The present invention relates to a device for replacing the printing roller in a printing unit, in particular for in line rotary flexographic machines.

An automatic handling and transport device for printing sleeves that includes a holding support (10) for printing sleeves (60) and a clamping carriage (20) connected to a motorized carriage (30) for a guided movement of the clamping carriage (20) between a gripping position for gripping sleeves (60) and a transport position, and a mobile handling unit (90) carrying the holding support (10). The holding support (10) has an inner core (12) attached to the mobile handling unit (90), and the holding support (10) is coupled to the core (12) or to the mobile handling unit (90) through adaptable support means (40), which provide a relative movement with respect to the core (12) to at least one of the two ends of the holding support (10). The connection of the clamping carriage (20) to the motorized carriage (30) comprises adaptable means (49) that allow a relative movement between the clamping carriage (20) and the motorized carriage (30).

A printing cylinder assembly for a printing machine includes a rotating shaft pivotally supported at one axial end shaft section thereof in a cantilever structure, and a sleeve cylinder removably mounted on the rotating shaft so that the cylinder can be fitted on and extracted from the rotating shaft from the other axial end side of the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is formed at one axial end side thereof with a sleeve cylinder supporting tapered surface, and the sleeve cylinder is formed at one axial end side of an inner diameter portion thereof with a tapered surface, whereby the tapered surface of the sleeve cylinder can be fitted on and in close contact with the sleeve cylinder supporting tapered surface of the rotating shaft and thereby detachably coupling one axial end portion of the sleeve cylinder with one axial end portion of the rotating shaft.

A printing roller comprises a base body which has mounting segments, a printing and a clamping mechanism which has a clamping bushing, which can be displaced in the axial direction, and with respect to the clamping bushing, has a proximal and a distal clamping element which are arranged to detachably clamp the printing sleeve to the base body by means of the radial clamping force in each case, wherein a compression force transmission chain is formed between the clamping bushing and the proximal and the distal clamping elements, by means of which, during an initial clamping phase, the compression force, generated by the clamping bushing is transmitted predominantly or entirely to the distal clamping while the compression force generated by the clamping bushing is applied to the proximal clamping element to a lesser extent than to the distal clamping element or not at all.

A jacket-securing arrangement is disclosed for mounting in a cylinder, which cylinder (220) has an outer surface and at least one recess (320) in the outer surface for receiving an inwardly turned edge of a replaceable jacket (225) overlying at least part of the outer surface of the cylinder. The jacket-securing arrangement is mountable within the recess so as not to project beyond the outer surface of the cylinder when the jacket is secured thereto, and includes a clamping lever pivotable about a shaft located within the recess between a clamping position in which the edge of the replaceable jacket is clamped between the lever and a side wall of the recess and a release position in which the lever is spaced from the side wall of the recess. A magnet is provided to retain the lever in the clamping position. The clamping lever is formed of two or more members assembled around the shaft and defining between them a bearing surface engaging an outer surface of the shaft. The shaft may be a gripper shaft including a plurality of grippers for securing a printing substrate sheet to the outer surface of a substrate transport cylinder of a printing system, the jacket-securing arrangement being disposed between grippers.

The present invention relates to a device for replacing the printing roller in a printing unit, in particular for in line rotary flexographic machines.

An anilox roller for flexographic printing machines, which comprises a sleeve cylinder rotatably supported about its own axis by the fixed structure of a flexographic printing machine, and an anilox sleeve, which has a tubular body provided, on its outer side wall, with an anilox surface which can be axially fitted on and removed from the sleeve cylinder. Forced circulation of a temperature control fluid within the tubular body is further provided.

A jacket-securing arrangement is disclosed for mounting in a cylinder, which cylinder has an outer surface and at least one recess in the outer surface for receiving an inwardly turned edge of a replaceable jacket overlying at least part of the outer surface of the cylinder. The jacket-securing arrangement is mountable within the recess so as not to project beyond the outer surface of the cylinder when the jacket is secured thereto, and includes a clamping lever pivotable about a shaft located within the recess between a clamping position in which the edge of the replaceable jacket is clamped between the lever and a side wall of the recess and a release position in which the lever is spaced from the side wall of the recess. A magnet is provided to retain the lever in the clamping position. The clamping lever is formed of two or more members assembled around the shaft and defining between them a bearing surface engaging an outer surface of the shaft. The shaft may be a gripper shaft including a plurality of grippers for securing a printing substrate sheet to the outer surface of a substrate transport cylinder of a printing system, the jacket-securing arrangement being disposed between grippers.

A primer roller may include a cylinder having an outer support surface. The outer support surface support surface may have a length in an axial direction and a fixed outer diameter extending along the length. The roller may further comprise, at least at least one elastically deformable annular sleeve having an axial length less than the axial length of the support surface of the cylinder an external diameter greater than the outer diameter of the support surface of the cylinder, and an internal diameter which provides a friction fit on the support surface of the cylinder. The outer surface of the support roller comprises a plurality of fluid outlets. The outlets are distributed about the support surface. Fluid expelled from the fluid outlets enables the sleeve to be slidably positioned relative to the support surface. A priming apparatus and a print press are also disclosed.

An assembly for a printing machine includes: a printing plate cylinder, which has a cylinder body; a printing sleeve, which is arranged on an outer surface of the cylinder body; and a transmission device, which has a connecting point on the printing plate cylinder side and a connecting point on the printing sleeve side, which connecting points can be connected by means of a connecting element to form a transmission connection. The connecting element is displaceable between a retracted position, in which the transmission connection is interrupted, and an extended position, in which the transmission connection is formed for at least one of the following types of transmission: transmission of a fluid, transmission of signals and transmission of electrical energy. Furthermore, a method is provided for producing an arrangement for a printing machine.