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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

Norbert Roth

Bernd Lassen

Gunnar Behrens

Hans Penza

Ralf Balzeit

Gerhard Bloehdorn

In a combination of a drum scanner and a loading magazine, the drum scanner includes a holding and rotating device equipped for holding an interchangeable copy cylinder firmly from below in an at least approximately upright position and for rotating it about a longitudinal axis thereof for scanning. The loading magazine is constructed for containing a plurality n of magazine spaces equipped for holding copy cylinders in the same orientation and at the same height as on the holding and rotating device of the drum scanner, the n magazine spaces and the holding and rotating device being arranged at regular intervals around a cylinder transport carousel having n&plus;1 outriggers extending in a star-shaped manner relative to the n magazine spaces and the holding and rotating device, and being equipped for lifting, together with the aid of the outriggers, copy cylinders located in the n magazine spaces and on the holding and rotating device, respectively, for moving them in a circle and for setting them down again at a desired location. The drum scanner and the loading magazine are subassemblies separably connected mechanically to one another by connecting elements with vibration-damping properties, and being, respectively, provided with at least one foot for bearing the weight virtually of the respective subassembly.

Drum scanner with loading magazine

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Kiel, Germany

Norbert Roth