Patents Assigned to MacDermid Printing Solutions Europe SAS
  • Compressible plate for flexographic printing, and process for obtaining
    Patent number: 7785431
    Abstract: 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 (1) comprises a photopolymer layer (10) and a compressible layer (11) 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: MacDermid Printing Solutions Europe SAS
    Inventors: Jerzy Kuczynski, Michel Schanen, Laurent Teixera, Gerard Rich, Hugues Serain
  • EMBOSSING DEVICE, SUCH AS A CYLINDER OR A SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20090136679
    Abstract: An embossing device, such as a cylinder or a sleeve, includes on an outer peripheral surface an embossing raised and recessed pattern, to be reproduced on a deformable planar substrate. The cylinder or sleeve bears a photopolymer coating the outer surface which has the raised embossing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Chouaib Boukaftane, Helene Biava, Christian Reinhart
  • OFFSET PRINTING BLANKET AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20090053514
    Abstract: The invention concerns an offset printing blanket. The blanket is of the type comprising an outer printing layer, an inner layer whereby the blanket is in contact with a support cylinder and at least one compressible intermediate layer. The blanket is characterized in that it comprises a printing layer (10) whereof the printing surface has very slight surface roughness (Ra) advantageously less than 0.4 micrometer. The invention is useful in the field of offset printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Denis Hertzog, Sophie Haraux, Marc Than, Hubert Justine, Jerzy Kuczynski
  • Printing Blanket For Mounting on a Rotating Supporting Cylinder of a Printing Machine
    Publication number: 20080213530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a printing blanket for mounting on a rotating supporting cylinder of a printing machine. The printing blanket is in the form of a sheet whose ends are configured as leading edges and trailing edges that are adapted for being engaged in an axial fixing gap of the supporting cylinder. The blanket is characterized in that it has a multilayer structure consisting of film and reinforcing fibers. The invention can be used in the area of the printing machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: MACDERMID PRINTING SOLUTIONS EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Denis Hertzog, Lionel Cardoso, Laurent Bertapelle