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| 20080196611 | Device for controlling a rotary press - A device for controlling a rotary press includes a main evaluation unit which is provided with a main signal inlet, at least a first main signal outlet and a first main transformation device. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080210110 | Printing Press with Adjustable Bearer Rings and Method of Controlling a Printing Press - A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of the bearer rings by a setting device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080250955 | Fluoropolymer Film Made by Printing - Disclosed is a process for forming a patterned fluoropolymer film on a substrate by raised relief printing a fluoropolymer solution with a patterned raised relief printing plate, and drying the solvent from the solution to form the patterned fluoropolymer film. Such fluoropolymer films are useful as antireflective or hydrophobic layers on substrates used in optical displays. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080271620 | Printing Machine with Modular Additional Printing Group - There is described a web-fed or sheet-fed printing machine for security papers, in particular banknotes, comprising a machine frame in which is located a main printing group, the printing machine further comprising an additional printing group, independent of the main printing group, placed upstream of the main printing group with respect to a direction of displacement of the web or sheets for performing additional printing of the security papers prior to printing by said main printing group. The additional printing group comprises an inking module containing at least one inking device, and a printing module comprising a cylinder arrangement including a plurality of cylinders, the printing module being interposed between the inking module and the machine frame of the printing machine. The additional printing group is constructed in such a manner that the printing module can be decoupled from the inking module and the machine frame for replacement by another printing module without this requiring removal of said inking module from the printing machine. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080271621 | Printing group including cylinders supported for movement - A printing group of a printing machine is comprised of a pair of cylinders each having a circumference that corresponds essentially to a length of a section of a side to be printed. The effective generated surface of at least one of the cylinders comprises, at the most, one break in the circumferential direction. The surface forms, in the longitudinal direction, a plurality of adjacently arranged breaks which, when viewed in the circumferential direction, are arranged in a staggered manner with respect to each other. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080289521 | Surface Tracking Rotary Pad Printing Apparatus and Method - In one aspect of a first embodiment, a rotary pad printing system comprises a controller ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090007806 | FUNCTIONAL UNIT FOR A ROTARY PRINTING PRESS AND ROTARY PRINTING PRESS WITH SUCH A FUNCTIONAL UNIT - A functional unit for a rotary printing press and a rotary printing press having such a functional unit is disclosed. The functional unit has an assembly unit to receive at least one component of the functional unit, in which the assembly unit has at least one assembly section, at least one assembly opening that is formed in the assembly section and in which the at least one component is received, and a support section on which a weight load is supportable. A component-free opening that in one cross-sectional dimension is at least as large as one cross-sectional dimension of the assembly opening is provided in the assembly section between the support section and the at least one assembly opening. Pre-stresses induced by the weight load on a bearing element are thereby inexpensively reduced or avoided for the component. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090078136 | Printing Press with Bearer Rings - A printing press includes a first rotary body with a first bearer ring and a second rotary body with an axle which eccentrically supports a second bearer ring. The second bearer ring is in rolling contact with the first bearer ring and is rotatably coupled to the second rotary body. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090101029 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO PREPARE FLEXOPRINTING FORMS - In a system to support a flexoprinting cylinder to permit placement thereon or removal therefrom of a flexoprinting sleeve or a spacer for the flexoprinting sleeve, and which permits rotation of the cylinder for processing of the flexoprinting form, an engagement device is provided with which the flexoprinting cylinder is automatically engaged for driving in a rotating manner for the processing of the flexoprinting form mounted on the flexoprinting cylinder. The engagement device comprises respective cones inserted into respective end openings located in the respective pins at opposing ends of the flexoprinting cylinder, and for at least one of the cones, a support device supports the respective pin at one end of the flexoprinting cylinder during an insertion or retraction of the respective cone. The support device also has a stop engageable behind a recess in the pin. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090139416 | PRINTER - A printer ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090139417 | ROTARY PRESS - A rotary press with a stand, a rotor rotatably mounted around a vertical axis in the stand and being driven, which has an upper and a lower compression punch accommodation for upper and lower punches which co-operate with bores of a die plate of the rotor, and upper and lower control cam elements which can be detachably fastened on a cam carrier of the stand and which guide heads of the compression punches by means of control cams during the rotation of the rotor, characterised in that at least one control cam element, guiding the compression punch heads radially outside or radially inside, can be detachably fastened on the carrier and can be moved radially away from the punch heads when the fastening means is detached, so far that by-passing the punch heads, it can be taken out parallel to the axis of the rotor, towards the upside or towards the bottom side, respectively. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090158945 | ROTARY ENDROSER FOR DOCUMENT PROCESSING EMPLOYING A SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR - An actuation device for an endorsing roller in an automated document processing system is disclosed. The actuation device includes a shape memory alloy actuator interconnected with an endorsing roller, the shape memory alloy actuator interconnected with the endorsing roller and configured to be actuated to move the endorsing roller from a retracted position to a printing position. