EP1554122A1

EP1554122A1 - Pressure elements for a strip-producing or strip-processing machine

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Publication number: EP1554122A1
Application number: EP03776805A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Johannes Boppel; Peter Wilhelm Kurt Leidig
Original assignee: Koenig and Bauer AG
Current assignee: Koenig and Bauer AG
Priority date: 2002-10-19
Filing date: 2003-10-20
Publication date: 2005-07-20
Anticipated expiration: 2023-10-20
Also published as: US7383772B2; EP1556219B1; WO2004037698B1; EP1554207B1; WO2004037537A3; ATE396047T1; AU2003286098A1; WO2004037539A2; WO2004037697A2; EP1554122B1; CN100551798C; AU2003285264A8; AU2003286102A8; DE20380219U1; DE50304780D1; US7314440B2; AU2003286098A8; AU2003286101A1; AU2003286100A1; WO2004037697A3

Abstract

A folding element for a printing press, or sheet handler, has the folding guide (03) with a microporous surface to generate an air cushion and thereby prevent mechanical contact between the guide and the sheets. The pore size is less than 500 microns and the pores are evenly distributed over the surface of the guide. Air is blown through the porous surface from inside the hollow guide.

Description

description

Pressure elements of a web-producing or processing machine

The invention relates to pressing elements of a web-producing or processing machine, in particular a printing machine for gravure printing, according to the preamble of claim 1, 2 or 3.

A guide device for sheets in a printing unit of a sheet-fed printing press is known from DE 198 54053 A1. It is arranged in addition to two cylinders forming the printing gap and serves to guide the sheets when entering or leaving the printing gap. It has a large number of openings through which air can flow, e.g. Holes or porous material.

US 54 23 468 A shows a guide element for webs, which has an inner body with bores and an outer body made of porous, air-permeable material. By applying compressed air to the guide element from the inside, the web is guided contactlessly on a pleasure pad.

EP 07 05785 A2 among other things discloses an air rod cooperating with a drive or measuring roller. The air rod has porous material or randomly distributed holes in a full-walled cylinder.

DE 43 02 189 A1 discloses a feed mechanism with a driven pull roller partially wrapped by the web and a impression roller, by means of which the web can be pressed against the pull roller and thus the web is transported as slip-free as possible.

Pressure rollers are required on the one hand to reduce slippage by increasing friction when transporting materials. In other application they are in Execution as impression roller required to form a pressure point with an ink-guiding cylinder.

The impression systems are used on gravure printing machines, among other things, to press the paper web against the forme cylinder. It is important that the system presses the paper web onto the forme cylinder so that the color is transferred from the wells to the paper. The usual impression roller is coated with a resilient material that can deform slightly at the point of contact.

The invention has for its object to provide pressure elements of a web-producing or processing machine.

The object is achieved by the features of claim 1, 2 or 3.

The advantages that can be achieved with the invention are, in particular, that a low-wear, precisely working pressure element, in particular impression roller, is created. There is no need to replace flexible materials as before, there is no contamination and / or there are no cleaning intervals.

In the form of a pressure element which forms a pressure point with a cylinder, the impression roller customary today is replaced by a bendable body which is designed in such a way that it has a running surface, a radius at the “imaginary point of contact” with the forme cylinder and a running surface The body can also be designed as a segment of a circle with a very large radius, as a roller or with elliptical geometry.

In the design as a pressure element that works together with a tension element, conventional pressure rollers (web-wide) or rollers (partial web-wide) are replaced by a web-wide pressure element or by several partial-web-wide elements. So that the train, for. B. paper web against the ink-guiding cylinder (z. B. form cylinder) or the drawing roller, an air cushion must be built up between the body and the paper web. However, this air cushion must not be generated by conventionally directed blowing systems that generate air turbulation, because it is important on the one hand that the paper web is pressed evenly against the forme cylinder or the pull roller and - in the case of the forme cylinder - on the other hand that the The paint must not dry on the forme cylinder. In the case of the ink-guiding cylinder, it is also advantageous that the web is z. T. can be easily pressed into the well. Under certain circumstances, otherwise used electrostatic effects for removing the color by the web can be dispensed with.

