ ion, and thereafter to a second stage (b) comprising anodic oxidation in an aqueous electrolyte consisting esstentially of a salt comprising an alkali metal cation, an alkaline earth metal cation or an ammonium cation, and a phosphoroxo anion, a phosphorofluoro anion or a phosphoroxofluoro anion, at a voltage between about 10 and 100 V, at a temperature of from about 10° to 80° C., and for a duration of from about 1 to 60 seconds.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein stage (b) is carried out at a voltage between about 20 and 80 V, at a temperature of from about 15° to 60° C., and for a duration of from about 5 to 60 seconds.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aqueous electrolyte in stage (b) contains from about 5 to 500 g/liter of a phosphoroxo compound.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the aqueous electrolyte in stage (b) contains from about 1 to 50 g/liter of a phosphorofluoro compound, or of a phosphoroxofluoro compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, further comprising, after stage (b), the step of imparting hydrophilic properties to the support member.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
103 words
A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phosphorus-containing anions in solution result from addition to the solution of a phosphorus-containing compound selected from: sodium dihydrogen phospate (NaH 2 PO 4 ) disodium hydrogen phosphate (Na 2 HPO 4 ) trisodium phosphate (Na 3 PO 4 ) disodium phosphite (Na 2 HPO 3 ) sodium pyrophosphate (Na 4 P 2 O 7 ) sodium triphosphate (Na 5 P 3 O 10 ) hexasodium tetrapolyphosphate (Na 6 P 4 O 13 ) hexasodium metaphosphate (Na 6 (PO 3 ) 6 ) disodium monofluorophosphate (Na 2 PO 3 F) potassium hexafluorophosphate (KPF 6 ).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the phosphorus-containing compound comprises trisodium phosphate.
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