Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag

Man Roland Druckmaschinen

Roland Offsetmaschinenfabrik Faber & Schleicher Ag

M.a.n.-roland

M.a.n.-roland Druckmaschinenfabrik Faber & Schleicher Ag

Herbert Rebel

Peter Hummel

Roland Holl

Manfred Herold

Claus D Simeth

Marco Bergmann

Paul Abendroth

Erich Wegel

Josef Mathes

Janko Despot

Fred Kunkel

Georg Herzan

A radially adjustable gearwheel for driving a cylinder of an offset press. The gear rim has three axially disposed tapered bores into which axially tapered bolts can be pressed to act radially on the gear rim. Additional axial bores are provided between the tapered bores to form expansion webs in the gear rim. The tapered bolts, in conjunction with the expansion webs, subject the gear rim to varying radial deformation in a gently rising parabolic curve depending on the tension applied to the tapered bolts so that the deformed gearwheel rolls with minimal impact and shock forces.

Gearwheel for the drive of offset press cylinders

A rotating union for supplying compressed air to the end of a journal of a rotating part of a printing press including a rotor disposed on the rotational axis of the journal and a tubular housing disposed in surrounding relation about the rotor. A plurality of ball bearings each having inner and outer bearing races are disposed between the rotor and tubular housing member for defining a plurality of axially spaced annular air chambers corresponding in number to the air supply lines connected to the tubular housing. Sealing discs are disposed adjacent an axial end of the bearings which in response to communication of pressurized air to the annular air chambers sealingly engage the axial ends of the inner and outer bearing races to effect sealing of the annular air chambers. In pressureless operation, the sealing discs are retained by sealing rings.

Rotating union for supplying compressed air to a rotating part of a

Adjustment means for engaging, disengaging and adjusting inking and damping rollers are provided in the inking and damping units of offset printing machines. The printing machine includes inking rollers supported on cam rollers which bear on cam discs situated axially parallel to the plate cylinder inside an arcuate housing. The cam discs are interconnected in such manner that they can be adjusted individually and they are also connected to the housing so as to be adjustable jointly. The housing is also pivotally connected to an adjustment drive by means of which it can be moved peripherally relative to the plate cylinder bearing to effectuate the engagement and disengagement position of the inking rollers.

Mechanism for the engagement, disengagement and adjustment of inking and

A selective drive for a metering roller in a damping unit of an offset printing press which enables the metering roller to be driven by the damping fluid fountain roller without peripheral slip during the joint washing of the damping unit and inking unit. The gearwheel drive producing the peripheral slip can be selectively brought into and out of operation by the meshing of two intermediate gears being interrupted and restored by a lever which carries the metering roller and one intermediate gear being pivoted by an actuating cylinder around the axis of the damping unit fountain or ductor roller.

Selective drive for a damping unit metering roller in an offset printing

An arrangement for the accurately positioned quick-action clamping and tensioning of printing plates on a plate cylinder (1). Clamping tools (14) are disposed in frame walls (2) and, after appropriate positioning of the plate cylinder, are engageable in coupling sleeves (12) on camshafts (4.3, 5.3) of front and rear tensioning bars (4, 5) by the application of pressure medium (15, 16, 17, 18). Clamping and unclamping is then effected by turning the clamping tools (14) via levers (20) and compressed air cylinders (23). A compressed air motor (25) is disposed in the cylinder gap (3) for tensioning purposes.

Arrangement for the accurately positioned quick-action clamping and

In order that the tension, particularly of large printing plates, and their automatic retensioning, may be regulated uniformly over the entire width without having an adverse effect on the final tensioning by means of tensioning screws (11), a tensioning lever (15, 16) is associated with each tensioning screw and is pivotally connected to a divided rear tensioning bar (4). The tensioning levers bear via lugs (17) on a pressure strip (9) movable in the cylinder gap, there being springs (12) acting on the free ends of the levers.

Arrangement for the parallel tensioning of printing plates

A blanket cylinder is covered by a blanket having ends secured by spindles in a wide gap extending parallel to the central axis of the cylinder. The cylinder includes a cover rail having a substantially mushroom-shaped cross-section disposed along the length of the gap. The cover rail is attached to the base of the gap so that the cover rail bears against the blanket secured on the spindles and sealing material is provided between the end walls of the cylinder and the adjacent surfaces of the cover rail.

Gap cover for blanket cylinders in sheet-fed offset rotary presses

To provide a drive mechanism for axially reciprocating the first roller or the first and second roller of an intermediate roller pair adapted to be selectively associated with the first ink spreader roller of an inking unit or with the final applicator roller of a damping unit of a combined damping and inking unit of an offset printing press, a stroke coupling for the spindle of the first intermediate roller with the first ink spreader roller is provided. This stroke coupling is transmitted to the spindle of the second intermediate roller only when both intermediate rollers are in engagement with the damping roller, whereas in the position in which the second intermediate roller interconnects the damping unit and the inking unit, the spindle of the latter roller is secured axially and separated from the stroke coupling.

