PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PHOTOPOLYMER PLATES

摘要

A continuous process for the manufacture of photopolymer plates having a precise and constant thickness in which the components of the photopolymer layer are melted in a screw extruder, the melt is conveyed to the sheet die by means of a gear pump and then into a roll gap of a calender, wherein the melt leaving the sheet die does not form a rotating bead in the calender gap downstream therefrom. The photopolymer plates prepared in this manner have high homogeneity of the components of the photopolymerizable mixture, have a highly precise and constant thickness, are transparent, do not tend to form specks and guarantee a long shelf life.