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EP2839965B1
EP2839965B1 EP14179845.4A EP14179845A EP2839965B1 EP 2839965 B1 EP2839965 B1 EP 2839965B1 EP 14179845 A EP14179845 A EP 14179845A EP 2839965 B1 EP2839965 B1 EP 2839965B1
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François Dumenil
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • 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
    • 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

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  • the present invention is in the field of inkjet printing machines.
  • the document US 6,135,654 discloses an inkjet printing machine. An object to be printed is deposited on a belt conveyor in order to be successively presented to a pretreatment device, an inkjet printing device and a drying device.
  • US 2006/0154035 also shows a printing machine with a pretreatment device and which includes an object holder dedicated to pretreatment and a second dedicated to printing.
  • an inkjet printing device requires very high accuracy in the relative positioning between the surface of the object to be printed and the ink ejection nozzles. This accuracy is of the order of a few microns ( ⁇ m). However, the use of a conveyor can not achieve such accuracy.
  • the invention therefore aims to overcome this problem, by providing an improved inkjet printing machine.
  • the subject of the invention is an inkjet printing machine according to the claims.
  • the machine 10 makes it possible to directly print a pattern on an object 1.
  • the object 1 has the shape of a cylindrical revolution about a main axis.
  • the object 1 is for example a bottle.
  • the object 1 is for example glass.
  • the machine 10 comprises a frame 20 resting on foundations (not shown).
  • the frame 20 comprises two lateral uprights 22 and 24, arranged vertically, and a cross member 26, disposed horizontally and supported by the uprights.
  • An orthonormal reference XYZ is associated with the frame 20.
  • the axis of the abyss X corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the crossbar 26. It is oriented from left to right on the figure 1 .
  • the Z dimension axis corresponds to the vertical axis and is oriented from bottom to top.
  • the y-axis Y is normal to the XZ plane of the figure 1 , and is oriented towards the rear of this figure.
  • the machine 10 is equipped with first and second supports, 11 and 12.
  • the first and second supports 11 and 12 are fixed on the frame 20.
  • Each support has a shape adapted to that of the object, so as not to be in contact with the portion of the surface of the object to be printed. In this way, the mechanical friction, which could degrade the quality of the pattern printed on the object, are avoided between the support and the portion of the surface of the object to be printed.
  • each support thus has a "V" shape. Such a support makes it possible to receive an object, deposited or resumed by approaching from above.
  • the first support 11 defines a first waiting position for an object.
  • the second support 12 defines a second waiting position for an object.
  • the machine 10 comprises, on one and the same side of the frame, and successively along the X axis, feed means 30, a first pre-treatment station 40, a second ink jet printing station 60 and a means of discharge 80.
  • the supply means 30 has the function of placing an object 1 in the first waiting position on the first support 11.
  • the feed means 30 comprises a feed line 31 extending horizontally, substantially parallel to the axis Y.
  • the line 31 comprises lateral guide rails 32 and a bottom constituted by a conveyor belt 33.
  • the circulation of the conveyor belt 33 by suitable means makes it possible to move an object 1 along the feed line in the direction of the positive Ys.
  • the object 1 is moved from an open end of the line 31, located away from the frame 20, to a stop 34, located at the other end of line 31, near the frame 20.
  • the object in contact against the stop 34 is in a reserve position.
  • the feed means 30 comprises a gripping device 35, of the suction cup type, suitable for moving an object from the reserve position to the first waiting position on the first support 11.
  • the device 35 is fixed on the upper part of the upright 22, on the side of the latter facing the line 31.
  • the device 35 comprises a vertical rod 36 whose lower end is provided with a suction cup 37.
  • a first actuating means of the device 35 makes it possible to move the rod 36 vertically from bottom to top and vice versa.
  • a second means of actuating the device 35 moves the rod 36 horizontally between a position in line with the reserve position and a position in line with the first support 11, and vice versa.
  • the supply means comprises other equipment for performing an elementary operation on the object upstream of the preprocessing station.
  • the first preprocessing station 40 comprises a pretreatment device 41.
  • the pretreatment device 41 is a plasma pretreatment device. It comprises a torch 42 for pre-treating a portion of the surface of an object placed opposite the torch 32.
  • the device 41 is mounted on the cross member 26.
