78results about "Printing plates" patented technology

A transport target object is positioned more reliably at a predetermined position. A transport device includes a pair of rails extending parallel to each other in a horizontal direction, and transports the transport target object used in a production line on the pair of rails and positions the transport target object at a predetermined position. The transport device includes: a pressing member having an attraction portion configured to attract an attraction target portion of the transport target object on a surface orthogonal to an extending direction of the rails; a lifting and lowering portion configured to lift and lower the pressing member; a moving portion configured to move the pressing member in the extending direction of the pair of rails;a clamping section configured to clamp the transport target object on the pair of rails against the pair of rails; and a control section configured to control the raising and lowering section and the moving section so that the pressing member is lowered and the attraction portion of the pressing member is attracted to the attraction target portion of the transport target object, control the moving section so that the transport target object is transported to the predetermined position, and after controlling the clamping section so that the transport target object is clamped at the predetermined position, control the raising and lowering section and the moving section so that the pressing member is retracted from the transport target object.

A system for moving a flexible plate, in particular a printing plate or a printing plate precursor, over a support surface in the direction of a treatment station, such as a washer station. The system includes a support configured for supporting the plate on a support surface thereof, and intended to be located upstream of the treatment station. A movement means includes a plate engagement means configured to contact the plate in such a way that the plate is engaged by adhesion or by friction or a combination thereof, in a movement mode, and that the plate can be slid over the support surface by controlling the movement means in the movement mode. A control means is configured to control the movement means such that the plate is slid over the support in the direction of the treatment station.

System for moving a flexible sheet (P), in particular a printing sheet or a printing sheet precursor, on a support surface in the direction of a treatment station (S2), such as a washing station, said system comprising: a support body (100) configured to support a sheet on its support surface and intended to be located upstream of said treatment station; a moving device (200) comprising sheet engagement means (250) configured to come into contact with a sheet in such a way as to engage with said sheet by adhesion or friction or a combination thereof in a moving mode and in which, by controlling said moving device (200), said sheet can slide on said support surface; a control device configured to control said moving device so as to cause said sheet to slide on said support body in the direction of said treatment station.

An over-varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled.

An over-varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled.

The invention relates to a printing unit for printing on a substrate using an intaglio printing process, comprising a form cylinder with a counter-pressure cylinder forming a printing area and encompassing an image-forming pattern of first depressions on its circumference, and an inking unit for inking the pattern of depressions provided on the form cylinder, wherein the inking unit comprises a first inking cylinder whose outer surface can be supplied with printing ink by an inking device, and a second inking cylinder interacting downstream with the first inking cylinder, which interacts directly or via a third inking cylinder with an ink collection cylinder, which in turn interacts downstream with the form cylinder, and wherein the first inking cylinder comprises a cylinder base and an ink transfer form designed in the form of a sleeve.which is detachably attached to the cylinder base in its operational state. The cylinder base of the first inking unit cylinder is, in operation, supported at both end faces by a radial bearing in the side walls, with the respective cylinder journals of the cylinder base being supported on each end face by a radial bearing, wherein on one of the two end faces the radial bearing receiving the cylinder journal is supported in the side wall by a bearing ring that can be removed for setup purposes, which, after removal, exposes an annular opening between the radial bearing and the side wall.

A mask delivery device of the present invention is a device that transfers a mask used when printing solder on a substrate to an accommodating unit that accommodates the mask. The mask delivery device includes a mobile mechanism including a guide extending in a fixed direction along one surface of the accommodating unit having an opening for loading and unloading the mask and a mobile body moving along the guide; and a multijoint robot supported by the mobile body to transfer the mask between the accommodating unit and a placement location away from the accommodating unit.

A mask delivery device of the present invention is a device that transfers a mask used when printing solder on a substrate to an accommodating unit that accommodates the mask. The mask delivery device includes a mobile mechanism including a guide extending in a fixed direction along one surface of the accommodating unit having an opening for loading and unloading the mask and a mobile body moving along the guide; and a multijoint robot supported by the mobile body to transfer the mask between the accommodating unit and a placement location away from the accommodating unit.

A method for automatic replacement of a sleeve (18a) of a printing tool (18) installed in a printing machine, in particular a flexographic printing machine, by means of a printing tool handling unit comprising a coupling interface is provided. In one step of the method, the printing tool handling unit temporarily connects with its coupling interface to a coupling interface located at an end of a shaft (60) of the printing tool (18). In a further step, the printing tool handling unit transports the printing tool (18) to a separation unit (78) comprising at least one clamping device (80) and places the printing tool (18) in the clamping device (80) of the separation unit (78). The printing tool (18), in particular the sleeve (18a) of the printing tool (18), is clamped by the clamping device (80) and the shaft (60) is separated from the sleeve (18a) by the printing tool handling unit by pulling the shaft (60) out of the sleeve (18a) while the sleeve (18a) is clamped in the clamping device (80).

