US 11,718,086 B2
Printing assembly
Frank Rudolph, Versmold (DE)
Assigned to Bobst Bielefeld GmbH, Bielefeld (DE)
Filed by Bobst Bielefeld GmbH, Bielefeld (DE)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,130.
Claims priority of application No. 21176765 (EP), filed on May 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379596 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B41F 5/24 (2006.01); B41F 13/11 (2006.01); B41M 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC B41F 5/24 (2013.01) [B41F 13/11 (2013.01); B41M 1/10 (2013.01); B41P 2217/11 (2013.01); B41P 2217/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing assembly comprising:
a printing machine with a printing module having a flexographic printing mode and a gravure printing mode, wherein the printing module comprises at least two printing cylinders defining the flexographic printing mode and the gravure printing mode of the printing module, and
a printing tool handling unit being configured for withdrawing and inserting the at least two printing cylinders from and into the printing module, respectively,
wherein the printing tool handling unit comprises a coupling interface and the at least two printing cylinders each comprise a complementary coupling interface such that the printing tool handling unit can couple to each of the at least two printing cylinders via the coupling interface on the printing tool handling unit and the complementary coupling interface on each of the at least two printing cylinders,
wherein each of the complementary coupling interfaces provided on the at least two printing cylinders are identical and complementary to the coupling interface on the printing tool handling unit.