Method and apparatus for applying in a closely fitting way a covering sheet on a rigid cylinder for obtaining a printing cylinder.

摘要

Printing cylinder with an outside covering (3) of a thermoplastic elastomeric composition which can be hardened by exposure to light said covering being snugly ap- lied to the circumference of the cylinder (1) by suction in the annular clearance between cylinder and covering; the cylinder consists of several coaxial parts during the covering process, only the central portion with its covering forming the printing cylinder.