EP0007234A2 - A process for the anodic treatment of a continuous web of aluminium foil, foil so obtained and its application as a lithographic printing plate - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
- B41N3/00—Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces
- B41N3/03—Chemical or electrical pretreatment
- B41N3/034—Chemical or electrical pretreatment characterised by the electrochemical treatment of the aluminum support, e.g. anodisation, electro-graining; Sealing of the anodised layer; Treatment of the anodic layer with inorganic compounds; Colouring of the anodic layer
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- C25—ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25D—PROCESSES FOR THE ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PRODUCTION OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; APPARATUS THEREFOR
- C25D11/00—Electrolytic coating by surface reaction, i.e. forming conversion layers
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- C25D11/04—Anodisation of aluminium or alloys based thereon
- C25D11/12—Anodising more than once, e.g. in different baths
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- This invention relates to the anodic treatment of foil of aluminium (including its alloys) in continuous web form. Primarily, but not exclusively, it is .concerned with the pre-treatment of aluminium foil that is subsequently to be coated with photosensitive material to make a presensitised lithographic printing plate.
- Aluminium foil for this purpose is almost always anodised, generally using a bath based on sulphuric acid, though phosphoric acid is used by at least one manufacturer.
- Sulphuric acid gives a hard, adherent and abrasion-resistant coating, but there art problems in getting satisfactory adhesion of some attractive sensitive coatings (for example polyvinyl cinnamate among negative-working coatings and orthoquinone diazide sulphonate-based resists amongst positive-working coatings).
- Phosphoric acid anodising gives much better adhesion with these and some other coatings, but the anodic coating is much softer and tends to abrade away during printing to an extent that may limit the number of copies that can be taken off the plate.
- aluminium foil that has been anodised in sulphuric acid has been treated subsequently with phosphoric acid, and this has been found to give a useful improvement in adhesion while retaining part of the advantages of the use of sulphuric acid for anodising, but this prevents obvious difficulties in control of the operation.
- the invention is based in part on the realisation that anodic oxidation takes place at the surface of the metal, not of the coating, and that it will not of itself destroy the existing exposed surface of the coating.
- a continuous web of aluminium foil is passed through a first bath containing phosphate ions and a second bath containing sulphate ions and is anodised by passing alternating current between a first electrode immersed in the first bath and a second electrode immersed in the second bath.
- the phosphate and sulphate ions may be the only anions present to any substantial extent in the respective baths, but the presence of other anions that are inert or that modify, rather than radically alter, the effect of the treatment may be present. In particular the presence of minor amounts of sulphate in the phosphate bath and/or of phosphate in the sulphate bath is not excluded.
- the associated cations should be wholly or mainly hydrogen ions, but neutral or alkaline salt solutions may be suitable in some cases.
- the method of the invention avoids the need for rectification equipment and yet allows both positive and negative half-cycles to be used in anodising; because of the superior combination of good adhesion and abrasion resistance, only thin coatings are required for lithographic printing plates, and this avoids any significant difficulty from migration of dye when a coloured sensitive coating is used to obtain a visible image on development.
- Aluminium foil web is continuously advanced through the apparatus, and is first slurry-grained in the usual way, etched in a bath comprising 5g/1 sodium hydroxide and 5g/1 sodium gluconate at 20°C, dwell time in the bath being four minutes; then washed in de-ionised water for four minutes; and then treated for four minutes in a bath containing 22.5g/l of a brightening agent sold under the designation "Aluminux no. 1 Etch" at 20°C and again washed in de-ionised water for four minutes.
- the web 1 is now passed through a first bath 2 containing 45% ortho phosphoric acid and a second bath 3 containing 15% sulphuric acid. Each bath is at 20°C and the dwell time is 4 minutes in each bath. Alternating electric current is supplied to two inert electrodes 4 and 5, one immersed in each bath, the web 1 providing the electrical connection between the two baths.
- the current density referred to the area of web (one side) facing the electrode in each bath, is 200 A/m 2 at 21 V.
- a bright and very hydrophilic anodised finish is obtained, which can be coated with conventional photolithographic coatings to give a plate with an excellent combination of coating adhesion and abrasion resistance (press life).
- a proprietary positive-working lithographic resist comprising a resin sensitised with the 2, 4 dihydroxybenzophenone ester of 1, 2, 5 diazo naphthol sulphonic acid and coloured with a blue dye yields presensitised plates that were in a satisfactory condition after exposure at 35° to a relative humidity of 85%: conventional sulphuric acid anodising of comparable thickness gave a plate that became unusable after about two weeks.
