Drive for a cylinder of a rotary printing machine
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsAndreas Stieler, Nils-Hendric Schall, Karsten Stansch, Ulrich Seyffert
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Abstract
A cylinder of a rotary printing machine has cylinder parts that can be driven and rotated independently of one another. The cylinder parts each have a drive connection to an electric motor and can be driven independently of one another.
Claims10
A drive system for a cylinder of a rotary printing machine, said cylinder having first and second cylinder parts that can be driven and rotated independently of one another, said drive system comprising first and second electric motors for driving respective said first and second cylinder parts independently.
A drive system for a folder of a rotary printing machine, said folder comprising a folding cylinder and a folding jaw cylinder, said folding cylinder comprising a first cylinder part bearing a holding element and a second cylinder part bearing folding blades, said folding jaw cylinder comprising a first cylinder part, said first and second cylinder parts of said folding cylinder being driven and rotated independently of one another, said drive system comprising
- a spur gear fixed to said second cylinder part of said folding cylinder and a spur gear fixed to said first cylinder part of said folding jaw cylinder, said spur gears being in drive connection, and
- first and second electric motors for driving respective said first and second cylinder parts of said folding cylinder independently of one another.
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