For this reason, the impression roller has one or more air chambers in the entire width of the paper web or beyond, into which a gaseous fluid, in particular compressed air, is pressed. The side facing the paper web has openings through which the compressed air can escape. So that a uniform air cushion without direct flow on the outside of the body is created, the openings are designed as micro-openings. The pressure element of the pull roller can be designed correspondingly to the width of the web, or several partial web-wide pressure elements can be arranged next to one another transversely to the web.

The micro-openings can advantageously be designed as open pores on the surface of a porous, in particular microporous, air-permeable material or as openings of through-holes with a small cross-section which extend through the wall of a supply chamber to the outside.

By designing the openings as micro-openings, the air flow is greatly evened out over the effective lengths. It is an advantage that - in contrast to openings in the Millimeter range - essentially no "blowing effect" of individual openings or nozzles spaced apart from each other in the millimeter range, but only an air cushion. Otherwise the web is pressed unevenly and cannot meet the requirement for resolution from the printed image.

By means of air outlet openings with diameters in the millimeter range, forces (momentum of the beam) are selectively effective, while the distribution of micro-openings with a high hole density primarily has the effect of a trained air cushion.

In contrast to components with openings or bores of opening cross sections in the range of millimeters and a hole spacing of several millimeters, a much more homogeneous surface structure is advantageously created when micro-openings are formed on the surface. Micro-openings are understood here to mean openings on the surface of the component which have a diameter of less than or equal to 500 μm, advantageously less than or equal to 300 μm, in particular less than or equal to 150 μm. A “hole density” for the area provided with the micro-openings is at least one micro-opening per 5 mm ² (= 0.20 / mm ² ), advantageously at least one micro-opening per 3.6 mm ² (= 0.28 / mm ² ).

In addition, in the case of micro-openings, the volume flow exiting per unit area is reduced in such a way that a leakage flow can also be reasonably small, even in peripheral areas or areas that are not currently being used, even without area-wise covering.

In an embodiment with a body that is bendable over its length, it can be equipped with adjusting elements such as. B. Pneumatic / hydraulic cylinders, the paper transport optimal bending line can be set. This also means that the paper web is pressed deeper into the wells and the wells are better emptied In order to achieve a uniform distribution of air escaping on the surface of the material in the case of the use of microporous material, without at the same time requiring high layer thicknesses of the material with high flow resistance, it is expedient for the pressing element to have a firm, air-permeable carrier on which the microporous material is applied as a layer. Such a carrier, e.g. B. made of metal, plastic or similar - especially flexible - materials can be pressurized with compressed air that flows out of the carrier through the microporous layer and thus forms an air cushion on the surface of the pressure element.

This carrier can in turn be porous with a better air permeability than that of the microporous material; however, it can also be formed from a flat material or molded material which encloses a cavity and is provided with air passage openings. Combinations of these alternatives are also possible.

In order to achieve a uniform air distribution, it is also desirable that the thickness of the layer corresponds at least to the distance between adjacent openings of the carrier.

If micro-bores are used, an embodiment is advantageous in which the side of the impression facing a roller or a cylinder and having the micro-openings is designed as one or more inserts in a carrier. In further training, the insert can be detachably and, if necessary, exchangeably connected to the carrier. This makes it possible to clean and / or replace inserts of different types of microperforations to adapt to different job widths.

Such a pressing device can also be used in other types of rotary machines with impression rollers, as well as in paper machines, flexo machines and possibly in feed units. Exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings and are described in more detail below.

Show it:

1 shows a schematic section through a printing unit with a pressure element designed as an impression roller;

FIG. 2 shows an enlarged cross-sectional illustration of the pressing element from FIG. 1 with porous material; FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an enlarged cross-sectional illustration of the pressing element from FIG. 1 with micro bores; FIG.

FIG. 4 shows the pressing element from FIG. 1 with plungers;

5 shows a concave version of the pressing element;

Figure 6 is a schematic view of a feed unit with train group.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of the pressure element from FIG. 6 with porous material;

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the pressing element from FIG. 6 with micro bores; FIG.

