EP2386513B1 - Method and device for preparing a stack for book end production comprising multiple book covers and book end production line with such a device - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method according to claim 1 and a device according to claim 6 for the provision of a book cover stack consisting of book covers and a book production line according to claim 12 with such a device.
- the document US2004 / 098665 discloses an apparatus for bookbinding with a ceiling magazine for separating uniform book covers of a task stack and for conveying isolated book covers.
- both the book block and the book cover is unique.
- a clear identification of the book cover and the book block is a crucial criterion.
- the book cover or the book block must take over a control function.
- a part of the later book then specifies the book production line with which other part of the later book it is to marry.
- the isolated book covers are counted.
- One label is recognized for each individual book cover and ceiling information is read from the respective label.
- a temporary storage of the ceiling information takes place.
- the separated book covers are stored in the order of separation to form a detected stack and there is a storage of the detected stack identifying identifier to the cached ceiling information.
- externally produced book covers are delivered in stacks whose book covers are packaged, for example, with an outer side printed with a title, facing upwards or downwards. Depending on the delivery status, the book cover order is ascending or descending.
- the printed outside is later to be the printed outside of the book.
- the printed outside has a label.
- the label includes book cover information, such as the format of the book cover.
- the marking for example a barcode
- the structure of such a code depends on the bar code standard used and on customer-specific requirements. He is multi-limbed.
- the first part may include a coding of the order with format and material information, followed by the customer data, which in turn includes an individual style. By presorting the products to be produced by format and material, this information can be used for the economic production of the books, by assembling as sequences to understand task batches of the same format. With the customer data can advantageously be controlled following the separation of an individual envelope design that is ready to be completed shortly before the wedding.
- other identifications known to those skilled in the art are conceivable, which can be read by means of image recognition or text recognition.
- identifications by means of RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) or magnetic information carriers are also possible.
- the task stack can be stored, for example, in a manual operation directly in front of the singulator. If the last book cover this task pile isolated, for example, by manual release of a machine operator the final signal can be given. If the task pile, however, still not be completed, although the separation temporarily no more book covers had in stock, is manually refilled and released later. More elaborate methods provide for stretched storage in multiple task stacks. For example, a first feed stack is placed with the side edges of the book covers on a conveyor belt and tipped over in the longitudinal direction of the singulator. A next stack, which is still to belong to the first task pile can be placed behind it and dumped on the incomplete first scuffed lying on the conveyor stack task, if possible without creating a gap between the scaly book covers. A gap after the first job stack should only arise when the last book cover of the first job stack is on the conveyor belt.
- a second and a third and optionally further feed stack are preferably adjusted on the conveyor belt analogously.
- Gaps of the type described above are deliberately placed to mark a completion of each of the task pile.
- the gap is easily recognized by the operator.
- a photocell can detect the gap. In response to the gap, for example, the conveyor belt is stopped.
- the individual book covers pass through one or more devices for counting the book covers, for recognizing the respective marking, for reading at least one of the cover information from the marking and for temporarily storing the cover information. Subsequently, the isolated book covers thus detected are stored in the order of separation to form a complete, detected stack on each other. There is a storage of the detected stack identifying identifier to the cached ceiling information.
- the method described above is also suitable for checking stacks with a known sequence for completeness.
- the composition of the stack is known in this case but still to be detected or controlled by the method.
- An adjustment takes place digitally, possibly also an adjustment of the book cover information.
- bookstop piles are supplied with booklet stacks down from book-making line-external bookbinding machines. This state of delivery corresponds exactly to the form required for further processing in the book production line. After turning the book cover stack delivered in this way, the originally uppermost cover of the book cover stack corresponds to the first cover to be processed in the magazine shaft of the singulation device and is now located at the bottom in the task pile. If the book covers were created in the correct processing order, the recognition data can be transferred directly from the book cover machine to the book production line.
- cover matching system In the case of a spatial separation or a large distance between book cover production and book production line, it is not recommended to transfer the recognition data from the book cover machine but to read the cover book information according to the method into an external, so-called cover matching system. In this system, the order of the book covers is recorded, controlled according to the specifications and handed over as a new information package the book production line.
- the captured stack can be integrated into the stream of book blocks as a sequence of book covers of a format in further processing in the book production line or control the flow and the order of the book blocks.
- the control of the book production line on the Buchor- and / or book block feeder for example, equipped with a bar code reader takes over a comparison and control of bar-coded book covers and / or book blocks.
- mismatch of book block and book cover the corresponding book block is ejected before entering the machine.
- the machine so are only book blocks according to the specification and the order according to the requirement of the detected pile or its ceiling cover located book covers.
- An example of incorporating the detected stacks into the book production line is as follows.
- a barcode reader compares the blanket information with the data from the available book block two bars before merging the book block and book cover.
- the book production line stops in a controlled manner. Already requested processing steps are completed. Ceiling transport is stopped to remove the wrong blanket. Of four books in the hanging machine, three are completed and driven out of the machine. The fourth book block without blanket does not undergo side gluing and is taken from the book display.
- one or more ceiling information of one of the book covers is / are used as the identifier of the detected stack.
- one or more of the ceiling information of the last laid on the detected stack book cover is used.
- the termination signal is triggered by a light barrier, which registers a gap after abandoned book covers as the end of the task stack to be detected.
- the device for providing a stack consisting of book covers for a book production has a ceiling magazine for separating uniform book covers a task stack of unknown or known composition and for conveying isolated book covers in a longitudinal direction through the device on.
- Each of the individual book covers has ceiling information in a label.
