Showa Aluminum Can Corporation

Kenichi Minoshima

Shingo Hashimoto

Hitoshi Tojima

Masayuki Saitou

A plate attachment device and a method for attaching and removing printing plates, wherein the positioning accuracy in the circumferential direction relative to a plate cylinder is increased and attachment and removal of the printing plate is easy, are provided. The plate attachment deviceis equipped with a plate cylindersecured to the outer periphery of a plate drive shaftand having a cylindrical plate attaching surfaceto which a printing plateis to be attached from the tip end side of the plate drive shaft. The plate attaching surfaceis provided with a plurality of plate securing memberswhich are formed to be movable to both the outer side and inner side in the radial direction of the plate cylinder, abut the printing plateattached to the plate attaching surfaceand expand in the radial direction so as to adhere and secure the printing plateto the plate attaching surface

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Shinagawa-ku, Japan

Kenichi Minoshima