EP1256449B1 - Imprimante avec un cylindre de plaque et avec une barre d'insertion - Google Patents

Imprimante avec un cylindre de plaque et avec une barre d'insertion Download PDF

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EP1256449B1
EP1256449B1 EP02006685A EP02006685A EP1256449B1 EP 1256449 B1 EP1256449 B1 EP 1256449B1 EP 02006685 A EP02006685 A EP 02006685A EP 02006685 A EP02006685 A EP 02006685A EP 1256449 B1 EP1256449 B1 EP 1256449B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F27/00—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
    • B41F27/12—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes
    • B41F27/1262—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes without tensioning means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F27/00—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
    • B41F27/12—Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports for attaching flexible printing formes

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  • the present invention relates to a printing unit with a plate cylinder and with an insertion bar according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention relates to a method for inserting a trailing edge of a printing plate in a channel of a plate cylinder according to the preamble of claim 8.
  • Offset printing presses include a plate cylinder and a blanket cylinder for printing images onto a web of material, e.g. B. a paper web to transfer.
  • a flat pressure plate is usually mounted in an axially extending cylinder gap or channel. The leading edge of the plate is inserted into the channel and the plate cylinder is rotated so that the plate lays around the plate cylinder by the pressure in the gap formed between the pressure plate and the blanket.
  • nip protectors which cover the gaps formed between two rollers or cylinders to prevent an operator from injuring themselves at the nips. These nip protectors stand against the requirement of free access to the cylinder channel and can lead to problems when changing the plate.
  • An additional object of the present invention can be seen to provide a printing unit, which simplifies an operator's pressure plate change while maintaining given safety regulations.
  • An inventive printing unit is characterized by the features of claim 1.
  • an insertion bar drive for automatically moving the insertion bars out of an operating position into a rest position advantageously gives an operator unhindered access to a plate cylinder, so that the operator can perform a printing plate change undisturbed by mechanical components in the vicinity of the plate cylinder.
  • first blanket cylinder adjacent to the plate cylinder, the insert strip being in its operative position near a gap formed between the plate cylinder and the first blanket cylinder to cover the gap formed between the plate cylinder and the blanket cylinder, thereby providing increased safety. when the web is moved forward.
  • Adjacent to the first blanket cylinder is a second blanket cylinder with the inserter bar in its rest position near the gap formed between the first and second blanket cylinders to provide increased safety as the web is moved backward.
  • the insertion bar By covering the gap between the blanket cylinders, the insertion bar also has the function of a nip protection, so that it comes in an advantageous manner to a reduction of the mechanical components in the access area to the printing units.
  • the Einprgeleistenantrieb may further comprise a lever operatively connected to the insertion bar, which allows a manual movement of the insertion bar from the operating position to the rest position for performing cleaning and maintenance.
  • the plate cylinder and the insertion bar can be mounted in a frame, wherein the insertion bar drive is attached to the frame.
  • the insertion bar drive preferably comprises an eccentric disc.
  • the insertion bar drive preferably comprises a pneumatic motor for rotating the eccentric disc.
  • An inventive method for inserting a trailing edge of a printing plate is characterized by the features of claim 8.
  • the printing press 1 shows a schematic cross-section of a preferred embodiment of a printing unit according to the invention of a printing press 1.
  • the printing press 1 comprises a plate cylinder 10 with an axially extending channel 12.
  • a flat printing plate 14 has a front edge which is inserted into this channel 12.
  • An insertion bar 16 is provided which inserts the trailing edge of the pressure plate 14 into the channel. After that you can clamp the plate and fix it in position.
  • at least one clamping device may be provided in the channel 12.
  • the plate cylinder 10 cooperates with a blanket cylinder 20, on which a flat or a sleeve-shaped blanket can be arranged. Between the plate 14 and the blanket there is a gap 18. Between the blanket cylinder 20 and another blanket cylinder 22 there is a transfer nip 23 through which a web is passed. With the blanket cylinder 22, a second plate cylinder 24 cooperate with a second insertion bar 26.
  • the insertion bar 16 has a drive 36 which moves the insertion bar 16 from an operating position indicated by the arrow 38, from which the insertion bar can push the trailing edge of the plate 14 into an axially extending plate cylinder channel 12, into a rest position indicated by the arrow 39.
