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Method for changing printing plates

US8857335B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

7References

5Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · DE

Inventors

Rüdiger Böhm · Untermerzbach, DE
Martin Greive · Heidelberg, DE
Jochen Körner · Viernheim, DE
Dirk Schönmann · Schifferstadt, DE
Michael Zellner · Östringen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 24, 2012
Grant date	Oct 14, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41P2227/63
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for changing a printing plate on a printing press, include feeding the printing plate to a withdrawal chute of a plate changing apparatus by rotating the plate cylinder backward. Drivable transport rollers grip the printing plate and pull the latter out of a previously opened clamping device for the leading edge of the printing plate during the plate cylinder rotation, without the plate cylinder having to be stopped.

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