A device for printing hollow bodies includes a segmented wheel which can be rotated about a rotational axis. The segmented wheel has multiple segments, one behind the other, on the segmented wheel circumference, each for receiving a respective printing blanket. At least one of the printing blankets, which is arranged on one of the segments, is arranged on the hollow body to be printed in a rolling manner or at least in a rollable manner. Each of the printing blankets is arranged on a plate-shaped metal support. Each plate-shaped metal support is configured to be bendable and forms a metal printing blanket, together with the printing blanket arranged on the support. Each metal printing blanket formed by the respective support, together with the printing blanket arranged on the support, is arranged or can at least be arranged on one of the segments of the segmented wheel in a replaceable manner as a whole. Each support, which is arranged on one of the segments of the segmented wheel, of the corresponding metal printing blanket, is held on the support in one of a form-fitting and a force-fitting manner.
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
B41F 30/04 - Devices for attaching coverings or make-ready devices; Guiding devices for coverings attaching to transfer cylinders
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
2.
PRINTING UNIT FOR PRINTING SHEET-SHAPED PRINTING MATERIAL, METAL DECORATING PRESS HAVING A PRINTING UNIT OF THIS TYPE, AND METHOD FOR PULLING COVERS ONTO PRINTING UNIT CYLINDERS OF A PRINTING UNIT OF A SHEET-PROCESSING PRINTING PRESS
The invention relates to a printing unit (02) for printing sheet-shaped printing material (B) having a printing unit cylinder (13) which is configured as a forme cylinder (13), a printing unit cylinder (14) which is configured as a transfer cylinder (14), and an impression cylinder (17) which forms a printing point with the transfer cylinder (14) during operation and comprises holding means (29) for the sheet transport on the circumference, wherein the forme cylinder of the printing unit (02) is assigned an automatic or partially automatic printing forme changing device (34) for changing a cover (19) which is configured as a printing forme (19), wherein the transfer cylinder (14) of the printing unit (02) is assigned a printing blanket changing device (37) for automatically or at least partially automatically changing a cover (24) which is formed by way of a printing blanket (24).
The invention relates to a method for printing non-absorbent substrates with a water-based ink, in which method in each case ink droplets are applied to the respective substrate, in which method the ink is applied to the relevant substrate by way of at least one inkjet print head, in which method substrates are used which in each case have a surface tension of less than 45 mN/m in air at a temperature of 20°C, in which method, before the application of the ink droplets, the surface tension of the substrates to be printed is increased in each case to a value of at least 45 mN/m, in which method the ink droplets are only afterwards applied to the respective substrate which has the increased surface tension, in which the applied ink droplets are dried by way of an input of heat and/or a heat exposure in each case with an exposure time of less than 0.2 seconds within only a single second after the printing of the relevant substrate. The proposed method is carried out, in particular, in a digital printing press.
The invention relates to a method for stacking two-dimensional material sheets (02) in a stacking device (01), in particular in a stacking device (01) comprised by a printing and/or coating machine (11), having at least one stacking unit (03.1; 03.2) having a stacking space, wherein material sheets (02) are conveyed via the stacking space of the stacking unit (03.1; 03.2) comprised by the stacking device (01) and deposited in a stack (06; 06'; 06") on top of one another on a loading aid (04), wherein, for two different production runs, the stacks (06; 06'; 06") are formed on the loading aid (04) with the four corners of their area in mutually different relative orientations with respect to said loading aid (04), which is arranged in each case in the stacking space of the stacking unit (03.1; 03.2) and is larger-format compared with the material sheets (02) to be deposited in each case, in that, for the two production runs, in each case one loading aid (04) of the same format is positioned on different positions, as seen in projection in the horizontal, in the stacking space of the stacking unit (03.1; 03.2).
B65H 29/30 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping from magnetic holders
B65H 29/32 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping from pneumatic, e.g. suction, carriers
B65H 31/02 - Pile receivers with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
B65H 33/08 - Displacing whole batches, e.g. forming stepped piles
B65H 31/30 - Arrangements for removing completed piles
The invention relates to a method for printing on hollow bodies in which the hollow bodies (01) are printed on in a decorator having a rotating segment wheel (03), in which printing inks (69) provided by multiple different plate cylinders (04) and inking units (06) are each collected on printing blankets (33) arranged one after another on the circumference of the segment wheel (03), in which the plate cylinders (04) and inking units (06) involved in the printing are arranged and set in such a way that, when printing on the hollow bodies (01), an iris print is or at least can be implemented.
