CN110891790B - Multicolor intaglio rotary press - Google Patents

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CN110891790B
CN110891790B CN201880046708.7A CN201880046708A CN110891790B CN 110891790 B CN110891790 B CN 110891790B CN 201880046708 A CN201880046708 A CN 201880046708A CN 110891790 B CN110891790 B CN 110891790B
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Provided is a multicolor intaglio rotary press capable of automatically and rapidly replacing plate cylinders of a plurality of printing units. The multicolor intaglio wheel rotating machine comprises: the printing apparatus includes a plurality of printing units, a first non-walking type industrial robot and a second non-walking type industrial robot, wherein the first non-walking type industrial robot can replace a printing plate cylinder of the printing unit by clamping and operating the printing plate cylinder, the second non-walking type industrial robot can replace the printing plate cylinder of the printing unit by clamping and operating the printing plate cylinder, an operating area of the first non-walking type industrial robot and an operating area of the second non-walking type industrial robot are adjacent or partially overlapped, and the printing plate cylinder assembled on the printing unit is replaced by the first non-walking type industrial robot or the second non-walking type industrial robot.

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Multicolor intaglio rotary press
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a multicolor intaglio rotary press that is an intaglio rotary press that has a plurality of printing units and performs multicolor printing, and more particularly, to a multicolor intaglio rotary press that can automatically replace a plate cylinder.
Background
Conventionally, as a multicolor intaglio plate rotary press, for example, a device described in patent document 1 is known. Patent document 1 discloses a method and an apparatus for replacing printing elements such as engraved cylinders attached to a carriage (carriage) as a method and an apparatus for replacing printing devices in a printing unit of a printing press described therein.
However, in the method and apparatus for replacing a printing machine of a printing unit of a printing press described in patent document 1, a large number of working machines must be provided in parallel with a plurality of printing units of the printing press, and there is a problem that the replacement work of the plate cylinder takes time.
Further, patent document 2 also proposes a printing plant including a walking type industrial robot having an automatic printing cylinder replacement function that can be commonly used for replacing printing cylinders even if there are many printing units constituting a printing line or even if there are a plurality of printing lines.
However, in the printing plant described in patent document 2, the use of the traveling robot requires a traveling area of the robot, and there is a problem that it takes time to perform the plate cylinder replacement operation in addition to securing a space in the traveling area of the robot.
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Patent document 1: japanese laid-open patent publication No. 58-203056
Patent document 2: japanese patent laid-open No. 2000-71417
Disclosure of Invention
Problems to be solved by the invention
The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the art, and an object thereof is to provide a multicolor intaglio plate rotary press capable of automatically and more quickly replacing plate cylinders of a plurality of printing units than before.
Means for solving the problems
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a multicolor intaglio rotary press having a plurality of printing units, each printing unit being provided with a plate cylinder and printing colors in an overlapping manner to perform multicolor printing, the multicolor intaglio rotary press comprising: the plurality of printing units, a first non-walking industrial robot and a second non-walking industrial robot, wherein the first non-walking industrial robot is provided with a circular operating area, the plate cylinder of the printing unit is replaceable by holding and operating the plate cylinder, the second non-walking industrial robot has a circular operating area, the plate cylinder of the printing unit can be replaced by gripping the plate cylinder and operating it, the operating area of the first non-walking industrial robot and the operating area of the second non-walking industrial robot are adjacent or partially overlapping, the plurality of printing units are provided in the operating area of the first non-walking industrial robot and the operating area of the second non-walking industrial robot, and the plate cylinder mounted on the printing unit is replaced by the first non-walking industrial robot or the second non-walking industrial robot.
Preferably, the first non-walking industrial robot and the second non-walking industrial robot have a fixed base portion and a rotary arm portion connected to the fixed base portion.
Preferably, centers of the operation areas of the first non-walking industrial robot and the second non-walking industrial robot are located on the same axis, and the plurality of printing units are arranged in parallel such that rotation axes of the plate cylinders are orthogonal to the same axis of the operation area.
Effects of the invention
According to the present invention, the following remarkable effects are achieved: a multicolor intaglio plate rotary press capable of automatically and rapidly replacing plate cylinders of a plurality of printing units.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view showing one embodiment of a multicolor intaglio rotary press according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic side view showing a longitudinal direction of one embodiment of a printing mechanism section of a multicolor gravure rotary press according to the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic side view showing a short-side direction of one embodiment of the multicolor intaglio rotary press according to the present invention.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but these embodiments are illustrative and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention.
