EP1525998B1 - Method and device for pasting advertising cards during gathering and stapling - Google Patents

Method and device for pasting advertising cards during gathering and stapling Download PDF

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EP1525998B1
EP1525998B1 EP04105149.1A EP04105149A EP1525998B1 EP 1525998 B1 EP1525998 B1 EP 1525998B1 EP 04105149 A EP04105149 A EP 04105149A EP 1525998 B1 EP1525998 B1 EP 1525998B1
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Lutz Richter
Andreas Steinert
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates to a saddle stitcher for the production of personalized saddle stitched booklets according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method for the production of leaflets according to claim 15.
  • Generic saddle stitchers are paper processing machines with which an end product, such as a booklet, composed of several folded sheets and stapled.
  • Printed folded sheets are fed to the folded sheet feeder lying or standing on their backs in stacks where they are separated, opened and placed on the gathering chain.
  • the stapled number of signatures is collected and aligned on the gathering chain by drivers.
  • the collecting chain transports the collected folded sheets to the stitching station, where they are stapled with stapling heads with wire staples.
  • a trimmer is usually provided, from which the end products are transported to a display. From the European patent EP 917 965 B1 is a generic saddle stitcher known.
  • the additional personalization can be done, for example, by a glued advertising card, by a digital printing device for a
  • a digital printing device for a
  • certain customers were printed with the name and their address and glued on a saddle stitcher to a specific point on the printed product.
  • product sample adhesives or card adhesives belong to the state of the art.
  • the device has a processing drum, which is driven in rotation about an approximately horizontal axis and has saddle-shaped supports for the deposited folding sheets. Additional product processing stations are provided between the product feed and product removal stations, which can be turned on or off as needed.
  • a disadvantage of this device is the fixed arrangement of the stations.
  • Substrate materials include all materials and surfaces on which a personalization can be applied, such as paper, cardboard, foil, plastic or textile fabric.
  • the surfaces may also be, for example, packaging of other substances, such as an envelope or a container for cosmetics or other substances or a data carrier, such as a CD.
  • the personalized data is stored digitally on a data carrier and the printing substrate serves only as a packaging for the personalized digital data carrier and may not even be personalized itself.
  • the personalized substrate that glued together in a single printed product form a set. Within the set, personalized substrates may differ. Also, the individual sets can consist of a different number of personalized substrates.
  • the saddle stitcher drive consists of several single drive units.
  • each individual drive unit has at least one electric motor and a control unit associated therewith, as well as a connection for exchanging data and / or control signals between the control units.
  • All folding sheet feeder, the stitching station and the Collecting chain each have a single drive unit.
  • the saddle stitcher can be extended by any number of folded sheet feeders and card adhesives.
  • the exchange of data and / or control signals between the control units ensures the synchronous operation of the individual components of the saddle stitcher.
  • the rotational position offset of individual components can also be easily changed during operation of the saddle stitcher.
  • the exchange of folded sheet investors and card stickers between two saddle stitches is much easier.
  • connection for the exchange of data and / or control signals is advantageous to design as a field bus.
  • a bus cable enables bidirectional data exchange between the individual components of the saddle stitcher.
  • the expansion of a saddle stitcher around individual folded sheet feeder, card adhesive or other components, such as e.g. Label dispensers, can be done by simply connecting the control units to the fieldbus, without additional cable connections would be provided.
  • At least one control unit has a stored-program control and / or a motor control. Thanks to its flexible and easy-to-use design, the programmable controller enables easy adaptation of all components of the saddle stitcher to different operating conditions, such as different production speeds and paper grades. On the other hand, the engine controller has the processing speed necessary for real-time control of the engine.
  • Each motor controller advantageously has a motor controller, a bus interface, an input / output unit and a motor control output stage.
  • a motor controller is a microcontroller provided with a microprocessor used.
  • the engine control output stage is needed as a power component to drive the motor.
  • At least one single drive unit is provided with a display and control panel.
  • the single drive unit can thus be set manually on site or an automatic setting and the current operating parameters can be displayed locally.
  • the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesive can be arranged with respect to the gathering chain optionally rotated by 180 °.
  • Such a mixed operation with head or foot attachment of signatures is particularly advantageous when using rod feeders.
  • An attachment of the personalized substrates to different locations of the signatures can be achieved by this flexibility.
  • the construction of the saddle stitcher is flexible and can be easily adapted to existing premises. By reducing the speed of individual drive units, an arbitrary reduction can be set in the manner of an electronic transmission, so that any modes, e.g. 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 3, 1: 4, etc. can be realized.
  • the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesives have a chassis by means of which the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesive is detectable and displaceable. This allows a quick change of position of the individual units.
  • At least one card adhesive can be used at each feeder position of the saddle stitcher. Since according to the invention the card adhesive as well as the investors access the gathering chain, a personalized printing material can be dispensed only between two investors, since otherwise the next folded sheet is already thrown over the previous fold sheet and the previous folded sheet is no longer reachable. By the corresponding embodiment that the card adhesive can be placed anywhere on the gathering chain, it is possible réelleen on any fold sheet one or more personalized substrates.
  • the card adhesive are synchronized via the connection for the exchange of data and / or control signals with the drive of the saddle stitcher.
  • the control unit of the individual drive units of the card adhesive is designed such that the speeds of the card adhesive are adaptable to changes in speed of the saddle stitch.
  • control units of the individual drive units of the card adhesive are designed such that the Aufspendeposition the personalized substrates on the signatures is finely adjusted by a controlled angular displacement.
  • control unit of the saddle stitcher on a sequential investor monitoring wherein the card adhesive are included in this sequential investor monitoring.
  • sequential investor monitoring is understood to mean a method in which the control unit of each folded sheet feeder informs at least the control units of all along the gathering fold sheet investors on the dropping of the signatures, in particular, whether the folded sheet was dropped correctly and no false or double sheets have arisen.
  • the control units of the following folded sheet feeder and also the following card adhesive can refrain from discarding further folded sheets or sticking personalized printing materials, since the defective product would be discharged anyway.
  • the stapler is notified by the sequential investor monitoring, it is possible to prevent the defective product from being stapled.
  • the already collected folded sheets can then be easily taken apart again and fed to the corresponding Falzbogenanlegern.
  • the controller remembers for which customers the personalization was lost, that is, which collected folded sheets were removed, so that for each of these customers a printed product can be reproduced.
  • the personalized substrates which usually only once exist, can be recovered from the stream of printed products and so also subsequently provided a complete printed product with the respective personalized substrates, can be produced without that the personalized data would have to be reprinted.
  • the card adhesives are designed such that at least one personalized printing material can be dispensed on the front and back of each signature of a booklet.
  • the saddle stitcher also has a central control unit.
  • this central control unit is connected to the control units of the individual drive units for exchanging data and / or control signals.
  • the central control unit of the saddle stitcher controls the card adhesive so that all cards glued into each booklet are personalized.
  • a control unit is provided behind each card adhesive, by which the gluing of each personalized substrate is controlled.
  • a discharge device is further provided, are discharged through the leaflets in which a card is missing.
  • the invention relates to a method for producing personalized saddle-stitched booklets with the steps of claim 15.
  • the saddle-stitched brochure is trimmed on three sides in a further step.
  • the method according to the invention are checked in additional steps after each pasting a personalized substrate, if the personalized substrate was actually glued and ejected the product if a personalized substrate is missing. This avoids that faulty personalized printed products are subjected to the further process steps and, if necessary, the already collected sheets can be reused. Again, advantageously, the faulty Paperback identified, so that for the concerning personalized recipient another personalized brochure can be generated.
  • a personalized printing material has actually been affixed to each designated space, but that all of the personalized substrates affixed to it are also those for the same recipient. This prevents shifts in the individual card adhesives, which would otherwise systematically cause a mixing of the recipients on the individual personalized substrates in a printed product.
  • a readable indicia is applied to the personalized printing materials, which can be compared by the controller with electronically stored information, for example from a corresponding database.
  • the readable indicia may be, for example, a barcode.
  • the controller determines that incorrectly personalized substrates with different personalization have been adhered to the signatures of a brochure, ejected.
  • the personalized substrate is advantageously not glued into the brochure, if it is an incorrectly personalized substrate.
  • the card adhesives are operated on the saddle stitcher so that the correct composition of the personalization is restored when an error has occurred. If, for example, the third card adhesive in its stack yields to a personalized printing material, the third card adhesive will, for example, eject its lowest card so as to be back in time with the other card adhesives.
  • a prior art saddle stitcher 10 that can be equipped with a card adhesive according to the present invention is disclosed in U.S.P. Fig. 1 shown.
  • This saddle stitcher 10 has four folded sheet feeder 12, 14, 16 and 18, the individual folded sheets store on a gathering chain 20.
  • the individual folding sheets B1, B2, B3 and B4 are collected by the gathering chain 20 and transported to the stitching station 22.
  • the stapling heads 24 arranged in the stitching station 22 staple the folded sheets B1 to B4 which are now superimposed on one another.
  • the stitched folded sheets are conveyed to the trimmer 26, in which the edge trimming of the stitched folded sheets takes place.
  • the finished end products for example brochures, reach the display 28.
  • the drive of the saddle stitcher 10 consists of a main unit, which has an electric motor 30 and a control unit 32.
  • the electric motor 30 drives the gathering chain 20, the stitching station 22 and the trimmer 26.
  • the folded sheet feeder 12 to 18 each have their own secondary unit, each consisting of an electric motor 34, 36, 38 and 40 and an associated control unit 42, 44, 46 and 48, respectively.
  • the main unit and the Secondary units are connected to each other via a field bus 50. Also connected to the fieldbus 50 is a central keypad 52 with a display device and a keypad.
  • Fig. 2 shows a schematic perspective view of a folded sheet feeder, for example, the folded sheet feeder 12 of Fig. 1 .
  • the folded sheets B1 lie in a stack on the folded sheet feeder, are separated by separating drums 54 and opened by opening drums 56 and 58. After opening through the opening drums 56 and 58, a folded sheet B1 is placed on the gathering chain 20. Between leaving the ⁇ ffnertrommeln 56, 58 and hitting the saddle sets the signatures B 1 a piece way back in free fall.
  • driver 60 for the individual folded sheets B 1 are arranged in regehnäßigem distance.
  • the electric motor 34 is provided, which drives the individual drums via a toothed belt or a chain.
  • Fig. 3 shows the one inventive configuration of a saddle stitcher 62 in a schematic representation.
  • the folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, the stitching station 76, the trimmer 78 and the display 80 are arranged in an L-shape, the transport direction being carried out on the gathering chain 82 to the left.
  • a card adhesive 75 or 75 ' is arranged with a control unit 45 or 45' which, if required, affixes personalized substrates to folded sheets which the folded sheet feeder 68 has dropped onto the gathering chain 82.
  • this saddle stitcher 62 additionally has a cover feeder 65 with its own control unit 65 '.
  • Other single-drive units such as one or more label dispensers, not shown, are also conceivable.
  • control units 45, 45 'of the card adhesives 75, 75' are connected via the fieldbus 50 to the other control units 32, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 65 'of the remaining units 64, 65, 66, 68, 70 72 , 74, 76, 78 of the saddle stitcher 62.
  • the card adhesive 75, 75 ' can be easily removed from the gathering chain 82.
  • the card adhesive 75, 75 ' is for this purpose equipped with a chassis, not shown, known in the art, that can be fixed if necessary. Thereby, a change of different card adhesive 75, 75 'or the replacement of a folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 with a card adhesive 75, 75' in a simple manner possible.
  • each folding sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 has its own individual drive unit, each folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 can be rotated by 180 ° with respect to the gathering chain 82.
  • the folded sheet feeder 68 was rotated by 180 °, so that it can now be fed from the other side.
  • space for a rod feeder or a label dispenser can be created.
  • mixed operation of folded sheet feeder with head or foot attachment of the signatures allows, for example, even personalized substrates and labels either to the front or back side of signatures to glue.
  • the structure of the saddle stitcher can be adapted to existing premises.
  • the card adhesive 75 is now mirrored by 180 ° arranged to the gathering chain 82.
  • the card adhesive not shown to the person skilled in the art, has sensors (also not shown) which are likewise known to the person skilled in the art and which are connected to the controls 45, 45 '. These sensors monitor, on the one hand, whether a personalized printing material has actually been affixed and, on the other hand, whether the personalized printed material is also the desired personalized printing material.
  • an indicator for example: a barcode, which is printed on the personalized substrate to be read.
  • the controls 45, 45 'or the central controller 32, 100 is known which personalized substrates are in the card adhesives, such as by a fixed sequence of personalized substrates.
  • the controller 32, 100 may take steps to improperly affix the order of the individual card adhesives 75, 75', so that further also on the following printed products only matching, personalized substrates are adhered.
  • the glue valves are closed in the following card adhesives, so that these personalized substrates are separated, but not adhered to the signatures on the gathering chain 82 become.
  • the drive consists of several individual drive units, z. Each of these individual drive units advantageously has at least one electric motor 104, 118 and 130 and a control unit 87, 89, 91 associated therewith.
  • the control unit 87 and the control units 89 and 91 are connected via a field bus 92 in connection with each other. More auxiliary units may join, which is indicated by the dashed continuation the field bus line 92 is indicated.
  • the reference numeral 100 denotes a central controller, which is also connected via the field bus 92 to the main unit and the slave units.
  • the main unit 86 is associated with, for example, the stapler and the trimmer.
  • the structure of the secondary units 88 and 90 which are each associated with a folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 or a card adhesive 75, 75 ' is substantially equal or at least compatible with each other.
  • the folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 or card adhesive 75, 75 ' can be easily interchanged with each other and their number can be easily extended.

