EP1112860B1 - Méthode pour la préparation continue des blanchets d'impression tubulaires, de préférence sans ligne de soudure en caoutchouc pour des machines d'impression offset - Google Patents

Méthode pour la préparation continue des blanchets d'impression tubulaires, de préférence sans ligne de soudure en caoutchouc pour des machines d'impression offset Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1112860B1
EP1112860B1 EP00126452A EP00126452A EP1112860B1 EP 1112860 B1 EP1112860 B1 EP 1112860B1 EP 00126452 A EP00126452 A EP 00126452A EP 00126452 A EP00126452 A EP 00126452A EP 1112860 B1 EP1112860 B1 EP 1112860B1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
sleeve
layer
station
producing
type base
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
EP00126452A
Other languages
German (de)
English (en)
Other versions
EP1112860A3 (fr
EP1112860A2 (fr
Inventor
Roland Thomas Palmatier
James Brian Vrotacoe
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Goss International Americas LLC
Original Assignee
Goss International Americas LLC
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Goss International Americas LLC filed Critical Goss International Americas LLC
Publication of EP1112860A2 publication Critical patent/EP1112860A2/fr
Publication of EP1112860A3 publication Critical patent/EP1112860A3/fr
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of EP1112860B1 publication Critical patent/EP1112860B1/fr
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • 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
    • B41N10/00—Blankets or like coverings; Coverings for wipers for intaglio printing
    • B41N10/02—Blanket structure
    • B41N10/04—Blanket structure multi-layer
    • 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
    • B41N10/00—Blankets or like coverings; Coverings for wipers for intaglio printing
    • 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
    • B41N10/00—Blankets or like coverings; Coverings for wipers for intaglio printing
    • B41N10/02—Blanket structure
    • 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
    • B41N2210/00—Location or type of the layers in multi-layer blankets or like coverings
    • B41N2210/02—Top layers
    • 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
    • B41N2210/00—Location or type of the layers in multi-layer blankets or like coverings
    • B41N2210/06—Backcoats; Back layers; Bottom layers
    • 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
    • B41N2210/00—Location or type of the layers in multi-layer blankets or like coverings
    • B41N2210/14—Location or type of the layers in multi-layer blankets or like coverings characterised by macromolecular organic compounds
    • 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
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S428/00—Stock material or miscellaneous articles
    • Y10S428/909—Resilient layer, e.g. printer's blanket

