Patent Grant
10913631
This application claims priority to Swiss Application No. 01464/17 filed Nov. 30, 2017, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing a digitally printed paper web, conveyed continuously through the apparatus, using a perforating tool for perforating the paper web transverse to the movement direction and a cutting tool for cutting off print sheets from a downstream end of the paper web, which tools are respectively arranged on a first side of the paper web and transverse or nearly transverse to the movement direction of the paper web, as well as at least one counter tool arranged on a paper web side opposite the first side.
European patent document EP2818331 A2 discloses a generic apparatus and method for cutting or perforating a digitally printed paper web, provided with a perforating and cutting station and transverse and longitudinal folding devices for further processing print sheets having different numbers of pages. The perforating and cutting station which cuts and/or perforates the paper web transverse to its movement direction is composed of two processing stations, arranged along the paper web, a perforation station and a cutting station. A perforating device of this type is described, for example, further in European patent application EP1484145 A2. It comprises a constantly rotating, hardened steel cylinder and a perforating tool that cooperates with the steel cylinder and rotates intermittently around an axis. The cutting device according to EP2818331 A2 comprises a cutting tool embodied as guillotine-like blade, by means of which the paper web can be cut over the complete width. During the cutting, the paper web is stopped briefly. A compensating mechanism arranged between the perforating device and the cutting device, at which location the paper web is deflected around several rollers, functions to compensate for the speed differences between the perforating device and the cutting device that develop as a result of the stopping and accelerating. Following the perforating and the cutting, the print sheets cut from the paper web can be folded longitudinally once or several times transverse to the movement direction before being stacked to form a book block and being transported away. With this apparatus, it is possible to cut or perforate a conveyed paper web, but the costs, space requirement and control expenditure for this apparatus are high because of the number of processing stations. Owing to the acceleration and delay operations for the cutting, the paper speed and number of cutting operations per time unit are limited, which is known to one skilled in the art. The costs are further increased by the compensating device arranged between the perforating and cutting devices.
The term “perforating” is understood in the prior art and for this application to refer to a partial cutting through, partial separating or deforming, such as the squeezing of the paper web at a location where the paper will be folded later on. The term “cutting” is understood to mean a complete separating of the paper web. With a traditionally printed paper web where the print image repeats corresponding to the circumference of the print cylinder, identical print sheets of a first type are produced. Following a conversion, print sheets of a second, third type etc. are produced respectively. A book, or section of a book, and a brochure or newspaper, are generated by collating several print sheets which differ. Prior to the collating, the different print sheets are respectively separated from a stack of the same and jointly produced print sheets. In contrast, with a digitally printed paper web whole books or book sections are printed sequentially onto the paper web. The sequentially printed-on sheets can have different page number and form a book or a section of a book following the cutting, folding and stacking.
An apparatus for feeding individual sheets to a printer, which apparatus is provided with a device for cutting off individual sheets from a paper web that moves along periodically in a conveying device is disclosed in European patent application EP1394091 A1. The individual sheets are cut with a cutting drum provided with a cutting tool, arranged transverse to the conveying device and rotating around an axis, and are then supplied to the printing press with a conveying device. For the cutting operation, the cutting drum is driven by a motor via a toothed belt. The rotating cutting tool here operates jointly with a locally fixed counter blade arranged on the other side of the paper web. Following the cutting of a single sheet, the paper web and the cutting drum are stopped and are then accelerated again for the next cutting operation. This apparatus for cutting off individual pages of different lengths cannot be used to perforate the paper web. The apparatus furthermore operates relatively slow because the paper web must first be stopped and then accelerated once more.
