EP2479037A1 - Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'impression de récipients - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'impression de récipients Download PDF

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Publication number: EP2479037A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: containers; module; transport device; printing; circulating
Prior art date: 2011-01-25
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EP20110195344

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Andreas Kraus

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Krones AG

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2011-01-25

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2021-01-06 Publication of EP2479037B2 publication Critical patent/EP2479037B2/fr

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
- B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
- B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
- B41J11/0021—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation
- B41J11/00214—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using irradiation using UV radiation
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J11/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
- B41J11/0015—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing
- B41J11/002—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating
- B41J11/0024—Curing or drying the ink on the copy materials, e.g. by heating or irradiating using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/407—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
- B41J3/4073—Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form, e.g. spherical or cubic objects
- B41J3/40733—Printing on cylindrical or rotationally symmetrical objects, e. g. on bottles
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J3/00—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed
- B41J3/54—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements
- B41J3/543—Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed with two or more sets of type or printing elements with multiple inkjet print heads

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the printing module referred to here as the base module is in this case close to the container carousel, so that the containers transported with it can be reached by the print heads.
the base module can be arranged in particular on the outer circumference of the transport device or the container carousel.
the method described is a continuous process in which the containers are moved continuously through the circulating transport device and continuously pass through the successive process or treatment steps of pretreatment, printing and post-treatment.
the continuous transport does not necessarily require a constant transport speed.
the rotational speed of the transport device or the rotating container carousel can vary quite cyclically.
an outer and an inner base module are arranged on the orbit of the transport device. If the transport device is a stationary wheel with a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, then the inner base module is preferably arranged between the axis of the rotating transport device and the container to be printed. As a result, an increase in machine power is possible.
at least two containers are alternately or simultaneously printed by the outer and the inner base module.
two base modules are arranged in parallel in the pressure region of the treatment module. This allows double-held bottles to be printed simultaneously with a special holding device.
the printheads are controlled via the sensor.
the sensor detects the contour of the container to be printed and the distance to the print head is adjusted accordingly dynamically due to the data obtained from it to always have the optimal distance between the container and the print head and thus to achieve an optimal print result.
the position of the printheads and / or the position of the containers on the revolving transport device is thus not permanently preset but is dynamically controlled in dependence on the containers to be printed.
the positioning of the print heads or of the base module can be adapted during the printing process, which is advantageous in particular when printing containers with an oval diameter, since the distance between the container and the print head changes continuously as the container rotates about its longitudinal axis.
the senor may be a picture-recognizing system which forwards the ascertained data, in particular the contour, height and width of the container to be printed, to a computing unit. Based on the transmitted data, the optimal distance between the container and the printhead is calculated. The arithmetic unit then controls the corresponding positioning of the print head or the print heads on the base module or the corresponding positioning of the base module.
FIG. 1 1 shows a schematic representation of a first embodiment of a device 1a for printing on containers 20.
the device 1a comprises an inlet device 12, a rotating treatment module 10a and an outlet device 14.
the base station 29 moves in an oscillating manner, which means that initially the movement of the containers 20 in the direction of movement B over a machine angle ⁇ until the end position EP is synchronously accompanied. This allows due to the continuous movement of the transport device 11 in the direction of movement B, a continuous treatment of the container 20, which rotate during the printing process preferably continuously about its longitudinal axis X. The application of the ink by the printheads 32 to the container 20 takes place here largely from above. The print heads 32 have no relative movement to the containers 20 in this treatment phase.
FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a fourth embodiment of a device 1d for printing on containers 20.
the device largely corresponds to the in FIG. 1 described embodiment, which is why can be dispensed with the double description of many components of the device.
the holder is fitted from one side with a container 20, then the holder is largely 180 ° pivoted, the inlet and outlet device 12, 14 (not shown, see. FIG. 1 ) turns a round and then the second container 20 is attached to the double bracket 50.

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EP11195344.4A 2011-01-25 2011-12-22 Dispositif et procédé destinés à l'impression de récipients Not-in-force EP2479037B2 (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE102011009391A DE102011009391A1 (de)	2011-01-25	2011-01-25	Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Bedrucken von Behältern

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EP2479037A1 true EP2479037A1 (fr)	2012-07-25
EP2479037B1 EP2479037B1 (fr)	2017-08-30
EP2479037B2 EP2479037B2 (fr)	2021-01-06

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EP2479037B2 (fr)	2021-01-06
CN102615956A (zh)	2012-08-01
EP2479037B1 (fr)	2017-08-30
DE102011009391A1 (de)	2012-07-26
CN102615956B (zh)	2015-04-22

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