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Die Erfindung betrifft einen Sammelhefter zur Herstellung von personalisierten rückstichgehefteten Broschüren gemäß dem Oberbegriff von Anspruch 1 sowie ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von Broschuren gemäß Anspruch 15.The invention relates to a saddle stitcher for the production of personalized saddle stitched booklets according to the preamble of claim 1 and to a method for the production of leaflets according to claim 15.

Gattungsgemäße Sammelhefter sind papierverarbeitende Maschinen, mit denen ein Endprodukt, beispielsweise eine Broschüre, aus mehreren Falzbogen zusammengestellt und geheftet wird. Bedruckte Falzbogen werden den Falzbogenanlegern liegend oder auf dem Rücken stehend in Stapeln zugeführt und dort vereinzelt, geöffnet und auf die Sammelkette aufgelegt. Die zu heftende Anzahl von Falzbogen wird auf der Sammelkette durch Mitnehmer gesammelt und ausgerichtet. Die Sammelkette transportiert die gesammelten Falzbogen zur Heftstation, wo diese durch Heftköpfe mit Drahtklammern geheftet werden. Um den Rand der gehefteten Produkte zu beschneiden, ist üblicherweise ein Trimmer vorgesehen, von welchem die Endprodukte zu einer Auslage weitertransportiert werden. Aus dem europäischen Patent EP 917 965 B1 ist ein gattungsgemäßer Sammelhefter bekannt.Generic saddle stitchers are paper processing machines with which an end product, such as a booklet, composed of several folded sheets and stapled. Printed folded sheets are fed to the folded sheet feeder lying or standing on their backs in stacks where they are separated, opened and placed on the gathering chain. The stapled number of signatures is collected and aligned on the gathering chain by drivers. The collecting chain transports the collected folded sheets to the stitching station, where they are stapled with stapling heads with wire staples. To trim the edge of stapled products, a trimmer is usually provided, from which the end products are transported to a display. From the European patent EP 917 965 B1 is a generic saddle stitcher known.

