Drive for a sheet-fed printing machine

US5983793A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

• Albrecht Volz · Rödermark, DE
• Joachim Blumor · Großkrotzenburg, DE
• Klaus-Peter Reichardt · Bad Vilbel, DE
• Holger Wiese · Affoltern am Albis, CH
• Helmut Schild · Rheinböllen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 2, 1997
• Grant date: Nov 16, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F13/008
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A drive for a sheet-fed printing machine, in particular a sheet-fed offset printing machine is described, in which the individual cylinders and/or drums and the plate or form cylinders are driven by a common drive train. In order to allow automated operations to proceed simultaneously, clutches are arranged in the drive trains of the individual plate or form cylinders and, furthermore, the individual plate or form cylinders are assigned drive motors which can be controlled separately and by means of which the plate or form cylinders can be driven in the intended manner after corresponding disengagement.