EP0321360A1 - Offsetdruckmaschine in Tandembauweise - Google Patents

Offsetdruckmaschine in Tandembauweise Download PDF

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EP0321360A1
EP0321360A1 EP88403227A EP88403227A EP0321360A1 EP 0321360 A1 EP0321360 A1 EP 0321360A1 EP 88403227 A EP88403227 A EP 88403227A EP 88403227 A EP88403227 A EP 88403227A EP 0321360 A1 EP0321360 A1 EP 0321360A1
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Nicolas Kakko-Chiloff
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Conseil Vente Service
Usinage Montage et Assistance Technique UMAT
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00—Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/02—Arrangements of indicating devices, e.g. counters
    • B41F33/025—Counters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/08—Cylinders
    • B41F13/24—Cylinder-tripping devices; Cylinder-impression adjustments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/46—Printing units for inserting latest news
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F7/00—Rotary lithographic machines
    • B41F7/02—Rotary lithographic machines for offset printing
    • B41F7/08—Rotary lithographic machines for offset printing using one transfer cylinder co-operating with several forme cylinders for printing on sheets or webs, e.g. sampling of colours on one transfer cylinder
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2217/00—Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes
    • B41P2217/10—Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes characterised by their constructional features
    • B41P2217/13—Machines with double or multiple printing units for "flying" printing plates exchange

