EP2479037B2 - Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'impression de récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'impression de récipients Download PDF

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EP2479037B2
EP2479037B2 EP11195344.4A EP11195344A EP2479037B2 EP 2479037 B2 EP2479037 B2 EP 2479037B2 EP 11195344 A EP11195344 A EP 11195344A EP 2479037 B2 EP2479037 B2 EP 2479037B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
    • B41J11/00214—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
    • B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements  of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
    • B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
    • B41J11/0024—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
    • B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
    • B41J3/40733—Printing on cylindrical or rotationally symmetrical objects, e. g. on bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
    • B41J3/54—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
    • B41J3/543—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements with multiple inkjet print heads

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  • the present invention relates to a method and a device according to the features of the preambles of claims 1 and 8.
  • containers for example beverage bottles, PET bottles or the like
  • labels are predominantly equipped with labels.
  • pre-printed labels are glued to the containers or bottles.
  • shrink labels can be used, which are shrunk onto the container in a shrink tunnel or the like.
  • adhesive paints or inks it is known to print the outer surfaces of bottles and containers with adhesive paints or inks and thereby to identify them. The application of a label by gluing or shrinking on can thus be omitted.
  • a method for printing containers is described, for example, in the laid-open specification DE 10 2007 050 490 A1 described, which can be regarded as the closest prior art.
  • At least two print heads operating according to the inkjet printing principle are used here.
  • the containers are moved in the transport direction by a transport element, the print heads of a printing unit being moved along with the transport element during part of the at least one printing step.
  • EP 0 209 896 B1 a method and an apparatus for decorating containers.
  • individual color points are applied program-controlled to the wall of the container as a raster image along parallel circumferential lines.
  • the container is rotated while the nozzles are arranged on a slide, whereby the distance to the container can be adjusted.
  • the document WO2011 / 144278 A1 (corresponds to EP 2 571 698 A0 ) is considered state of the art under Article 54 (3) EPC and discloses a device for printing on outer surfaces of containers.
  • the device comprises a plurality of print heads which are movably arranged on a first transport system and a plurality of container receptacles which can be moved by a second transport system. The movement of a print head takes place at least in some areas synchronously with the movement of a container receptacle.
  • DOD drop-on-demand
  • the so-called DOD (drop-on-demand) ink jet technology also has a number of advantages.
  • the technology is one of the non-impact printing processes in which there is no contact with the substrate. Furthermore, ink drops are only generated when needed. It is also possible to use UV-curing inks.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a fast, continuously executable method for printing containers and to provide a device for carrying out such a method.
  • the invention relates to a method for printing containers.
  • the containers are transported by means of a revolving, in particular a rotating, transport device.
  • the continuously revolving or rotating transport device has at least one holding device for the container to be printed.
  • the transport device is also assigned at least one base module on which at least one print head is arranged.
  • the base module is located in the area of the orbit of the transport device, in the outer area of the same.
  • the transport device can be formed by what is known as a container carousel, to which an inlet star for transferring the containers to be printed onto the carousel and an outlet star for transferring the printed containers to subsequent handling devices are assigned.
  • the printing module referred to here as the base module is in this case close to the container carousel, so that the containers transported with it can be reached by the print heads.
  • the base module is arranged on the outer circumference of the transport device or the container carousel.
  • the containers to be printed are fed to a printing area to which at least one base module is assigned. While the container is being transported through this pressure area, the base module runs at least partially synchronously with the containers. In particular, the base module is transported from a starting position to an end position downstream in the transport direction, synchronously with the circulating or rotating transport device. During the synchronous movement of the base module and the at least one container to be printed, the container is at least partially printed by the at least one print head arranged on the base module. While the container is transported further in the transport direction by the circulating transport device, the base module moves back against the transport direction into its starting position.
  • the method according to the invention thus provides a continuously revolving transport device for the containers, formed for example by a uniformly rotating container carousel, as well as an oscillating device between two end positions movable base or printing module, which preferably performs a rotary movement about the same axis of rotation as the transport device.
  • the print module with the print heads located on it and, if necessary, a drying module (see below) also arranged on the base module is moved in one direction over a defined path synchronous to the transport device and thus synchronous to the containers, so that the print head is fixed relative to the respective container.
