Abstract:
There is described an ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") of an intaglio printing press comprising a wiping tank (101) and a rotatable wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) supported on and partly located in the wiping tank (101) for wiping excess ink from the surface of a rotatable intaglio printing cylinder (80) of the intaglio printing press. The ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") comprises a wiping roller retracting device (150) adapted to be coupled to the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) to move the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) between a working position (W) where the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) is supported on and partly located in the wiping tank (101) for cooperation with the intaglio printing cylinder (80) and a parking position (P) where the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) is retracted out of the wiping tank (101) and away from the intaglio printing cylinder (80). The ink wiping system (100; 100'; 100") further includes, at the parking position (P), a storage section (110) adapted to receive the wiping roller assembly (102; 102*) which is retracted by the wiping roller retracting device (150).
Abstract:
There is described an intaglio printing press comprising a plate cylinder (8) carrying one or more intaglio printing plates (8c) and an impression cylinder (7) cooperating with the plate cylinder (8), a printing nip being formed between the plate cylinder (8) and the impression cylinder (7). The plate cylinder (8) and the impression cylinder (7) each comprise one or more cylinder pits (8a, 7a) and a corresponding number of cylinder segments (8b, 7b), the plate cylinder (8) and the impression cylinder (7) being in rolling contact with one another during printing operations along their respective cylinder segments (8a, 7b) when no cylinder pits (8a, 7a) are present at the printing nip. The intaglio printing press further comprises a monitoring system (150) designed to monitor a rolling condition of the impression cylinder (7) with respect to the plate cylinder (8) and to provide an indication as to whether or not the rolling condition corresponds to a desired rolling condition, the desired rolling condition being a rolling condition corresponding to true rolling of the impression cylinder (7) with respect to the plate cylinder (8). Also described is a method of monitoring operation of an intaglio printing press.
Abstract:
There is described an adjustable drive unit of a printing press (1; 1*), which adjustable drive unit (25) is interposed between a rotating input body (100) and a rotating output body (23, 200; 23*, 200) to allow selected adjustment of a rotational speed of the rotating output body (23, 200; 23*, 200) with respect to a rotational speed of the rotating input body (100). In an adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), driving into rotation of the rotating output body (23, 200; 23*, 200) is adjusted by means of an adjustment motor (300) of the adjustable drive unit (25). In a non-adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), the adjustment motor (300) is inoperative and driving into rotation of the rotating output body (23, 200; 23*, 200) is performed exclusively mechanically via the adjustable drive unit (25), the rotating output body (23, 200; 23*, 200) rotating at a defined rotational speed with respect to the rotating input body (100). Also described is a printing press, especially an intaglio printing press (1;1*) comprising such an adjustable drive unit (25).