  • insertion members of insertion shelf 16 may be activated to controllably drive the trailing edge of panel 14, eg, those disclosed in US Pat US-B-6,439,117 respectively.
  • EP-A-1 155 837 Contact and postpone (cited in accordance with Article 54 (3) EPC).
  • the insertion elements can be pneumatically operated, for example.
  • the drive 36 of the insertion bar 16 can move the insertion bar 16 preferably from a position in the vicinity of the transfer gap 18 between the plate cylinder 10 and the blanket cylinder 20 in the direction of the transfer gap 23 between the blanket cylinder 20 and the other blanket cylinder 22.
  • the drive 36 may be configured as a four-swivel motor driven gear or other suitable linkage or gear suitable for moving the inserter bar 16, for example, along an arc adapted to the outer surface of the blanket cylinder 20.
  • the drive 36 may be formed as a motor-driven slide, which is arranged on an arcuate, the outer surface of the blanket cylinder 20 adapted rail, wherein the insertion bar 16 is fixedly connected to the carriage 36.
  • the distance of the insertion bar 16 in the operating position 38 to the surface of the plate cylinder 10 or the surface of the blanket cylinder 20 is selected such that the insertion bar 16 also serves as gap protection for the gap 18.
  • the insertion bar 16 is spaced less than 10 mm or less than 5 mm or only about 1 mm from at least one of the surfaces of the plate cylinder 10 or the blanket cylinder 20.
  • Equal distances may be provided for the insertion bar 16 in its rest position 39 with respect to the blanket cylinder and the gap 23. Also in the rest position 39, the insertion bar 16 is also used as a nip guard, and prevents injury to the operator at the gap 23.
  • an insert bar performs several functions. It serves both the insertion of at least one trailing edge of a printing plate in a clamping channel of a cylinder or a roller and the covering of z. B. different roll or cylinder gaps and thus adhering to specified safety regulations. In this way, both material and costs can be saved and further reduced maintenance and repair work and made cheaper.
  • the strip advantageously covers different gaps in different positions.
  • the insertion bar 26 has a drive 46, which acts in a similar manner as the drive 36th
  • the insertion bar 26 is also used as a pressure bar for at least one trailing edge of a printing plate and as a nip protection. This results in the same advantages as described above with respect to the insertion bar 16.
  • the nip 23 between the two blanket cylinders 20 and 22 is covered for example in such a way that both the insertion bar 16 in its rest position 39th positioned as well as the insertion bar 26 is positioned in a corresponding rest position, which is relative to the web 5 with respect to the rest position 39.
  • FIG. 2 shows a further embodiment of a drive 136 for moving the insertion bar 16 from an operating position 38 into a second rest position 40 remote from the plate cylinder.
  • FIG. 2 also shows that the insertion bar 26 is also equipped with a further embodiment of a drive 146 can, which moves the insertion bar 26 from its operating position in a remote from the associated plate cylinder 24 rest position.
  • FIG. 2 is not an embodiment of the invention.
  • the two drives 36 and 46 or 136 and 146 are coupled and thus the two insertion bars 16 and 26 as shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2 can be moved together and positioned.
  • a common drive for the insertion bars 16 and 26 may be provided, which moves only a selected insertion bar of the two insertion bars 16 and 26, respectively.
  • FIG. 3 shows an illustration of the drive 136 arranged on the frame 100 and of the insertion bar 16, which is here in the operating position.
  • a pneumatically driven motor in the form of a rotatable pneumatic cylinder 137 which has an effective range of at least 180 °, is used to drive an eccentric disc, not shown in FIG.
  • the pneumatic cylinder 137 can be activated by the machine operator.
  • FIG. 4 shows an illustration of a section of the drive 136 of FIG. 3, wherein here the pneumatic cylinder is not shown, so that the eccentric disk 138 can be seen.
  • the eccentric disc 138 is rotatable relative to the frame 100 about a pivot axis 141 fixed to the frame 100 and may be within a bifurcated end plate 139 turn, which in turn is pivotable relative to the frame 100 about its pivot axis 142.
  • the bifurcated end plate 139 is secured at its opposite end to an end of the insertion bar 16.
  • the eccentric disk 138 By operating the pneumatic cylinder 137, the eccentric disk 138 can be rotated with respect to its axis 141, whereby pivotal movement of the end plate 139 with respect to its axis 142 is performed by the transmission of the forked end plate 139. This pivoting movement will continue to move the insertion bar 16 between its operating and its rest position.