A different apparatus for cutting a paper web is disclosed in European application EP1186561 A1, which is provided with a rotating cutting cylinder, having a cutting tool and a perforating tool. The tools embodied as knives for this cutting cylinder cooperate with a fixed counter blade. The paper web which is guided through between the cutting cylinder and the locally fixed counter blade is successively cut or perforated along the circumference of the rotating cutting drum, depending on the arrangement of the cutting and perforating tools. The paper web is processed with the scissor-cut principle where no sudden processing over the complete width of the paper web takes place, but where only a section of the cutting knife engages with the counter blade. During the cutting, the cutting region moves from one edge of the paper web to the other. To achieve a desired scissor cut that is advantageous with respect to cutting quality, service life for the cutting tools and quiet running time, the cutting drum is positioned at an acute angle, relative to the counter tool, in the plane for the paper web and opposite the counter tool. For cutting print sheets having a different format from the paper web or if the perforation should be located at a different location on the print sheet, the position of the cutting and/or perforating tool on the cutting drum must be changed. Alternatively, the cutting drum can also be replaced by a different cutting drum with correspondingly attached cutting and perforating tools. Adapting the spacing from cut to cut, from cut to perforation and from one type of perforation to another, as well as changing the sequence of the cutting and perforating operations, is only possible when the machine is stopped and using a manual intervention.
It is an object of the present invention to create a method and an apparatus with which a digitally printed and continuously conveyed paper web can optionally be perforated or cut during the operation, even at high speeds and with changeable spacing. The apparatus should furthermore be designed so that it can be realized easily and space-saving and thus also cost-effective.
The above and other objects are achieved by providing, according to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus for processing a paper web, digitally printed-on and moved continuously through the apparatus in a movement direction, the apparatus comprising: a perforating tool for perforating the paper web transverse to the movement direction; a cutting tool for cutting off print sheets from a downstream end of the paper web, wherein the perforating tool and the cutting tool are respectively arranged on a first side of the paper web and transverse or nearly transverse to the movement direction of the paper web, at least one counter tool arranged on a side that is opposite the first side of the paper web; a rotatable cutting drum for holding the at least one counter tool, the drum including a rotational axis oriented transverse or nearly transverse to the movement direction of the paper web; and a joint tool carrier for accommodating the perforating tool and the cutting tool, wherein the perforating tool and the cutting tool are attached spaced-apart on the tool carrier, and wherein the tool carrier is movable to two operating positions by a swivel movement in which respectively the perforating tool or the cutting tool is made to engage with the at least one counter tool for processing the paper web.
Thus, in a single, compact processing station, none or one or several perforations can be realized optionally and successively on a continuously conveyed paper web with digitally printed-on sheets and print sheets can be cut off with a cutting tool from the paper web. Continuous transport here is understood to refer to an uninterrupted transport at constant or nearly constant speed. In contrast, a transport where the paper web must be stopped or nearly stopped repeatedly during the processing is not a continuous transport within the meaning of this application. The spacing between the processing operations on the paper web, using the perforating or cutting tool, and the sequence of the processing operations can be adapted continuously to the sheets printed onto the paper web. In the process, the print sheets can differ as to format and the number of pages, or the number of transverse perforations along which the print sheets are folded transverse downstream of the inventive apparatus.
According to a modified embodiment of the invention, the tool carrier is arranged on a swivel axis, so that it can swivel at an angle between two operating positions, and is oriented transverse or nearly transverse to the movement direction T for the paper web and parallel to a transport plane for the paper web, so that the perforating tool or the cutting tool can engage with the at least one counter tool. Owing to the movement of swiveling around a relatively small angle during a change between operating positions, the tools travel only a minimum distance with slight change in height. The swiveling angle preferably is in the range between 5° and 90° and even more preferred in the range between 15° and 30°. The change in height for the tools has the advantage that the tools are arranged at a distance to the paper web if they are not in the operating position. Furthermore, less weight is accelerated and slowed down again because of the swivel movement, than if the complete tool carrier would have to be moved in linear direction between two operating positions. Thanks to the small distance which the tools must travel over the swiveling angle, the change from one to the other processing station can occur quickly and during the course of the operation. In addition, the positioning of the tools can be rigid, simple, cost-effective and space saving.