Das bloße Sammeln von Falzbogen zu einer Broschüre reicht aber häufig nicht aus, um ein Druckprodukt attraktiv genug zu machen. Es besteht der Bedarf, einen Sammelhefter so auszustatten, dass er einem Druckerzeugnis einen Kehrwert verschafft. Dieser Mehrwert entsteht beispielsweise durch zusätzliche Bearbeitungsschritte der Falzbogen während des Sammelns. Eine Art der Erzeugung von Mehrwert ist es dem Druckerzeugnis zusätzliche Elemente beizugeben, wie etwa Warenproben, z.B. Parfüm oder Cremes oder aber Werbekarten. Besonders günstig ist es, den Leser persönlich anzusprechen, wenn dieser prinzipiell bekannt ist, etwa, weil er das Druckerzeugnis abonniert hat, oder es sich um eine Postwurfsendung handelt. Die zusätzliche Personalisierung kann beispielsweise durch eine aufgeklebte Werbekarte erfolgen, die von einer digitalen Druckvorrichtung für einen bestimmten Kundenkreis z.B. mit dem Namen und seiner Adresse bedruckt wurde und auf einem Sammelhefter an eine bestimmte Stelle des Druckerzeugnisses eingeklebt wird. Solche Warenprobenankleber oder Kartenkleber gehören zum Stand der Technik.But simply collecting folded sheets into a booklet is often not enough to make a printed product attractive enough. There is a need to equip a saddle stitcher so that it gives a printed matter a reciprocal value. This added value arises, for example, through additional processing steps of the signatures during collection. One way of generating added value is to add additional elements to the printed product, such as samples, eg perfume or creams or advertising cards. It is particularly convenient to address the reader personally, if this is known in principle, for example, because he has subscribed to the printed matter, or it is a direct mail. The additional personalization can be done, for example, by a glued advertising card, by a digital printing device for a For example, certain customers were printed with the name and their address and glued on a saddle stitcher to a specific point on the printed product. Such product sample adhesives or card adhesives belong to the state of the art.

Aus der EP 0 672 603 A1 geht eine Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von mehrteiligen Druckelzeugnissen hervor. Die Vorrichtung weist eine um eine etwa horizontale Achse drehend angetriebene Verarbeitungstrommel mit sattelförmigen Auflagen für die abgelegten Falzbogen auf. Zwischen der Produktzufuhr- und der Erzeugnisentnahmestation sind weitere Produktbearbeitungsstationen vorgesehen, die bei Bedarf an- oder abgeschaltet werden können. Nachteilig an dieser Vorrichtung ist die fixe Anordnung der Stationen.From the EP 0 672 603 A1 goes out an apparatus for producing multi-part printed products. The device has a processing drum, which is driven in rotation about an approximately horizontal axis and has saddle-shaped supports for the deposited folding sheets. Additional product processing stations are provided between the product feed and product removal stations, which can be turned on or off as needed. A disadvantage of this device is the fixed arrangement of the stations.

Entsprechend ist es Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung, einen Sammelhefter zu schaffen, der dem gesammelten Produkt einen weiteren Mehrwert durch zusätzliche flexible Bearbeitungsschritte der Falzbogen während des Sammelns zu verschaffen. Diese Aufgabe wird mit einem Sammelhefter entsprechen des Schutzanspruchs 1 gelöst sowie mittels eines Verfahrens zur Herstellung von personalisierten rickstichgehefteten Broschüren gemäß Anspruch 15. Weitere Merkmale ergeben sich aus den Unteransprüchen.Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a saddle stitcher to provide the collected product further added value through additional flexible processing steps of the signatures during collection. This object is achieved with a saddle stitcher according to the protection claim 1 and by means of a method for producing personalized rickstichgehefteten brochures according to claim 15. Further features emerge from the dependent claims.

Unter Bedruckstoffe sind hierbei alle Materialien und Flächen zu sehen, auf die eine Personalisierung aufgebracht werden kann, etwa Papier, Karton, Folie, Kunststoff oder textiles Gewebe. Bei den Flächen kann es sich z.B. auch um Verpackungen von anderen Stoffen handeln, etwa um einen Briefumschlag oder auch einen Behälter für Kosmetik oder andere Substanzen oder einem Datenträger, etwa eine CD. Es wäre auch denkbar, dass die personalisierten Daten digital auf einem Datenträger gespeichert sind und der Bedruckstoff nur als Verpackung für den personalisierten digitalen Datenträger dient und möglicherweise selbst nicht personalisiert ist. Die personalisierten Bedruckstoff, die gemeinsam in ein einzelnes Druckerzeugnis eingeklebt werden, bilden ein Set. Innerhalb des Sets können sich die personalisierten Bedruckstoffe voneinander unterscheiden. Auch können die einzelnen Sets aus einer unterschiedlichen Anzahl von personalisierten Bedruckstoffen bestehen.Substrate materials include all materials and surfaces on which a personalization can be applied, such as paper, cardboard, foil, plastic or textile fabric. The surfaces may also be, for example, packaging of other substances, such as an envelope or a container for cosmetics or other substances or a data carrier, such as a CD. It would also be conceivable that the personalized data is stored digitally on a data carrier and the printing substrate serves only as a packaging for the personalized digital data carrier and may not even be personalized itself. The personalized substrate that glued together in a single printed product form a set. Within the set, personalized substrates may differ. Also, the individual sets can consist of a different number of personalized substrates.

Der Antrieb des Sammelhefters besteht aus mehreren Einzetantriebseinheiten. Vorteithafterweise weist jede Einzelantriebseinheit wenigstens einen Elektromotor und eine diesem zugeordnete Steuereinheit auf, sowie eine Verbindung zum Austausch von Daten- und/oder Steuersignalen zwischen den Steuereinheiten. Alle Falzbogenanleger, die Heftstation und die Sammelkette weisen je eine Einzelantriebseinheit auf.The saddle stitcher drive consists of several single drive units. Advantageously, each individual drive unit has at least one electric motor and a control unit associated therewith, as well as a connection for exchanging data and / or control signals between the control units. All folding sheet feeder, the stitching station and the Collecting chain each have a single drive unit.

Durch das Vorsehen von Einzelantriebseinheiten mit eigenem Synchron-, Asynchron- oder Gleichstrommotor kann der Sammelhefter um eine beliebige Anzahl von Falzbogenanlegern und Kartenklebern erweitert werden. Der Austausch von Datenund/oder Steuersignalen zwischen den Steuereinheiten gewährleistet den synchronen Betrieb der Einzelkomponenten des Sammelhefters. Der Drehpositionsversatz einzelner Komponenten kann auch während des Betriebs des Sammelhefters einfach verändert werden. Der Austausch von Falzbogenanlegern und Kartenklebern zwischen zwei Sammelheftem ist wesentlich erleichtert.By providing individual drive units with their own synchronous, asynchronous or DC motor, the saddle stitcher can be extended by any number of folded sheet feeders and card adhesives. The exchange of data and / or control signals between the control units ensures the synchronous operation of the individual components of the saddle stitcher. The rotational position offset of individual components can also be easily changed during operation of the saddle stitcher. The exchange of folded sheet investors and card stickers between two saddle stitches is much easier.

Es ist vorteilhaft, die Verbindung zum Austausch von Daten- und/oder Steuersignalen als Feldbus auszubilden. Der Einsatz einer Busleitung ermöglicht den bidirektionalen Datenaustausch zwischen den einzelnen Komponenten des Sammelhefters. Die Erweiterung eines Sammelhefters um einzelne Falzbogenanleger, Kartenkleber oder andere Komponenten, wie z.B. Etikettenspendern, kann durch einfaches Anschließen der Steuereinheiten an den Feldbus erfolgen, ohne dass zusätzliche Kabelverbindungen vorzusehen wären.It is advantageous to design the connection for the exchange of data and / or control signals as a field bus. The use of a bus cable enables bidirectional data exchange between the individual components of the saddle stitcher. The expansion of a saddle stitcher around individual folded sheet feeder, card adhesive or other components, such as e.g. Label dispensers, can be done by simply connecting the control units to the fieldbus, without additional cable connections would be provided.