  • the base module is moved back to the other end position or starting position in a pivoting movement in the opposite direction to the rotary movement or circular movement of the transport device.
  • the base module can remain at least for a short time until another container is to be printed, so that a synchronous movement with the movement of the transport device is again necessary.
  • the printed container is preferably subjected to an aftertreatment following the printing.
  • the printed color is at least partially dried by at least one drying module approximately at the same time or immediately after printing.
  • the printed containers are irradiated with UV, for example - especially when using UV-curing dye - with warm air flowing around them or the like.
  • a drying module is assigned to the base module and mounted on it.
  • the drying module is arranged downstream of the base module in the transport direction of the container, so that the post-treatment takes place while the container is moved on in the transport device independently of the base module.
  • a camera system or the like can be assigned to the container treatment module to monitor the print image or the printing result.
  • the camera system can be arranged on the base module or on a separate module.
  • the aftertreatment can also take place after the printed container has left the container treatment module, the aftertreatment module preferably being arranged after the discharge star.
  • the aftertreatment module can preferably be a drying tunnel, in particular a UV tunnel.
  • the UV irradiation causes the printing inks to set or crosslink with one another.
  • the containers can be pretreated before printing.
  • the containers can be subjected to corona, plasma or flame treatment, in which the surface energy of the material to be printed is increased, as a result of which the wettability of the surface to be printed with printing ink is improved.
  • cleaning processes or other preparatory processes can be used, for example.
  • this preferably takes place before the containers are fed to the pressure area in a first sub-area, assigned to the circulating transport device, of a treatment module described in detail below.
  • the pretreatment module can also be arranged on the base module with the print heads.
  • the containers to be printed can be pretreated at a pretreatment station via a cleaning device, a drying tunnel, a flame device, but preferably a corona plasma treatment or the like, upstream of the inlet star to the container treatment module.
  • a pressure area comprises at least two basic modules, which are arranged in parallel and / or firmly coupled to one another according to the holder used for the container, in particular a holder for one container or a double holder for two containers.
  • two base modules arranged in parallel are assigned to the orbit of the transport device. These can also be rigidly connected to one another.
  • the containers When transporting the containers by means of the aforementioned circulating or continuously rotating transport device, the containers can optionally be moved around their longitudinal axes.
  • the containers can be pivoted or rotate at least partially about their longitudinal axis.
  • the containers preferably rotate at least once completely around their axis, at least when passing through the pretreatment area and / or the pressure area and / or the post-treatment area.
  • the containers are moved horizontally by the circulating transport device, ie their longitudinal axis is arranged largely horizontally.
  • This arrangement has the advantage that the print heads can be conveniently mounted horizontally so that they can eject their printing ink vertically downwards.
  • the printing precision can be improved compared to a standing installation with horizontal color output.
  • the horizontal arrangement of the print heads also requires a horizontal arrangement of the containers or bottles, which, depending on the available transport configuration may have to be pivoted within the transport device from a standing to a lying position and must be moved back into the standing position before being passed on to the discharge star.
  • the container position can also be changed at the inlet or outlet star.
  • the method described is, in particular, a continuous method in which the containers are moved continuously through the circulating transport device and continuously run through the successive method or treatment steps of pretreatment, printing and post-treatment.
  • the continuous transport does not necessarily require a constant transport speed.
  • the speed of rotation of the transport device or the rotating container carousel can fluctuate cyclically. It makes sense, however, that the carousel or the transport device rotates at approximately constant speed, since the necessary adjustment of the speeds can usually be carried out via the oscillation speed of the base module with the print heads arranged on it.
  • the invention further relates to a revolving treatment module for printing containers.
  • This is arranged between a container feed for feeding containers to be printed from an upstream device and a container discharge for removing and further transporting the printed containers.
  • the treatment module comprises a revolving transport device which has at least one holding device for the containers to be printed.
  • the transport device can be, for example, a rotating transport star with a vertically arranged axis of rotation, a transport wheel with a horizontally arranged axis of rotation or also an endless conveyor belt with at least partially linear transport sections.
  • the treatment module further comprises at least one base module, at least one print head being arranged on the base module.
  • the base module is arranged in the outer area of the circulation path of the transport device, so that the containers held in this area can be reached by the print heads and possibly further treatment devices arranged on the base module.
