Printing member provided with identification means defined by or connectable to updateable means for recording data relative to the member and useful for its utilization
AssigneeERMINIO ROSSINI S.p.A.
InventorsFelice Rossini, Michael Bell
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Abstract
A printing member such as a printing cylinder includes an at least partly metal cylinder, or a sleeve to be mounted on a mandrel rotating about its axis. The printing member comprises a body having a thickness. With the printing member there is associated an activatable signaling device that is connectable to a recording device that is arranged to store data related to at least one characteristic of the printing member or to the use of the printing member. The activatable signaling device can include a transponder such as an RFID.
Claims8
A method of embedding an RF assembly during formation of a printing sleeve, comprising:
- a) dipping fiberglass tape in a resin bath;
- b) starting near a first end of a cylindrical mandrel, winding the dipped tape in a helical fashion around the cylindrical mandrel a predetermined number of times to form a predetermined number of layers of the dipped tape covering the mandrel for a first predetermined length;
- c) laying an activatable signaling device on the predetermined number of layers of the dipped tape that covers the mandrel;
- d) winding the dipped tape in a helical fashion around the cylindrical mandrel until a further layer of the dipped tape covers the activatable signaling device and covers a second predetermined length of the predetermined number of layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.