Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

Kurt Zecher Gmbh

Wolfgang Schönberger

Dieter Schaffrath

Nikolaus Pfeiffer

Thomas Schmidt

Christian Hieb

Oliver Koch

Jürgen Michels

Bernhard Schwaab

Michael Thielemann

Suat Demir

Jörg Schilfahrt

Jens Hieronymus

Roland Müller

Gisela Binder

Alexander Knabe

Wolfgang Dolz

Peter Elter

Martin John Callahan

Rolf Müller

Jörg Heuschkel

Juergen Rothaug

Sebastian Wilhelm

Dieter Huber

Udo Greulich

Michael Donath

Rainer Rehn

Michael Gross

Michael Fichtner

Dieter Eckel

Dirk Buchleither

Michael Thielemenann

Bernhard Schwab

Ulrich Pföhler

Kai Oskar Müller

Rüdiger Wand

A method for closed-loop or open-loop control of ink feed in lithographic offset printing presses having at least one inking unit, a control unit and an operating element for adjusting the ink feed across a predetermined ink feed control range, includes subdividing the predetermined control range into partial ranges in the control unit. At least one adjustment parameter of the inking unit or the printing press is assigned to each partial range in the control unit. The control unit determines the appropriate partial range as a function of the ink feed selected with the operating element and adjusts the selected ink feed in the inking unit with associated adjustment parameters in the inking unit and/or in the printing press.

Ink control method for printing presses having short inking units

A method controls a printing speed and a temperature of a printing press to attain a predetermined actuating variable. The printing press includes a control computer. The method is characterized by calculating a target temperature to attain the predetermined actuating variable at a desired printing speed and initiating the adjustment operations to attain the target temperature by the control computer. The actual printing speed is changed via a first acceleration within a tolerance limit with respect to fluctuations about the predetermined actuating variable. The first acceleration process is stopped if the desired printing speed is attained in the process. The first acceleration is changed if the tolerance limits are reached and the desired printing speed has not been attained yet. The printing speed is ran at a modified second acceleration along the tolerance limits until the desired printing speed is attained.

Method of controlling inking units in case of printing speed changes

In a method for controlling the temperature of a press which has an applicator roller and a screen roller, the screen roller has its temperature controlled at different temperatures and the applicator roller has its temperature controlled at a constant temperature. In this manner, the choice of the screen roller temperatures can be set individually for each printing unit depending on the optical ink density values which the operator desires.

Method for controlling a temperature of a press and press having a temperature control device

A printing press includes a roller having a first antifriction bearing and a second antifriction bearing. The first antifriction bearing has rolling bodies, a first ring and a second ring. One of the two rings forms an outer ring and the other of the two rings forms an inner ring. Roller sockets are configured as quick action changing devices for receiving the anti-friction bearings during insertion of the roller into the printing press. The first antifriction bearing is configured as an axial floating bearing with a considerable axial movement play of the rolling bodies between the latter and one of the rings. The second antifriction bearing is configured as an axial locating bearing without such a considerable axial movement play. A centering device centers one of the rings relative to the other.

Printing press

An anilox printing unit includes, as inking unit rolls, an ink applicator roll and an engraved roll mounted in rapid change roll sockets, for removing the engraved roll from the roll sockets and inserting another engraved roll into the roll sockets by an operator. The engraved roll is hollow and a temperature control fluid flows therethrough. The engraved roll and the ink applicator roll each have bearer rings. A device which presses the bearer rings of one inking unit roll against the bearer rings of the other inking unit roll has springs for compensating for diameter differences as a result of manufacturing tolerances between the bearer rings of the engraved roll and the bearer rings of the other engraved roll and for compensating for thermally induced diameter changes of the bearer rings of the engraved roll. A printing press having an anilox printing unit is also provided.

Anilox printing unit and printing press having an anilox printing unit

A method of operating an anilox printing unit in which ink accumulates on and detaches from a feed blade and, after detaching from the feed blade, forms ink accumulations on a screen roller, and in which a gap is formed between the screen roller and a further roller for the ink accumulations to pass through the gap without contacting the further roller, includes forming the gap by displacing the axis of the further roller and evening out the ink accumulations on the screen roller to such an extent that the ink accumulations that have been evened out pass the gap without contacting the further roller. A smoothing roller, for example, may be used to even out the ink accumulations. A printing press for carrying out the method is also provided.

Method for operating an anilox printing unit and printing press for carrying out the method

A printing press includes a first rotary body with a first bearer ring and a second rotary body with an axle which eccentrically supports a second bearer ring. The second bearer ring is in rolling contact with the first bearer ring and is rotatably coupled to the second rotary body.

Printing press with bearer rings

In a method for cleaning an anilox inking unit, a doctor bears against a roller and an intermediate roller bears against the roller and on an engraved roller. During cleaning, the intermediate roller has been or is displaced axially. Because the intermediate roller can be displaced axially, edge regions of the engraved roller can also be cleaned during a cleaning operation.

Method for cleaning an anilox inking unit

A printing press includes an anilox inking unit with an engraved roller and a doctor-type ink fountain. At least one stirring element projects into the doctor-type ink fountain.

Printing press and method for operating the same

A press contains an oscillating doctor and a motor for driving the oscillating doctor axially. The press further has at least one oscillating roller (ink distributor roller and/or damping solution distributor roller) and an oscillating mechanism, via which the oscillating roller is connected to the motor such that the oscillating roller and the oscillating doctor can be driven axially together by the motor.

Press containing an oscillating doctor and oscillating roller moved together

In a method of washing an anilox inking unit of a press, a washing agent is introduced into the anilox inking unit. The washing agent is introduced into the anilox inking unit via a dampening unit or a part of the dampening unit.

Method for washing an anilox inking unit of a printing press

A method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable from a screen roller of a printing machine onto a roller that is in contact with the screen roller includes exerting an influence upon a difference in circumferential speed between the screen roller and the roller in contact therewith, and further includes controlling the difference in the circumferential speed as a function of the printing speed of the printing machine, so that printed medium density remains at least approximately constant at least within a wide printing speed range.

Method for controlling a quantity of medium transferable between two rollers

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