EP2384890A1 - Cylindre d'impression pour presse hélio et procédé correspondant - Google Patents

Cylindre d'impression pour presse hélio et procédé correspondant Download PDF

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EP2384890A1
EP2384890A1 EP10162247A EP10162247A EP2384890A1 EP 2384890 A1 EP2384890 A1 EP 2384890A1 EP 10162247 A EP10162247 A EP 10162247A EP 10162247 A EP10162247 A EP 10162247A EP 2384890 A1 EP2384890 A1 EP 2384890A1
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impression cylinder
intaglio printing
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Matthias Gygi
Bradley Boooth
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KBA Notasys SA
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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
    • B41F13/18—Impression cylinders
    • B41F13/187—Impression cylinders for rotogravure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/10—Intaglio printing ; Gravure printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B41M3/14—Security 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
    • B41N6/00—Mounting boards; Sleeves Make-ready devices, e.g. underlays, overlays; Attaching by chemical means, e.g. vulcanising

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  • the present invention generally relates to an impression cylinder for intaglio printing, use thereof for carrying out intaglio printing, and a corresponding intaglio printing process.
  • intaglio printing refers to direct plate printing using engraved printing mediums (e.g. engraved plates or cylinders) as commonly applied for the production of banknotes and security documents.
  • engraved printing mediums e.g. engraved plates or cylinders
  • the expression “steel/copper engraving printing” is also sometimes used to refer to this particular printing process.
  • Banknotes for example, are typically provided with intaglio-printed patterns (such as portraits or other pictorial representations, latent images, guilloche patterns, denominations, bank designation, etc.) which are readily recognizable by touch due to the embossing and tactile effect inherent to intaglio printing.
  • Intaglio printing presses for carrying out intaglio printing are for instance known from European patent applications Nos.
  • Intaglio printing is characterized by high printing pressures applied between the intaglio printing cylinder carrying the inked intaglio printing medium (typically a plate cylinder carrying one or more intaglio printing plates) and the impression cylinder which carries or supports the substrate to be printed (typically individual sheets).
  • These high printing pressures lead to a characteristic embossing of the substrate, resulting in embossed structures corresponding to the engravings of the intaglio printing medium, which embossed structures can be felt by touch.
  • the impression cylinder used in intaglio printing typically carries at least one blanket that is designed to exhibit a rough surface structure. Such rough surface structure is necessary on the impression cylinder as it ensures a proper adherence and support of the substrate to be printed onto the circumference of the impression cylinder and therefore optimum printing quality. Blankets exhibiting a rough surface structure are commercially available from suppliers such as I.T.G. GmbH Graphic Products ( http://www.itg-graph.com/ ).
  • Blankets exhibiting a smooth surface structure are also available but are typically not used as blankets for impression cylinders of intaglio printing presses, but rather as blankets for inking cylinders such as for the so-called Orlof cylinder (or ink-collecting cylinder) used in indirect-inking intaglio printing presses of the type disclosed in European patent applications Nos. EP 0 091 709 A1 , EP 0 406 157 A1 , EP 0 563 007 A1 , EP 0 873 866 A1 , EP 1 602 482 A1 and International Application No. WO 03/047862 A1 already listed hereinabove.
  • Such indirect-inking intaglio printing presses as sold by the Applicant are known under the trademark Super Orlof Intaglio®.
  • An inherent effect of the rough blankets used on impression cylinders for intaglio printing is that the surface structure of the blanket is impressed on the backside of the substrate being printed (i.e. the side opposite to the one which receives ink from the intaglio printing cylinder) due to the high printing pressures.
  • optically-variable elements such as so-called optically variable devices (or OVD's) as supplied for instance by OVD Kinegram AG ( http://www.kinegram.com/ ) or like optical security elements and devices, as the rough structure of the blanket is also impressed on the surface of the security elements.
  • OVD Kinegram AG http://www.kinegram.com/
  • This may constitute a problem in case of double-sided intaglio printing where the substrates are fed twice in the intaglio printing press in order to print both sides of the substrates.