An oscillating roller system for a beverage can decorator is driven back and forth by a cam follower. A cam body having a cam is mounted to a frame of the inker system. Three oscillating cam roller assemblies are positioned about the cam body. Rotation of the cam oscillates the cam followers for each one of the oscillating rollers. Bearings of the oscillating roller assemblies includes an inlet gallery and outlet gallery for a closed loop lubrication system. The rollers are water cooled.

An object is to provide an operation guidance device capable of giving a preparation instruction in accordance with a time required for a screen printer for a member that is required to be delivered or collected. An operation guidance device includes: a request time acquisition section configured to acquire, for a member used by a screen printer, a device request time including at least one of a delivery time when a new member is required to be delivered to the screen printer or a collection time when the member used by the screen printer is required to be collected; a setting section configured to set a departure target time when a departure from a departure place toward the screen printer is required in time for the device request time acquired by the request time acquisition section, and information on a target member that is the member that requires an operation at the device request time corresponding to the departure target time; and a display instruction section configured to, for operation instruction information in which two pieces of information, the departure target time set by the setting section and the information on the target member, are associated with each other, display a list of multiple pieces of the operation instruction information.

A cover of a stencil printer is hingedly mounted to a frame and is movable between a closed position and an open position. The cover includes an elongated opening formed therein and a movable door configured to selectively close the elongated opening. The elongated opening is sized such that a stencil and / or tool tray can pass therethrough. The controller is configured to control movement of the movable door between the closed position and the open position. A sensor assembly is proximate the elongated opening. A sensor assembly is coupled to the controller and is configured to detect an object within the elongate opening when the movable door is moved to the closed position. The sensor is configured to generate a signal to the controller when an object within the elongated opening is detected. The controller, upon receiving a signal from the sensor, is configured to move the movable door to an open position.

A device for aligning an edge, typically a leading edge of a plate, in particular a leading edge of a printing plate or a printing plate precursor, the device comprising: a support (100) configured for supporting a plate on a support surface and intended to be located upstream of a processing station; at least two movable elements (501, 502) arranged to be moved by an edge of a plate, typically a leading edge of a plate, the at least two movable elements comprising a first movable element and a second movable element; detection means (601, 602) configured to detect a first measurement representative of a first position of the first movable element and a second measurement representative of a second position of the second movable element, respectively; at least one controllable component (100, 250) configured to perform an action on a plate; and control means (700) configured to control the at least one controllable component based on the first measurement and the second measurement.

To provide a stencil printer and a method of presenting a stencil or items within a stencil printer.SOLUTION: A cover of a stencil printer is hingedly mounted to a frame, and movable between a closed position and an open position. The cover includes an elongate opening formed therein and a movable door configured to selectively close the elongate opening. The elongate opening is sized to enable the stencil and / or a tooling tray to pass through. A controller is configured to control movement of the movable door between a closed position and an open position. A sensor assembly is proximate the elongate opening. The sensor assembly is coupled to the controller and configured to detect an object within the elongate opening when moving the movable door to the closed position. The sensor is configured to generate a signal to the controller when detecting an object within the elongate opening. The controller, upon receiving the signal from the sensor, is configured to move the movable door to the open position.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The invention relates to a processing cylinder for the mechanical processing of web- or arc-shaped substrates, comprising a cylindrical body which exerts a magnetic force on adjacent magnetic or magnetizable elements in the region of its periphery and carries one or more processing tools in the form of one or more lifts on its outer surface, which are releasably held by magnetic forces. The processing tool carries working elements for the mechanical processing of the substrate on its outer surface and has at least one metallic or metal-containing support layer made of or containing a ferromagnetic material. A friction-enhancing layer is arranged or incorporated between the metallic or metal-containing support layer and the metallic and / or magnetic outer surface of the magnetically active cylindrical body.The invention further relates to a machine for processing and / or manufacturing arc- or web-shaped substrates and a method for setting up a processing cylinder.

The invention relates to a printing plate logistics system comprising a plate supply, a plate disposal, and a transport system that connects the plate supply and the plate disposal with several printing units of at least one printing press. The transport system comprises a self-contained, endless rail network consisting of rail segments, a plurality of transport carriages movable on the rail network, and a plate storage unit. A manipulator is provided that moves a respective plate back and forth between a transport carriage positioned above a respective printing unit and the respective printing unit. The invention also relates to a method for operating a printing plate logistics system, in particular a printing plate logistics system.