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of the present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of preferably channelless, sleeve-shaped blankets for offset printing machines according to the preamble of claim 1
  • a method for the production of tubular blankets is from EP-A-613 791 known. However, this method is not continuous because the different layers are applied to a metal substrate.
  • a web-fed rotary offset press typically includes a plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder, and an impression cylinder rotatably mounted in the printing press. On the plate cylinder, a printing plate is applied, whose rigid surface contains the image to be printed.
  • the blanket cylinder carries a blanket with a flexible surface, which the pressure plate in between the Blanket cylinder and the cylinder plate formed cylinder gap contacted.
  • a material web to be printed is guided by the pressure gap formed between the blanket cylinder and an impression cylinder. Paint is applied to the surface of the printing plate arranged on the plate cylinder.
  • the inked image is transferred from the printing plate in the cylinder gap formed between the blanket cylinder and the plate cylinder on the blanket cylinder.
  • the image is finally transferred from the blanket cylinder to the web.
  • the impression cylinder may be designed to print the back of the web as a second blanket cylinder. Conventional blankets are flat and are placed around the blanket cylinder.
  • the opposite ends of the blanket are thereby secured in an axially extending in the blanket cylinder gap or channel and thus form an axially along the length of the blanket extending gap or channel.
  • this channel moves through the cylinder gap formed between the blanket cylinder and the plate cylinder and by the pressure gap formed between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder.
  • the leading edge and the trailing edge of the rubber blanket cylinder formed Move channel through the cylinder gap formed between the blanket cylinder and an adjacent cylinder, the pressure between the two cylinders is interrupted for a short time. This repeated interruption of pressure causes vibrations and shock loads in the cylinders and in the entire press, which increasingly affect the print quality as the printing speed increases. If z. B.
  • the pressure in the cylinder gap between the blanket cylinder and the plate cylinder is interrupted, while a web is printed in the gap formed between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder, there is a risk that a caused by the interruption of the pressure movement of the blanket cylinder or the blanket smearing caused by the blanket cylinder on the web image caused.
  • channelless, sleeve-shaped blankets As a remedy for these disadvantages of conventional flat blankets have been developed by the applicant of the present invention, channelless, sleeve-shaped blankets.
  • Such channelless, sleeve-shaped blankets are z. B. in the US 5,768,990 , of the US 5,553,541 , of the US 5,440,981 , of the US 5,429,048 , of the US 5,323,702 and the US 5,304,267 described.
  • US 5,304,267 a method for the production of channelless, tubular blankets.
  • the preferred method of making chaferless tubular blankets is as follows: A compressible thread is coated with a mixture of rubber solution or rubber cement and microspheres and spirally wound around the cylindrical sleeve to form a compressible layer. A non-stretchable thread is coated with rubber solution or rubber cement without microspheres and spiraled around the underneath arranged compressible layer wound, so that a non-stretchable layer is formed. About this an unvulcanized elastomer is wound and fixed with a tape. The bonded structure is vulcanized so that the superimposed elastomer layers assume a continuous, seamless sleeve-like shape.
  • the art further describes other methods of production, including a method of making chalkless tubular blankets having a circumferentially inextensible intermediate layer comprising a continuous plastic film spirally extending through the elastomeric material of a non-stretchable layer and around a compressible layer ,
  • the width of this plastic film corresponds approximately to the length of the tubular blanket.
  • the plastic film is also only 0.00254 cm (0.001 inch) thick so that the narrow seam of the topmost layer formed by the 0.00254 cm thick edge does not disrupt the uniform, even cylindrical contour of a superimposed printing layer.
  • a method of manufacturing a cylindrical carrier in which a continuous strip is wound onto a supporting mandrel surface.
  • the strip is unwound from a spool which is pivotally mounted in such a way that the angle at which the strip is wound is self-adjusting.
  • the strip is kept taut.
  • the strip is subjected to a conditioning treatment and coated with an adhesive.
  • These processing stations are arranged on a support wall, which is installed in such a way that it is pivotable relative to the cylindrical surface.
  • the cylindrical carrier which has a predetermined length, is coated with an integral plastic layer.
  • the inventive method for producing preferably channelless, sleeve-shaped blankets provides that the blankets are continuously produced and then cut into blankets of the desired length.
  • a station for producing a sleeve-like base a sleeve-shaped base is continuously formed and that this sleeve-shaped base is moved axially from the station for producing a sleeve-shaped base by a station for producing a printing layer, wherein one or more layers are continuously applied to the sleeve-shaped base; however, at least one printing layer is applied continuously while the sleeve-shaped base passes the station for producing a printing layer, so that a channelless, sleeve-shaped blanket of indefinite length is formed.
  • continuous means that in the station for making a sleeve-shaped base another section of a sleeve-shaped base is produced while at the same time in the station for producing a printing layer the printing layer is applied to the previously formed section of the sleeve-shaped base ,
  • the sleeve-shaped base is preferably, but not necessarily, continuously moved.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is rotated while being moved axially from the station for producing the sleeve-shaped base by the station for producing the printing layer.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is not rotated (ie it remains rotationally fixed) while it is being produced by the station the sleeve-shaped base is moved by the station for producing the printing layer.
  • the channelless sleeve-shaped rubber blanket produced by the method according to the invention comprises a sleeve-shaped base and one or more material layers arranged above it.
  • the preferred embodiment of a blanket made by the method of the invention comprises a sleeve-shaped base of metal onto which a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer and a printing layer are applied.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is preferably produced by wrapping a rotating and translationally moving body.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is preferably produced by passing a metal sheet through a conically shaped molding area and around a translationally moving body and connecting the ends of the metal sheet together become.
  • the further layer or layers can be applied in various ways.
  • preferably two mutually partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material are wound around the sleeve.
  • the inner side of a first inner strip adjacent the sleeve-shaped base is preferably connected to a strip of compressible elastomer material.
  • the outside of an outer second strip is preferably connected to a strip of elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image.
  • the two overlapping strips are preferably connected to each other by means of an adhesive.