- a recognition device of the device or several such devices are suitable for counting the individual book covers, for recognizing the respective marking and / or for reading the ceiling information from the marking.
- the device has a processing device for processing the ceiling information.
- the ceiling information can be stored by means of the processing device and / or can be communicated by means of the processing device with an external cover matching system. In the latter case, storage of the ceiling information during stacking is done continuously in the external system until a completion signal is transmitted. The final signal is issued as soon as the stacking of the detected stack is completed. This may for example be the case when a manual release after complete separation of book covers is given from a task pile.
- the device may be integrated into a book production line such that no real stacking takes place after the singulation device.
- the stack provided with the identifier lies on a transfer belt, for example, with shingled or isolated registered book covers.
- a stacking shaft for stacking the separated book covers is arranged to a detected stack in the longitudinal direction after the ceiling magazine.
- This embodiment is to operate, for example, as an independent unit initially independent of the book production line.
- the identifier can be read out in the book production line.
- the order of the book blocks can be sorted according to a data packet read according to identification to the order of the book covers in the transferred detected stack suitable in the book production line.
- the longitudinal conveyor can also be arranged after the detection device and record already detected stacks.
- the arranged after the detection device longitudinal conveyor provides clearance for buffering a product stream of book covers, especially about 100 to 200 book covers, before the transfer to the book production line. This may be advantageous for the continuity or process reliability of the fabrication process.
- the at least one detection device is in a further advantageous embodiment of the device in or on the ceiling magazine, in particular above a conveying path of the book covers, arranged. A compact design of the device is thus favored.
- the at least one detection device is arranged to be displaceable transversely to the longitudinal direction in further advantageous embodiments.
- a further advantageous embodiment has an identification device.
- a second identifier can be attached in or on the detected stack as an identifier of the detected stack.
- FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of a device for providing a stacked from book covers (Cover) 7.1 - 7.n existing, detected stack 7 shown for a book ending. Ceiling information of the respective book cover 2.1 - 2.m of a task stack 1 fed to the device is to be detected.
- the book covers 2.1 to 2.m to be detected by the device usually have a marking 40 which can be recognized and read by means of a recognition device 10 for reading the ceiling information.
- Fig. 1 a snapshot of a current Buchrehnes by the device, in which from the illustrated in the form of a scale flow task stack 1 already some book covers 7.1 to 7.2 have been separated and stored on the forming, detected stack 7.
- the feed stack 1 is still largely in the form of the scale flow on a conveyor belt 8.
- the next to be singled by the device book cover 2.1 is located at the bottom of a downstream of the conveyor belt 8 formed sub-stack 2 of the task stack 1, wherein the sub-stack 2 before at least one Retaining seal 21 is collected.
- the book covers 2.m are placed on the conveyor belt 8 standing on their side edges in a feed stack 1 or in several stacked stacks of unknown composition. This happens either automatically or manually.
- the feed stack 1 is tilted on the conveyor belt 8 in the conveying direction forming the scale flow forward.
- Another belonging to the same production order stack of book covers can be placed in the same way on the conveyor belt 8 in the conveying direction behind the overturned feed stack 1.
- the book covers to be recorded 2.m a production order completely and without gaps behind each other maruppt on the conveyor belt 8 lie.
- the device has a ceiling magazine 20 with a known singulation device, wherein the above-described conveyor belt 8 can be considered quite as part of the ceiling magazine 20.
- the partial stack 2 is retained by means of two retaining tabs 21 over almost its entire height, while a lowermost book cover is pulled out from under the partial stack 2.
- the lowermost book cover is isolated, because the ceiling magazine 20, inter alia, by means of an alignment of the retaining latch 21 ensures that only a single book cover 2.1 leaves the partial stack 2 below in the longitudinal direction L.
- the isolated book cover leaves the sub-stack 2, it leaves so that in the longitudinal direction L and the ceiling magazine 20.
- the scattered book cover is in the longitudinal direction L subsequent to the retaining latch 21 either - as in FIG. 1 shown - integrated in the ceiling magazine 20 or - such as in FIG. 2 shown - in the longitudinal direction L subsequently detected in or on the device by a detection device 10.
- the in the FIGS. 1 and 2 sketched recognition device 10 is suitable for counting the book covers 7.1 - 7.n, for recognizing the marking 40 on the isolated book cover 7.1 - 7.n and for reading ceiling information from the label 40th
- the retaining bar 21 ensures that only one book cover 7.1 - 7.n leaves the partial stack 2, so that the number m of abandoned book covers 2.1 - 2.m corresponds to the number n of individual book covers 7.1 - 7.n. It is also through Guaranteed removal from below ensures that a sequence of singulation can be subsequently determined or checked the ceiling magazine 20.
- both the ceiling information of the book covers 2.1 - 2.n of the task stack 1 are collected from the detection device 10 as well as the sequence of the individual book covers 7.1 - 7.n of the growing, detected stack 7 cached. If the last book cover 7.n of the detected stack 7 has passed the recognition device 10 and its ceiling information is processed in the processing device 30, at least one of the cover information of the last book cover 7.n serves to identify the stack completely recorded with the last book cover 7.n 7. The last book cover 7.n can thus be referred to as identifying book cover 7.n.
- FIG. 2 the second embodiment of the device is shown.
- the device is designed to be mobile on rollers 25. It is extended relative to the device according to the first embodiment by a longitudinal conveyor 60 behind the retaining latch 21 of the ceiling magazine 20.
- the recognition device 10 is not integrated in the ceiling magazine 20 here.
