EP0787597A3 - Sleeve for an intaglio printing cylinder, fabrication process therefore and working procedure of the manufacturing machine - Google Patents

Sleeve for an intaglio printing cylinder, fabrication process therefore and working procedure of the manufacturing machine Download PDF

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EP0787597A3
EP0787597A3 EP96117604A EP96117604A EP0787597A3 EP 0787597 A3 EP0787597 A3 EP 0787597A3 EP 96117604 A EP96117604 A EP 96117604A EP 96117604 A EP96117604 A EP 96117604A EP 0787597 A3 EP0787597 A3 EP 0787597A3
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Heinz.-W. Lorig
Karl Saueressig
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Polywest Kunststofftechnik Saueressig und Partner GmbH and Co KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
    • B41N1/00—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/16—Curved printing plates, especially cylinders
    • B41N1/22—Curved printing plates, especially cylinders made of other substances
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41C—PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
    • B41C1/00—Forme preparation
    • B41C1/18—Curved printing formes or printing cylinders
    • B41C1/182—Sleeves; Endless belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41N—PRINTING PLATES OR FOILS; MATERIALS FOR SURFACES USED IN PRINTING MACHINES FOR PRINTING, INKING, DAMPING, OR THE LIKE; PREPARING SUCH SURFACES FOR USE AND CONSERVING THEM
    • B41N1/00—Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
    • B41N1/16—Curved printing plates, especially cylinders
    • B41N1/20—Curved printing plates, especially cylinders made of metal or similar inorganic compounds, e.g. plasma coated ceramics, carbides
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49544—Roller making
    • Y10T29/49547—Assembling preformed components
    • Y10T29/49558—Includes securing removable cover on roller

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  • Printing Plates And Materials Therefor (AREA)
  • Rotary Presses (AREA)
  • Processing Of Meat And Fish (AREA)
  • Rolls And Other Rotary Bodies (AREA)
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Abstract

The printing roll has a sleeve comprising a basic sleeve (1) made of glass fibre-reinforced plastics and additional layers. The roll axle and the basic sleeve are slightly tapered and the basic sleeve has an axial key (6) which engages a slot in the roll axle. Preferably the taper amounts to approximately 2 mm variation in diameter over the length of the sleeve. Additional layers for rotogravure printing comprise a layer of compressible material (2), layer of plastics foam (3), an aluminium tube (4), and an electrolytically deposited engravable copper layer (5). For flexographic printing, the outermost layer is made of a cast or rigid foam material.
EP96117604A 1996-01-31 1996-11-04 Process of mounting a sleeve for an intaglio or a flexographic printing cylinder Expired - Lifetime EP0787597B1 (en)

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DE19603500A DE19603500A1 (en) 1996-01-31 1996-01-31 Sleeve for a rotogravure roller, process for its production and working method of the device for the production
DE19603500 1996-01-31

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EP0787597A2 EP0787597A2 (en) 1997-08-06
EP0787597A3 true EP0787597A3 (en) 1998-01-07
EP0787597B1 EP0787597B1 (en) 2000-04-26

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EP (1) EP0787597B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2975567B2 (en)
AT (1) ATE192086T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2195905A1 (en)
DE (2) DE19603500A1 (en)
DK (1) DK0787597T3 (en)

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