B41F 30/04 - Devices for attaching coverings or make-ready devices; Guiding devices for coverings attaching to transfer cylinders
B41M 1/16 - Multicolour printing using different inks which flow into one another to produce iridescent effects
B41M 1/40 - Printing on bodies of particular shapes
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 19/00 - Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
B41F 27/00 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
The invention relates to a method for operating a device for printing hollow bodies, said device comprising a rotating segment wheel (03) with a plurality of printing blankets (33) arranged successively on the periphery thereof and a plurality of plate cylinders in association with said segment wheel (03), in which, according to a printing process to be performed, a selected quantity of plate cylinders (04) is thrown onto the segment wheel (03) or thrown off said segment wheel (03), and in a first printing process, a first partial quantity of thrown-on plate cylinders (04) respectively transfers printing ink to a plurality of the printing blankets (33) arranged on the segment wheel (03). At the end of the first printing process, at least some of the plate cylinders (04) thrown on the segment wheel (03) in the first printing process are thrown off by said rotating segment wheel (03). During constant uninterrupted rotation of the segment wheel (03) for the implementation of a second printing process, a second partial quantity of plate cylinders (04) is thrown onto said segment wheel (03) and respectively transfers printing ink to a plurality of the printing blankets (33) arranged on said segment rad (03). The respective printing forme of at least one plate cylinder (04) involved in the first printing process and uninvolved in the ongoing second printing process is changed during said ongoing printing process.
B41F 30/04 - Devices for attaching coverings or make-ready devices; Guiding devices for coverings attaching to transfer cylinders
B41F 31/30 - Arrangements for tripping, lifting, adjusting, or removing inking rollers; Supports, bearings, or forks therefor
B41F 31/36 - Lifting or adjusting devices fluid-pressure operated
B41F 33/08 - Tripping devices or stop-motions for starting or stopping operation of cylinders
B41F 33/10 - Tripping devices or stop-motions for starting or stopping operation of damping or inking units
B41M 1/16 - Multicolour printing using different inks which flow into one another to produce iridescent effects
B41M 1/40 - Printing on bodies of particular shapes
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
B41F 13/32 - Bearings mounted on swinging supports
B41F 13/40 - Cylinder-lifting or -adjusting devices fluid-pressure operated
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 19/00 - Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
B41F 27/00 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
The invention proposes a method for printing on hollow articles, in which printing ink (69) is transferred to each of the hollow articles (01) by a separate printing blanket (33), said printing blankets being arranged on behind the other on the circumference of a segment wheel (03) rotating about its axis (34), in which printing ink (69) is applied to the corresponding printing blanket (33) by a plurality of printing units (72; 73) arranged along the circumference of the segment wheel (03), in which a first subset of the printing units (73) applies printing ink (69) to the corresponding printing blanket (33) in a high-pressure process or screen printing process or offset printing process, in which a second subset of the printing units (72) applies printing ink (69) to the corresponding printing blanket (33) in a digital printing process without printing formes, in which for the at least one printing ink (69) a double array is applied in a digital printing process without printing formes to the printing unit (72) applying the printing ink to the corresponding printing blanket (33), wherein in the double array two printing devices applying printing ink to the corresponding printing blanket (33) are arranged one behind the other in the circumferential direction of the segment wheel (03).
B41F 30/04 - Devices for attaching coverings or make-ready devices; Guiding devices for coverings attaching to transfer cylinders
B41F 31/06 - Troughs or like reservoirs with immersed, or partly immersed, rollers or cylinders
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 19/00 - Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
B41F 27/00 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 3/54 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
B41M 1/40 - Printing on bodies of particular shapes
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
8.
DEVICE FOR PRINTING HOLLOW BODIES, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID DEVICE
The invention relates to a device for printing hollow bodies (01), comprising a segmented wheel (03) which can be rotated about a rotational axis (34). The segmented wheel (03) has multiple segments (32) one behind the other on the segmented wheel circumference for receiving a respective printing blanket (33). At least one of the printing blankets (33) arranged on one of the segments (32) is arranged on the hollow body (01) to be printed in a rolling manner or at least in a rollable manner. Each of the printing blankets (33) is arranged on a plate-shaped metal support. Each plate-shaped metal support is designed to be bendable and forms a metal printing blanket together with the printing blanket (33) arranged on the support. Each metal printing blanket formed by the respective support together with the printing blanket (33) arranged on the support is arranged or can at least be arranged on one of the segments (32) of the segmented wheel (03) in a replaceable manner as a whole. Each support, which is arranged on one of the segments (32) of the segmented wheel (03), of the corresponding metal printing blanket is held on the segment (32) in a form-fitting and/or force-fitting manner.