  • the treatment module preferably comprises three sub-areas in which the containers are subjected to different treatment steps.
  • the first sub-area is a pre-treatment area to prepare the surface of the container for printing.
  • the adjoining area forms the printing area for direct printing on the container jacket surfaces.
  • the at least one base module is arranged in this area.
  • a further sub-area which is in particular a post-treatment area.
  • the base module moves, at least in sections, synchronously with the revolving transport device, in particular the base module performs an oscillating movement.
  • the base module can be moved at least in sections in the transport direction of the transport device from an initial position to an end position, in order then to be returned to the initial position counter to the transport direction.
  • the containers to be printed are lying in the holding devices of the circulating transport device and are arranged movably about their largely horizontally arranged longitudinal axis.
  • the bottles can pivot and / or rotate about their longitudinal axis and are continuously rotated about their longitudinal axis in the pretreatment and / or in the printing and / or in the post-treatment area or during the entire transport by the transport device.
  • the containers rotate at least once about their longitudinal axis as they pass through the subregions, so that the entire outer surface of the container is subjected to the respective treatment.
  • At least one pre-treatment area and / or at least one post-treatment area, in particular a drying area can be arranged on the treatment module, so that at least two different process steps are carried out by the base module: pretreatment and printing or printing and post-treatment or pretreatment and printing and post-treatment .
  • an outer and an inner base module are arranged on the circulation path of the transport device in the pressure area of the treatment module. If the transport device is a stationary wheel with a largely horizontal axis of rotation, then the inner base module is preferably arranged between the axis of the rotating transport device and the container to be printed. This enables an increase in machine performance.
  • at least two containers are printed alternately or simultaneously by the outer and the inner base module.
  • two base modules are arranged in parallel in the pressure area of the treatment module. With this, double-held bottles can be printed at the same time with a special holding device.
  • the treatment module can have means for setting the optimal distance between the container to be printed and the print head.
  • the adjustment takes place in particular via an additional axis.
  • the treatment module preferably has a corresponding sensor system, via which the dynamic setting of the distance between the container and the print head takes place.
  • the sensor system can include, for example, camera systems, image recognition systems or other suitable systems for recognizing and monitoring the printing process, for correctly positioning the containers in relation to the print heads and / or for controlling or monitoring the printing result.
  • the print heads are controlled via the sensor.
  • the sensor detects the contour of the container to be printed and the distance to the print head is dynamically adjusted based on the data obtained from it, in order to have the optimal distance between container and print head at all times and thus to achieve an optimal print result.
  • the position of the print heads and / or the position of the containers on the revolving transport device is therefore not permanently preset but is dynamically regulated as a function of the containers to be printed.
  • the positioning of the print heads or the base module can be adjusted during the printing process, which is particularly advantageous when printing containers with an oval diameter, since the distance between the container and the print head changes again and again when the container is rotated about its longitudinal axis.
  • the sensor can be, for example, an image-recognizing system which forwards the determined data, in particular the contour, height and width of the container to be printed, to a computing unit. Based on the transmitted data, the optimal distance between the container and the print head is calculated. The computing unit then controls the corresponding positioning of the print head or print heads on the base module or the corresponding positioning of the base module.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a first embodiment of a device 1a for printing containers 20.
  • the device 1a comprises an inlet device 12, a rotating treatment module 10a and an outlet device 14.
  • the containers 20 to be printed are formed via an inlet device 12, in particular by a Standard transport star such as an infeed star, fed to the rotating treatment module 10a.
  • the inlet device 12 can - as shown here - also take on the function of tilting the bottles or containers 20 horizontally before or during the transfer so that they are transferred to the device 1a in this position and transported further there in a horizontal position.
  • the articles or containers 20 to be printed can also be brought into a horizontal position on the rotating treatment module 10a by means of a suitable turning device (not shown). As shown in the exemplary embodiment, turning can thus take place in the “approach area” to the treatment module 10a or, alternatively, within the treatment module 10a.
  • the horizontal position of the containers 20 is advantageous due to the physical limits of the at least one print head 32 used.
  • the printing can take place with horizontal print heads 32, which can eject their printing ink downwards and thus without any negative influence due to the acting gravity.