Drive mechanism for axially reciprocating the intermediate rollers in an

To enable two intermediate rollers to be selectively associated with a combined damping and inking unit as connecting rollers, or with the applicator roller of the damping unit as a first rider roller and a tandem second rider roller, the spindle of the second intermediate roller is removably received at both ends, a bearing lever pivotable around the axis of the first ink spreader roller. Also, swing levers are pivotally connected, one at each end, to the spindle of the first intermediate roller and each swing lever has guides for guiding the second intermediate roller between its first position as a connecting roller and its second position as a tandem roller laterally below the first intermediate roller and in engagement with the applicator roller of the damping unit.

Change-over device for an intermediate damping roller in an offset

A drive for rotating and reciprocating a distributing roller in inking or damping units of offset printing presses includes two gears rotating at different speeds from one another, only the first rotation-transmitting gear of the two gears is driven by a gear connected to the plate cylinder and the second lateral reciprocation-transmitting gear is driven by the first gear by way of an intermediate gear meshing with both gears.

Drive for the rotation and laterally reciprocating distributing roller

An attachment which can be fitted subsequently to the damping roller of an existing damping unit in order to obviate mottling includes a mounting frame in which tandem distributing rollers are mounted radially of a common damping roller for resilient movement and are driven thereby in the peripheral direction by friction. A coupling member on the frame is adapted to be coupled with or released from an existing bearing lever of the damping unit and a drive mechanism produces axial reciprocation of the frame.

Attachment for a damping unit of an offset printing press

A sheet transfer conveyor for rotary sheet feed printing press comprising a pair of chains which support and transport a plurality of gripper carrying trolleys which successively engage the leading edge of a sheet from a printing press cylinder, such as an impression cylinder, for removing the sheet from the cylinder and transferring it to the next printing unit or to a delivery unit. The trolleys are supported on the chains by resilient mountings which, following engagement of a sheet by the gripper, pivot the trolley under a spring biasing force to maintain substantially constant tension on the sheet throughout the period the sheet is being removed from the cylinder. Guide rails are provided which define a guide channel for guiding the trolleys into predetermined relation to the cylinder for engaging the sheet, and at such point, the guide rails are recessed to permit pivotal movement of the trolley under the biasing force of the spring mounting.

Apparatus for chain transfer conveyance of sheet printed in a press

A conveyor for a sheet-fed rotary printing press for transferring sheets away from an impression cylinder includes a delivery cylinder disposed adjacent the impression cylinder, and a chain conveyor having a plurality of sheet grippers, adapted for moving the grippers about the delivery cylinder for successively engaging sheets on the impression cylinder. The delivery cylinder has a gap in its outer periphery for receiving successive of the sheet grippers during transfer of a sheet from the impression cylinder to the sheet grippers. The sheet grippers each include a support and a pivotable gripper finger, and a displacer mounted on and extending rearwardly of each gripper support for bridging the gap in the delivery cylinder within which the gripper is disposed during a sheet transfer operation, and for maintaining tension in the sheet during transfer from the impression cylinder to the chain conveyor. The displacer is comb shaped having a plurality of rearwardly extending arcute shaped teeth. A sheet support comb also may be supported on the delivery cylinder with its teeth forwardly extending in intermeshing relation with the teeth of the displacer so as to completely bridge the gap within which the sheet gripper is disposed. Antismear rollers or like elements may be disposed on the teeth of the displacer and the sheet support comb to facilitate smooth transfer of the sheet away from the compression cylinder.

Conveyor for a sheet-fed rotary press

The invention relates to a back-edge stop in the form of a cross-member for sheet stackers of sheet-fed presses having a vertically positionable intermediate stacker which forms a relatively large stack, the cross-member being pivotally connected to the sheet brake by way of a link parallelogram support. A sheet brake has disposed on it fixed sheet stops and at least one further fixed sheet stop having a recess in which a brush is pivotally mounted, the bristles of the brush being inclined forwardly and downwardly and extending into the major surface of the stack a distance substantially equivalent to the difference in sheet size. As the intermediate stacker rises and falls, the brush is pivoted, by way of an inclined cam surface on the cross-member, this surface being connected non-positively to engage an actuating edge of the brush to make a controlled pivoting movement around a horizontal axis extending transversely to the direction of sheet movement.

Back-edge stop for sheet stackers of sheet-fed presses

An aligning device for sheet deliveries of printing presses which includes fixed sheet stops for the front edge of the delivery stack, fixed sheet stops for the back edge of the delivery stack, and movable brush sheet stops for the back edge of the delivery stack having a sheet brake disposed thereon oriented transverse to the direction of sheet movement. The brush sheet stops comprising one or more recessed brushes having firm bristles which are directed at a forwardly and downwardly inclined angle.

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Rodgau, Germany

Herbert Rebel