  • the sleeve-shaped base While the sleeve-shaped base is rotated and moved translationally, so the two overlapping strips are wound around the sleeve-shaped base, so that a compressible, preferably volumkompressible layer, a reinforcing layer and a printing layer are applied to the sleeve-shaped base.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is then preferably further rotated and axially moved while passing through a vulcanization station or curing station where it is cured or cured and through a grinding station in which the printing layer is smooth ground. Since the blanket is continuously produced, it can be cut into blankets of the desired length after the vulcanizing or curing operation and the grinding operation.
  • the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and / or the printing layer can be produced in separate stations by means of a stage coater, an oblique coater, a crosshead extruder or an extruder.
  • the printing layer may be made by means of a coater, while the remaining layers are made by wrapping the tubular base with two mutually partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material, the inside of one of the strips being bonded to a compressible elastomeric material.
  • the compressible layer may be made by means of a coater, while the remaining layers are made by wrapping the tubular base with two mutually partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material, the outer surface of the outer strip being coated with an elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image. Material is connected.
  • the partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material are preferably bonded together with an adhesive.
  • the other layer or the other layers can be applied in different ways.
  • the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and / or the printing layer may e.g. B. produced by means of cross-head extruders or extruders or conical shaped areas.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is preferably further axially moved while being passed through a vulcanization station or curing station where it is cured or cured, and through a grinding station where the printing layer is smoothly ground. Since the blanket is continuously produced, it can be cut into blankets of the desired length after the vulcanizing or curing operation and after the grinding operation.
  • the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and the printing layer by wrapping the rotatably arranged sleeve-shaped base with two mutually partially overlapping strips of a reinforcing material produced with the inside of the first inner strip adjacent the sleeve-shaped base being connected to a strip of compressible elastomeric material.
  • the outside of the second, outer strip is preferably connected to a strip of elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image.
  • the two partially overlapping strips are preferably connected to each other by means of an adhesive.
  • the printing layer can be produced by means of a conical forming area, a crosshead extruder or an extruder, while the remaining layers are produced by wrapping the tubular base with two mutually partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material, the inside of the inner strip preferably with a compressible elastomeric material is connected.
  • the compressible layer is preferably made by means of a conical forming section, a crosshead extruder or an extruder, while the remaining layers are made by wrapping the tubular base with two mutually partially overlapping strips of reinforcing material, the outside of the outer strip is preferably connected to a suitable for the transmission of the printed image elastomeric material.
  • the partially overlapping strips are connected to each other by means of an adhesive.
  • Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of the inventive method for producing a continuous, channelless, sleeve-shaped blanket by means of rotation and translatory movement.
  • a "continuously produced blanket” in the context of this application refers to a sleeve-shaped blanket of non-predetermined axial length.
  • a first embodiment of a device comprising a first station 100 for making a sleeve base for the tubular blanket, a second station 200 for producing a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer and a printing layer, a third station 300 to Applying vulcanization material or curing material, preferably vulcanization tape or curing tape, a fourth station 400 for curing or curing the continuously produced tubular blanket, and a fifth station 500 for removing the vulcanization tape or curing belt and grinding the surface of the blanket, thus providing a seamless printing Layer is created.
  • the rotating cylindrical transporting device 11 shown in Figs. 1, 1b and 1c comprises a plurality of surface portions 20 arranged around a rotation core 240, numbered 1 to 10.
  • Sections 20 comprise guide elements 260 and 270 and are translationally (ie axially) displaceably guided with respect to the axis of rotation A in axially extending guide rails, not shown, so that they move the blanket sleeve around the axis A through the stations 100 to 500 during the rotational movement of the transport device 11 ,
  • the sections 20 are driven by the movement of the guide members 260, 270 in a helical guide groove (or surface guide) 300, not shown, in a bushing 230 which surrounds the rotary core 240 at one end.
  • the sections 20 preferably extend over the entire length of the transport device 11, but may also extend only in a partial area thereof, e.g. in the area of station 100.
  • two metal strips or strips of metal strip 30 and 31 are wrapped around the sections 20 of the conveyor 11 as it rotates.
  • the two metal strips are offset by half the strip width, so that they partially overlap.
  • the workpiece which consists in this process step of the formed of the metal strip sleeve-shaped metal base 33, continuously rotated and moved from station 100 to station 200 by the sections 20 rotate about the axis A and move translationally or axially.
  • the advancement of the sleeve-shaped metal base 33 is thereby produced by moving from the eg ten sections 20 nine sections, eg the sections 1-9, with the substantially constant feed speed in the feed direction of the sleeve-shaped base 33, and one of the sections, eg Section 10 in Fig. 1b and Fig. 1c, is moved back against the feed direction at a high speed.
  • the forward and backward movement is determined by the shape of the substantially helically extending guide groove.
  • an inner compressible layer 44, a reinforcing intermediate layer 43 and a printing layer 45 are applied to the sleeve-shaped metal base 33 by first wrapping two strips 40 and 41 around the sleeve-shaped base 33.
  • the strips are preferably offset by half the strip width so that they partially overlap, and are bonded together during the wrapping process with an adhesive 42 applied to one or both strips.
  • Fig. 1f is shown how the adhesive 42 z. B. is applied to the outer surface of the strip 40.
  • the strip 40 is preferably a plastic strip 43A, in particular of MYLAR ®, whose inner surface is connected to a compressible layer 44th
  • the strip 41 is preferably also a plastic strip 43A, preferably also made of MYLAR ®, whose outer surface is connected with a printing layer.
  • the strips 40 and 41 are wrapped around the sleeve-shaped base 33 such that the strip 40 is the inner strip such that the compressible rubber layer 44 abuts the sleeve-shaped base.
  • Fig. 1e the layer structure is shown, which arises when the two strips are applied simultaneously to the cylinder.
  • Fig. 1d shows the Layer structure that arises when the outer strip 41 is applied with respect to the inner strip 40 delayed.
  • the sleeve-shaped base 33 with the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and the printing layer applied thereto, is continuously moved from station 200 to station 300, with the segments 20 and the sleeve-shaped base 33 disposed thereon rotating about the axis A and translatory or move axially.
  • the adhesive may be any suitable adhesive, preferably a mixture of Chemlok ® 205 and Chemlok ® 220th
  • two strips of vulcanization tape or curing belt 50 and 51 are wrapped around the printing layer 45 as the workpiece rotates.
  • the two strips of vulcanization tape or curing tape are offset by half the strip width so that they partially overlap one another.
  • the workpiece which now comprises the sleeve-shaped base with the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and the printing layer and the vulcanization belt or curing belt, is continuously moved from station 300 to station 400, wherein the sections 20 rotate about the axis A. and move translationally (or axially).