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
B41F 30/04 - Devices for attaching coverings or make-ready devices; Guiding devices for coverings attaching to transfer cylinders
A device for printing on hollow bodies has a plurality of printing units each having a printing cylinder. At least one of the printing units has an inking unit having a chambered doctor blade that provides printing ink. The chambered doctor blade system has at least one ink pan and a doctor blade holder in a single assembly. The single assembly of the chambered doctor blade system is retained in the inking unit only on one side. The assembly of the chambered doctor blade system forms a cantilever arm on a side frame of the inking unit. The assembly of the chambered doctor blade system can be moved axially parallel to the anilox roller and can be removed from the inking unit by that movement.
B41F 31/02 - Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
B41F 31/04 - Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices with duct-blades or like metering devices
B41F 17/28 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
B41F 5/22 - Rotary letterpress machines for indirect printing
An inking unit of a printing unit and a device for printing on hollow bodies each have a cylindrical lateral surface. The device comprises the inking unit. The inking unit has an anilox roller which receives a printing ink from an ink reservoir and has an inking roller placed against a printing cylinder of the printing unit. A rider roller is arranged axially parallel to the anilox roller in a region between the ink reservoir and the inking roller, that region being located subsequent to the ink reservoir in a direction of rotation of the anilox roller. The ink reservoir interacts with the anilox roller. The rider roller is placed against the anilox roller. The rider roller is rotationally driven by the anilox roller by friction. The inking roller is rotationally driven by the anilox roller by friction. The plate cylinder and the anilox roller are each independently rotationally driven by a motor.
B41F 31/02 - Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
B41F 17/28 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
B41F 31/06 - Troughs or like reservoirs with immersed, or partly immersed, rollers or cylinders
B41F 17/14 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length
B41F 17/20 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
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Printing unit having a plate cylinder and plate changer
A printing unit has a printing form cylinder. A plate changer is arranged in a manner which is allocated to the printing form cylinder. The plate changer has a bearing surface on which a printing form, which is arranged or is to be arranged on the printing form cylinder, can be laid. That bearing surface is arranged such that it can be moved to and fro between at least two defined positions longitudinally with respect to the rotational axis of the printing form cylinder. The printing form is arranged and registered on the bearing surface of the plate changer. At least two edges of a carrier for the relevant printing form, which are arranged at a right angle with respect to each other, are brought into physical contact with register pins which are arranged on the bearing surface of the plate changer. A first edge of the carrier of the relevant printing form is arranged to bear against a first register pin and a second edge, orthogonal with respect to the first edge, of the carrier of the relevant printing form, is arranged to bear against a second register pin. The printing unit is preferably arranged as a device for printing hollow bodies.
An apparatus is comprised of a plurality of printing units for printing hollow elements. A conveying device conveys the hollow elements to be printed into a printing zone of at least one of the printing units. At least one of the printing units includes a plate cylinder to which a plate replacing mechanism is assigned.
B41F 17/08 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces
B41F 27/12 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 27/00 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
The invention relates to a device for processing a substrate (31), comprising at least one unit (01; 02; 03; 04) for applying an ink and/or a coating material to the substrate (31), and comprising a conveyor system (06), having a load carrier (07), which moves the substrate (31) in a feed direction (T) relative to the at least one unit (01; 02; 03; 04) for applying the ink and/or coating material to the substrate (31), wherein the load carrier (07) is formed by a plate (47) or a number of rods (14) strung together in the feed direction (T) of the substrate (31) and each extending transversely in relation to the feed direction (T), wherein a number of grooves (29) are formed next to one another along the feed direction (T) of the substrate (31) on the surface of the load carrier (07) provided for carrying the substrate (31), wherein sliding rods (28), each engaging in one of said grooves (29), are arranged at least at one of the ends of the conveyor system (06).
B65H 5/22 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by air-blast or suction device
B65H 5/38 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
B41J 3/28 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing downwardly on flat surfaces, e.g. of books, drawings, boxes
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 3/413 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material for metal
The invention relates to a conveyor system (06) having a load carrier (07), wherein the load carrier (07) can be moved along a movement track, wherein the load carrier (07) has a number of rods (14) strung together with their respective lengths extending in a transverse manner in relation to the movement track of the load carrier (07), or a plate (47) for carrying a substrate (31), wherein the rods (14) are mounted at both ends or the plate (47) is mounted in the conveyor system (06) at sides thereof that are opposing and transverse to the movement track of the load carrier (07), wherein the rods (14) are guided at least at one of the front-side ends, or the plate (47) is guided at one of the opposing ends thereof that is transverse to the movement track of the load carrier (07), by second rolling elements (22) and longitudinally to the movement track of the load carrier (07), wherein these second rolling elements (22) each have an axis of rotation directed orthogonally to the movement track of the load carrier (07), and are arranged running along a guide rail (23).
