JP2511354B2 - Rotary press with replaceable unit - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotary press for printing newspapers and the like, and more particularly to a rotary press capable of changing the arrangement of printing units and / or folding units constituting the rotary press, that is, changing the arrangement and / or the direction. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The construction of a conventional rotary press for printing newspapers is as follows.
The layout shown in FIG. 5.13 on page 889 of "Handbook of Printing Engineering" (1st edition, 2nd edition, July 20, 1983, published by Gihodo Publishing Co., Ltd.) is known.

The construction of each part of the rotary press for newspaper printing shown in FIG. 5.13 is the 33rd of "Latest newspaper production major equipment" (published by the Japan Newspaper Association on May 17, 1986).
It is shown in more detail in the figure described on page 5, and the same figure is shown in FIG. 12 attached hereto.

The newspaper printing press shown in FIG. 12 has a plurality of paper feeding units 2 arranged in parallel between a base 1 and a machine base 4.
1, 21, 21, 21 and a plurality of printing units 22, 22, 22, 22 arranged side by side on the machine base 4, and a normal single unit arranged side by side on the same machine base 4 as those printing units. It comprises a folding unit 23 and a bay window device 24a provided on the uppermost rail frame 24. In particular, the printing unit and the folding unit are provided in parallel at predetermined positions on the machine base 4. , Its placement is fixed.

Further, the printing unit 22 is generally
Single-color printing units 22a, 22a, 22a, 22a for black-printing or black-printing plus spot one-color complementary printing, and generally black (black), crimson (magenta), and yellow (yellow)
And multi-color printing unit 2 for four-color printing of cyan
2b, the bay window device 24a includes a plurality of running papers W, W printed by another monochromatic printing unit in order to place the running paper W printed by the multicolor printing unit 22b on an appropriate page of a newspaper. , W, a large number of turn bars and guide rollers are appropriately arranged for the purpose of changing the stacking order with W.

When viewed from the order of the traveling path of the traveling paper W, the multi-color printing unit 22b has a sheet feeding unit 2
Since the running paper W is not directly supplied from 1 but the running paper W already subjected to black printing by a certain monochromatic printing unit is supplied and further color printing is performed, the relationship between the two is considered to be a serial arrangement. In terms of location, the multicolor printing unit 22b is also usually provided in parallel on the common machine base 4 with the other single color printing units 22a, and its arrangement is fixed.

On the other hand, only the single-color printing unit 22a adjacent to the multi-color printing unit 22b is arranged at a position higher than the other single-color printing units because the running paper W is supplied to the multi-color printing unit 22b.

In such a configuration, each paper feeding unit 2
Each running paper W drawn from 1, 21, 21, 21
W, W, W are the monochromatic printing units 22a, 22
a, 22a, 22a, and the running paper W printed by a certain monochromatic printing unit is further printed by the multicolor printing unit 22.
After being subjected to multicolor printing via b, all the running papers are guided to the folding unit 23 via the bay window device 24a consisting of a number of turn bars and guide rollers, where they are superposed on other running papers. It is cut, folded, and discharged as a product.

[0009]

By the way, as described above, in order to arrange the multicolor printing paper W printed by the multicolor printing unit 22b on an arbitrary page of a newspaper, a plurality of other single color printing units 22a, It is necessary to insert the multi-color running paper W in any stacking order among the mono-color running papers W, W, W printed by 22a, 22a, and what makes this possible is the bay window device 24a. there were.

However, the bay window device 2
As shown in FIG. 12, 4a disposes an extremely large number of turn bars and guide rollers over a wide area on the rail frame 24, which not only increases the size of the machine,
The running route of each running paper is complicated in a wide variety, and the labor load required for the operator to thread the paper is extremely large, and
It was uneconomical because a lot of waste paper was generated due to work mistakes.

On the other hand, in the work of repair and maintenance of the printing unit and the folding unit, conventionally, a worker has
Since the work is carried out between the machines in each of the narrowly arranged units that are fixed, it takes a lot of time and effort due to the unreasonable posture, and there is a burden such as using the air all the time from the safety point of view.

