Patent ID: 6345574
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: B41F,B41P

Abstract:
Printing unit arrangement in a web-fed rotary printing press comprising:a first printing unit, said first printing unit including a first and a second plate cylinder and a first and a second blanket cylinder, said first and second blanket cylinders and first and second plate cylinders being mechanically coupled to each other and being commonly driven by a common drive motor; a second printing unit, said second printing unit including a first plate cylinder, a first blanket cylinder associated with said first plate cylinder, a second plate cylinder, a second blanket cylinder associated with said second plate cylinder, said second blanket cylinder being mechanically coupled to said first blanket cylinder, a first drive motor for individually driving said first plate cylinder, a second drive motor for individually driving said second plate cylinder and a third drive motor for driving said first and second blanket cylinders, said first and second printing units printing a coloured image on both sides of a paper web.