摘要:
A flexographic ink printing machine is provided in which ink is circulated in order to prevent solidifying of the ink during a printing operation, whereby during ink supplying or ink recovering operations, high efficiency of supplying and recovering the ink can be obtained. A printing machine which includes an ink reservoir, an ink supply source, and ink delivery tubings each connecting said ink reservoir to said ink supply source, whereby the ink supplied from said ink supply source via at least one of said ink delivery tubings to said ink reservoir and accumulated therein is used for printing, said ink delivery tubings including ink recovery tubings for recovering the flexographic ink from said ink reservoir to said ink supply source, said ink recovery tubings having their ink recovery opening ends located within said ink reservoir, said ink delivery tubings including ink supply tubing for supplying the flexographic ink from said ink supply source to said ink reservoir, said ink supply tubing having its ink supply opening end located within said ink reservoir, whereby the ink within said ink reservoir is maintained in a dynamic state by supplying said flexographic ink from said ink supply source to said ink reservoir via said ink supply tubing and by recovering the flexographic ink from said ink reservoir to said ink supply source via said ink recovery tubings during the printing operation of the printing machine, wherein: said ink recovery tubings and said ink supply tubing have ink transfer means which can transfer the ink in both forward and backward directions between said ink supply source and said ink reservoir, wherein the flexographic ink is recovered from said ink reservoir to said ink supply source via said ink recovery tubings and said ink supply tubing now being used as an ink recovery tubing during ink recovering, and wherein the flexographic ink is supplied from said ink supply source to said ink reservoir via said ink supply tubing and said ink recovery tubings now being used as ink supply tubings during ink supplying.
摘要:
A printing machine in which excessive ink remaining in ink delivery tubings (20, 22, 24) each connecting an ink reservoir (16) to an ink supply source (18) can be quickly removed or rinsed out is provided. The printing machine according to the present invention includes the ink reservoir (16), the ink supply source (18), and one or more of the ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24) each connecting said ink reservoir (16) to said ink supply source (18), whereby the ink supplied from said ink supply source (18) via at least one of said ink delivery tubings to said ink reservoir (16) and accumulated therein is used for printing, and wherein the printing machine further comprises one or more ink removing means for removing said ink remaining in said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24), each of said one or more ink removing means including respective air supply means (26A, 26B, 26C) which supply a fast enough flow rate and/or large enough flow volume of air into said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24) such that the air flows toward said ink supply source from said ink reservoir in order to remove said ink remaining on the inner surface of said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24).
摘要:
A continuous seal type lithographic dampener is fitted with a one-piece metering roller which has a continuous surface coating of flame sprayed (as by plasma arc) chromium oxide particles providing a porous surface which is filled with a pore occluding sealer. The resulting cylindrical surface is than ground to a finish in the order of 20 to 30 micro inches. A finish coat of sealer is applied to the surface of the roller. The resultant metering roller is highly wear resistant and hydrophobic, having a surface energy in the order of 30 to 40 dynes/cm.
摘要:
In order to apply a product to a support (10) a transfer cylinder (1) with a checkered surface is used with an applicator cylinder (3). The applicator cylinder (3) consists at least in part of a magnetizable material, is not mounted on an axle, rotates on the transfer cylinder (1) and can move in relation to the point of application.
摘要:
The ink return circuit of a flexographic printing machine, for receiving ink from the ends of the gutter formed by a stereo transfer roller and a pressure regulating roller, comprises, at each end of the rollers, a vertical deflecting spout for receiving ink from the gutter, each spout having three doctor blades comprising a first blade extending substantially along the line of centers of the rollers and inclined to form an overflow and two lateral blades extending perpendicular to the first blade and to the end faces of the rollers. The spouts are biased against the end faces of the rollers and form part of a set of interchangeable spouts.
摘要:
A printing machine in which excessive ink remaining in ink delivery tubings (20, 22, 24) each connecting an ink reservoir (16) to an ink supply source (18) can be quickly removed or rinsed out is provided.The printing machine according to the present invention includes the ink reservoir (16), the ink supply source (18), and one or more of the ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24) each connecting said ink reservoir (16) to said ink supply source (18), whereby the ink supplied from said ink supply source (18) via at least one of said ink delivery tubings to said ink reservoir (16) and accumulated therein is used for printing, and wherein the printing machine further comprises one or more ink removing means for removing said ink remaining in said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24), each of said one or more ink removing means including respective air supply means (26A, 26B, 26C) which supply a fast enough flow rate and/or large enough flow volume of air into said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24) such that the air flows toward said ink supply source from said ink reservoir in order to remove said ink remaining on the inner surface of said ink supply tubing (20) and ink recovery tubings (22, 24).
摘要:
A method of preventing an ink from increasing in viscosity is praticed by repeatedly performing the steps of supplying provided from an ink supply-aspiration nozzle to an ink reservoir provided between an inking roll and a squeeze roll pressed into contact with the inking roll, moving the nozzle toward one end of the reservoir and causing the nozzle to aspirate a predetermined amount of ink to produce a flow of ink in the reservoir toward the end thereof, and moving the nozzle toward the other end of the reservoir and similarly causing the nozzle to aspirate a predetermined amount of ink to thereby produce a flow of ink toward the other end. A diluting liquid is supplied to the reservoir while performing these steps.