EP0406737B1 - Offset printing unit - Google Patents

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EP0406737B1
EP0406737B1 EP90112528A EP90112528A EP0406737B1 EP 0406737 B1 EP0406737 B1 EP 0406737B1 EP 90112528 A EP90112528 A EP 90112528A EP 90112528 A EP90112528 A EP 90112528A EP 0406737 B1 EP0406737 B1 EP 0406737B1
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  • the invention relates to an offset printing unit with a blanket cylinder, a plate cylinder and an inking cylinder having a resilient working surface, which are all driven at the same speed, and an anilox roller supplying ink to the inking cylinder.
  • the inking cylinder has a diameter corresponding to the effective working diameter of the printing form, that is to say the plate cylinder covered with one or more plates, and rotates at the same surface speed and in the area of the contact point with the same direction of rotation.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a printing unit of the type mentioned, in which a grinding movement between the plate cylinder and the inking cylinder is minimized.
  • the printing unit shown comprises a blanket cylinder 1, which is firmly seated on a shaft 2.
  • the shaft 2 is mounted on both ends of the blanket cylinder 1 in a side wall 3.
  • a gear 4 is still firmly attached.
  • a plate cylinder 5 interacts with the blanket cylinder 1.
  • the plate cylinder 5, together with a gear 6, is firmly placed on a shaft 7, which in turn is mounted between the side walls 3.
  • an inking unit which has an ink tray 8.
  • a screen roller 10 seated on a shaft 9 is partially immersed in the ink pan 8.
  • a doctor blade 11 is provided for stripping off the excess ink from the anilox roller 10.
  • an inking cylinder designated overall by 12
  • the inking cylinder sits together with a gear 13 on a shaft 14.
  • the gears 4, 6 and 13 have the same pitch circle diameter and the same module, so that the cylinders 1, 5 and 12 rotate at the same speed.
  • the inking cylinder 12 has a diameter of approximately 99 percent of the diameter of the plate cylinder 5.
  • a layer 16 of an elastic ink-accepting material is applied to its solid core 15, the thickness of which is 2 to 3 percent of the diameter of the inking cylinder 12.
  • the layer also has a hardness of 60 to 70 ° Shore. It expediently consists of rubber or a similar material which is used for the production of rubber blankets.
  • the layer 16 is expediently vulcanized onto the ink application cylinder 12.
  • the teeth of the gear 13 are designed with a negative profile shift.
  • the shaft 14 is mounted by means of an adjustable eccentric bearing 17 in the side wall 3 and in the same way in the opposite side wall.
  • the eccentric bearing 17 By means of the eccentric bearing 17, the inking cylinder 12 can be placed on the plate cylinder 5 during operation such that it is in contact with the plate cylinder 5 in the circumferential direction over a length 1 of approximately 7 to 9 mm.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Offsetdruckwerk mit einem Gummituchzylinder, einem Plattenzylinder und einem eine nachgiebige Arbeitsoberfläche aufweisenden Farbauftragzylinder, die sämtlich mit gleicher Drehzahl angetrieben sind, und einer dem Farbauftragzylinder Farbe zuführenden Rasterwalze.The invention relates to an offset printing unit with a blanket cylinder, a plate cylinder and an inking cylinder having a resilient working surface, which are all driven at the same speed, and an anilox roller supplying ink to the inking cylinder.

Eine derartige Anordnung ist aus der DE-PS 31 17 341 bekannt. Bei dieser Anordnung weist der Farbauftragzylinder einen dem wirksamen Arbeitsdurchmessers der Druckform, also des mit einer oder mehreren Platten belegten Plattenzylinders, entsprechenden Durchmesser auf und läuft mit gleicher Oberflächengeschwindigkeit und im Bereich der Berührungsstelle mit gleicher Drehrichtung um.Such an arrangement is known from DE-PS 31 17 341. In this arrangement, the inking cylinder has a diameter corresponding to the effective working diameter of the printing form, that is to say the plate cylinder covered with one or more plates, and rotates at the same surface speed and in the area of the contact point with the same direction of rotation.

