Patent · US Expired

Drive for a printing press with a plurality of printing units

US6427590B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Georg Rossler · Angelbachtal, DE
Detlef Strunk · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 1995
Grant date	Aug 6, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F13/0045
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Drive for a printing press with a plurality of printing units mechanically interconnected through the intermediary of a gear train, the printing units being associated with respective drive motors for supplying power to the gear train in a preset torque ratio, includes a control device, a device for supplying to the control device information regarding printing-specific variables, said control device including a device for determining, from the printing-specific variables, load-torque changes in the printing units, individually, and for energizing the drive motors so that power flow in the gear train is constant when averaged over time.

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