  • the device 41 is fixed along the axis X, but mounted to move relative to the frame 20 along the axes Z and Y.
  • An adjustment means 43 makes it possible to move the device 41 along the Z axis so as to be able to adjust with precision the the torch 42 at the beginning of each period of use of the machine 10.
  • a moving means 44 moves the device 41 along the Y axis during the pretreatment. In this way, the torch 42 is able to pretreat an object on a segment oriented along the Y axis.
  • the first station 40 comprises a first dedicated object holder 50.
  • the first object-holder 50 is of the base-point type. It comprises a fixed base 51 and a point 52 movable in translation along a profile 53.
  • the first object-holder 50 comprises a clamping means making it possible to move the point 52 towards the base 51 so as to clamp an object placed between the base and the point, or away from the base 51 so as to release a maintained object between the base and the tip.
  • the first object-holder 50 is thus able to hold an object along a holding axis, passing through its base and tip.
  • the support axis coincides with the main axis of the object maintained.
  • the first object holder 50 is mounted so that its holding axis is at any instant of operation of the machine 10 parallel to the Y axis.
  • the first object-holder 50 is provided with a pivoting means 55 which makes it possible to rotate the grasped object about the holding axis by a required angle and / or with a required angular speed, for example to scroll the surface of the object in front of the torch 42.
  • the pretreatment position is such that the distance between the torch 42 of the device 41 and the point on the surface of the object that the torch 42 is pretreating at the current time is equal to a distance required for the pretreatment be optimal.
  • the second station 60 includes an inkjet type printing device 61.
  • the device 61 comprises six printing units 62.
  • Each unit 62 is dedicated to the printing of an elementary pattern by means of an ink having a color specific to each unit.
  • the pattern printed on the object results from the superposition of the elementary patterns.
  • a unit 62 has an ink jet nozzle (not shown). A unit 62 is driven to project the ink in the elementary pattern onto a portion of the surface of an object.
  • the six nozzles are placed in a horizontal plane XY. They are aligned along an axis parallel to the axis X and spaced from each other by a predetermined pitch p .
  • the device 61 is mounted on a support arm 64, fixed on the crossmember 26 of the frame 20 and extending horizontally, along the axis Y, away from the crossmember 26.
  • the printing device 61 is fixed along the axis X and along the axis Z relative to the frame 20.
  • the printing device 61 is carried on a plate 65 movable along the support arm 64.
  • a displacement means 66 makes it possible to translate the plate 65 along the axis Y, so that the nozzle of an active printing unit 62 can project ink onto an object 1 along a segment parallel to the Y axis.
  • the second station 60 comprises, downstream of the printing device 61, a drying device 68. It is for example an ultraviolet oven.
  • the function of the device 68 is to dry the ink deposited on an object before it is transferred to the discharge means 80.
  • the drying device 68 is mounted on the support arm 64, on the side thereof opposite the side carrying the printing device 61.
  • the drying device 68 is integral with the support arm.
  • the second station 60 comprises a second dedicated object holder 70. He is represented in detail on the figure 6 .
  • the second object-holder 70 is of the base-point type. It comprises a fixed base 71 and a point 72 movable in translation along a profile 73.
  • the second object-holder 70 comprises a clamping means making it possible to move the point 72 towards the base 71 so as to clamp an object placed between the base and the point, or away from the base 71 so as to release a maintained object between the base and the tip.
  • the second object-holder 70 is thus able to hold an object along a holding axis, passing through its base and tip.
  • the maintenance axis coincides with the main axis of the object entered.
  • the second object holder 70 is mounted so that its holding axis is parallel to the Y axis.
  • the second object holder 70 is mounted parallel to the first object holder 50.
  • the second object-holder 70 is provided with a pivoting means 75 which makes it possible to rotate the grasped object around the holding axis, by a required angle and / or with a required angular speed, to scroll through the generators of the object in front of an active unit 62 of the printing device 61 or in front of the drying device 68.
  • the second object-holder 70 further comprises an auxiliary drying device 100.
  • the second object-holder 70 is capable of grasping an object placed on the second support 12.
  • the auxiliary drying device 100 is moved to a functional position, in which it is adapted to dry a portion of the surface of the grasped object.
  • the auxiliary drying device 100 in its operative position, does not interfere with the printing device 61.