9 shows an embodiment and first arrangement for the pressing element;

Fig. 10 shows an embodiment and second arrangement for the pressing element.

The pressing element 03 interacts with a rotating body 01, on which by means of the pressing element 03 a web 06, z. B. a material web 06, in particular a printing material or paper web, is pressed. In the following, the explanations for the pressure element 03 with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 for the design of the pressure element 03 as a pressure point 03 forming a pressure point are presented. However, the statements made here are to be applied analogously to the pressure element 03 (FIGS. 6 to 10) acting in conjunction with the design as a pull element 01 (FIGS. 6 to 10) and vice versa.

The printing unit shown in FIG. 1 in a simplified section, in particular gravure printing unit, comprises the rotary body 01, e.g. B. a roller 01 or a z. B. ink-guiding cylinder 01, in particular a forme cylinder 01, an ink tray 02 into which the forme cylinder 01 is immersed and from which it takes color when it rotates, an impression roller 03, which presses the web 06 against the forme cylinder 01 and thus a printing nip forms, as well as a squeegee device 04, squeegee 04 for short. In contrast to web or sheet-guiding components, the impression roller 03 exerts pressure on web 06 - comparable to the effect of a counter-pressure cylinder. Especially for printing processes with long, slim cylinders or rollers forming the printing point - especially in gravure printing - the "sagging" of the forme cylinder 01 in the printing point causes great problems with regard to pressing the printing material (web 06) evenly over the length and thus the printing quality Up to now, this has been compensated for by a roller as an impression which is adapted in terms of its shape. For example, forme cylinders 01 have a length of 2,500 mm to 4,500 mm and a diameter of 250 to 500 mm. Especially in combination with forme cylinders 01 a ratio of length to Diameter greater than or equal to 9, in particular greater than or equal to 11, the impression roller 03 described is advantageous.

On the side facing the forme cylinder 01, the impression roller 03 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) has a multiplicity of openings 10, in particular micro-openings 10, through which, during operation, an interior or cavity 07, e.g. B. a chamber 07, in particular Pressure chamber 07, fluid under pressure against the environment, for. B. a liquid, a gas or a mixture, especially air, flows. A corresponding supply of compressed air into the cavity 07 is not shown in the figures. The impression roller 03 is not rotating during operation, but is non-rotatable with respect to the frame.

As a result of the fluid, in particular compressed air, flowing through the micro-openings 10 from the interior 07, an extremely thin air cushion is created on the surface of the impression roller 03, which prevents direct, rubbing contact between the impression roller 03 and the material web 06, but nevertheless allows exert the pressure required for printing on the forme cylinder 01. The air cushion acts here in the same way as with a conventional rotating impression roller, the flexible rubber layer on its surface. In contrast to the rubber layer, the air cushion is not subject to wear, and no flexing work is performed on it during operation, which also protects the material web 06 printed between the forme cylinder 01 and impression roller 03.

An embodiment of the impression roller 03 is shown in FIG. 1. Above the material web 06, the impression roller 03 is designed in the form of a semi-cylindrical, non-rotatable hollow body mounted on the frame (not shown) of the printing unit. For example, it is partly used by Bahn 06. entwined and therefore has a corresponding shape, z. B. convex.

In a first embodiment, the micro-openings 10 are open pores on the surface of a porous, in particular microporous, air-permeable material 09, for. B. made of an open-pore sintered material 09, in particular made of sintered metal 09. The pores of the air-permeable porous material 09 have an average diameter (average size) of less than 150 μm, for. B. 5 to 60 microns, in particular 10 to 30 microns. The material 09 is formed with an irregular, amorphous structure (Fig. 2).

The cavity 07 of the impression roller 03 can, at least on its side with the forme cylinder 01 cooperating longitudinal section, essentially formed solely from a body surrounding the cavity 07 made of porous material 09 (ie without further load-bearing layers). Then this z. B. tubular or semi-tubular body substantially self-supporting with a wall thickness of greater than or equal to 2 mm, in particular greater than or equal to 3 mm, formed. The cavity 07 can also be formed by a semitubular (or in another way circular segment-like) body made of the solid-walled material 09 and a cover-like carrier closing the cavity 07 on the side facing away from the forme cylinder 01.

