摘要 |
<p>A method for creating a coating blanket for use in printing presses includes providing a sheet of work material having a laminated construction wherein a flexible layer (24) is coupled to a carrier layer of semi-rigid material (30). A cutting apparatus (10) employing a drag-type knife (22) movable between a working and non-working position is employed to cut the coating blanket from the coating blanket material. A controller (20) having graphic cutting data and carrier layer cutting data stored therein generates command signals to operate the cutting apparatus, causing the flexible layer (24) of coating blanket material (23) to be cut via multiple passes of the knife (22) in accordance with the carrier layer cutting data.</p> |