Abstract:
La présente invention concerne un dispositif d'émission de lumière ultraviolette configuré pour insoler une plaque (3) en photopolymère, en particulier pour l'impression flexographique, comprenant une rangée principale (7) de lampes (6) sous forme de tubes équidistants de lumière ultraviolette, séparés l'un de l'autre par un espace. Il comporte une source (8) de lumière ultraviolette complémentaire située en dehors du plan de ladite rangée principale (7) de lampes (6), ladite source (8) de lumière ultraviolette complémentaire étant configurée pour envoyer des faisceaux (10, 11) de lumière ultraviolette à travers lesdits espaces (9) entre les lampes (6) de ladite rangée principale (7). La présente invention concerne également une installation (1) d'insolation comprenant un dispositif selon l'invention, ainsi qu'une méthode d'insolation d'une plaque (3) en photopolymère utilisant un dispositif selon l'invention.
Abstract:
A method for adhering substrates using gray-scale photolithography includes: (a) applying a photopatternable composition to a surface of a substrate to form a film; (b) exposing a portion of the film to radiation having a wavelength of from 150 to 800 nm through a gray-scale photomask to produce an exposed film having non-exposed regions covering at least a portion of the surface; (c) heating the exposed film for an amount of time such that the exposed regions are substantially insoluble in a developing solvent and the nonexposed regions are soluble in the developing solvent; (d) removing the non-exposed regions of the heated film with the developing solvent to form a patterned film; (e) heating the patterned film for an amount of time sufficient to form a cured patterned film having a surface; (f) activating the surface of the cured patterned film and a surface of an adherend; (g) contacting the activated. surface of the cured patterned film with the activated surface of the adherend. The photopatternable composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded unsaturated organic groups per molecule, (B) an organosilicon compound containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule in a concentration sufficient to cure the composition, and (C) a catalytic amount of a photoactivated hydrosilylation catalyst.
Abstract:
A method for adhering substrates using gray-scale photolithography includes: (a) applying a photopatternable composition to a surface of a substrate to form a film; (b) exposing a portion of the film to radiation having a wavelength of from 150 to 800 nm through a gray-scale photomask to produce an exposed film having non-exposed regions covering at least a portion of the surface; (c) heating the exposed film for an amount of time such that the exposed regions are substantially insoluble in a developing solvent and the nonexposed regions are soluble in the developing solvent; (d) removing the non-exposed regions of the heated film with the developing solvent to form a patterned film; (e) heating the patterned film for an amount of time sufficient to form a cured patterned film having a surface; (f) activating the surface of the cured patterned film and a surface of an adherend; (g) contacting the activated. surface of the cured patterned film with the activated surface of the adherend. The photopatternable composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded unsaturated organic groups per molecule, (B) an organosilicon compound containing an average of at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule in a concentration sufficient to cure the composition, and (C) a catalytic amount of a photoactivated hydrosilylation catalyst.
Abstract:
Ion beam lithography technique wherein a higher amount of radiation energy is deposited to predetermined regions in the bulk if a suitable substrate. By selecting the radiation nature, its energy and the irradiation parameters a structure can be created in the bulk of the material leaving the surface essentially untouched.
Abstract:
A method of curing a photosensitive material (10) having a critical electrical field amplitude (Ic) at which photoinitiation occurs. The method includes contacting the photosensitive material, e.g., a photoinitiator/monomer resin system, with a substrate (18) having surface (22), such as an optical element, so as to form an interface (20) between the photosensitive material and the substrate surface. A light beam (12) from source (14) is directed into the substrate, such that the light beam is totally internally reflected from the interface within the substrate, so that an evanescent wave is created in the photosensitive material with amplitude (I). In order for curing to occur in photoinitiation region (16) to depth (I), the electric field amplitude (Io) of the evanescent wave at the interface must be least equal to the critical electric field amplitude of the photosensitive material.
Abstract:
An exposure method for conducting exposure with high, uniform illuminance by illuminating light (IL) for exposure even when the illuminating light (IL) is a laser beam having a wavelength in the vacuum ultraviolet region. The illuminating light (IL) which is a linearly-polarized F2 laser beam emitted from a laser light source (1) passes through a prism (3), an oscillating mirror (4), bly-eye lenses (5A, 5B), and a condenser lens (9) and illuminates a reticle (R). The pattern on the reticle (R) is transferred onto a wafer (W) through a projection optical system (PL). The prism (3) is made of a crystal of magnesium fluoride (MgF2) which is a birefringent glass material transparent to the F2 laser beam. The prism (3) has a thickness gradually varying in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the illuminating light (IL) and is so disposed that it exhibits birefringence with respect to the illuminating light (IL). The polarized state of the illuminating light (IL) is continuously changed in a predetermined direction in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis.
Abstract:
In one aspect, there is provided a method of creating a microstructure pattern on an exterior surface of an aircraft, boat, automobile or other vehicle is disclosed. A layer of photopolymer (44) is applied to the top coat or substrate (43) by nozzles (45). The photopolymer is selectively irradiated to activate its photoinitiator and the unirradiated polymer is removed. The irradiation can be via a mask (49) which does not come into contact with the polymer, or via a beam splitting arrangement (63, 64) or a diffraction grating (71). The pattern can be formed by either leaving the exposed photopolymer in situ, or using the exposed photopolymer to mask the substrate, etching the substrate, and then removing the exposed photopolymer. In another aspect, there is provided a method 1100 comprising the step 1102 of applying a layer of photocurable material to the exterior surface, the step 1104 of irradiating the photocurable material with radiation including a predetermined irradiation intensity profile, and the step 1106 of removing uncured photocurable material to form the microstructure pattern. The radiation initiates curing of the irradiated photocurable material, causing a curing depth profile across the layer of the photocurable material corresponding to the selected intensity pro file.