  • the sleeve-shaped base with the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer, the printing layer and the vulcanization belt or curing belt disposed thereon is vulcanized or cured by, for example, exposure to heat.
  • the sections 20 rotate about the axis A and move translationally (or axially), with the sleeve-shaped base with the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer, the printing layer and the vulcanization belt or curing belt being continuously moved from station 400 to station 500.
  • the vulcanizing belt or belt is removed and the printing layer 45 is ground by a grinder such as a stone wheel 503 to form a smooth printing layer.
  • the vulcanization tape or curing tape can be removed by hand or automatically.
  • the vulcanization belt or curing belt is planed from a stationary knife 502 from the workpiece.
  • the sleeve-shaped base is then cut or tapped with the compressible layer, reinforcing layer and printing layer by means of a cutting device (eg, a cutting wheel and anvil) to form a channelless, sleeve-shaped blanket of the desired length arises.
  • a cutting device eg, a cutting wheel and anvil
  • eddy current or stress tests may be performed.
  • FIG. 2 an alternative embodiment of the present invention is shown, in which similar components with the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1 are designated.
  • the method of FIG. 2 is identical to the method of FIG. 1 in most respects, however, in FIG. 2, the station 200 of FIG. 1 is replaced by a station 225 and a station 250.
  • an inner compressible layer 44 and a reinforcing intermediate layer 43 are applied to the sleeve-shaped base 33.
  • Two strips 40 and 41 are wound by half the strip width offset from one another around the sleeve-shaped base 33, so that they partially overlap. As the strips are wrapped around the workpiece, they are bonded together by means of an adhesive 42.
  • Each of the strips 40 and 41 is a plastic strip 43A (preferably MYLAR ®).
  • Connected to the inner surface of the strip 40 is a compressible layer 44 ( Figure 2a) which abuts the sleeve-shaped base 33 when the strips 40 and 41 are wrapped around the sleeve-shaped base 33.
  • the sections 20 rotate with the sleeve-shaped base about the axis A and move translationally (or axially), wherein the sleeve-shaped base 33 is moved with the compressible layer and the reinforcing layer thereon continuously from station 225 to station 250.
  • a stage coater 50 includes a rotating cylindrical body having an outer surface which is stepped such that the diameter 51 of the cylinder gradually decreases from the first end of the cylinder adjacent station 225 to the second end of the cylinder adjacent to station 300.
  • the stepped outer surface is supplied with liquid rubber solution or liquid rubber cement 45 which is applied to the workpiece while the workpiece and the coating device are rotating.
  • the workpiece is preferably partially heated while in station 250 to assist solidification of the rubber solution or rubber cement.
  • a plurality of doctor blades 52 may be provided which paint the rubber solution or the rubber cement in a desired thickness on the outer surface of the coating device 50.
  • a coating device 50 'with an oblique outer surface can also be used, as shown in FIG. 2b.
  • FIG. 3 an alternative embodiment of the present invention is shown in which similar components are also denoted by the same reference numerals as in Fig. 1.
  • the method of FIG. 3 is identical in many respects to the method of FIG. 1, however station 200 shown in FIG. 1 in FIG. 3 is replaced by stations 225, 235 and 250.
  • the workpiece is preferably heated in stations 100, 225, 235, 250, and 400 to assist in joining the layers of the workpiece.
  • an inner compressible layer 43 z. B. from a rubber solution or rubber cement applied to the sleeve-shaped base.
  • the elastomeric rubber solution or rubber cement applied by the coater preferably contains microspheres, a blowing agent, a blowing agent or other known additives to form voids in the layer 43 to be compressible.
  • two plastic strips 40 and 41 are wrapped around the compressible layer 43. These two strips are offset by half the strip width so that they partially overlap each other, and are connected to each other during the winding process by means of an adhesive 42 so that they form a reinforcing layer.
  • the sleeve-shaped base portions 20 rotate about the axis A and move translationally (or axially), with the sleeve-shaped base with the compressible layer and reinforcing layer continuously moving from station 235 to station 250.
  • a printing layer 45 is applied to the reinforcing layer 43 in the manner described in FIGS. 2 and 2b.
  • the reinforcing layer can be applied as a plastic in liquid form by means of a stepped or oblique coating device.
  • a further embodiment of the method according to the invention for producing a continuous, channelless, tubular blanket is described without rotation, but with translational movement.
  • the workpiece is moved translationally (or axially) without rotation and passes through the stations 100 (production of the sleeve-shaped base), 200 (production of the compressible layer), 300 (production of the reinforcing layer), 400 (production of the printing layer), 500 (application of vulcanization tape or curing tape), 600 (vulcanization or curing) and 700 (removal of the vulcanization belt or curing belt and grinding).
  • the workpiece is preferably heated as it passes stations 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 to assist in bonding the layers of the workpiece together.
  • the workpiece is moved translationally (without rotation) through the stations 100 to 700 by means of a conveyor, which comprises a platform for fastening a sleeve-shaped workpiece.
  • the station 100 comprises a roll of sheet metal 102, which is rotatably mounted in a roller stand 103.
  • the metal sheet is fed to a conical forming area 101, in which the flat metal sheet is wound around the support platform to form a cylinder, and the ends of the cylinder by means of holding wheels 105, a welding machine, preferably a laser welder 106 and cold forming rollers 107 a continuous sleeve-shaped base are joined together.
  • the holding platform moves the workpiece (which at this time of the method consists of the sleeve-shaped base 33) continuously to the station 200.
  • a pair of concave shaped forming rollers 101 ' may be provided. between which there is a gap through which the metal sheet 102 is guided and thus formed into a cylinder.
  • Stations 200, 300, and 400 each include a crosshead extruder or extruder 201, 301, and 401.
  • the crosshead extruder or extruder 201 applies elastomer to the sleeve base 33 Material containing microspheres (or a blowing agent, blowing agent or other known additives that form voids in elastomeric materials) to form a channelless, seamless compressible layer.
  • the cross-head extruder 301 bears on the compressible layer, a plastic material, such as MYLAR ®, on so that a gapless, seamless reinforcing layer is formed.
  • the crosshead extruder 401 applies an elastomeric material to the reinforcing layer to form a channelless, seamless, printing layer.
  • an orbital winder 501 wraps two strips of vulcanization belt or curing belt 50 and 51 around the printing layer 45 as the workpiece passes station 500.
  • the two strips of Vulkanmaschinesbands or Aushärtungsbands are offset by half the strip width, so that they partially overlap each other.
  • the workpiece is then vulcanized or cured at station 600. Thereafter, the vulcanization belt or curing belt is removed and the printing layer is ground by an orbital sanding device 702 as the workpiece passes the station 700.
  • the winder 501 and the grinder 702 are referred to as "orbital" as they rotate about the workpiece while translating as shown in Figs. 4a and 4b.
  • eddy current or load capacity tests may also be performed at the end of the device 100 for permanent monitoring of the inner diameter of the sleeve.
  • the vulcanization tape or curing tape can be removed by hand or automatically.