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  • the present invention relates to an offset printing apparatus operating in tandem.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve these various problems by providing a tandem offset device of particularly simple design and safe operation by virtue of a judicious arrangement of the various printing, inking and wetting elements on the one hand and the use of recent technical means such as semi-continuous inking, alcohol wetting on a touchscreen, the functions of which reduce the need for adjustment during printing.
  • this offset printing apparatus operating in tandem comprising a frame at the top of which are mounted an inking device and a wetting device for applying respectively an ink film and a film of wetting liquid on a horizontal axis touching cylinder rotatably mounted on the frame and at the bottom of which are mounted for rotation a blanket cylinder and a counterpart cylinder tangent to each other and between which passes a sheet to be printed and whose axes are extend horizontally and transversely, that is to say perpendicular to the web to be printed, the axis of the blanket cylinder and that of the touch cylinder being located in the same vertical plane, characterized in that it comprises two plate cylinder cylinders with horizontal and transverse axes disposed respectively on either side of the vertical plane passing through the axes of the touching and blanket cylinders at an intermediate level between these two cylinders, - a support for the two plate cylinders, which is pivotally mounted around the axis of the blanket cylinder, - two launching cylinders with horizontal and transverse
  • the apparatus according to the invention offers the advantage that there is no interruption of the pressure on the web during the passage of printing from one series to the next and that there is also no discontinuity in anchoring and anchoring.
  • This apparatus comprises, at its upper part in the usual manner, an inking device 3 with semi-continuous ink intake, an alcohol wetting device 4, a large diameter inking and wetting touch cylinder 5, two tables 6, 7 traversed transversely for the distribution of the ink and for erasing the streaks and carryovers and a group of loading and distributing rollers 8 tangent to each other and with the touching cylinder 5. All these cylinders have horizontal axes and transverse, that is to say perpendicular to the direction of travel of the sheet 2 and they are rotatably mounted at their ends on the uprights of the frame 1 directly or by means of parts forming supports.
  • the device comprises two cylinders 9, 10 of horizontal and transverse axes respectively disposed on either side of the vertical transverse plane P passing through the axis of the touching cylinder 5 which each carry an offset plate which can be supplied with ink and water by the upper assembly ending with the touching cylinder 5.
  • the two plate cylinders 9, 10 are located below the touching cylinder 5 and they are brought into contact alternately with this following touching cylinder 5 the series to be printed. In the position illustrated in fig. 1, the right plate cylinder 10 is in contact with the touch cylinder 5 and it therefore intervenes for the printing of the series in progress, while the left plate cylinder 9 is moved away from the touch cylinder 5 in the position of waiting.
  • This counterpart cylinder 13 is pressed against the blanket cylinder 11 by mechanical pneumatic or hydraulic means such as vertical cylinders 14 so that the printing deposited by the offset plate of the plate cylinder 10 which is in the printing position, is perfectly transferred with a good strike by the blanket 12 on the tablecloth to be printed 2.
  • the arrangement which has been described above corresponds to that of a three-cylinder offset printing machine which is conventional, except that the cylinder blanket 11 is fixed in space while in known offset devices it is generally the plate cylinder 9 or 10 which is fixed.
  • the blanket cylinder 11 is rotated from a transverse shaft 15 by means of a gear train 16, 17, 18 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the gear 16 is linked directly to the inking group via the shaft 15, the rotation of which is ensured by the main shaft of the machine.
  • the gear 17 is an intermediate gear while the gear 18 is fixed to the blanket cylinder 11.
  • the pitch diameter of the gear 18 corresponds exactly to the diameter of cords 19 integral with the blanket cylinder 11 and therefore to the diameter of the format developed by printing.
  • the pitch diameter of the gear 16 is determined so that the linear speed of the inking exactly matches the linear speed of the printing.
  • the plate cylinder 10 which intervenes for the printing of the current series is rotated from the blanket cylinder 11 by means of a gear 21 integral with the blanket cylinder 11 and a gear 22 secured to the plate cylinder 10, gears whose pitch diameters are identical to that of the gear 18. Furthermore, each of the plate cylinders 9, 10 is secured to cords 23 which are supported in position d printing on the cords 19 of the blanket cylinder 11. The other plate cylinder 9 which is in the standby position is not rotated and the gear 24 of which it is integral and which is identical to the gear 22 is not engaged with gear 21 of the blanket cylinder 11. In addition, it is under pressure neither with the touch cylinder 5 nor with the blanket cylinder 11.
  • a starter cylinder 25 lined with rubber.
  • Another launching cylinder 26 is disposed on the other side of the blanket cylinder 11 and it is symmetrical with the launching cylinder 25, with respect to the vertical and transverse plane passing through the axes of the touching cylinder 5 and blanket cylinder 11. the cylinder plate holder 10 which is active for printing is then moved away from the second launcher cylinder 26.
  • the two launching cylinders 25, 26 are rotated from the blanket cylinder 11 by means of a transmission mechanism 27 comprising a chain 28 passing over a toothed wheel 29 secured to the shaft of the blanket cylinder 11 on return toothed wheels 31 mounted on the frame 1 of the apparatus and on a toothed wheel 32 secured to the input shaft 33 of an electromagnetic clutch 34 whose output shaft 35 is coupled to the shaft 36 of the launching cylinder 25 or 26.
  • a transmission mechanism 27 comprising a chain 28 passing over a toothed wheel 29 secured to the shaft of the blanket cylinder 11 on return toothed wheels 31 mounted on the frame 1 of the apparatus and on a toothed wheel 32 secured to the input shaft 33 of an electromagnetic clutch 34 whose output shaft 35 is coupled to the shaft 36 of the launching cylinder 25 or 26.
  • Each of the launching cylinders 25, 26 further comprises a differential 37 corrected by a servomotor 38.
  • the cinematographic chain thus formed is calculated so that the peripheral speed of each launching cylinder 25, 26 is identical to that of the blanket
  • the two plate-carrying cylinders 9, 10 are mounted together at each of their ends on the same pendulum 39 which is articulated around the axis of the blanket cylinder 11 and which rests on a pair of vertical cylinders 41 and 42.
  • the two plate cylinders 9, 10 are carried respectively by slides 43 which are pushed under pressure by respective jacks 44, 45 carried by the pendulum 39.
  • These jacks 44, 45 act on respective first rocker arms 46, 47 with two opposite arms articulated around axes 48, 49 and acting by their second arms on the slides 43.
  • These slides 43 may or may not come into contact with respective upper stops 51, 52 so as to fix the positions of the plate-carrying cylinders 9, 10 when they are in the active printing position.
  • stops 51, 52 can be adjusted horizontally and longitudinally by means of a horizontal threaded rod 53 driven in rotation by any suitable means.
  • Each of the jacks 44, 45 pushes the slide 43 downwards so that the cords 23 of the plate cylinder 9, 10 come into contact with the cords 19 of the blanket cylinder 11, this contact corresponding to the normal transfer pressure between the plate and the blanket.
  • the right jack 45 is pressurized and each slide 43 carrying the right plate cylinder 10 is in abutment against the right stop 52.
  • the other left jack 44 is depressurized and the slides 43 carrying the door cylinder - left plate 9 are spread below the left stop 51.
  • All the jacks 41, 42 and the stops 51, 52 are arranged and adjusted so that, when the pendulum 39 comes to rest on one of these stops 51 or 52 and the blanket cylinder 11 rolls cord on cord with the plate cylinder 9 or 10, the contact of this plate cylinder with the touch cylinder 5 corresponds to good inking and good wetting.
  • the blanket cylinder 11 has on its shaft an encoder 54 with three functions, namely transmission of a counting pulse, transmission of a cyclic code per revolution of the printing cylinder and transmission of an incremental pulse train .
  • the counting pulse controls an electronic counter 55 whose function is to deliver sequence pulses to preset accounts.
  • Cyclic code pulses synchronize the operation of an electronic tracking device 56 with the machine cycle.
  • This machine locating device also receives pulses emitted by detectors 57, 58 actuated by cams 59, 61 carried by the plate-carrying cylinders 9, 10.
  • the electronic information coming from the counter 55 and from the electronic locating device 56 are introduced into a programmable controller 62 which governs all the sequential commands of the device.
  • the encoder 54 activates the electronic counter 55 of the down-counting type, the recycling of which is automatic at the passage of zero on a preset account corresponding to the numbers of formats to be printed.
  • This counter 55 emits a pulse when it reaches a preset account at a value which allows all the sequences of the change of series to have time to be done. This pulse is emitted for example 250 cycles before the end of the drawing of the current series (zero of the counter). It will be assumed that the right plate cylinder 10 is then in the printing position, as shown in FIG. 1 and that the left plate cylinder 9, then stopped, has been fitted with its new plate. The left plate cylinder 9 is then supported on the left starter cylinder 25.

