Abstract:
After the end of a preceding print job, a printing press is stopped, and ink form rollers (6-1 to 6-4) of an ink roller group (6) are thrown off. After that, a printing plate (7) is exchanged with a printing plate (7′) of a next print job, and a blanket (91) mounted on a blanket cylinder (9) is cleaned. The opening amounts of ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) corresponding to the image of the printing plate (7′) of the next print job are obtained. The obtained opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) are corrected by correction values of the opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) considering the influence of cleaning of the blanket (91) to obtain corrected opening amounts. In a state in which the opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) have been set to the corrected opening amounts, a corrected ink film thickness distribution corresponding to the image of the printing plate (7′) of the next print job is formed on the ink roller group (6).
Abstract:
A micro-fiber cleaning plate comprising: a micro-fiber sheet including fibers that extend outward from a surface of the microfiber sheet in a uniform direction; a leading edge locking strip connected to the micro-fiber sheet along a first edge; and a rear edge locking strip connected to the micro-fiber sheet along a second edge opposite the first edge, wherein the leading edge locking strip engages to the rear edge locking strip to secure the micro-fiber cleaning plate to a roll of an anilox print system.
Abstract:
After the end of a preceding print job, a printing press is stopped, and ink form rollers (6-1 to 6-4) of an ink roller group (6) are thrown off. After that, a printing plate (7) is exchanged with a printing plate (7′) of a next print job, and a blanket (91) mounted on a blanket cylinder (9) is cleaned. The opening amounts of ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) corresponding to the image of the printing plate (7′) of the next print job are obtained. The obtained opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) are corrected by correction values of the opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) considering the influence of cleaning of the blanket (91) to obtain corrected opening amounts. In a state in which the opening amounts of the ink fountain keys (4-1 to 4-n) have been set to the corrected opening amounts, a corrected ink film thickness distribution corresponding to the image of the printing plate (7′) of the next print job is formed on the ink roller group (6).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a control method used in a roller coating production line, wherein by calculating and controlling the theoretical roll surface linear velocity and actual roll surface linear velocity of each roller in a roller coating unit, the rotational speed of each roller is kept consistent with the process speed, increasing production efficiency. At the same time, calculating a pattern misplacement distance in repeat printing by means of code recognition technology, thereby adjusting the rotational speed of each roller, achieves lifelike and holonomic patterning in multicolored printing and extends the printed length of the pattern.
Abstract:
A plate printing method includes a repetition of a first step of depositing ink on a printing master to form a predetermined print pattern on it, a second step of transferring the ink to a blanket, a third step of pressing the blanket against a surface to be printed, a fourth step of pressing the blanket against a cleaning surface, a fifth step of pressing the blanker against an absorbent, a sixth step of blowing air to the blanket, and a seventh step of pressing the blanket against a dry surface. In the first step, the blanket with a proper amount of water or solvent impregnated into it is pressed against the printing master.
Abstract:
The system (1) for impregnating, with a solvent (2), a fabric (3) for cleaning the blanket and the metal printing cylinder of a printing machine includes at least one tank (4) suitable for being filled up to a certain level (9) with the solvent and at least one impregnating roller (6) placed in the tank in a position suitable for being partially immersed in the solvent, the impregnating roller having a coating made of a material having properties of resistance to the corrosion induced by the solvent and sufficient interfacial tension with the solvent to deliver a uniform micrometric film (11) of solvent toward the cleaning fabric, there being provided above the filling level of the tank an area of contact (8) between the impregnating roller and the cleaning fabric wherein the direction of the peripheral velocity to which the impregnating roller is subjectable is opposite to the direction of the feed velocity to which the cleaning fabric is subjectable, so that the impregnating roller, when driven in rotation, picks up a film of solvent which by contact impregnates the cleaning fabric being fed in the opposite direction.
Abstract:
A washing device has a washing cloth for removing contaminants, ink, etc. from a surface and an ultrasound device for assisting a cleaning operation. The washing device includes one or more ultrasound generators and one or more resonators each in the form of an oscillating flat metal body, from which sound energy is output onto a substantially linear region on the surface to be cleaned.
Abstract:
A blanket washing apparatus for washing printing blankets of various circumferences on a blanket cylinder in a variable cutoff printing press is provided. The blanket washing apparatus includes a washer head, a movable bracket coupled to an axial end of the washer head, the movable bracket including a slidable portion to vary a position of the washer head based on the circumference of the printing blanket on the blanket cylinder. The blanket washing apparatus also includes a guide plate for guiding the movable bracket to maintain a prescribed gap between the washer head and the printing blanket on the blanket cylinder as the slidable portion of the movable bracket slides. A variable cutoff printing press and a method of adjusting a position of a blanket washing apparatus during a cutoff change in a printing unit of a printing press are also provided.
Abstract:
A cleaning apparatus includes a liquid supply device and cleaning unit. The liquid supply device supplies a transfer liquid to a first cylinder. The transfer liquid supplied from the liquid supply device to the first cylinder is transferred to a transfer target body which comes into contact with the first cylinder. The cleaning unit comes into contact with and cleans the first cylinder. The cleaning unit is arranged downstream of a contact position where the first cylinder is in contact with the transfer target body in a rotational direction of the first cylinder, and upstream of a liquid receiving position where the first cylinder receives a liquid supplied from the liquid supply device in a rotational direction of the first cylinder.
Abstract:
A method for operating a printing press having a printing unit and a cleaning apparatus includes, in a first step, starting up the printing unit in order to print therewith, and in a subsequent, second step, displacing the cleaning apparatus into the printing unit running in printing operation and/or out of the printing unit running in printing operation. A printing press for implementing the method is also provided.