  • the vulcanization belt or belt is removed by means of an axially extending stationary blade 701 as shown in FIG.
  • FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of the method according to the invention for producing a continuous, channelless, tubular rubber blanket without rotation, but with translatory movement, in which similar components have been designated with the same reference numerals as in FIG. 4.
  • the stations 100, 400, 500, 600 and 700 in FIG. 5 are identical to the stations shown in FIG. According to the embodiment shown in Fig. 5, however, the station 200 comprises a roll of compressible elastomeric material which is rotatably supported in a roll stand, and a conical mold portion, which is shown schematically in Fig. 5 as a component 205 and which forms the flat compressible elastomeric material into a cylinder and connects the flush with each other or overlapping edges by means of an adhesive.
  • the roller of the compressible elastomeric material, the roller stand and the conical molding portion of Fig. 5 function similarly to the roller 102, the roller stand 103 and the conical molding portion 101 of Fig. 4.
  • the ends of the flat compressible material but connected with an adhesive. Therefore, no welding device, no nip rollers and no cold forming rollers are needed.
  • the station 300 shown in FIG. 5 further comprises an orbital winding device 310, by means of which two plastic strips 40 and 41 are wound around the compressible layer 43. The two strips are offset by half the strip width, so that they partially overlap each other.
  • the workpiece is preferably heated in stations 100, 200, 300, 400, and 600 to assist in bonding the layers together.
  • the reinforcing layer (strips 40, 41) and the printing layer 45 are applied by means of a conical shaping device in the manner described with reference to FIG. 5 as a flat material.
  • the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer and the printing layer can be applied in station 300 by means of an orbital winding device, the two partially overlapping plastic strips 43A wrapped around the sleeve, wherein with the inside of the inner plastic strip, a compressible rubber layer 44 and to the outside of the outer plastic strip, a printing layer 45 is connected.
  • stations 200 and 400 in FIG. 5 may be omitted.
  • the compressible layer and the reinforcing layer can be applied in station 300 by means of a single orbital winder which encompasses two partially overlapping plastic strips 43A the sleeve winds, with a compressible rubber layer 44 connected to the inside of the inner plastic strip.
  • the station 200 in Fig. 5 may be omitted.
  • the reinforcing layer and the printing layer can be applied in station 300 by means of an orbital winder comprising two partially overlapping plastic strips 43A around the Sleeve wraps, wherein the outer surface of the outer plastic strip is connected to a printing layer 45.
  • the station 400 in Fig. 5 may be omitted.
  • the compressible layer may be applied at station 200 by means of an orbital winder which winds a strip of compressible material about the sleeve.
  • the printing layer can also be applied in station 400 by means of a winding device which winds a strip of elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image around the sleeve.
  • a device 1000 comprising a pair of preferably vertically spaced conical shaped elements 1010 and 1020.
  • a heated workpiece 10 is preferably moved vertically (in the direction indicated by the arrow B) downwardly centrally through the conically shaped elements 1010 and 1020.
  • the tapered elements 1010 and 1020 each have upper and lower ends 1011 and 1021 and 1022 and 1022, respectively.
  • the diameter of lower end 1022 is greater than the diameter of lower end 1012.
  • an elastomeric material flows into the upper Ends 1011 and 1021, respectively, of the conical shaped elements 1010 and 1020 are pressed into it while the workpiece is being moved in the direction of arrow B.
  • the elastomeric material is applied to the workpiece in successive layers.
  • the speed of the workpiece and the distance between the ends 1012 and 1022 are selected such that the elastomeric material applied by the conical member 1010 solidifies before the further elastomeric material is applied in the conical member 1020.
  • the apparatus 1000 may be deployed in station 200 and / or station 400 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 to apply the compressible layer and / or the printing layer, provided that the stations 200-700 are located vertically below the station 100.
  • the apparatus 1000 shown in Fig. 6 comprises two conically shaped elements for applying two layers of elastomeric material, other conical shaped elements may be provided which apply additional layers.
  • the workpiece is preferably heated in stations 100, 200, 300, 400, and 600 to assist in bonding the layers together.
  • compressible layer refers to an elastomeric material whose compressibility has been generated in any known manner, e.g. B. by means of microspheres, blowing agents, blowing agents or caustics. Such materials are for. B. in the US 5,768,990 , of the US 5,553,541 , of the US 5,440,981 , of the US 5,429,048 , of the US 5,323,702 and the US 5,304,267 described.
  • printing layer or "elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image” refers to any elastomeric material suitable for transferring an image from an offset printing plate or other image carrier to a web or sheet of material of the required quality transferred to.
  • the blanket may, when required by a particular application, be disposed between the sleeve 33 and the compressible layer 44 may also comprise an intermediate layer which has been applied in the same manner as described above with regard to the compressible layer and the printing layer, e.g. Also by means of the stepped or oblique coater for applying rubber solution or rubber cement shown in Figs. 2 and 2b, the conical shaping apparatus shown in Fig. 5, the crosshead extruder shown in Fig. 4, the winding apparatus shown in Fig. 4a or Figs in the form of the previously coated strips shown in FIG.
  • the intermediate layer may, for. B. made of the same elastomeric material as the printing layer.
  • a blanket may also comprise more or fewer layers than the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer, and the printing layer described herein. If it is z. B. is required for a particular application, a blanket produced by the process according to the invention may also comprise a sleeve-shaped base and a printing layer or a sleeve-shaped base, a compressible layer and a printing layer. A blanket produced by the method of the invention may also comprise a plurality of compressible layers, a plurality of intermediate layers and / or a plurality of reinforcing layers.
  • the use of partially overlapping strips has the advantage that a greater isometry of the reinforcing layer is ensured.
  • a single strip to form the reinforcing layer.
  • the single plastic strip may be coated on one side with a compressible material to form a reinforcing layer and a compressible layer, or may be coated on one side with an elastomeric material suitable for transferring the printed image such that a reinforcing layer Layer and a printing layer at the same time in a winding process arise.
  • the single strip is coated on one side with a compressible material and on the other side with an elastomer material suitable for transferring the printed image, so that a compressible layer, a reinforcing layer and a printing layer are formed.
  • the strip may also be completely uncoated, so that only one reinforcing layer is formed.
  • the reinforcing layer which in the preferred embodiment is formed from plastic strips 40 and 41, may also be formed from partially overlapping strips of fabric. In embodiments in which the reinforcing layer is applied independently of the printing layer and the compressible layer, the reinforcing layer may also be formed by wrapping the workpiece with fabric or plastic threads or cords.
  • the preferably gapless blanket produced in the manner described above may preferably be provided following the manufacturing process with a longitudinal section which cuts through at least the outer pressure layer, if this is desirable for the printing process.

