EP0252602A1 - Bogengreifer für Druckmaschinen - Google Patents

Bogengreifer für Druckmaschinen Download PDF

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EP0252602A1
EP0252602A1 EP87304999A EP87304999A EP0252602A1 EP 0252602 A1 EP0252602 A1 EP 0252602A1 EP 87304999 A EP87304999 A EP 87304999A EP 87304999 A EP87304999 A EP 87304999A EP 0252602 A1 EP0252602 A1 EP 0252602A1
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sheet
shielding plate
gripper means
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Andrew Barker Stott
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Reed Packaging Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F21/00—Devices for conveying sheets through printing apparatus or machines
    • B41F21/08—Combinations of endless conveyors and grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F21/00—Devices for conveying sheets through printing apparatus or machines
    • B41F21/04—Grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/04—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders
    • B41F23/044—Drying sheets, e.g. between two printing stations
    • B41F23/0443—Drying sheets, e.g. between two printing stations after printing

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  • the present invention relates to improvements in and relating to printing apparatus, especially sheet printing apparatus.
  • Conventional sheet printing apparatus such as for example the offset litho printing apparatus supplied by M.A.N. Roland Druckmaschinen AG of Offenbach and Augsburg, Federal Republic of Germany under the designation Roland 804, is generally provided with a sheet supply unit for feeding a supply of sheet to the printing station of the apparatus, a printing station at which ink is printed onto the sheets, and a sheet transfer means for conveying printed sheets from the printing station to a sheet receiving unit which receives and generally also stacks, the printed sheets.
  • Apparatus having more than one printing station such as the Roland 804 apparatus mentioned above which has two printing stations, is provided with further sheet transfer means for conveying the sheets from one printing station to the next.
  • the sheet printing apparatus is arranged to print a radiation-curable ink onto the sheets at one or more of the printing stations
  • the apparatus may also be provided with radiation curing means arranged to direct ink-curing radiation onto the printed sheets conveyed by a subsequent sheet transfer means. Apparatus of this type is disclosed in for example EP-A-l94l28.
  • the sheet transfer means comprises a drive means engaging a sheet gripper means (frequently termed a gripper bar or wagon) which itself engages the leading edge of the printed sheet and thereby serves to pull the printed sheet along.
  • a sheet gripper means frequently termed a gripper bar or wagon
  • the gripper means as well as the printed sheet is exposed to the curing radiation. This results in a limitation being placed on the operating speed or daily operation period for such apparatus as a result of the heating effect of the curing radiation on the gripper means since machine damage will occur if components such as the gripper means overheat or remain overheated for a prolonged period.
  • the heating effect on the gripper means may be reduced to a certain extent by polishing the surface of the gripper means that is exposed to the curing radiation, we have now found that overheating may be particularly effectively reduced or avoided by providing a reflection plate over, but spaced apart from, that surface.
  • the reflecting plate reduces the direct exposure of the gripper means to the curing radiation, reflects away much of the radiation striking it and, by being spaced apart from the main body of the gripper means, may be particularly effectively cooled by the air flow over its surfaces during its travel in the printing apparatus.
  • the present invention provides a sheet printing apparatus having at least one printing station for sheet printing, sheet transfer means for conveying printed sheets, and radiation curing means arranged to direct curing radiation onto sheets conveyed by said sheet transfer means, said sheet transfer means comprising a sheet gripper means whose length extends tranversely across the sheet feed direction of the sheet transfer means, wherein said gripper means has attached thereto and spaced therefrom a shielding plate extending along at least part of the length of said gripping means, said shielding plate having as the surface remote from the gripper means a radiation reflecting polished surface which serves to shadow said gripper means from directed radiation from said radiation curing means.
  • the invention also provides elongate sheet gripper means for a sheet printing apparatus having extending thereover and spaced apart therefrom a shielding plate the outer surface whereof is reflective.
  • ink is used herein to designate other printable fluids, such as varnishes, release coatings etc., besides conventional inks.
  • the inner surface of the plate i.e. the surface facing the main body of the gripper means
  • the inner surface of the plate is preferably provided with fins or vanes to increase the surface area and to increase the heat loss to the air flowing past the plate during the motion of the gripper means.
  • Such fins or vanes will preferably extend generally trans­versely to the gripper means, i.e. generally along the direction of motion of the shielding plate.
  • the fins or vanes may be angled to the direction of motion in order to direct the air flow, which is heated by contact with the shielding plate, towards the sides of the printing apparatus where it may more readily be pumped away. In this way, avoidance of over-heating of apparatus components is particularly assisted.
  • the shielding plate and the main body of the gripper means to which it is attached are fabricated from different materials, as may well be the case since the material of the shielding plate is preferably selected to achieve optimum reflectance, then the mounting for the plate will generally be arranged to permit the different longitudinal expansions of the plate and the gripper means to take place without undue distortion or strain occurring.
  • the plate is conveniently attached only at its mid-portion with its ends extending in a somewhat wing-like fashion and being free to expand or contract without straining or deforming the gripper means.
  • the precise means of attachment of the shielding plate to the main body of the gripper means is not critical and may for example simply comprise bolts passing through the shielding plate and through spacing collars to engage in threaded holes in the body of the gripper means.
  • a sheet printing apparatus l for example an offset litho printing apparatus, having a sheet supply unit 2 arranged to supply sheets 3, for example of paper or card, to a printing station 4 at which a radiation curable ink is printed onto the upper surface of the sheets by print roll 5 which is itself supplied with the ink by inker roll 6.
  • each sheet leaving the printing station 4 is engaged by a gripper means 7 driven by conveyor 8 and the sheets are thereby conveyed past a curing station 9 to a sheet receiving and stacking unit l0.
  • the printed surfaces of the sheets are exposed to curing radiation from an array of curing lamps ll, for example UV or IR emitting lamps, disposed tranversely to the sheet transport direction.
  • the curing lamps preferably extend for at least the full widths of the sheets and may be provided with reflectors l2 to increase the intensity of curing radiation directed at the sheets.
  • a UV curing lamp array at one curing station might be expected to operate at about 30-50 kW, for example 34 kW.
  • the temperature of the gripper means has been found to reach unacceptably high levels of 80°C or higher after only about 2 hours of operation.
  • the apparatus shown in Figure l has the gripper means 7 provided with a shielding plate l3 which serves to shadow it from directed radiation from the curing lamps ll.
  • the gripper means 7 and the shielding plate l3 are shown schematically in cross-section in Figure 2 where sheet 3 is shown gripped between the jaws of the lower l4 and upper l5 members of the gripper means.
  • the aluminium lower and upper members are mounted from the drive belts of conveyor 8 by means of a steel drive bar l6 which passes through collars l7 on the gripper means.
  • the shielding plate l3, conveniently of polished stainless steel, is secured to the upper surface of the upper member l5 at its mid-point by means of bolts l8 which engage with threaded holes in the upper member. To ensure that the shielding plate is adequately spaced apart from the upper member, the bolts l8 are provided with spacing collars l9. It will be appreciated therefore that conventional gripper bars and wagons may readily be modified to carry a shielding plate l3 simply by tapping holes to receive bolts l8.
  • the shielding plate l3 shown in Figure 2 has smooth, flat upper and lower surfaces.
  • the lower surface, the surface facing the main body of the gripper means may be provided with fins 20 to increase heat loss to the airflow and to direct the heated airflow (in the direction of the arrows shown in the figure) towards the sides of the printing apparatus.

