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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1997
Albrecht Volz, Rodermark, DE;
Joachim Blumor, Hainburg, DE;
Klaus-Peter Reichardt, Bad Vibel, DE;
Holger Wiese, Obertshausen, DE;
Helmut Schild, Steinbach, DE;
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, , DE;
Abstract
A drive for a sheet-fed printing machine, in particular a sheet-fed offset printing machine is described, in which the individual cylinders and/or drums and the plate or form cylinders are driven by a common drive train. In order to allow automated operations to proceed simultaneously, clutches are arranged in the drive trains of the individual plate or form cylinders and, furthermore, the individual plate or form cylinders are assigned drive motors which can be controlled separately and by means of which the plate or form cylinders can be driven in the intended manner after corresponding disengagement.