EP0765247A1 - Procede et dispositif pour traiter des produits imprimes - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour traiter des produits imprimes

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EP0765247A1
EP0765247A1 EP96907237A EP96907237A EP0765247A1 EP 0765247 A1 EP0765247 A1 EP 0765247A1 EP 96907237 A EP96907237 A EP 96907237A EP 96907237 A EP96907237 A EP 96907237A EP 0765247 A1 EP0765247 A1 EP 0765247A1
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printed products
processing
conveyor
processed
partial streams
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EP0765247B1 (fr
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Ernst Lüthi
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Grapha Holding AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C19/00—Multi-step processes for making books
    • B42C19/08—Conveying between operating stations in machines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4455—Diverting a main stream into part streams
    • B65H2301/44552—Diverting a main stream into part streams by alternatively directing articles following each other to appropriate part stream

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  • the invention relates to a method for processing printed products, in which at least two spatially separated sub-streams of the printed products are processed in parallel, and to an apparatus for carrying out such methods.
  • the processing speed of cutting devices that can be used for this purpose is generally considerably lower than that of a saddle stitcher or other devices for joining individual printed sheets.
  • the processing speed when the excess lateral edges are cut off can be multiplied in accordance with the number of cutting devices operated in parallel.
  • the finished magazines are then fed to the individual cutting apparatuses, each of which is a subordinate package-forming device, so-called stackers, with which the individual magazines are combined for further transport into packages each comprising a number of finished magazines.
  • a high working speed can be achieved with the known method. Associated with this, however, is the need to provide a sufficiently large footprint for the processing stations and stackers operated in parallel.
  • the object of this invention is a method of the type described in the introduction with which A high machining speed can be achieved using a device that takes up little floor space, and to provide a device that can be used to carry out such methods.
  • this object is achieved in that the processed partial streams are brought together to form a single stream, in which the printed products of the partial streams are arranged alternately one after the other.
  • Processing speed of the individual sub-streams is combined in such a way that the printed products of the sub-streams are alternately arranged one after the other in the merged stream. This ensures that at a predetermined maximum processing speed of the individual sub-streams an overall processing speed, ie a number in the merged stream, can be conveyed per time Printer products can be obtained which corresponds to a multiple of this maximum processing speed corresponding to the number of partial streams processed in parallel. MaW, only a maximum processing speed corresponding to a fraction of this total processing speed is required to obtain a predetermined overall processing speed.
  • a device that can be operated to carry out the method according to the invention has a conveyor device that feeds at least two spatially separate partial streams of the printed products, at least two processing stations that serve to process the printed products of the partial streams in parallel, and a conveyor device that discharges the processed printed products is essentially characterized in that the conveying device has an endlessly rotating conveyor loop, from which the printed products can be taken over in such a way that the printed products of the partial streams are arranged alternately one after the other along the conveyor loop.
  • the partial streams are advantageously formed from a single feed stream of printed products to be processed. This makes it possible to process all printed products before the parallel processing of the spatially separated partial streams with only one processing station for each processing operation. This further contributes to saving space.
  • the printed products of the individual partial streams to be formed from the feed stream are arranged alternately one after the other in the feed stream, ie when they form a partial stream Printed matter in the feed stream are arranged between another sub-stream of printed products.
  • the printed products of the individual partial streams are alternately arranged in succession in the combined stream and / or in the feed stream.
  • Processing sections are expediently assigned to the partial streams along which the printed products of the individual partial streams are conveyed and processed one after the other.
  • the feeding conveyor of the device according to the invention expediently has at least two spatially separate conveyors.
  • a particularly reliable processing of the individual printed products of the partial streams can be obtained if the printed products are conveyed along the processing routes while maintaining a mutual distance and are individually processed.
  • the partial flows can be brought together in a particularly simple manner if the discharging conveying device of the device according to the invention has a number of grippers rotating along the conveying loop and for gripping and conveying one of the printed products of the partial flows processed along the processing lines, and each processed printed product can be transferred to one of the grippers.
