INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF

• Main Authors: HABIBI, Gabi, SHUNARY, Dafna, BEN-YAKAR, Jacob, FELDMAN, Danny, LIBSTER, Dima, INOTAEV, Sergey
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.05.2022
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONSONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS; MAGNETOGRAPHY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP

There is described an intermediate transfer member for digital offset printing, comprising: a cured silicone release layer formed by curing a curable silicone release formulation comprising: a polyalkylsiloxane containing at least two vinyl groups having a weight average molecular weight of 60,000 g/mol or less; a polyalkylsiloxane containing two vinyl groups having a weight average molecular weight of at least 65,000 g/mol; a polyalkylsiloxane cross-linker containing at least two Si-H bonds; and a catalyst or a photoinitiator. There is also described a method of producing an intermediate transfer member, and a curable silicone release formulation for an intermediate transfer member.