The invention relates to a method for operating a drying system in an automated manner, in which method items to be dried are supplied to a drying chamber of the drying system and run through said drying chamber, in which method, in the event of an interruption in a supply of the items to be dried to the drying chamber within a time interval which is dependent on a planned throughput time of the items to be dried through the drying chamber, a control unit checks whether the supply of the items to be dried to the drying chamber is continued, wherein this time interval begins to run at that time at which the control unit identifies the interruption in the supply of items to be dried to the drying chamber.
F26B 15/04 - Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in the whole or part of a circle in a horizontal plane
F26B 21/02 - Circulating air or gases in closed cycles, e.g. wholly within the drying enclosure
F26B 21/06 - Controlling, e.g. regulating, parameters of gas supply
F26B 25/22 - Controlling the drying process in dependence on liquid content of solid materials or objects
F26B 15/00 - Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
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METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED OPERATION OF A DRYING SYSTEM HAVING A DRYING CHAMBER FILLED AT LEAST WITH AN AIR VOLUME
The invention relates to a method for the automated operation of a drying system having a drying chamber filled at least with an air volume, wherein, in the event of a cold start of the drying system, a control unit adjusts an exhaust volume discharged from the drying chamber by an exhaust fan to a first value, and after reaching this first value, adjusts the exhaust volume discharged from the drying chamber by an exhaust fan to a higher second value in relation to its first value for a flushing time, wherein, after the passing of the flushing time, the control unit adjusts the exhaust volume discharged from the drying chamber by an exhaust fan back to the first value.
F26B 3/04 - Drying solid materials or objects by processes involving the application of heat by convection, i.e. heat being conveyed from a heat source to the materials or objects to be dried by a gas or vapour, e.g. air the gas or vapour circulating over, or surrounding, the materials or objects to be dried
F26B 15/12 - Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form with movement in a path composed of one or more straight lines, e.g. compound the lines being all horizontal or slightly inclined
F26B 21/02 - Circulating air or gases in closed cycles, e.g. wholly within the drying enclosure
The invention relates to an inking unit of a printing unit and to a device for printing on hollow bodies each having a cylindrical lateral surface by means of said inking unit, wherein the inking unit (06) comprises an anilox roller (08), which receives a printing ink from an ink reservoir, and an inking roller (07), which is or at least can be placed against a printing form cylinder (04) of the printing unit, wherein the printing form cylinder (04) and the anilox roller (08) each can be rotationally driven independently by a motor (11; 12), which is or at least can be controlled in the rotational speed thereof, wherein the inking roller (07) is rotationally driven by the anilox roller (08) by means of friction, wherein a rotary sensor that senses a rotational speed of the inking roller (07) is provided, wherein a control unit is provided, wherein the rotational speed of the inking roller (07) is set or adjusted by the control unit by means of the rotation of the anilox roller (08) on the basis of a signal generated by the rotational sensor, in such a way that even running is set between the printing form cylinder (04) and the inking roller (07) so that the circumferential speed of the inking roller (07) matches the circumferential speed of the printing form cylinder (04) within previously defined permissible tolerance limits.
The invention relates to a device for printing on hollow bodies, wherein said device has a plurality of printing units each having a printing cylinder (04), wherein at least one of said printing units has an inking unit (06) having a chambered doctor blade system (09) that provides a printing ink, wherein the chambered doctor blade system (09) in question has at least an ink pan and a doctor blade holder in a single assembly, wherein said assembly of the chambered doctor blade system (09) is retained in the inking unit (06) only on one side, wherein the assembly of the chambered doctor blade system (09) forms a cantilever arm on a side frame of the inking unit (06), wherein the assembly of the chambered doctor blade system (09) can be moved axially parallel to the anilox roller (08) and can be removed from the inking unit (06) by means of said movement.
B41F 31/02 - Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
B41F 17/22 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on articles of uniform cross-section, e.g. pencils, rulers, resistors by rolling contact
B41F 17/28 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
B41F 5/24 - Rotary letterpress machines for flexographic printing
B41F 27/12 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
The invention relates to an apparatus comprising a plurality of printing units for printing hollow elements; a conveying device conveys the hollow elements to be printed into a printing zone of at least one of the printing units; at least one of the printing units includes a plate cylinder (04) to which a plate replacing mechanism (14) is assigned.
