Printing – Processes – Position or alignment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-27
2005-09-27
Chau, Minh (Department: 2854)
Printing
Processes
Position or alignment
C101S486000, C101S382100, C101S389100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06948432
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for mounting printing plate segments on a printing plate carrier comprising accepting positioning data indicative of a set of first positions and loading the imaged segments onto a working surface of the loading table at approximately the corresponding first positions. The method further includes, for each segment, detecting the position of the segment on the table, and using a mechanical pick-up system to pick up the segment and to carry the segment to a final position on the carrier. The carrying is via a path determined using the detected position on the table and the final position. The table's working surface has a set of vacuum holes coupled to a vacuum system. The mechanical pick up system includes a plurality of suction caps coupled to the vacuum system to pick up the plate. One version includes a mechanism for cutting the segments from the sheet.
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Chau Minh
Dov Rosenfeld Inventek
Esko-Graphics A/S
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