US 2010/0037790 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PRINTING PRESS

Abstract

In a printing press including; a blanket cylinder gear driven by a drive motor of the printing press; a blanket cylinder including a notch, the blanket cylinder being rotationally driven by the blanket cylinder gear; a plate cylinder gear rotationally driven by the drive motor of the printing press through the blanket cylinder gear; and a plate cylinder including a notch at a position corresponding to the notch of the blanket cylinder, the plate cylinder being rotationally driven by the plate cylinder gear, a load motor is provided to the plate cylinder or the plate cylinder gear, and a braking force of the load motor is controlled according to load applied to the drive motor of the printing press.

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Dependent claims

A method for driving a printing press, the printing press including:

first driven means driven by first driving means;
a first rotating body including a notch, the first rotating body being rotationally driven by the first driven means;
second driven means rotationally driven by the first driving means through the first driven means;
and
a second rotating body provided with a notch at a position corresponding to the notch of the first rotating body, the second rotating body being rotationally driven by the second driven means, the method comprising the steps of:
providing braking means to any one of the second rotating body, the second driven means, and third driven means rotationally driven by the second driven means;
and
controlling a braking force of the braking means according to load applied to the first driving means.

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Method and apparatus for driving printing press

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Method and apparatus for driving printing press

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Abstract

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