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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2002
Applicants:
Markus Donges, Mannheim, DE;
Holger Faulhammer, Stuttgart, DE;
Bernhard Wagensommer, Malsch, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Heidelberger Druckmascinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F033/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for automatically exchanging a printing plate () in a print unit of a rotary press having a blanket cylinder () and a plate cylinder () carrying the printing plate includes disengaging the plate cylinder from the blanket cylinder; reducing the speed of the plate cylinder (v_P) to a rendezvous speed (v_R) which is greater than 0; automatically clamping the printing plate onto the plate cylinder at the rendezvous speed (v_R); and increasing the speed of the plate cylinder (v_P) to a printing speed (v_DG).