  • the reliability of the transfer of the printed products to the individual grippers of the discharging conveying device can be increased if at least one area of each printed product is aligned at an angle to the conveying direction in the course of the processing sections, the grippers being transferred in the course of the conveyor loop. pass areas that are traversed by the areas of the printed products oriented at an angle to the conveying direction, and the conveyance of the printed products along the processing lines and / or the circulation of the grippers in the transfer area can be controlled such that each area oriented at an angle to the conveying direction m reaches the detection area of one of the grippers and is gripped by it.
  • the footprint required for a corresponding device can also be reduced, because in the case of horizontally running processing lines, the conveyor loop, at least in the sections in which the grippers pass the transfer areas, above the Processing lines can run.
  • a corresponding device is essentially characterized in that the conveyors of the feeding conveying device for aligning the printed product areas at an angle to the conveying direction with an axis which is pivotable about an essentially perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel to the printed products conveyed therewith, on opposite sides Edges of the individual processed printed products can be applied and at least partially provided with brackets running along the processing lines.
  • the removal conveyor can be made particularly simple if the printed products of all partial streams are brought together in a transfer area common to all partial streams and are transferred there to the removing conveyor.
  • the device advantageously has a conveyor wheel which can be rotated about an axis of rotation running essentially perpendicular to the direction of conveyance of the processed printed products along the processing lines, with a number of conveyor cells rotating around the axis of rotation, each of which Printed product processed along the processing lines can be inserted into one of the conveyor cells and at least along one of the processing lines processed printing products can be displaced parallel to the axis of rotation in the conveyor cells for transfer into the common transfer area.
  • At least two processing operations are carried out during the parallel processing of the print products of the partial streams.
  • 1 is a schematic side view of a device for processing printed products according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • 2a shows a schematic side view of a device for processing printed products according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • F g. 3 shows a schematic top view of a device for processing printed products according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 4a shows a side view of a device for processing printed products according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 4b is a plan view of the device of Fig. 4a.
  • the device shown in FIG. 1 permits the parallel processing of two spatially separated printed product partial streams along two parallel processing lines 10 and 20.
  • the printed products of the partial streams are conveyed by means of a conveyor belt 12 or 22 conveyed and excess lateral edges of the individual printed sheets of the printed products 5 of the partial streams, for example stapled together with a saddle stitcher, are removed with a cutting device 14 or 24.
  • all printed products 5 are conveyed along a conveyor loop section 34 with grippers 32 fixed to a rotating conveyor chain 30.
  • a control curve section (not shown) is inserted for every second of the grippers 32 at a release point 16 assigned to the first processing section 10, in order to release the printed products 5 from the corresponding ones To cause grippers 32.
  • the printed products 5 released at the release point 16 fall onto the conveyor belt 12 and are thus conveyed to the cutting apparatus 14, in which their excess lateral edges are cut off.
  • the printed products 5 which are further conveyed after the release point 16 with the grippers 32 are released from the grippers 32 in the further course of the conveyor loop at a release point 26 assigned to the second processing line 20 and are thus thrown onto the conveyor belt 22 of the processing line 20.
  • the ejected printed products 5 are conveyed to the cutting apparatus 24 by the conveyor belt 22, in which their excess lateral edges are cut off.
  • the printed products 5 are gripped by grippers 42 of a discharging conveyor device 40 running along a conveyor loop and are thus brought together in the direction indicated by arrow 46 in the form of a single one Current 44 leads away.
  • every second gripper 42 is used for gripping the printed products 5 processed with the cutting apparatus 14 of the processing section 10.
  • the intermediate grippers 42 are used to grasp the printed products 5 processed with the cutting apparatus 24 of the processing section 20. In this way, a combined stream is obtained in which the printed products of the partial streams are arranged alternately one after the other.
  • an overall machining speed can be obtained which is at most twice that of the individual cutting devices 14 and 24. achievable processing speed.
  • the processing lines 10 and 20 are arranged one above the other to reduce the footprint required for this.
  • the device shown in FIG. 2 has two processing sections 110 and 120 running parallel to one another for processing two spatially separate partial flows of the printed products.