In one embodiment, the rotational axis for the cutting drum and the swivel axis for the tool carrier are arranged at an acute angle, relative to each other, in a plane that is parallel to the transport plane for the paper web, so that according to the scissor-cutting principle used, a blade of the perforating tool or a blade of the cutting tool respectively can be brought in contact with the counter tool over a partial region of its length. The cutting range thus moves during the processing from one edge of the paper web and transverse to the movement direction to the other paper edge. Since the perforating or the cutting do not occur suddenly over the complete width of the paper web, the forces generated during the processing and the noise emission can be clearly reduced while, at the same time, the service life and the cutting quality for the cutting tools is increased through the scissor-type cut.
In another embodiment, the tool carrier is connected via a crankshaft to a drive axis of a first drive motor for realizing the swivel movement. In particular, the crankshaft comprises a push rod that is connected via a first axis to a crank arranged on the drive axis of the first drive motor. Furthermore, the crankshaft is connected via a second axis to the tool carrier. With the crankshaft, the rotational movement of the first drive motor can easily and cost-effectively be converted to a swivel movement of the tool carrier, without the first drive motor having to stop at one of the operating locations and having to change the rotational position. Owing to the crankshaft, a slight deviation of the rotational position of the first drive motor in both dead-center positions of the tool carrier hardly affects the position for processing the paper web. The first drive motor can be arranged upstream or downstream of the swivel axis for the tool carrier.
According to a modified embodiment, the first drive motor is embodied as a gearless torque motor. Despite high rotational moments, torque motors have a small structural size even at low speed and gears are not needed, thus resulting in a compact and cost-effective drive with no play.
According to another advantageous embodiment of the apparatus, a first axis and second axis of the crankshaft, and the drive axis of the first drive motor are positioned parallel to each other. The first axis and the drive axis are arranged spaced-apart by a crank radius. Owing to the parallel axes, the bearing locations in the push rod and the crank can be realized easily and cost-effectively because hardly any axially effective forces are generated, but force flows directly from the tool carrier to the machine frame. The length of the crank radius influences the swivel angle of the tool carrier.
It is furthermore advantageous if the first axis, the second axis and the drive axis for the first drive motor respectively are positioned in a plane if the tool carrier is located in one of the two operating positions. As a result, the cutting forces generated during the processing of the paper web are transmitted from the cutting and perforating tools via the tool carrier, the push rod and the crank directly to the machine frame, without an interfering rotational moment being transmitted to the drive axis of the first drive motor. The first drive motor can thus be dimensioned smaller which results in a cost saving.
According to a different modification of the invention, the tool carrier must be moved to a rest position between the two processing locations in which neither the perforating tool nor the cutting tool engages with the counter tool. When setting up a machine, it is advantageous if the paper web can be guided through all processing stations without being perforated or without sheets being cut from its end. Furthermore, very long sheets or cutting lengths can also be generated in the rest position since the cutting drum can rotate further and another cut can be determined only once the knife carrier is swiveled from the rest position to an operating position.
According to a different embodiment of the invention, the cutting drum with the at least one counter tool is driven with the aid of a second drive motor, wherein the second drive motor is connected to a drive control for regulating its speed and angle position. In this way, sheets having different lengths can easily be cut from the downstream end of the paper web and perforations realized at optional locations. The connection to a drive control ensures a precise control of the position and speed of the cutting drum.
It is furthermore advantageous if the first drive motor for the tool carrier and a third drive motor for a drive mechanism for the paper web transport are also connected to the drive control, thus ensuring that these two drive motors also can be precisely activated for controlling their position and/or rotational angle and the rotational speed. Individual changes and/or corrections of their rotational position and the rotational speed can furthermore also be made easily via the drive control, taking into consideration the movement profiles of the other drives connected to the drive control.
According to another embodiment, a sensor is arranged upstream of the cutting drum, which sensor detects an identification mark affixed to the paper web. In this way, information relating to the current position of the sheets printed onto the paper web and/or the type of processing for the paper web can easily be transmitted to the drive control, or information relating to the processing of the print sheets can be called up from a super-imposed control based on the identification mark.
