Abstract: A printing machine including a plate adapted to rotate about its axis and carrying at its periphery a plurality of object supports having a top face which receives an object to be printed and workstations distributed circumferentially around the plate in line with the trajectory of the object supports, some of which are printing stations and others of which are treatment stations. At least one of the object supports includes a lifting system which raises the object relative to the top face of the object support. The lifting system is connected to a suction head which preserves the projecting position of the object corresponding to that it initially occupied on the object support. The lifting system preferably includes at least two tubes which slide through holes through the object support and the plate.

Abstract: A stack support loading and/or offloading system includes a carriage mobile in translation between a retracted position in which the carriage is moved away from the machine and an advanced position in which the carriage is close to the machine, the direction of movement of the carriage being substantially horizontal. An arm pushes or pulls a support, having at its free end a shape suitable for the support to be moved, and mounted on the carriage and articulated about a substantially vertical shaft between a deployed position in which the free end of the arm is on the trajectory of a support and a retracted position folded toward the carriage. A spring return system spring-loads the arm toward its deployed position. Applications include a loading and offloading station, for example for a machine for printing compact discs.

Abstract: A stack support loading and/or offloading system includes a carriage mobile in translation between a retracted position in which the carriage is moved away from the machine and an advanced position in which the carriage is close to the machine, the direction of movement of the carriage being substantially horizontal. An arm pushes or pulls a support, having at its free end a shape suitable for the support to be moved, and mounted on the carriage and articulated about a substantially vertical shaft between a deployed position in which the free end of the arm is on the trajectory of a support and a retracted position folded toward the carriage. A spring return system spring-loads the arm toward its deployed position. Applications include a loading and offloading station, for example for a machine for printing compact discs.