Digital printing machine for printing workpieces, including a print head carrier to which a print head for dispensing ink droplets in a printing direction and a drying unit for curing the ink droplets are attached, wherein the print head and the drying unit define a working space in which an application of a print image to an outer surface of a workpiece with the print head and a drying of the print image on the workpiece with the drying unit is provided, wherein the drying unit provides electromagnetic waves for a photochemical polymerization of the ink droplets, wherein the drying unit includes a radiation source to provide electromagnetic waves with an intensity maximum at a wavelength from the group of: 395 nanometers, 385 nanometers, 365 nanometers.
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 3/54 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
B41M 1/40 - Printing on bodies of particular shapes
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DIGITAL PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND PRINTING A WORKPIECE
Digital printing machine for printing workpieces, comprising a print head carrier to which a print head for dispensing ink droplets in a printing direction and a drying unit for curing the ink droplets are attached, wherein the print head and the drying unit define a working space in which an application of a print image to an outer surface of a workpiece with the print head and a drying of the print image on the workpiece with the drying unit is pro- vided, wherein the drying unit provides electromagnetic waves for a photochemical polymerization of the ink droplets, wherein the drying unit comprises a radiation source provide electromagnetic waves with an intensity maximum at a wavelength from the group of: 395 nanometers, 385 nanometers, 365 nanometers.
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
B41F 17/08 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces
B41J 2/04 - Ink jet characterised by the jet generation process generating single droplets or particles on demand
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 3/44 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
A printing process for a metal container includes the steps: Heating the metal container, in particular formed as a metal bottle ready for filling, to a pre-treatment temperature lying in an interval between 100° C. and 250° C., cooling the metal container to a temperature below 100° C., locally activating a printing zone, formed on an outer surface of the metal container to increase a surface energy of the printing zone and/or locally heating the printing zone to a printing temperature which is in an interval between 30° C. and 70° C., printing the printing zone with a printing method.
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
B41J 3/413 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material for metal
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PRINTING PROCESS FOR A METAL CONTAINER AND PRINTER FOR PRINTING ON A METAL CONTAINER
Printing process for a metal container comprising the steps: Heating the metal container, in particular formed as a metal bottle ready for filling, to a pre-treatment temperature lying in an interval between 100 degrees Celsius and 250 degrees Celsius, cooling the metal container to a temperature below 100 degrees Celsius, locally activating a printing zone, formed on an outer surface of the metal container to increase a surface energy of the printing zone and/or locally heating the printing zone to a printing temperature which is in an interval between 30 degrees Celsius and 70 degrees Celsius, printing the printing zone with a printing method.
B41J 3/413 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material for metal
B41F 19/00 - Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
Gripper for gripping a thin-walled aerosol can blank, having a base body which is made of a solid material and which has a bore passing through it along a central axis, an inner surface of the bore being provided with a circumferential radial groove extending outwards in the radial direction, and having a rubber-impregnated workpiece which is received in the radial groove, which has a radially inner gripping surface and a radially outer working surface, the working surface, together with mutually opposite axial surfaces of the radial groove and a radially outer circumferential surface of the radial groove, delimiting a fluid working space, wherein an integrally formed circumferential sealing profile is formed on the gripping ring adjacent to the working surface.
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B21D 3/16 - Straightening or restoring form of metal rods, metal tubes, metal profiles, or specific articles made therefrom, whether or not in combination with sheet metal parts of specific articles made from metal rods, tubes, or profiles, e.g. crankshafts, by specially-adapted methods or means
B21D 51/26 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tinsClosing cans or tins in a permanent manner
Transport unit for transporting circular-cylindrical profiled workpieces, including a loading drum which is rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation on a bearing journal and which is provided on an outer surface with a plurality of loading slides, wherein each loading slide is received on the outer surface so as to be linearly movable along the axis of rotation and has a workholder with a recess profiled in the form of a circular section along the axis of rotation, wherein profile axes of the recesses each intersect a circumference arranged coaxially to the axis of rotation and wherein it is provided that the workholder is received on the loading slide so as to be linearly movable along a radial direction aligned perpendicularly to the axis of rotation between a radially inner first functional position and a radially outer second functional position.