  • a solution to this problem may consist in applying the optically variable devices or like security features between the two intaglio printing phases and by applying the said security elements to the remaining side of the substrates that still needs to undergo intaglio printing.
  • the security elements are brought into contact with the smooth and hard surface of the intaglio printing medium (e.g. the intaglio plate) during the subsequent intaglio printing phase.
  • Carrying out intaglio printing prior to application of the security elements, such as OVD's, may furthermore create problems during the subsequent application process, such as a hot-foil stamping process typically used for applying OVD's, as this process may interfere with and affect the quality of the intaglio-printed patterns already applied on the substrate.
  • EP 1 881 904 A2 discloses a blanket for intaglio printing (and a method for printing of security documents by means of intaglio printing) where the blanket exhibits a first region having a rough surface characteristic and a second region having a surface characteristic which is different from the surface characteristic of the first region, which second region is configured as a receiver for at least a section of an optically variable element.
  • the second region of the blanket is designed to have a surface roughness which is lower than the surface roughness of the first region.
  • the second region of the blanket is designed to have a predefined depression.
  • the second region of the blanket is designed to have a predefined modulus of elasticity which is lower than a predefined modulus of elasticity of the first region.
  • EP 1 881 904 A2 manufacturing of the required blanket is difficult for the end consumer, namely the printing plant, which does not necessarily have the necessary tools and equipment to produce such blanket.
  • the second embodiment of EP 1 881 904 A2 it is in practice improper to machine the required depressions in the blanket directly as this blanket is typically made of flexible fibrous material which is moreover relatively thin (typically 0.5 mm in thickness).
  • a general aim of the invention is therefore to provide an improved impression cylinder for intaglio printing which solves the problem of deterioration of the optical and/or structural properties of security elements resulting from contact of the surface of the security elements with the surface of the impression cylinder during intaglio printing.
  • a further aim of the invention is to provide an improved intaglio printing process which similarly solves the above-mentioned problem.
  • Still another aim of the invention is to provide such an impression cylinder for intaglio printing that is more practical and cost-efficient to manufacture and produce, and that facilitates maintenance operations.
  • Yet another aim of the invention is to provide such an impression cylinder for intaglio printing which enables the use of conventional blankets.
  • an impression cylinder for intaglio printing of security documents comprising a cylinder body carrying at least one blanket on its circumference, and a packing disposed between the cylinder body and the blanket.
  • the packing exhibits at least one depression whose location is selected to correspond to the location of at least a selected portion of a corresponding security element having optical and/or structural properties to be preserved, which security element is provided on a backside of a substrate to be supported against the blanket during intaglio printing, the said at least one depression being designed to lead to a local reduction of the printing pressure at the location of the said at least selected portion of the corresponding security element.
  • an intaglio printing process for printing security documents, especially banknotes, wherein a backside of a substrate to be printed is brought into contact during intaglio printing with a circumference of an impression cylinder carrying at least one blanket and wherein at least one security element having optical and/or structural properties to be preserved is provided on the backside of the substrate and wherein the impression cylinder is an impression cylinder as defined above.
  • the expression "intaglio printing cylinder” shall be understood to designate a cylinder used for intaglio printing (especially for printing security documents such as banknotes) with at least one intaglio printing medium on its circumference. This encompasses either a cylinder with engraved intaglio patterns on its circumference or a plate cylinder carrying at least one intaglio printing plate on its circumference.
  • the intaglio printing cylinder is a plate cylinder carrying several intaglio printing plates on its circumference.
  • impression cylinder designates the cylinder that cooperates with the intaglio printing cylinder and carries or otherwise supports the substrate to be printed.
  • Figure 1 schematically shows a partial side view of an intaglio printing unit of an intaglio printing press comprising an impression cylinder 01 which contacts an intaglio printing cylinder 02 designed in this example as a plate cylinder 02, the contact point between the impression cylinder 01 and the plate cylinder 02 forming a so-called printing nip PN.
  • the impression cylinder 01 is a three-segment cylinder carrying in this example three distinct blankets 20 on its circumference. Both ends of each blanket 20 are secured by appropriate means (shown in Figure 2 ) located in three corresponding cylinder pits 15 distributed at regular intervals around the circumference of the impression cylinder 01.