- the detection device 10 is located above the ceiling flow (shown with the book cover 7.2 passing through the detection device 10 in the snapshot) at one end of the longitudinal conveyor 60 which faces away from the retaining latch 21. Following the recognition device 10, the book covers 7.1 - 7.n fall onto the detected stack 7 in a stacking shaft 50.
- FIG. 3 a connection of the mobile device to a book production line 100 is sketched in a snapshot.
- a job G in the form of a corresponding sub-stack of book covers on the device.
- Orders D, E and F are available as captured stacks 7 for the book production line 100.
- Already lying on the book production line orders A, B and C are shown as also previously detected by the device stack 7.
- the device generates or determines an identifier for each stack 7.
- the device has for this purpose the processing device 30 for processing the ceiling information.
- the ceiling information can be stored by means of the processing device 30 and / or by means of the processing device 30 with an external, for example, as a programmable logic controller (PLC) trained cover matching system 130, communicable by data transmission S.
- PLC programmable logic controller
- the storage of the ceiling information during stacking is done continuously in the external system 130 until a completion signal is transmitted.
- the final signal is issued as soon as the stacking of the detected stack 7 is completed. This may be the case, for example, if a manual release after complete separation of book covers from a task stack 1 is given.
- the identifier as well as all book cover information of the respective stack 7 are transferred to the external system 130.
- This stacking information for each stack A to G, the book production line 100 can access when the next batch 7 is placed as order D. Thereafter, for example, a ceiling feeder of the book production line is controlled with respect to the format.
- a ceiling feeder of the book production line is controlled with respect to the format.
- matching book blocks are required.
- a bar code of the corresponding stack 7 is also read during the processing of the stack 7 on the book production line 100.
- the cover matching system 130 compares, for example, two bars before merging the book block and book cover, the ceiling information to the respective book cover from the order D with the data of the waiting book block. Missmatch keeps the book production line under control at. Already requested processing steps are completed. Ceiling transport is stopped to remove the wrong book cover. Of four in a Ein vonmaschine the book production line books are three completed and driven out of the book production line. The fourth book block without book cover undergoes no side gluing and is taken in a book display.
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 und eine Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6 zum Bereitstellen eines aus Buchdecken bestehenden Stapels für eine Buchendfertigung sowie eine Buchendfertigungsstraße nach Anspruch 12 mit einer solchen Vorrichtung.The invention relates to a method according to claim 1 and a device according to claim 6 for the provision of a book cover stack consisting of book covers and a book production line according to claim 12 with such a device.
Bekannte Buchendfertigungsstraßen fügen taktweise nacheinander jeweils einen Buchblock und eine Buchdecke zu einem Buch zusammen.Known book production lines intermittently add a book block and a book cover to a book.
Zunächst werden die Buchblocks und die Buchdecken üblicherweise in separaten Maschinen hergestellt. In bekannten Buchendfertigungsstraßen durchläuft der Buchblock zu Beginn separat von der zugehörigen Buchdecke Bearbeitungsstationen wie Runden, Abpressen, Rückenbeleimen, Kapitalen etc. Die auch Hochzeit genannte Vereinigung von Buchblock und Buchdecke findet anschließend in der Einhängemaschine statt, wobei die Einhängemaschine als eine Produktionseinheit der Buchendfertigungsstraße für die Hochzeit verstanden wird.Initially, the book blocks and book covers are usually made in separate machines. In known book production lines the book block goes through at the beginning separately from the associated book cover processing stations such as rounds, squeezing, Rückenbeleimen, funds, etc. The wedding also mentioned association of book block and book cover then takes place in the Einhängemaschine, the Einhängemaschine as a production unit of Buchendfertigungstrasse for the Wedding is understood.
In der Einhängemaschine angekommen, wird der Buchblock, wie beilspielsweise aus
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In bekannten Buchendfertigungsstraßen wird von einer Verarbeitung der Bücher als mittlere oder große Auflage ausgegangen. Für eine Serie von mehreren Buchblocks liegen folglich ebenso viele Buchdecken bereit. Auf eine Reihenfolge muss dabei nicht geachtet werden, weil innerhalb einer Auflage ein Buch zusammengesetzt ist, wie das andere.In known book production lines it is assumed that the books are processed as a medium or large edition. As a result, just as many book covers are available for a series of several book blocks. On an order must be there not be respected, because within one edition a book is composed, like the other.
Bei der Herstellung personifizierter Bücher, beispielsweise von Fotobüchern, ist sowohl der Buchblock als auch die Buchdecke ein Unikat. Beim Herstellen personifizierter Bücher oder Klein- und Kleinstauflagen im Allgemeinen ist eine eindeutige Identifikation der Buchdecke und des Buchblocks ein entscheidendes Kriterium. Zum reibungslosen Ablauf in der Maschine muss entweder die Buchdecke oder der Buchblock eine Steuerungsfunktion übernehmen. Ein Teil des späteren Buchs gibt demnach der Buchendfertigungsstraße vor, mit welchem anderen Teil des späteren Buchs es zu verheiraten ist.In the production of personalized books, such as photo books, both the book block and the book cover is unique. When producing personalized books or small and very small print runs in general, a clear identification of the book cover and the book block is a crucial criterion. For smooth operation in the machine either the book cover or the book block must take over a control function. A part of the later book then specifies the book production line with which other part of the later book it is to marry.
Daraus ergibt sich die Aufgabe, eine gezielte und flexible Eingliederung eines der Teile des Buches einer Klein- oder Kleinstauflage in eine Buchendfertigungsstraße und eine möglichst wirtschaftliche und sichere Zuweisung der zu verheiratenden Teile zu ermöglichen.This results in the task, a targeted and flexible integration of one of the parts of the book of a small or very small edition in a book production line and to allow the most economical and secure allocation of the parts to be married.
