Machine arrangement with printing unit for the sequential processing of sheet-type substrates

US10493746B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KOENIG & BAUER AG · DE

Inventors

• Christian Ziegenbalg · Weinböhla, DE
• Uwe Becker · Stuttgart, DE
• Ulrich Köhler · Radebeul, DE
• Frank Schumann · Heidelberg, DE
• Carsten Reinsch · Radebeul, DE
• Michael Koch · Radebeul, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 25, 2017
• Grant date: Dec 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41J13/226
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A machine arrangement sequentially processes sheet-like substrates with multiple different processing stations each having a substrate-guiding unit and a substrate-processing unit. At least one of the processing stations has, as a substrate-processing unit, at least one non-impact printing device which prints on the substrate. The processing station with the at least one non-impact printing device has a printing cylinder. Each non-impact printing device is arranged at the circumference of the printing cylinder. The printing cylinder is triple-sized or quadruple-sized. A double-sized or a triple-sized transfer drum, or a corresponding feed cylinder, is arranged directly upstream of this printing cylinder. Alternatively, a double-sized or a triple-sized transfer drum, or a corresponding transfer cylinder, is arranged directly downstream of this printing cylinder.