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
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Transfer system, transport system and method for removing sleeve-shaped workpieces from a first conveyor and for pushing the sleeve-shaped workpieces onto a second conveyor
Transfer system for removing sleeve-shaped workpieces from a first conveyor and for pushing the sleeve-shaped workpieces onto a second conveyor, with a linearly movable coupling rod, with which a gear unit is associated, which includes a swivel body mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis of movement, on which a first workpiece gripper mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second workpiece gripper are arranged, wherein the gear unit has an adjuster for initiating an actuating movement for setting a distance between a first gripping region of the first workpiece gripper, which is arranged at a radial distance from the axis of movement, and a second gripping region of the second workpiece gripper, which is arranged at a radial distance from the axis of movement, as well as with a swivel drive for actuating the adjuster for initiating a forced swivel movement connected to the swivel movement of the swivel body onto the first workpiece gripper.
B65G 47/68 - Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors, i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
B65G 47/90 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
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TRANSFER SYSTEM, TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING SLEEVE-SHAPED WORKPIECES FROM A FIRST CONVEYOR AND FOR PUSHING THE SLEEVE-SHAPED WORKPIECES ONTO A SECOND CONVEYOR
Transfer system for removing sleeve-shaped workpieces from a first conveyor and for pushing the sleeve-shaped workpieces onto a second conveyor, with a linearly movable coupling rod, with which a gear unit is associated, which comprises a swivel body mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis of movement, on which a first workpiece gripper mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a second work-piece gripper are arranged, wherein the gear unit comprises an adjuster for initiating an actuating movement for setting a distance between a first gripping region of the first workpiece gripper, which is arranged at a radial distance from the axis of movement, and a second gripping region of the second workpiece gripper, which is arranged at a radial distance from the axis of movement, as well as with a swivel drive for actuating the adjuster for initiating a forced swivel movement connected to the swivel movement of the swivel body onto the first workpiece gripper.
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
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Coating apparatus and method for coating of cylindrical hollow bodies
Coating apparatus for coating cylindrical hollow bodies, having a machine frame and a workpiece rotary table which is equipped with a plurality of holding mandrels mounted rotatably on the workpiece rotary table, and having a coating station arranged on the machine frame, wherein the coating station includes a rotatably mounted coating roller, wherein axes of rotation of the holding mandrels and an axis of rotation of the coating roller are aligned parallel to one another, wherein the coating roller has a coating region and a free-wheeling region on a circumferential surface, the coating region being designed as a circular cylinder segment with a constant circular radius coaxial with the axis of rotation of the coating roller, and the free-wheeling region being formed from surface sections which each have a distance from the axis of rotation of the coating roller which is smaller than the circular radius.
B05C 1/02 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to separate articles
B05C 5/02 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is projected, poured or allowed to flow on to the surface of the work from an outlet device in contact, or almost in contact, with the work
B05D 1/28 - Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by transfer from the surfaces of elements carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. brushes, pads, rollers
B05C 13/02 - Means for manipulating or holding work, e.g. for separate articles for particular articles
B05C 1/08 - Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length using a roller
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Rotary table digital printing machine and printing unit
Rotary table digital printing machine for printing on work pieces, including at least one workstation attached to a holding frame, which is designed as a printing unit for printing on work pieces and includes a support frame for receiving an inking unit and a print head module, the support frame including a printing unit interface for coupling with a printing unit receptacle associated with the holding frame and further including a print head interface designed for coupling with a print head module, with a print head module and with an inking unit adapted to provide a printing ink to the print head module, a print head carrier having a carrier interface adapted to be coupled to the print head interface, wherein the printing unit receptacle, the printing unit interface, the inking unit, the print head interface, the carrier interface and the print head module form a row arrangement arranged along the printing direction.
B41J 3/54 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 2/165 - Prevention of nozzle clogging, e.g. cleaning, capping or moistening for nozzles
B41J 25/304 - Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
B41M 5/00 - Duplicating or marking methodsSheet materials for use therein
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ROTARY TABLE DIGITAL PRINTING MACHINE AND PRINTING UNIT
Rotary table digital printing machine for printing on work pieces (6), comprising at least one workstation (8 to 18) attached to a holding frame (34), which is designed as a printing unit (21) for printing on work pieces (6) and comprises a support frame (38) for receiving an inking unit (43) and a print head module (49), the support frame (38) comprising a printing unit interface (37) for coupling with a printing unit receptacle (40) associated with the holding frame (34) and further comprising a print head interface (44) designed for coupling with a print head module (49), with a print head module (49) and with an inking unit (43) adapted to provide a printing ink to the print head module (49), a print head carrier (50) having a carrier interface (51, 52, 53) adapted to be coupled to the print head interface (44), wherein the printing unit receptacle (40), the printing unit interface (37), the inking unit (21), the print head interface (44), the carrier interface (51, 52, 53) and the print head module (49) form a row arrangement arranged along the printing direction (28).