Die Aufgabe wird gelöst durch ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 und eine Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6 zum Bereitstellen eines aus Buchdecken bestehenden Stapels für eine Buchendfertigung sowie eine Buchendfertigungsstraße nach Anspruch 12 mit einer solchen Vorrichtung. Vorteilhafte Ausführungsformen sind in jeweiligen Unteransprüchen angegeben.The object is achieved by a method according to claim 1 and an apparatus according to claim 6 for the provision of a book cover stack consisting of book covers and a book production line according to claim 12 with such a device. Advantageous embodiments are specified in respective subclaims.
Bei dem Verfahren zum Bereitstellen eines aus Buchdecken bestehenden Stapels für eine Buchendfertigung erfolgt ein Zusammenstellen von in unbekannter oder bekannter Reihenfolge übereinanderliegenden Buchdecken mit unbekannten Deckeninformationen zu einem Aufgabestapel. Die Buchdecken des Aufgabestapels weisen dabei zwingend ein allen Buchdecken des betrachteten Aufgabestapels gleiches Deckenformat auf. Anschließend oder noch während der Stapelbildung erfolgt außerdem ein Vereinzeln und ein Fördern der Buchdecken des Aufgabestapels zu vereinzelten Buchdecken bis zu einem Abschlusssignal, in einer sich in den nachfolgend genannten Verfahrensschritten nicht verändernden Reihenfolge.In the method for providing a stack consisting of book covers for a book ending a compilation takes place in unknown or known order superimposed book covers with unknown ceiling information to a task pile. The book covers of the task pile have thereby compelling on all book covers of the task stack considered the same ceiling format. Subsequently, or even during the stacking, the singling and conveying of the book covers of the application stack to individualized book covers is carried out up to a final signal, in an order which does not change in the following method steps.
Die vereinzelten Buchdecken werden gezählt. Es wird eine Kennzeichnung je vereinzelter Buchdecke erkannt und es werden Deckeninformationen aus der jeweiligen Kennzeichnung gelesen. Zudem erfolgt ein Zwischenspeichern der Deckeninformationen. Die vereinzelten Buchdecken werden in der Reihenfolge des Vereinzelns zur Bildung eines erfassten Stapels abgelegt und es erfolgt ein Abspeichern einer den erfassten Stapel identifizierende Kennung zu den zwischengespeicherten Deckeninformationen.The isolated book covers are counted. One label is recognized for each individual book cover and ceiling information is read from the respective label. In addition, a temporary storage of the ceiling information takes place. The separated book covers are stored in the order of separation to form a detected stack and there is a storage of the detected stack identifying identifier to the cached ceiling information.
Üblicherweise werden vor Beginn des Verfahrens extern hergestellte Buchdecken in Stapeln geliefert, deren Buchdecken beispielsweise mit einer mit einem Titel bedruckten Außenseite nach oben oder nach unten weisend verpackt sind. Je nach Auslieferungszustand ist die Reihenfolge der Buchdecken aufsteigend oder absteigend. Die bedruckte Außenseite soll später auch die bedruckte Außenseite des Buches sein. Die bedruckte Außenseite weist eine Kennzeichnung auf. Die Kennzeichnung enthält Buchdeckeninformationen, wie beispielsweise das Format der Buchdecke.Usually, before the beginning of the process, externally produced book covers are delivered in stacks whose book covers are packaged, for example, with an outer side printed with a title, facing upwards or downwards. Depending on the delivery status, the book cover order is ascending or descending. The printed outside is later to be the printed outside of the book. The printed outside has a label. The label includes book cover information, such as the format of the book cover.
Die Kennzeichnung, beispielsweise ein Barcode, ist in der Regel so beschaffen, dass sie als Deckeninformationen sowohl Format-, Material-, als auch die Kundeninformationen beinhaltet. Der Aufbau eines solchen Codes hängt vom verwendeten Barcodestandard und von kundenspezifischen Erfordernissen ab. Er ist mehrgliedrig aufgebaut. So kann beispielsweise der erste Teil eine Kodierung des Auftrages mit Format- und Materialangaben beinhalten, gefolgt von den Kundendaten, die wiederum eine individuelle Gestaltungsart beinhaltet. Durch Vorsortierung der herzustellenden Produkte nach Format- und Material, können diese Informationen zur wirtschaftlichen Fertigung der Bücher benutzt werden, indem als Sequenzen zu verstehende Aufgabestapel gleichen Formates zusammengestellt werden. Mit den Kundendaten kann vorteilhaft nachfolgend der Vereinzelung eine individuelle Umschlaggestaltung gesteuert werden, die erst kurz vor der Hochzeit fertigzustellen ist. Neben dem Barcode sind auch andere dem Fachmann bekannte Kennzeichnungen denkbar, die mittels Einrichtungen für Bilderkennung oder Texterkennung gelesen werden können. Weiter sind auch Kennzeichnungen mittels RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) oder magnetischen Informationsträgern möglich.The marking, for example a barcode, is generally designed such that it contains both format, material and customer information as ceiling information. The structure of such a code depends on the bar code standard used and on customer-specific requirements. He is multi-limbed. For example, the first part may include a coding of the order with format and material information, followed by the customer data, which in turn includes an individual style. By presorting the products to be produced by format and material, this information can be used for the economic production of the books, by assembling as sequences to understand task batches of the same format. With the customer data can advantageously be controlled following the separation of an individual envelope design that is ready to be completed shortly before the wedding. In addition to the barcode, other identifications known to those skilled in the art are conceivable, which can be read by means of image recognition or text recognition. Furthermore, identifications by means of RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) or magnetic information carriers are also possible.