Bedingt durch die Eindrückung der nachgiebigen Oberfläche des Farbauftragszylinders infolge des erforderlichen gegenseitigen Andrucks zwischen diesem Zylinder und dem Plattenzylinder tritt eine Schleifbewegung der Oberflächen beider Zylinder im Betrieb auf. Diese Schleifbewegung bewirkt zum einen einen höheren Plattenverschleiß, eine stärkere Erwärmung der Zylinder und Probleme mit der Feuchtmittelführung. Die Erwärmung führt zu einer Volumendehnung der Arbeitsoberfläche des Farbauftragzylinders, damit zu anderen Anstellverhältnissen zwischen den Zylindern, was die Schleifbewegung verstärkt. Durch diese Schleifbewegung wird im Spalt zwischen den beiden Zylindern mehr Feuchtmittel in die Farbe einemulgiert. Dieses Feuchtmittel steht dann nicht mehr auf der Oberfläche der Platte zum Freihalten der nicht druckenden Stellen zur Verfügung. Die Folge ist ein Tonen. Dem könnte zwar durch erhöhte Feuchtmittelführung entgegengewirkt werden. Da die meisten Farben aber nur bis zu einem bestimmten Grenzwert Feuchtmittel emulgieren können, treten bei zu hoher Feuchtmittelführung Waschmarken im Druck auf. Zudem wird bei vielen Farben durch einen zu großen Anteil emulgierten Feuchtmittels die Fließfähigkeit beeinträchtigt. Diese Problematik wirkt sich gerade bei Farbwerken mit einer Rasterwalze zur Farbzuführung besonders störend aus, da hier aus der rückgeführten Farb-Feuchtmittelemulsion kaum Feuchtmittel verdunstet. Es gibt daher nur einen sehr schmalen Bereich für eine noch ausreichende, aber nicht zu große zuzuführende Feuchtmittelmenge. Die Einstellung der Feuchtmittelmenge auf diesen Bereich ist aufwendig. Es wurde nun gefunden, daß der Anteil des in die Farbe emulgierten Feuchtmittels mit wachsender Schleifbewegung ansteigt.Due to the indentation of the resilient surface of the inking cylinder as a result of the necessary mutual pressure between this cylinder and the plate cylinder, a grinding movement of the surfaces of both cylinders occurs during operation. On the one hand, this grinding movement causes greater plate wear, more heating of the cylinders and problems with the dampening solution guide. The heating leads to a volume expansion of the working surface of the inking cylinder, and thus to different employment relationships between the cylinders, which increases the grinding movement. This grinding movement emulsifies more dampening solution into the ink in the gap between the two cylinders. This dampening solution is then no longer available on the surface of the plate to keep the non-printing areas free. The result is a toning. This could be counteracted by increased dampening solution management. However, since most inks can only emulsify dampening solution up to a certain limit, wash marks appear in the print if the dampening solution supply is too high. In addition, with many inks, too much emulsified dampening solution reduces the fluidity impaired. This problem is particularly disruptive for inking units with an anilox roller for ink supply, since hardly any dampening solution evaporates from the returned ink / fountain solution emulsion. There is therefore only a very narrow area for a sufficient but not too large amount of dampening solution to be supplied. Adjusting the amount of dampening solution to this area is complex. It has now been found that the proportion of the fountain solution emulsified into the ink increases with the grinding movement.

Es ist zwar aus der DE-PS 625 327 bzw. der US-PS 2 036 835 bekannt, daß zwischen dem Plattenzylinder und dem Gummituchzylinder einer Offsetdruckmaschine eine Schleifbewegung auftritt, wenn beide Zylinder mit gleich großen Arbeitsdurchmessern ausgeführt werden. Zur Abhilfe ist vorgesehen, daß der Durchmesser des Plattenzylinders vergrößert und der Durchmesser des Gummituchzylinders verkleinert wird. Diese Maßnahme führt bei Verwendung sogenannter inkompressibler Gummitücher zur Vermeidung der Schleifbewegung. Inkompressibel sind Gummitücher, wenn sie sich zwar verformen, nicht aber zusammendrücken, so daß beim Eindrücken durch den Plattenzylinder eine Wulstbildung auftritt. Diese Schriften geben jedoch für die Ausgestaltung eines Farbauftragzylinders eines mit einer Rasterwalze zur Farbzuführung arbeitenden Farbwerks keine Lehren.It is known from DE-PS 625 327 and US-PS 2 036 835 that a grinding movement occurs between the plate cylinder and the blanket cylinder of an offset printing machine if both cylinders are designed with the same working diameters. To remedy this, it is provided that the diameter of the plate cylinder is increased and the diameter of the blanket cylinder is reduced. This measure leads to the avoidance of the grinding movement when using so-called incompressible rubber blankets. Rubber blankets are incompressible if they deform, but do not compress, so that when the plate cylinder is pressed in, bulges occur. However, these writings give no lessons for the design of an inking cylinder of an inking unit working with an anilox roller for inking.

