A guide for use in coating a substrate of a polymeric printing member

摘要

A guide (120) for leveling the flow of a coating (102) from a nozzle (114) onto a generally cylindrical substrate of a polymeric printing component in a printing machine is provided. The substrate is rotated about its longitudinal axis (116) by a turning apparatus having a axially movable slide (134) for mounting the nozzle (114) to the slide. The coating (102) is spirally applied to the substrate. The guide (120) includes a member operably associated with the slide (134) and moves with the slide (134). The member has a surface (140) parallel to and slightly spaced from the periphery (104) of the substrate so as to assist in evenly distributing the coating (102) on the periphery of the substrate.