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EP87304999A 1986-06-06 1987-06-05 Bogengreifer für Druckmaschinen Withdrawn EP0252602A1 (de)

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GB08613865A GB2191175A (en) 1986-06-06 1986-06-06 Improvements in and relating to printing apparatus
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WO2003033267A3 (en) * 2001-10-16 2003-12-24 Intel Corp Pen printer
DE102011087625A1 (de) 2011-01-03 2012-07-05 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Bogentransportvorrichtung und Verfahren zum Transportieren von Bogen mittels einer Bogentransportvorrichtung
DE10304617B4 (de) * 2002-03-06 2016-10-27 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Bogenförderer für eine Bogen verarbeitende Maschine
DE102016218157A1 (de) 2016-09-21 2018-03-22 Koenig & Bauer Ag Bogenverarbeitende Maschine mit Strahlungstrockner
DE102016015749A1 (de) 2016-09-21 2018-03-22 Koenig & Bauer Ag Bogenverarbeitende Maschine mit Strahlungstrockner
EP4414179A1 (de) * 2023-02-09 2024-08-14 Koenig & Bauer AG Trocknungseinrichtung zum trocknen einer von einer druckmaschine bedruckten und/oder lackierten oberfläche eines bogenförmigen substrats durch eine beaufschlagung mit wärme

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DE2608661A1 (de) * 1976-03-03 1977-09-08 Hans Jacob Dipl Ing Moestue Vorrichtung zum bedrucken und trocknen von boegen
US4530495A (en) * 1982-12-01 1985-07-23 Veb Kombinat Polygraph "Werner Lamberz" Leipzig Pick-up unit in a sheet-transporting device of a printing machine

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DE2608661A1 (de) * 1976-03-03 1977-09-08 Hans Jacob Dipl Ing Moestue Vorrichtung zum bedrucken und trocknen von boegen
US4530495A (en) * 1982-12-01 1985-07-23 Veb Kombinat Polygraph "Werner Lamberz" Leipzig Pick-up unit in a sheet-transporting device of a printing machine

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WO2003033267A3 (en) * 2001-10-16 2003-12-24 Intel Corp Pen printer
DE10304617B4 (de) * 2002-03-06 2016-10-27 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Bogenförderer für eine Bogen verarbeitende Maschine
DE102011087625A1 (de) 2011-01-03 2012-07-05 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Bogentransportvorrichtung und Verfahren zum Transportieren von Bogen mittels einer Bogentransportvorrichtung
DE102016218157A1 (de) 2016-09-21 2018-03-22 Koenig & Bauer Ag Bogenverarbeitende Maschine mit Strahlungstrockner
DE102016015749A1 (de) 2016-09-21 2018-03-22 Koenig & Bauer Ag Bogenverarbeitende Maschine mit Strahlungstrockner
WO2018055030A1 (de) 2016-09-21 2018-03-29 Koenig & Bauer Ag Greiferwagen, bogenverarbeitende maschine mit greiferwagen und strahlungstrockner und verfahren zum transport von bogen
EP4414179A1 (de) * 2023-02-09 2024-08-14 Koenig & Bauer AG Trocknungseinrichtung zum trocknen einer von einer druckmaschine bedruckten und/oder lackierten oberfläche eines bogenförmigen substrats durch eine beaufschlagung mit wärme

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