Abstract: A sheet-fed rotary printing machine includes at least two electric drive motors acting on a gearwheel train which mechanically connects a plurality of printing units to one another. A device for controlling the printing machine includes a control loop for each electric drive motor having a higher-frequency control element. At least one control loop has a low-frequency control element supplying an output signal picked up at the control loops in a predetermined ratio. A sheet-fed rotary printing machine having the device is also provided.

Abstract: In a method for compensating an oscillation which has a frequency spectrum with a number of discrete frequency components in a printing press, at least one counter torque is introduced into the printing press in order to compensate for at least one discrete frequency component of the oscillation. A first group of one or more frequency components are compensated for by introducing one or more previously determined counter torques, and a second group of one or more frequency components is compensated for by introducing specific counter torques as a function of a measurement, carried out during the operation of the printing press, of at least one signal which contains at least the one or the plurality of frequency components.

Abstract: A cold film transfer method with dynamic film tensioning guides a film web intermittently through a transfer nip with dancers to use less film web. The intermittent drive and action of a transfer cylinder channel result in undesired fluctuations in film tension or web force, which directly affect dancer motors. A control system is used to avoid high loads on the motors and the web. A control circuit acts on the dancer movement, a first process variable is mapped in the control circuit and the first process variable is a function of a force acting on the dancers as a result of the transfer film or is a function of the actual current movement profile of the dancers. A measure for web tension is calculated as a function of the first process variable and/or the amplitude of the web tension is at least limited by the control system.

Abstract: A printing press and a method for controlling a printing press include rotatably mounted cylinders. At least two adjacent cylinders roll on one another through bearer rings. At least one of the adjacent cylinders can be rotated actively relative to at least one of the bearer rings by a setting device.

Abstract: A cold film transfer method with dynamic film tensioning guides a film web intermittently through a transfer nip with dancers to use less film web. The intermittent drive and action of a transfer cylinder channel result in undesired fluctuations in film tension or web force, which directly affect dancer motors. A control system is used to avoid high loads on the motors and the web. A control circuit acts on the dancer movement, a first process variable is mapped in the control circuit and the first process variable is a function of a force acting on the dancers as a result of the transfer film or is a function of the actual current movement profile of the dancers. A measure for web tension is calculated as a function of the first process variable and/or the amplitude of the web tension is at least limited by the control system.

Abstract: A sheet-fed rotary printing machine includes at least two electric drive motors acting on a gearwheel train which mechanically connects a plurality of printing units to one another. A device for controlling the printing machine includes a control loop for each electric drive motor having a higher-frequency control element. At least one control loop has a low-frequency control element supplying an output signal picked up at the control loops in a predetermined ratio. A sheet-fed rotary printing machine having the device is also provided.

Abstract: A module for a machine for processing sheet printing materials, has interfaces for control communication, a memory unit which can be read and written and which contains the properties of the module, and also a communications device which is used for communication with further modules and/or a higher-order control system of the machine. The communications device is operatively connected to the memory unit.

Abstract: In a method for compensating an oscillation which has a frequency spectrum with a number of discrete frequency components in a printing press, at least one counter torque is introduced into the printing press in order to compensate for at least one discrete frequency component of the oscillation. A first group of one or more frequency components are compensated for by introducing one or more previously determined counter torques, and a second group of one or more frequency components is compensated for by introducing specific counter torques as a function of a measurement, carried out during the operation of the printing press, of at least one signal which contains at least the one or the plurality of frequency components.

Abstract: A module for a machine for processing sheet printing materials, has interfaces for control communication, a memory unit which can be read and written and which contains the properties of the module, and also a communications device which is used for communication with further modules and/or a higher-order control system of the machine. The communications device is operatively connected to the memory unit.

Abstract: A device for recognizing functional units in an electrical system, which is one of being optional and provided in different construction stages, respectively, comprising a data processing unit and at least one functional unit, the functional unit having a function register with a nonvolatile memory for holding function data, the memory having at least one function entry with function data associated with the physical properties of the functional unit, a change in the properties of the functional unit being recordable by changing the corresponding function data of the function entry in the function register; and a method of operating the device.

Abstract: Drive for a printing press with a plurality of printing units mechanically interconnected through the intermediary of a gear train, the printing units being associated with respective drive motors for supplying power to the gear train in a preset torque ratio, includes a control device, a device for supplying to the control device information regarding printing-specific variables, said control device including a device for determining, from the printing-specific variables, load-torque changes in the printing units, individually, and for energizing the drive motors so that power flow in the gear train is constant when averaged over time.

Abstract: A device for recognizing functional units in an electrical system, which is one of being optional and provided in different construction stages, respectively, comprising a data processing unit and at least one functional unit, the functional unit having a function register with a nonvolatile memory for holding function data, the memory having at least one function entry with function data associated with the physical properties of the functional unit, a change in the properties of the functional unit being recordable by changing the corresponding function data of the function entry in the function register; and a method of operating the device.