Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

Uwe Kleinschmidt

Hans-Jurgen Kusch

Rudi Stellberger

Walter D'Heureuse

Hans-Ju/ Rgen Kusch

Device for fastening a flexible printing plate on a plate cylinder of a rotary printing press includes a tensioning bar disposed axially parallel with the plate cylinder in a cylinder gap formed in the plate cylinder, a clamping bar swivellably fastened to the tensioning bar, a cam shaft supported in respective end walls of the plate cylinder, a first and a second cam pair carried by the cam shaft, first and second spring assemblies, respectively, cooperating with the first and the second cam pairs, the cam shaft being rotatable in one direction for actuating the first cam pair to shift the tensioning bar via cam rollers and against a force of the first spring assemblies into a printing-plate take-up position, and for actuating the second cam pair to open the clamping bar via pins attached thereto against a force of the second spring assemblies so that a trailing end of the printing plate is insertable into the open clamping bar, the cam shaft being rotatable in a direction opposite to the one direction for initially actuating the second spring assemblies to close the clamping bar and for then actuating the first spring assemblies to shift the tensioning bar into a printing-plate tensioning position.

Device for fastening a flexbile printing plate on a plate cylinder of a

A device for pivoting flexible printing plates on the plate cylinder of a rotary printing machine comprises clamping rails for mounting and clamping the two plate ends, articulated levers pivot-mounted on the cylinder body and articulatingly connected to the clamping rails so that both clamping rails are adjustable relative to each other such that the printing plate may be cocked on the plate cylinder.

Device for pivotably adjusting flexible printing plates on the plate

A plate cylinder for rotary printing presses, in which the printing plate inside the machine is manufactured digitally, e.g. by spark erosion, and in which the covering with printing foil and the changing of individual segments of the foil following printing is done simply, automatically and with maximum precision inside the machine, with the use of a replaceable cartridge for the printing foil.

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Ostringen, Germany

Uwe Kleinschmidt