SHEET-FED PRINTING PRESS FOR SIMULTANEOUS RECTO-VERSO PRINTING OF SHEETS, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SECURITY DOCUMENTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200001591A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-02

    申请号:US16486375

    申请日:2018-03-13

    Applicant: KBA-NOTASYS SA

    Inventor: Johannes SCHAEDE

    Abstract: There is described a sheet-fed printing press (1000; 1000*) comprising at least two printing units (200; 200.1, 200.2; 200.1 *, 200.2*) located one after the other, each printing unit (200; 200.1, 200.2; 200.1 *, 200.2*) being adapted to carry out simultaneous recto-verso printing of the sheets (S) and including two printing cylinders (105, 106) cooperating with one another and forming a printing nip, the two printing cylinders (105, 106) each collecting ink patterns from at least two associated plate cylinders (15A, 15B, 16A, 16B) wherein the two printing cylinders (105, 106) are located one above the other such that the sheets (S) travel laterally through each printing unit (200; 200.1, 200.2; 200.1 *, 200.2*) from a first lateral side (201 a; 201 a*) located upstream of the printing nip to a second lateral side (201 b; 201 b*) located downstream of the printing nip, wherein a number of at least two sheet transfer elements (110, 120, 95) is provided downstream of the printing nip of a first one (200.1; 200.1 *) and upstream of the printing nip of a second one (200.2; 200.2*) of the at least two printing units (200.1, 200.2; 200.1 *, 200.2*) to transfer the sheets (S).

    Combined printing press
    72.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10434807B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-08

    申请号:US15510650

    申请日:2015-09-11

    Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA

    Abstract: There is described a combined printing press (10) for the production of security documents, in particular banknotes, comprising a screen printing group (3) and a numbering group (4) adapted to process printed substrates in the form of individual sheets or successive portions of a continuous web. The screen printing group (3) is located upstream of the numbering group (4) and comprises at least one screen printing unit (32-33) designed to print a pattern of optically-variable ink, which optically-variable ink contains flakes that can be oriented by means of a magnetic field. The screen printing group further comprises a magnetic unit (36) located downstream of the screen printing unit (32-33), which magnetic unit (36) is designed to magnetically induce an optically-variable effect in the pattern of optically-variable ink applied by the screen printing unit (32-33) prior to drying/curing of the optically-variable ink. The screen printing group (3) further comprises at least one drying/curing unit (37) designed to dry/cure the pattern of optically-variable ink in which the optically-variable effect has been induced by the magnetic unit (36), prior to transfer of the printed substrates to the numbering group (4).

    SHEET-FED STAMPING PRESS HAVING A FOIL LAMINATING UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20180311947A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15769620

    申请日:2016-11-03

    Applicant: KBA-NOTASYS SA

    Abstract: There is described a sheet-fed stamping press (10*) comprising a foil application unit (2*) designed to allow transfer or lamination of foil material onto successive sheets (S), which foil material is fed to the foil application unit (2*) in the form of a foil carrier (FC) supplied by means of a foil feeding system (3). The foil application unit (2*) comprises a stamping cylinder (21) at least one circumferential stamping section (210) provided on a circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and comprising successive stamping segments (211 *; 211 **) distributed one after the other about the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21), the stamping cylinder (21) also acting as sheet-transporting cylinder and comprising multiple sheet holding units (21a) distributed about the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and designed to hold successive sheets (S) against the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21). The foil application unit (2*) further comprises a plurality of counter-pressure units (25) distributed about a portion of the circumference of the stamping cylinder (21) and designed to press the successive sheets (S) and the foil carrier (FC) against an outer surface of the stamping segments (211 *; 211 **), the foil carrier (FC) being supplied by the foil feeding system (3) between the sheets (S) and the stamping segments (211 *; 211 **). Each counter-pressure unit (25) is designed as a cylinder unit (250, 255) provided with at least one circumferential pressing element (255) positioned to cooperate with the circumferential stamping section (210) of the stamping cylinder

    HOT-STAMPING PRESS
    74.
    发明申请
    HOT-STAMPING PRESS 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20180264792A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15768697