  • the auxiliary drying device 100 can be activated to dry a portion of the surface of the object having was printed, while the printing device 61 projects ink onto another portion of the surface of the object.
  • Each printing position is associated with a unit 62 of the printing device 61.
  • a printing position is such that the distance between the nozzle of the unit 62 and the point of the surface of the object receiving the ink projected by this nozzle is equal to a distance required for the printing to be optimal. .
  • the drying position is such that the distance between the drying device 68 and the portion of the surface of the object receiving the UV flux is equal to a distance required for drying to be optimal.
  • the discharge means 80 comprises an inclined plane 81 allowing, when opening the second object holder 70, an object to roll or slide towards a discharge line 82.
  • the discharge line 82 extends horizontally, substantially parallel to the axis Y.
  • the discharge line 82 comprises lateral guide rails 83 and a bottom constituted by a conveyor belt 84.
  • the circulation of the conveyor belt 84 by means of adapted means makes it possible to move an object along the discharge line 82, in the sense of the Y negatives. The object is moved from one end of the line 82 located near the frame 20, to an open end 85 located away from the frame 20.
  • the discharge means comprises other equipment for performing basic operations on the object downstream of the printing station.
  • the machine 10 comprises means for moving the object-holders 50 and 70.
  • the ribs of the first and second waiting positions are identical and the ribs of the pretreatment position, the printing positions and the drying position are the same.
  • the strokes of the first and second object carriers 50 and 70 along the Z axis are thus identical. They are synchronized by mutualizing a means 91 of displacement in Z.
  • the means 91 for shifting the object carriers 50 and 70 comprises a horizontal beam 92 mounted movably between the uprights 22 and 24 of the frame 20.
  • the longitudinal axis of the beam 92 extends parallel to the axis X.
  • the first and second object carriers 50 and 70 are mounted on the beam 92, independently of one another.
  • Each slide is movably mounted along the longitudinal axis of the beam 92, that is to say along the X axis.
  • a means 95 of X displacement of the first object holder 50 comprises a motor, coupling means and a guide assembly of the beam on the beam.
  • the actuation of the means 95 allows a precise displacement of the first slide along the beam 92.
  • a means 98 of X displacement of the second object-holder 70 comprises a motor, coupling means and a guide assembly of the beam on the beam. The operation of the means 98 allows a precise displacement of the first object-holder 70 along the beam 92.
  • the ordinates of the first and second waiting positions on the supports 11 and 12 and the position of pretreatment, the printing position and the drying position are identical.
  • the first and second slides 50 and 70 therefore do not need to be moved along the Y axis.
  • the machine 10 does not therefore include Y displacement means.
  • An object 1 is deposited at the end of the feed line 31.
  • the running of the treadmill 33 allows the movement of the object along the Y axis.
  • the object 1 traverses the supply line 31, until it comes into contact with the stop 34 located at the other end of the supply line 31.
  • the object is then in a reserve position.
  • the gripping device 35 is cyclically actuated so as to transfer an object in reserve position to the first waiting position on the first support 11. For this, while the gripping device 35 is in an initial position in which the rod 36 is in line with the object 1 in the reserve position, the rod 36 is lowered vertically, so that the suction cup 37 comes into contact with the surface of the object 1. A depression is then applied in the suction cup 37 so as to secure the object 1 to the rod 36. The rod 36 is then raised vertically, then translated along the axis X to come directly above the first support 11. The rod 36 is then lowered vertically , so as to place the object 1 on the first support 11. At this time, the rebalancing of the pressures in the suction cup 37 releases the object 1 of the gripping device 35. The rod 36 is then raised vertically. The gripping device 35 returns to its initial position empty so that it can take the next object on the feed line 31.
  • the first slide 50 is moved to perform the next cycle.
  • the object holder 50 is actuated to grip the object 1.
  • the tip 52 is moved to the base 51 to clamp the object 1
  • the object is then held along a holding axis oriented along the Y axis.
  • the Z and X displacement means are controlled for, during a movement of the first object-holder 50, to bring the object grasped from the first waiting position onto the first support 11 towards the pre-treatment position. (represented on the figure 3 ).
  • This displacement is made by composing a translation along the Z axis of a distance ⁇ Z and a translation along the X axis of a distance + ⁇ X1.
