Cleaning of printing cylinders of photo-gravure machine - by rotating cylinder in tank filled with leaching solution

摘要

A machine for washing the printing ink from the printing cylinder (14) of a photo-gravure printing machine consists of a sealed tank (1) in which the cylinder is mounted so that it can be rotated about its axis. The tank is filled with a strongly alkaline leaching solution and the cylinder is rotated as it is fully immersed in the solution. The end faces of the cylinder and its support shafts are cleaned by means of brushes pressed against their surfaces as the cylinder is rotated. USE - Cleaning of printing cylinders.