A conveyor for can blanks, having a machine frame, on which at least one conveyor drum is supported so that it can rotate about an axis of rotation, wherein the conveyor drum on an external circumferential surface is provided with a plurality of can holders in each case supported parallel to the axis of rotation so that they can move linearly, and having at least one actuator system associated with the conveyor drum, configured to impart a linear movement to at least one can holder. It is provided that the at least one actuator system is configured to provide the linear movement of the at least one can holder as a predefinable function of a rotational position of the conveyor drum in relation to the machine frame.
B65G 47/00 - Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyorsMethods employing such devices
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B65G 47/84 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
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Handling device, processing system and method for handling and processing a workpiece
A handling device for handling workpieces including a rotor mounted for rotation about a rotor axis, a rotary drive for introducing a rotary motion into the rotor and at least one workholder assembly, the workholder assembly including at least two workholders, which are mounted on the rotor and designed for an at least paired picking up of workpieces at a pickup position and for an at least paired delivery of workpieces at a delivery position during the rotary motion of the rotor, and further including adjusting system, which is coupled to at least one workholder of the workholder assembly, and which is designed for a cyclical adjustment of a spacing of workholders of the workholder assembly as a function of the rotary motion of the rotor.
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65G 47/86 - Star-shaped wheels or devices having endless travelling belts or chains, the wheels or devices being equipped with article-engaging elements the article-engaging elements being grippers
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B65G 47/91 - Devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials incorporating pneumatic, e.g. suction, grippers
B65G 29/00 - Rotary conveyors, e.g. rotating discs, arms, star-wheels or cones
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Processing apparatus and method of operating a processing apparatus
A processing apparatus for container blanks, with a machine bed, a feed device for feeding container blanks, a discharge device for removal of container blanks, a rotatably mounted rotary worktable with several locating devices designed for conveyance of container blanks along a circular orbit section shaped conveyance path, wherein the conveyance path determines a first circle segment shaped surface section, several operating devices lying opposite the rotary worktable in the radial direction, and at least one conveyor designed for conveyance of components of container blanks and/or for container blanks along a conveyor section between a component mounting and an assigned operating device. The component mounting of the conveyor is located in a second circle segment shaped surface section, which supplements the first surface section determined by the circular orbit section shaped conveyance path to make a full circle.
B23P 21/00 - Machines for assembling a multiplicity of different parts to compose units, with or without preceding or subsequent working of such parts, e.g. with programme control
B23Q 39/04 - Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation the sub-assemblies being arranged to operate simultaneously at different stations, e.g. with an annular work-table moved in steps
B21D 43/02 - Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool
B21D 43/14 - Advancing work in relation to the stroke of the die or tool by means in mechanical engagement with the work by turning devices, e.g. turn-tables
B21D 51/26 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tinsClosing cans or tins in a permanent manner
A forming device for cup-shaped hollow bodies (7) having a machine frame (2), a drive device (15), a workpiece rotary table (3) and having a tool holder (4) for accommodating processing tools (10), wherein the workpiece rotary table (3) and the tool holder (4) face one another and can be turned about a rotational axis (5) in relation to one another and can be linearly moved in relation to one another along the rotational axis (5), wherein the drive device (15) is designed for providing a rotary step movement and a cyclical linear movement between workpiece rotary table (3) and tool holder (4), in order to enable the hollow bodies (7) to be formed by means of the processing tools (10) in a plurality of consecutive processing steps, and wherein the workpiece holder (6) has a recess (16) for accommodating a hollow body (7) and a wall section (42), which limits the recess (16) in certain areas, has an adjustable geometry, which is designed to narrow the cross-section of the recess (16), in order to enable the hollow body (7) to be fixed on the workpiece holder (6).