  • the translation in Z is obtained by a first displacement of the beam 92 resulting from the actuation of the means of displacement Z common to the slides 50 and 70.
  • the translation in X is caused by the actuation of the means 95 for X displacement of the first object-holder 50.
  • the first object holder 50 holds the object 1 in the pretreatment position until the pretreatment device 41 performs the required pretreatment.
  • the pivoting means 55 of the first object holder 50 is used to rotate the object 1 relative to the pretreatment device 41, so that different generatrices of the object pass in front of the preprocessing device. This movement, combined with the translation movement in Y of the pretreatment device 41, makes it possible to pretreat an extended portion of the surface of the object.
  • the Z and X displacement means are controlled for, during a movement of the first object-holder 50, to move the object from the pretreatment position to the second position of waiting on the second support 12 (position represented on the figure 5 ).
  • This displacement is carried out by composing a translation along the Z axis of a distance - ⁇ Z and a translation along the X axis of a distance + ⁇ X2.
  • the translation in Z is obtained by a second displacement of the beam 92 resulting from the actuation of the means of displacement Z in common to the object carriers 50 and 70.
  • the translation X results from the actuation of the means 95 of displacement in X of the first object holder 50.
  • the first object holder 50 is then actuated to release the pretreated object on the second support 12. For this, the tip 52 is moved away from the base 51.
  • the X-axis moving means 95 of the object-holder 50 are driven to return the first object-holder 50 to its starting-cycle position (represented in FIG. figure 2 ). This displacement is effected by a translation along the X axis of a distance - ( ⁇ X1 + ⁇ X2).
  • the second slide 70 is moved to perform the next cycle.
  • the second object-holder 70 In its start-of-cycle position, the second object-holder 70 is in alignment with the second support 12 ( figure 2 ). It is pressed to enter the object 1 placed there. For this, the tip 72 is moved to the base 71 to tighten the object. The object is then held along a support axis oriented along the Y axis.
  • the Z and X displacement means are controlled for, during a movement of the second object holder 70, to bring the object grasped from its second waiting position onto the second support 12, towards the first position printing (as illustrated on the figure 3 ).
  • This displacement is made by composing a translation along the Z axis of a distance + ⁇ Z and a translation along the X axis of a distance + ⁇ X3.
  • the Z translation is obtained by the first displacement of the beam 92 caused by actuating the Z-movement means 91 common to the two object-holders 50 and 70.
  • the X-translation is caused by the actuation of the X-movement means 98 of the second object-holder 70.
  • the second object holder 70 holds the object in the first printing position until the first unit prints the first elementary pattern.
  • the means 98 for moving X of the second object-holder 70 is driven to translate the second object-holder 70 by an amount corresponding to the pitch p between the first and second units 62.
  • the second unit is activated to print a second basic pattern. Gradually, the object passes successively in front of each unit 62.
  • the second object-holder 70 undergoes an overall translation along the axis X by a distance corresponding to the pitch p separating two successive units 62 multiplied by the number of intervals between the units 62 of the printing device.
  • the pivoting means 75 of the second object carrier 70 is used to rotate the Y-axis object 1 relative to the printing device 61, so that different generators of the object pass in front of the printing device 61.
  • This rotational movement combined with that of translation of the printing device 61 along the Y axis, makes it possible to print a pattern on an extended portion of the printing surface. the object. This is particularly advantageous when the portion of the surface of the object to receive a pattern has a length along the important Y axis, greater than the length along the Y axis that can print a printing unit during a single passage.
  • the means 98 for moving X of the second object holder 70 is controlled to move the object 1 of the sixth printing position to the drying position (shown in FIG. figure 4 ). During this movement, the object-holder 70 undergoes a translation of + ⁇ X5.
  • the second object-holder 70 is actuated to deposit the object on the inclined face 81.
  • the point 72 is moved away from the base 71.
  • the Z and X displacement means are controlled for, during a movement of the second object-holder 70, to return it to its starting position.
  • This displacement is carried out by composing a translation along the Z axis of a distance - ⁇ Z and a translation along the X axis of a distance - ( ⁇ X3 + ⁇ X4 + ⁇ X5).
  • the Z translation is obtained by the second displacement of the beam 92 caused by the actuation of the common Z displacement means 91 to
  • the X translation is generated by the actuation of the means X of displacement X of the second object holder 70.
