Inventors:
Anthony J. Mancuso - Melrose MA
Aron Mirmelshteyn - Marblehead MA
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation - Wilmington MA
International Classification:
G03B 2758
US Classification:
355 72, 271 13, 271228, 271238, 271240, 271248, 271255
Abstract:
A substrate manager for a substrate exposure machine is used, in one example, as a platesetter. As such, it comprises a substrate storage system, containing one or more stacks of substrates, such as plates in one implementation. A substrate picker is provided for picking substrates from the stack of substrates. The substrates are then handed to a transfer system that conveys the substrates to an imaging engine. A substrate registration system is provided upstream of the imaging engine. The substrate registration system includes (1) a substrate transfer system for supporting and conveying substrates and (2) at least one engaging member for pushing the substrates on the substrate transfer system to a desired position. Preferably, two sets of engaging members are used, one on either side of the plates. This allows angular as well as positional registration.