The multicolor intaglio rotary press of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the figures, reference numeral 10 denotes a multicolor intaglio wheel press of the present invention. The multicolor intaglio rotary press 10 is a multicolor intaglio rotary press having a plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, and performs multicolor printing by attaching plate cylinders 14a to 14g to the respective printing units 12a to 12g and superimposing colors on each other. In the illustrated example, an example of 7-color printing (C, M, Y, K, R, G, B, etc.) is shown as an example of multicolor printing. In the multicolor intaglio plate rotary press, since the number of plate cylinders corresponding to the number of printing units 12a to 12g is required, in the illustrated example, 7 plate cylinders are required as the plate cylinders 14a to 14 g.
The multicolor intaglio plate rotary press 10 is provided with the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, and includes: and a first non-walking industrial robot 16 and a second non-walking industrial robot 18, wherein the first non-walking industrial robot 16 has a circular operating area P, and can replace the printing plate cylinders 14 a-14 g of the printing units 12 a-12 g by clamping and operating the printing plate cylinders 14 a-14 g, and the second non-walking industrial robot 18 has a circular operating area Q, and can replace the printing plate cylinders 14 a-14 g of the printing units 12 a-12 g by clamping and operating the printing plate cylinders 14 a-14 g.
The first non-traveling industrial robot 16 and the second non-traveling industrial robot 18 are respectively provided with an arm tip portion 20 and an arm tip portion 22, and are configured to grip the plate cylinders 14a to 14g (see fig. 3) so as to narrow and widen the gap between the arm tip portions 20 and 22 and grip both ends of the plate cylinders 14a to 14 g. Further, the fixed base portion 24 of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the fixed base portion 26 of the second non-walking industrial robot 18 are fixed to the floor surface F. In this way, the first non-traveling industrial robot 16 and the second non-traveling industrial robot 18 do not have a traveling industrial robot in which the base moves as described in patent document 2, but have a fixed industrial robot in which the base is fixed to the floor, and therefore, a traveling path for traveling the industrial robot is not required. Therefore, a space can be secured as compared with the conventional art, and the industrial robot is not required to reciprocate on the travel path, so that the work of replacing the plate cylinder can be speeded up. In the multicolor intaglio plate rotary press 10 according to the present invention, the time required for the plate cylinder replacement operation can be shortened by about 10 times as compared with the apparatus having the structure described in patent document 2.
Further, the operation region P of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the operation region Q of the second non-walking industrial robot 18 are configured to be adjacent to or partially overlap each other. In the example of fig. 1, an example is shown in which the operating area P of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the operating area Q of the second non-walking industrial robot 18 partially overlap, but the operating area P and the operating area Q may be adjacent. The operating area of the non-walking industrial robot is the range of rotation of the robot arm of the non-walking industrial robot, and is the working area (or working range) of the non-walking industrial robot. Reference numeral 46 in fig. 3 denotes a rotary arm portion connected to the fixed base portion 24 of the first non-walking industrial robot 16, and a front end of the rotary arm portion 46 is an arm front end portion 20. The fixed base portion 26 of the second non-walking industrial robot 18 is similarly connected to the swing arm portion 48, and the front end of the swing arm portion 48 serves as the arm front end portion 22. The robot arms of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the second non-walking industrial robot 18 are multi-axis robot arms that can freely turn. The first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the second non-walking industrial robot 18 are controlled by an operation control panel.
The plurality of printing units 12a to 12g are provided in the operating area P of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the operating area Q of the second non-walking industrial robot 18, and the plate cylinders 14a to 14g mounted on the printing units 12a to 12g are replaced by the first non-walking industrial robot 16 or the second non-walking industrial robot 18.
In the illustrated example, the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g are disposed in an operation area P which is a working area of the first non-walking industrial robot 16, and the printing units 12d to 12g are disposed in an operation area Q which is a working area of the second non-walking industrial robot 18. Which of the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g is to be installed in which of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the second non-walking industrial robot 18 is to be operated may be changed as appropriate.
In fig. 1, reference numeral 28 denotes a cleaning tank for cleaning the plate cylinder to which ink is applied, and the cleaning tank 28 is provided in the operation area P of the first non-walking industrial robot 16. In fig. 1, reference numeral 30 also denotes a cleaning tank for cleaning the plate cylinder to which ink is attached, and the cleaning tank 30 is provided in the operation area Q of the second non-walking industrial robot 18. In fig. 1, reference numeral 32 is a carousel-type plate cylinder storage device for pre-storing the plate cylinders 14. In fig. 1, reference numeral 34 denotes a ladder.