Landscapes

  • Printing Plates And Materials Therefor (AREA)
  • Printing Methods (AREA)

Claims (21)

  1. Procédé de fabrication continue d'un blanchet en forme de manchon, de préférence sans canal,
    comportant les étapes de procédé suivantes:
    fabrication d'une base en forme de manchon (33) avec une première et une seconde sections dans une station (100) pour réaliser une base,
    application d'une couche d'impression (45) sur la base en forme de manchon (33) dans une station (200) pour réaliser une couche d'impression (45),
    caractérisé par
    l'étape de procédé suivante:
    déplacement de la base en forme de manchon (33) dans la direction axiale depuis la station (100) pour réaliser une base (33) à travers la station (200) pour réaliser une couche d'impression (45) ; et caractérisé en ce que
    l'application de la couche d'impression (45) sur la base en forme de manchon (33) est réalisée en continu, pendant que celle-ci passe la station (200) pour réaliser une couche d'impression (45),
    et en ce que la base en forme de manchon (33) est formée en continu, tandis que la seconde section de la base en forme de manchon est formée pendant que simultanément dans la station (200), pour réaliser une couche d'impression, la couche d'impression (45) est appliquée sur la première section de la base en forme de manchon formée auparavant, de façon à ce qu'un blanchet en forme de manchon de longueur non définie soit produit, et par
    une découpe finale en blanchets de longueur souhaitée.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la base en forme de manchon (33), avant qu'elle ne soit déplacée à travers la station (200) pour réaliser la couche d'impression (45), est déplacée axialement depuis la station (100) pour réaliser la base en forme de manchon (33) à travers une station (225) pour réaliser une couche compressible (44), dans laquelle une couche compressible (44) est appliquée en continu sur la base en forme de manchon (33) pendant que celle-ci passe la station (225) pour réaliser une couche compressible (44).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la base en forme de manchon (33), avant qu'elle ne soit déplacée à travers la station (200) pour réaliser la couche d'impression (45) et après qu'elle est déplacée à travers la station (225) pour réaliser une couche compressible (44), est déplacée axialement depuis la station (225) pour réaliser une couche compressible (44) vers une station (250) pour réaliser une couche de renfort (43) dans laquelle une couche de renfort (43) est appliquée en continu sur la couche compressible (44), pendant que la base en forme de manchon (33) passe la station (250) pour réaliser une couche de renfort (43).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue de la couche de renfort (43) comprend l'enveloppement de la base en forme de manchon (33) par une paire de bandes d'un matériau de renfort se chevauchant partiellement l'une sur l'autre (40, 41), la paire comprenant une bande intérieure (40) et une bande extérieure (41) et la surface interne de la bande intérieure (40) adjacente à la base en forme de manchon (33) étant reliée à un matériau élastomère compressible et la surface externe de la bande extérieure (41) est reliée à un matériau élastomère approprié pour reporter l'image d'impression.
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 3 ou 4,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue de la couche de renfort (43) comprend l'enveloppement de la base en forme de manchon (33) par une bande (40, 41) d'un matériau de renfort dont la surface interne adjacente à la base en forme de manchon (33) est reliée à une bande d'un matériau élastomère compressible et dont la surface externe est reliée à un matériau élastomère approprié pour transférer l'image d'impression.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le déplacement de la base en forme de manchon (33) comprend une rotation de la base en forme de manchon (33) pendant que celle-ci est déplacée axialement depuis la station (100) pour réaliser la base en forme de manchon (33) à travers la station (200) pour réaliser la couche d'impression (45).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le matériau de renfort est un plastique.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le matériau de renfort est un tissu.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche d'impression (45) comprend l'enveloppement de la base en forme de manchon (33) par une paire de bandes d'un matériau de renfort se chevauchant partiellement l'une sur l'autre (40, 41), les bandes (40, 41) comprenant une bande intérieure (40) et une bande extérieure (41) et la surface externe de la bande extérieure (41) étant reliée à un matériau élastomère approprié pour transférer l'image d'impression.
  10. Procédé selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche compressible comprend l'enveloppement de la base en forme de manchon (33) par une paire de bandes d'un matériau de renfort se chevauchant partiellement l'une sur l'autre (40, 41), les bandes (40, 41) comprenant une bande intérieure (40) et une bande extérieure (41) et la surface interne de la bande intérieure (40) adjacente à la base en forme de manchon (33) étant reliée à un matériau élastomère compressible.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la base en forme de manchon (33) est déplacée axialement, mais non tournée, pendant qu'elle est déplacée depuis la station (100) pour réaliser une base en forme de manchon (33) à travers la station (200) pour réaliser la couche d'impression (45).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche d'impression (45) comprend l'application de la couche d'impression (45) au moyen d'un dispositif de revêtement graduel ou incliné (50, 50').
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche d'impression (45) comprend l'application de la couche d'impression (45) au moyen d'une extrudeuse à tête transversale ou d'une presse continue (201, 401).
  14. Procédé selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche compressible (44) comprend l'application de la couche compressible (44) au moyen d'un dispositif de revêtement graduel ou incliné (50, 50').
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche compressible (44) comprend l'application de la couche compressible (44) au moyen d'une extrudeuse à tête transversale ou d'une presse continue (201, 401).
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la couche d'impression (45) et/ou la couche compressible (44) et/ou la couche de renfort (43) sont appliquées au moyen d'une extrudeuse à tête transversale ou d'une presse continue (201, 401).
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche de renfort (43) comprend l'enveloppement de la couche compressible (44) par un matériau de renfort.
  18. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 17,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le matériau de renfort est composé d'une bande de plastique, d'une bande de tissu, d'un fil de plastique, d'un fil de tissu, d'un cordon de plastique ou d'un cordon de tissu.
  19. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 18,
    caractérisé en ce
    que la fabrication continue d'une base en forme de manchon (33) comprend l'application continue d'une couche d'impression (45), l'application continue d'une couche compressible (44) ou l'application continue d'une couche de renfort (43) au moyen d'un élément profilé conique (1010, 1020).
  20. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 19,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'application continue d'une couche d'impression (45) ou l'application continue d'une couche compressible (44) comprend le déplacement de la base en forme de manchon (33) à travers une pluralité d'éléments coniques distants les uns des autres verticalement (1010, 1020), chacun de ces éléments coniques (1010, 1020) comprenant un matériau élastomère compressible ou un matériau élastomère approprié pour transférer l'image d'impression respectivement sous forme liquide et le diamètre des éléments coniques (1010, 1020) étant respectivement supérieur au diamètre de l'élément conique (1010, 1020) disposé de manière adjacente à l'élément conique respectif et au-dessus de l'élément conique (1010, 1020) respectif.
  21. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que le blanchet en forme de manchon est muni en outre d'une fente longitudinale.
EP00126452A 1999-12-27 2000-12-07 Méthode pour la préparation continue des blanchets d'impression tubulaires, de préférence sans ligne de soudure en caoutchouc pour des machines d'impression offset Expired - Lifetime EP1112860B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/472,337 US6257140B1 (en) 1999-12-27 1999-12-27 Continuous process gapless tubular lithographic printing blanket
US472337 1999-12-27

