Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method for mounting and dismounting a doctor blade chamber (1) in a support holder (2) on a printing unit as well as an apparatus in which the doctor blade chamber is placed in the support holder in a mounting position and subsequently is brought in contact with a roller (3), preferably an anilox roller, in a position of operation. The new feature of the method and the apparatus is that the doctor blade chamber is disposed with the opening upwards in the support holder, preferably in a horizontal position or in a position at such a small angle that ink does not run out of the doctor blade chamber, and is brought into a position under the roller, after which the doctor blade chamber is brought into contact with the roller and pivoted about an axis coinciding with the rotary axis of the roller, into the position of operation.
Abstract:
A printing unit with a rotary roller and an ink chamber with an elastic sealing doctor blade (2) which in a curve with decreasing curvature extends from a holder (6) to a tangential point of contact on the surface of the rotary roller. A packing follows the curvature in order to seal between the sealing doctor blade and the ink chamber.
Abstract:
A method and apparatuses for cleaning a cylinder surface. The method is particularly suitable for use on flexographic printing cylinders where the automated cleaning facilitates the cleaning of plate cylinders. However, the method may be applied to any type of cylinder. The advantage is that in many cases it will not be necessary to halt the printing process for cleaning the cylinder. The method comprises detachment of particles such as dust, fibers and other foreign objects deposited on the cylinder surface. After the particles have become detached by means of pressurized air, liquid, ultrasound or other suitable media, the cylinder surface is exposed to a vacuum whereby the detached particles and other material deriving from the cleaning medium are sucked off the surface.
Abstract:
A printing roller for a printing machine, e.g., for a flexographic printing machine, wherein the printing roller includes a rotary and longitudinal axis and an external surface, the external surface being substantially cylindrical and adapted for mounting a plate. The new feature of a printing roller according to the invention is that the external cylindrical surface includes at least one longitudinal groove, where the at least one longitudinal groove includes a geometry with one or more surfaces, the surface or surfaces lying within a circumscribed cylindrical surface for the external surface of the printing roller. In other words, this means that the longitudinal groove or grooves are cutouts in the form of milled or ground grooves in the external cylindrical surface itself on a printing roller.
Abstract:
A cleaning arrangement for a coater that has a plate cylinder, the cleaning arrangement having a cleaning web, a tangential moving mechanism configured to controllably move the cleaning web in at least one direction in a plane defined by the cleaning web, a radial moving mechanism configured to controllably move the cleaning web in at least one direction out of the plane, and a controller coupled to the tangential and radial moving mechanisms which is configured to control the moving of the cleaning web into and out of contact with the plate cylinder in conformity with input signals received by the controller.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprises a stacker configured to stack planar workpieces into stacks, and a cutter configured to cut preforms out of planar workpieces. The cutter is located downstream of said stacker on a manufacturing line, and a conveyor exists between said stacker and cutter. The apparatus comprises a conveyor controller, which is configured to, after transferring a stack from said conveyor to a feeder section of said cutter; rewind the conveyor to place a foremost free location after existing stacks on the conveyor to a position where it is ready to receive a stack from said stacker.
Abstract:
For sealing between a doctor blade chamber (3) and a rotatable roller (16, 23) in a printing unit there is provided a gasket (4) having an elastomeric edge (17, 18) for sealing abutment against the roller. The gasket includes a rigid/supporting rail (7) which during operational conditions of the printing unit bears against the roller together with the elastomeric edge or which is spaced apart from the roller.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a method for mounting and dismounting a doctor blade chamber (1) in a support holder (2) on a printing unit as well as an apparatus in which the doctor blade chamber is placed in the support holder in a mounting position and subsequently is brought in contact with a roller (3), preferably an anilox roller, in a position of operation. The new feature of the method and the apparatus is that the doctor blade chamber is disposed with the opening upwards in the support holder, preferably in a horizontal position or in a position at such a small angle that ink does not run out of the doctor blade chamber, and is brought into a position under the roller, after which the doctor blade chamber is brought into contact with the roller and pivoted about an axis coinciding with the rotary axis of the roller, into the position of operation.
Abstract:
There is disclosed a printing unit (1) for use in an offset machine. The printing unit allows a broader use of offset machines (1). This is achieved in that the lacquer application means and the water application means comprise a unit (28) consisting of a doctor blade chamber device (30) and at least one roller (29, 32) for transferring lacquer or water from the doctor blade chamber device (30) to the plate cylinder (15) of the printing unit.
Abstract:
L'invention consiste en une racle, en particulier une racle située dans une chambre contenant au moins une racle destinée à venir au contact d'un dispositif d'impression, en particulier un rouleau imprimeur ou un rouleau à impression en couleur ou un autre dispositif d'impression devant être enduite d'une matière fluide la ou les racle(s) étant pourvue(s) à l'arrière d'une chambre de racle qui, par l'intermédiaire de la ou des racle(s) vient au contact du dispositif d'impression. Pour améliorer une telle racle, par exemple en réalisant l'étanchéité d'une manière plus simple par rapport à l'ensouple, on dispose au moins une cloison (4), au travers de la chambre (3) de façon que ladite cloison (4) vienne en contact très étroit avec l'intérieur de la chambre (3) et avec le côté inférieur des racles (1, 2) et que, dans l'espace entre les bords des racles (1, 2), la cloison (4) ait une forme concave qui lui permette de venir au contact de la partie externe du dispositif d'impression. La cloison peut comprendre, dans une variante décrite plus en détail, un ou plusieurs dispositifs de serrage ou d'étanchéité et peut être disposée de manière à pouvoir être déplacée.