A forming device for cup-shaped hollow bodies, including a machine frame, a drive device, a workpiece turntable and a tool holder, wherein the drive device (15) is designed to provide a rotational step movement and a cyclic linear movement between the workpiece turntable and the tool holder, and wherein the workpiece turntable is assigned at a locking position a first actuating means for triggering a locking movement on the respective workpiece holder and at an unlocking position a second actuating means for triggering an unlocking movement on the respective workpiece holder. A third actuating means is arranged along a curved machining path for the hollow bodies between the locking position and the unlocking position so as to trigger a combined unlocking and locking movement on the respectively associated workpiece holder in order to at least partially unlock, optionally move and then lock once again the hollow body held in the respective workpiece holder during one cycle of the cyclic linear movement of the tool holder.
A forming device for cup-shaped hollow bodies (56) with a machine frame (2), a drive mechanism (6), a workpiece turntable (3) to support hollow bodies (56) and a tool carrier (4) to support machining tools (58), wherein the workpiece turntable (3) and tool carrier (4) oppose one another and can be rotated in relation to one another around an axis of rotation (5) and can be linearly displaced in relation to one another along the axis of rotation (5) and wherein the drive mechanism (6) is designed to provide a rotational stepping motion and a cyclical linear motion between the workpiece turntable (3) and the tool carrier (4), in order to allow the forming of the hollowing bodies (56) by means of the machining tools (58) in a plurality of sequential machining steps, as well as a stationary supporting tube (33) assigned to the machine frame (2), the central axis of which extends along the axis of rotation (5) and supports the tool carrier (4) and/or the workpiece turntable (3). On an external surface (36) of the supporting tube (33) a guiding device (40) is arranged, which is designed for the mounting with a linear motion of the tool carrier (4) and/or the workpiece turntable (3) on the supporting tube (33).
B21J 13/00 - Details of machines for forging, pressing, or hammering
B21D 51/26 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tinsClosing cans or tins in a permanent manner
B30B 1/28 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks the cam, crank, or eccentric being disposed below the lower platen or table and operating to pull down the upper platen or slide
B21D 22/02 - Stamping using rigid devices or tools
B30B 1/26 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks
A forming device for cup-shaped hollow bodies having a machine frame, a drive device, a workpiece rotary table for accommodating hollow bodies and a tool holder for accommodating processing tools, wherein the workpiece rotary table and the tool holder face one another and can be turned about a rotational axis in relation to one another and can be linearly moved in relation to one another along the rotational axis, and wherein the drive device comprises first drive means for providing a rotary step movement and second drive means for providing a cyclical linear movement between workpiece rotary table and tool holder to enable the hollow bodies to be formed by means of the processing tools in a plurality of consecutive processing steps. The second drive means has a stroke adjustment arrangement which is designed for adjusting a working stroke of the cyclical linear movement as a function of a control signal of a control device and/or for continuously variably adjusting the working stroke.
B21J 7/12 - Special design or construction with both drive and hammer connected to a fulcrumed lever, e.g. tail hammers the lever being a spring, i.e. spring hammers
B21D 51/26 - Making hollow objects characterised by the use of the objects cans or tinsClosing cans or tins in a permanent manner
B21D 22/02 - Stamping using rigid devices or tools
B30B 1/26 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks
B30B 1/28 - Presses, using a press ram, characterised by the features of the drive therefor, pressure being transmitted directly, or through simple thrust or tension members only, to the press ram or platen by cams, eccentrics, or cranks the cam, crank, or eccentric being disposed below the lower platen or table and operating to pull down the upper platen or slide
An apparatus for printing on and/or otherwise decorating hollow bodies comprises a plurality of processing stations of different types, in which supplied hollow bodies may be processed in different ways. For conveying the hollow bodies a conveyor chain arrangement is provided serving the individual processing stations and consisting of conveyor chain sections able to be linked together by coupling means to constitute a conveyor chain in a closed loop with alternatively possible different paths. These different paths are characterized in that the processing stations may be served by the conveyor chain in different orders and/or partially obviated by it.
B41F 17/14 - Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on filamentary or elongated articles or material, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces on articles of finite length
B41F 15/30 - Supports for workpieces for articles with curved surfaces
Machines pour la fabrication et l'impression de tubes, de
boîtes, de douilles, ainsi que pour la fabrication et
l'impression de pièces similaires à corps creux à usiner
ultérieurement; machines d'impression, machines de
vernissage; machines pour donner une forme conique ou
presque conique à des tubes, des boîtes et des douilles;
machines pour la mise en place et le vissage des bouchons de
fermeture; machines à fileter et à tarauder; chaînes
transporteuses; installations constituées par les machines
ci-dessus énumérées. Sécheurs.
