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US 6,672,209 B1Granted
Method for magnetically tucking a printing plate into a plate cylinder
AssigneeHeidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
InventorsWilliam Albert Charette, Michael Robert Lamelin, Lev Zlatin
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Abstract
A tucking device for tucking a printing plate into a gap of a plate cylinder includes a tucker bar having a tucking surface and at least one magnet for creating a repulsive magnetic force at the tucking surface. An actuator connected to the tucker bar is used for moving the tucker bar to tuck the printing plate into the gap.
Claims11
A method for attaching a printing plate having a first side and a second side to a plate cylinder comprising the steps of:
- attaching a first edge of the printing plate in a gap of the plate cylinder;
- placing the printing plate on the plate cylinder so that the first side of the printing plate lies on an outer circumferential surface of the plate cylinder;
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- tucking a second edge of the printing plate into the gap or another gap of the plate cylinder using a repulsive magnetic force against the second side of the printing plate.
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