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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Risto Vesanto, Imatra, FI;
Kaj Backfolk, Imatra, FI;
Ville Laalo, Imatra, FI;
BO Sundqvist, Imatra, FI;
Noora Nylander, Lahti, FI;
Panu Tanninen, Rauha, FI;
Mika Aunola, Imatra, FI;
Risto Vesanto, Imatra, FI;
Kaj Backfolk, Imatra, FI;
Ville Laalo, Imatra, FI;
Bo Sundqvist, Imatra, FI;
Noora Nylander, Lahti, FI;
Panu Tanninen, Rauha, FI;
Mika Aunola, Imatra, FI;
Stora Enso OYJ, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of providing board containers (V) with prints and a printing machine that applies the method. According to the invention, the printing machine comprises a turret head (), with uniformly spaced radial arms () diverging from its rotational axis, each arm ending in a mandrel () that carries a container (); and stationary stations () that are located on the path of the turret head for gripping a container, printing it by a printhead (), and removing the printed container (V). At the printing station (), the container () is digital-printed by the printhead (), past which the surface of the container is conveyed by means of a rotational motion. The container can be a conical drinking cup (), which is ink-jet printed by the stationary printhead () by rotating the cup by 360° by means of the mandrel () that is pushed inside the cup. The cups () can be produced at a plant in mass-scale production runs and divided into smaller lots, which are delivered to customers and which the customers then print according to their own individual needs.