  • the object 1 placed on the inclined plate 81 slides or rolls along the latter towards the discharge line 82.
  • the actuation of the treadmill 84 along the Y axis allows the displacement of the printed object 1 away of the machine 10.
  • the X-axis moving means of the slides are actuated independently of one another to move the first object-holder 50 of + ⁇ X1 and the second object-holder of + ⁇ X3.
  • the second object is released from the second object holder 70 so as to be transferred to the discharge means 80.
  • the slides 50 and 70 are moved simultaneously so as to bring the pretreated object, held by the first object holder 50, into the second waiting position, and simultaneously start the return movement of the second object holder. in its starting position of cycle. This situation is represented on the figure 5 .
  • the X displacement means of the first object holder 50 is actuated, and the first object carrier 50 is moved by + ⁇ X2.
  • the first object-holder 50 is actuated to release the pre-processed object that it holds so as to deposit it on the second support 12.
  • the means 95 and 98 for moving X of the slides are actuated independently of one another.
  • the first object-holder 50 is moved from - ( ⁇ X1 + ⁇ X2).
  • the second object-holder 50 is moved from - ( ⁇ X3 + ⁇ X4 + ⁇ X5).
  • Adding a pretreatment upstream of the printing station increases the rate.
  • the pretreatment device 41 is a pretreatment device by plasma torch.
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 represent alternative embodiments of the pretreatment device. In these figures, only the functional part of the pretreatment device is shown, while the object 1 to be pretreated is kept in the pretreatment position by the first object holder 50.
  • the pretreatment device is a pretreatment device by flame.
  • the burner 142 allows the combustion of a fuel, supplied from a source via the channel 143, with the oxygen of the ambient air, captured by means 144, to generate a row, along the Y axis, of flames. 145.
  • the pretreatment device is a corona pre-treatment device. It comprises a head 342 provided with a plurality of electrodes for the application of suitable electric discharges on the surface of the object to be treated.
  • the pretreatment device is a chemical pretreatment device.
  • the applicator 442 comprises a pad of felt 445 capable of being impregnated with a liquid chemical and applied against the portion of the surface of the object 1 to be pretreated.
  • the applicator 442 includes a dropper 444 for imbibing the buffer with a suitable flow rate.
  • the applicator 442 includes a button 443 for adjusting the application pressure of the felt pad 445 on the object.
  • the inkjet printing machine has a certain universality.
  • the object to be printed is cylindrical. Once placed in the printing position associated with a printing unit, the object is rotated on itself, so as to scroll a portion of the object to be printed in front of the active printing unit. To do this, the second object holder is provided with a pivoting means 75. In addition, the printing unit can be moved parallel to the pivot axis to extend the printed portion of the surface of the object.
  • the object to be printed is flat. It is placed in a printing position associated with a printing unit, so that its plane surface is parallel to an XY plane. The object is then translated relative to the printing unit in the X direction, so as to scroll a portion of the object in front of the printing unit.
  • the second object holder is provided with a translation means in the X direction.
  • the printing units of the printing device being aligned in the X direction, the means allowing the translation of the object. in front of the printing unit is constituted by the means 98 for moving the second object-holder in the direction X.
  • the displacement of the object in front of each printing unit as well as the displacement of the object of one unit to another is carried out continuously, the second object-carrier being animated with a constant speed in the direction X.
  • the printing device is provided with a translation means in the direction Y, identical to the displacement means 66 described above in detail.

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  1. Tintenstrahldruckmaschine (10), die auf einem selben Gestell (20) aufweist: ein Zuführmittel (30), eine Vorbehandlungsstation (40), eine Druckstation (60) und ein Entlademittel (80), wobei die Vorbehandlungsstation eine Vorbehandlungsvorrichtung (41) aufweist und die Druckstation eine Druckvorrichtung (61) des Tintenstrahltyps aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass:
    - das Zuführmittel in der Lage ist, ein Objekt (1) in einer ersten Warteposition an einer ersten Halterung (11) zu platzieren, die an der Maschine vorgesehen ist,
    - die Vorbehandlungsstation einen ersten Objektträger (50) aufweist, der in der Lage ist, ein Objekt (1) in der ersten Warteposition an der ersten Halterung zu ergreifen, das Objekt in eine Vorbehandlungsposition zu bringen, das Objekt während einer Vorbehandlung des Objekts, die mittels der Vorbehandlungsvorrichtung durchgeführt wird, zu bewegen, und das Objekt nach der Vorbehandlung in eine zweite Warteposition an einer zweiten Halterung (12) zu bringen, die an der Maschine vorgesehen ist,
    - die Druckstation einen zweiten Objektträger (70) aufweist, der in der Lage ist, ein Objekt in der zweiten Warteposition an der zweiten Halterung zu ergreifen, das Objekt in eine Druckposition zu bringen, das Objekt während eines Druckens, das mittels der Druckvorrichtung auf dem Objekt durchgeführt wird, zu bewegen, und das Objekt nach dem Drucken in Richtung zu dem Entlademittel zu transferieren.