An object of the present invention is to significantly simplify a rotary press for printing newspapers and the like by newly developing means for arbitrarily changing the stacking order of the running papers introduced into the folding unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotary press capable of improving the work efficiency by further reducing the size and weight of the entire rotary press and further reliably and quickly performing maintenance, inspection and cleaning of each unit.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a rotary press in which a folding unit and a plurality of printing units are juxtaposed at a predetermined operating position along a printing operation line on a floor. Moving means attached to at least two of the units, and communicating at least these two positions for moving the unit between an operating position of a source and an operating position of a destination along the printing operation line. A movement guide means on the floor, and enabling movement of the unit by means of the movement means and the movement guide means to relocate the unit on the printing operation line, or (2) at least one of the units At least to move the attached moving means and the unit between its operating position and the turning position provided outside the printing operation line. A movement guide means on the floor for connecting these two positions and a direction change means for changing the direction of the unit provided at the direction change position by 180 ° are provided, and the movement means and the movement guide means for the unit are provided. Enabling the 180 ° direction change of the direction of the unit at the operating position by the combined operation of the movement by the above and the 180 ° direction change by the direction changing means, or (3) the moving means attached to at least two of the units. And at least these three positions are communicated in order to move the unit between the operation position of the movement source and the operation position of the movement destination along the printing operation line and the turning position provided outside the printing operation line. The unit includes a movement guide unit on the floor and a direction changing unit provided at the direction changing position for changing the direction of the unit by 180 °. (4) The arrangement of the units on the printing operation line and the 180 ° direction change are made possible by a combined operation of the movement of the moving unit and the movement guide unit and the 180 ° direction change by the direction changing unit. By adopting the configuration of
Stack of printed papers, each printed on the
The order and / or the front and back of the paper can be changed.
And a rotary press characterized by the following.

Of the printing unit and the folding unit,
The widths of the movable units are made the same or substantially the same.

The movable unit may be a printing unit and / or a folding unit, and the printing unit may include a single-color printing unit and / or a multi-color printing unit.

[0016]

The arrangement of the printing unit and / or the folding unit in the rotary press can be changed by moving at least two movable units from the operating position of the moving source to the operating position of the moving destination. If the widths of the plurality of movable units are the same or substantially the same, the change of the arrangement by exchanging these units can be achieved more smoothly.

[0017] its at least one of the units that can be moved
Reversing position provided outside the printing operation line from the operation position of
And move it to the turning position by the turning means.
The unit is turned 180 degrees and the initial operating position
If the unit is returned to the storage position, it will be in the operating position of the unit.
You can change the orientation of the room .

The combination of the printing unit and / or the folding unit, that is, the layout change and / or the direction change is performed by the function of the bay window device provided in the conventional rotary press, that is, the stacking order of a plurality of running papers. A change, that is, a function of rearranging a specific printing surface into an arbitrary page can be substituted.

On the other hand, in the event of a failure of either the printing unit or the folding unit in operation, it is removed from the rotary press arrangement and, in its place, a spare maintenance is completed. Can be replaced with a unit.

A unit that is out of order or requires maintenance, inspection or cleaning can be removed from the arrangement of the rotary press and carried out to a repair shop or the like where repair conditions have been established for maintenance work.

[0021]

First, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a rotary press according to the present invention. In FIG.
Is erected between the upper ends of a plurality of Y-shaped machine legs 2 which are erected on the base 1, and each machine leg 2 forms the skeleton of the paper feeding unit 3 on which the paper roll 14 is mounted. Stand 4
The printing unit 5 and the folding unit 6 are arranged in parallel on the floor 4a of the same level formed on the upper surface of the.

The arrangement of the printing unit 5 and the folding unit 6 used in the present invention is not fixed on the machine base 4 like those of the conventional type and can be rearranged, and the lower surface portion of each unit can be arranged. Is provided with a moving means 7 such as a wheel, and the moving means is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3,
Each printing unit 5 is mounted on a movement guide means 9 such as a rail laid on the floor 4a on the machine base 4.
And / or the folding unit 6 can be moved along the rails of the movement guide means 9 manually or by a driving means (not shown).

