Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for producing printing plates having movable journal for axial removal of plate

US6520083B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

20Claims

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Assignee

MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Godber Petersen · Augsburg, DE
Josef Gottling · Friedberg, DE
Thomas Hartmann · Altdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2000
Grant date	Feb 18, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S101/36
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for producing printing plates on a supporting cylinder is provided. Mountings arranged on a frame accommodate a blank printing plate arranged on a supporting cylinder. The supporting cylinder is driven by a motor. The apparatus allows the supporting cylinder to be exposed at an end opposite the motor by its journal together with the mounting accommodating the journal. Thus, the supporting cylinder is capable of being moved away from the frame at one end, which makes it possible to draw the printing plate axially off the supporting cylinder. The apparatus can be used to produce a variety of printing plates, including: a relief printing plate, an offset printing plate, a sleeve-like printing plate, and a gravure printing plate.

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