According to yet another embodiment of the apparatus, the cutting drum, the tool carrier and the first drive motor are positioned inside a joint machine frame. The precise orientation of the rotational axis for the cutting drum, relative to the swivel axis of the tool carrier, as well as the precise arrangement of the crankshaft and the first drive motor can thus be secured. The joint machine frame furthermore allows assembling and adjusting the listed components outside of the movement space of the paper web and the cut print sheets. The joint machine frame also makes it easier to adjust the perforating tool and the cutting tool which both cooperate with at least one counter tool.
According to yet another embodiment, the machine frame is provided with an adjustment device that is swivels relative to the paper web around fulcrum, parallel to the transport plane for the paper web. For changes in the length of the pages printed onto the paper web, or for changes in the time interval between two processing operations for the perforation or cut, respectively, the position of the tools arranged in the machine frame must be adapted because of the scissor-cutting principle, so that the processing operations occur perpendicular to the movement direction of the paper web and/or perpendicular to the edges of the paper web. With the adjustment device, the change in the position of the machine frame around its fulcrum can be realized easily and quickly. The adjustment device advantageously comprises an adjustment motor, connected to the drive control and/or to a super-imposed control, as well as an adjustment spindle that is drive-connected to the adjustment motor.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for which the at least one counter tool rotates around a rotational axis, oriented transverse or nearly transverse to the paper web movement direction, and for which the tool carrier, which accommodates the perforating tool and the cutting tool, is optionally moved to one of two operating positions for processing the paper web, thus allowing the perforating tool or the cutting tool to operate jointly with the at least one counter tool for perforating the paper web transverse to its movement direction or for cutting off print sheets at a downstream end of the paper web. In a single processing station, none or one or several perforations can therefore optionally be realized successively on digitally printed-on and continuously conveyed print sheets and print sheets can be cut from the paper web with the cutting tool. The spacing between the processing operations on the paper web, using the perforating or the cutting tool, as well as the sequence of the processing operations (i.e. perforating or cutting), can be adapted continuously to the sheets printed on the paper web. The print sheets can differ in format and number of pages, respectively the number of transverse perforations, along which the print sheets are folded in transverse direction downstream of the inventive apparatus.
According to one embodiment of the method, the tool carrier swivels back and forth around an axis by a swiveling angle between two operating positions, in transverse or nearly transverse direction to the movement direction of the paper web and parallel to a transport plane for the paper web. In the two operating positions in which the tool carrier stops, either the perforating tool or the cutting tool, respectively, engage with the at least one counter tool to perforate or cut the paper web, wherein this swiveling angle can be 20°. The angle may preferably range between 15° and 30° but should not be smaller than 5° and not larger than 90°. With the described method, for which a paper web is cut between a moving and/or rotating tool and a stationary tool, the cutting quality and the cutting precision are clearly higher as for a processing between two moving tools. The swivel movement of the tool carrier around the swivel axis easily and cost-effectively ensures that respectively one of the two tools attached to the tool carrier is in contact with the at least one counter tool of the cutting drum when in an operating position and that, simultaneously, the other tool is positioned at a distance to the paper web and the processing location.
According to a different advantageous embodiment of the method, the continuously transported paper web is alternately perforated with the perforating tool and cut with the cutting tool, wherein the first drive motor connected via a crankshaft to the tool carrier rotates with a constant or nearly constant speed. Especially at high speeds, smaller bearing forces and less vibrations occur during a stop and start-up operation because of the continuous or nearly continuous operation of the tool carrier. The mass inertia of the first drive motor and the crankshaft function in the manner of a fly wheel in both dead-center positions of the tool carrier, which correspond to the operating positions, and help accelerate the tool carrier once more following the brief standstill.