Hiervon ausgehend liegt der Erfindung die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Druckwerk der eingangs genannten Gattung zu schaffen, bei dem eine Schleifbewegung zwischen dem Plattenzylinder und dem Farbauftragzylinder minimiert ist.Proceeding from this, the invention has for its object to provide a printing unit of the type mentioned, in which a grinding movement between the plate cylinder and the inking cylinder is minimized.

Diese Aufgabe wird durch Anwendung der Maßnahmen des Kennzeichens des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.This object is achieved by applying the measures of the characterizing part of claim 1.

Auf der Zeichnung ist ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wiedergegeben. Es zeigt

Fig. 1
eine schematische Seitenansicht eines Druckwerkes und
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einen Schnitt entlang der Linie II-II in Fig. 1.
In the drawing, an embodiment of the invention is shown. It shows
Fig. 1
is a schematic side view of a printing unit and
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a section along the line II-II in Fig. 1st

Das dargestellte Druckwerk umfaßt einen Gummituchzylinder 1, der fest auf einer Welle 2 sitzt. Die Welle 2 ist an beiden Enden des Gummituchzylinders 1 in je einer Seitenwand 3 gelagert. Auf die Welle 2 ist weiterhin ein Zahnrad 4 fest aufgesetzt. Mit dem Gummituchzylinder 1 wirkt ein Plattenzylinder 5 zusammen. Der Plattenzylinder 5 ist zusammen mit einem Zahnrad 6 fest auf eine wiederum zwischen den Seitenwänden 3 gelagerte Welle 7 aufgesetzt.The printing unit shown comprises a blanket cylinder 1, which is firmly seated on a shaft 2. The shaft 2 is mounted on both ends of the blanket cylinder 1 in a side wall 3. On the shaft 2, a gear 4 is still firmly attached. A plate cylinder 5 interacts with the blanket cylinder 1. The plate cylinder 5, together with a gear 6, is firmly placed on a shaft 7, which in turn is mounted between the side walls 3.

Zur Versorgung des Plattenzylinders 5 mit Farbe ist ein Farbwerk vorgesehen, das eine Farbwanne 8 aufweist. In die Farbwanne 8 taucht partiell eine auf einer Welle 9 sitzende Rasterwalze 10 ein. Zum Abstreifen der überschüssigen Farbe von der Rasterwalze 10 ist eine Rakel 11 vorgesehen.To supply the plate cylinder 5 with ink, an inking unit is provided which has an ink tray 8. A screen roller 10 seated on a shaft 9 is partially immersed in the ink pan 8. A doctor blade 11 is provided for stripping off the excess ink from the anilox roller 10.

Zwischen der Rasterwalze 10 und dem Plattenzylinder 5 ist ein insgesamt mit 12 bezeichneter Farbauftragzylinder vorgesehen. Der Farbauftragszylinder sitzt gemeinsam mit einem Zahnrad 13 fest auf einer Welle 14. Die Zahnräder 4, 6 und 13 weisen einen gleichen Teilkreisdurchmesser und einen gleichen Modul auf, so daß die Zylinder 1, 5 und 12 mit gleicher Drehzahl rotieren.Between the anilox roller 10 and the plate cylinder 5, an inking cylinder, designated overall by 12, is provided. The inking cylinder sits together with a gear 13 on a shaft 14. The gears 4, 6 and 13 have the same pitch circle diameter and the same module, so that the cylinders 1, 5 and 12 rotate at the same speed.

