Patent · US Expired

Method and device for utilizing the waste heat that has accumulated during the supply of forced draught/compressed air to a printing press

US6868788B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12References

12Claims

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Assignees

Gebr. Becker GmbH · DE
ELTOSCH Torsten Schmidt GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Heinrich Henning · Cologne, DE
Bernhard Radermacher · Viersen, DE
Walter Winkelstroter · Wuppertal, DE
Dirk Schäfer · Hamburg, DE
Michael Werth · Orbec, FR
Wolfgang Mohr · Freiburg (Elbe), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2001
Grant date	Mar 22, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B30/52
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of and installation for supplying suction/compressed air and drying air to a printing machine, whereby the vacuum pumps and compressors which are necessary for supplying the suction air/compressed air are disposed together in a room with a separate air supply, wherein to homogenize if required condition air without extra costs the cooling air for the vacuum pumps or compressors is conducted substantially in a circuit, and the heated exhaust air of the vacuum pumps and the heated cooling air of the vacuum pumps and compressors are cooled in a heat exchanger and used for heating separate drying air.

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