EP1193059B1 - Vorrichtung zur Regulierung des Breiterdruckens (Fan-Out) einer Bahn - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur Regulierung des Breiterdruckens (Fan-Out) einer Bahn Download PDF

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EP1193059B1
EP1193059B1 EP01121641A EP01121641A EP1193059B1 EP 1193059 B1 EP1193059 B1 EP 1193059B1 EP 01121641 A EP01121641 A EP 01121641A EP 01121641 A EP01121641 A EP 01121641A EP 1193059 B1 EP1193059 B1 EP 1193059B1
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Charles Henry Dufour
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    • 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
    • B41F13/10—Forme cylinders
    • B41F13/12—Registering devices
    • B41F13/16—Registering devices with means for displacing the printing formes on the cylinders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2227/00—Mounting or handling printing plates; Forming printing surfaces in situ
    • B41P2227/10—Attaching several printing plates on one cylinder
    • B41P2227/11—Attaching several printing plates on one cylinder in axial direction

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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for minimizing the effects of the fan-out effect of the web in a web-fed rotary printing press according to the preambles of claims 1, 7 and 9.
  • a web-fed rotary offset press typically prints four colors on a web of material, such as paper.
  • a web of material such as paper.
  • the elongation of the web in the transverse direction, d. H. in the axial direction of the printing cylinder, is also referred to as fan-out or "Breiter horren" the web.
  • fan-out occurs, the print or images on the web are stretched slightly as the web passes through the first printing unit.
  • the second printing unit must be registered correctly with respect to the printed images or the imprint on the web, i. be aligned so that, for example, a second color is applied as desired in register on a printed image that has already been printed by the first printing unit.
  • the second and subsequent printing units are not aligned correctly with each other, resulting in a registration difference of the printed image.
  • multi-plate plate cylinders are used, to which a plurality of axially spaced-apart printing plates can be applied.
  • the plates can be independently movable.
  • US 4,207,815 discloses a two-platen plate cylinder. One plate abuts a large diameter portion and another plate abuts a rotatable sleeve that is axially movable with respect to the large diameter portion. The sleeve is attached to a stepped shaft. For adjusting the axial and circumferential register of the plates a helical toothing is provided. This arrangement requires a complicated double-diameter plate cylinder and a complicated one Gearing and is also applicable only in a two-plate configuration.
  • the device described in the cited document also has the disadvantage that there are no sensors to scan the different sections of the web, e.g. the front and back of the train.
  • the device also has the disadvantage that a complex helical gear mechanism controls the circumferential and lateral adjustment of the sleeve and therefore the device is more difficult and time consuming to repair and maintain.
  • US 5,383,393 discloses a multicolor web-fed rotary offset printing press comprising a plurality of printing sections arranged along a running line of a paper web, a plurality of register setting devices, a paper tensioning device, and a plurality of width adjusting devices.
  • Each of the pressing portions further includes at least one divided plate cylinder, each divided portion thereof being independently moved in the axial direction and / or the circumferential direction.
  • the document further discloses a register setting device mechanically connected to each one of the divided plate cylinders in the printing sections.
  • the disclosed apparatus further comprises an adjusting mechanism for moving the divided sections in response to the control unit connected to a sensor for detecting the lines and images printed on the paper web by each of the printing sections.
  • the device described in US Pat. No. 5,383,393 has the disadvantage that there are not several sensors for scanning the web at different locations, which is why a determination of the fan-out is omitted. Further, the device does not have a third sleeve, which limits the ability to accommodate different fan-out widths of the web. The device also has the disadvantage that the width of the web and not the displacement of the printing plates is changed to compensate for the fan-out. The change in the width of the web can result in the process not working equally well for all paper types. Furthermore, the device for aligning the web width appears complicated.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a web-fed rotary printing press having a reduced fan-out effect.
  • a printing cylinder comprises at least one output signal generating fan-out sensor for scanning a web, a first rotatable portion having a central print or print image area on the surface, and first and second ends, a first sleeve, circumferentially about the first end and a second sleeve disposed around the circumference of the second end, the first and second sleeves having pressure surfaces or printed image areas on their surfaces and the center pressure surface in response to the detected fan-out signal of the sensor are movable in such a way that the value determined by the sensor for the respective fan-out or the deviation of the specific value from a predetermined value is minimal.
  • the first and second sleeves may be moved axially away from or toward the center pressure surface. Although this movement, the problems caused by fan-out not completely corrected, it can significantly reduce the impact of fan-out, in particular, for. B. when the device according to the invention is used in newspapers, in which a plurality of newspaper pages across the width of the web is arranged away.
  • two fan-out sensors are provided on one side of the web.
  • the sensors are preferably located near the edges of the web, but may also be located in an unprinted area, preferably near the center of the sleeve.
  • At least one register sensor is provided for the correct overall register setting.
  • two register sensors located in the middle of the track may be used to advantage, preferably with a first register sensor on a first side of the web and a second register sensor on a second side of the web.
  • the middle pressure surface and the first and second sleeves may be writable by a laser.