In order to achieve a uniform distribution of air escaping on the surface of the microporous material 09 without simultaneously requiring high layer thicknesses of the material 09 with a correspondingly increased flow resistance, it is provided in a first embodiment (FIGS. 1 and 2) that the impression roller 03 has a solid, at least partially air-permeable carrier 08, in particular carrier body 08, on which the microporous material 09 is applied as a layer 09. Such a carrier body 08 can be pressurized with compressed air, which flows out of the carrier body 08 through the microporous layer 09 and thus forms an air cushion on the surface of the impression roller 03.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the impression roller 03 is thus formed by a slightly deformable, for. B. of one or more plungers 13 (Fig. 4) pressed against the forme cylinder 01 housing with a pressurized air interior 07 and a strong, often broken carrier 08, z. B. carrier plate 08, which is provided on its outside with the microporous layer 09. The carrier plate 08 is semi-cylindrical here, but can also have any other cylinder segment shape or generally a convex or concave arched cross section. The carrier 08 can, bent accordingly, form the cavity 07 in one piece, but he z. B. is broken only on the side facing the forme cylinder 01 and has the layer 09. However, the cavity 07 can also be formed in several pieces by the arched part carrying the layer 09 and a cover 14.

In a preferred embodiment, the porous material 09 is thus not designed as a self-supporting solid body (with or without a frame construction), but rather as a coating 09 on a carrier material, in particular metallic, which has openings 15 or through openings. "Non-load-bearing" layer 09 in conjunction with the carrier body 08 is - in contrast to, for example, "load-bearing" layers known from the prior art - a structure, the layer 09 covering its entire layer length and entire layer width in each case on a large number of support points the support body 08 supports. The carrier body 08 has z. B. on its interacting with the layer 09 width and length each have a plurality of unrelated bushings 15, z. B. holes 15 on. This embodiment is clearly different from an embodiment in which a porous material extending over the entire active surface is designed to be self-supporting over this distance, is only supported on a frame or carrier in one end region, and therefore must have a corresponding thickness.

In the exemplary embodiment shown (FIG. 2), the carrier material essentially absorbs the weight, shear, torsion, bending and / or shear forces of the component, which is why a corresponding wall thickness (for example greater than 3 mm, in particular greater than 5) mm) of the carrier body 08 and / or a correspondingly stiffened construction is selected. The porous material 09 outside the bushing 15 has z. B. a layer thickness that is less than 1 mm. A layer thickness between 0.05 mm and 0.3 mm is particularly advantageous.

A proportion of the open area in the area of the effective outer surface of the porous material 09, here denoted by degree of opening, is between 3% and 30%, preferably between 10% and 25%. To achieve even air distribution, it is it is also desirable that the thickness of the layer corresponds at least to the distance between adjacent openings in the bores 15 of the carrier body 08.

In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the interior 07 on the side facing the forme cylinder 01, at least in the area interacting with the forme cylinder 01, is delimited by a wall 11 of the carrier body 08 which is perforated many times. This or these carries the layer 09 of microporous material 09 on its or its outside. This wall 11 of the carrier body 08 or the carrier body 08 itself can be a piece of flat material or shaped material, such as a punched sheet or a stiff wire mesh, which is perforated many times his; however, a three-dimensional, air-permeable body such as an open-pore metal foam etc. is also possible. In the exemplary embodiment, the openings are shown as bores 15 connecting the cavity 07 with the layer 09. The cavity 07 is delimited on the side facing away from the forme cylinder 01 by a wall 12 which, for example, has no bores 15 and also no layer 09. Wall 11 and 12 can be made in several pieces or in one piece.

The choice of material, dimensioning and pressurization are selected such that 1-20 standard cubic meters per m ² , in particular 2 to 15 standard cubic meters per m ² , emerge from the air outlet surface of the sintered material 09 per hour. The air outlet of 3 to 7 standard cubic meters per m ² is particularly advantageous.

The sintered surface from the cavity 07 is advantageously subjected to an excess pressure of at least 1 bar, in particular more than 4 bar. It is particularly advantageous to apply an overpressure of 5 to 7 bar to the sintered surface.