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090193988 | Printing Press Having an Anilox Inking Unit with an Associated Washing Device - A printing press includes an anilox inking unit having an engraved roller and a washing device with a feed device for introducing detergent and a removal device for removing the detergent and printing ink. Further rollers are disposed between the feed device and the engraved roller and between the engraved roller and the removal device, as viewed in a conveying direction of the detergent. An effective length of the further rollers increases from the feed device to the removal device. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090205520 | Drive units of a rotating component of a printing press - A drive unit is provided for a rotating component of a printing press, which rotating component is disposed between spaced lateral frames. A bearing assembly supports the rotatable component so that it is movable in a direction of movement which is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotatable component. A journal of the rotatable component does not penetrate an alignment of the lateral frame in its mounted orientation. The rotatable component is rotatably driven by an independent drive motor. A rotor of the drive motor is joined to the journal of the rotatable component in a torsion-proof, detachable configuration. A bearing assembly for the journal is provided with a movable bearing block that receives the journal of the rotatable component, and which is located on an interior portion of the bearing assembly, relative to the plane of the lateral frame. A stator of the driving motor is rigidly, and removably connected to the movable bearing block. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090205521 | Method and Apparatus for Coupling and Uncoupling a Plate Cylinder in a Sheetfed Printing Press and Sheetfed Rotary Printing Press Having the Apparatus - A method and an apparatus for coupling or uncoupling a cylinder, in particular a plate or blanket cylinder, to or from a gear train of a printing press or for coupling and uncoupling the cylinder to and from an auxiliary drive, for example for service work or during changeover processes, includes firstly accelerating the auxiliary drive to a predefined rotational speed, then coupling the auxiliary drive to the cylinder and then uncoupling the cylinder from the main drive. A sheetfed rotary printing press having the apparatus is also provided. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090217832 | Printing Unit and Method for Adjusting a Print-On Position - A printing unit is comprised of at least two cylinders which cooperate with each other in a printing group. At least one of these at least two cylinders is movably mounted so that it can be positioned against the other of the at least two cylinders by the use of at least one actuator, which is preferably configured as a power-controlled actuator. A control device is provided and in which several different preset values, which represent different levels of contact force between the two cylinders, are stored. Such data storage is in accordance with a criterion which concerns machine data and/or consumed material data and/or operational data. This data is usable to position the cylinder by operation of the actuator. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090272284 | Assemblies in the printing unit of a rotary press - An assembly in a printing unit of a rotary printing press includes at least one plate cylinder, three ink forme rollers, two vibrator rollers and an ink separator roller. Both of the vibrator rollers are applied directly to the ink separation roller. One of the ink forme rollers is applied to both one of the vibrator rollers and the plate cylinder. The secondary two ink form rollers are applied both to the other vibrator roller and to the plate cylinder. The plate cylinder is covered with several printing formes. An upper ink forme roller is located such that a horizontal line that is tangent to the circumference of that upper ink forme roller is positioned at a vertical decline of at least 50 mm from a horizontal line that is tangent to the circumference of the plate cylinder. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090288568 | Unit of a Plurality of Divided Vibrating Rollers and Printing Machine - A unit of a plurality of divided vibrating rollers for detecting an abnormality in switching of the position of a vibrating roller, and preventing occurrence of an abnormality caused therefrom is provided. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100037789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PROCESSOR - In a sheet-fed printing press including; an impression cylinder gear driven by an upstream drive motor of an upstream printing unit group; an impression cylinder rotationally driven by the impression cylinder gear; a transfer cylinder gear of a convertible press mechanism rotationally driven by the upstream drive motor through the impression cylinder; and a transfer cylinder which is provided with a notch and is rotationally driven by the transfer cylinder gear, a load motor is provided to the transfer cylinder or the transfer cylinder gear, and braking force of the load motor is controlled according to load on the upstream drive motor. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100107911 | Printing Unit of a Printing Press - A printing unit of a printing press has at least one printing couple including a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking couple, and possibly a dampening unit; wherein the circumference of the transfer cylinder is a whole-number multiple of the circumference of the form cylinder; an impression cylinder cooperates with the transfer cylinder of the printing to form a nip, through which a substrate to be printed can be conveyed; and intermeshing drive gears are assigned to the form cylinder and to the transfer cylinder. The inking couple can be driven by the transfer cylinder of the printing couple by way of intermeshing drive gears in such a way that the drive connection between the transfer cylinder and the inking couple of the printing couple is independent of the drive connection between the transfer cylinder and the form cylinder. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100126365 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRINTING PRESS - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for operating a printing press having the following features: the determination of the vibration behaviour of at least one impression cylinder ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100132569 | CONCAVO-CONVEX IMAGE FORMED MATTER AND IMAGE FORMED MATTER, AND APPARATUS AND FORMING METHOD FOR FORMING SAME - The present invention provides a concave-convex image forming unit and concave-convex image forming method that form a concave-convex image of a desired shape on a sheet material, and also an image forming apparatus and image forming method that form on a sheet material a planar image and a concave-convex image of a desired shape, which have been highly accurately registered, as well as a concave-convex image formed matter and an image formed matter, which have been manufactured by these apparatuses and methods. The concave-convex image forming unit includes: a die cylinder, which has a mounting mechanism for mounting a concavo-convex image forming die, and a gripper mechanism for transporting the sheet material, and in which the concavo-convex image forming die is mounted to the outer circumferential surface; a resin feeder; and an emitter for emitting a light from the sheet material side in a state in which the sheet material and the concavo-convex image forming surface are in close contact, and the image forming apparatus includes: the concave-convex image forming unit and gripper mechanism, as well as a planar image forming unit for forming planar image on the sheet material and a sheet material transporter for transporting the sheet material. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100147167 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING THE LATERAL POSITION OF A PRINTING MATERIAL, PRINTING MATERIAL CONVEYING SYSTEM AND MACHINE PROCESSING PRINTING MATERIAL - A method for correcting the lateral position of a printing material, includes gripping the printing material with a transport unit, rotating the transport unit in a lateral position correction angular range for correcting the lateral position of the printing material, and rotating the transport unit out of the lateral position correction angular range while retaining the correction of the lateral position of the printing material. An apparatus for correcting the lateral position of a printing material, a printing material conveying system and a machine for processing printing material, are also provided. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100154664 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FEEDING PRINTING PLATES AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus for automatically feeding printing plates to a rotary printing press include conveying devices spaced apart from each other transversely to a conveying direction for feeding the printing plate to a clamping device having register pins. One of the conveying devices is lifted briefly off the printing plate in the event of a lack of in-register contact while the other conveying device remains in contact with the printing plate and thus ensures a forward drive of the printing plate, while the lifting of one conveying device promotes stress relief in the printing plate. A sheetfed rotary printing press having the apparatus, is also provided. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100206191 | TRANSPORT ROLLER, TRANSPORT UNIT, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A transport roller includes: a roller body of which a pair of end surfaces face each other by a press work so as to be in a cylindrical shape; and a high friction layer which contains inorganic particles and is provided on a surface of the roller body. Here, the roller body is provided with a joining portion which is formed by separating the pair of end surfaces. In addition, an average particle diameter of the inorganic particle is equal to or less than a distance between the pair of the end surfaces of the roller body on an outer peripheral surface side thereof. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100242758 | ROTARY TRANSFER APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING DIFFERENT MEDIA AND PRINTING PRESS HAVING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for transferring different media into a rotatably mounted component of a machine, such as a rotary leadthrough, includes a connection for introducing the media to a stator and through a rotor into the rotatably mounted component. The invention can be used, for example, on a plate cylinder of a printing press. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100258016 | Drum Printer With Automatic Loading And Unloading - A small footprint drum inkjet printer having a print head consisting of a number of print head arrays; a substrate carrier preferably in the form of a drum with vacuum orifices therein, a substrate loading cassette capable of movement, relative to the drum, in at least one direction; a substrate unloading cassette capable of movement, relative to the drum, in at least one direction, and a curing radiation source having a reflector which extends along the drum surface. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100263559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROLLER NIP FORCE - A device to provide a moment loading to one roller of a pair of nip rollers to counteract the bending moment created by a nip force between the rollers, the one roller being rotatably supported by a journal bearing at each end thereof, the device comprising a lever mechanism for imparting translational and torsional movement to the journal bearing with respect to a frame. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100269718 | Rotary Printing Press With Synchronization Of The Folding Drive Assembly - Method for the synchronization of one or more drives of a folding unit of a printing press that processes weblike objects with additional drives of the printing press, in that these first drives are synchronized in a common communication link (Sercos ring) on a common command axis, wherein one or more second drives are operated in the printing press outside of the communication link (Sercos ring), each of which is provided with a transmitter input and synchronized on the command axis of the communication link (Sercos ring) such that position transmitter and/or velocity transmitter and/or acceleration transmitter signals are generated depending on synchronous setpoint values of the command axis in the communication link (Sercos ring) and furnished as setpoints to the respective transmitter inputs of the second drive or drives. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100288142 | PRINTER FOR CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEET AND BOX MAKING MACHINE FOR CORRUGATED CARDBOARD SHEET - In a printer for corrugated cardboard sheets and a box making machine for corrugated cardboard sheets, a control device that controls an operation of an air cylinder is provided such that an ink supply roll is moved toward or away from a printing cylinder relative to an intermediate position of a gap between ends of a printing plate attached on a surface of a printing cylinder. With this configuration, ink of an ink supply roll is appropriately transferred to the printing plate, an ink film on the printing plate is uniformized, and then printing precision is enhanced. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100288143 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING DEBIT CARD USING IMPROVED PRINT CYLINDER MECHANISM - A flexographic printing station prints at least one print stripe of opaque scratch-off coating onto the surface of the card over a PIN as a card member is advanced into a printing station. A print cylinder has a circumferential printing surface that engages an Anilox metering roll and receives the scratch-off coating therefrom and transfers the scratch-off coating from the printing surface onto the surface of the debit card. A controller controls movement of the print cylinder via a mounting mechanism into and out of engagement with the surface of the debit card at a predetermined location and for a predetermined length of time to apply at least one print stripe of predetermined length onto the surface of the debit card based on the length of time the printing surface engages the surface of the debit card. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100307355 | PRINTING UNIT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SIDE FRAME PARTS WHOSE DISTANCE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER CAN BE MODIFIED IN A HORIZONTAL DIRECTION - A printing unit is comprised of at least two side frame parts whose distance, relative to each other, can be modified in a horizontal direction. Each printing unit receives at least one printing group or parts of a printing group. At least one of the side frame parts can be moved between a closed functional position, in which the side frames are moved together and are fixed relative to one another, and an open position, in which they are spaced from each other. In order to fix or to secure the side frame parts relative to one another, at lease one closure device is provided. The at least one closure device is comprised of a cylinder that can be used to pretension the side frame parts into the closed functional position. The cylinder carries a piston rod that is adapted to carry out a stroke movement. The closure device is configured as a swivel tensioning element. The piston rod is arranged such that it carries out a pivoting movement about a longitudinal axis of the piston rod, in addition to the stroke movement. The piston rod may also be pivoted about a longitudinal arm of the piston rod, in addition to the stroke movement. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100319559 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING MACHINE - At least one rotating component of at least one printing unit is regulated to a target value for a temperature, representing the component temperature, by a temperature controller. At least one drive of an assembly of the printing machine is regulated or controlled, on the basis of a target value for a rotational speed prescribed by a command level, with respect to a rotational speed to be maintained. For at least an operating phase transient, relative to the rotational speed, a target value prescribed by the command level, is modified. This is done by considering at least one member of a route and/or a control model characterizing the temperature controller and/or by using a rule (F | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110000383 | PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING MACHINE, A METHOD FOR USE THEREOF AND A PRINTING MACHINE WITH A PLURALITY OF MODULES - A printing unit of a printing machine is supported by a pair of spaced side frames that are disposed opposite to each other. The printing unit includes at least one printing machine and at least one ink unit. The printing machine is formed by a plurality of printing cylinders. Each of the spaced side frames include a longitudinal crossbar that runs in the direction of transfer of a print substrate traveling through the printing unit. The two longitudinal crossbars form the boundaries of a foot space of the printing unit at two parallel sides. A plurality of pipelines are disposed in the foot space between the two longitudinal crossbars. These pipelines supply flowable media to the printing unit, which flowable media can be either liquid or gaseous. At least one of the pipelines is connected to a user of one of the supplied flowable media in the printing unit or to at least one source of the flowable media. The printing machine can utilize a plurality of printing units. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110005412 | ROLLER IMPRINTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF IMPRINTED SHEET - At least one embodiment of the present invention provides a roller imprinter that allows easy replacement of a transfer roller, and a method of producing an imprinted sheet. IN at least one embodiment, a roller imprinter is disclosed for transferring a pattern on a surface of a transfer roller to a surface of a workpiece sheet through rotation of the transfer roller, the roller imprinter including an axis shaft of rotation for the transfer roller, and the axis of the shaft being non-coincident with the rotation axis of the transfer roller. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110030569 | ROLL MECHANICS FOR ENABLING PRINTED ELECTRONICS - A print press system and a method are described herein that print an electronic circuit onto a material (e.g., glass substrate, plastic film, plastic film-glass substrate laminate). In exemplary applications, the print press system can print an electronic circuit onto a material to form, for instance, a flexible Liquid Crystal Display, a retail point of purchase sign and an e-book. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110079157 | Multi-drive printed product processing device with verified feedback control - A multi-drive printed product processing device is provided that includes a processing component and a motor driving the processing component. A motor control controls the motor. An encoder measures a position of the motor and sends an encoder feedback signal indicating the position. The motor control receives the encoder feedback signal. An encoder feedback signal verification circuit verifies the integrity of the feedback signal. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110107929 | DEVICE IN A PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING MACHINE - A device for use in a printing unit of a printing machine, with that printing unit comprising at least one roller of an inking unit or of a dampening unit of the printing unit and with at least one traverse drive for generating an axial traversing stroke of the roller, and also with at least one drive for the moving of the roller in a rotary manner. A magnetic coupling, which is comprised of an inner rotor and an outer rotor, is arranged between the roller and the drive. In order to compensate for the traversing stroke of the roller, the inner rotor and the outer rotor are movable relative to each other in the direction of the axis of rotation of the roller. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110146510 | Method for Varnishing Security Documents, Especially Intaglio-Printed Security Document Such as Banknotes, and Varnishing Machine for Carrying Out the Same - There is described a method for varnishing security documents, especially intaglio-printed security documents such as banknotes, wherein both sides of the security documents are covered by a protective varnish. The method comprises the step of applying a thicker layer of protective varnish on a side of the security documents which exhibits a greater surface roughness, especially the side which is opposite to the side of the security documents which was last printed by intaglio printing. Also described in a varnishing machine for carrying out the above method. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110162544 | PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS, COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO FRAME PARTS, THE POSITIONS OF WHICH RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER CAN BE CHANGED - A printing unit of a printing press is composed of at least two frame parts, the position of at least one of which, relative to the other, can be changed. Cooperating ones of these frame parts are placed against each other along a common joining surface, in a first operational position. These frame parts are separated from each other in a second operational position. An interstice, that is partly defined by these frame parts, is formed between the separated frame parts in the printing unit. At least one of the cooperating frame parts is supported so that it is movable along an adjustment path. At least one sensor is provided and is usable to monitor the interstice. The sensor has orientation characteristics or a sensory range along the joining surface. A control unit is provided and is connected to the at least one sensor. At least one drive unit is assigned to at least one of the cooperating frame parts and is usable to change the frame parts from one operational procedure into the other operational procedure. A control element is arranged in a control system and is usable to supply power to the first drive unit that is controlled by the control unit in accordance with a signal which is supplied by the sensor that is monitoring the interstice. The control element is also able to activate the first drive unit and is controllable independently from the activation of the first drive unit. A functional position of the control element blocks a relative movement between the frame parts with that functional position being selected by the control unit. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110179960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING ONTO ELONGATED HOLLOW OR SOLID SUBSTRATES - An apparatus for printing on elongated substrates along a length of the substrate includes an infeed control assembly for the substrate, an outfeed control assembly for the substrate and a heat transfer applicator to transfer a graphic from the tape onto the substrate. The infeed control assembly includes a set of infeed rollers and a guide with adjustable tension control. The outfeed control assembly includes a set of outfeed rollers and a guide with adjustable tension control. The heat transfer applicator is a set of wheels, at least one of which has a circumferential recess on an edge thereof to accommodate the elongated tubular substrate. A method for printing on the elongated substrate includes feeding the elongated substrate through an infeed control assembly, tensioning the elongated substrate, conveying the elongated substrate and a heat transfer tape through a heat transfer applicator, transferring the graphic onto the substrate and tensioning the elongated substrate through an outfeed control assembly. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110219969 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURED SURFACE CONTACTING PRINTING MATERIAL, STRUCTURED SURFACE, MACHINE AND METHOD FOR SELF-REPAIR OF STRUCTURED SURFACES - A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles, and the agglomerates being produced are fixed in a sol-gel matrix. A surface produced in this way has a structured coating on a substrate and the coating has microparticles. The coating has agglomerates fixed in a sol-gel matrix and including microparticles encased antiadhesively by adsorption of nanoparticles and preferably formed of silicon carbide. The surfaces advantageously have a self-repair function since, in the case of abrasion of structural elevations, the antiadhesive casings of the microparticles are exposed and the antiadhesive property of the coating is maintained. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110247508 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PROCESS WITH WET ON WET CAPABILITY - The invention refers to a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability based on controlled polymer or polymer segment precipitation that leads to gel formation of ink compounds by controlling the solubility parameter of the ink system. The mechanism to obtain a desirable wet on wet color trapping is the formation and/or presence of a gel in the applied ink film due to a controlled physicochemical mechanism of resin precipitation. This is accomplished either by controlling a change in the Hansen Solubility Parameter of the liquid in the ink through evaporation of some or all of a non-reactive and volatile solvent, or alternatively by use of a polymer comprised of two distinct and separate segments one of which is soluble in the monomer/oligomer mix and the other of which is not. The insoluble segments form a reversible gel that is broken to a liquid by shear in the application process, allowing application of a liquid ink, and is reestablished in the applied ink film in such a manner and with such strength as to allow overprinting in the wet on wet flexographic printing process. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20120031288 | PRINTING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS HAVING AT LEAST ONE PRINTING UNIT - A press unit of a printing press has at least one printing unit which includes at least one plate cylinder and one transfer cylinder which interacts with the plate cylinder. An inking unit having a plurality of ink distribution cylinders is provided. The forme cylinder, the transfer cylinder, and all of the distribution cylinders of the inking unit are driven for rotation by the same single drive motor. The distribution cylinders of the inking unit are driven by the single drive motor by an arrangement of gear which includes a plurality of gearwheels. The distribution cylinders each have at least one spur gear and are driven directly and jointly by the engagement of the respective spur gear for each distribution cylinder with a central gearwheel that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. All of the distribution cylinders are driven directly and jointly by the central gearwheel. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120037018 | PATTERN TRANSFER DEVICE AND PATTERN TRANSFER METHOD - Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a pattern transfer device and a pattern transfer method. The pattern transfer device may include a printing plate stage to load a printing plate having a pattern of a predetermined shape, and a substrate stage to load a substrate on which the pattern formed on the printing plate is to be printed. The pattern transfer device also includes a pressure unit configured with the printing plate stage to apply pressure to the printing plate, and a printing unit to transfer the pattern formed on the printing plate to the substrate. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037019 | PRINTING CYLINDER DEVICE AND ROTARY PRESS COMPRISING PRINTING CYLINDER DEVICE - A printing cylinder device and a rotary press comprising a printing cylinder device that enable to improve printing quality, to increase printing efficiency, to reduce running costs are provided. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037020 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PACKAGES FOR CIGARETTES - A method of, and an apparatus for, producing packs for cigarettes, having a continuously driven conveyor, such as a transporting belt with drivers, for transporting the packs, and having an arrangement for applying printing carriers, such as labels, coupons or the like, to a side surface of the packs, the arrangement for applying the printing carriers being arranged in the region of the conveyor, for the purpose of applying the printing carriers to a side surface of the pack, this side surface being directed toward the arrangement, during transportation along the conveyor. A pivoting arrangement for altering the relative position of the packs is arranged in the region of the conveyor and/or of the arrangement for applying the printing carriers, wherein the pivoting arrangement is set up for receiving a respective pack in a relative position appropriate for transportation on the conveyor, and for rotating the pack into a relative position suitable for applying the printing carrier, and for further rotating the pack into a relative position appropriate for further transportation on the conveyor. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037021 | PRINTING MACHINE HAVING AT LEAST ONE MACHINE UNIT - A printing machine or press including at least one printing unit having at least one frame wall. The at least one frame wall defines a machine space of the machine unit. The at least one frame wall has a thickness and includes a narrow side. At least one passage is formed in the frame wall and is at least partially open. The at least one passage is formed on at least one surface of the frame wall and with its surface opening disposed on the narrow side of the frame wall and which extends along the surface of the frame wall. At least one of a power line and a data line can be disposed in the passage. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120042796 | NEWSPAPER PRODUCT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT - A newspaper product or product section has at least one first quire and at least one second quire which is at least two pages in width. In the closed state, the at least two quires are arranged such that each is folded longitudinally along a longitudinal folding line, and lie one inside one another. The at least two quires have, next to one another, on both sides of the longitudinal fold line, two vertical printed pages or one printed image which is spread over two vertical printed pages. An inner one of at least two quires, which are at least two pages in width, has an outer region which can be folded open, at least on a longitudinal side of the longitudinally folded outer region which is at least two pages in width. The longitudinal side extends parallel to the longitudinal folding line. In the area of its lateral edge, the outer region, which can be folded open, is joined in a material-to-material manner, to the lateral edge region of the center region which is two pages in width. In the folded open state, the outer region protrudes beyond the width of the remaining product and continues the center region laterally. A method and apparatus for producing the product is described. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120097057 | PRINTING UNIT AND A PRINTING PRESS AND PRINTING ROLLER OR IMPRESSION CYLINDER OF A PRINTING PRESS - A printing unit of a printing press and a printing roller or an impression cylinder of a printing press is disclosed. The printing roller or the impression cylinder has a first and a second base element ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120204745 | ROLL IMPRINTING APPARATUS - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to roll imprint that simplifies a substrate patterning process by simultaneously performing a process for imprinting a pattern to a coating layer and a process for curing the pattern. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120255452 | STRUCTURAL INKS - A composition comprising a plurality of discrete carrier-swellable polymer particles (preferably polyNIPAM particles) and a corresponding carrier (e.g. water), which particles have a low polydispersity index and are present in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight of the composition may be used to impart structural-image properties (such as structural colour) to a substrate by coating or printing methods. Additional benefits of adherence to low-energy surface substrates and enhanced rheological properties for printing compositions may also be provided. The compositions and methods used in the invention allow visual effects or security applications to be incorporated into substrates in a low-cost and convenient manner. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120285340 | PRINTER - A printer having an ink drying apparatus is provided. The printer includes a support substrate comprising two parts; a print assembly; a feed roller assembly to feed print media towards the print assembly along the support substrate; a heater substrate; and a silicone rubber heater, in form of thin sheet and attached tightly to a bottom surface of the heat substrate for transferring heat to the print media. The two parts of the support substrate are respectively installed on two sides of the heat substrate and below the print assembly, for supporting the print media. The heat substrate and the silicone rubber heater are set below the print assembly. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120291641 | DEVICE FOR BEARING ONE OR MORE CYLINDERS OF A PRINTING PRESS - A cylinder of a printing press is supported by bearings in side frames of the printing press. An inner ring of a radial bearing serves a journal of the cylinder which is arranged directly over a bearing agent in an outer ring thus enabling a radial movement of the journal. The outer ring is mounted, either directly or indirectly in an opening of the side frame. The radial bearing is arranged in a region of the outer ring, as viewed in an axial direction of the cylinder, which protrudes out of a frame alignment of the side frame toward the side of the cylinder. The bearing agent which enables radial movement of the cylinder is also arranged in a region of the outer ring protruding out of the frame alignment of the side frame toward the side of the cylinder. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120304880 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD - A recording apparatus including a recording unit capable of performing a recording process in a recording area for various types of recording media, and a transport roller pair capable of transporting the recording media onto the recording area; the transport roller pair includes a drive roller which is provided with a drive roll portion having a width in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of each of the recording media longer than a maximum width of the various types of recording media, and a slave roller which is provided with a slave roll portion capable of pinching the various types of recording media between the drive roll portion and the slave roll portion, a distance between the ends of the slave roll portion in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction is shorter than a minimum width of the various types of recording media. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120312180 | INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS WITH MOBILE CARRIAGE SUPPORTING INK-COLLECTING CYLINDER - There is described an intaglio printing press comprising (i) a stationary machine frame ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130019768 | Relief Printing Apparatus, Printed Matter Using the Same, and Method of Manufacturing Organic Electroluminescent Element - A relief printing apparatus includes: a rotary plate cylinder; a relief plate disposed on the plate cylinder; an anilox roller of which a surface is subjected to unevenness processing and which supplies an ink to the relief plate; and a coating device which forms an ink coating film by applying the ink to a surface of the anilox roller. Furthermore, a printed matter is manufactured using the relief printing apparatus. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130042774 | ROLL-TO-ROLL PRINTING SYSTEM - A roll-to-roll printing system includes driven rolls to apply a feeding force to a flexible substrate so that the flexible substrate is fed from an unwinder to a rewinder, nip rolls respectively disposed above two opposite end portions of each of the driven rolls to pressurize two opposite side portions of the flexible substrate, nip roll driving motors connected to the nip rolls to rotate the nip rolls, and a control unit to receive information regarding change of torque values of the nip roll driving motors and control tension of the flexible substrate based on the information. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130233189 | MULTI-LAYER PRINTING PROCESS - A system and method for forming indicia on a substrate. The system includes a feed system for feeding the substrate and a plurality of stations each operable to apply a processing step to the substrate. A first of the plurality of stations applies an energy curable ink to the substrate using a printing process. In some embodiments, this printing process is a gravure cylinder having indicia grooves formed on the gravure cylinder. The indicia grooves on the cylinder retain the energy curable ink until contact with the substrate whereby the energy curable ink is applied to the substrate. A curing unit is disposed downstream of the first of the plurality of stations. The curing unit receives the substrate and outputs an electron beam directed toward the energy curable ink to cure the energy curable ink and form a resultant energy curable layer upon the substrate. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130284037 | BRIDGE SLEEVES WITH DIAMETRICALLY EXPANDABLE STABILIZERS - A bridge sleeve has at each extreme end of the bridge sleeve, a multi-component stabilizer. One component of each stabilizer includes an inner cylindrical contacting surface having a diameter that changes as this respective component of the stabilizer moves axially relative to at least one other component of the respective stabilizer. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130312626 | BANKNOTE PRINTING MACHINE - The present invention comprises: one-surface impression cylinders ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140020581 | Offset printing tower for a rotary printing press - The printing tower consists of a plurality of printing units superposed vertically for the offset printing of a continuous material web, each printing unit including of at least one printing group having a forme cylinder, a transfer cylinder and an inking unit including inking rollers, the printing tower including at least one electronic control module associated with each printing unit for controlling the printing unit, the printing tower including of a first level and a second level each containing at least one printing unit, the first level and the second level being situated one above the other, wherein at least one control module of a printing unit of the second level is disposed on the first level. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140060353 | Rotary press comprising at least two pront towers and a lift - A rotary press is provided. The rotary press includes a plurality of print towers aligned in a longitudinal direction, each print tower having a frame stationary relative to the ground, and at least one lift designed to move people. The at least one lift may be an intermediate lift designed to move people. The intermediate lift is positioned so the lift is vertically movable in an intermediate space between two adjacent print towers, and serves both print towers between which the lift is positioned. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140123864 | PRINTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY FOR A PRINTING MACHINE - A printing cylinder assembly for a printing machine having a sleeve cylinder which can be simply coupled to and decoupled from a rotating shaft and which can be exchanged easily. The sleeve cylinder is mounted to fit on the rotating shaft so that it can be fitted on, and be extracted from, the rotating shaft, constituting a printing cylinder. The rotating shaft is provided with a cam shaft and a coupling member that constitutes a coupling mechanism. In a coupling and a decoupling state which the coupling mechanism comes into, rotations of the cam shaft cause the coupling member to couple and decouple the sleeve cylinder to and from the rotating shaft when the coupling member is diametrically urged against, and parted from, the inner diametric surface of the sleeve cylinder, respectively. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140130688 | VARIABLE PRINTING MACHINE - A variable printing machine for printing images different in top-bottom length with a plate and a blanket cylinder changed in diameter, is provided in which the plate and blanket cylinders and an impression cylinder can be brought into a proper state of contact with one another. Each of a plate cylinder shaft | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140182468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CARBON FIBER PRINTING PRESS ROLLER WITH A NYLON OR CHROME OUTER SURFACE - A carbon fiber roller core coated or covered with an outer nylon or outer chrome surface for use in a printing press, and a method of making and the method of using same are disclosed. The advantages of a light weight roller for shipment, handling and roller replacement are provided. Also the desired nylon or chrome surface for use in the printing press, such as the press inking or water system is also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140261032 | Coating Head for Printers and Coaters - A coating head for coating an engraved surface on a coating cylinder of a printing press is provided including a main body having a longitudinal cavity for liquid, open to the coating cylinder and having a seal to substantially seal said main body to the coating cylinder where the cavity has an injection zone providing for a liquid pressurizing zone within a portion of the cavity in the main body. The main body has an inlet to provide liquid to a supply chamber and an outlet to exhaust said liquid and air from an exhaust/return chamber. The seal includes at least a trailing doctor blade and a metering doctor blade, where the trailing doctor blade is at an angle of three to twelve degrees relative to a tangent of the coating cylinder taken at a center of the injection zone. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150096453 | INKING UNIT WITH ADJUSTMENT OF ROLLERSF BY BENDING PLATE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTMENT - A printing unit ( | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150107469 | PRINTING PRESS WITH MOBILE INKING CARRIAGE - There is described a printing press ( | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150122138 | METHODS OF MANUFACTURE AND USE OF CUSTOMIZED FLEXOMASTER PATTERNS FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING - A method of flexographically printing a uniform pattern on a substrate where the ink deposited on the substrate is deposited in the intended location and not in unintended locations. A flexo-master comprises a pattern formed by a plurality of lines including at least one junction, and printing the pattern including the at least one junction in ink on a substrate forming a printed pattern, wherein the printed junction has a different shape than the at least one junction on the flexo-master. In addition to the junction formation, a discontinuous line on the flexo-master may be used to print a continuous line, a single line may be used to print two lines, and two or more lines may be used to print a single line. The flexo-master pattern lines may additionally have a fill pattern comprising various geometries that are used to uniformly print the pattern on the substrate. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150144014 | METHOD FOR GENERATING RELIEF PRINTS - A method is provided for processing a relief raster image, comprising customary color channels for indicating a color of each pixel and a height channel for indicating a height of each pixel into several pass images that are printed using a printer with several colorants including a white colorant. For each pixel a relief part, a white part and a skin part are discriminated in order to combine the demands for height and color variation across the surface of the image. The skin part comprises pixels for which a colorant composition based on the color channels of the relief raster image is established. In order to print a color in the skin part that is independent of a height of the pixel, the relief part comprises an arbitrary colorant composition and the white part comprises mainly white colorant. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20160009072 | PLATEMAKING METHOD, PLATEMAKING DEVICE, AND PRINTING PRESS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160072965 | INDEXING SYSTEM FOR A PRINTING PRESS - A system is disclosed for adjusting a printing press prior to operation of a print job. The system includes an Anilox roll of the printing press, a printing cylinder of the printing press, an impression cylinder of the printing press; and a computerized device. The computerized device includes programming configured to monitor print job parameters, automatically control a distance between the Anilox roll and the printing cylinder, calculate an index factor based upon the print job parameters and an ideal roller position function configured to output an ideal distance between centerlines of the printing cylinder and the impression cylinder, and output upon a display device the index factor for manual adjustment of the printing press. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160082713 | COMBINATION PRINTER - An Orlof printing section ( | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160121598 | MULTILAYER ROLLER - A multilayer roller includes a thermally insulating cylinder, a rigid outer cylinder and an annular elastomeric layer. The rigid outer cylinder is arranged coaxially with the thermally insulating cylinder and is an outermost layer of the multilayer roller. The rigid outer cylinder has a smooth surface. The annular elastomeric layer is disposed between the thermally insulating cylinder and the rigid outer cylinder. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160185099 | ROTARY PRINTING MODULE AND PRINTING MACHINE PROVIDED WITH SUCH PRINTING MODULE - Printing module of the flexo printing type, provided with an anilox roller ( | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160193825 | ROLLER PRESS HAVING A STEPPED ROLLER | 07-07-2016 |
