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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
Aaron Christian Sakash, Somersworth, NH (US);
Atef Tanious Massoud, Nottingham, NH (US);
Gerald Louis Bosey, Rochester, NH (US);
Aaron Christian Sakash, Somersworth, NH (US);
Atef Tanious Massoud, Nottingham, NH (US);
Gerald Louis Bosey, Rochester, NH (US);
Goss International Americas, Inc., Durham, NH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a printing press. The printing press includes a frame, a plate cylinder, a plate cylinder support supporting the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder for receiving an image from the plate cylinder, a blanket cylinder support supporting the blanket cylinder, an impression cylinder for supporting a printing substrate between the blanket cylinder and the impression cylinder, an actuator connected to and controlling a position of the plate cylinder support or the blanket cylinder support and a controller providing the actuator with a position setpoint, the actuator receiving position feedback signals to maintain the position setpoint during a printing operation. The present invention also provides a method for operating a printing press.