    申请日:2016-11-29

    Applicant: KBA-NOTASYS SA

    Abstract: There is described a hot-stamping press (10; 10″; 10′″) comprising a foil application unit (2; 2*) designed to allow transfer or lamination of foil material (FM) by hot-stamping onto a substrate (S) supplied in the form of successive sheets or successive portions of a continuous web, which foil material (FM) is fed to the foil application unit (2; 2*) in the form of a foil carrier (FC) supplied by means of a foil feeding system (3). The hot-stamping press (10; 10″; 10′″) further comprises at least one UV-curing unit (61; 62; 63) located along a path (A) of the substrate (S) downstream of the foil application unit (2; 2*) to subject the foil material (FM) transferred or laminated onto the substrate (S) to a UV- curing operation. The foil material (FM) is provided with an adhesive intended to ensure adhesion of the foil material (FM) onto the substrate (S), which adhesive comprises a combination of hot-melt compounds reacting to the application of heat produced by the foil application unit (2; 2*) and UV-curing compounds reacting to the application of ultraviolet radiation produced by the UV-curing unit (61; 62; 63).

    COMBINED PRINTING PRESS
    75.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180215136A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15506085

    申请日:2015-08-25

    Applicant: KBA-NOTASYS SA

    Abstract: There is described a combined printing press (10; 10*) for the production of security documents, in particular banknotes, comprising a screen printing group (2; 2*) and an intaglio printing group (3) adapted to process substrates in the form of individual sheets or successive portions of a continuous web. The screen printing group (2; 2*) is located upstream of the intaglio printing group (3) and comprises at least one screen printing unit (20; 20*) designed to print a pattern of optically-variable ink onto one side of the substrates, which optically-variable ink contains flakes that can be oriented by means of a magnetic field. The screen printing group (2; 2*) further comprises a magnetic unit (24; 24*) located downstream of the screen printing unit (20; 20*), which magnetic unit is designed to magnetically induce an optically-variable effect in the pattern of optically-variable ink applied by the screen printing unit (20; 20*). The screen printing group (2; 2*) further comprises at least one drying/curing unit (25, 28; 25*, 28*) designed to dry/cure the pattern of optically-variable ink in which the optically-variable effect has been induced by the magnetic unit (24), prior to transfer of the substrates to the intaglio printing group (3).

    SIMULTANEOUS RECTO-VERSO PRINTING PRESS
    76.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170326870A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-16

    申请号:US15524496

    申请日:2015-11-06

    Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA

    CPC classification number: B41F7/06 B41F7/00 B41F7/08 B41F7/12 B41F21/08

    Abstract: There is described a recto-verso printing press (100*) adapted to carry out simultaneous recto-verso printing of sheets, the printing press (100*) comprising a main printing group (5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26) with first and second printing cylinders (5, 6) cooperating with one another to form a first printing nip between the first and second printing cylinders (5, 6) where first and second sides of sheets are simultaneously printed, the first printing cylinder (5) acting as a sheet conveying cylinder of the main printing group (5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26). The printing press (100*) further comprises an additional printing group (7, 8, 17, 18, 27, 28) with third and fourth printing cylinders (7, 8) cooperating with one another to form a second printing nip between the third and fourth printing cylinders (7, 8) where the first and second sides of the sheets are simultaneously printed, the third printing cylinder (7) acting as a sheet conveying cylinder of the additional printing group (7, 8, 17, 18, 27, 28). The main printing group (5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26) and the additional printing group (7, 8, 7, 18, 27, 28) are coupled to one another by means of an intermediate sheet conveying system comprising one or more sheet-transfer cylinders (10, 10′, 10″) interposed between the first and third printing cylinders (5, 7).

    INSTALLATION AND PROCESS FOR RECYCLING WIPING SOLUTION OF ONE OR MORE INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESSES

    公开(公告)号:US20170297325A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-19

    申请号:US15642264

    申请日:2017-07-05

    Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA

    Abstract: There is described an installation (01; 02) for recycling wiping solution of one or more intaglio printing presses (10) comprising a flocculation tank (12) for inducing flocculation of ink constituents contained in waste solution coming from the one or more intaglio printing presses (10), a processing tank (14) for pre-treating the waste solution for subsequent filtering, and a filtering unit (15), preferably a filter press unit, for filtering the waste solution coming from the processing tank (14) and producing recycled solution at an output of the filtering unit (15), which recycled solution is recycled to produce fresh wiping solution for use by the one or more intaglio printing presses (10). According to one embodiment, the installation (01) further comprises a centrifugation unit (13) for separating the waste solution coming from the flocculation tank (12) by centrifugation into precipitate and centrifuged supernatant, which centrifuged supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14). According to a second embodiment, the installation (02) further comprises a decantation unit (13a) for separating the waste solution coming from the flocculation tank (12) by decantation into precipitate and decanted supernatant, which decanted supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14), and a centrifugation unit (13b) for further separating the precipitate produced by the decantation unit (13a) by centrifugation into further precipitate and centrifuged supernatant, which centrifuged supernatant is fed to the processing tank (14). There are also described corresponding processes for recycling wiping solution.

