Abstract: A device for securing data in an electronic system of a printing machine given an impending data loss caused by influences acting on the system includes a plurality of system cards, one of the system cards having at least one processor, and at least another of the system cards being equipped with at least one nonvolatile memory, and the other system card having given memory positions containing data representing the respective status of the system card.

Abstract: Method of reducing register errors in multicolor offset printing machines having printing units driven by a common motor and having a register adjusting device, which includes determining and storing a functional relationship between a quantity of torque delivered by the common motor and a quantity characteristic of the torque, on the one hand, and a register adjustment necessary for maintaining satisfactory register, on the other hand, monitoring the quantity during operation of the printing machine, and setting the register adjustment to a value functionally associated with the respective torque.

Abstract: A method of determining printing-ink consumption in an offset printing press includes feeding printing ink to an inking unit of a printing press via an ink duct having adjustable ink-gap openings, and via an ink-duct roller which absorbs the ink emerging from the ink-gap openings; determining ink-film thicknesses (s.sub.F) from the ink-gap openings, and ink-strip length (l.sub.F) and ink-strip width (b.sub.F) per unit time from the rotational speed of the ink-duct roller, and calculating therewith the quantity of printing ink supplied per unit time of per number of printed products in accordance with the equationM.sub.F =K.times.s.sub.F .times.l.sub.F .times.b.sub.F .times.fwherein K represents a constant specific to the printing-press and f represents both a function specific to an adjustment of the press and also a function specific to the material, and displaying the determined ink consumption.

Abstract: Assembly for influencing inking in printing machines including a color density measuring device, a device for comparing nominal values and actual measured values, at least one electronic computer for linking the measured values with adjustment values, devices for metering ink feed zonewise to a printing plate and having ink metering elements with appertaining adjustment members and feed-back or reply devices, including a plurality of displays assigned to the ink metering elements for representing adjustment values of all ink zone adjustment members, respectively, of a printing unit, said displays providing exact recommendations to an operator of the assembly, before adjustment of the inking zone adjustment members, for adjusting the adjustment members to predetermined positioning nominal values and signaling to the operator absolute adjustment travel thereof both in magnitude and direction and a positioning device having means selective by the operator for following up the ink zone adjustment members individu

Abstract: Device for cleaning at least one of a plate and a blanket cylinder of an offset printing machine, includes a plurality of cleaning elements disposed adjacent one another in a direction parallel to a cylindrical peripheral surface of at least one of a plate and a blanket cylinder; a driving device for positioning each of the cleaning elements towards and away from the at least one cylinder; and an input and control device for actuating a respective cleaning element; and method of operating the device.

Abstract: Control arrangement for an electric motor having a control arrangement which, in accordance with at least one nominal value fed thereto, controls at least one power control element to be connected to an electrical network and the motor, including data transmission apparatus in the form of a computer device for applying to the control arrangement data received by the computer device from at least one of a device for determining the data and a memory wherein the data are stored.

Abstract: Data entry and display apparatus for a printing machine having a plurality of control elements having actual and desired position values for controlling machine variables which include ink and dampening fluid density and register positions, the control apparatus includes a control panel having a plurality of optical first elements for displaying and controlling at least one of the machine variables; a light pen having a contact point which includes a second optical element for operatively, optically engaging the first optical elements; timing means operatively engaging the first and second optical element for timingly coordinating the position of the contact point in spaced relationship with the first optical elements for entering nominal position values for at least one of the control elements into the control apparatus.

Abstract: A device for controlling a machine having controls for inputting commands, and display elements for displaying a status includes at least two groups of the controls including a first group of controls for selecting an assignment of a second group of controls to given machine components to be controlled, the display elements serving to display the assignment.

Abstract: A device for drying printed products in a printing machine having a transport device for conveying printed products along a given path includes a radiation device located outside the printing machine for generating radiant energy, and a device for transmitting the radiant energy generated by the radiation device to a surface of the printed product, the transmitting device being disposed at least partly in the printing machine so as to direct the radiant energy simultaneously over a defined width of the surface of the printed product.

Abstract: A control circuit for an electric motor having a power control element containing a first semiconductor for driving the motor in one torque direction, and a power control element containing a second semiconductor for driving the motor in the other torque direction includes a circuit-breaker for at least isolating one of the power control elements, upon failure of the one power control element, and connecting the remainder of the circuit to the other power control element instead of the failed power control element.

Abstract: Safety system for a printing machine having at least one machine drive, a brake device and an electronic control system therefor. The electronic control system has power control stages which permit electronic braking of the drive assembly, and a monitoring circuit, to which can be fed nominal and actual values of the speed of the drive assembly, and which actuate the brake device in the case of impermissibly high deviation between a nominal value and an actual value. Accelerations and decelerations necessary in the operation of the printing machine are achieved by suitable control of the respective machine drive.