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
B41F 17/28 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
B41F 27/12 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
B41F 17/30 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles
B41F 17/32 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles on lamp bulbs
The invention relates to an inking unit of a printing unit and a device for printing on hollow bodies each having a cylindrical lateral surface, said device comprising said inking unit, the inking unit (06) having an anilox roller (08), which receives a printing ink from an ink reservoir, and having an inking roller (07) placed against a printing cylinder (04) of the printing unit, a rider roller (13) being arranged axially parallel to the anilox roller (08) in a region between the ink reservoir and the inking roller (07), said region being located subsequent to the ink reservoir in a direction of rotation of the anilox roller (08), which ink reservoir interacts with the anilox roller (08), the rider roller (13) being placed against the anilox roller (08), characterized in that the rider roller (13) is rotationally driven by the anilox roller (08) by means of friction, the inking roller (07) being rotationally driven by the anilox roller (08) by means of friction, the plate cylinder (04) and the anilox roller (08) each being independently rotationally driven by a motor (11; 12).
B41F 31/14 - Applications of messenger or other moving transfer rollers
B41F 13/004 - Electric or hydraulic features of drives
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
21.
PRINTING UNIT HAVING A PLATE CYLINDER AND PLATE CHANGER
The invention relates to a printing unit having a printing forme cylinder (04), wherein a plate changer (14) is arranged in a manner which is allocated to the printing forme cylinder (04), wherein the plate changer (14) has a bearing surface (16), on which a printing forme which is arranged or is to be arranged on the printing forme cylinder (04) can be laid, wherein said bearing surface (16) is arranged such that it can be moved to and fro between at least two defined positions longitudinally with respect to the rotational axis of the printing forme cylinder (04), characterized in that the printing forme is arranged in register on the bearing surface (16) of the plate changer (14), wherein at least two edges of a carrier of the relevant printing forme which are arranged at a right angle with respect to one another are brought into physical contact with register pins which are arranged on the bearing surface (16) of the plate changer (14), wherein a first edge of the carrier of the relevant printing forme is arranged so as to bear against a first register pin and a second edge, orthogonal with respect to the first edge, of the carrier of the relevant printing forme is arranged so as to bear against a second register pin, wherein said printing unit is preferably arranged in a device for printing hollow bodies.
B41F 17/00 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
B41F 17/18 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length on curved surfaces of articles of varying cross-section, e.g. bottles, lamp glasses
B41F 17/28 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
B41F 27/12 - Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
B41F 17/30 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles
B41F 17/32 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles on lamp bulbs
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APPARATUS FOR ARRANGING A PRINTING FORME CYLINDER AND AN INKING UNIT OF A PRINTING UNIT
The invention relates to an apparatus for arranging a printing forme cylinder (04) and an inking unit (06) of a printing unit, wherein the inking unit (06) has an inking unit roller (08), which takes up printing ink from an ink reservoir, and an ink application roller (07), which can be placed against the printing forme cylinder (04) of the printing unit, wherein the printing forme cylinder (04) is mounted on a load arm of a first lever arrangement (18) consisting of a force arm and the load arm, wherein the force arm and the load arm of this first lever arrangement (18) are together pivotable about a first pivot axis (19), directed axially parallel to the printing forme cylinder (04), wherein the ink application roller (07) is mounted on a load arm of a second lever arrangement (23) consisting of a force arm and the load arm, wherein the force arm and the load arm of this second lever arrangement (23) are together pivotable about the first pivot axis (19), directed axially parallel to the printing forme cylinder (04), wherein the inking unit roller (08) is mounted on a load arm of a third lever arrangement (24) consisting of a force arm and the load arm, wherein the force arm and the load arm of this third lever arrangement (24) are together pivotable about a second pivot axis (26), directed axially parallel to the inking unit roller (08).