Air that has passed through one of the bores 15 of the carrier body 08 tends to be distributed in the pores of the microporous layer 09 both towards its surface and laterally, parallel to the surface. If you assume that If the flow resistance in the microporous layer 09 is isotropic, the air which has passed through a bore in the support body 08 is also distributed isotropically in the layer 09. In order to create a homogeneous, gapless air cushion on the surface of the layer 09, air must be distributed over its entire surface emerge, even in those areas below which there is an impermeable surface area of the carrier body 08. For this purpose, the thickness of the microporous layer 09 can be at least as large as an average distance between adjacent bores on the surface of the carrier body 08.

The wall thickness of the carrier body 08 at least in the area bearing the layer 09 is, for. B. greater than 3 mm, in particular greater than 5 mm.

The carrier body 08 can in turn also be made of porous material, but with better air permeability - e.g. B. a larger pore size - than that of the microporous material of the layer 09. In this case, the openings of the carrier 08 are formed by open pores in the area of the surface, and the passages 15 are formed by the channels which are randomly formed on the inside due to the porosity. The carrier body 08 can, however, also be formed from any flat material or shaped material which surrounds the cavity 04 and is provided with passages 08. Combinations of these alternatives are also possible.

The internal cross section of a feed line, not shown, for supplying the compressed air to the turning bar is less than 100 mm ² , preferably it is between 10 and 60 mm ² .

In a second embodiment (Fig. 3), the micro-openings 10 are designed as openings through holes 16, in particular micro-holes 16, which are characterized by a z. B. formed as a pressure chamber 07 cavity 07 delimiting body 17, for. B. a wall 17, in particular chamber wall 17, extend outwards. The holes 16 have z. B. a diameter (at least in the region of the openings 10) of less than or equal to 500 μm, advantageously less than or equal to 300 μm, in particular between 60 and 150 μm. The degree of opening is z. B. at 3 to 25%, especially at 5 to 15%. A hole density is at least 1/5 mm ² , in particular at least 1 / mm ² up to 4 / mm ² . The wall 17 thus has a microperforation, at least in an area opposite the forme cylinder 01. Advantageously, the microperforation - as in the first embodiment, the bushings 15 and layer 09 - extends at least in the effective area between impression roller 03 and forme cylinder 01.

A u.a. the wall resistance influencing the flow resistance of the chamber wall 17 containing the bores lies e.g. B. at 0.2 to 3.0 mm, advantageously at 0.2 to 1.5 mm. in particular from 0.3 to 0.8 mm. In the interior of the impression roller 03, in particular in the cavity 07, a reinforcing structure (not shown), for example a support, in particular metal support, extending in the longitudinal direction of the impression roller 03, on which the chamber wall 17 is supported at least in sections or at points, can be arranged.

For the execution of the micro-openings 03 as openings of bores 16 z. B. an overpressure in the chamber 04 of 0.5 to 2 bar, in particular from 0.5 to 1, 0 bar advantageous.

The bores 16 can be cylindrical, funnel-shaped or with another special shape (for example in the form of a Laval nozzle).

The microperforation, ie the production of the bores 16, is preferably carried out by drilling by means of accelerated particles (e.g. liquid such as water jet, ions or elementary particles) or by means of electromagnetic radiation of high energy density (e.g. light by means of a laser beam). The production is particularly advantageous using an electron beam.

The side facing the forme cylinder 01 of the wall 16 having the bores 16, for. B. a wall made of stainless steel, has in an advantageous embodiment a dirt and / or paint-repellent finish. It has a coating, not shown, which does not cover the openings 10 or bores 16 - for. B. nickel or advantageously chromium - which z. B. is additionally processed - e.g. B. structured with micro ribs or a lotus flower effect or preferably mirror polished).

In one variant, the wall having the bores is designed as one insert or several inserts in a carrier. The insert can be fixed or changeable to the carrier. The latter is advantageous in terms of cleaning or exchanging inserts of different types of microperforations to adapt to different colors, printing forms etc.

