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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2001
Peer Dilling, Friedberg, DE;
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach am Main, DE;
Abstract
In a rotary printing machine, in particular a web-fed rotary printing machine, having at least one printing unit including a plurality of printing-unit cylinders, of which at least one can be brought into and out of operative connection with at least one functional unit which is associated with a function needed to operate the printing unit, is provided with a drive device and is fitted on a linear guide device, a high level of operating convenience and working accuracy being achieved by the functional unit being assigned a positioning device, which has a controller which can be fed with at least one position-dependent signal which can be generated by means of a sensor arrangement associated with the functional unit and by which the drive device can be controlled.