Patent ID: 7150226

Claim:
An apparatus for positioning a first roll in a printing unit of a rotary press with respect to at least a second roll adjacent the first roll, comprising: a movable axle on which the first roll is mounted, the movable axel being mounted in at least one bearing arrangement movable with respect to a sidewall of the printing unit; a first linear transport unit, a second linear transport unit on the first linear transport unit which forms a cross slide, said bearing arrangement of the first roll being coupled to the second linear transport unit such that the bearing arrangement is movable in a plane parallel to the sidewall of the printing unit, sensing means for generating signals for determining a position and a pressing force of the first roll against the second roll; a controller for receiving the signals and controlling the position and pressing force of the first roll based against the second roll on the received signals and by means of combined travel and force regulation of the first roll, and and said controller having predefinable parameters for controlling positioning of the first roll.