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EP88403227A 1987-12-18 1988-12-16 Offsetdruckmaschine in Tandembauweise Expired - Lifetime EP0321360B1 (de)

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FR8717752A FR2624792B1 (fr) 1987-12-18 1987-12-18 Appareil d'impression offset fonctionnant en tandem
FR8717752 1987-12-18

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EP0464309A2 (de) * 1990-05-28 1992-01-08 WindmÀ¶ller & Hölscher Druckmaschine
EP0509414A1 (de) * 1991-04-19 1992-10-21 KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Druckeinheit für eine Rotationsdruckmaschine
EP0895857A2 (de) * 1997-08-07 1999-02-10 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Wechseln des Druckbildes während des Betriebs einer Druckmaschine
WO2010020284A1 (de) * 2008-08-21 2010-02-25 Wifag Maschinenfabrik Ag Rotationsdruckmaschine für rasche produktionswechsel
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EP0464309A2 (de) * 1990-05-28 1992-01-08 WindmÀ¶ller & Hölscher Druckmaschine
EP0464309B1 (de) * 1990-05-28 1997-08-06 WindmÀ¶ller & Hölscher Druckmaschine
EP0509414A1 (de) * 1991-04-19 1992-10-21 KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Druckeinheit für eine Rotationsdruckmaschine
EP0895857A2 (de) * 1997-08-07 1999-02-10 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Wechseln des Druckbildes während des Betriebs einer Druckmaschine
EP0895857A3 (de) * 1997-08-07 1999-06-30 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Wechseln des Druckbildes während des Betriebs einer Druckmaschine
EP1157830A1 (de) * 1997-08-07 2001-11-28 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Wechseln des Druckbildes während des Betriebs einer Druckmaschine
WO2010020284A1 (de) * 2008-08-21 2010-02-25 Wifag Maschinenfabrik Ag Rotationsdruckmaschine für rasche produktionswechsel
CN103786420A (zh) * 2014-02-21 2014-05-14 中山火炬职业技术学院 带有独立水墨系统双印版交替印刷的平版印刷机

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