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INK FOUNTAIN ROLLER [9 records]

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Record 1 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Flexography (Printing)
CONT

Achievements in doctor blade technology have resulted in high quality flexographic printing and pollution prevention through controlled ink transfer from the ink container to the substrate. The average two-roll system with its ink fountain, fountain roller and anilox roll is a veritable open reservoir, exposing large quantities of solvents that are readily evaporated. The chambered doctor blade halts this evaporation. Ink enters the chamber from the reservoir or ink sump by a pump. The ink is held in the manifold area, with a small area exposed to the anilox roll. A doctor blade is positioned to shear off the excess ink as the anilox turns, returning all extra ink to the chamber. A second plastic or metal blade retains the ink within the chamber. The chamber is sealed off completely so that no ink goes beyond the width of the unit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Flexographie (Imprimerie)
DEF

Carter longitudinal refermé sur l'anilox qui contient l'alimentation en encre, deux racles d'essuyage et un dispositif de réglage sur l'anilox.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A roller that constitutes one side of the ink fountain on an offset press. It turns intermittently and carries a film of ink which varies in thickness according to the setting of the fountain blade.

OBS

The fountain roller [is] also called in the pressroom the "fountain ball"(a reminder that inking was for a long time done with an ink ball).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Dans l'encrier d'une presse offset, cylindre qui, en tournant s'enduit d'une couche d'encre dont l'épaisseur se trouve réglée au moyen de la lame d'encrier de ses vis.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intaglio Printing
DEF

Small engraved or etched cavity on a printing cylinder, plate or anilox roll, into which ink or fountain solution is filled then transferred to another roller or directly to paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Impression en creux (héliogravure)
DEF

Chacune des cavités pratiquées dans le cylindre cuivré imprimant et destinées à recueillir l'encre pour la déposer sur le papier, en héliogravure.

OBS

L'alvéole constitue l'unité la plus petite de la trame quadrillée hélio; de sa profondeur - entre 30 et 70 microns - et de sa surface dépend la quantité d'encre déposée sur le papier, quantité qui module la valeur du noircissement.

OBS

auget : terme d'atelier.

OBS

Le mot cellule est réservé à la structure d'un matériau.

OBS

alvéole : Il est à noter que la forme au masculin est vieillie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

The typical flexographic press consists of an ink tray filled with a thin, rapidly drying ink that is transferred by a fountain roller to an anilox roller, a doctor blade then removes the surplus ink leaving ink in the recessed cells which is then transferred to the plate cylinder. The substrate picks up the ink from the plate cylinder, and is held in position by the impression cylinder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Machine à imprimer par procédé flexographique.

CONT

Cet ensemble de simulateurs comprend les trois types de configuration de presse flexographique : presse à tambour central (grande laize), presse en ligne (étiquettes et carton plat) et presse feuille à feuille carton ondulé (postprint).

OBS

presse flexographique : Terme et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

An engraved gravure cylinder, transferring the ink from the rubber fountain roller to the rubber plate on the plate cylinder.

OBS

Used traditionally in flexographic printing, but also in anilox-letterpress and anilox-offset lithography. Anilox rollers are also used in re-wettable glue coatings and encapsulation coatings such as "Scratch-and-sniff" perfume ads.

OBS

anilox roll; screen roll: terms extracted from the Vocabulaire de la flexographie of France Brodeur and reproduced with the authorization of the Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Cylindre métallique recouvert de céramique ou de chrome, dont la surface est entièrement creusée d'alvéoles contiguës ou de sillons parallèles hélicoïdaux rapprochés, et qui constitue l'élément essentiel du système de régulation d'encrage en flexographie.

OBS

Aussi utilisé dans les systèmes mouilleurs et les systèmes d'encrage sans vis des presses offset.

OBS

cylindre anilox; cylindre tramé : termes tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

In an offset press, a roller that applies a properly conditioned ink film to the image carrier. Plate rollers are also used in the dampening system to apply fountain solution to the non-printing areas of the image carrier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Dans le système d'encrage en offset, rouleau qui est en contact avec la plaque qu'il nourrit d'encre à chaque tour. Les rouleaux toucheurs servent aussi à alimenter les zones non imprimantes de la plaque de solution de mouillage.

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A bevelled blade attached to the fountain by means of adjusting screws; the amount of ink delivered by the fountain or duct roller is regulated by setting the blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Lame biseautée fixée à l'encrier au moyen de vis de réglage; la quantité d'encre obtenue de l'encrier ou du cylindre d'encrier est déterminée en réglant la position de la lame.

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

A soft covered roller on an offset press which oscillates between the ink fountain roller and the vibrator whose function is to transfer moisture(dampening unit) or ink(inking unit) to the distributing system.

OBS

The ductor roller should not be confused with the "duct roller", a term used in the United Kingdom to designate the ink fountain roller.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Rouleau recouvert de molleton oscillant entre le barboteur et la première table métallique pour transmettre une pellicule d'eau (dispositif de mouillage) ou d'encre (dispositif d'encrage) au système de rouleaux distributeurs.

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
CONT

In this system the fountain solution is not directly applied to the lithographic plate but indirectly. "The Dahlgren system applies regulated plate moisture to the first ink form roller which transfers it to the plate. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
OBS

Il s'agit d'un système de mouillage par émulsion reposant sur le fait que l'eau est apportée à la plaque par le premier rouleau encreur (référence CEVET, 1988, p. 347).

Spanish

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