US 2006/0037500 A1Published application

Printing unit and inking unit

AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG

InventorGunter Koppelkamm

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Abstract

A printing unit having at least one press unit, wherein the press unit includes a form cylinder, a transfer cylinder, an inking unit and a damping unit applying damping solution to the form cylinder, wherein a relatively hard chromium-coated ro ceramic-coated roll which picks up the damping solution. According to the present invention, two relatively soft rolls are positioned between the relatively hard chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll of the damping unit and the forme cylinder and both of the relatively soft rolls are in rolling contact with the forme cylinder and the chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll. Accordingly, the damping solution picked up by the chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll is applied directly to the forme cylinder by both relatively soft rolls.

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Dependent claims

A printing unit comprising at least one press unit, wherein each press unit includes:

a forme cylinder;
a transfer cylinder arranged for transferring an image from said forme cylinder to a web;
an inking unit applying ink to said forme cylinder;
and
a damping unit applying a damping solution to said forme cylinder, said damping unit having a chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll arranged and dimensioned for picking up damping solution from a damping solution supply, and two relatively soft rolls positioned between said relatively hard chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll and said forme cylinder, said relatively soft rolls being soft relative to said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll, both of said relatively soft rolls being arranged in rolling contact with said forme cylinder and with said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll such that the damping solution picked up by said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll is applied directly to said forme cylinder by both of said relatively soft rolls.

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A damping unit for a press unit of a press, said damping unit applying a damping solution to a forme cylinder of the press unit, said the damping unit comprising:

a chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll arranged and dimensioned for picking up damping solution from a damping solution supply;
and
two relatively soft rolls positioned between said relatively hard chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll and the forme cylinder, said relatively soft rolls being soft relative to said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll, both of said relatively soft rolls being arranged in rolling contact with said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll and arrangable for rolling contact with the forme cylinder such that the damping solution picked up by said chromium-coated or ceramic-coated roll is applied directly to the forme cylinder by both of said relatively soft rolls when said relatively soft rolls are in rolling contact with the forme cylinder.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.