  • the containers 20 are transferred to a continuously rotating transport device 11 of the rotating treatment module 10a.
  • the transport device 11 represents a kind of vertically positioned wheel which rotates about its horizontally arranged axis of rotation DA.
  • the transport device 11 has special holding devices (not shown) for the containers 20, in which the containers 20 are centered and clamped in such a way that they can be moved, in particular pivoted and / or rotated, about their longitudinal axis X.
  • the containers 20 After being transferred to the rotating transport device 11, the containers 20 pass a first partial area I in which a pretreatment takes place.
  • Each container 20 must preferably complete at least one 360 ° rotation in the pre-treatment module 40 so that the entire circumference of the container 20 is treated.
  • This process preferably takes place continuously. According to a further embodiment, the process can also take place discontinuously or clocked.
  • the containers 20 then reach a printing area D due to the constant movement of the transport device 11 in the direction of movement B.
  • Figure 1 three basic modules arranged side by side are shown, so that three containers 20 can be processed in parallel and at the same time.
  • the base station 29 moves in an oscillating manner, which means that initially the movement of the containers 20 in the direction of movement B is synchronously accompanied over a machine angle ⁇ up to the end position EP. Due to the continuous movement of the transport device 11 in the direction of movement B, this enables continuous treatment of the containers 20, which preferably rotate continuously about their longitudinal axis X during the printing process.
  • the printing ink is applied to the container 20 by the print heads 32 largely from above. In this treatment phase, the print heads 32 have no movement relative to the containers 20.
  • several print heads 32 and in particular also several print heads 32 of the same color can be seated on a base station 29. That is, several containers 20 can be printed at the same time, which increases the performance of the device 10.
  • the containers 20 After leaving the pressure area D, the containers 20 pass through a second sub-area II, in which at least one aftertreatment by an aftertreatment module 42, in particular a final drying 44, takes place.
  • the containers 20 are dried continuously, for example by UV light, the containers 20 again preferably being rotated continuously about their longitudinal axis X.
  • the aftertreatment process can also take place discontinuously or clocked.
  • the containers 20 are then transferred to an outlet device 14, which is similar to the inlet device 12 and which, in the exemplary embodiment shown, is also a 90 ° turning star 15, which moves the containers 20 from the lying position to a standing position for further transport Processing devices, for example packaging devices or the like.
  • the at least one base station 29 is returned to the opposite direction of movement B of the transport device 11
  • Starting position AP moves and is now ready again for the printing of newly supplied containers 20.
  • Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of a device 1b for printing containers 20 with a rotating treatment module 10b.
  • the two base stations 29 and 30 oscillate synchronously.
  • the container 20 to be printed is acted upon simultaneously by both base stations 29 and 30 and can, for example, be printed on from both sides.
  • the two base stations 29, 30 can also have print heads 32 with different colors and by rotating the containers 20 about their longitudinal axis X, these can be printed one after the other with the different colors. This arrangement leads to an advantageous increase in machine performance.
  • the base stations 29, 30 can be moved alternatively.
  • Figure 3 shows a third embodiment of a device 1c for printing containers with a rotating treatment module 10c.
  • the axis of rotation DA of the rotating transport device 11 of the rotating treatment module 10c is arranged approximately vertically.
  • the containers 20 are movably arranged on the transport device 11 by a holding device 23 each.
  • the containers 20 are swiveled horizontally on the container table of the rotating transport device 11.
  • the inlet device 12 and outlet device 14 are each designed as standard inlet star 16 and standard outlet star 17.
  • the at least one print head 32 is arranged above the rotating transport device 11, so that printing can once again take place “conventionally” from top to bottom. Furthermore, it is possible to arrange additional print heads (not shown) around the container 20, for example for multi-color printing. As an alternative, a container can be printed simultaneously using several print heads.
  • Figure 4 shows a schematic representation of another device 1d for printing containers 20.
  • the device largely corresponds to that in FIG Figure 1 Embodiment described, which is why the duplicate description of many components of the device can be dispensed with. This embodiment is not covered by the claims.
  • At least one pre-treatment module 60, at least one print head 32 and at least one post-treatment module 62 are arranged on a base station 31, so that the three process steps pre-treatment, printing and post-treatment are all carried out by the base module 31.
