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US 2004/0168589 A1Published application
Drive for a cylinder of a rotary press
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsNils-Hendric Schall, Andreas Stieler
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Abstract
In the drive for cylinders of a rotary press which operate together, one of the cylinders includes a pair of cylinder segments which can be driven and rotated independently of one another by respective electric motors. The further cylinder is driven by a dedicated electric motor.
Claims20
A rotary press comprising:
- a first cylinder having a pair of cylinder segments which can be rotated independently of each other;
- a pair of electric motors connected to respective said cylinder segments by respective said drive connections so that said cylinder segments can be driven independently of one another;
- a second cylinder;
- and
- a dedicated electric motor which drives said second cylinder synchronously with said first cylinder.
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A rotary press comprising:
- a folding cylinder having first and second cylinder segments which can be rotated independently of each other, said first cylinder segment bearing holding elements, said second cylinder bearing folding blades;
- a pair of electric motors connected to respective said cylinder segments by respective said drive connections so that said cylinder segments can be driven independently of one another;
- a folding jaw cylinder;
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- at least one dedicated electric motor which drives said folding jaw cylinder synchronously with said folding cylinder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.