The invention provides a conveying device and a conveying method. An object to be conveyed is more reliably positioned at a predetermined position. The conveyance device is provided with a pair of rails extending in parallel in the horizontal direction, and conveys and positions an object to be conveyed, which is used in a production line, on a predetermined position on the pair of rails. The conveyance device includes: a pressing member having an adsorption portion that adsorbs an adsorbed portion of an object to be conveyed on a surface orthogonal to an extension direction of a rail; a lifting unit that lifts and lowers the pressing member; a moving unit that moves the pressing member in the extending direction of the pair of rails; a clamping part which clamps the object to be conveyed relative to the pair of rails; and a control unit that controls the lifting unit and the moving unit so that the pressing member is lowered and the suction unit of the pressing member is sucked to the sucked unit, controls the moving unit so as to convey the object to be conveyed to a predetermined position, and, after controlling the clamping unit so as to clamp the object to be conveyed to the predetermined position, controls the lifting unit and the moving unit so as to clamp the object to be conveyed to the sucked unit. The lifting unit and the moving unit are controlled so that the pressing member is retracted from the object to be conveyed.

An over- varnish unit and mandrel pre-spin system, for a can decorator, especially for beverage can bodies, can have a mandrel pre-spin belt that is outside of the over-varnish unit housing. The position of the can infeed on the mandrel wheel and the print point is controlled.

A device for measuring elevated areas of the surface of a rotary body in the form of a cylinder, a roller, a sleeve or a plate of a printing press, for example a flexographic printing plate, includes a first motor for rotating the rotary body about a rotational axis and a measuring unit for contactless measurement. The measuring unit for contactless measurement includes at least one radiation source and at least one area scan camera. The measuring unit for contactless measurement preferably includes a reference object, for example a wire tensioned in an axially parallel manner, a second motor and optionally a further second motor, for adjusting the measuring unit and / or the reference object perpendicularly to the rotational axis. The device makes it possible to measure elevated areas, for example flexographic print dots, quickly and with high precision. A system having the device is also provided.

A sleeve (200) for use with a printing plate (100), said sleeve being 3D printed and comprising: a cylindrical inner layer (220) configured to be mounted on an adapter sleeve (300) and / or on a printing mandrel (400), a cylindrical outer layer (210), and at least a first infill layer (230) between the outer layer and the inner layer.

To position a conveyed object more reliably at a predetermined position.SOLUTION: A conveying device includes a pair of rails extending parallel in a horizontal direction, and conveys a conveyed object used in a production line on the pair of rails and positions it at a predetermined position. The conveying device comprises: a pressing member which has a suction portion that sucks onto a suction object portion of the conveyed object in a plane perpendicular to an extending direction of the rails; a lifting unit which moves the pressing member up and down; a moving unit which moves the pressing member in the extending direction of the pair of rails; a clamping unit which clamps the conveyed object on the pair of rails with respect to the pair of rails; and a control unit which controls the lifting unit and the moving unit so that the pressing member descends and the suction portion of the pressing member sucks onto the suction object portion of the conveyed object, controls the moving unit so that the conveyed object is conveyed to the predetermined position, controls the clamping unit so that the conveyed object is clamped at the predetermined position, and then controls the lifting unit and the moving unit so that the pressing member retracts from the conveyed object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

This mask delivery device (2) transfers a mask (120), to be used when solder is printed onto a substrate, onto an accommodating unit (100) that accommodates the mask (120). The mask delivery device (2) comprises: a mobile mechanism (11) that includes a guide (21) that extends in a fixed direction along one surface of the accommodating unit (100) that has an opening for loading and unloading the mask (120), and a mobile body (23) that moves along the guide (21); and a multi-joint robot (12) that is supported on the mobile body (23) and transfers the mask (120) between the accommodating unit (100) and a placement location spaced away from the accommodating unit (100).

A method operates a flexographic printing press. The flexographic printing press includes a printing cylinder carrying a sleeve with at least one flexographic printing forme or a flexographic printing cylinder and an impression cylinder. At least one parameter of the flexographic printing press is set. The sleeve is marked with an ID, the ID is detected in a flexographic printing unit of the flexographic printing press or in the flexographic printing press. Data saved in association with the ID are transmitted to the flexographic printing unit or to the flexographic printing press, and the data are used when the parameter is set. In this manner, a cost-efficient way of producing high-quality prints in an industrial flexographic printing process is obtained. In addition, the method provides further automation of the printing process.

The present invention discloses a printing unit (1) with an automated sleeve change process. A sleeve (40) can be prepared for the next printing job while the current job is running, thereby reducing the changeover time. Also, the printing unit can handle printing sleeves of very different sizes without any special additional adjustments to be made. The printing unit (1) translates the printing roller (102, 202) and the inking roller (8) on a horizontal line (30) to engage and dis-engage the printing roller. The invention is convenient for large printing sleeves because the sleeve can be slipped over a shaft that remains in the unit. The setup results in a very rigid system, which guarantees an excellent printing quality.