Publications (3)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1112860A2 EP1112860A2 (fr) 2001-07-04
EP1112860A3 EP1112860A3 (fr) 2003-04-16
EP1112860B1 true EP1112860B1 (fr) 2007-08-01

Family

ID=23875113

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP00126452A Expired - Lifetime EP1112860B1 (fr) 1999-12-27 2000-12-07 Méthode pour la préparation continue des blanchets d'impression tubulaires, de préférence sans ligne de soudure en caoutchouc pour des machines d'impression offset

Country Status (5)

Country Link
US (1) US6257140B1 (fr)
EP (1) EP1112860B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP4741072B2 (fr)
AT (1) ATE368579T1 (fr)
DE (2) DE50014528D1 (fr)

Families Citing this family (11)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6615721B1 (en) * 2000-11-20 2003-09-09 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Method and device for manufacturing a tubular lithographic printing blanket
US6779451B2 (en) 2001-06-27 2004-08-24 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Flexible tubular printing blanket
US6769363B2 (en) * 2001-06-27 2004-08-03 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag Device and method for manufacturing a tubular printing blanket
US20030113497A1 (en) * 2001-07-10 2003-06-19 Buono Ronald M. Polymeric sleeve used in printing blanket
US6874232B2 (en) * 2003-05-21 2005-04-05 Stowe Woodward, Llc Method for forming cover for industrial roll
DE102004021490A1 (de) 2004-04-30 2005-11-24 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Sleeve für eine Druckmaschine
US10287731B2 (en) * 2005-11-08 2019-05-14 Stowe Woodward Licensco Llc Abrasion-resistant rubber roll cover with polyurethane coating
US20100307356A1 (en) * 2008-02-04 2010-12-09 Felice Rossini Bridged sleeve/cylinder and method of making same for web offset printing machines
US20090193991A1 (en) * 2008-02-04 2009-08-06 Felice Rossini Blanket sleeve and cylinder and method of making same
DE102009003817A1 (de) * 2009-04-23 2010-10-28 Contitech Elastomer-Beschichtungen Gmbh Mehrschichtiges Flächengebilde in Form eines Drucktuches oder einer Druckplatte für den Flexo-und Hochdruck mit einer Lasergravur
DE102010036717B4 (de) 2010-07-29 2022-01-20 Contitech Elastomer-Beschichtungen Gmbh Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Drucktuches

Family Cites Families (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4093487A (en) * 1976-11-15 1978-06-06 Dayco Corporation Method of continuously making a printing blanket construction
JPS5672928A (en) * 1979-11-19 1981-06-17 Kyoritsu Ishiwata Kogyosho:Kk Method and device for covering pipe
JPS5763162A (en) * 1980-09-30 1982-04-16 Fujitsu Ltd Resin coating device for optical fiber
US5316798A (en) * 1989-03-18 1994-05-31 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Method of making a cylindrical sleeve structure, particularly cover for an offset cylinder in a rotary printing machine
US5553541A (en) 1989-10-05 1996-09-10 Heidelberg Harris Inc Gapless tubular printing blanket
US5429048A (en) 1989-10-05 1995-07-04 Gaffney; John M. Offset lithographic printing press
US5352507A (en) * 1991-04-08 1994-10-04 W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. Seamless multilayer printing blanket
CA2068629C (fr) 1991-05-14 1996-05-07 James B. Vrotacoe Blanchet d'imprimerie tubulaire sans passage
FR2689815B1 (fr) * 1992-04-10 1996-05-15 Rollin Sa Element en forme de bande sans fin en particulier blanchet d'impression
US5245923A (en) * 1992-07-07 1993-09-21 Heidelberg Harris Inc. Printing press with movable printing blanket
US5347927A (en) * 1993-05-04 1994-09-20 W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. Anisotropic endless printing element and method for making the same
DE59706477D1 (de) * 1996-07-16 2002-04-04 Roland Man Druckmasch Gummizylinderhülse, insbesondere für Offset-Rollenrotationsdruckmaschinen
DE19648494C2 (de) * 1996-11-22 2002-03-07 Novurania S P A Drucktuch für Offsetdruck
US5860360A (en) * 1996-12-04 1999-01-19 Day International, Inc. Replaceable printing sleeve
JPH10216591A (ja) * 1997-02-04 1998-08-18 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd ロール塗布方法およびその装置
DE19720549A1 (de) 1997-05-16 1998-11-19 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Verfahren zur Herstellung von zylindrischen Beschichtungsträgern
DE19720551A1 (de) * 1997-05-16 1998-11-19 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag Basisträgerhülse für Rotationsdruckmaschinen
JP3357587B2 (ja) * 1997-11-14 2002-12-16 住友ゴム工業株式会社 印刷用ブランケット
US5893799A (en) * 1998-05-21 1999-04-13 Charles F Studley, Jr. Take-down and control device