  • FIG. 5 shows a holding device 50 for two containers 20 for use in a rotating transport device 11.
  • This holding device 50 comprises two firmly coupled holders for containers 20.
  • two horizontally aligned containers 20 can be transported and each moved about their longitudinal axis X at the same time. This enables the machine output to be doubled.
  • two inlet and two outlet devices 12, 14 (not shown, cf. Figure 1 ) necessary, while a large part of the moving components, in particular the at least one print head base station 29, can be used jointly.
  • the holder is equipped with a container 20 from one side, then the holder is pivoted largely through 180 °, the inlet and outlet devices 12, 14 (not shown, cf. Figure 1 ) turns a round and then the second container 20 is placed on the double holder 50.
  • Figure 6 shows a holding device 52 which enables two containers 20 to be transported lying largely horizontally at the same time.
  • the holding device 52 is used, for example, for use in a treatment module 10e Figure 7 Whereby a doubling of the engine output can be achieved by the simultaneous transport of two containers on a holding device 52nd
  • Figure 7 shows an embodiment of a device 1e for simultaneous printing of doubly held containers 20 with a rotating treatment module 10e.
  • the axis of rotation DA of the rotating transport device 11 of the rotating treatment module 10e is arranged approximately vertically.
  • each container 20 is movably arranged on the transport device 11 by a double holding device 52 each.
  • the containers 20 are swiveled horizontally on the container table of the rotating transport device 11.
  • the inlet device 12 and outlet device 14 are each designed as standard inlet star 16 and standard outlet star 17.
  • the device 1d comprises at least two print heads 32, a first print head 32 being arranged on a first base module 29 and a second print head 32 on a second base module 30 in each case above the rotating transport device 11.
  • the print heads 32 are largely at the same height level and the internal and external print heads 32 simultaneously print on both containers 20 of the double holder 52.
  • the containers can also be printed simultaneously using a plurality of print heads 32 in each case.
  • Figure 8 shows a further embodiment of a device 1f for the simultaneous printing of double-held containers 20.
  • the inlet devices 12 and outlet devices are each designed as turning stars 13.
  • the inlet devices 12 or outlet devices can be designed as standard inlet star 16 or standard outlet star (not shown) and the containers 20 can be positioned horizontally on the container table of the transport device 11 (not shown).
  • the device 1f also includes at least two print heads 32 on a first and a second base module 29, 30, each arranged above the rotating transport device 11 and thus above the largely horizontal container 20.
  • the print heads 32 are largely at the same height level and the internal and external print heads 32 simultaneously print on both containers 20 held on the double bracket 52.

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  1. Procédé d'impression de contenants (20), les contenants (20) étant transportés au moyen d'un dispositif de transport tournant (11) qui présente au moins un dispositif de maintien (23, 50, 52) pour les contenants à imprimer (20), au moins un module de base (29, 30, 31) étant attribué au dispositif de transport tournant (11), sur lequel module de base est disposée au moins une tête d'impression (32), et le(s) module(s) de base (29, 30, 31) étant disposé(s) dans la zone de l'orbite du dispositif de transport (11), les étapes suivantes étant effectuées :
    - Apport des contenants (20) à une zone d'impression (D), au moins un module de base (29, 30, 31) étant attribué à cette zone d'impression (D);
    caractérisé en ce que
    les contenants à imprimer (20) étant agencés en position allongée et mobiles autour de leur axe longitudinal (X) disposé largement à l'horizontale dans les dispositifs de maintien (23, 50, 52) du dispositif de transport tournant (11);
    l' autres étapes suivantes étant effectuées:
    - Entraînement commun du/des module(s) de base (29, 30), au moins partiellement synchrone avec le contenant (20) à imprimer transporté par le dispositif de transport tournant (11), le module de base (29, 30) prenant dans la zone d'impression (D) une position de départ (AP) et une position d'arrivée (EP) sur le dispositif de transport tournant (11);
    - Impression des contenants (20) pendant le mouvement synchronisé du module de base (29, 30) et du dispositif de transport tournant (11) entre la position de départ (AP) et la position d'arrivée (EP) au moyen du/des tête(s) d'impression (32) disposée(s) sur le module de base (29, 30);
    - Sitôt le processus d'impression est fini et la position d'arrivée est arrivée, retour du module de base (29, 30), dans le sens inverse du sens de transport (B) du dispositif de transport tournant (11), dans la position de départ (AP), tandis que les contenants (20) continuent à être transportés par le dispositif de transport tournant (11) dans le sens de transport (B),
    - le module de base (29, 30) étant ramené à la position de départ (AP) dans un mouvement de pivotement dans le sens opposé à un mouvement de rotation (B) ou à un mouvement orbital du dispositif de transport (11).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, les contenants (20) étant soumis avant l'impression à un pré-traitement et/ou les contenants (20) étant soumis à la suite de l'impression à un post-traitement.