  • the bifurcated end of the forked end plate 139 is moved by rotation of the eccentric disc 138 by 180 ° in an elevated position.
  • the bifurcated end plate 139 is pivoted about the axis 142 and thus moves the insertion bar 16 in a position remote from the plate cylinder to allow the application and removal of a plate.
  • a lever 140 provided on the insertion bar 16 may be used for manually moving the insertion bar to a position remote from the plate cylinder for cleaning and maintaining the plate cylinder.

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  1. Groupe d'impression
    - avec un cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24), qui présente un canal (12) s'étendant axialement destiné à recevoir au moins un bord arrière d'une plaque d'impression,
    - avec une barre d'insertion (16, 26), qui présente une position de service (38), la barre d'insertion étant réalisée pour pousser dans la position de service le bord arrière de la plaque d'impression dans le canal (12) s'étendant axialement et la barre d'insertion (16, 26) pouvant être déplacée entre la position de service (38) et une position de repos (39), et
    - avec un premier cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) adjacent au cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24), la barre d'insertion (16, 26) se trouvant dans sa position de service (38) près d'une fente (18) formée entre le cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) et le premier cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) pour recouvrir cette fente (18),
    caractérisé par
    un deuxième cylindre porte-blanchet (22) adjacent au premier cylindre porte-blanchet (20),
    un entraînement de la barre d'insertion (36, 46) permettant le déplacement automatique de la barre d'insertion (16, 26) hors de la position de service (38) dans la position de repos (39), et en ce que la barre d'insertion (16, 26) se trouve dans sa position de repos (39) près de la fente (23) formée entre le premier et le deuxième cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) pour recouvrir cette fente (23).
  2. Groupe d'impression selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé par
    un bâti (100), dans lequel sont logés le cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) et la barre d'insertion (16, 24), l'entraînement de la barre d'insertion (36, 46) étant fixé au niveau du bâti (100).
  3. Groupe d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'entraînement de la barre d'insertion (36, 46) comprend un disque excentrique (138).
  4. Groupe d'impression selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'entraînement de la barre d'insertion (36, 46) comprend un moteur pneumatique permettant de tourner le disque excentrique (138).
  5. Groupe d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que l'entraînement de la barre d'insertion (36, 46) présente un levier (140) vertical en liaison active avec la barre d'insertion (16, 26), qui permet un déplacement manuel de la barre d'insertion de la position de service à la position de repos.
  6. Groupe d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que dans la position de service (38), la barre d'insertion (16, 26) est éloignée d'au moins une des surfaces du cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) ou du cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) de moins de 10 mm, de préférence de moins de 5 mm et mieux encore de seulement 1 mm environ.
  7. Groupe d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    que dans la position de repos (39), la barre d'insertion (16, 26) est éloignée de la surface du cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) de moins de 10 mm, de préférence de moins de 5 mm et mieux encore de seulement 1 mm environ.
  8. Procédé d'insertion d'un bord arrière d'une plaque d'impression dans un canal (12) s'étendant axialement d'un cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24), une barre d'insertion (16, 26) étant prévue qui pousse depuis une position de service (38) le bord arrière de la plaque d'impression dans le canal s'étendant axialement (12),
    comportant l'étape de procédé consistant à recouvrir une fente (18) entre le cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) et un cylindre porte-blanchet adjacent (20, 22) à l'aide de la barre d'insertion (16, 26) se trouvant dans sa position de service
    caractérisé par
    les étapes de procédé consistant à :
    déplacer automatiquement la barre d'insertion (16, 26) de la position de service (38) à une position de repos (39) et
    recouvrir une fente (23) entre le cylindre porte-blanchet adjacent (20, 22) au cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) et un autre cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) au moyen de la barre d'insertion (16, 26) se trouvant dans sa position de repos (39).
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé par l'étape de procédé supplémentaire consistant à
    - recouvrir la fente (18) entre le cylindre porte-plaque (10, 24) et le cylindre porte-blanchet (20, 22) adjacent au cours d'un mouvement d'avance de la bande (5),
    - recouvrir la fente (23) entre les cylindres porte-blanchet (20, 22) au cours d'un mouvement de recul de la bande (5).
  10. Imprimante, en particulier machine d'impression rotative à rouleaux caractérisée par un groupe d'impression selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7.
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