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- This invention relates to the anodic treatment of foil of aluminium (including its alloys) in continuous web form. Primarily, but not exclusively, it is .concerned with the pre-treatment of aluminium foil that is subsequently to be coated with photosensitive material to make a presensitised lithographic printing plate.
- Aluminium foil for this purpose is almost always anodised, generally using a bath based on sulphuric acid, though phosphoric acid is used by at least one manufacturer. Sulphuric acid gives a hard, adherent and abrasion-resistant coating, but there art problems in getting satisfactory adhesion of some attractive sensitive coatings (for example polyvinyl cinnamate among negative-working coatings and orthoquinone diazide sulphonate-based resists amongst positive-working coatings). Phosphoric acid anodising gives much better adhesion with these and some other coatings, but the anodic coating is much softer and tends to abrade away during printing to an extent that may limit the number of copies that can be taken off the plate.
- In some cases aluminium foil that has been anodised in sulphuric acid has been treated subsequently with phosphoric acid, and this has been found to give a useful improvement in adhesion while retaining part of the advantages of the use of sulphuric acid for anodising, but this prevents obvious difficulties in control of the operation.
- The invention is based in part on the realisation that anodic oxidation takes place at the surface of the metal, not of the coating, and that it will not of itself destroy the existing exposed surface of the coating.
- In accordance with the invention, a continuous web of aluminium foil is passed through a first bath containing phosphate ions and a second bath containing sulphate ions and is anodised by passing alternating current between a first electrode immersed in the first bath and a second electrode immersed in the second bath.
- The phosphate and sulphate ions may be the only anions present to any substantial extent in the respective baths, but the presence of other anions that are inert or that modify, rather than radically alter, the effect of the treatment may be present. In particular the presence of minor amounts of sulphate in the phosphate bath and/or of phosphate in the sulphate bath is not excluded. We prefer that the associated cations should be wholly or mainly hydrogen ions, but neutral or alkaline salt solutions may be suitable in some cases.
- The method of the invention avoids the need for rectification equipment and yet allows both positive and negative half-cycles to be used in anodising; because of the superior combination of good adhesion and abrasion resistance, only thin coatings are required for lithographic printing plates, and this avoids any significant difficulty from migration of dye when a coloured sensitive coating is used to obtain a visible image on development. Example.
- The accompanying drawing shows the distinctive part of apparatus for the manufacture of printing plates in accordance with the invention.
- Aluminium foil web is continuously advanced through the apparatus, and is first slurry-grained in the usual way, etched in a bath comprising 5g/1 sodium hydroxide and 5g/1 sodium gluconate at 20°C, dwell time in the bath being four minutes; then washed in de-ionised water for four minutes; and then treated for four minutes in a bath containing 22.5g/l of a brightening agent sold under the designation "Aluminux no. 1 Etch" at 20°C and again washed in de-ionised water for four minutes.
- Referring now to the drawing, the web 1 is now passed through a first bath 2 containing 45% ortho phosphoric acid and a second bath 3 containing 15% sulphuric acid. Each bath is at 20°C and the dwell time is 4 minutes in each bath. Alternating electric current is supplied to two
inert electrodes 4 and 5, one immersed in each bath, the web 1 providing the electrical connection between the two baths. The current density, referred to the area of web (one side) facing the electrode in each bath, is 200 A/m2 at 21 V. - After washing.in de-ionised water for a further four minutes, a bright and very hydrophilic anodised finish is obtained, which can be coated with conventional photolithographic coatings to give a plate with an excellent combination of coating adhesion and abrasion resistance (press life). Using a proprietary positive-working lithographic resist comprising a resin sensitised with the 2, 4 dihydroxybenzophenone ester of 1, 2, 5 diazo naphthol sulphonic acid and coloured with a blue dye yields presensitised plates that were in a satisfactory condition after exposure at 35° to a relative humidity of 85%: conventional sulphuric acid anodising of comparable thickness gave a plate that became unusable after about two weeks.
- It is believed that the benefits of the invention are attributable partly to modification of the pore structure of the anodic oxide coating and partly to the incorporation into the coating of small quantities of phosphate ions.