The invention relates to a device for afterburning of exhaust air by means of a burner (04), having a fuel nozzle (07) and a burner cone (06), wherein at least the burner cone (06) of said burner (04) protrudes in a raw gas chamber (09) into an exhaust stream (02) of exhaust air from an upstream system (12) which is to be treated. The burner cone (06) is surrounded by exhaust air and forms a pre-mixing chamber (42) in the interior, wherein the burner cone (06) has a single or multi-part wall (43) enclosing the pre-mixing chamber (42) and having one or a plurality of wall sections (43.1; 43.2; 43.3; 43.4). The fuel nozzle (07) comprises an opening of at least one fuel outlet (44) for output of fuel into the pre-mixing chamber (42) and is enclosed by the wall of the burner cone (06) at least at the height of the at least one fuel outlet (44). The wall (43) bordering the pre-mixing chamber (42) on the shell side to the outside has a structure such that the pre-mixing chamber (42) formed in the interior thereof opens in a funnel shape to at least one conical longitudinal section, symmetrically to an axis of symmetry (S) defining the axial direction of the burner (04), in the downstream direction, wherein the burner (04), in a bottom (49) of the burner cone (04) on the face which encloses the fuel nozzle (07) and/or the at least one fuel outlet (44), has one or a plurality of openings of one or a plurality of feedthroughs (48) leading into the pre-mixing chamber (42) from the raw gas chamber (09) surrounding the burner (04), through which exhaust air from the raw gas chamber (09) surrounding the burner (04) enters and/or can enter into the pre-mixing chamber having an axial or primarily axial flow direction, that is, a greater axial flow component relative to the radial component.
The invention relates to a device for the post-combustion of exhaust air, comprising a burner (04), which has a fuel nozzle (07) and a burner cone (06) and which protrudes, in a raw-gas chamber (09), into an exhaust-air flow (02) of exhaust air to be treated at least by means of the burner cone (06) of the burner, wherein the burner cone (06) has a one- or multi-part wall (43), which surrounds the pre-mixing chamber (42) and has one or more wall segments (43.1; 43.2; 43.3; 43.4). The fuel nozzle (07) comprises an opening of at least one fuel outlet (44) for discharging fuel into the pre-mixing chamber (42), and the wall (43) bounding the pre-mixing chamber (42) outwardly on the lateral side has a structure such that the pre-mixing chamber (42) formed in the interior of the wall opens in the downstream direction in the manner of funnel on at least one cone longitudinal segment symmetrically to an axis of symmetry (S) defining the axial direction of the burner (04). The burner cone (06) comprises, in at least one longitudinal segment of the cone longitudinal segment of the wall (43), which cone longitudinal segment opens in the manner of a funnel, a plurality of tangential inlet openings (54) in order for exhaust air surrounding the burner cone (06) to enter the pre-mixing chamber (42) tangentially.
The invention relates to a belt dryer with a drying area (01). At least one supply channel (02) is connected to the drying area in order to supply air into the drying area, and at least one exhaust air channel (03) is connected to the drying area in order to discharge air from the drying area (01). At least one return channel (04) is provided which connects the at least one discharge channel (03) and the at least one supply channel (02) to each other, and an actuating element (07) is provided which is controlled by a control unit (06). In a first operating position of the actuating element (07), the return channel (04) is closed and the supply channel is open, and in a second operating position of the actuating element (07), the return channel (04) is open and the supply channel is closed. A sensor (11) which detects the relative moisture of the exhaust air is connected to the control unit (06), and the first operating position of the actuating element and/or the second operating position of the actuating element is set by the control unit dependent on the relative moisture of the exhaust air in each case.
The invention relates to a belt dryer with a drying area (01) and with a cooling chamber (16). The drying area (01) has multiple drying chambers (12; 13; 14) arranged one behind the other, and the cooling chamber (16) is arranged downstream of the last drying chamber (14). Air which is heated in the cooling chamber (16) is at least partly supplied to at least one of the drying chambers (12; 13; 14) arranged upstream of the cooling chamber (16) by means of an exhaust air channel (21). At least one part of the exhaust air which is to be discharged from one of the drying chambers (13; 14) via an exhaust air channel (28; 31) is supplied to the drying chamber (12; 13) arranged immediately upstream of the drying chamber (13; 14) in question, and the exhaust air which is heated in the drying chamber (14) arranged immediately upstream of the cooling chamber (16) is introduced into the drying chamber (13) arranged immediately upstream of said drying chamber (14) via a separate connecting channel (28). The separate connecting channel (28) is designed as a return channel which is connected solely to the drying chamber (14) arranged immediately upstream of the cooling chamber (16) and to the drying chamber (13) arranged upstream of said drying chamber (14).
F26B 15/00 - Machines or apparatus for drying objects with progressive movement; Machines or apparatus with progressive movement for drying batches of material in compact form
The invention relates to a conveying device for conveying printed sheets (01) in a coating machine (03) and/or printing machine (02), comprising a cylinder (07, 08, 24) which has stop means (11) and comprising a conveying device (04) which is arranged upstream of the cylinder in the conveying path and which has circulating means (05). A first drive mechanism (16) correlated with the cylinder rotation (D) can forcibly drive at least one stop means (11) end, which is remote from the drive side, up and down in a radial manner between a first retracted position and a second position which is radially different from the first position. The stop means (11) has a stop element (21) comprising a stop surface (12) in the region of the stop means end remote from the drive side, said stop element being mounted on an arm (22) of the stop means (11) such that the position of the stop element can be changed. The stop element (21) is designed to be forcibly drivable on the arm (22) so as to be relatively movable by a second drive mechanism (23) correlated with the cylinder rotation (D) and/or the movement of the arm (22).
