Khs Gmbh

Dekron Gmbh

Heinz Till

An apparatus for printing a design on a container includes first and second pluralities of printing stations for printing corresponding first and second colors, with the second plurality following the first. A controller operably interlinks the first and second pluralities of printing stations. Each printing station includes a print head that has an adjustable position and orientation relative to a container. A measuring device having sensors arranged to measure a distance between the print head and the container determines this. The measuring device receives, from the sensors, information representative of the print head's position and orientation relative to the container and provides it to the controller, which then adjusts it.

Plant for printing containers

The invention relates to equipment for printing on containers (B), such as bottles, having a printed design (D) on at least one printing machine having at least one print head (), and is characterized in that the at least one print head () is automatically adjustable by means of an electrical controller. An adjustment value from the controller moves the print head () according to spatial co-ordinates and/or an angular position into a position that is determined or calculated by means of a measuring device having e.g. sensors from the surface contour and the position relative to the print head () of the container (B) to be printed upon.

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Hofheim am Taunus, Germany

Heinz Till