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AT79301378T ATE885T1 (en) | 1978-07-13 | 1979-07-12 | PROCESS FOR THE CONTINUOUS ANODISING OF ALUMINUM FOIL, ALUMINUM FOIL OBTAINED IN THIS WAY AND ITS USE AS A LITHOGRAPHIC PLATE. |
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GB2970678 | 1978-07-13 | ||
GB7829706 | 1978-07-13 |
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EP0007234A2 true EP0007234A2 (en) | 1980-01-23 |
EP0007234A3 EP0007234A3 (en) | 1980-02-06 |
EP0007234B1 EP0007234B1 (en) | 1982-04-21 |
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DE (1) | DE2962554D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES482399A1 (en) |
Cited By (7)
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US4396470A (en) * | 1980-10-23 | 1983-08-02 | Vickers P.L.C. | Lithographic printing plates |
EP0086957A1 (en) * | 1982-02-23 | 1983-08-31 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Method of producing support materials for offset printing plates |
EP0121880A1 (en) * | 1983-04-07 | 1984-10-17 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Two-step process for the production of anodically oxidized flat materials of aluminium, and their use in the preparation of offset printing plates |
US4554216A (en) * | 1982-02-23 | 1985-11-19 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Process for manufacturing support materials for offset printing plates |
US4606975A (en) * | 1983-08-03 | 1986-08-19 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Process for the two-stage anodic oxidation of aluminum bases for offset printing plates and product thereof |
CN105624757A (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2016-06-01 | 西安交通大学 | Industrial-frequency alternating-current anodic oxidation method of anode aluminum foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitor |
CN105803505A (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2016-07-27 | 西安交通大学 | Variable-frequency alternating-current anodic oxidation method for anode aluminum foil for aluminium electrolytic capacitor |
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GB1224226A (en) * | 1967-10-17 | 1971-03-03 | Ano Coil Ltd | Method of, and apparatus for, electrolytically roughening and oxidizing foils or strips of aluminium |
US3929591A (en) * | 1974-08-26 | 1975-12-30 | Polychrome Corp | Novel lithographic plate and method |
FR2331630A1 (en) * | 1975-11-13 | 1977-06-10 | Hokusei Aluminium Co Ltd | PROCESS FOR TREATING AN ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY SURFACE |
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GB1224226A (en) * | 1967-10-17 | 1971-03-03 | Ano Coil Ltd | Method of, and apparatus for, electrolytically roughening and oxidizing foils or strips of aluminium |
US3929591A (en) * | 1974-08-26 | 1975-12-30 | Polychrome Corp | Novel lithographic plate and method |
FR2331630A1 (en) * | 1975-11-13 | 1977-06-10 | Hokusei Aluminium Co Ltd | PROCESS FOR TREATING AN ALUMINUM OR ALUMINUM ALLOY SURFACE |
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US4396470A (en) * | 1980-10-23 | 1983-08-02 | Vickers P.L.C. | Lithographic printing plates |
EP0085799A1 (en) * | 1980-10-23 | 1983-08-17 | Vickers Plc | Method of making lithographic printing plates |
EP0086957A1 (en) * | 1982-02-23 | 1983-08-31 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Method of producing support materials for offset printing plates |
US4554057A (en) * | 1982-02-23 | 1985-11-19 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Process for manufacturing support materials for offset printing plates |
US4554216A (en) * | 1982-02-23 | 1985-11-19 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Process for manufacturing support materials for offset printing plates |
EP0121880A1 (en) * | 1983-04-07 | 1984-10-17 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Two-step process for the production of anodically oxidized flat materials of aluminium, and their use in the preparation of offset printing plates |
US4566952A (en) * | 1983-04-07 | 1986-01-28 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Two-stage process for the production of anodically oxidized aluminum planar materials and use of these materials in manufacturing offset-printing plates |
US4606975A (en) * | 1983-08-03 | 1986-08-19 | Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft | Process for the two-stage anodic oxidation of aluminum bases for offset printing plates and product thereof |
CN105624757A (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2016-06-01 | 西安交通大学 | Industrial-frequency alternating-current anodic oxidation method of anode aluminum foil for aluminum electrolytic capacitor |
CN105803505A (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2016-07-27 | 西安交通大学 | Variable-frequency alternating-current anodic oxidation method for anode aluminum foil for aluminium electrolytic capacitor |
CN105803505B (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2018-01-05 | 西安交通大学 | A kind of frequency-changing AC anodizing of aluminium electrolutic capacitor anode aluminium foil |
CN105624757B (en) * | 2016-03-18 | 2018-01-05 | 西安交通大学 | A kind of industrial frequency AC anodizing of aluminium electrolutic capacitor anode aluminium foil |
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ATE885T1 (en) | 1982-05-15 |
EP0007234B1 (en) | 1982-04-21 |
EP0007234A3 (en) | 1980-02-06 |
DE2962554D1 (en) | 1982-06-03 |
ES482399A1 (en) | 1980-04-01 |
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