Abstract:
The invention concerns in general the technology of automatic maintenance operations in printing and package manufacturing machinery. Especially the invention concerns the task of maintaining smooth and reliable operation of a coater that on a manufacturing line comes after a sheet-fed printer. Th invention relates to a cleaning arrangement for a coater that comprises a plate cylinder (101), the cleaning arrangement comprising: a cleaning web (202), a tangential moving mechanism (203, 204) configured to controllably move said cleaning web (202) in at least one direction in a plane defined by said cleaning web (202), a radial moving mechanism (205, 302) configured to controllably move said cleaning web (202) in at least one direction out of said plane, and a controller (501) coupled to said tangential and radial moving mechanisms (203-205, 302), said controller (501) being configured to control the moving of said cleaning web (202) in conformity with input signals received by said controller (501).
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:
An arrangement 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 arrangement 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:
A coating unit is located after a sheet-fed digital printer on a manufacturing line. As a response to a workpiece entering the coating unit from the printer, coating substance is dosed (203) onto a plate cylinder (101), and said plate cylinder (101) is rotated to transfer said coating substance onto the workpiece, which is then transferred further on the manufacturing line. As a response to a first time limit expiring after transferring said workpiece further without a subsequent work- piece entering the coating unit, the rotation of the plate cylinder (101) is stopped.
Abstract:
A coating unit is located after a sheet-fed digital printer on a manufacturing line. As a response to a workpiece entering the coating unit from the printer, coating substance is dosed onto a plate cylinder, and said plate cylinder is rotated to transfer said coating substance onto the workpiece, which is then transferred further on the manufacturing line. As a response to a first time limit expiring after transferring the workpiece further without a subsequent workpiece entering the coating unit, the rotation of the plate cylinder is stopped.
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.