Control boards 36a to 36g are provided in the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, respectively. Reference numerals 38a and 38b denote automatic paper feeding devices, and each of them functions as a paper feeding device. Reference numerals 40a and 40b denote auto-cutter devices, and each function as a winding device. In fig. 1, reference numerals 42a and 42b denote frame members, and the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, the automatic paper feeders 38a and 38b, and the automatic paper cutters 40a and 40b constitute a printing mechanism 44. The multicolor intaglio rotary press 10 is configured such that a first non-traveling industrial robot 16 and a second non-traveling industrial robot 18 are arranged in parallel beside a printing mechanism section 44. In fig. 1 and 2, reference symbol O denotes an operator.
As shown in fig. 1, centers of the operation area P of the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the operation area Q of the second non-walking industrial robot 18 are located on the same axis, and the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g are arranged in parallel such that rotation axes of the plate cylinders 14a to 14g are orthogonal to the same axis of the operation area P, Q.
In the multicolor intaglio plate rotary press 10 configured as described above, when printing is performed by the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g and a need arises to replace the plate cylinders 14a to 14g, the first non-walking industrial robot 16 and the second non-walking industrial robot 18 narrow the interval between the arm tip 20 and the arm tip 22, respectively, and grip both ends of the plate cylinders 14a to 14g, thereby sandwiching the plate cylinders 14a to 14 g. Then, the plate cylinders 14a to 14g are removed from the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, cleaned by the cleaning tanks 28 and 30, and stored in the plate cylinder storage device 32.
Then, the plate cylinder 14 on which the other pattern is engraved, stored in the plate cylinder stocker 32, is held between the first non-traveling industrial robot 16 and the second non-traveling industrial robot 18 and attached to the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, and the next printing is performed. When printing is completed and the plate cylinder 14 is replaced, the same applies to the above.
In this manner, the multicolor intaglio plate rotary press 10 is configured to be able to automatically and quickly replace the plate cylinders 14a to 14g of the plurality of printing units 12a to 12g, compared to the conventional art.
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10: the invention relates to a multicolor intaglio rotary press, 12 a-12 g: printing unit, 14a to 14 g: plate cylinder, 16: first non-walking industrial robot, 18: second non-walking industrial robot, 20: arm tip portion of first non-walking industrial robot, 22: arm tip portion of second non-walking industrial robot, 24: fixed base part of first non-walking industrial robot, 26: fixed base part, 28, 30 of second non-walking industrial robot: cleaning tank, 32: carousel-type plate cylinder storage, 34: ladders, 36a to 36 g: control panels, 38a, 38 b: automatic paper feeding device, 40a, 40 b: auto-cutter, 42a, 42 b: frame member, 44: printing mechanism section, 46: rotary arm section of first non-walking industrial robot, 48: rotary arm section of second non-walking industrial robot, F: ground surface, O: operator, P: operating area of first non-walking industrial robot, Q: an operating area of the second non-walking industrial robot.

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1. A multicolor intaglio rotary press comprising a plurality of printing units, each printing unit being provided with an intaglio printing plate cylinder on which intaglio printing patterns are engraved and performing multicolor printing by printing colors in an overlapping manner,
the multicolor intaglio wheel rotating machine comprises: the plurality of printing units, the first non-walking industrial robot, the second non-walking industrial robot, the rotating disc type printing plate cylinder storage device, the automatic paper feeding device and the automatic paper cutting device,
the first non-walking industrial robot has a circular operating area, the gravure printing plate cylinder of the printing unit can be replaced by holding and operating the two ends of the gravure printing plate cylinder in the longitudinal direction by widening and narrowing the gap of the front end of the arm,
the second non-walking industrial robot has a circular operating area, the gravure printing plate cylinder of the printing unit can be replaced by holding and operating the two ends of the gravure printing plate cylinder in the longitudinal direction by widening and narrowing the gap of the front end of the arm,
the carousel-type plate cylinder stock device is used to pre-stock plate cylinders for gravure printing,
the automatic paper feeding device functions as a paper feeding device,
the auto-cutting device functions as a take-up device,
the operating area of the first non-walking industrial robot and the operating area of the second non-walking industrial robot are adjacent or partially overlapping,
the plurality of printing units are provided in an operation area of the first non-walking type industrial robot and an operation area of the second non-walking type industrial robot,
the plate cylinder for gravure printing assembled to the printing unit is replaced by the first non-traveling industrial robot or the second non-traveling industrial robot,
the first non-walking type industrial robot and the second non-walking type industrial robot are provided with a fixed base part and a rotary arm part connected with the fixed base part,
the centers of the operation areas of the first non-walking industrial robot and the second non-walking industrial robot are located on the same axis, and the plurality of printing units are arranged in parallel such that the rotation axes of the plate cylinders for intaglio printing are orthogonal to the same axis of the operation areas.
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