Der Farbauftragzylinder 12 weist einen Durchmesser von etwa 99 Prozent des Durchmessers des Plattenzylinders 5 auf. Auf seinen festen Kern 15 ist eine Schicht 16 aus einem elastischen farbannehmenden Material aufgebracht, deren Dicke 2 bis 3 Prozent des Durchmessers des Farbauftragzylinders 12 beträgt. Die Schicht weist weiterhin eine Härte von 60 bis 70° Shore auf. Zweckmäßig besteht sie aus Gummi oder einem ähnlichen Material, das zur Herstellung von Gummitüchern Verwendung findet. Die Schicht 16 ist zweckmäßig auf den Farbauftragzylinder 12 aufvulkanisiert. Um die durch die Durchmesserverkleinerung des Farbauftragzylinders 12 bedingte Verringerung des Abstandes der Achsen der Wellen 7 und 14 voneinander zu kompensieren, sind die Zähne des Zahnrades 13 mit negativer Profilverschiebung ausgeführt.The inking cylinder 12 has a diameter of approximately 99 percent of the diameter of the plate cylinder 5. A layer 16 of an elastic ink-accepting material is applied to its solid core 15, the thickness of which is 2 to 3 percent of the diameter of the inking cylinder 12. The layer also has a hardness of 60 to 70 ° Shore. It expediently consists of rubber or a similar material which is used for the production of rubber blankets. The layer 16 is expediently vulcanized onto the ink application cylinder 12. In order to compensate for the reduction in the distance between the axes of the shafts 7 and 14 caused by the reduction in diameter of the inking cylinder 12, the teeth of the gear 13 are designed with a negative profile shift.

Die Welle 14 ist mittels eines einstellbaren Exzenterlagers 17 in der Seitenwand 3 und in gleicher Weise in der gegenüberliegenden Seitenwand gelagert. Mittels des Exzenterlagers 17 kann der Farbauftragzylinder 12 im Betrieb derart an den Plattenzylinder 5 angestellt werden, daß er über eine Länge 1 von etwa 7 bis 9 mm in Umfangsrichtung mit dem Plattenzylinder 5 in Kontakt steht.The shaft 14 is mounted by means of an adjustable eccentric bearing 17 in the side wall 3 and in the same way in the opposite side wall. By means of the eccentric bearing 17, the inking cylinder 12 can be placed on the plate cylinder 5 during operation such that it is in contact with the plate cylinder 5 in the circumferential direction over a length 1 of approximately 7 to 9 mm.

Es hat sich herausgestellt, daß bei Verwendung einer derartigen Anordnung eine Schleifbewegung zwischen dem Plattenzylinder 5 und dem Farbauftragzylinder 12 weitgehend vermieden werden kann. Dadurch wird die Menge des an der Berührungsstelle zwischen den beiden Zylindern in die Farbe einemulgierten Feuchtmittels minimiert. Infolgedessen kann die zulässige, dem Plattenzylinder pro Zeiteinheit zuzuführende Feuchtmittelmenge in einem größeren Bereich variieren, ohne daß Waschmarken oder ein Tonen im Druck auftreten. Da somit keine sehr exakte Einstellung der zuzuführenden Feuchtmittelmenge erforderlich ist, kann die Einstellung schneller erfolgen bzw. auch von weniger qualifiziertem Personal durchgeführt werden.It has been found that a grinding movement between the plate cylinder 5 and the inking cylinder 12 can be largely avoided when using such an arrangement. This minimizes the amount of dampening solution emulsified in the paint at the point of contact between the two cylinders. As a result, the allowable amount of fountain solution to be supplied to the plate cylinder per unit time can vary over a wide range without washing marks or toning in the print. As a very exact adjustment of the amount of dampening solution to be supplied is therefore not necessary, the adjustment can be carried out more quickly or can be carried out by less qualified personnel.

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  1. Offset printing unit having a blanket cylinder, a plate cylinder, and an inking cylinder having a flexible working surface, which are all driven at the same speed, and a screen roller supplying ink to the inking cylinder, characterised in that the inking cylinder (12) has a diameter of about 99% of the diameter of the plate cylinder (5), a layer (16) of an elastic ink-receiving material is applied to the inking cylinder (12), the thickness of this material being 2 to 3% of the diameter of the inking cylinder (12) and its Shore hardness being 60 to 70°, and the inking cylinder (12) can be set on the plate cylinder (5) for operation so that the inking cylinder (12) is in contact with the plate cylinder (5) over a length (ℓ) of 7 to 9 mm in the circumferential direction.
  2. Offset printing unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the layer (16) of elastic ink-receiving material is made of rubber and is vulcanised on to the inking cylinder (12).
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