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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2011
Martin Greive, Schriesheim, DE;
Alexander Knabe, Heidelberg, DE;
Jochen Körner, Viernheim, DE;
Jan Teubert, Heidelberg, DE;
Martin Greive, Schriesheim, DE;
Alexander Knabe, Heidelberg, DE;
Jochen Körner, Viernheim, DE;
Jan Teubert, Heidelberg, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A method for changing printing plates in rotary printing presses, including a plurality of printing units each having a plate cylinder and a dedicated drive for driving the plate cylinder independently of an associated blanket cylinder in a respective printing unit, includes moving the respective blanket cylinder at a somewhat higher circumferential speed than the associated plate cylinder while conveying one or more printing plates out of the printing unit, at least in one operating mode, during a plate changing operation. A printing press and a controller are also provided.