  • processing lines 110 and 120 are a conveyor belt 112 or 122 for feeding individual printed products to a first cutting device 114 or 124, and a device 116 or 126 for rotating the printed products processed with the first cutting device 114 or 124 about an axis running perpendicular to their sheet planes by an angle of 90 ° and for feeding the rotated printed products to a second cutting device 118 or 128 and a further turning device 119 or 129 for returning the ones processed with the second cutting device 118 or 128 Printed products arranged in their original position.
  • the excess lateral edges running perpendicular to the fold of the individual printed products are removed.
  • the pre-folds of the printed products are cut off with the second cutting apparatus 118 or 128.
  • the printed products to be processed along the processing lines 110 and 120 of the individual partial streams are fed in the direction indicated by the arrow 109 in the form of a common feed stream.
  • the individual printed products of the feed stream are individually placed in conveyor cells 102 of a conveyor wheel 100 at a transfer point 108 for division into the two partial streams.
  • the conveying cells 102 rotate perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printing Rotation axis 104 running along the processing sections 110 and 120.
  • the printed products are shifted parallel to the rotation axis 104 in the course of their circulation movement within the conveyor cells 102, as indicated by the arrows 106 in FIG. 2b.
  • Printed products conveyed in adjacent conveyor cells 102 are shifted in opposite directions.
  • the above-described displacement of the printed products in the conveyor cells 102 means that the transfer point 108, which is common to all printed products, is transferred to the conveyor wheel 100 and transferred to the conveyor belts 112 and 122 at two different transfer points, each associated with the processing sections 110 and 120 become.
  • the printed products returned to their original position with the turning devices 119 and 129 at the end of the processing sections 110 and 120 at the processing sections 110 and 120 respectively are assigned to the transfer points for merging the processed partial streams into one single current individually inserted into a feed cell 132 of a further feed wheel 130.
  • processed printed products are placed in different conveyor cells 132 at adjacent processing stations 110 and 120, respectively.
  • the conveying cells 132 of the conveying wheel 130 also run around a revolving axis 134 running perpendicular to the conveying direction of the printed products along the processing sections 110 and 120 the conveyor cells 132 of the printed products inserted are displaced parallel to the axis of rotation 134, as indicated by the arrows 136.
  • Printed products placed in adjacent conveyor cells 132 and processed along different processing lines 110 and 120 are shifted in opposite directions to the axial center of the conveyor wheel 130. As a result, all printed products conveyed in the conveying cells 132 reach a common transfer area 138.
  • the printed products are moved by grippers conveyed in a direction indicated by arrow 139 detected and thus conveyed along a rotating conveyor loop common to all processed printing products.
  • the apparatus shown in FIG. 3 also has two processing stations 210 and 220 operated in parallel for processing two partial flows of printed products. Similar to the device shown in FIG. 2, excess lateral edges of the printed products along cutting lines 210 and 220 are removed with cutting devices 214 and 218 or 224 and 228. In order to change the orientation of the printed products with respect to their conveying direction along the processing sections 210 and 220 between and after the processing with the cutting devices 214 and 218 or 224 and 228, however, the device shown in FIG.
  • the printed products m To allow two 90 ° curves 216 and 219 or 226 and 229 to run through the course of the processing sections 210 and 220, the alignment of the individual printed products with respect to a defined spatial direction remaining the same in the course of the curves.
  • the printed products can be brought into the position required for processing and transfer to a common conveyor device in a particularly simple manner.
  • the device for processing individual printed products shown in FIG. 4 also has two parallel processing sections 310 and 320 for processing two partial flows of printed products. Along each of these processing sections 310 and 320 are a cutting device 311 and 321 for removing the excess lateral edges of each printed product which are perpendicular to the fold, and a cutting device 312 and 322 for removing the pre-fold of each printed product.
