A process for recycling a transfer film (1) and a transfer film (1) suitable for this having a carrier film (2) and a transfer ply (4) arranged at least partially on the carrier film (2), wherein a detachment layer (3) is arranged between the carrier film (2) and the transfer ply (4), and wherein the transfer ply (4) has an alkali-soluble topcoat (5), wherein the topcoat (5) is arranged on the detachment layer (3), and wherein the following step is carried out in the process: x) dissolving (10) the alkali-soluble topcoat (5), in particular the alkali-soluble binder of the topcoat (5), by means of an alkaline washing liquid (9), preferably in a washing liquid bath, wherein the transfer ply (4) is detached from the carrier film (2).

The invention relates to a rotary printing press (10) for printing substrates (18), comprising a substrate transport system (12) which comprises a winder station (14) and an unwinder station (16) configured to transport a substrate (18) during a printing process along a printing handling path (19) from the unwinder station (16) to the winder station (14), wherein the rotary printing press (10) further comprises at least one cleaning unit (46) which is assigned to the printing handling path (19) and adapted to remove ink from the front side of the substrate (18). Further, the invention relates to a method for cleaning a substrate (18).

A method for cleaning a printed band of flexible material, in which at least one side printing ink comprises with a device. The device comprises a cleaning organ such as a brush roll, and the method the steps comprises of the contacting of the band which printing ink comprises with a cleaning liquid, and the removal of the printing ink which been brought into contact the cleaning liquid with the cleaning organ to obtain a cleaned band of flexible material. Before the effective of adhered liquid getting rid of, comprises the device a pair of wiper blades into the direction of transport of the band remotely of one another are located and are for the removal of the cleaning liquid the band at an angle first via an uppermost wiper blade and subsequently via a lowermost wiper blade of the pair fed.

Method for cleaning a printed band (195) of flexible material, having printing ink at at least one side thereof and is stripped from the printing ink using an apparatus (100) which comprises a cleaning organ.) The method comprises contacting the at least one side of the band (195) that comprises printing ink with a cleaning fluid (599), removing the printing ink that has been contacted with the cleaning fluid (599) with the cleaning organ yielding a cleaned band (195) of flexible material, and removing adhering cleaning fluid (599) from the cleaned band (195) of flexible material;

For effective cleaning the printed band (195) is guided into a bath (121) with cleaning fluid (599), and is stripped from the printing ink in the bath (121) by means of the cleaning organ; and the cleaned band (195) is guided out off the bath (121) and stripped from the adhering cleaning fluid (599).

An apparatus for cleaning surfaces of a printing press has an adjusting device having a pressing element for pressing a cleaning element against the surface to be cleaned when needed. The adjusting device has a drive for moving the pressing element relative to the surface to be cleaned between a home position, in which the cleaning element is positioned at a distance from the surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning position in which the cleaning element is in contact with the surface to be cleaned or, respectively, is in the direct proximity of the surface to be cleaned. An overload safety device is configured to respond upon a critical force acting on at least one of the adjusting device or pressing element being exceeded and to move the pressing element into an overload position.

In a device and method of removing particles from a surface of a web of material, a member is provided which is made from an electrically non-conducting material, and has an electrostatically chargeable and dischargeable surface. The surface is moved along a path to and from a particle removal area. In the particle removal area the member and the web of material interact which each other to transfer particles from the web of material to the charged member surface by electrostatic attraction. Upstream of the particle removal area, the member surface is electrostatically charged. Downstream of the particle removal area, a flow of air is generated over the member surface for removal of particles from the member surface, while electrically neutralizing the member surface and particles on the member surface. The member comprises a hollow member cylinder, having a chargeable and dischargeable outer surface movable along a circular path by rotating the member cylinder around an axis.

Disclosed herein is a method for flexographically printing over a textured surface. The method comprises selecting a substrate for application of a print pattern and advancing the substrate through a flexographic coil paint line in order to apply a primer to at least one side of the substrate. Next a finish coat is flexographically applied to the primed substrate and due to a chemical reaction of the applied finish coat along with supplemental heating, the finish coat forms a textured surface. Next, a print pattern is flexographically applied atop the textured surface.

A coating device for the register-accurate application of plastic material to a carrier sheet comprises a first coating roll and a downstream second coating roll, wherein each of the first and second coating rolls has at least one cavity that can be filled with plastic material by means of at least one nozzle. First and second stripping means strip the respective first and second coating rolls. The first coating roll interacts with a first mating roll and coats a first carrier sheet side and the second coating roll interacts with a second mating roll and coats a second carrier sheet side. The second mating roll comprises at least one mating cavity corresponding to the at least one first cavity. In addition, the coating device comprises at least one carrier sheet positioning device and a coated region detection device. Related methods of coating a carrier sheet are also disclosed.

A coating device for the register-accurate application of plastic material to a carrier sheet comprises a first coating roll and a downstream second coating roll, wherein each of the first and second coating rolls has at least one cavity that can be filled with plastic material by means of at least one nozzle. First and second stripping means strip the respective first and second coating rolls. The first coating roll interacts with a first mating roll and coats a first carrier sheet side and the second coating roll interacts with a second mating roll and coats a second carrier sheet side. The second mating roll comprises at least one mating cavity corresponding to the at least one first cavity. In addition, the coating device comprises at least one carrier sheet positioning device and a coated region detection device. Related methods of coating a carrier sheet are also disclosed.