In FIGS. 1 and 3, for example, the rail of the movement guide means 9 has one trunk line 9a having a length for mounting at least two units, and a plurality of branch lines 9b branched from the trunk line. 9b, 9b, 9b, and the ends of their branch lines reach the respective operating positions of the printing unit 5 and / or the folding unit 6 in the rotary press.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, each printing unit 5 and / or folding unit 6 is connected to each branch line 9b.
It is possible to move to the trunk line 9a, and then switch to another desired branch line 9b. Therefore, it is desirable to make the size, especially the width, of each unit to be the same or substantially the same.

On the other hand, at one end of the main line 9a of the movement guide means 9, a direction changing means for changing the direction of the unit, for example, a T-shaped branch portion 9c, is provided. It is possible to turn the direction of each printing unit 5 and / or folding unit 6 by 180 °. It should be noted that this direction changing means can also be achieved by a disk 9d that is rotationally displaceable provided on the main line 9a. Further, the T-shaped branch portion 9c can be connected to a service line (not shown) that reaches a maintenance shop.

Each printing unit 5 and / or folding unit 6 which has been installed in a predetermined operating position after completing such a layout change and / or a direction change is fixed to a fixed position 8 by a fixing means 8.
It is fixedly fixed on the floor 4a.

The printing unit 5 and / or the folding unit 6 are operated by an independent drive motor (not shown) for each unit and wiring for supplying electricity.
In addition, it can be achieved by connecting the ends of the supply pipes for supplying ink, lubricating oil, air pressure, etc., and the main wiring (not shown) and the main pipe so as to be freely connected and separated via connectors.

As a means for introducing power to operate each unit, it is possible to intervene with a clutch mechanism that can be engaged and disengaged with a drive spindle (not shown) from the outside.
Further, it is also possible to independently supply the printing ink and the lubricating oil by the tank and the feeding means provided in each unit.

In FIG. 2, the rail frame 10 is erected between the upper ends of the machine legs 13, 13 standing on the machine base 4,
The rail frame 10 is provided with a minimum required number of guide rollers 11 and a turn bar 12, which form a paper threading path for the running paper 15. The paper passage path is determined according to the fixed position of the upstream printing unit 5.

It is to be noted that the guide roller 11 and the turn bar 12 are integrally incorporated at the upper end of each printing unit 5,
It is also possible to integrate the guide roller on the folding unit 6 into the upper end of the folding unit 6 and integrate it.
With them, the omission of the rail frame 10 is achieved.

Next, the operation of the rotary press according to the present invention will be described. First, before starting printing, in order to arrange the units corresponding to the printing specifications such as the page construction of the printed matter and the insertion position of the multi-color printed page, the units that need to be moved are fixed on the floor 4
While removing the fixing means 8 in order to release from a,
Wiring and piping are separated from the main wiring and main piping via a connector to make the unit movable.

When it is desired to rearrange the units, at least two target units are carried out from each branch line 9b onto the trunk line 9a, and then each unit is changed to a desired one.
And it carries interchanged to 稼 work position.

When it is desired to change the direction of a unit by 180 °, at least one unit as a target is carried out from its branch line 9b to one side of the T-shaped branch portion 9c via the main line 9a, and then further. The unit is moved to the other side of the T-shaped branch portion 9c, and then carried into the branch line 9b via the trunk line 9a.

The unit whose layout and / or direction has been completed is first fixed on the floor 4a by the fixing means 8 and the wiring pipes are connected to the main wiring main pipe by a connector (not shown). Next, after the running paper 15 pulled out from the web 14 of the paper feeding unit 3 is threaded, the running paper 15 is further threaded on the guide roller 11 and the turn bar 12 of the rail frame 10, and finally, the running paper 15 Is introduced into the folding unit 6, and the rotary press becomes operable.

When it is desired to carry out the unit for failure, maintenance inspection, cleaning, etc., the unit is carried from the T-shaped branch portion 9c to a maintenance shop (not shown) through the carrying-out process.

By the operation of the rotary press according to the present invention, how the stacking order of the running papers changes on the folding unit 6 (F), and two printing units P1 and P2 are shown according to FIGS. An example of combination with one folding unit F will be sequentially described below.

First, the units P1 and P in FIG.
The array of 2 and F is defined as the basic position, and the overlapping state of the two running papers W1 and W2 generated in that case is the basic overlapping order.

