DOCTOR BLADE SYSTEM, DOCTOR BLADE CLAMPING DEVICE, CHAMBERED DOCTOR BLADE SYSTEM, PRINTING UNIT, METHOD FOR CLAMPING A DOCTOR BLADE, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A CLAMPING PORTION OFA CHAMBERED DOCTOR BLADE

摘要

A doctor blade system for printing units is disclosed, which is arranged forapplying ink, lacquer, adhesive or the like to a rotatable cylinder in aprinting unit, comprising an elongate frame, having a supporting portion andat least one clamping portion, which frame is arranged parallel to and outsidethe cylinder and on which are mounted, on each clamping portion of the frame,an elongate doctor blade also disposed parallel to the cylinder and arrangedin operative position, to be wipingly applied against the cylinder, eachclamping portion comprising an elongate slit into which a doctor blade isintended to be partly introduced and fixed by clamping means, wherein theclamping means (3) is resiliently arranged for providing a damping action forthe doctor blade (5). The invention also relates to a doctor blade clampingdevice, a chambered doctor blade system, a printing unit, a method forclamping a doctor blade, and a method for attaching a clamping portion of achambered doctor blade frame.