  • Laser-writable sleeves offer the advantage that a desired print image can be changed without having to mechanically remove a section of the sleeve or to wait for erasure and rewriting of the printed image, and therefore the machine downtime can be reduced.
  • the middle pressure surface and the first and second sleeves may also each include a gap or channel for insertion of a pressure plate.
  • the provision of a gap has the advantage that a change to the desired print image can be made by first removing the existing printing plate and then changing and re-inserting the existing plate or adding a plate with a different printed image, which is particularly useful for the so-called impression operation is of great advantage.
  • a printing press comprises at least one first sensor for scanning register marks, at least one second sensor for determining the fan-out and a rotatable cylinder having an axially adjustable with respect to a second portion first portion.
  • the extent of the fan-out can be determined automatically and the effects of the fan-out can be compensated by axial adjustment of the first and second sections.
  • the adjustment offers the advantage of more efficient printing.
  • the first sensor or sensors preferably detect register marks printed by the central image area, and the second sensor detects fan-out marks printed on the web by the sleeves.
  • the one or more second sensors may include photo-cell detectors or video detectors.
  • the photocell or video detectors make it possible to compare the position of a printed image with the position of a previously printed further printed image. In this way, the extent of fan-out can be determined without using marks on the web. However, the use of fan-out marks on the web, such as registration marks, is preferred.
  • the first part of the printing cylinder is a sleeve and the second part of the printing cylinder is a printing image bearing image surface of a cylinder, wherein the sleeve for minimizing the fan-out effect can be moved axially.
  • the sleeves may be moved in a manner similar to that described in US Patent Application No. 09 / 627,639.
  • Fig. 1 shows a simplified schematic view of a printing cylinder 1 having a central print image area 2, a first end 4 and a second end 6.
  • a first sleeve 8 is arranged around the circumference of the first end 4, and a second sleeve 10 is around the Circumference of the second end 6 arranged around.
  • the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 are rotatably attached to the first end 4 and the second end 6, for example by flanges 14.
  • the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 are both axially displaceable relative to the central printed image area 2.
  • the gear 19 is held by a thread on the drive shaft 21 in such a way that it moves axially with respect to the cylinder 2 and the drive shaft 21 with a rotation between the gear 19 and drive shaft 21 when a fan-out register adjustment device 17 for the first sleeve 8 is actuated.
  • the Gear 19 is at an outer portion with a gear 27 in engagement, which is connected by a coupling 25 with a servomotor 23 of the device 17.
  • the clutch 25 is engaged or closed and the motor 23 rotates the gear 27 to move the gear 19 axially with respect to the shaft 21.
  • This movement pulls or pushes the flange 14, and thereby the sleeve 8, axially with respect to the central print image section 2.
  • the coupling 25 is then disengaged so that the gear 19 and the shaft 21 rotate together again due to friction, for example.
  • a further coupling may be provided to selectively lock the gear 19 and shaft 21 together or rotatably couple with each other.
  • An overall register servo motor 29 may preferably move the entire cylinder 2 axially and circumferentially in a conventional manner. When the overall register is adjusted, the clutch 25 is disengaged and the gear 27 is axially displaceable with respect to the gear 19.
  • the second sleeve 10 may include a device similar to the fan-out register adjustment device 17.
  • first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 can be moved axially by flanges, as described in U.S. Patent Application No. 09 / 627,639.
  • the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 are rotated by the flanges 14 or by other support means which also stabilize the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 with respect to the impression cylinder 2.
  • the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 each include a plurality of columns or channels 16 for inserting plates to allow pre-imaged plates to be mounted.
  • the first sleeve 8 and the second sleeve 10 could also be directly laser-writable or coated with a laser-writable material.
  • Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 show a printing unit 60 of an offset printing machine, which has a first printing unit 58 in the same way.
  • the printing unit 60 includes a first Printing cylinder 20 and a second pressure cylinder 22, which are each similar to the pressure cylinder 1 described in Fig. 1 are formed.
  • a print image is transferred from the first impression cylinder 20 to a first blanket cylinder 24 to print on a first surface 41 of a web 28.
  • Another print image is transferred from the second impression cylinder 22 to a second blanket cylinder 26 to print on a second surface 42 of the web 28.
  • a plurality of first sensors 30 monitor the axial and circumferential registers for the web 28 by scanning marks on the web 28.
  • a plurality of second sensors 32 scan additional marks indicative of the fan-out of the web 28 at the edge regions 43 and 44 enable the railway.
  • the data obtained by the first sensors 30 and the second sensors 32 are used to axially move a first sleeve 34, a second sleeve 36, a third sleeve 38, and a fourth sleeve 40 for adjusting the pressure area to match the fanout of the Web 28 caused to minimize printing errors.
  • the sensors 32 provide information regarding the fan-out caused by the first printing unit 58.
  • the sleeves 38, 40, and 34, 36 may be moved outward by respective fan-out register setting devices with respect to the central print image areas to augment the fan-out minimize. For example, if the fan-out marks have shifted by 1 mm, the sleeves can be moved 0.5 mm outwards.
  • the sensors 32 may provide automatic feedback to a controller that controls the fan-out register setting devices 17.

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  • Photosensitive Polymer And Photoresist Processing (AREA)
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