| Gross International Americas, Inc. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20110185926 | VIBRATOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN INKING UNIT OR A DAMPENING UNIT OF A PRINTING PRESS - An offset printing press is provided including a plate cylinder and a fluid dispersing unit dispersing fluid to the plate cylinder. The fluid dispersing unit includes a vibrator roll, a shaft supporting the vibrator roll and a motor including a coil and a magnet. The coil is disposed about the magnet and the magnet or the coil is mounted on the shaft. The motor oscillates the vibrator roll axially. A vibrating assembly for a fluid dispersing unit of a printing press is also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110179962 | Automated press speed optimization - A method of operating a web printing press is provided. The method includes storing productivity data, press speeds and paper types of past print jobs run on the web printing press in a database; comparing a paper type of a new print job with the paper types of the past print jobs stored in the database to identify past print jobs with similar or the same paper type as the new print job; selecting a press speed for the new print job based on at least the productivity data of the past print jobs with similar or the same paper type as the new print job; and printing the new print job on the web printing press at the selected press speed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110088578 | Compressible roll top of former for multiribbon transport - A folder superstructure includes a former, a first top of former roll located upstream of the former and having a compressible outer layer and a second top of former roll forming a nip with the first top of former roll. A method for operating a printing press is also provided. | 04-21-2011 |