5 shows an embodiment of the impression roller 03 which forms a pressure point with the cylinder 01, but which is concave with its side facing the cylinder 01 and having the micro-openings 10 (wall 11). Although FIG. 5 shows the embodiment with the micro-openings 10 designed as open pores of the material 09, the arrangement is to be applied accordingly to the embodiment having the micro-bores 16. The curvature of the active surface (outside of the wall 11 or 17) can be adapted to the path of the web and / or to the curvature of the cylinder 01. The carrier 08 (or the body 17) can again be made in one piece or in multiple pieces (with wall 11 and cover 12 or 17 and 14). The enlarged effective area between the pressing element 03 and the rotating body 01 is advantageous in this embodiment. However, in the case of the impression roller 03, this presupposes a changed web guidance compared to FIG. 1. According to FIG. 1, the pressing element 03 has a looping area, while in FIG. 5 the rotating body 01 is looped over in an angular area. In the first case there is an additional one due to the air cushion to overcome a resulting web tension, while in the second case this resultant supports the action of the pressing element 03 (the air cushion)

While in the aforementioned versions two convex surfaces of the pressing element 03 and the associated rotating body 01 interact with one another in their “contact” or effective zone, in this embodiment a concave surface on the pressing element 03 interacts with the convex outer surface of the rotating body 01 the first case results in a more linear, in the second case an area-like effective area.

Fig. 6 shows schematically a feed mechanism 18 for a printing press. The material web 06 coming obliquely from above first passes through a drawing roller arrangement 19 (drawing group 19) with a - z. B. rotationally driven - pulling roller 01 executed rotating body 01, which together with the pressing element 03 limits a gap through which the material web 06 is guided. In contrast to conventional pulling roller arrangements, the pressing element 03 is not designed as a rotatably mounted roller or rollers, but is non-rotatable. Its structure can be the same as it z. B. explained for the press 03 and Fig. 1 to 5 is shown in more detail. Following the pull roller 01, the web 06 wraps around a dancer roller 22 which is pivotably suspended on an arm 21 and which is vertically movable to compensate for fluctuations in the web speed. Via two web guide rollers 23, the web 06 finally reaches a web center control 24, which comprises two web guide rollers 23 rigidly coupled by an arm 26 and which can be pivoted about a vertical axis A running in the plane of FIG. 6, about the position transverse to the plane of the drawing , with which the material web 06 leaves the feed mechanism 18.

One or more of the web guide rollers 23 can also be designed to be non-rotatable and have micro-openings. The structure and shape then corresponds to that which is described in the context of FIGS. 1 to 4 for impression roller 03. is. The angular range in which the micro-openings 10 are formed can in each case correspond to the web wrap angle for which the web guide roller 23 in question is intended. Because of the low throughput, however, the micro-openings can also be on a non-wrapped side, e.g. B. fully arranged.

7 and 8, designs of the pressing element 03 are shown together with the pulling roller 01, the surface carrying the micro-openings 10 being concave in each case. A wrap of the pull roller 01 is advantageously at least 90 °, in particular at least 180 °, while the pressure element 03 has no wrap.

7, the micro-openings 10 are designed as open pores of the material 09, which is arranged on the perforated wall 11 of the carrier 08. The pressing element 03 is, for example, on a holder 27, for. B. a traverse 27, arranged at least one in particular with respect to the distance to the rotating body 01 holder 13, in particular plunger 13. The pressure medium or fluid can be supplied to the cavity 07 through a feed 28. To carry out the material 09, the carrier 08, the pressures, surface treatments and / or the effects achieved, the information given in FIGS. 1 to 5 must be used accordingly.

In FIG. 8, the micro-openings 10 are designed as openings in the micro-holes 16 which penetrate the wall 17. Otherwise, the same applies to FIG. 7. To carry out the materials used, the micro-bores, the pressures, surface treatments and / or the effects achieved, the information given in FIGS. 1 to 5 must be used accordingly.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show front views for the arrangement and design of the pressing element 03. In FIG. 9, the pressing element 03 is designed to be continuous over the full web width. This is when using conventional pressure rollers problematic, because due to the smallest deviations in the axis position and / or deflection, different pressures and tensions can result. The pressing element 03 is mounted on the holder 13 and the cross member 27 on a side frame 29 in which, for example, the rotating body 01 is rotatably mounted.