Der Aufgabestapel kann beispielsweise in einem manuellen Arbeitsschritt direkt vor der Vereinzelungseinrichtung abgelegt werden. Ist die letzte Buchdecke dieses Aufgabestapels vereinzelt, kann beispielsweise durch manuelle Freigabe eines Maschinenführers das Abschlusssignal gegeben werden. Soll der Aufgabestapel jedoch weiterhin nicht abgeschlossen sein, obwohl das Vereinzeln zeitweise keine Buchdecken mehr im Vorrat hatte, wird manuell nachgelegt und später freigegeben. Aufwändigere Verfahren sehen eine gestreckte Bevorratung in mehreren Aufgabestapeln vor. Beispielsweise wird ein erster Aufgabestapel mit den Seitenkanten der Buchdecken auf ein Förderband aufgesetzt und in Längsrichtung zu der Vereinzelungseinrichtung hin umgekippt. Ein nächster Stapel, der noch zu dem ersten Aufgabestapel gehören soll kann dahinter aufgesetzt werden und auf den unvollständigen ersten geschuppt auf dem Förderband liegenden Aufgabestapel abgekippt werden, möglichst ohne dass eine Lücke zwischen den geschuppten Buchdecken entsteht. Eine Lücke nach dem ersten Aufgabestapel sollte erst dann entstehen, wenn die letzte Buchdecke des ersten Aufgabestapels auf dem Förderband liegt.The task stack can be stored, for example, in a manual operation directly in front of the singulator. If the last book cover this task pile isolated, for example, by manual release of a machine operator the final signal can be given. If the task pile, however, still not be completed, although the separation temporarily no more book covers had in stock, is manually refilled and released later. More elaborate methods provide for stretched storage in multiple task stacks. For example, a first feed stack is placed with the side edges of the book covers on a conveyor belt and tipped over in the longitudinal direction of the singulator. A next stack, which is still to belong to the first task pile can be placed behind it and dumped on the incomplete first scuffed lying on the conveyor stack task, if possible without creating a gap between the scaly book covers. A gap after the first job stack should only arise when the last book cover of the first job stack is on the conveyor belt.
Nachfolgend werden bevorzugt analog ein zweiter und ein dritter und ggf. weitere Aufgabestapel auf dem Förderband zurechtgelegt.Subsequently, a second and a third and optionally further feed stack are preferably adjusted on the conveyor belt analogously.
Lücken der vorbeschriebenen Art werden gezielt gelegt, um jeweils einen Abschluss eines der Aufgabestapel zu markieren. Die Lücke wird leicht von dem Maschinenführer erkannt. Ebenso kann eine Lichtschranke die Lücke detektieren. Als Reaktion auf die Lücke wird beispielsweise das Förderband angehalten.Gaps of the type described above are deliberately placed to mark a completion of each of the task pile. The gap is easily recognized by the operator. Likewise, a photocell can detect the gap. In response to the gap, for example, the conveyor belt is stopped.
Alternativ kann vorgegeben werden, wie viele Buchdecken ein erfasster Stapel umfassen soll. Dann wird gemäß dem derart verlaufenden Verfahren das Vereinzeln nach der entsprechenden Anzahl an Arbeitstakten gestoppt.Alternatively it can be specified how many book covers a detected stack should include. Then, according to the method thus performed, the dicing is stopped after the corresponding number of work cycles.
Die vereinzelten Buchdecken durchlaufen gemäß dem Verfahren eine oder mehrere Einrichtungen zum Zählen der Buchdecken, zum Erkennen der jeweiligen Kennzeichnung, zum Lesen wenigstens einer der Deckeninformationen aus der Kennzeichnung und zum Zwischenspeichern der Deckeninformationen. Nachfolgend werden die so erfassten vereinzelten Buchdecken in der Reihenfolge des Vereinzelns zur Bildung eines vollständigen, erfassten Stapels aufeinander abgelegt. Es erfolgt ein Abspeichern einer den erfassten Stapel identifizierenden Kennung zu den zwischengespeicherten Deckeninformationen.According to the method, the individual book covers pass through one or more devices for counting the book covers, for recognizing the respective marking, for reading at least one of the cover information from the marking and for temporarily storing the cover information. Subsequently, the isolated book covers thus detected are stored in the order of separation to form a complete, detected stack on each other. There is a storage of the detected stack identifying identifier to the cached ceiling information.
Das zuvor beschriebene Verfahren ist ebenfalls geeignet, Stapel mit bekannter Reihenfolge auf Vollständigkeit zu prüfen. Die Zusammensetzung des Stapels ist in diesem Fall bekannt aber noch durch das Verfahren zu erfassen bzw. zu kontrollieren. Ein Abgleich erfolgt dabei digital, ggf. auch ein Abgleich der Buchdeckeninformationen.The method described above is also suitable for checking stacks with a known sequence for completeness. The composition of the stack is known in this case but still to be detected or controlled by the method. An adjustment takes place digitally, possibly also an adjustment of the book cover information.