Vorteilhafterweise weist wenigstens eine Steuereinheit eine speicherprogrammierte Steuerung und/oder eine Motorsteuerung auf. Die speicherprogrammierte Steuerung ermöglicht durch flexible und bedienerfreundliche Ausbildung eine einfache Anpassung aller Komponenten des Sammelhefters an verschiedene Betriebsbedingungen, wie unterschiedliche Produktionsgeschwindigkeiten und Papierqualitäten. Die Motorsteuerung weist hingegen die für die Echtzeitsteuerung des Motors nötige Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit auf.Advantageously, at least one control unit has a stored-program control and / or a motor control. Thanks to its flexible and easy-to-use design, the programmable controller enables easy adaptation of all components of the saddle stitcher to different operating conditions, such as different production speeds and paper grades. On the other hand, the engine controller has the processing speed necessary for real-time control of the engine.

Jede Motorsteuerung weist vorteilhafterweise einen Motorcontroller, eine Busschnittstelle, eine Ein-/Ausgabeeinheit und eine Motorsteuerungsendstufe auf. Als Motorcontroller wird ein mit einem Mikroprozessor versehener Mikrocontroller verwendet. Die Motorsteuerungsendstufe wird als Leistungsbauteil zur Ansteuerung des Motors benötigt.Each motor controller advantageously has a motor controller, a bus interface, an input / output unit and a motor control output stage. As a motor controller is a microcontroller provided with a microprocessor used. The engine control output stage is needed as a power component to drive the motor.

Wenigstens eine Einzelantriebseinheit ist mit einer Anzeige- und Bedienstelle versehen. Die Einzelantriebseinheit kann somit manuell vor Ort eingestellt werden oder eine automatische Einstellung sowie die aktuellen Betriebsparameter können lokal angezeigt werden.At least one single drive unit is provided with a display and control panel. The single drive unit can thus be set manually on site or an automatic setting and the current operating parameters can be displayed locally.

Schließlich können die Falzbogenanleger und / oder wenigstens einer der Kartenkleber bezüglich der Sammelkette wahlweise um 180° gedreht angeordnet werden. Ein solcher gemischter Betrieb mit Kopf- oder Fußanlage von Falzbogen ist insbesondere bei Verwendung von Stangenanlegern vorteilhaft. Ein Anbringen der personalisierten Bedruckstoffe an unterschiedliche Stellen der Falzbogen kann durch diese Flexibilität erreicht werden. Damit ist der Aufbau des Sammelhefters flexibel und kann leicht an vorhandene Räumlichkeiten angepasst werden. Durch Drehzahlverringerung einzelner Einzelantriebseinheiten kann nach Art eines elektronischen Getriebes eine beliebige Untersetzung eingestellt werden, so dass beliebige Betriebsarten, z.B. 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4 usw. realisiert werden können.Finally, the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesive can be arranged with respect to the gathering chain optionally rotated by 180 °. Such a mixed operation with head or foot attachment of signatures is particularly advantageous when using rod feeders. An attachment of the personalized substrates to different locations of the signatures can be achieved by this flexibility. Thus, the construction of the saddle stitcher is flexible and can be easily adapted to existing premises. By reducing the speed of individual drive units, an arbitrary reduction can be set in the manner of an electronic transmission, so that any modes, e.g. 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 3, 1: 4, etc. can be realized.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung verfügen die Falzbogenanleger und / oder wenigstens einer der Kartenkleber über ein Fahrwerk vermittels dessen die Falzbogenanleger und / oder wenigstens einer der Kartenkleber feststellbar und verschiebbar ist. Damit ist ein schneller Positionswechsel der einzelnen Einheiten möglich.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesives have a chassis by means of which the folded sheet feeder and / or at least one of the card adhesive is detectable and displaceable. This allows a quick change of position of the individual units.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung ist wenigstens ein Kartenkleber an jeder Anlegerposition des Sammelhefters einsetzbar. Da erfindungsgemäß die Kartenkleber ebenso wie die Anleger auf die Sammelkette zugreifen, kann nur zwischen zwei Anlegern ein personalisierten Bedruckstoff aufgespendet werden, da sonst bereits der nächste Falzbogen über den vorangegangenen Falzbogen geworfen wird und der vorangegangene Falzbogen nicht mehr zu erreichen ist. Durch die entsprechende Ausgestaltung, dass die Kartenkleber überall an der Sammelkette platzierbar sind, ist es möglich, auf jeden beliebigen Falzbogen ein oder mehrere personalisierte Bedruckstoffe aufzuspenden.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, at least one card adhesive can be used at each feeder position of the saddle stitcher. Since according to the invention the card adhesive as well as the investors access the gathering chain, a personalized printing material can be dispensed only between two investors, since otherwise the next folded sheet is already thrown over the previous fold sheet and the previous folded sheet is no longer reachable. By the corresponding embodiment that the card adhesive can be placed anywhere on the gathering chain, it is possible aufzuspenden on any fold sheet one or more personalized substrates.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung sind die Kartenkleber über die Verbindung zum Austausch von Daten- und/oder Steuersignalen mit dem Antrieb des Sammelhefters synchronisiert. Dadurch lässt sich eine gleichbleibende Qualität der Position des personalisierten Bedruckstoffs auf dem Falzbogen erzielen. Vorteilhafterweise ist die Steuereinheit der Einzelantriebseinheiten der Kartenkleber derart ausgestaltet, dass die Geschwindigkeiten der Kartenkleber an Geschwindigkeitsänderungen des Sammelheftes anpassbar sind.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the card adhesive are synchronized via the connection for the exchange of data and / or control signals with the drive of the saddle stitcher. This allows a consistent quality of the position of the personalized substrate to be achieved on the signatures. Advantageously, the control unit of the individual drive units of the card adhesive is designed such that the speeds of the card adhesive are adaptable to changes in speed of the saddle stitch.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung sind die Steuereinheiten der Einzelantriebseinheiten der Kartenkleber derart ausgestaltet, dass die Aufspendeposition der personalisierten Bedruckstoffe auf den Falzbogen durch einen kontrollierten Drehwinkelversatz feinjustierbar ist. Dadurch können auch noch während des Betriebs des Sammelhefters Korrekturen vorgenommen werden, die das Erscheinungsbild des fertigen Druckerzeugnisses verbessern können.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the control units of the individual drive units of the card adhesive are designed such that the Aufspendeposition the personalized substrates on the signatures is finely adjusted by a controlled angular displacement. As a result, even during operation of the saddle stitcher corrections can be made, which can improve the appearance of the finished printed product.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung weist die Steuereinheit des Sammelhefters eine sequentielle Anlegerüberwachung auf, wobei die Kartenkleber in diese sequentielle Anlegerüberwachung einbezogen sind. Unter sequentieller Anlegerüberwachung versteht man dabei ein Verfahren, bei dem die Steuereinheit von jedem Falzbogenanleger mindestens die Steuereinheiten aller entlang der Sammelkette folgenden Falzbogenanleger über den Abwurf des Falzbogens informiert, insbesondere, ob der Falzbogen korrekt abgeworfen wurde und keine Fehl- oder Doppelbogen entstanden sind. In diesem Fall können die Steuereinheiten der folgenden Falzbogenanleger und auch der folgenden Kartenkleber darauf verzichten, weitere Falzbogen abzuwerfen oder personalisierte Bedruckstoffe aufzukleben, da dass Fehlprodukt ohnehin ausgeschleust werden würde.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the control unit of the saddle stitcher on a sequential investor monitoring, wherein the card adhesive are included in this sequential investor monitoring. Under sequential investor monitoring is understood to mean a method in which the control unit of each folded sheet feeder informs at least the control units of all along the gathering fold sheet investors on the dropping of the signatures, in particular, whether the folded sheet was dropped correctly and no false or double sheets have arisen. In this case, the control units of the following folded sheet feeder and also the following card adhesive can refrain from discarding further folded sheets or sticking personalized printing materials, since the defective product would be discharged anyway.

