| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/EP89/01288 Sec. 371 Date May 3, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date May 3, 1991 PCT Filed Oct. 28, 1989 PCT Pub. No. WO90/05065 PCT Pub. Date May 17, 1990.An apparatus for washing out photopolymer printing plates by means of solvents, drying the printing plates and recovering the solvents, a conventional washout station and a conventional drying station being connected to a solvent recovery means integrated in the drying station, which consists of the following parts: a hermetically sealing drying chamber for the printing plates, having an adjustable hood (15) and stationary panel (16), with panel heaters (18a, 18b) inserted in the hood and panel, a system which is connected to the interior space formed when the drying chamber is closed and which consists of a heat exchanger (25) for cooling the solvent vapor/air mixture, formed by drying the printing plates in the drying chamber, and condensation of the solvents, a solvent separator (26) for separating off the liquefied solvents, a vacuum pump (27) and a buffer vessel (33) for sucking up the solvent vapor/air mixture and compressing the solvent vapor/air mixture, a heat exchanger (28) for increasing the temperature of the air circulating in the system, two three-way valves (31, 32) and connecting pipelines from the drying chamber via the individual units and back to the drying chamber. |