Üblicherweise werden von Buchendfertigungsstraßen-externen Buchdeckenmaschinen Buchdeckenstapel mit dem Titel nach unten angeliefert. Dieser Anlieferungszustand entspricht genau der Form, wie sie für die Weiterverarbeitung in der Buchendfertigungsstraße benötigt wird. Nach einem Wenden des derart angelieferten Buchdeckenstapels entspricht die ursprünglich oberste Decke des Buchdeckenstapels der ersten zu verarbeitenden Decke in dem Magazinschacht der Vereinzelungseinrichtung und liegt jetzt unten in dem Aufgabestapel. Wurden die Buchdecken in der richtigen Verarbeitungsreihenfolge erzeugt, können die Erkennungsdaten direkt aus der Buchdeckenmaschine an die Buchendfertigungsstraße übergeben werden.Typically, bookstop piles are supplied with booklet stacks down from book-making line-external bookbinding machines. This state of delivery corresponds exactly to the form required for further processing in the book production line. After turning the book cover stack delivered in this way, the originally uppermost cover of the book cover stack corresponds to the first cover to be processed in the magazine shaft of the singulation device and is now located at the bottom in the task pile. If the book covers were created in the correct processing order, the recognition data can be transferred directly from the book cover machine to the book production line.
Bei einer räumlichen Trennung bzw. einer großen Distanz zwischen Buchdeckenfertigung und Buchendfertigungsstraße empfiehlt sich keine Übernahme der Erkennungsdaten aus der Buchdeckenmaschine sondern das Einlesen der Buchdeckeninformationen gemäß dem Verfahren in ein externes, sogenanntes Cover-Matching-System. In diesem System wird die Reihenfolge der Buchdecken erfasst, entsprechend den Vorgaben kontrolliert und als neues Informationspaket der Buchendfertigungsstraße übergeben.In the case of a spatial separation or a large distance between book cover production and book production line, it is not recommended to transfer the recognition data from the book cover machine but to read the cover book information according to the method into an external, so-called cover matching system. In this system, the order of the book covers is recorded, controlled according to the specifications and handed over as a new information package the book production line.
Der erfasste Stapel kann in der Weiterverarbeitung in der Buchendfertigungsstraße als Sequenz von Buchdecken eines Formats in den Strom der Buchblocks integriert werden bzw. den Strom und die Reihenfolge der Buchblocks steuern. So wird es möglich, dass die Steuerung der Buchfertigungsstraße an der Buchdecken- und/oder Buchblockzufuhr beispielsweise mit einem Barcodeleser ausgestattet einen Abgleich und eine Kontrolle der mit Barcode versehenen Buchdecken und/oder Buchblocks übernimmt. Bei einem sogenannten Missmatch von Buchblock und Buchdecke wird der entsprechende Buchblock vor dem Eintritt in die Maschine ausgeschleust. In der Maschine befinden sich so nur Buchblocks entsprechend der Vorgabe und der Reihenfolge gemäß der Anforderung des erfassten Stapels bzw. dessen im Deckenanleger befindlichen Buchdecken.The captured stack can be integrated into the stream of book blocks as a sequence of book covers of a format in further processing in the book production line or control the flow and the order of the book blocks. Thus, it is possible that the control of the book production line on the Buchdecken- and / or book block feeder, for example, equipped with a bar code reader takes over a comparison and control of bar-coded book covers and / or book blocks. In a so-called mismatch of book block and book cover the corresponding book block is ejected before entering the machine. In the machine so are only book blocks according to the specification and the order according to the requirement of the detected pile or its ceiling cover located book covers.
Grundsätzlich müsste durch das vorbeschriebene Verfahren ein Missmatch ausgeschlossen sein. Tritt trotzdem ein Missmatch auf so wird die Buchendfertigung unterbrochen.In principle, a mismatch would have to be ruled out by the method described above. If a mismatch still occurs, the book-end production is interrupted.
Ein Beispiel für eine Einbindung der erfassten Stapel in die Buchendfertigungsstraße läuft wie folgt ab. Ein Barcodelesegerät vergleicht zwei Takte vor dem Zusammenführen von Buchblock und Buchdecke die Deckeninformationen mit den Daten des bereitstehenden Buchblocks. Bei Missmatch hält die Buchendfertigungsstraße kontrolliert an. Bereits angeforderte Bearbeitungsschritte werden zu Ende geführt. Der Deckentransport wird gestoppt, um die falsche Decke zu entnehmen. Von vier sich in der Einhängemaschine befindlichen Büchern werden drei fertig gestellt und aus der Maschine gefahren. Der vierte Buchblock ohne Decke erfährt keine Seitenbeleimung und wird in der Buchauslage entnommen.An example of incorporating the detected stacks into the book production line is as follows. A barcode reader compares the blanket information with the data from the available book block two bars before merging the book block and book cover. In Missmatch, the book production line stops in a controlled manner. Already requested processing steps are completed. Ceiling transport is stopped to remove the wrong blanket. Of four books in the hanging machine, three are completed and driven out of the machine. The fourth book block without blanket does not undergo side gluing and is taken from the book display.
Da der entnommene Buchblock nicht defekt sondern nur keine Decke aufweist, kann er einer späteren Verarbeitung mit der entsprechenden Decke wieder zugeführt werden.Since the removed book block is not defective but only has no blanket, it can be fed back later processing with the appropriate cover.
In vorteilhaften Ausführungsformen des Verfahrens überschneiden sich zeitlich mehrere oder alle der vorgenannten Verfahrensschritte.In advantageous embodiments of the method, several or all of the aforementioned method steps overlap in time.