Abstract: Cable lead-through device includes a frame-shaped mounting member open at one side thereof, a cable lead-through element formed of at least one substantially parallelepipedal block of foamed plastic material surrounding a respective cable and received in the mounting member, and a retaining member for locking the open side of the frame-shaped mounting member, the cable lead-through element having an outer dimension limited by the mounting member, the substantially parallelepipedal block being of one-piece construction and being formed with a bore extending along an axis of the block, as well as with a slit extending alongside the bore for accommodating a cable introducible therethrough into the bore.

Abstract: Device for controlling a pile-lifting device of a sheet-processing machine has a drive for performing correction movements in order to keep the upper side of the pile within a range of heights, a device for scanning the position of an upper side of the pile so as to determine whether the upper side of the pile has reached a predetermined height or not, and a control device for controlling the correction movements in accordance with the result of the scanning of the position of the upper side of the pile, and includes device for determining a quantity dependent upon the correction movement.

Abstract: In combination, a control mechanism for a separately excited DC drive motor, and a device for generating an exciter current to be supplied to a field winding of the motor, includes a measuring device for measuring operational values of the motor, and a device connected to the measuring device for adjusting the exciter current, in accordance with measurement results of the measured values, to a determined value at which a preselected operational characteristic exists, and the exciter current is kept constant at the determined value.

Abstract: A device for matching a printed product having a matching table and a gallows firmly mounted on and extending above the matching table and carrying lighting device for illuminating the matching table from above includes a matching sheet holder secured to the gallows and disposed so as to be movable towards and away from a viewer located in front of the matching table, and a device for retaining the matching sheet holder independently in a respective selected position.

Abstract: An optical device for detecting a condition of a carbon brush in a drive unit includes lightguides disposed in vicinity with the carbon brush yet out of contact with the carbon brush and having a device for monitoring wear of the carbon brush, and a device for triggering a warning signal when the carbon brush has reached a predetermined residual length.

Abstract: In combination, a tachogenerator of compact construction with a hollow shaft connection and a clamping element for fixing the tachogenerator onto a rotating drive shaft, the tachogenerator includes a stator connected to a stationary machine part for securing the stator against torsion, and a rotor rotatably carrying a coding disk, the rotor being formed in part of the hollow shaft connection and being mountable on the drive shaft so as to be fixed against rotation relative thereto, the stator being mounted, through the intermediary or bearings, on the rotor for free relative rotation therebetween, the rotor having a rear end face, and the rotating drive shaft being formed with a shaft collar, the clamping element bringing the rear end face of the rotor flatly into engagement with the shaft collar formed on the rotating drive shaft.

Abstract: Device for monitoring imbricated sheets stream fed to a printing machine, including a scanning roller rotatably mounted on a carrier above a base of imbricatedly arranged sheets, the carrier being adjustable by a servomotor so that the scanning roller rotates only when a given number of sheets are arranged on top of one another, a sensor cooperatively associated with the scanning roller, and an intermediate roller movable transversely with respect to its axis and substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the sheets, the intermediate roller being disposed between the scanning roller and the base, comprising a device for measuring the distance of at least one of the scanning roller and the intermediate roller to the base of the overlapped sheets, a control unit coupled with the sensor, the servomotor and the measuring device and a device for producing a signal characteristic of an angle of rotation of the printing machine, the signal being fed to the control unit, the control unit having a device for monito

Abstract: A device for monitoring sheet transport at sheet feeders for printing machines includes at least one photo-sensor disposed above at each side, respectively, of the sheet feeder, apparatus for providing adjustable positioning of said photo-sensors in spaced relation to the leading edge and corners of the sheet; control logic responsively connected to the photo sensors for processing signals from the photo-sensor for producing a fault indication in case a sheet feeding failure is detected by the photo-sensors.

Abstract: A method and device for checking the brake of a motion-controlled and monitored printing press drive motor includes a processor unit which is connected on its input side to a motion signal generator and a motion control panel, and is connected on its output side with the drive motor and associated motor brake via a power output stage which is configured as a power converter. The processor unit generates the control signals for the motor and brake. Before each starting operation and with the brake still applied, a momentary small nominal power motion value is fed as a test value to the drive motor and subsequently the actual motor motion values are measured. If actual motion is detected, the brake torque is not sufficient, the system generates an error message and it switches the drive motor off. If no motion is detected, the motor brake is released, the nominal power value is maintained and the motion of the drive motor is re-checked.