Abstract:
An image exposure system of a 3D printing device comprises: a spatial light modulator (206), a light source (201), a projection lens (208), a micro-displacement driving mechanism and a controller. The spatial light modulator (206) is provided with a plurality of micromirrors (311) for adjusting the reflective direction of light illuminating the micromirrors according to a control signal, wherein each micro mirror (311) is a concave mirror for converging the light illuminating the micromirror to create a micro light spot of which the size is smaller than a pixel size corresponding to the micromirror (311); the light source (201) generates a light beam illuminating the spatial light modulator (206); the projection lens (208) is aligned with a first direction of the spatial light modulator (206) so that a micro light spot array formed through the micromirror (311) by the light source (201) is projected onto the surface of a light-sensitive material; the micro-displacement driving mechanism is connected with the spatial light modulator (206), and can drive the spatial light modulator to move in third and fourth directions that are perpendicular to each other, in order to finely adjust the position on the surface of the light-sensitive material onto which the micro light spot array is projected; and the controller is used for instructing the light source to perform multiple exposures, and also instructing the micro-displacement driving mechanism to move upon every exposure, in order to project the micro light spot arrays of the various exposures onto different positions on the surface of the light-sensitive material.
Abstract:
An image exposure system of a 3D printing device comprises: a spatial light modulator (206), a light source (201), a projection lens (208), a micro-displacement driving mechanism and a controller. The spatial light modulator (206) is provided with a plurality of micromirrors (311) for adjusting the reflective direction of light illuminating the micromirrors according to a control signal, wherein each micro mirror (311) is a concave mirror for converging the light illuminating the micromirror to create a micro light spot of which the size is smaller than a pixel size corresponding to the micromirror (311); the light source (201) generates a light beam illuminating the spatial light modulator (206); the projection lens (208) is aligned with a first direction of the spatial light modulator (206) so that a micro light spot array formed through the micromirror (311) by the light source (201) is projected onto the surface of a light-sensitive material; the micro-displacement driving mechanism is connected with the spatial light modulator (206), and can drive the spatial light modulator to move in third and fourth directions that are perpendicular to each other, in order to finely adjust the position on the surface of the light-sensitive material onto which the micro light spot array is projected; and the controller is used for instructing the light source to perform multiple exposures, and also instructing the micro-displacement driving mechanism to move upon every exposure, in order to project the micro light spot arrays of the various exposures onto different positions on the surface of the light-sensitive material.
Abstract:
Verfahren zur Herstellung von Flexodruckformen, bei dem man als Ausgangsmaterial ein fotopolymerisierbares Flexodruckelement einsetzt, welches übereinander angeordnet mindestens umfasst • einen dimensionsstabilen Träger, und • mindestens eine fotopolymerisierbare reliefbildende Schicht, mindestens umfassend ein elastomeres Bindemittel, eine ethylenisch ungesättigte Verbindung und einen Fotoinitiator, • eine digital bebilderbare Schicht, und das Verfahren mindestens die folgenden Schritte umfasst: (a) Erzeugung einer Maske durch Bebilderung der digital bebilderbaren Schicht, (b) Belichtung der fotopolymerisierbaren reliefbildenden Schicht durch die Maske hindurch mit aktinischem Licht und Fotopolymerisation der Bildbereiche der Schicht, und (c) Entwicklung der fotopolymerisierten Schicht durch Auswaschen der nicht fotopolymerisierten Bereiche der reliefbildenden Schicht mit einem organischen Lösungsmittel oder durch thermische Entwicklung, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Schritt (b) zwei oder mehrere Belichtungszyklen (b-1) bis (b-n) mit aktinischem Licht mit einer Intensität von 100 bis 10 000 mW/cm 2 aus einer Mehrzahl von UV-LEDs umfasst, wobei die pro Belichtungszyklus in die fotopolymerisierbare reliefbildende Schicht eingetragene Energie 0,1 bis 5 J/cm 2 beträgt.
Abstract translation:一种用于生产柔性版印刷版的方法,其中所用的原料是其中布置一个在另一个之上包括可光聚合的柔性版印刷元件的方法的至少€¢尺寸稳定的基板,并且€¢至少一种可光聚合的凸版形成层,至少包括一个弹性体粘合剂,烯属不饱和化合物和光引发剂, €¢一个数字成像层,并且所述方法包括至少以下步骤:(a)形成由可数字成像层的成像的掩模,(b)可光聚合的凸版形成层的曝光通过掩模的层的图像区域的光化光线和光聚合引发 和(c)显影用有机溶剂或通过热显影洗出在凸版形成层的非光聚合区域中的光聚合层,其特征在于,德 ř步骤(b)两个或更多个暴露循环(B-1)至(BN)与从多个UV-LED的具有从100至10,000毫瓦/ cm 2的强度的光化性光,其中所述凸版形成在每次曝光周期中的光聚合性 能量引入层为0.1〜5J / cm 2以下。