Method for operating an anilox printing unit and printing press with an anilox printing unit
US8783175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41F31/06
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A printing press includes an anilox printing unit having a screen roller and a feed blade as components, in which ink accumulates on an outer side of the feed blade during printing. A method for operating the anilox printing unit includes removing the accumulated ink from the feed blade by moving one of the two components relative to the other of the two components in a first direction in a first step, causing the accumulated ink to be flattened by the feed blade and to be spread onto the screen roller. The component that was moved in the first direction in the first step may be moved in an opposite, second direction in a second step, causing the accumulated ink to be scraped off the screen roller by the feed blade.
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