  • the interval between successive blankets 20 corresponds to the interval between successive substrates (in this case individual sheets) to be printed (not shown in Figure 1 ), which substrates are being transferred to the impression cylinder 01 at an upstream portion with respect to the printing nip PN by means of a suitable sheet transfer mechanism comprising in this particular example a transfer cylinder 04 acting as sheet in-feed.
  • a suitable sheet transfer mechanism comprising in this particular example a transfer cylinder 04 acting as sheet in-feed.
  • the impression cylinder 01 rotates in the clockwise direction and brings the successive substrates from the transfer cylinder 04 past the printing nip PN where the substrates are printed, and to a sheet delivery system 05 by means of which the freshly-printed substrates are taken away from the impression cylinder 01 to be delivered past drying units to suitable delivery piles (not illustrated).
  • the plate cylinder 02 is also designed as a three-segment cylinder and accordingly carries three distinct intaglio printing plates on its circumference, which intaglio printing plates are likewise secured at both ends thereof by suitable plate clamping means located in three corresponding cylinder pits also shown in Figure 1 but not referenced. As shown by the arrow in Figure 1 , the plate cylinder 02 rotates in the counter-clockwise direction.
  • the intaglio printing plates carried by the plate cylinder 02 are conventionally inked by means of a suitable inking system which is not illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • suitable inking system which is not illustrated in Figure 1 .
  • Different types of inking systems are possible including indirect inking systems as taught in European patent applications Nos. EP 0 091 709 A1 , EP 0 406 157 A1 , EP 0 563 007 A1 , EP 0 873 866 A1 , EP 1 602 482 A1 and International Application No. WO 03/047862 A1 , which publications were introduced in the preamble hereof.
  • FIG. 1 further shows a wiping roller assembly 03 contacting the surface of the plate cylinder 02.
  • This wiping roller assembly 03 which will not be described in detail here, is used to wipe the surface of the intaglio printing plates which have been suitably inked by means of the inking system upstream of the wiping roller assembly 03.
  • the wiping roller assembly 03 removes the excess of ink outside of the engravings of the intaglio printing plates and presses the inks into the engravings to ensure proper printing quality before the intaglio printing plates are brought into contact with the surface of the substrates to be printed.
  • An illustrative example of a wiping roller assembly 03 is disclosed in International Application No. WO 2007/116353 A1 in the name of the present Applicant, which publication is incorporated herein by reference.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows an enlarged view of one of the cylinder pits 15 of the impression cylinder 01 of Figure 1 .
  • a holding system 25 is provided to ensure adequate support of the blankets 20 onto the circumference of the impression cylinder 01.
  • Packing 30 is interposed between each blanket 20 and a cylinder body 10 of the impression cylinder 01, a leading end 20a of the blanket 20 and a leading end 30a of the packing 30 being both held and secured by means of a clamping bar 26.
  • a rotatable shaft 27 for holding a trailing end 20b of the blanket 20 is further provided, which shaft comprises in this example a slit into which the trailing end 20b of the blanket 20 is inserted.
  • Rotation of the shaft 27 in the counter-clockwise direction ensures proper tensioning of the blanket 20 onto the impression cylinder 01.
  • the trailing end 30b of the packing 30 is not held by the shaft 27, the length of the packing 30 being selected in such a way that it ends at the portion where the cylinder pit 15 starts.
  • Figure 3 schematically shows a transverse view (i.e. a view taken along a plane intersecting the printing nip along the contact line between cylinders 01, 02) illustrating the cooperation between the impression cylinder 01 and the intaglio printing cylinder 02 of Figure 1 at the printing nip PN.
  • a transverse view i.e. a view taken along a plane intersecting the printing nip along the contact line between cylinders 01, 02
  • Figure 3 schematically shows a transverse view (i.e. a view taken along a plane intersecting the printing nip along the contact line between cylinders 01, 02) illustrating the cooperation between the impression cylinder 01 and the intaglio printing cylinder 02 of Figure 1 at the printing nip PN.