FIG. 5 shows the case where the folding unit F is in the basic position and the two printing units P1 and P2 are rearranged with respect to FIG. 4, in which case two printing units P1 and P2 are arranged. The stacking order of the running papers W1 and W2 is interchanged with respect to FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a case where the folding unit F and the other printing unit P2 are in the basic position, and the orientation of one printing unit P1 is changed by 180 ° with respect to FIG. In that case, one running paper W1 is turned upside down with respect to FIG. Here, the symbol Y indicates a specific printing surface, and P1 ′ indicates the opposite direction of the printing unit P1.

In FIG. 7, the folding unit F is in the basic position, and the two printing units P1, P2 are rearranged relative to each other with respect to FIG.
Shows a case in which the direction of 180 ° is changed by 180 °, and in that case, the stacking order of the two running papers W1 and W2 is interchanged with respect to FIG. 4, and one running paper W1 is turned upside down. overlap.

FIG. 8 shows a case where the two printing units P1 and P2 are in the basic position and the folding unit F is turned by 180 ° with respect to FIG. Overlap in the same state as in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows a case where the two printing units P1 and P2 are rearranged with respect to each other with respect to FIG. 4, and the direction of the folding unit F is 180 ° with respect to FIG. In that case, the running paper overlaps in the same state as in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a case where all of the units are arranged at the same basic position as in FIG. 4 and the front and back reversing means X is inserted in the running paper W1 discharged from one printing unit P1. In that case, the running papers overlap in the same state as in FIGS. 6 and 9.

FIG. 11 shows two printing units P1 and P2.
4 shows a case in which the front and back reversing means X is inserted in the traveling paper W1 discharged from one of the printing units P1 in FIG. 7 and the same state as FIG. 8 overlap.

The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but extends to all design modifications without departing from the scope of the claims.

[0046]

According to the present invention, the printing unit and / or the folding unit constituting the rotary press can be rearranged, that is,
Since it is possible to change the layout and / or the direction, it is possible to arbitrarily change the stacking order and / or the front and back sides of the running papers introduced into the folding unit. It is possible to omit the huge bay window device of the occupying space that requires an extremely large number of guide rollers and turn bars, and along with it, the paper passing path is also simple and clear, and the risk of working errors is reduced, and The mechanism of the rotary press can be remarkably simplified, and the overall size and weight of the rotary press can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, since the respective units can be recombined as described above, a unit requiring a failure, maintenance inspection, cleaning or the like is excluded from the arrangement of the rotary press, and the repair condition is satisfied. Since it can be carried out to a maintenance factory etc. for maintenance work, the efficiency of the work is improved, failure recovery is relatively easy and quick, and the safety of workers can be further ensured. Became.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing a main part of a rotary press according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing an embodiment of a rotary press according to the present invention,

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a combination of two printing units P1 and P2 and one folding unit F, and two running papers W in a case where all of the units are basically arranged.
Explanatory drawing showing the basic overlapping order of 1 and W2,

5 shows the same combination example as in FIG. 4, with the folding unit F as the basic position, and when the two printing units P1 and P2 are rearranged with respect to FIG.
Explanatory drawing showing a state in which the overlapping order of 1 and W2 is mutually interchanged with respect to FIG.

FIG. 6 shows a case where the folding unit F and the other printing unit P2 are arranged at the basic position in the same combination example as in FIG. 4 and the direction of one printing unit P1 is changed by 180 ° with respect to FIG. An explanatory view showing a state in which one running paper W1 is turned upside down with respect to FIG.

7 shows the same combination example as FIG. 4, with the folding unit F as a basic position, the two printing units P1 and P2 are rearranged with respect to FIG. 4, and the orientation of one printing unit P1 is changed. An explanatory view showing a state in which, when the direction is changed by 180 °, the stacking order of the two running papers W1 and W2 is interchanged with respect to FIG. 4, and one running paper W1 is turned upside down.