FIG. 10 shows an embodiment, wherein several partial web-wide pressing elements 03 are provided over the length of the rotating body 01. In an advantageous embodiment, these are individually adjustable with respect to their distance from the rotating body 01, in particular from the pull roller 01.

6 to 10 mainly for a pressure element 03 in connection with a rotating body 01 designed as a pull roller 01, is to be applied analogously to the embodiments of a pressure element 03 which interacts with an ink-guiding cylinder 01.

The pressing device as it is shown as a pressing element 03 and pulling roller 01 using the example of the feed mechanism 18 is on other pulling devices for webs 06 or strands in web-producing or processing machines, in particular in printing machines as a pulling group before and / or after a printing unit or one Pressure tower to be used before a hopper inlet, after a former and / or in the entrance area of a folder.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

01 rotating body, cylinder, ink guide, roller, form cylinder, pull roller

02 paint tray

03 pressure element, impression roller

04 Squeegee device, squeegee 05

06 web, material web

07 interior, cavity, chamber, pressure chamber

08 Carrier, carrier body, carrier plate

09 layer microporous; Material, breathable, microporous; Sintered material; Sintered metal, coating

10 opening, micro opening

11 wall, wall

12 wall

13 holder, plunger

14 cover

15 implementation, drilling

16 hole, micro hole

17 body, wall, chamber wall, wall

18 feed mechanism

19 drawing roller arrangement, drawing group 20

21 arm

22 dancer roller

23 web steering roller

24 Track means regulation 25

26 arm Bracket, crossbar feed side frame

Axis, vertical

Claims

Expectations

1. Pressing element of a printing press, which can be adjusted in operation via a web (06) to a co-operating rotary body (01) and forms a pressure point with it, characterized in that the pressing element (03) at least in with the rotating body (01) or . The area (10) interacting with the web (06) has a plurality of openings (10) for the discharge of a pressurized, gaseous fluid, which in operation forms a gaseous cushion between a surface of the pressing element (03) and the web (06).

2. Pressing element of a printing press, which can be adjusted in operation via a web (06) to a co-operating rotary body (01) and forms a pressure point with the latter, characterized in that the pressing element (03) at least in contact with the rotary body (01) or . The web (06) cooperating area has microporous, air-permeable material (09).

3.Pressing element of a printing press, which can be adjusted in operation via a web (06) to a rotating body (01) interacting, the web (06) in the effective area between the pressing element (03) and rotating body (01) being straight or the rotating body (01 ) runs at least partially in a loop, characterized in that the pressure element (03), at least in the area interacting with the rotary body (01) or the web (03), has a multiplicity of openings (10) for the exit of a pressurized, gaseous fluid which, in operation, forms a gaseous cushion between a surface of the pressing element (03) and the web (06).

4. pressing element according to claim 2, characterized in that the microporous material (09) on its outer surface a plurality of openings (10) for the Has an outlet of a pressurized, gaseous fluid, which in operation forms a gaseous cushion between a surface of the pressing element (03) and the web (06).

5. pressing element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that the openings (10) are designed as micro-openings (10) with a diameter of less than 500 microns.

6. pressing element according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the openings (03) are designed as open pores of a porous material through which the fluid flows (09).

7. pressing element according to claim 2 or 6, characterized in that the pores of the fluid-permeable porous material (09) has an average diameter of

5 to 50 μm, in particular 10 to 30 μm.

8. pressing element according to claim 2 or 6, characterized in that the porous material (09) is designed as an open-pore sintered material (09), in particular as a sintered metal (09).

9. pressing element according to claim 2 or 6, characterized in that the microporous material (09) is formed as a layer (09) on a load-bearing, but at least partially fluid-permeable carrier (08).

10. pressing element according to claim 9, characterized in that the carrier (08) on its side facing the layer (09) at least one supporting surface connected to the layer (09) and a plurality of openings for supplying the fluid into the layer (09 ) having.

11. pressing element according to claim 10, characterized in that the layer (09) in the region of the wing has a thickness less than 1 mm, in particular from 0.05 mm to 0.3 mm.