Wird zusätzlich der Heftapparat durch die sequentielle Anlegerüberwachung benachrichtigt, so kann verhindert werden, dass das Fehlprodukt geheftet wird. Die bereits gesammelten Falzbogen können dann einfach wieder auseinandergenommen werden und den entsprechenden Falzbogenanlegern zugeführt werden. Vorteilhafterweise merkt sich die Steuerung, für welche Kunden die Personalisierung verloren ging, also welche gesammelten Falzbogen ausgeschleust wurden, so dass für diese Kunden jeweils ein Druckerzeugnis nachgefertigt werden kann. Gerade dann ist es vorteilhaft, dass die personalisierten Bedruckstoffe, die in der Regel ja nur ein einziges Mal existieren, wieder aus dem Strom der Druckerzeugnisse zurückgewonnen werden können und so auch nachträglich noch ein komplettes Druckerzeugnis mit den betreffenden personalisierten Bedruckstoffen versehen, herstellbar ist, ohne dass die personalisierten Daten nachgedruckt werden müssten.In addition, if the stapler is notified by the sequential investor monitoring, it is possible to prevent the defective product from being stapled. The already collected folded sheets can then be easily taken apart again and fed to the corresponding Falzbogenanlegern. Advantageously, the controller remembers for which customers the personalization was lost, that is, which collected folded sheets were removed, so that for each of these customers a printed product can be reproduced. Just then it is advantageous that the personalized substrates, which usually only once exist, can be recovered from the stream of printed products and so also subsequently provided a complete printed product with the respective personalized substrates, can be produced without that the personalized data would have to be reprinted.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung sind die Kartenkleber derart ausgestaltet, dass auf der Vorder- und Rückseite jeder Signatur einer Broschüre wenigstens ein personalisierter Bedruckstoff aufspendbar ist.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the card adhesives are designed such that at least one personalized printing material can be dispensed on the front and back of each signature of a booklet.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung weist der Sammelhefter weiterhin eine zentrale Steuereinheit auf. Vorteilhafterweise ist diese zentrale Steuereinheit mit den Steuereinheiten der Einzelantriebseinheiten zum Austausch von Daten- und / oder Steuersignalen verbunden. Besonders vorteilhafterweise steuert die zentrale Steuereinheit des Sammelhefters die Kartenkleber so an, dass alle in jeweils eine Broschüre eingeklebten Karten gleich personalisiert sind.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the saddle stitcher also has a central control unit. Advantageously, this central control unit is connected to the control units of the individual drive units for exchanging data and / or control signals. Particularly advantageously, the central control unit of the saddle stitcher controls the card adhesive so that all cards glued into each booklet are personalized.

In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung ist hinter jedem Kartenkleber eine Kontrolleinheit vorgesehen, durch die das Einkleben jedes personalisierten Bedruckstoffs kontrolliert wird. Besonders vorteilhafterweise ist weiterhin eine Ausschleusevorrichtung vorgesehen, durch die Broschüren ausgeschleust werden, in denen eine Karte fehlt. Dadurch lassen sich die oben beschriebenen Vorteile der sequentiellen Anlegerüberwachung besonders günstig realisieren.In a further advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, a control unit is provided behind each card adhesive, by which the gluing of each personalized substrate is controlled. Particularly advantageously, a discharge device is further provided, are discharged through the leaflets in which a card is missing. As a result, the advantages of the sequential investor monitoring described above can be implemented particularly favorably.

Des Weiteren betrifft die Erfindung ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von personalisierten rückstichgehefteten Broschüren mit den Schritten des Anspruchs 15.Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing personalized saddle-stitched booklets with the steps of claim 15.

In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens wird in einem weiteren Schritt die rückstichgeheftete Broschur dreiseitig beschnitten.In an advantageous development of the method according to the invention, the saddle-stitched brochure is trimmed on three sides in a further step.

In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens werden in zusätzlichen Schritten nach jedem Einkleben eines personalisierten Bedruckstoffs geprüft, ob der personalisierte Bedruckstoff auch tatsächlich eingeklebt wurde sowie das Produktes ausgeschleust, falls ein personalisierter Bedruckstoff fehlt. Dadurch wird vermieden, dass fehlerhaft personalisierte Druckerzeugnisse den weiteren Verfahrensschritten unterzogen werden und gegebenenfalls die bereits gesammelten Bogen wiederverwendet werden können. Auch hier wird vorteilhafterweise die fehlerhafte Broschur identifiziert, so dass für den betreffend personalisierten Empfänger eine weitere personalisierte Broschur erzeugt werden kann.In an advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention are checked in additional steps after each pasting a personalized substrate, if the personalized substrate was actually glued and ejected the product if a personalized substrate is missing. This avoids that faulty personalized printed products are subjected to the further process steps and, if necessary, the already collected sheets can be reused. Again, advantageously, the faulty Paperback identified, so that for the concerning personalized recipient another personalized brochure can be generated.

In einer vorteilhaften Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens wird in einem zusätzlichen Schritt geprüft, ob nur gleich personalisierte Bedruckstoffe in eine Broschur eingeklebt wurden. Dadurch kann nicht nur sichergestellt werden, dass auf jedem dafür vorgesehenen Platz auch tatsächlich ein personalisierter Bedruckstoff aufgeklebt wurde, sondern dass es sich bei allen aufgeklebten personalisierten Bedruckstoffen auch um jene für den gleichen Empfänger handelt. Dadurch wird verhindert, dass es zu Verschiebungen in den einzelnen Kartenklebern kommt, die sonst systematisch eine Durchmischung der Empfänger auf den einzelnen personalisierten Bedruckstoffen in einem Druckerzeugnis verursachen würde. Dafür ist beispielsweise ein lesbarer Indiz auf den personalisierten Bedruckstoffen aufgebracht, der von der Steuerung mit einer elektronisch gespeicherten Information, beispielsweise aus einer entsprechenden Datenbank, verglichen werden kann. Bei dem lesbaren Indiz kann es sich beispielsweise um einen Barcode handeln. Vorteilhafterweise werden Druckprodukte, bei denen die Steuerung ermittelt, dass fehlerhafterweise personalisierte Bedruckstoffe mit unterschiedlicher Personalisierung auf die Falzbogen einer Broschur aufgeklebt wurden, ausgeschleust. In einer weiteren Ausführung wird vorteilhafterweise der personalisierte Bedruckstoff nicht in die Broschur eingeklebt, wenn es sich um einen in fehlerhafter Weise personalisierten Bedruckstoff handelt.In an advantageous embodiment of the method according to the invention is tested in an additional step, if only the same personalized substrates were glued into a brochure. As a result, not only can it be ensured that a personalized printing material has actually been affixed to each designated space, but that all of the personalized substrates affixed to it are also those for the same recipient. This prevents shifts in the individual card adhesives, which would otherwise systematically cause a mixing of the recipients on the individual personalized substrates in a printed product. For example, a readable indicia is applied to the personalized printing materials, which can be compared by the controller with electronically stored information, for example from a corresponding database. The readable indicia may be, for example, a barcode. Advantageously, printed products, in which the controller determines that incorrectly personalized substrates with different personalization have been adhered to the signatures of a brochure, ejected. In a further embodiment, the personalized substrate is advantageously not glued into the brochure, if it is an incorrectly personalized substrate.

Ebenfalls werden vorteilhafterweise die Kartenkleber am Sammelhefter so betrieben, dass die richtige Zusammenstellung der Personalisierung wieder hergestellt wird, wenn ein Fehler aufgetreten ist. Hinkt beispielsweise der dritte Kartenkleber in seinem Stapel um einen personalisierten Bedruckstoff nach, so wird der dritte Kartenkleber beispielsweise seine unterste Karte ausschleusen, um so wieder im Takt mit den anderen Kartenklebern zu sein.Also, advantageously, the card adhesives are operated on the saddle stitcher so that the correct composition of the personalization is restored when an error has occurred. If, for example, the third card adhesive in its stack yields to a personalized printing material, the third card adhesive will, for example, eject its lowest card so as to be back in time with the other card adhesives.

Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der folgenden Beschreibung und der Zeichnung. Hierbei zeigen:

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eine perspektivische Darstellung eines gattungsgemäßen Sammelhefters mit einer schematischen Darstellung des Antriebs,
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eine schematische, perspektivische Darstellung eines Falzbogenanlegers mit einem Motor einer Einzelantriebseinheit,
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verschiedene Aufbaumöglichkeiten des erfindungsgemäßen Sammelhefters;
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ein Blockschaltbild des Antriebs des Sammelhefters;
Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description and the drawing. Hereby show:
Fig. 1
a perspective view of a generic saddle stitcher with a schematic representation of the drive,
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a schematic perspective view of a folded sheet feeder with a motor of a single drive unit,
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various construction possibilities of the saddle stitcher according to the invention;
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a block diagram of the drive of the saddle stitcher;

Ein Sammelhefter 10 aus dem Stand der Technik, der mit einem Kartenkleber gemäß der vorliegenden Erfindung ausgerüstet werden kann, ist in der Fig. 1 dargestellt. Dieser Sammelhefter 10 weist vier Falzbogenanleger 12, 14, 16 und 18 auf, die vereinzelte Falzbogen auf einer Sammelkette 20 ablegen. Durch die Sammelkette 20 werden die einzelnen Falzbogen B1, B2, B3 und B4 gesammelt und zu der Heftstation 22 transportiert. Die in der Heftstation 22 angeordneten Heftköpfe 24 heften die nun aufeinanderliegenden Falzbogen B1 bis B4. Von der Heftstation 22 werden die gehefteten Falzbogen zum Trimmer 26 weiterbefördert, in dem der Randbeschnitt der gehefteten Falzbogen erfolgt. Vom Trimmer 26 aus gelangen die fertigen Endprodukte, beispielsweise Broschüren, auf die Auslage 28.A prior art saddle stitcher 10 that can be equipped with a card adhesive according to the present invention is disclosed in U.S.P. Fig. 1 shown. This saddle stitcher 10 has four folded sheet feeder 12, 14, 16 and 18, the individual folded sheets store on a gathering chain 20. The individual folding sheets B1, B2, B3 and B4 are collected by the gathering chain 20 and transported to the stitching station 22. The stapling heads 24 arranged in the stitching station 22 staple the folded sheets B1 to B4 which are now superimposed on one another. From the stitching station 22, the stitched folded sheets are conveyed to the trimmer 26, in which the edge trimming of the stitched folded sheets takes place. From the trimmer 26, the finished end products, for example brochures, reach the display 28.

Der Antrieb des Sammelhefters 10 besteht aus einer Haupteinheit, die einen Elektromotor 30 und eine Steuereinheit 32 aufweist. Der Elektromotor 30 treibt die Sammelkette 20, die Heftstation 22 sowie den Trimmer 26 an. Die Falzbogenanleger 12 bis 18 weisen jeweils eine eigene Nebeneinheit auf, die jeweils aus einem Elektromotor 34, 36, 38 bzw. 40 und einer zugeordneten Steuereinheit 42, 44, 46 bzw. 48 besteht. Die Haupteinheit und die Nebeneinheiten sind über einen Feldbus 50 miteinander verbunden. Ebenfalls mit dem Feldbus 50 verbunden ist eine zentrale Bedienstelle 52 mit einer Anzeigevorrichtung und einem Tastenbedienfeld.The drive of the saddle stitcher 10 consists of a main unit, which has an electric motor 30 and a control unit 32. The electric motor 30 drives the gathering chain 20, the stitching station 22 and the trimmer 26. The folded sheet feeder 12 to 18 each have their own secondary unit, each consisting of an electric motor 34, 36, 38 and 40 and an associated control unit 42, 44, 46 and 48, respectively. The main unit and the Secondary units are connected to each other via a field bus 50. Also connected to the fieldbus 50 is a central keypad 52 with a display device and a keypad.

Fig. 2 zeigt eine schematische perspektivische Darstellung eines Falzbogenanlegers, beispielsweise des Falzbogenanlegers 12 der Fig. 1. Die Falzbogen B1 liegen in einem Stapel auf dem Falzbogenanleger, werden von Vereinzelungstrommeln 54 vereinzelt und von Öffnertrommeln 56 und 58 geöffnet. Nach dem Öffnen durch die Öffnertrommeln 56 und 58 wird ein Falzbogen B1 auf die Sammelkette 20 abgelegt. Zwischen dem Verlassen der Öffnertrommeln 56, 58 und dem Auftreffen auf die Sammelkette legt der Falzbogen B 1 ein Stück Weg im freien Fall zurück. Auf der Sammelkette 20 sind in regehnäßigem Abstand Mitnehmer 60 für die vereinzelten Falzbogen B 1 angeordnet. Zum Antrieb der Vereinzelungstrommeln 54 und der Öffnertrommeln 56 und 58 ist der Elektromotor 34 vorgesehen, der die einzelnen Trommeln über einen Zahnriemen oder eine Kette antreibt. Fig. 2 shows a schematic perspective view of a folded sheet feeder, for example, the folded sheet feeder 12 of Fig. 1 , The folded sheets B1 lie in a stack on the folded sheet feeder, are separated by separating drums 54 and opened by opening drums 56 and 58. After opening through the opening drums 56 and 58, a folded sheet B1 is placed on the gathering chain 20. Between leaving the Öffnertrommeln 56, 58 and hitting the saddle sets the signatures B 1 a piece way back in free fall. On the gathering chain 20 driver 60 for the individual folded sheets B 1 are arranged in regehnäßigem distance. For driving the separating drums 54 and the opening drums 56 and 58, the electric motor 34 is provided, which drives the individual drums via a toothed belt or a chain.

Fig. 3 zeigt die eine erfindungsgemäße Konfiguration eines Sammelhefters 62 in schematischer Darstellung. Die Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, die Heftstation 76, der Trimmer 78 und die Auslage 80 sind L-förmig angeordnet, wobei die Transportrichtung auf der Sammelkette 82 nach links erfolgt. Hinter dem Falzbogenanleger 68 bzw. 70 ist ein Kartenkleber 75 bzw. 75' mit einer Steuereinheit 45 bzw. 45' angeordnet, der bei Bedarf personalisierte Bedruckstoffe auf Falzbogen aufklebt, die der Falzbogenanleger 68 auf die Sammelkette 82 abgeworfen hat. Fig. 3 shows the one inventive configuration of a saddle stitcher 62 in a schematic representation. The folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, the stitching station 76, the trimmer 78 and the display 80 are arranged in an L-shape, the transport direction being carried out on the gathering chain 82 to the left. Behind the folded sheet feeder 68 or 70, a card adhesive 75 or 75 'is arranged with a control unit 45 or 45' which, if required, affixes personalized substrates to folded sheets which the folded sheet feeder 68 has dropped onto the gathering chain 82.

Außerdem weist dieser Sammelhefter 62 zusätzlich noch einen Umschlaganleger 65 mit einer eigenen Steuereinheit 65' auf. Weitere mit Einzelantrieb versehenen Einheiten wie zum Beispiel einen oder mehrere nicht gezeigte Etikettenspender sind ebenfalls denkbar. Ebenfalls sind eine größere Anzahl von Kartenklebern 75, 75' denkbar, die an beliebigen Stellen entlang der Sammelkette 82 hinter einem der Falzbogenanlegern 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 angeordnet sein können.In addition, this saddle stitcher 62 additionally has a cover feeder 65 with its own control unit 65 '. Other single-drive units such as one or more label dispensers, not shown, are also conceivable. Also, a larger number of card adhesives 75, 75 'are conceivable, which can be arranged at any point along the gathering chain 82 behind one of the folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74.

Die Steuereinheiten 45, 45' der Kartenkleber 75, 75' sind über den Feldbus 50 mit den anderen Steuereinheiten 32, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 65' der übrigen Einheiten 64, 65, 66, 68, 70 72, 74 ,76, 78 des Sammelhefters 62 verbunden.The control units 45, 45 'of the card adhesives 75, 75' are connected via the fieldbus 50 to the other control units 32, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 65 'of the remaining units 64, 65, 66, 68, 70 72 , 74, 76, 78 of the saddle stitcher 62.

