The invention relates to an arrangement comprising at least one printing press and a conveying carriage for replaceable cylinders of the printing press. The conveying carriage is designed to transport and/or be able to transport at least one cylinder between a position within the printing press and a position outside the printing press. At least two different cylinders of the printing press which are in contact with each other in couples during a printing operation are arranged in cylinder holders of the conveying carriage in a first mode of operation. The conveying carriage has at least one lifting arm which can be and/or is driven in a machine-controlled manner so as to be movable relative to other components of the conveying carriage. The invention also relates to a method for conveying at least one cylinder of a printing press between a removable position within or on the printing press and a position within a storage magazine.
The invention relates to a positioning device for positioning at least two cylinders of a printing group of a printing machine. Said positioning device comprises at least one rail arrangement, and the rail arrangement comprises at least one rail and at least two carriages. Respectively one bearing connected to a journal of at least one of the at least two cylinders is arranged on each of the at least two carriages and the at least two carriages can be moved along the at least one rail and can be fixed in pre-determinable positions along the rail arrangement. The carriages can be moved and/or positioned along the rail arrangement by means of a drive selectively acting on at least one of the carriages, and/or a number of fixing elements is arranged at least along the at least one rail. The invention also relates to a method for positioning cylinders in a printing group of a printing machine.
The invention relates to a bearing receptacle of a bearing of a cylinder journal of a cylinder of a printing machine, wherein the bearing receptacle comprises at least two retractable bearing shells and wherein one of the retractable bearing shells is pivotally disposed relative to the other retractable bearing shell. A drive for pivoting said one retractable bearing shell is connected to the retractable bearing shell by means of a connection. The bearing receptacle is designed to be locked and unlocked by means of a different drive, said the bearing receptacle comprising a pivotable retaining clip designed for locking the bearing receptacle. The bearing receptacle comprises a pivotable actuating lever interacting with the retaining clip, wherein the actuating lever is pivotally disposed by means of the other drive and independent of the retractable bearing shell. A spring is disposed pressing the retaining clip in an unlocking position. The invention further relates to a method for closing and locking a bearing receptacle of a bearing of a cylinder journal of a cylinder of a printing machine, wherein the bearing receptacle is closed by means of a drive and wherein subsequently a retaining clip is pivoted into a position in which said clip locks the bearing receptacle. The retaining clip is pivoted by an actuating lever, said actuating lever pivoting the retaining clip against a spring force at least during a part of the pivoting motion.
The invention relates to a printing machine, wherein the printing machine comprises at least one handling device of at least one cylinder of the printing machine, wherein the handling device is implemented such that the at least one cylinder is displaceable in at least two different directions, and wherein the handling device is implemented such that the at least one cylinder can be displaced between a first position and a second position, and wherein cylinder journals of the at least one cylinder are disposed in one of the two positions and in the same bearing receptacles in a production position, and wherein the handling device is implemented such that at least two cylinders can be displaced and/or are displaced simultaneously between the first and the second position in a first operating mode, wherein one of the at least two cylinders is a forming cylinder and another of the at least two cylinders is a transfer cylinder disposed for interacting with the forming cylinder and a counterpressure cylinder in the production position, and wherein cylinders having a first circumference are disposed in the cylinder receptacles of the handling device in one operating mode, and cylinders having a different, second circumference are disposed in the same cylinder receptacles of the handling device in a second operating mode, and a method for handling at least two cylinders of a printing mechanism of a printing machine.
A sleeve (501) of a cylinder (01; 02; 03) of a printing machine, wherein at least one outer lateral surface of the sleeve is formed to be temperature controllable and wherein the sleeve is formed to be replaceable with at least one other sleeve, characterised in that at least one part of the replaceable sleeve, which is located between an internal diameter of the sleeve and an external diameter of the sleeve, is designed such that a temperature control liquid can flow therethrough.
The invention relates to a diagonal register adjustment device for a cylinder of a printing press, wherein journals of the cylinder are mounted in bearings. At least one such bearing is arranged on a carriage which can linearly slide relative to a lateral frame wall of the printing press in and/or against a direction U that extends perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a form cylinder and an axis of rotation of a cylinder adjoining the form cylinder during printing while extending on a plane formed by the axes of rotation. A holder, which is connected to the cylinder by means of at least one bearing and can be swiveled about a swiveling axis, is connected to the carriage.
The invention relates to a coupling device of a cylinder (01; 03) of a printing machine, said coupling device comprising a coupling body (603) that, in the coupled operating state, is connected to the cylinder (01; 03) in a non-positive and/or positive but detachable manner, and is also connected non-positively and/or positively, in the coupled state, to a rotatable and/or rotating component (611) of a drive (16) associated with the cylinder (01; 03). In the uncoupled operating state, the coupling body (603) is connected neither to the cylinder (01; 03) nor the drive (16), neither non-positively nor positively, in terms of rotational movements about a rotational axis (13; 14) of the cylinder (01; 03). In at least the coupled and uncoupled operating state, a housing (619) of the drive (16) is rigidly connected to a bearing receiver (32) in such a way that they are in the same relative spatial arrangement in relation to each other, said bearing receiver being able to receive and/or receiving a journal (17) of the cylinder (01; 03). The invention also relates to a method for coupling a cylinder (01; 03) of a printing machine to a drive (16) of the cylinder (01; 03).
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