The tool carrier according to another embodiment remains in the respective operating position and the first drive motor is stopped if several successively following and uniform processing operations of the paper web are realized. The first drive motor starts rotating once more when the tool carrier is moved from one to the other operating position, following several successive processing operations of the same type. Thus, the tool carrier must be moved only if the paper web is to be processed successively with a different tool. For example, if the web comprising print sheets with two pages is only cut but not perforated, the first drive motor, the crankshaft and the knife carrier with the tools are stopped. The components are thus protected, and it is prevented that the paper web or the sheets cut from this web are damaged by the unnecessary swiveling back and forth of the perforating and cutting tool or that the transport is interrupted.
According to a different embodiment of the method, a drive motor for the paper web transport, a second drive motor for a cutting drum that accommodates the counter tool, and the first drive motor for the tool carrier are activated by a drive control. This drive control can react immediately to format changes in the print sheets or if problem sizes occur and can control the drives in such a way as to ensure the precise positioning of the paper web, the cutting and perforating tools, and the at least one counter tool, which is necessary for a high cutting quality.
In a further embodiment, the signals from a sensor focused onto the paper web are evaluated in the drive control and the evaluation of the signals influences the activation of the drive motors. The precision of the perforation and/or the cut on the paper web at the predetermined locations can be increased with the signal from the sensor which detects the actual position of the paper web and the pages printed thereon. Deviations in the position of the paper web in movement direction, caused by slippage or expansion, can be reduced considerably with this embodiment.
According to another favorable embodiment, at least the perforating tool, the cutting tool and the counter tool are swiveled jointly, relative to the paper web, by an adjustment angle, parallel to the transport plane of the paper web. The paper web can thus be optionally perforated and cut at a right angle to its movement direction, even with differing lengths for the pages printed onto the paper web and/or for paper webs with differing widths. As a result of the swiveling during the standstill, but also while the apparatus is operational, paper webs with different widths and print sheets with different formats can be produced with the advantageous scissor cutting principle.
Additional advantageous features will be appreciated from the following description and accompanying drawings
In the following, the invention is described in further detail, showing in:
The apparatus 1 as shown in
A rotating cutting drum 21 is arranged on a second side 20, located opposite the first side 3, of the paper web 2 and opposite the tool carrier 12. The cutting drum 21 comprises a rotational axis 22 that is oriented transverse or nearly transverse to the movement direction T of the paper web and parallel to a transport plane 100 of the paper web 2. The cutting drum is driven in clockwise direction either directly, as shown schematically in
The tool carrier 12 has a first operating position 30, shown in
A balancing weight 50 is attached to the tool carrier 12, as shown in
It is advantageous if the rotational axis 22 of the cutting drum 21 is arranged at an angle β, as shown in
In the second operating position 33, shown in
To realize the swiveling movement of the tool carrier 12 between the two operating positions 30, 33, a drive motor 40, hereafter designated the first drive motor 40, and at least one crankshaft 41 are provided as shown in
A crank 44 is connected torque-proof to the motor shaft 43. It comprises a first axis 45, which is arranged parallel to the drive axis 42 and is offset relative thereto by a crank radius r. A push rod 46 that connects the tool carrier 12 and the crank 44 is positioned rotating at one end about the first axis 45. The other end of the push rod 46 is connected to a bearing location 48 of the tool carrier 12 that is provided with a second axis 47. The second axis 47 is positioned parallel to the first axis 45 as well as to the swivel axis 31 of the tool carrier 12. It is advantageous if a balancing weight 49, shown only in
It is also conceivable that the first drive motor 40 comprises a motor shaft 43 that projects only on one side from the motor housing and is connected only via a single crankshaft 41 to the tool carrier 12. In that case, the first drive motor 40 should advantageously be arranged in such a way in the machine house 32 that the single crankshaft 41 is connected to the tool carrier approximately in the center of the elongated extension of the tool carrier 12. Further conceivable is that the first drive motor 40 is not arranged directly on the drive axis 43, but operates a drive wheel, arranged on the drive axis 43, via a belt or chain drive or a toothed gear. Also conceivable is that the tool carrier 12 is moved by the first drive motor 40 via a cam drive, not shown herein, from one operating position to the other one. A cam roller that is attached rotating to the second axis 47 of the tool carrier 12 could then roll off a rotating cam disc arranged torque-proof on the drive axis 42 of the first drive motor 40.