    INTAGLIO PRINTING PLATE COATING APPARATUS
    78.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170241011A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15588627

    申请日:2017-05-06

    Applicant: KBA-NOTASYS SA

    Abstract: There is described an intaglio printing plate coating apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber having an inner space adapted to receive at least one intaglio printing plate to be coated, a vacuum system coupled to the vacuum chamber adapted to create vacuum in the inner space of the vacuum chamber, and a physical vapour deposition (PVD) system adapted to perform deposition of wear-resistant coating material under vacuum onto an engraved surface of the intaglio printing plate, which physical vapour deposition system includes at least one coating material target comprising a source of the wear-resistant coating material to be deposited onto the engraved surface of the intaglio printing plate. The vacuum chamber is arranged so that the intaglio printing plate to be coated sits substantially vertically in the inner space of the vacuum chamber with its engraved surface facing the at least one coating material target. The intaglio printing plate coating apparatus further comprises a movable carrier located within the inner space of the vacuum chamber and adapted to support and cyclically move the intaglio printing plate in front of and past the at least one coating material target.

    COMBINED PRINTING PRESS
    79.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170190197A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-06

    申请号:US15510650

    申请日:2015-09-11

    Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA

    Abstract: There is described a combined printing press (10) for the production of security documents, in particular banknotes, comprising a screen printing group (3) and a numbering group (4) adapted to process printed substrates in the form of individual sheets or successive portions of a continuous web. The screen printing group (3) is located upstream of the numbering group (4) and comprises at least one screen printing unit (32-33) designed to print a pattern of optically-variable ink, which optically-variable ink contains flakes that can be oriented by means of a magnetic field. The screen printing group further comprises a magnetic unit (36) located downstream of the screen printing unit (32-33), which magnetic unit (36) is designed to magnetically induce an optically-variable effect in the pattern of optically-variable ink applied by the screen printing unit (32-33) prior to drying/curing of the optically-variable ink. The screen printing group (3) further comprises at least one drying/curing unit (37) designed to dry/cure the pattern of optically-variable ink in which the optically-variable effect has been induced by the magnetic unit (36), prior to transfer of the printed substrates to the numbering group (4).

    NUMBERING DEVICE FOR TYPOGRAPHIC NUMBERING
    80.
    发明申请
    NUMBERING DEVICE FOR TYPOGRAPHIC NUMBERING 审中-公开
    用于印刷编号的编号装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160339686A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US15225762

    申请日:2016-08-01

    Applicant: KBA-NotaSys SA

    Abstract: There is described a numbering device (1) for carrying out numbering in sheet-fed or web-fed numbering presses, the numbering device (1) comprising a numbering unit (6) with rotatable numbering wheels (7) carrying alpha-numerical symbols thereon, which numbering wheels (7) are disposed next to each other and rotate about a common rotation axis (17), the numbering device (1) further comprising electro-mechanical actuation means for setting the position of the numbering wheels (7). The electro-mechanical actuation means are entirely located within the numbering device (1) and are mechanically autonomous, the electro-mechanical actuation means comprising a plurality of independent driving means (15, 18-23; 23*) for actuating a corresponding plurality of the numbering wheels.

    Abstract translation: 描述了一种编号装置(1),用于在单张纸卷筒纸或卷筒纸给印机中进行编号,编号装置(1)包括具有在其上承载有字母数字符号的可旋转编号轮(7)的编号单元(6) ,所述编号轮(7)彼此相邻设置并围绕公共旋转轴线(17)旋转,所述编号装置(1)还包括用于设定编号轮(7)的位置的机电致动装置。 机电致动装置完全位于编号装置(1)内并且是机械自主的,机电致动装置包括多个独立的驱动装置(15,18-23; 23 *),用于致动对应的多个 编号轮。

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