Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of feeding a dampening water to a plate cylinder in an offset printing press which is accelerated to, operated at and then decelerated from a predetermined speed for printing. The method comprises the step of programmatically controlling the feeding amount of the dampening water to increase in accordance with the increase in speed of the printing press along a first curve which is predetermined to indicate the relation of the feeding amount of dampening water to the speed of printing press, when the printing press is accelerated. The method further comprises the step of programmatically controlling the feeding amount of the dampening water to decrease in accordance with the decrease in speed of the printing press along a second curve which is predetermined to indicate the relation of the feeding amount of dampening water to the speed of printing press, when the printing press is decelerated. The first and second curves being different in feeding amount of the dampening water from each other.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for controlling or regulating the coloration in a printing press, in which color metering elements are adjusted with the aid of a control or regulating device, and in which by means of at least one image pickup device associated with the printing press, picture signals are obtained continuously from the printed image and supplied to the control or regulating device. Provision is made so that a plurality of control or regulating algorithms are available for selection to the control or regulating device, and from among these algorithms, as a function of predeterminable parameters, a control or regulating algorithm is automatically selected and used.
Abstract:
A device for stacking selected sheets in an offset manner so as to facilitate print quality measurements. Certain sheets are automatically or manually selected to be offset deposited onto a stack of sheets so that an edge of the selected sheet including a number of printed measuring fields extends beyond other sheets in the stack. A measuring head transversely scans the measuring fields of the selected sheet for print quality measurements while subsequent sheets are stacked in the ordinary manner. Since subsequent sheets do not cover the extending edge of the selected sheet, sufficient time is provided to complete the scanning operation with a single measuring head without interrupting or slowing the normal stacking rate.
Abstract:
A method is provided for controlling a water-ink equilibrium on a moving offset plate 2 in an offset copying machine wherein the offset plate is fixed to a rotating cylinder 1. The method includes the step of illuminating a predetermined area 35 of the moving offset plate 2, the density of which is known, with a coherent light source 30 under normal incidence. A portion of the light reflected around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the illuminated area 35 is collected in the focal plane of a convergent optical system 32. The intensity of the collected light is measured at at least one location in the focal plane of the convergent optical system. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a device for regulating a water-ink equilibrium on a movable offset plate fixed to a rotatable cylinder in an offset copying machine, the device including a coherent light source illuminating under a normal incidence a predetermined area of the offset plate, light-intensity measuring means including a sensor placed at an axis of and in a focal plane of a convergent optical system for collecting and measuring the intensity of a fraction of the light reflected from the predetermined area and for generating a corresponding signal, and a servo-control system disposed to receive and respond to the signal provided by the sensor to adjust wetting and/or inking of the moving offset plate.
Abstract:
Sheet-fed offset printing machine including a chain delivery and a control console assigned to the chain delivery and including a remote-control device and a sheet deposit structure for controlling quality of a freshly printed sheet during operation of the printing machine, the control console being actuable for effecting a test sheet withdrawal, the control console with the sheet deposit structure being arranged directly at an end of the chain delivery, as viewed in sheet travel direction, the sheet deposit structure being disposed below a sheet conveying path and a test-sheet outlet, respectively, as an extension of the chain delivery.
Abstract:
A method for measuring and regulating the amount of printing ink supplied by an ink fountain roller to a vibrator roller includes passing the ink fountain roller past a measuring bar which measures ink thicknesses and angles of duration. This data is then utilized to ascertain a volume of ink transferred with this information being then compared with a pre-selected set point volume. Adjustments to the ink metering gap for each ink doctor blade can then be made so that the ink volume actually transferred will be the same as the set point value.
Abstract:
A device for ink profile-dependent regulation of dampening medium in an offset printing unit having an inking-dampening unit which, over the width of a type forme, supplies a dampening medium film of substantially uniform thickness to a plate cylinder and to an inking part of the inking-dampening unit includes a hydrophilic measuring roller, measuring means adjacent the measuring roller for determining extent of wetting of an outer cylindrical surface of the measuring roller section-by-section over the width of the measuring roller and for transmitting corresponding signals, means for varying the proportion of dampening medium in the ink film section-by-section, control means for converting the signals from the measuring means into adjustment commands and applying them to the proportion varying means for varying the proportion of dampening solution in the ink film section, the hydrophilic measuring roller being in cooperative engagement with a rubber-covered ink roller, the control means being actuatable in accordance with the signals and through the intermediary of the temperature on the cylindrical surface of the measuring roller for varying the quantity of dampening medium in at least an individual zone of the width of the measuring roller so that the dampening-medium film accepted by the measuring roller from the rubber-covered ink roller is influenced.
Abstract:
A multi-cylinder stencil duplicator includes ink-applying means in the form of a coating member offering a fixed nip between the coating member and a cylinder of the duplicator, ink being applied to one side of that nip and being held back as a wedge at the nip during rotation of the duplicator cylinder. The dispensing of ink to the wedge is controlled in response to variations in the capacitance between the coating member and the cylinder, so that when the ink wedge drops below a given threshold value further ink is dispensed.
Abstract:
Ink is picked up by an ink roller which has a surface characterized as consisting of a foamed plastic with pores open at the outer circumference but not interconnected. The ink roller dips into ink within an ink trough. The ink being applied to the ink roller is controlled by stripping elements formed as rollers which are pressed with controllable force against the surface of the ink pick-up roller; the force can be controlled, for example, by pneumatic or hydraulic fluid means, such as pressure piston-cylinder arrangements, blow-up pillows, or fluid pressure being applied against the roller mechanism directly; or by mechanical means, such as by a spring suspension in which the attachment points of the springs are selectively positionable. Preferably, the stripping rollers are about 1/15 or less of the diameter of the ink pick-up roller, and driven at a circumferential speed which is slow with respect to that of the ink pick-up roller. Ink can be transferred directly to a printing plate cylinder, or to ink transfer rollers. Both the ink pick-up roller and the stripping roller, preferably, are axially oscillating.
Abstract:
To apply herbicide to weeds extending above a crop, a nylon carpet on the cylinder of a roller applicator has herbicide applied to it as a tractor or other vehicle carries it through a field. The roller is held just above the crop where it contacts weeds and is rotated in the opposite direction as the tractor. A moisture sensor is spaced from the applicator on the roller and controls a valve that applies the herbicide to the roller to maintain a preset moisture level in the roller carpet. The amount of moisture is set by experimentation to permit an adequate amount of herbicide to be applied to various weeds without causing dripping from the point of contact on the roller by the weeds.