Abstract:
A lightweight interchangeable magnetic sleeve and method of manufacture thereof are disclosed. The sleeve assembly comprises an annular tube in the exterior surface having recesses filled with comparatively rigid magnetic means which are firmly adhered therein. The sleeve assembly includes a tubular radially compressible liner component, relatively slightly shorter than the tube, and bonded inside and substantially axially centrally within the tube thus leaving interior cylindrical end regions of the tube exposed beyond the annular end surfaces of said liner. The remaining exposed interior cylindrical surfaces of the tube are rebated back from the liner exposing annular shoulders within the tube. The rebates are tapped so that correspondingly sized threaded end rings of a more structurally robust, rigid and resilient material than the tube material, can be fitted into the tube ends and tightened against the annular shoulders created by the rebating, placing the entire sleeve assembly under slight compression.
Abstract:
A method is provided for printing on hollow bodies in which the hollow bodies are printed on in a decorator having a rotating segment wheel. Printing ink provided by multiple different plate cylinders and inking units are each collected on printing blankets arranged one after another on the circumference of the segment wheel. The plate cylinders and inking units involved in the printing are arranged and set in such a way that, when printing on the hollow body, an iris print is, or at least can be implemented.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for treating substrates which device is modular and versatile in use. The device for treating substrates comprises a feeder and one or more first sub-structure modules which each comprise a pressure cylinder with devices for fixing a lift and a sheet-conveying device and one or more second sub-structure modules which respectively have a transport cylinder with openings formed on the cover surface thereof, and having devices for fixing a lift and a sheet conveying device. All of the first or second sub-structure modules have the same intersection point for connecting the sub-structure modules on one of the inlet and the exit side and they all can be equipped with an attachment module.
Abstract:
Apparatus and method for registration and loading of ferromagnetic metal-based printing plates to a magnetic drum. The apparatus comprises a magnetic cylinder equipped with registration holes; a loading table, a non-magnetic material spacer tray and at least one pair of registration pegs. The method comprises providing a magnetic cylinder equipped with registration holes, and at least one pair of registration pegs, providing a loading table and a non-magnetic material spacer tray, attaching a pre-punched ferromagnetic metal-based printing plate to said spacer tray, placing said spacer tray with attached printing plate on said loading table, sliding forward said spacer tray with attached printing plate, leading edge first, towards said magnetic cylinder, using a first registration peg to register the plate's first punched registration hole to the cylinder's corresponding first registration hole, using a second registration peg to register the plate's second punched registration hole to the cylinder's corresponding second registration hole, rotating the cylinder to wrap and attach said ferromagnetic metal-based printing plate to said magnetic cylinder, simultaneously releasing and removing said spacer tray, and removing said two registration pegs from said cylinder.
Abstract:
A method of using a printing plate includes, in a first step, setting an image on the printing plate in an imaging machine, while holding the printing plate firmly on a magnetic cylinder of the imaging machine during the imaging process, and in a second step, printing in a printing machine with the printing plate having the image set in this manner; and an imaging machine and a printing machine for performing the method.
Abstract:
A die plate (14) to be used in a foil stamping machine (10). The die plate (14) includes a plate steel back (20) to which there is secured an image layer (21). The image layer (21) is secured to the plate steel back (20) by means of a compressible adhesive (22). Preferably, the adhesive (22) is an acrylic polymer. The image layer (21) is formed of metal such as brass, steel, copper, zinc, aluminium, magnesium, or photo-polymer.
Abstract:
A magnetic roller has a plurality of outwardly opening spacer receiving channels therearound, the roller being composed of a ferromagnetic steel; a plurality of non-magnetic spacers, each such spacer's interior surface forming a magnet receiving channel, each such spacer being composed of a non-magnetic material; a multiplicity of permanent magnets; a multiplicity of pole pieces, each such pole piece being composed of ferromagnetic steel; each non-magnetic spacer being fixedly mounted within a spacer receiving channel; the permanent magnets and pole pieces being fixedly mounted within the magnet receiving channels of the non-magnetic spacers, so that the pole pieces are alternately interspaced between the permanent magnets; and so that the permanent magnets are alternately oriented.
Abstract:
A ferromagnetic foil carrying a layer of a pressure sensitive adhesive for adhesive attachment to a printing plate to be used in a letterpress or flexographic printing operation. The ferromagnetic foil preferably is formed of a cold rolled steel having a thickness in the range of from about 0.001 inch to about 0.007 inch. The metal foil allows the printing plate to be adhered to the outer surface of a magnetized printing cylinder due to the magnetic attraction between the printing cylinder and the ferromagnetic foil. If the printing cylinder is not magnetized, but is formed of a ferromagnetic material, a flexible magnetic pad is applied to the outer surface of the cylinder, and the ferromagnetic foil-backed printing plate is then placed on the flexible magnetic pad. If the printing cylinder is formed of a non-ferromagnetic material, a flexible magnetic pad is first adhered to the outer surface of the cylinder, such as by an adhesive, and the foil-backed printing plate is then adhered to the flexible magnetic pad.
Abstract:
A magnetic plate cylinder for a printing press includes an outer cylinder member having circumferentially and axially spaced plugs of magnetic material or axially spaced apart rings of magnetic material for directing a magnetic field in such a way as to hold a magnetic printing plate on the outer surface of the outer cylinder member. An inner cylinder member includes circumferentially and axially spaced permanent magnet members supported on a cylinder of nonmagnetic material or stacked circular ring magnets interposed between rings of magnetic or nonmagnetic material for generating a magnetic field passing through the plugs or rings of magnetic material on the outer cylinder member. The inner cylinder member is disposed to form a radial air gap between the outer cylinder member and an outer surface of the inner cylinder member. The inner cylinder member can be rotated or axially translated relative to the outer cylinder member to change the intensity of the magnetic field to provide for positioning a printing plate on or removing a printing plate from the outer cylinder member. Ring magnets on the inner cylinder member may be of conventional polarization with poles on opposite side faces of the ring or with poles formed on the radially inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the ring.
Abstract:
A magnetic rotary locking mechanism for locking a plate or sheet-like member by placing it in tension which may be adapted to provide a self-tensioning locking device for securing a printing plate to a printing cylinder in a rotary printing press. The base and rotatable bar each have formed therein a plurality of magnetic strips which generate a plurality of magnetic fields so that the bar magnetic fields are attracted to the base magnetic fields at a first angular position of the bar with respect to the base and are repelled by the base magnetic fields at a second angular position of the bar with respect to the base.