FIG. 8 shows the same combination example as in FIG. 4, in which two printing units P1 and P2 are arranged at a basic position and a folding unit F
When the direction of the paper is changed by 180 ° with respect to FIG. 4, the same state as that of FIG. 7, that is, the stacking order of the running papers W1 and W2 of the two schools is changed from each other with respect to FIG. Explanatory drawing showing a state in which W1 overlaps inside out,

9 shows an example of the same combination as FIG. 4, in which two printing units P1 and P2 are arranged relative to each other with respect to FIG. 4, and the folding unit F is rotated with respect to FIG. 4 by 180 °. In this case, an explanatory view showing the same state as in FIG. 6, that is, a state in which one running paper W1 is turned upside down with respect to FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a case in which all of the units are arranged at the same basic position as in FIG. 4 in the same combination example as in FIG. 4 and the front and back reversing means X is inserted in the running paper W1 discharged from one printing unit P1. 6 is an explanatory view showing the same state as FIG. 6 and FIG. 9, that is, a state in which one running paper W1 is turned upside down with respect to FIG.

11 shows the same combination example as FIG. 4 in which two printing units P1 and P2 are rearranged with respect to FIG.
In addition, the running paper W discharged from the one printing unit P1
When the front and back reversing means X is inserted into the sheet 1, the same state as in FIGS. 7 and 8, that is, the stacking order of the two traveling papers W1 and W2 is changed from that in FIG. W
Explanatory drawing showing a state in which 1 is overlapped inside out,

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a configuration of a conventional rotary press.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 foundation table 2 and 13 machine legs 3, 3, 3, 3 paper feeding unit 4 machine table 4a floor of the same level provided on the upper surface of the machine table 5, 5, 5, 5, P1, P2, P1 'printing unit 6 and F, F 'folding unit 7 wheel by the moving means 8 fixing means 9 rail by the moving guide means 9a trunk 9b, 9b, 9b, 9c rotation (drop cable to orientation recombinant means and garages) 9b branch 9c T-shaped branch Displaceable disk ( direction changing means) 10 Rail frame 11 Guide roller 12 Turn bar 13 Machine leg 14 Rolling paper 15, W, W1, W2 Traveling paper 21 Paper feeding unit 22 Printing unit 22a Single color printing unit 23b Multicolor printing unit 23 Folding unit 24 rail frame 24a bay window device X front and back reversing means for running paper Y specific printing surface

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotary press in which a folding unit and a plurality of printing units are arranged in parallel at a predetermined operating position along a printing operation line on a floor, and moving means attached to at least two of the units, and the unit. the and a movement guide means on the floor to contact at least two positions in order to move between the destination operating position and the moving original operating position along the printing operation line, said moving means And the placement of the unit on the printing operation line by moving the unit by the movement guide means.
To be collected into the folding unit
The stacking order and
In addition , a rotary press characterized in that the front and back of the page can be changed . 2. A rotary press in which a folding unit and a plurality of printing units are juxtaposed at predetermined operating positions along a printing operation line on a floor, and moving means attached to at least one of the units, and the unit. A movement guide means on the floor for connecting at least these two positions for moving the operating position between the operating position and the turning position provided outside the printing operation line; and the unit provided at the turning position. 180 orientation
A direction changing means for changing the direction of the unit at the operating position by a combined operation of the moving means of the unit and the movement guiding means and the 180 degree direction changing by the direction changing means. Enable , thereby being assembled into the folding unit
The stacking order and
In addition , a rotary press characterized in that the front and back of the page can be changed . 3. A rotary press in which a folding unit and a plurality of printing units are juxtaposed at predetermined operating positions along a printing operation line on a floor, and moving means attached to at least two of the units, and the unit. On the floor that communicates at least these three positions in order to move between the operating position of the source and the operating position of the destination along the printing operation line and the turning position provided outside the printing operation line. The movement guide means and the direction of the unit provided at the turning position are set to 180 degrees.
And a direction changing means for changing the direction of the unit on the printing operation line by a combined operation of moving the unit by the moving means and the movement guiding means and 180 degree direction changing by the direction changing means.
° turning and thereby allowing the folding unit to
Stack of printed papers, each printed on the
A rotary press characterized in that it is possible to change the order and / or the front and back of the page . 4. Among the printing unit and the folding unit, the width of the movable units and the same or nearly the same claim 1
Or the rotary press described in 3. 5. The rotary press according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the movable unit is a printing unit. 6. The rotary press according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the movable unit is a folding unit. 7. The rotary press according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the movable units are a printing unit and a folding unit. 8. The rotary press according to claim 5, wherein the printing unit includes a single-color printing unit and a multi-color printing unit.