B41F 7/16 - Rotary lithographic machines for printing on non-deformable material, e.g. sheet metal
B41F 21/12 - Adjusting leading edges, e.g. front stops
B05C 1/02 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to separate articles
B41F 23/08 - Print-finishing devices, e.g. for glossing prints
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CONVEYING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING PRINTED SHEETS WITH AN ELASTIC ADVANCEMENT
The invention relates to a conveying device for conveying printed sheets (01) in a coating (03) and/or printing machine (02), comprising a conveying device (04; 06) which has circulating means (05). The circulating means (05) can move a printed sheet (01) towards a stop surface (12) of a downstream stop device (09), thereby producing a positive or frictional engagement. The guide and/or the drive device, said device comprising driving means (56), of the circulating means (05) which conveys the printed sheet (01) in a frictionally or positively engaged manner is designed in a spring-damped and/or torque-limited manner such that the circulating means (05) is advanced during operation in an elastic manner in at least one conveying section (55), which interacts with the printed sheet (01), as a result of the resistance increase due to the printed sheet (01) running into the stop device (09) as opposed to an undisturbed movement of the circulating means (05).
B41F 21/12 - Adjusting leading edges, e.g. front stops
B65H 5/02 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by belts or chains
B65H 9/14 - Retarding or controlling the forward movement of articles as they approach stops
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DEVICE FOR APPLYING AT LEAST ONE MEDIUM TO AT LEAST ONE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCIBLY ESTABLISHING A ROTATIONAL ANGLE POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE FIRST CYLINDER OF A DEVICE
The invention relates to a device for applying a medium to a substrate, wherein the device comprises at least one rotatable cylinder and a frame, wherein the at least one cylinder is arranged rotatably about a rotational axis relative to the frame, and wherein the device comprises a rotational angle control apparatus, which is arranged and/or can be arranged at least in some sections in a reference rotational angle position relative to the at least one cylinder and at the same time in a reference position relative to the frame, and wherein the rotational angle control apparatus is arranged in a cooperating manner and/or such as to be capable of cooperating with at least one reference mark and is designed such as to allow a non-contact examination of a rotational angle position of the at least one first cylinder, and wherein the rotational angle control apparatus comprises at least one transmitter which, with regard to at least one transmission direction, is arranged directed at an outer surface of a barrel of the at least one cylinder extending parallel to the rotational axis. The invention further relates to a method for reproducibly establishing the rotational angle position of the at least one cylinder.
The invention relates to a device (1) for transporting tabular goods (2), such as sheet metal panels (3) or the like, having a transport means (4) and a retaining device (11) retaining the product (3) on the transport means (4), said retaining device being designed as a vacuum retaining device (12), the vacuum thereof acting through the transport means (4). According to the invention, the vacuum retaining device (12) comprises at least one suction channel (19) extending in the transport direction or substantially in the transport direction and open toward the transport means (4) at least in a longitudinal segment thereof, said channel being connected at the product insertion end (21) thereof – as seen in the direction of transport – to at least one vacuum source (23), wherein an air penetration cross section (33) is present at the transport means (4) in the uncovered area of the open suction channel (19), dependent on the position of the product, and wherein a suction channel cross section (34) extending transversely, particularly at right angles, to the transport direction, if applicable dependent on the position of the product, is at most equally as large as or smaller than the corresponding air penetration cross section (33) at the product leading edge (29) of a product (2) retained and transported on the retaining device (11), at least over a partial length of the suction channel (19).
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
B65H 29/32 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping from pneumatic, e.g. suction, carriers
The invention relates to a heat store (1) having at least one storage element (3) comprising molded stones (4) made of ceramic layered on top of each other, substantially disposed in a wall composite (13), wherein each molded stone (4) comprises a substantially rectangular and/or triangular cross section, at least some of the molded stones (4) particularly comprise feet (17) reducing heat transfer from one molded stone (4) to another molded stone (4), said feet being provided in the corners of the molded stone (4) and formed by machining away the molded stone (4) at the lower end thereof, wherein a transverse flow chamber (14) having a circular cross-section and having lateral overflow openings (27) is simultaneously formed by machining, and the overflow openings (27) interact with overflow openings (27) of further molded stones (4) for increasing the transverse flow chamber (14) across a plurality of adjacently disposed molded stones (4).
