Handling device of a printing press
AssigneeMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsThomas Gsell, Rudolf Stroh
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Abstract
A handling device of a printing press, in particular for handling printing plates during an automated change of printing plates on a printing unit of a printing press, is disclosed. The handling device has a manipulator arm, where a manipulator head is allocated to one end of the manipulator arm, which head features a handling element, in particular a holding element for printing plates. The manipulator arm is of a multi-piece design of several segments, where a swivel axis is included on each end of each segment, around which axis at least the respective segment can be swiveled, and where a separate drive for providing the respective swivel motion is allocated to each swivel axis.
Claims11
A handling device of a printing press for handling printing plates during an automated change of printing plates on a printing unit of a printing press, having a manipulator arm, wherein a manipulator head is allocated to one end of the manipulator arm, which head features a handling element, in particular a holding element for printing plates, wherein the manipulator arm is embodied in a multi-piece manner of several segments, wherein a swivel axis is embodied on each end of each segment, around which axis at least a respective segment is swivellable, and wherein a separate drive for providing the respective swivel motion is allocated to each swivel axis.
A handling device of a printing press for handling a printing plate, comprising:
- a manipulator arm, including:
- a first segment including a first set of parallel braces;
- a second segment including a second set of parallel braces;
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- a third segment including a third set of parallel braces;
- a first swivel axis coupled to adjacent ends of the first set of parallel braces and the second set of parallel braces;
- a second swivel axis coupled to adjacent ends of the second set of parallel braces and the third set of parallel braces;
- a first drive coupled to the first swivel axis, wherein the first swivel axis is moveable by the first drive;
- a second drive coupled to the second swivel axis, wherein the second swivel axis is moveable by the second drive;
- wherein the first segment and the second segment are moveable relative to each other by movement of the first swivel axis;
- and wherein the second segment and the third segment are moveable relative to each other by movement of the second swivel axis;
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- a manipulator head coupled to the third segment, wherein the manipulator head includes a handling element engageable with the printing plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.