A dryer includes a heater configured to heat an object to dry the object, a plurality of collection devices configured to collect a liquid generated by liquefication of condensed vapor in the dryer, a drainage tube configured to drain the liquid from each of the plurality of collection devices, a pump configured to feed the liquid through the drainage tube, a switch configured to switch a connection between the plurality of collection devices and the switch, and a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure between the switch and the pump.

The present invention provide a full-servo label inspection machine and a control method thereof; the machine includes a frame, the frame is provided with an unrolling mechanism, a rolling mechanism, a visual inspection mechanism, a label removal mechanism, and a label replacement mechanism. In the label removal mechanism, when the paper pressing roller is at the label removal position, it presses the material to be inspected downwards to form an angle of less than 180 with the rear end of a label removal plate. After a defective label on the material to be inspected passes the label removal plate, a front end of the defective label curls up and eventually sticks onto the label removal paper. The present invention allows fully automation of the removal and replacement of labels, achieving high inspection efficiency and accuracy.

The present invention provide a full-servo label inspection machine and a control method thereof; the machine includes a frame, the frame is provided with an unrolling mechanism, a rolling mechanism, a visual inspection mechanism, a label removal mechanism, and a label replacement mechanism. In the label removal mechanism, when the paper pressing roller is at the label removal position, it presses the material to be inspected downwards to form an angle of less than 180 with the rear end of a label removal plate. After a defective label on the material to be inspected passes the label removal plate, a front end of the defective label curls up and eventually sticks onto the label removal paper. The present invention allows fully automation of the removal and replacement of labels, achieving high inspection efficiency and accuracy.

A rotary screen transfer printing machine and a control system thereof. The rotary screen transfer printing machine having a feeding unit, a printing unit, a drying unit, and a receiving unit; the printing unit has at least one rotary screen transfer printing assembly and a guide belt assembly; each rotary screen transfer printing assembly has a rotary screen plate roller and a transfer roller; the rotary screen plate roller is close to the transfer roller; the transfer roller is seamlessly coated with rubber or a resin having good affinity for a water-based ink. A control system includes: a motion controller; a conveying synchronization module, used for controlling the feeding unit, the printing unit, the drying unit, and the receiving unit to synchronize the conveying speeds of the four units; and a rotary screen transfer printing synchronization module.

An apparatus and methods of decorating exterior surfaces of metallic containers are provided. More specifically, the present disclosure provides a novel metering roller for an inking assembly of a decorator. An adjustment mechanism is operable to move the metering roller to a first ink transfer position during a decoration run. In the first ink transfer position, the metering roller receives ink from an ink roller without contacting the ink roller. In one embodiment, during the production run, the metering roller is in contact with and transfers ink to a transfer roller. When the decoration run stops, the adjustment mechanism can move the metering roller to a second dwell position such that the metering roller does not receive ink from the ink roller.

A technique includes receiving a plurality of speed control requests from a plurality of components of a processing pipeline for a printing press system. The technique includes controlling the speed of the printing press system based on the plurality of speed control requests.

Provided are a printing result inspection apparatus, a method, and a program capable of determining a printing defect caused by a printing step and a printing paper defect caused by printing paper by reading the printing paper once. A defect determination unit determines whether defected regions extracted from a non-image region are the printing defect or the printing paper defect based on a density change amount and a color, and an image feature amount of a defected region determined as the printing paper defect in the non-image region is stored in paper defect information and is accumulated in a paper defect information storage unit. Next, the defect determination unit determines whether defected regions extracted from image regions are the printing defect or the printing paper defect based on the paper defect information.

Provided are a printing result inspection apparatus, a method, and a program capable of determining a printing defect caused by a printing step and a printing paper defect caused by printing paper by reading the printing paper once. A defect determination unit determines whether defected regions extracted from a non-image region are the printing defect or the printing paper defect based on a density change amount and a color, and an image feature amount of a defected region determined as the printing paper defect in the non-image region is stored in paper defect information and is accumulated in a paper defect information storage unit. Next, the defect determination unit determines whether defected regions extracted from image regions are the printing defect or the printing paper defect based on the paper defect information.

A control station of a printing machine has at least one surface for receiving a sheet-like printing substrate, a measuring device for measuring a measurement variable of the sheet-like printing substrate on the surface, at least one camera for capturing at least one gesture performed by a person at the control station, and an image-processing device for processing and evaluating images captured by the camera. The measuring device has a measuring beam extending above the sheet-like printing substrate. The measuring beam of the measuring device can be moved over the sheet-type printing substrate on the surface. The camera which captures each at least one gesture, is arranged in or on the movable measuring beam. The measuring beam is driven by a controlled or by an at least controllable motor in order to carry out the movement. Controlling of the motor of the measuring beam is actuated by at least one gesture performed by the person in a capturing region of the camera and captured by the camera.

A processing machine has a plurality of processing stations for the processing of articles. A plurality of the processing stations are each configured in the form of a printing unit. The processing stations, which are provided for processing the articles, are each arranged at different positions. At least one handling device is provided for transporting at least one of the articles which is to be processed. The handling device has a drive which is controlled by a control device and, which handling device, by the use of this drive, can be displaced from one processing station, in which the respective article is processed, to at least one next processing station for processing this article. The processing machine has a learning phase and a production phase. Provision is made for a memory device, which is connected to the control device, to store, in the learning phase, position-related values of the relevant handling system, those position-related values being determined by the use of a calibration travel executed by the relevant handling system for a certain processing procedure. Following the changeover of the processing machine from its learning phase to its production phase, the drive of the relevant handling device is controlled by the control device such that the relevant handling device assumes, one after the other, the positions previously stored for it in the memory device in the learning phase.