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Printing machine with print head control

US9327492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Josef Knott · Schierling, DE
Hartmut Davidson · Zeitlarn, DE
Andreas Kraus · Waldenbuch, DE
Andreas Sonnauer · Bad Mergentheim, DE
August Peutl · Regensburg, DE
Viktor Gette · Obertraubling, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2014
Grant date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 19, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB41J25/304
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing machine for printing onto containers, such as bottles, having at least a conveyor and a printing unit with a print head module, with at least one print head, a movement system for adjusting the position of the print head module, a measuring system for determining the position of the print head module and a control unit for controlling the movement system, where the movement system comprises a radial module for adjusting the position of the print head module in the radial direction and a height module for adjusting the height of the print head module in the vertical direction.

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