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US 2015/0231876 A1Published application
Method and device for aligning printing plates on printing cylinders
AssigneeBall Europe GmbH
InventorsWolfgang Kasper, Marcus Hack
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for aligning printing plates on printing cylinders to provide an image or indicia on metallic cylindrical containers.
Claims23
A method for aligning printing plates on printing cylinders outside a printing press, comprising:
- a. determining predetermined first and second positions with the aid of previously determined printing-cylinder-specific correction values for a first and a second printing cylinder,
- b. arranging the first printing cylinder outside a printing press in a first holding position,
- c. providing a first printing plate,
- d. positioning the first printing plate on the first printing cylinder in a predetermined first position,
- e. recording first position data for the first printing plate positioned on the first printing cylinder,
- f. arranging the second printing cylinder outside a printing press in accordance with a second holding position,
- g. providing a second printing plate,
- h. positioning the second printing plate relative to the second printing cylinder in a predetermined second position,
- i. recording second position data for the second printing plate positioned relative to the second printing cylinder,
- j. checking the first and second position data with the aid of the predetermined first and second position,
- k. if necessary correcting the positioning of the first and/or the second printing
- plate if the result of the check is negative.
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A device for aligning printing plates on printing cylinders outside a printing press, comprising
- a holder for arranging a printing cylinder outside a printing press in a holding position;
- a positioning device for positioning a printing plate on a printing cylinder, arranged in the holder, in a predetermined position;
- a control device for recording position data of a printing plate which is positioned relative to a printing cylinder arranged in the holder;
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- wherein the control device is designed to check a second position data of a second printing plate, which is positioned relative to a second printing cylinder arranged in the holder in accordance with a second holding position, with the aid of the first position data of a first printing plate, which is positioned on a first printing cylinder arranged in the holder in accordance with a first holding position, and to output a result of the check.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.