The first drive motor 40 and the crankshaft can conceivably also be arranged downstream of the operating position. The bearing location 48 of the tool carrier, indicated in
As shown in
The inventive method for cutting or perforating a paper web 2 at variable distances is described in the following. With the aid of a digital printing press, not shown in the Figures, differing numbers of individual pages S are printed onto one side or both sides of print sheets 8′, 8″ on the paper web 2, as mentioned in the above. Following this, the paper web is supplied to the apparatus 1 for the optional cutting and perforating, wherein additional processing stations such as deflecting stations, buffering stations, perforating and cutting devices, cutting and longitudinal folding devices can optionally be arranged between the digital printing press and the inventive apparatus 1. Alternatively, the printed paper web 2 can be rolled up once more following the printing. The printed-on roll can subsequently be transported to an optional location and/or stored. The printed-on paper roll can be supplied as needed to the inventive apparatus 1 for the cutting and perforating, using an unwinding station known from the prior art and additional, above-described optional processing stations.
The paper web 2 is conveyed with a conveying speed v in transport direction T to the apparatus 1, wherein the conveying speed v corresponds to the transporting speed for the paper web in the digital printing press and/or the unwinding station. If the digital paper web 2 is moved through a buffering station, known from the prior art, where a specified length of the paper web 2 can be held back, the conveying speed v can also differ before and after the buffering station. The paper web 2 is transported with the aid of at least one drive mechanism 9, shown in
The pages S printed onto the paper web 2 are assigned to individual print sheets 8′, 8″ having respectively the same or a different number of pages S. In
The four-page sheets 8′ shown in
With the inventive method, the continuously conveyed paper web 2, comprising the printed-on sheets 8′, 8″ with the same or a different number of pages S printed thereon, are optionally either cut or perforated transverse to the transporting direction T. The second drive motor 23 of the cutting drum 21 and the first drive motor 40 that moves the tool carrier 12 are connected for this to the drive control 61. The information relating to the locations for and the spacing with which the paper web 2 must be cut or perforated, is transmitted to the drive control 61, for example by the digital printing press or a super-imposed machine control. As an alternative or in addition thereto, an identification mark 101 that is affixed visibly or non-visibly to the paper web 2 can also be read with the sensor 62. The drive control 61 evaluates the signal from the sensor 62 and determines the location where the paper web 2 is to be cut or perforated.
The drive control 61, which can also be integrated into the super-imposed machine control, determines the speed at which the second drive motor 23 drives the cutting drum 21 by using the diameter of the cutting drum 21, the number of counter tools 25 positioned uniformly spaced-apart along the circumference of the cutting drum 21, the conveying speed v of the paper web 2, and the length L of a printed-on page S. The drive control 61 furthermore determines the instant, respectively via the speed and angle position of the second drive motor 23, at which one of the counter tools 25 with its blade 26 must be in the operating position 19, so that the paper web is either perforated or cut at the correct location. If the pages S, printed onto the paper web 2, have the same length L, then the cutting drum 21 rotates uniformly or nearly uniformly at a constant speed for the paper web 2. As shown in
At a constant conveying speed v for the paper web 2 and pages S with the same length L, the cutting drum 21 is driven with a constant or nearly constant rotational speed. It is advantageous if the circumferential speed of the cutting drum 21 is the same or higher than the conveying speed v of the paper web 2, even for pages S with maximum length L. As a result, it is ensured that the paper web 2 does not bunch up at the cutting drum 21 and/or the counter tool 25 since this would impede or make impossible the precise processing through perforating or cutting. It does not matter for the drive of the cutting drum whether the paper web 2 is perforated or cut by the apparatus 1, or if respectively the perforating tool 14 or the cutting tool 16 engage with the counter tool 25 of the cutting drum when in the operating position 19.
