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Transport cylinder, drying unit comprising this transport cylinder, and sheet-fed printing press comprising this drying unit

US11752757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KOENIG & BAUER AG · DE

Inventors

Thilo Hahn · Dettelbach, DE
Patrick Kress · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Volker Scharkus · Veitshöchheim, DE
Robert Stierman · Alphen aan den Rijn, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2022
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 19, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29C71/04
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In some examples, a transport cylinder for transporting a sheet-format substrate includes at least one channel extending on an outer surface of the transport cylinder in an axial direction. Each channel includes at least one gripper, which is supported on a shaft, for holding a substrate on the outer surface of the transport cylinder. Each channel is covered by a respective cover at the outer surface of the transport cylinder. The cover and/or a shaft supporting the at least one gripper may include a cooling unit. In some examples, a drying unit that includes the transport cylinder may further include an electron beam for curing a printing fluid on a substrate on the transport cylinder. In some examples, a printing press may include the drying unit including the transport cylinder.

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