  • a chain conveyor 300 is used, along with a conveyor loop, which is used to feed one printed product to one of the processing sections 310 or 320
  • the grippers 301 conveying the printed products become in the course of the conveyor loop 302 for depositing the printed products on a conveyor belt 313 arranged at the beginning of the conveyor line 310 along a loop section
  • the printed products placed on the conveyor belts 313 and 323 are taken over by a belt press 314 and 324 in the course of the processing sections 310 and 320 and transferred from there to a belt conveyor 315 and 325, respectively.
  • the belt presses 314 and 324 ensure positioning of the individual printed products along the processing lines 310 and 320, which ensures the reliability of the processing with the cutting apparatuses 311 and 312 or 321 and 322.
  • the belt conveyors 315 and 325 are formed in the form of two endless conveyor belts rotating at a distance parallel to one another. Therefore, the individual printed products conveyed with the belt conveyors 315 and 325 can be grasped at their fold between these conveyor belts with grippers 317 and 327 fixed on an endlessly rotating conveyor chain 316 and guided through the individual cutting apparatuses 311, 312 and 321, 322 . To simplify the illustration, only the conveyor chain 316 belonging to the conveyor section 310 is shown.
  • conveyors 318 and 328 arranged in the further course of the processing sections 310 and 320.
  • These conveyors 318 and 328 which are arranged at the end of the processing sections 310 and 320, have end-to-end, endlessly opposite one another Parentheses 319 and 329.
  • the individual mutually opposite clamps 319 and 329 are arranged such that the individual printed products processed with the cutting apparatus 311 and 312 or 321 and 322 can thus be grasped and conveyed on their mutually opposite lateral edges which run perpendicular to the fold.
  • the individual clamps 319 and 329 with the printed products held and conveyed between them can be rotated about an axis running perpendicular to the conveying direction and parallel to the printed products.
  • the printed products conveyed by the clamps 319 and 329 can be transferred individually into a transfer position oriented perpendicular to their conveying direction.
  • the printed products are taken over by grippers 331 circulating along a conveyor loop 330 and transported away in the form of a single stream of processed printed products.
  • the grippers 331 are lowered in the course of the conveyor loop into a position in which they can grip the printed products held with the clamps 329 in the transfer position oriented perpendicular to their conveying direction.
  • the individual grippers 311 are then raised again and only lowered again in the region of the conveyor 318 for gripping the printed products held with the clamps 319 in the position perpendicular to their conveying direction.
  • the grippers 331 are raised again and the printed products are transported along the conveyor loop section 332 in the form of a single stream of printed products.
  • the conveyor 328 only transfers a print product to each of the grippers 331 conveyed along the conveyor loop 330.
  • the remaining intermediate grippers 331 are used to take over the printed products conveyed by the conveyor 318.
  • a reduction in the distance between the printed products conveyed along the conveyor loop 330 is also achieved in this way, compared to the distance between the individual printed products along the processing sections 310 and 320. This allows more space for the processing device be saved.
  • an increase in the number of printed products that can be transferred to the grippers 331 per time can be achieved in the case of the transfer time that is to be made available for gripping the individual printed products with the individual grippers 331.
  • FIG. 4a shows the transfer of the printed products processed along the processing section 320 to the grippers 331, while the right-hand part of the figure shows the depositing of those still to be processed Printed products are shown on the conveyor belt 313 at the beginning of the processing section 310.
  • War ⁇ processing personnel direct access to the processing device.
  • the invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described above. Rather you can Processing devices for the simultaneous processing of three or more spatially separated partial streams are also used. Furthermore, it is also envisaged, inter alia, to process bound printed products or those that have been folded without stapling or binding using the method according to the invention. Finally, other processing operations, for example printing on the individual printed products, can also take place along the processing lines used for the parallel processing of individual printed products.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de traitement de produits imprimés, selon lequel au moins deux courants partiels de produits imprimés, qui sont séparés dans l'espace, sont traités en même temps. Il est prévu que les courants partiels traités soient réunis en un seul courant dans lequel les produits imprimés des courants partiels sont disposés les uns à la suite des autres de manière alternée.
EP96907237A 1995-04-11 1996-04-03 Procede et dispositif pour traiter des produits imprimes Expired - Lifetime EP0765247B1 (fr)

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