Mechanism of Printing Machines-I detailed syllabus for Printing Technology (PT) for 2021 revision curriculum has been taken from the SITTTRs official website and presented for the Printing Technology students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Course Outcomes:
On completion of the course student will be able to:
- Explain the characteristics of sheet fed offset printing machines.
- Demonstrate the printing process with sheet-fed offset machine.
- Demonstrate about web offset printing.
- Summarize web offset printing and troubleshooting in offset printing.
Module 1:
Definition of Lithography, Planography, Offset Printing. Classification of Offset printing machines – Sheet fed, web fed. Sheetfed Offset Machine: Introduction. Feeding unit: Types of Feeders – Friction feeders, Suction feeders, Types of Suction Feeders – Single sheet feeder and Stream Feeder. Pile board. Stoppers – front, side, back. Air blower nozzle. Suckers – lifting suckers, forwarding suckers. Flip arrangements – metal, brush. Feed board assemblies: introduction roller, drop down wheel, rubber wheel, brush wheels, endless tapes, ball arrangement. Modern feed board sheet forwarding. Registration unit: Front lay. Side lay – push type, pull type. Comparison between push type and pull type lays. Sheet detectors – no-sheet detector, multi sheet detectors, cross sheet detectors. Types of detectors (brief introduction only) -mechanical and photo electrical sheet detectors. Sheet insertion system/infeed unit: Swing arm, Rotary, Tumbler and Overfeed Grippers. Dampening system – types, construction and features. Contact and noncontact dampening system (Vibrator-type dampening system; Continuous-type dampening system; Indirect dampening solution application through the ink roller; Brush-type dampening system; Centrifugal dampening system; jet spray dampening system).Inking system- types, construction and features. (pyramid, multi roller) modern inking systems with motorized ink control. Digital inking system.
Module 2:
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Module 3:
Web offset machine: Introduction, Overview. General terminology – web offset, printing couple, printing unit, perfecting, non-perfecting, inline, horizontal presses, vertical presses-I-C presses. Blanket to Blanket presses-Introduction, plate cylinder, Blanket cylinder, cylinder pressure &timing, Arithmetic oh packing. Packaging gauge, bench micrometer.
In feed section:
Single – roll stand, multiple roll stand, dancer roller, Lug air shaft, continuous roll feeding devices – Flying pasters – splicing sequence on flying pester Zero speed splicer – splicing sequence on a zero speed pester. Preparing a splice. Splice template, infeed operation.
Dampening system:
Types of dampening systems – levy flap dampening systems, continuous flow dampening systems, brush dampening using flick blades, Clare brush dampening systems, gross brush dampening systems. Alcohol in fountain solution. Continuous flow dampening systems -inker feed systems; Dahlgren dampening systems – Miehle – matic, Roland matic – Harris duotrol – Epic litho/dampener plate feed systems. Combination continuous – flow systems. Critical metering nip. Reverse slips nip – Smith dampening systems. Spray-bar dampening systems. Inking system – Introduction, functions of Inking system, construction of Inking system, roller setting methods, wash-up machines.
Module 4:
Dryers – introduction, function, setting of quick set ink, setting of heat set ink. Types of dryers, removal of solvent – ladder air from web, putting a controlled ripple in the web. Chill rolls – Introduction, function, types of roll system. The evolution of chill roll design, chill roll pumping. Folders – Introduction, folding principles, parts of folder, combination folder, ribbon folder, double – former folder, the mechanics of folding process of jaw fold, chopper fold mechanisms. Operation of collect cylinder, press folders, double former prefolder, flow folders, insert folders. Inline finishing – Introduction, gluers, paster wheels, demonstrable pattern gluers, segmented gluers, envelope pattern gluers, backbone gluers. Pattern perforating and numbering units. Sheeters, variable rotary cutters. Troubleshooting – Troubles related to paper their remedies, Troubles related to ink and their remedies, Troubles related to dampening solution and their remedies, Troubles related to blanket and their remedies, Troubles related to printing machine and their remedies.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Fonaid E ToodPrinting inks PIRA international united Kingdom
- W.H. Bureau What the printer should know about the paper. GATF
- C S Misra, Offset technology, Anupam prakashan.
- Michael Bernard, John Peacock.,Handbook of printing and production, Springer Science & BusinessMedia
- Heigh. M. Speir, Introduction in Printing Technology.
- Adams J.M, Faux,D.D and Rieber L.J, Printing Technology, Delmar Publishers, NewYork
- Helmut Kipphan, Hand book of print media, Springer Science & Business Media.
- GATF staff Solving sheet fed offset press problems, GATF, USA.
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