In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausführungsform wird/werden eine oder mehrere Deckeninformationen einer der Buchdecken als Kennung des erfassten Stapels verwendet. Dazu wird/werden insbesondere eine oder mehrere der Deckeninformationen der zuletzt auf den erfassten Stapel abgelegten Buchdecke verwendet.In a further advantageous embodiment, one or more ceiling information of one of the book covers is / are used as the identifier of the detected stack. For this purpose, in particular one or more of the ceiling information of the last laid on the detected stack book cover is used.
In einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausführungsform des Verfahrens wird das Abschlusssignal durch eine Lichtschranke ausgelöst, welche eine Lücke nach aufgegebenen Buchdecken als Ende des zu erfassenden Aufgabestapels registriert.In a further advantageous embodiment of the method, the termination signal is triggered by a light barrier, which registers a gap after abandoned book covers as the end of the task stack to be detected.
Die Vorrichtung zum Bereitstellen eines aus Buchdecken bestehenden Stapels für eine Buchendfertigung weist ein Deckenmagazin zum Vereinzeln gleichformatiger Buchdecken eines Aufgabestapels unbekannter oder bekannter Zusammensetzung und zum Fördern vereinzelter Buchdecken in einer Längsrichtung durch die Vorrichtung hindurch auf. Jede der vereinzelten Buchdecken weist Deckeninformationen in einer Kennzeichnung auf. Eine Erkennungseinrichtung der Vorrichtung oder mehrere solcher Einrichtungen sind zum Zählen der vereinzelten Buchdecken, zum Erkennen der jeweiligen Kennzeichnung und/oder zum Lesen der Deckeninformationen aus der Kennzeichnung geeignet.The device for providing a stack consisting of book covers for a book production has a ceiling magazine for separating uniform book covers a task stack of unknown or known composition and for conveying isolated book covers in a longitudinal direction through the device on. Each of the individual book covers has ceiling information in a label. A recognition device of the device or several such devices are suitable for counting the individual book covers, for recognizing the respective marking and / or for reading the ceiling information from the marking.
Die Vorrichtung weist eine Verarbeitungseinrichtung zum Verarbeiten der Deckeninformationen auf. Die Deckeninformationen sind mittels der Verarbeitungseinrichtung speicherbar und / oder mittels der Verarbeitungseinrichtung mit einem externen Cover-Matching-System kommunizierbar. In letzterem Fall erfolgt das Speichern der Deckeninformationen während der Stapelbildung laufend in dem externen System, bis ein Abschlusssignal übertragen wird. Das Abschlusssignal ergeht, sobald die Stapelbildung des erfassten Stapels abgeschlossen ist. Das kann zum Beispiel dann der Fall sein, wenn eine manuelle Freigabe nach vollständiger Vereinzelung von Buchdecken aus einem Aufgabestapel gegeben wird.The device has a processing device for processing the ceiling information. The ceiling information can be stored by means of the processing device and / or can be communicated by means of the processing device with an external cover matching system. In the latter case, storage of the ceiling information during stacking is done continuously in the external system until a completion signal is transmitted. The final signal is issued as soon as the stacking of the detected stack is completed. This may for example be the case when a manual release after complete separation of book covers is given from a task pile.
Die Vorrichtung kann derart in eine Buchendfertigungsstraße integriert sein, dass keine echte Stapelbildung nach der Vereinzelungseinrichtung erfolgt. Der mit der Kennung versehene Stapel liegt in diesem Fall beispielsweise mit geschuppten oder vereinzelten erfassten Buchdecken auf einem Übergabeband.The device may be integrated into a book production line such that no real stacking takes place after the singulation device. In this case, the stack provided with the identifier lies on a transfer belt, for example, with shingled or isolated registered book covers.
Bei der Vorrichtung ist in Längsrichtung nach dem Deckenmagazin ein Stapelschacht zum Stapeln der vereinzelten Buchdecken zu einem erfassten Stapel angeordnet. Diese Ausführungsform ist beispielsweise als eigenständige Einheit zunächst unabhängig von der Buchendfertigungsstraße zu betreiben. Eine Übergabe der erfassten Stapel mit jeweils einer Kennung an die Buchendfertigungsstraße erfolgt beispielsweise manuell. Die Kennung kann in der Buchendfertigungsstraße ausgelesen werden. Die Reihenfolge der Buchblocks kann entsprechend einem gemäß Kennung eingelesenen Datenpaket zu der Reihenfolge der Buchdecken in dem übergebenen erfassten Stapel passend in die Buchendfertigungsstraße einsortiert werden.In the apparatus, a stacking shaft for stacking the separated book covers is arranged to a detected stack in the longitudinal direction after the ceiling magazine. This embodiment is to operate, for example, as an independent unit initially independent of the book production line. A transfer of the detected stack, each with an identifier to the book production line, for example, manually. The identifier can be read out in the book production line. The order of the book blocks can be sorted according to a data packet read according to identification to the order of the book covers in the transferred detected stack suitable in the book production line.
Dies dient der Isolation einer Erkennungseinrichtung, wenn der Längsförderer vor bzw. unterhalb der Erkennungseinrichtung angeordnet ist.This serves to isolate a detection device when the longitudinal conveyor is arranged in front of or below the detection device.
Eine vorteilhafte Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung weist in Längsrichtung gesehen nachfolgend dem Deckenmagazin angeordnet einen Längsförderer auf. Schließlich kann der Längsförderer auch nach der Erkennungseinrichtung angeordnet sein und bereits erfasste Stapel aufnehmen.An advantageous embodiment of the device has seen in the longitudinal direction following the ceiling magazine arranged a longitudinal conveyor. Finally, the longitudinal conveyor can also be arranged after the detection device and record already detected stacks.