12. Pressure element according to claim 9, characterized in that the carrier (08) on its with the layer (09) cooperating width and length each have a plurality, in particular non-contiguous, bushings (15).

13. Pressure element according to claim 9, characterized in that a wall thickness of the carrier (08) or at least the wall carrying the layer (09) is greater than 3 mm, in particular greater than 5 mm.

14. Pressure element according to claim 9, characterized in that the carrier (08) is at least partially made of a porous material (09) with a better air permeability than the microporous material (09).

15. Pressing element according to claim 9, characterized in that the carrier (08) is at least partially formed from a flat material which surrounds a cavity (07) and is provided with openings.

16. pressing element according to claim 9, characterized in that the microporous material (09) has a layer thickness which corresponds at least to the distance between adjacent openings of the carrier (08).

17. pressing element according to claim 9, characterized in that an area of the carrier (08) carrying the layer (09) simulates an outer contour of the rotating body (01).

18. pressing element according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that the Openings (10) are designed as outwardly directed openings (10) of microbores (16) in a wall (17) delimiting the pressing element (03) towards the outside of the rotating body (01).

19. pressing element according to claim 18, characterized in that a diameter of the openings (03) is less than or equal to 300 microns, in particular between 60 and 150 microns.

20. pressing element according to claim 18, characterized in that a wall thickness of the wall (17) is 0.2 to 3.0 mm.

21. Pressure element according to claim 18, characterized in that a hole density, ie a number of openings (10) per unit area, for the area provided with the micro-bores (10) is at least 0.2 / mm ² .

22. pressing element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that

1 - 20 standard cubic meters of air per hour escape to one square meter of the lateral surface with the openings (10).

23. Pressing element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that 2-15, in particular 3-7, standard cubic meters of air per hour emerge per square meter of the lateral surface having the openings (03).

24. pressing element according to claim 2 or 6, characterized in that the porous material (09) is acted upon from the inside with at least 1 bar overpressure.

25. pressing element according to claim 2 or 6, characterized in that the porous material (09) from the inside with more than 4 bar, in particular with 5 to 7 bar, excess pressure is applied to the fluid.

26. Pressure element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that a feed line for supplying the fluid to the pressure element (03) has an internal cross section of less than 100 mm ² , in particular between 10 and 60 mm ² .

27. pressing element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that the pressurized fluid is designed as compressed air.

28. Pressure element according to claim 1, 3 or 4, characterized in that the part of the pressure element (03) carrying the openings (10) is designed as a releasable insert on a carrier.

29. Pressure element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the pressure element (03) with respect to a side frame (29) of the printing unit is rotatably mounted.

30. pressing element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the rotating body (01) acting together with the pressing element (03) is designed as an ink-guiding cylinder (01)

31. Pressure element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the bale of the cylinder (01) has a ratio between its length and its circumference of greater than or equal to 9, in particular at least 11.

32. pressing element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressing element (03) has an effective length of at least 2,500 mm.

33. pressing element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the cooperating rotary body (01) as a forme cylinder (01) of a printing unit for gravure printing.

34. pressing element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the rotating body (01) acting together with the pressing element (03) is designed as a pull roller (01) which, together with the pressing element (03), forms a pulling group (19) ,

35. pressing element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the rotating body (01) cooperating with the pressing element (03) is at least partially wrapped in the effective area between the pressing element (03) and rotating body (01), the pressing element (03) but without a loop through the web (06).

36. pressing element according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pressing element (03) is at least partially wrapped in the effective area between the pressing element (03) and the rotating body (01), but the rotating body (01) without being wrapped around the web (06) is executed.

37. pressing element according to claim 35, characterized in that the wrap of the rotary body (01) is at least 90 °, in particular at least 180 °.

38. pressing element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the pressing element (03) is carried out continuously over the entire width of the web (06).

39. pressing element according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that over the width of the web (06) a plurality of partial web-wide pressing elements (03) are arranged side by side in the axial direction of the rotary body (01).

0. pressing element according to claim 39, characterized in that the

Pressure elements (03) can be individually adjusted in their distance from the rotating body (01).