  2. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei die Vorbehandlungs- und die Druckstation gleichlaufend funktionieren.
  3. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß Anspruch 1 oder Anspruch 2, wobei die erste und die zweite Stütze (11, 12) identische Höhen haben und die Vorbehandlungsposition und die Druckposition identische Höhen haben, wobei der erste und der zweite Objektträger (50, 70) mittels eines gemeinsamen Mittels (91) zum Bewegen entlang einer Hochachse (Z) entlang der Hochachse bewegt werden.
  4. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß Anspruch 3, wobei das Mittel (91) zum Bewegen entlang einer Hochachse (Z) aufweist: einen Träger (92), der sich parallel zu einer Abszissenachse (X) des Gestells (20) erstreckt und entlang der Hochachse (Z) an dem Gestell in Translation bewegbar montiert ist, und ein einziges Stellglied, das in der Lage ist, den Träger entlang der Hochachse zu bewegen.
  5. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß Anspruch 4, wobei der erste und der zweite Objektträger (50, 70) in Translation bewegbar an dem Träger (92) montiert sind, wobei jeder Objektträger (50, 70) einem Bewegungsmittel (95, 98) zugeordnet ist, das in der Lage ist, den korrespondierenden Objektträger entlang der Längsachse des Trägers in Translation zu bewegen.
  6. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Vorbehandlungsvorrichtung aus einer Plasmavorbehandlungsvorrichtung, einer Flammenvorbehandlungsvorrichtung, einer Coronavorbehandlungsvorrichtung und einer chemische-Vorbehandlung-Vorrichtung ausgewählt ist.
  7. Druckmaschine gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Druckstation (60) stromabwärts von der Druckvorrichtung (61) eine Trocknungsvorrichtung (68) aufweist.
  8. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der zweite Objektträger (70) mit einer Hilfstrocknungsvorrichtung (100) ausgestattet ist.
  9. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die erste und die zweite Stütze (11, 12) eine Form haben, die an diejenige des Objekts angepasst ist, um nicht mit dem zu bedruckenden Abschnitt der Oberfläche des Objekts in Kontakt zu sein.
  10. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Druckvorrichtung mindestens eine Druckeinheit (62) aufweist und der zweite Objektträger ein Schwenkmittel (75) aufweist, das in der Lage ist, das Objekt durch Schwenken um eine Halteachse des Objekts durch den Objektträger bezüglich einer aktiven Druckeinheit der Druckvorrichtung zu bewegen.
  11. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Druckvorrichtung (61) bezüglich des Gestells (20) in Translation bewegbar montiert ist, so dass eine aktive Druckeinheit (62) der Druckvorrichtung (61) Tinte auf ein Segment der Oberfläche des Objekts (1) ausstoßen kann, das von dem zweiten Objektträger gehalten wird, der sich parallel zu der Translationsrichtung der Druckvorrichtung erstreckt.
  12. Druckmaschine (10) gemäß irgendeinem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die Druckvorrichtung aufweist: eine Mehrzahl von Druckeinheiten (62), die hintereinander entlang einer Abszissenachse (X) des Gestells (20) angeordnet sind, wobei eine Druckposition jeder Druckeinheit der Druckvorrichtung zugeordnet ist, wobei die Maschine ein Mittel (98) zum Bewegen des zweiten Objektträgers entlang der Abszissenachse aufweist, um das Objekt sequentiell aus einer Druckposition in Richtung einer darauffolgenden Druckposition zu bewegen.
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