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
None *

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
EP1112860A3 (fr) 2003-04-16
EP1112860A2 (fr) 2001-07-04
US6257140B1 (en) 2001-07-10
DE50014528D1 (de) 2007-09-13
JP2001191661A (ja) 2001-07-17
JP4741072B2 (ja) 2011-08-03
ATE368579T1 (de) 2007-08-15
DE10060753A1 (de) 2001-06-28

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
EP0614838B1 (fr) Douille de pression interchangeable
DE4217793C1 (de) Offset-Gummituch und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung
EP1112860B1 (fr) Méthode pour la préparation continue des blanchets d'impression tubulaires, de préférence sans ligne de soudure en caoutchouc pour des machines d'impression offset
EP0225509A2 (fr) Dispositif pour imprimer une bande
DD263261A5 (de) Verfahren zur herstellung einer ersten fahrzeugradialreifenvorstufe
DE112006003984T5 (de) Reifenaufbauverfahren und Gummistreifen-Verbindungsvorrichtung
DE2024789A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Massenherstellung von Gelenklagern
EP1208996B1 (fr) Appareil pour la production de blanchets d'impression tubulaires
DE3539586A1 (de) Verfahren zum aufbringen eines schutzbelages auf einen druckwerkzylinder mit vorrichtungen zur durchfuehrung des verfahrens
EP0300220B1 (fr) Méthode d'enroulage d'une matière à enrouler, alimentée sans interruption, sur plusieurs noyaux de bobinage, ainsi que bobineuse à deux tambours
EP1275520B1 (fr) Procédé de fabrication d'un blanchet d'impression tubulaire flexible en caoutchouc
DE3345491A1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung von mit gewebelagen versehene schichten fuer verstaerkte gummigegenstaende
WO2004022340A1 (fr) Manchon a ensemble multicouches pour une machine a imprimer et procede de production associe
DE102005023331A1 (de) Druckzylinder und Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Druckzylinders, insbesondere für den Flexodruck
DE10225541A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Herstellen eines hülsenförmigen Gummituchs
DD151132A5 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zur bildung von innerlinern fuer die produktion von fahrzeugreifen
DE2109809A1 (de) Bandaufbauvorrichtung
DE2008351A1 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von schraubenförmig gewickelten Rohren mit einer'ringförmigen Schaumlage
DE2355847A1 (de) Verfahren und vorrichtung zur herstellung biegsamer rohre mit drahteinlage
EP1316423B1 (fr) Rouleau tramé et méthode pour sa production et retraitement
DE19926410A1 (de) Gummituchzylinder in einer Rotationsdruckmaschine
DE19854735A1 (de) Hülse aus thermisch verformbarem Material sowie Verfahren zu deren Herstellung und Trägerkern zu deren Einsatz, insbesondere in der Druckindustrie
CH666863A5 (de) Verfahren zum aufspannen mindestens einer biegsamen druckplatte auf den formzylinder einer druckmaschine.
DE2420329B2 (de) Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Aufbauen eines Gürtels für einen Luftreifen
DE10046559A1 (de) Druckklischee-Montagesystem

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A2

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Free format text: AL;LT;LV;MK;RO;SI

PUAL Search report despatched

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013

AK Designated contracting states

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL LT LV MK RO SI

17P Request for examination filed

Effective date: 20030311

AKX Designation fees paid

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

RAP1 Party data changed (applicant data changed or rights of an application transferred)

Owner name: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.

17Q First examination report despatched

Effective date: 20050315

RTI1 Title (correction)

Free format text: METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF TUBULAR, PREFERABLY SEAMLESS RUBBER PRINTING BLANKETS FOR OFFSET PRINTING MASCHINES

GRAP Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1

GRAS Grant fee paid

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3

GRAA (expected) grant

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: B1

Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: GB

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: NOT ENGLISH

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: EP

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FG4D

Free format text: LANGUAGE OF EP DOCUMENT: GERMAN

REF Corresponds to:

Ref document number: 50014528

Country of ref document: DE

Date of ref document: 20070913

Kind code of ref document: P

GBT Gb: translation of ep patent filed (gb section 77(6)(a)/1977)

Effective date: 20071030

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: NV

Representative=s name: KIRKER & CIE S.A.

ET Fr: translation filed
PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

Ref country code: NL

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

Ref country code: ES

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20071112

NLV1 Nl: lapsed or annulled due to failure to fulfill the requirements of art. 29p and 29m of the patents act
REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: IE

Ref legal event code: FD4D

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20071102

Ref country code: DK

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

Ref country code: PT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20080102

PLBE No opposition filed within time limit

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT

BERE Be: lapsed

Owner name: GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC.

Effective date: 20071231

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: SE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20071101

26N No opposition filed

Effective date: 20080506

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: MC

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071231

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: BE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071231

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: AT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071207

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CY

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: LU

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071207

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: TR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT

Effective date: 20070801

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Payment date: 20110107

Year of fee payment: 11

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: IT

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20071231

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Payment date: 20101227

Year of fee payment: 11

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: GB

Payment date: 20101229

Year of fee payment: 11

PGFP Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: DE

Payment date: 20101229

Year of fee payment: 11

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: CH

Ref legal event code: PL

GBPC Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 20111207

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: FR

Ref legal event code: ST

Effective date: 20120831

REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: R119

Ref document number: 50014528

Country of ref document: DE

Effective date: 20120703

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: CH

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20111231

Ref country code: DE

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20120703

Ref country code: LI

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20111231

Ref country code: GB

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20111207

PG25 Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]

Ref country code: FR

Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES

Effective date: 20120102