Wie in Fig. 4 dargestellt, kann wenigstens einer der Kartenkleber 75, 75' einfach von der Sammelkette 82 entfernt werden. Der Kartenkleber 75, 75' ist dafür mit einem nicht gezeigten, dem Fachmann bekannten Fahrwerk ausgestattet, dass bei Bedarf festgesetzt werden kann. Dadurch ist ein Wechsel unterschiedlicher Kartenkleber 75, 75' oder das Austauschen von einem Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 mit einem Kartenkleber 75, 75' auf einfache Weise möglich.As in Fig. 4 1, at least one of the card adhesives 75, 75 'can be easily removed from the gathering chain 82. The card adhesive 75, 75 'is for this purpose equipped with a chassis, not shown, known in the art, that can be fixed if necessary. Thereby, a change of different card adhesive 75, 75 'or the replacement of a folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 with a card adhesive 75, 75' in a simple manner possible.

Die Flexibilität beim Aufbau des erfindungsgemäßen Sammelhefters 62 wird durch die Fig. 5 weiter verdeutlicht. Da jeder Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 eine eigene Einzelantriebseinheit aufweist, kann jeder Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 bezüglich der Sammelkette 82 um 180° gedreht werden. In der Darstellung der Fig. 5 wurde der Falzbogenanleger 68 um 180° gedreht, so dass dieser nun von der anderen Seite beschickt werden kann. Hierdurch kann bspw. Platz für einen Stangenanleger oder einen Etikettenspender geschaffen werden. Ein solcher, in der Fig. 5 dargestellter, gemischter Betrieb von Falzbogenanlegern mit Kopf- oder Fußanlage der Falzbogen ermöglicht bspw. auch personalisierte Bedruckstoffe und Etiketten wahlweise auf die Vorder- oder Rückseite von Falzbogen anzukleben. Auch kann der Aufbau des Sammelhefters an vorhandene Räumlichkeiten angepasst werden. Der Kartenkleber 75 ist nun um 180° gespiegelt zur Sammelkette 82 angeordnet. Werden hinter einem Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 wie in Fig. 5 gezeigt zwei Kartenkleber 75, 75' angeordnet, von denen einer gespiegelt zur Sammelkette angeordnet ist, so können auf einen abgelegten Falzbogen beidseitig personalisierte Bedruckstoffe aufgespendet werden.The flexibility in the construction of the saddle stitcher 62 according to the invention is determined by the Fig. 5 further clarified. Since each folding sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 has its own individual drive unit, each folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 can be rotated by 180 ° with respect to the gathering chain 82. In the presentation of the Fig. 5 the folded sheet feeder 68 was rotated by 180 °, so that it can now be fed from the other side. As a result, for example, space for a rod feeder or a label dispenser can be created. One such, in the Fig. 5 illustrated, mixed operation of folded sheet feeder with head or foot attachment of the signatures allows, for example, even personalized substrates and labels either to the front or back side of signatures to glue. Also, the structure of the saddle stitcher can be adapted to existing premises. The card adhesive 75 is now mirrored by 180 ° arranged to the gathering chain 82. Be behind a folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 74 as in Fig. 5 shown two card adhesive 75, 75 'arranged, one of which is arranged mirrored to the gathering chain, so on both sides of a folded folded sheet personalized substrates can be dispensed.

Zusätzlich weisen die nicht gezeigten dem Fachmann bekannten Kartenkleber nicht gezeigte, dem Fachmann ebenfalls bekannte Sensoren auf, die mit den Steuerungen 45, 45' verbunden sind. Diese Sensoren überwachen zum einen, ob tatsächlich ein personalisierter Bedruckstoff aufgeklebt wurde und andererseits, ob es sich bei dem personalisierten Beruckstoff auch um den gewünschten personalisierten Bedruckstoff handelt. Dazu kann ein Indiz, z.B: ein Barcode, der auf dem personalisierten Bedruckstoff aufgedruckt ist, ausgelesen werden. Dazu ist es erforderlich, dass den Steuerungen 45, 45' oder der zentralen Steuerung 32, 100 bekannt ist, welche personalisierten Bedruckstoffe sich in den Kartenklebern befinden, etwa durch eine festgelegte Reihenfolge der personalisierten Bedruckstoffe. Andererseits kann auch lediglich überprüft werden, ob die personalisierten Bedruckstoffe, die auf ein einzelnes Druckerzeugnis aufgeklebt werden das gleiche oder wenigstens ein miteinander verknüpftes Indiz aufweisen. Ist die Reihenfolge der personalisierten Bedruckstoffe in den Stapeln in den Anlegern der Kartenkleber 75, 75' bekannt, so kann die Steuerung 32, 100 bei einem fehlerhaften Aufkleben Schritte unternehmen, um die Ordnung der einzelnen Kartenkleber 75, 75' wieder herzustellen, so dass weiterhin auch auf folgende Druckerzeugnisse nur zusammenpassende, personalisierte Bedruckstoffe aufgeklebt werden. In einer Ausführungsform der Erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung werden in dem Fall, das ein erster Kartenkleber ermittelt, dass der personalisierte Bedruckstoff nicht aufgeklebt wurde bei den folgenden Kartenklebern die Leimventile geschlossen, so dass diese personalisierten Bedruckstoffe zwar vereinzelt, nicht aber auf die Falzbogen auf der Sammelkette 82 aufgeklebt werden.In addition, the card adhesive, not shown to the person skilled in the art, has sensors (also not shown) which are likewise known to the person skilled in the art and which are connected to the controls 45, 45 '. These sensors monitor, on the one hand, whether a personalized printing material has actually been affixed and, on the other hand, whether the personalized printed material is also the desired personalized printing material. For this purpose, an indicator, for example: a barcode, which is printed on the personalized substrate to be read. For this it is necessary that the controls 45, 45 'or the central controller 32, 100 is known which personalized substrates are in the card adhesives, such as by a fixed sequence of personalized substrates. On the other hand, it is also only possible to check whether the personalized printing materials which are adhered to a single printed product have the same or at least a linked indicator. If the order of the personalized substrates in the stacks in the investors of the card adhesives 75, 75 'is known, then the controller 32, 100 may take steps to improperly affix the order of the individual card adhesives 75, 75', so that further also on the following printed products only matching, personalized substrates are adhered. In one embodiment of the device according to the invention, in the case where a first card adhesive is determined that the personalized substrate has not been adhered, the glue valves are closed in the following card adhesives, so that these personalized substrates are separated, but not adhered to the signatures on the gathering chain 82 become.

In dem Blockschaltbild der Fig. 6 ist der Antrieb des erfindungsgemäßen Sammelhefters dargestellt. Der Antrieb besteht aus mehreren Einzelantriebseinheiten, z. B. einer Haupteinheit 86 und zwei Nebeneinheiten 88 und 90. Jede dieser Einzelantriebseinheiten weist vorteilhaftweise zumindest einen Elektromotor 104, 118 und 130 auf sowie eine diesem zugeordnete Steuereinheit 87, 89, 91. Die Steuereinheit 87 und die Steuereinheiten 89 und 91 stehen über einen Feldbus 92 miteinander in Verbindung. Weitere Nebeneinheiten können sich anschließen, was durch die gestrichelte Fortsetzung der Feldbusleitung 92 angedeutet ist. Mit der Bezugsnummer 100 ist eine Zentralsteuerung bezeichnet, die ebenfalls über den Feldbus 92 mit der Haupteinheit und den Nebeneinheiten verbunden ist.In the block diagram of Fig. 6 the drive of the saddle stitcher according to the invention is shown. The drive consists of several individual drive units, z. Each of these individual drive units advantageously has at least one electric motor 104, 118 and 130 and a control unit 87, 89, 91 associated therewith. The control unit 87 and the control units 89 and 91 are connected via a field bus 92 in connection with each other. More auxiliary units may join, which is indicated by the dashed continuation the field bus line 92 is indicated. The reference numeral 100 denotes a central controller, which is also connected via the field bus 92 to the main unit and the slave units.

