The present invention relates to a feeding assembly (1) for automatically loading a flexographic plate (5) in a treatment station (7). The assembly according to the invention comprises a punching unit of said plate (5), handling means (5) for moving the flexographic plate from a loading surface to said punching unit and from said punching unit to a housing site in which a pin bar (14) which can be connected to said plate (5) is arranged. According to the invention, the handling means are configured to connect the plate (5) to said bar automatically and to move the bar, at the end of such a connection, to a predetermined position in which it can be coupled to a treatment system (77) of said treatment station.

There is provided a system or apparatus for washing out flexographic printing plates. The system is presented in two distinct embodiments or aspects. In one embodiment the system is provided with a large number of rotating brushes which are at least partly immersed in a liquid bath. The second embodiment is based on a flat brush with an eccentric suspension

An apparatus for treating a relief plate precursor, such as a printing plate precursor, preferably with a liquid. The apparatus includes a transport system with at least one, preferably at least two transport bars; a plate coupling station configured for coupling a relief plate precursor to the transport bar; a treatment compartment configured for treating the relief plate precursor; and a plate decoupling station configured for decoupling the treated relief plate precursor from the transport bar. The transport system is configured to automatically move each transport bar, after being coupled to a relief plate precursor in the plate coupling station, from the plate coupling station through the treatment station to the plate decoupling station, and, after being decoupled from a treated relief plate precursor, from the plate decoupling station back to the plate coupling station, such that the transport bar moves in a closed loop through the apparatus.

Provided are a radiation-sensitive resin composition having good sensitivity and excellent temporal stability of the sensitivity, a cured film, a pattern forming method, a solid-state imaging device, and an image display device. The radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin, a polymerizable compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, a photopolymerization initiator, an organic solvent, and water, in which the photopolymerization initiator includes an oxime ester compound having at least one group selected from a branched alkyl group and a cyclic alkyl group, and the content of water is 0.1% to 2% by mass with respect to the mass of the radiation-sensitive resin composition.

A device for producing flexographic printing plates starting from digitally imagable flexographic printing elements, with which at least the method steps of reverse exposure, main exposure, development using washout media, drying, and aftertreatment can be carried out in automated form, the device comprising at least two different transport devices with which the flexographic printing elements or plates, respectively, are transported through the device. A method for producing flexographic printing plates using said device.

A roll to roll fabrication apparatus includes an injection plate for injecting a chemical treatment liquid on a film transferred from a supplying roll to a collecting roll; and liquid blocking rolls disposed between the supplying roll and the collecting roll, and configured to prevent the chemical treatment liquid injected from the injection plate from being introduced to another process region.

A plate processing line and methods for producing a flexographic printing plate. An imaging station applies image information to a first plate. A first exposure station cures the first plate. One or more of water, a solvent, and/or a thermal process is further applied to the first plate. A drying station or an after-exposure station is configured to expose the plate to further radiation. A feeding station is configured to feed the first plate cured by the exposure station and a second plate cured by a second exposure station to the processing station. A transportation cart may transport the plate between the first or second exposure stations and the processing station.

Provided are a washout processor and a method for manufacturing a flexographic printing plate precursor, which have good productivity and work efficiency. A washout processor that develops a flexographic printing plate precursor after imagewise exposure using a developer includes a station for attaching the flexographic printing plate precursor, and a measurement unit that measures at least one of a size or a thickness of the flexographic printing plate precursor and a position of the flexographic printing plate precursor on the station.