F28D 20/00 - Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups or
F28D 17/02 - Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which a stationary intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is contacted successively by each heat-exchange medium, e.g. using granular particles using rigid bodies, e.g. of porous material
F27D 1/04 - Casings; Linings; Walls; Roofs characterised by the form of the bricks or blocks used
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TRANSPORT DEVICE FOR PANEL GOODS AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING THE GOODS
The invention relates to a transport fixture for ferromagnetic panels, such as sheet steel panels or the like, having a retaining device (11) that can be activated or deactivated for retaining or releasing the goods on or from a transport means (6), particularly in the overhead position, wherein the retaining device (11) comprises a magnetic retaining device (12). According to the invention, the magnetic retaining device (12) comprises two permanently magnetically excited poles (16a, 17a) forming a magnetic field (32), wherein field lines (31) of the magnetic field (32) run from pole (16a, 17a) to pole (16a, 17a), and having at least one ferromagnetic armature (23) displaceably disposed such that, in a first position – for activating the retaining device (11) – at least a portion of the field lines (31) are released by said armature for permeating the corresponding goods (2), and in a second position – for deactivating the retaining device (11) – at least a portion of the field lines (31) runs through said armature.
B65G 21/20 - Means incorporated in, or attached to, framework or housings for guiding load-carriers, traction elements or loads supported on moving surfaces
B65G 57/04 - Stacking of articles by adding to the top of the stack from above by suction or magnetic devices
B65H 29/30 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by dropping from magnetic holders
33.
METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OXIDATION SYSTEM AND OXIDATION SYSTEM
The invention relates to a method for operating an oxidation system (1) having a prescribed average heat input by means of a reaction material present at a changing concentration, wherein a desired heat profile is maintained in at least one heat bed (3, 4, 5) of a heat exchanger (2) by the heat input. A heat store (11) for receiving excess heat and/or dissipating heat, in particular in the case of a lower than average heat input, is in particular directly coupled to a combustion chamber (6) of the oxidation system (1) for charging. The invention further relates to an oxidation system (1).
F23G 7/06 - Methods or apparatus, e.g. incinerators, specially adapted for combustion of specific waste or low grade fuels, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
34.
REGENERATIVE WASTE AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REGENERATIVE WASTE AIR PURIFICATION DEVICE
The invention relates to a regenerative waste air purification device, comprising at least one heated bed (1) which is flown through by an exhaust air flow representing a first medium. According to the invention, at least one heat exchanger pipe (11, 12) carrying a second medium extends through the heated bed (1) for the formation of a heat exchanger (14) having separate media flows, the media flows being formed by the first and the second medium. The invention further relates to a method for producing a regenerative waste air purification device.
F23G 7/06 - Methods or apparatus, e.g. incinerators, specially adapted for combustion of specific waste or low grade fuels, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
F28D 17/02 - Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which a stationary intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is contacted successively by each heat-exchange medium, e.g. using granular particles using rigid bodies, e.g. of porous material
35.
METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE
The invention relates to a method for heating a fluid which, for this purpose, flows through a heated bed (4a, 4b) and to which at least one fuel (24) is supplied. According to the invention, the fuel (24) is supplied to the exhaust gas when it flows through the heated bed (4a, 4b). The invention further relates to a device (1) for heating a fluid.
F23G 7/06 - Methods or apparatus, e.g. incinerators, specially adapted for combustion of specific waste or low grade fuels, e.g. chemicals of waste gases or noxious gases, e.g. exhaust gases
36.
DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT AND EXHAUST CLEANING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT
The invention relates to a device (1) for transferring heat, having at least one heat transfer member (2), through which a first, hot fluid and a second fluid can flow in alternation. To this end, the heat transfer member (2) is a vaporizer (4) for the second fluid and is made of ceramic. Furthermore, the invention relates to an exhaust cleaning mechanism (20) and a method for transferring heat.
F28D 17/02 - Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus in which a stationary intermediate heat-transfer medium or body is contacted successively by each heat-exchange medium, e.g. using granular particles using rigid bodies, e.g. of porous material
F28F 21/04 - Constructions of heat-exchange apparatus characterised by the selection of particular materials of natural stone
F22B 1/04 - Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being hot slag, hot residues, or heated blocks, e.g. iron blocks
F22B 1/18 - Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being a hot gas, e.g. waste gas such as exhaust gas of internal-combustion engines
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