  • a substrate 60 with a front side 60a contacting the surface of the intaglio printing cylinder 02 (i.e. the surface of the intaglio printing plates) and a backside 60b contacting the surface of the blanket 20.
  • a security element 50 having optical and/or structural properties to be preserved is printed, applied, embedded or otherwise provided or exposed on the backside 60b of the substrate 60.
  • security element 50 may in particular be an optically-variable device (or "OVD") or the like, including for instance security elements embedded in the thickness of the substrate 60 and exposed on at least the backside 60b thereof, such as windowed security threads.
  • ODD optically-variable device
  • the packing 30 is provided with at least one depression 40 on its surface whose location is selected to correspond to the location of at least a selected portion of the corresponding security element 50.
  • security element 50 While only one security element 50 is illustrated in Figure 3 it shall be appreciated that a plurality of such security elements 50 may be provided on the backside 60b of the substrate 60, typically in a matrix like arrangement and that there would accordingly be a corresponding number of depressions 40 on the surface of the packing 30 at corresponding locations.
  • the packing 30 is shown as being constituted of only a single packing sheet 31. It will however be appreciated that the packing 30 may comprise more than one packing sheet (see for instance the variants of Figures 4A and 4B ).
  • the depression 40 exhibits a selected depth (d) designed to lead to a local deformation of the blanket 20 and therefore a local reduction of the printing pressure applied by the impression cylinder 01 at the location of the selected portion of the corresponding security element 50. In this way, the optical and/or structural properties of the selected portion of the security element 50 can be preserved.
  • a combined thickness (h) of the blanket 20 and of the packing 30 outside of the location of the depression(s) 40 is to be kept constant.
  • This combined thickness (h) is preferably of 2 mm.
  • a thickness of the blanket 20 is preferably of 0.5 mm meaning that the thickness of the packing 30 should be of 1.5 mm.
  • the depression 40 is provided within part of the thickness of the packing sheet 31 which has a greater thickness than the required depth (d) of the depression 40.
  • the packing 30 consists of two packing sheets 34, 35, the upper packing sheet 34 similarly having a greater thickness than the required depth (d) of the depression 40.
  • the depression 40 may be formed by any suitable technique.
  • a suitable and preferred technique may consist in engraving the relevant packing sheet by mechanical engraving using an engraving tool or by laser engraving provided the relevant packing sheet is made of or comprises a suitable laser-engravable layer.
  • the depression 40 may be formed by cutting a through opening in a first packing sheet 32 having the same thickness as the required thickness (d) of the depression 40, at least a second packing sheet 33 being provided underneath the first packing sheet 32 in order to achieve the required packing height. More than one packing sheet may be provided under the first packing sheet 32 if necessary.
  • Figure 4B which has already been briefly discussed is similar to the first embodiment of Figure 3 in that the depression 40 is formed within part of the thickness of a packing sheet 34 which has a greater thickness than the required depth (d) of the depression 40. In this example, however, at least an additional packing sheet 35 is provided underneath the first packing sheet 34.
  • the packing 30 may comprises at least two packing sheets as illustrated in Figures 4A and 4B , or even more than two if that is necessary or appropriate. In such case, it is preferable that only the uppermost packing sheet is provided with the necessary depression(s) 40 as this only requires a suitable design or machining of a single packing sheet.
  • a fundamental advantage of the proposed solution with respect to the known solution is that a conventional blanket exhibiting a single rough surface characteristic can be used.
  • no special treatment or processing of the blanket as such is necessary meaning that commercially available and standard blankets can be used.
  • the manufacturing and maintenance costs can furthermore be kept at a very low level as packing material hardly impacts on the overall costs and can be chosen amongst packing materials that are easy to procure, process and replace.
  • impression cylinder can be used for carrying out intaglio printing of security documents, especially banknotes.
  • the above-description is also directed to an intaglio printing process for printing security documents, especially banknotes, wherein a backside of a substrate to be printed is brought into contact during intaglio printing with a circumference of an impression cylinder carrying at least one blanket, wherein at least one security element having optical and/or structural properties to be preserved is provided or exposed on the backside of the substrate, and wherein the impression cylinder is an impression cylinder as described hereinbefore.
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