The drive control 61 also controls the first drive motor 40 of the tool carrier 12. If a print sheet 8′ with four pages S, as shown in
The swivel angle α is determined by the spatial arrangement of the first drive 40 relative to the tool carrier 12, by the geometric ratio of the crankshaft, in particular the size of the crank radius r and the length of the push rod 46, by the spacing of the swivel axis 31 and the second rotational axis 47, as well as the arrangement of the swivel axis 31 and the motor shaft 42. In both dead center positions of the crankshaft, in which the drive axis 42, the first axis 45 and the second axis 47 respectively are located in the same plane, the tool carrier 12 is stopped briefly in each of the two operating positions 30, 33. First, this causes the perforating tool 14 and the cutting tool 16 to be respectively stopped while the rotating counter tool 25 engages with one of the two tools. Second, the arrangement is particularly advantageous because the resulting cutting forces generated during the cutting or perforating are for the most part or completely transmitted to the machine frame 32 via the crankshaft, via optional bearing locations of the motor shaft 43 that are not shown in the Figures, and via the first drive motor 40. It is thus easy to prevent an undesirable rotational moment caused by the cutting forces acting upon the first drive motor 40, which would negatively influence the cutting precision, the cutting quality and the service life of the tools 14, 16, 25. The first drive motor 40 furthermore becomes cheaper because it can be dimensioned smaller than would be necessary if it would have to counteract the undesirable rotational moment in order to maintain its most precisely defined position. Of course, the processing of the paper web 2 can occur not only in the above-mentioned dead-center positions of the crankshaft, but also if the drive axis 42, the first axis 45 and the second axis 47 are not yet located or are no longer located in a joint plane. The larger dimensioned first drive motor 40 in that case must compensate a rotational moment resulting from the processing in the form of a stopping moment.
If a sheet 8″ with six pages S, shown in
The arrangement, as shown in
Analogous to the above-described method, the four-page print sheets 78′ shown in
Of course, print sheets 8′, 8″, 78′, 78″ with pages S having respectively different lengths L can also be processed with the inventive method and the inventive apparatus 1. The drive control 61 correspondingly controls the drive motor 23 for the cutting drum 21, the first drive motor 40 for the tool carrier 12, and the adjustment device 90. Correcting for the length L differences in the pages S respectively occurs by correcting the angle position of the two drive motors 23, 40 between two processing steps, so that each perforation 73 and each cut 74 can be realized at the intended paper web 2, 2′ location. Also conceivable is the processing of a paper web 2, 2′ with printed-on sheet which has more than 2 perforations. For example, a print sheet composed of eight individual sheets S can be printed onto a single layer paper web 2. Between the steps cuts 74, necessary at the start and at the end of the sheet, three perforations 73 are required for such a print sheet. The eight-page print sheet is respectively folded in half in two transverse folding devices 4, 5 arranged downstream of the apparatus 1. Print sheets with more than 3 perforations 73 transverse to the movement direction T of the paper web 2, 2′ can also be realized as long as they can be processed in the downstream arranged processing stations.
With the inventive method and the inventive apparatus 1, paper webs 2, 2′ with more than two layers can also be processed, wherein the layers can be connected, for example, via a longitudinal fold or can be placed loosely one above the other and transported jointly.
The print sheets 8′, 8″, 78′, 78″, cut from the paper web 2, 2′, are transported further downstream of the apparatus 1 in a transporting device 70 that is shown schematically in
If the paper web 2, 2′ is not processed, for example during the operational setup, the tool carrier 12 is stopped in a rest position, e.g. between the operating positions 30, 33. The rest position could look as shown in
It will be understood that the above description of the present invention is susceptible to various modifications, changes and adaptations, and that the same are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the appended claims.
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