Patent ID: 7766806

Claim:
A rotating body useable in a printing press comprising: a rotating body barrel, said rotating body barrel having an outer shell face with an outer shell face surface; a groove formed in said outer shell face, said groove including joining surfaces spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of said rotating body barrel and adjacent said outer shell face surface, said groove extending in a radial direction into said rotating body barrel from said outer shell face, said groove having a groove depth in said radial direction; and a profiled body secured in said groove adjacent said outer shell face surface and being welded together with said outer shell face on said joining surfaces, said profiled body including an outer profiled body surface and having a profiled body structural depth, said profiled body structural depth being substantially less than said groove depth, said profiled body secured in said groove at least partially bridging said groove at said outer shell face surface of said rotating body barrel with said outer profiled body surface being located adjacent said outer shell face surface.