Die Haupteinheit 86 ist beispielsweise der Heftmaschine und dem Trimmer zugeordnet.The main unit 86 is associated with, for example, the stapler and the trimmer.

Der Aufbau der Nebeneinheiten 88 und 90, die jeweils einem Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 oder einem Kartenkleber 75, 75' zugeordnet sind, ist im Wesentlichen gleich oder zumindest untereinander kompatibel. Hierdurch können die Falzbogenanleger 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 oder Kartenkleber 75, 75' untereinander leicht ausgetauscht werden und ihre Anzahl kann problemlos erweitert werden.The structure of the secondary units 88 and 90, which are each associated with a folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 or a card adhesive 75, 75 'is substantially equal or at least compatible with each other. As a result, the folded sheet feeder 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 or card adhesive 75, 75 'can be easily interchanged with each other and their number can be easily extended.

BezugszeichenlisteLIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1010
Sammelheftersaddle stitcher
12, 14, 16, 1812, 14, 16, 18
FalzbogenanlegerSignature feeder
2020
Sammelkettecollecting chain
20a20a
Kettengliedlink
20b20b
Mitnehmertakeaway
2222
Heftstationfinisher
2424
Heftköpfestitching heads
2626
Trimmertrimmer
2828
Auslagedisplay
3030
Elektromotorelectric motor
3232
Steuereinheit Trimmer, HeftmaschineControl unit trimmer, stapler
34, 36, 38, 4034, 36, 38, 40
Elektromotorelectric motor
42,43,4442,43,44
Steuereinheit FalzbogenanlegerControl unit folded sheet feeder
45, 45'45, 45 '
Steuereinheit KartenkleberControl unit card adhesive
46, 47, 4846, 47, 48
Steuereinheit FalzbogenanlegerControl unit folded sheet feeder
5050
Signal- und Datenleitung, BusSignal and data line, bus
5454
Vereinzelungstrommelnsingling drums
5656
Öffnertrommelopener drum
5858
Öffnertrommelopener drum
6060
Mitnehmertakeaway
6262
Sammelheftersaddle stitcher
B1, B2, B3, B4B1, B2, B3, B4
Falzbogensignatures
6464
FalzbogenanlegerSignature feeder
6565
Umschlaganlegercover feeder
65'65 '
Steuereinheit UmschlaganlegerControl unit Cover feeder
66, 6866, 68
FalzbogenanlegerSignature feeder
70, 72, 7470, 72, 74
FalzbogenanlegerSignature feeder
75, 75'75, 75 '
Kartenklebercard gluer
7676
Heftstationfinisher
7878
Trimmertrimmer
8080
Auslagedisplay
8282
Sammelkettecollecting chain
8484
Heftliniestitching line
8686
Haupteinheitmain unit
88,9088,90
NebeneinheitIn addition to unit
87, 89, 9187, 89, 91
Steuereinheitcontrol unit
9292
Feldbusfieldbus
104,118,130104,118,130
Elektromotorelectric motor

Claims (19)

  1. Saddle stitcher for producing personalized backstitched brochures, including a stitching station (22, 76), at last one signature feeder (12, 14, 16, 18, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) for feeding non-personalized signatures (B1, B2, B3, B4) to a saddle chain (20, 82), which transports the collated signatures (B1, B2, B3, B4), and a drive consisting of multiple individual drive units (86, 88, 90), wherein at last two card gluers (75, 75') that glue personalized printing substrates to the non-personalized signatures (B1, B2, B3, B4) are arranged along the saddle chain (20, 82),
    characterized in
    that the individual drive units (86, 88, 90) are associated with a respective signature feeder (12, 14, 16, 18, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) and a respective card gluer (75, 75') as well as jointly or individually with the stitching station (22, 76) and the saddle chain (20, 82).
  2. Saddle stitcher according to Claim 1,
    characterized in
    that each individual drive unit (86, 88, 90) includes at least one electric motor (20, 34, 36, 38, 40; 104, 118, 130) and a control unit (32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45', 46, 47, 48, 87, 89, 91) associated therewith as well as a connection (92) for exchanging data and/or control signals between the control units (32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 87, 89, 91).
  3. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 1 to 2,
    characterized in
    that the signature feeders (64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) are designed to be selectively positionable in a position in which they have been rotated through 180° relative to the saddle chain (20, 82).
  4. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 1 to 2,
    characterized in
    that in a first embodiment, the card gluer is positionable on one side of the saddle chain and in a second, mirrored embodiment, the card gluer is positionable on the other side of the saddle chain.
  5. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 1 to 4,
    characterized in
    that at least one of the signature feeders (12, 14, 16, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) and/or at least one of the card gluers (75, 75') includes an undercarriage by means of which the signature feeders (12, 14, 16, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74) and/or the card gluers (75, 75') are lockable and displaceable.
  6. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 2 to 5,
    characterized in
    that at least one of the card gluers (75, 75') is synchronized with the drive of the saddle stitcher (10, 62) via the connection (50; 92) for exchanging data and/or control signals.
  7. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 2 to 6,
    characterized in
    that the control unit (45, 45') of the individual drive unit (86, 88, 90) of at least one of the card gluers (75, 75') is designed in such a way that the speed of the card gluer (75, 75') is adaptable to speed changes of the saddle stitcher (10, 62).
  8. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 2 to 7,
    characterized in
    that the control unit (45) of the individual drive unit (86, 88, 90) of at least one of the card gluers (75, 75') is designed in such a way that the application position of the printing substrates onto the signature (B1, B2, B3, B4) is fine-adjustable by a controlled offset of the angle of rotation.
  9. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 2 to 10,
    characterized in
    that the control unit (32) of the saddle stitcher (10, 62) includes sequential feeder monitoring wherein at least one of the card gluers (75, 75') is included in this sequential feeder monitoring.
  10. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 1 to 9,
    characterized in
    that the saddle stitcher (10, 62) further includes a central control unit (100).
  11. Saddle stitcher according to Claim 10,
    characterized in
    that the central control unit (100) is connected to the control units (32, 42, 43, 44, 45, 45', 46, 47, 48, 87, 89, 91) of the individual drive units (86, 88, 90) to exchange data and/or control signals.
  12. Saddle stitcher according to Claim 10,
    characterized in
    that that the central control unit (100) of the saddle stitcher (10, 62) actuates the card gluers (75, 75') in such a way that all cards glued into a respective brochure are identically personalized.
  13. Saddle stitcher according to one of Claims 1 to 12,
    characterized in
    that an inspection unit for inspecting the application of each personalized printing substrate is provided downstream of each card gluer (75, 75').
  14. Saddle stitcher according to Claim 13,
    characterized in
    that furthermore an ejection device is provided for ejecting brochures that lack a personalized printing substrate.
  15. Method of producing personalized backstitched brochures including the following steps:
    a) feeding a non-personalized signature (B1, B2, B3, B4) by means of a signature feeder (12, 14, 16, 18)
    b) depositing the opened signature on a saddle chain (20, 82)
    c) activating a card gluer (75, 75') if a personalized printing substrate is to be glued into this signature
    d) checking whether the personalized printing substrate was glued in
    e) feeding a further non-personalized signature (B1, B2, B3, B4) by means of a further feeder (12, 14, 16, 18)
    f) activating a further card gluer (75, 75') if a personalized printing substrate is to be glued into this further signature
    g) checking whether this further personalized printing substrate was glued in,
    h) repeating steps e) to g) until the complete personalized brochure has been collated,
    i) backstitching the personalized brochure.
  16. Method according to Claim 15, including the additional step of
    j) lateral trimming of the back-stitched brochure.
  17. Method according to one of Claims 15 to 16 including the additional steps of
    k) checking whether the personalized printing substrate was actually glued in after each gluing of a personalized printing substrate.
    l) ejecting the product if a personalized card is missing.
  18. Method according to Claim 15 including the additional step of
    m) checking whether exclusively printing substrates of identical personalization have been glued into one brochure.
  19. Method according to Claim 18 including the additional step of
    n) ejecting defective products.
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