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Method and apparatus for adjusting cylinders in a printing machine

US6457407B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

11Claims

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Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Rodolf Leib · Wiesloch, DE
Gunter Stephan

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2000
Grant date	Oct 1, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41F23/08
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for adjusting a cylinder in a printing machine includes, in a first step, rotating a first cylinder into a rotary position wherein a cylinder gap formed in the first cylinder is directed towards a second cylinder of the printing machine and, in a second step, displacing one of the two cylinders, with the second cylinder dipping into the cylinder gap; and a printing machine for performing the method.

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