摘要:
There is described a sheet-fed printing press and method for orienting magnetic flakes contained in an ink or varnish vehicle applied on sheets. The printing press comprises a printing group (2) designed to apply an ink or varnish vehicle containing magnetic flakes on successive sheets and system designed to orient the magnetic flakes contained in the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the sheets. The system comprises a processing unit (10*) with at least one magnetic-field-inducing device for orienting the magnetic flakes contained in the ink or varnish vehicle applied on the sheets, which processing unit (10*) is located along a path of the sheets in such a way that the each sheet is brought into contact with or in close proximity to the processing unit (10*) and the at least one magnetic-field-inducing device. The processing unit (10*) comprises a cylinder body (10), the at least one magnetic-field-inducing device being disposed on an outer circumference of the cylinder body (10). The printing press further comprises a first chain conveyor system (31) designed to transport and transfer the sheets to the processing unit (10*) and a second chain conveyor system (32) designed to take away the sheets from the processing unit (10*). The system further comprises at least one drying or curing unit (60) disposed in the vicinity of the cylinder body (10) for drying or curing the ink or varnish vehicle to fix the orientation of the magnetic flakes contained therein while the sheet is still in contact with or in close proximity to the cylinder body (10) and the at least one magnetic-field-inducing device before the sheet is taken away from the at least one magnetic-field-inducing device.
摘要:
There is described an intaglio printing press (1; 1 *) comprising a plate cylinder (8) carrying one or more intaglio printing plates, the plate cylinder (8) receiving ink from an inking system (9, 20, 23; 20*, 23*) having a plurality of chablon cylinders (23; 23*) transferring ink directly or indirectly onto the plate cylinder (8), the intaglio printing press (1; 1 *) comprising an adjustment system acting on the chablon cylinders (23; 23*) in order to compensate elongation of the one or more intaglio printing plates. The adjustment system comprises, for each chablon cylinder (23; 23*), an adjustable drive unit, which adjustable drive unit (25) is interposed between the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) acting as a rotating output body of the adjustable drive unit (25) and a driving gear (100) acting as a rotating input body of the adjustable drive unit (25). The adjustable drive unit (25) is designed to allow selected adjustment of a rotational speed of the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) with respect to a rotational speed of the driving gear (100). In an adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), driving into rotation of the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) is adjusted over each revolution of the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) by means of an adjustment motor (300) of the adjustable drive unit (25). In a non-adjusting state of the adjustable drive unit (25), the adjustment motor (300) is inoperative and driving into rotation of the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) is performed exclusively mechanically via the adjustable drive unit (25), the chablon cylinder (23; 23*) rotating at a same rotational speed as the driving gear (100).
摘要:
There is described an intaglio printing plate coating apparatus (1) comprising a vacuum chamber (3) having an inner space (30) adapted to receive at least one intaglio printing plate (10) to be coated, a vacuum system (4) coupled to the vacuum chamber (3) adapted to create vacuum in the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3), and a physical vapour deposition (PVD) system (5) adapted to perform deposition of wear-resistant coating material under vacuum onto an engraved surface (10a) of the intaglio printing plate (10), which physical vapour deposition system (5) includes at least one coating material target (51, 52) comprising a source of the wear-resistant coating material to be deposited onto the engraved surface (10a) of the intaglio printing plate (10). The vacuum chamber (3) is arranged so that the intaglio printing plate (10) to be coated sits substantially vertically in the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3) with its engraved surface (10a) facing the at least one coating material target (51, 52). The intaglio printing plate coating apparatus (1) further comprises a movable carrier (6) located within the inner space (30) of the vacuum chamber (3) and adapted to support and cyclically move the intaglio printing plate (10) in front of and past the at least one coating material target (51, 52).
摘要:
There is described a method of manufacturing intaglio printing plates for the production of security papers, wherein a laser beam (2) is used to engrave intaglio printing patterns (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) directly into the surface of a laser-engravable metallic printing plate medium (1), wherein laser engraving of the metallic printing plate medium (1) is carried out layer by layer in several individual engraving steps performed one after the other in register so that the intaglio printing patterns (3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) are gradually engraved into the surface of the metallic printing plate medium (1) up to desired engraving depths, the surface of the engraved metallic printing plate medium (1) being cleaned from residues of the laser engraving process following and between each individual engraving step. The metallic printing plate medium (1) is made of or comprises an outer layer of nickel, steel, brass, zinc, chrome or alloys thereof. Furthermore, an angle of incidence of the laser beam (2) with respect to the surface of the metallic printing plate medium (1) remains constant throughout the engraving process.
摘要:
There is described a substrate (S) for security documents, such as banknotes, comprising one or more paper layers (11, 12) and a polymer layer (20) which is made to adhere to a side of at least one of the paper layers (11, 12), which polymer layer (20) is substantially transparent in at least one region of the substrate (S) which is not covered by the paper layer or layers (11, 12) so as to form a substantially transparent window (W) in the substrate (S) which is formed and closed by the polymer layer (20). The polymer layer (20) exhibits in the region of the window (W) a thickness (T) which is greater than a thickness (t) of the polymer layer (20) outside of the region of the window (W). The thickness (T) of the polymer layer (20) in the region of the window (W) is substantially equal to the added thickness of the paper layer or layers (11, 12) and of the polymer layer (20) outside of the region of the window (W) so that the substrate (S) exhibits a substantially uniform and constant thickness (T). The substrate (S) further comprises a micro-optical structure (30), in particular a lens structure, which is disposed in the region of the window (W) on at least one side of the polymer layer (20).
摘要:
The system for an intaglio printing machine comprises at least a duct (1) for inking the surface of an engraved selective inking cylinder (5) which in turn inks the surface of a plate cylinder (16) of the intaglio printing machine via a chablon roller (17) having reliefs (18) corresponding to engravings (27) to be inked on said plate cylinder (16). Said inking system further comprises a wiping system (8) for wiping the surface of said selective inking cylinder and recuperating the wiped ink in the duct (1).
摘要:
There is described a numbering device (1) for carrying out numbering in sheet-fed or web-fed numbering presses, the numbering device (1) comprising a numbering unit (6) with rotatable numbering wheels (7) carrying alpha-numerical symbols thereon, which numbering wheels (7) are disposed next to each other and rotate about a common rotation axis (17), the numbering device (1) further comprising electro-mechanical actuation means for setting the position of the numbering wheels (7). The numbering device (1) comprises a casing (2, 3, 3', 4, 8; 303; 303*) and the numbering unit (6) is designed as a removable and replaceable numbering unit (6) which can be assembled onto or disassembled from said casing (2, 3, 3', 4, 8; 303; 303*).
摘要:
There is described a numbering device (1) for carrying out numbering in sheet-fed or web-fed numbering presses, the numbering device (1) comprising a numbering unit (6) with rotatable numbering wheels (7) carrying alphanumerical symbols thereon, which numbering wheels (7) are disposed next to each other and rotate about a common rotation axis (17), the numbering device further comprising electro-mechanical actuation means for setting the position of the numbering wheels (7). The electro-mechanical actuation means are entirely located within the numbering device (1) and are mechanically autonomous, the electro-mechanical actuation means comprising a plurality of independent driving means (15, 18-23; 23*) for actuating a corresponding plurality of said numbering wheels (7).