  3. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, plusieurs contenants (20) étant imprimés en même temps.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou les revendications 2 et 3, les contenants (20) étant, pendant l'impression et/ou pendant le pré-traitement et/ou pendant le posttraitement, pivoté(s) et/ou tournés autour de leur axe longitudinal (X).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 2 en association avec la revendication 3 ou 4, le pré-traitement des contenants (20) préparant la surface des contenants (20) à l'impression, le pré-traitement comprenant notamment une exposition à une flamme, une décharge corona ou un traitement au plasma.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 2 en association avec l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 5, le post-traitement des contenants imprimés (20) comprenant un séchage final des contenants imprimés (20), notamment un séchage à l'air chaud ou une réticulation aux UV.
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 2 en association avec l'une quelconque des revendications 3 à 6, les étapes du procédé pré-traitement, impression et post-traitement des contenants (20) étant effectuées en continu, les contenants (20) étant sans cesse mis en mouvement par le dispositif de transport tournant (11).
  8. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) destiné à imprimer des contenants (20), lequel se fait agencer entre une alimentation en contenants (12, 13, 16) et un enlèvement des contenants (14, 15, 17), avec un dispositif de transport tournant (11) qui présente au moins un dispositif de maintien (23, 50, 52) pour les contenants à imprimer (20), avec au moins un module de base (29, 30), le module de base (29, 30) comprenant au moins une tête d'impression (32) et le module de base (29, 30) étant disposé dans la zone de l'orbite du dispositif de transport (11), le module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) comprenant au moins une zone d'impression (D), la zone d'impression (D) comprenant le/les module(s) de base (29, 30, 31), le(s) module(s) de base (29, 30, 31) étant disposé(s) à l'extérieur de l'orbite du dispositif de transport et étant mobile(s) partiellement, dans la zone d'impression, de manière synchrone avec le dispositif de transport tournant (11) entre une position de départ (AP) et une position d'arrivée (EP), de telle sorte que la/les tête(s) d'impression est/sont fixe(s) par rapport au contenant correspondant, le module de base (29, 30) peut être re-pivoté à la position de départ (AP) dans le sens opposé au mouvement orbital du dispositif de transport (11)
    caractérisé en ce que
    les contenants à imprimer (20) étant agencés en position allongée et mobiles autour de leur axe longitudinal (X) disposé largement à l'horizontale dans les dispositifs de maintien (23, 50, 52) du dispositif de transport tournant (11).
  9. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) selon la revendication 8, au moins un module de pré-traitement (40, 60) et/ou au moins un module de post-traitement (42, 62) étant disposé(s) sur le/les module(s) de base (29, 30, 31).
  10. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) selon la revendication 8 ou 9, le module de base (29, 30, 31) étant mobile par oscillations.
  11. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 10, le module de traitement (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e) comprenant des dispositifs de maintien (23) pour un contenant (20) ou des dispositifs de maintien (50, 52) pour deux contenants (20).
  12. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 11, auquel sont agencés, dans la zone d'impression, deux modules de base (29, 30, 31), les modules de base (29, 30, 31) étant agencés parallèlement et/ou accouplés de manière fixe l'un à l'autre, notamment module de traitement, auquel sont attribués dans la zone d'impression (D) un module de base externe et un interne (29, 30) sur l'orbite du dispositif de transport (11).
  13. Module de traitement tournant (10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d, 10e, 10f) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 8 à 12, le dispositif de transport tournant (11) étant un dispositif de transport rotatif ou un système de transport en étoile, ou le dispositif de transport tournant étant partiellement linéaire.
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