Gally crucible press

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The gally press is a hand-operated or motor-operated platen press . Like the Boston crucible, it has a fixed, vertical foundation and a pressure crucible. In contrast to the Boston press, in the Gally crucible, the pressure crucible takes a parallel position to the foundation and thus to the printing form shortly before the pressure point . The crucible is moved back and forth on two tracks by tie rods. This system was invented around 1870 by the American John M. Gally .

Gally crucibles have been built in Europe since 1887. The most important representatives of this construction principle are

  • the Viktoria crucible from Rockstroh & Schneider (Dresden)
  • the phoenix crucible by Schelter & Giesecke (Leipzig)
  • the presto crucible from Gietz (Oerlikon / Switzerland)

See also

literature

  • Jakob Bass (ed.): The book printer. Handbook for printers and allied trades. Plesken, Stuttgart 1930.
  • Georges Zürcher: General professional knowledge for book printers . Technical and textbook for book printers, 8th edition, VGF - Verlag Graphische Fachbücher, Bern 1967 (first edition: 1939 self-published ).