Der nach der Erkennungseinrichtung angeordnete Längsförderer schafft Freiraum für eine Pufferung eines Produktstromes aus Buchdecken, insbesondere etwa 100 bis 200 Buchdecken, vor der Übergabe an die Buchendfertigungsstraße. Das ist ggf. für die Kontinuität bzw. die Prozesssicherheit des Fabrikationsprozesses von Vorteil.The arranged after the detection device longitudinal conveyor provides clearance for buffering a product stream of book covers, especially about 100 to 200 book covers, before the transfer to the book production line. This may be advantageous for the continuity or process reliability of the fabrication process.
Die mindestens eine Erkennungseinrichtung ist in einer weiteren vorteilhaften Ausführungsform der Vorrichtung in oder an dem Deckenmagazin, insbesondere oberhalb eines Förderwegs der Buchdecken, angeordnet. Eine kompakte Bauform der Vorrichtung ist damit begünstigt.The at least one detection device is in a further advantageous embodiment of the device in or on the ceiling magazine, in particular above a conveying path of the book covers, arranged. A compact design of the device is thus favored.
Die mindestens eine Erkennungseinrichtung ist in weiteren vorteilhaften Ausführungsformen quer zur Längsrichtung verschiebbar angeordnet.The at least one detection device is arranged to be displaceable transversely to the longitudinal direction in further advantageous embodiments.
Eine weitere vorteilhafte Ausführungsform weist eine Kennzeichnungseinrichtung auf. Mittels der Kennzeichnungseinrichtung ist in oder an dem erfassten Stapel eine zweite Kennzeichnung als Kennung des erfassten Stapels anbringbar.A further advantageous embodiment has an identification device. By means of the marking device, a second identifier can be attached in or on the detected stack as an identifier of the detected stack.
Vorteilhaft weist eine Buchendfertigungsstraße eine der vorbeschriebenen Vorrichtungen auf.Advantageously, a book production line on one of the devices described above.
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- a perspective view of the device according to a second embodiment, wherein the device according to the second embodiment comprises a longitudinal conveyor and rollers, and
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- a schematic diagram illustrating a transfer of provided by the device stacks to a book production line.
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Die durch die Vorrichtung zu erfassenden Buchdecken 2.1 - 2.m weisen meist sichtbar eine Kennzeichnung 40 auf, die mittels einer Erkennungseinrichtung 10 zum Lesen der Deckeninformationen erkennbar und lesbar ist. Beispielhaft stellt
Die Buchdecken 2.m werden in einem Aufgabestapel 1 oder in mehreren übereinander gelegten Stapeln unbekannter Zusammensetzung auf ihren Seitenkanten stehend auf das Förderband 8 aufgegeben. Dies geschieht entweder automatisiert oder manuell. Der Aufgabestapel 1 wird auf dem Förderband 8 in dessen Förderrichtung den Schuppenstrom bildend nach vorne umgekippt. Ein weiterer zum gleichen Fertigungsauftrag gehörender Stapel von Buchdecken kann auf die gleiche Art und Weise auf das Förderband 8 in Förderrichtung gesehen hinter dem umgekippten Aufgabestapel 1 aufgesetzt werden. Schließlich sollten die zu erfassenden Buchdecken 2.m eines Fertigungsauftrags vollständig und ohne Lücken hintereinander geschuppt auf dem Förderband 8 liegen.The book covers 2.m are placed on the
An einem stromabwärtigen Ende des Förderbandes 8 fallen die Buchdecken 2.m auf den zu erfassenden Teilstapel 2. Die Vorrichtung weist ein Deckenmagazin 20 mit einer an sich bekannten Vereinzelungseinrichtung auf, wobei das vorbeschriebene Förderband 8 durchaus als Bestandteil des Deckenmagazins 20 angesehen werden kann. Der Teilstapel 2 wird mittels zweier Rückhalteriegel 21 über nahezu seine gesamte Höhe zurückgehalten, während eine untersten Buchdecke unter dem Teilstapel 2 herausgezogen wird. Die unterste Buchdecke ist vereinzelt, weil das Deckenmagazin 20 unter anderem mittels einer Ausrichtung der Rückhalteriegel 21 sicherstellt, dass nur eine einzige Buchdecke 2.1 den Teilstapel 2 unten in Längsrichtung L verlässt.At a downstream end of the
Das Vereinzeln und das damit verbundene Fördern der Buchdecken 2.1 - 2.m des Aufgabestapels 1 zu vereinzelten Buchdecken 7.1 - 7.n erfolgt bis zu einem Abschlusssignal und in einer Reihenfolge, die sich auch in den nachfolgend genannten Verfahrensschritten nicht verändert.The singling and the associated conveying of the book covers 2.1 - 2.m of the task stack 1 to separate book covers 7.1 - 7.n takes place up to a final signal and in an order that does not change in the following process steps.
Indem die vereinzelte Buchdecke den Teilstapel 2 verlässt, verlässt sie damit in Längsrichtung L auch das Deckenmagazin 20. Die vereinzelte Buchdecke wird in Längsrichtung L nachfolgend dem Rückhalteriegel 21 entweder - wie in
Der Rückhalteriegel 21 gewährleistet, dass immer nur eine Buchdecke 7.1 - 7.n den Teilstapel 2 verlässt, sodass die Anzahl m der aufgegebenen Buchdecken 2.1 - 2.m der Anzahl n der vereinzelten Buchdecken 7.1 - 7.n entspricht. Außerdem ist durch die garantierte Entnahme von unten gewährleistet, dass eine Reihenfolge der Vereinzelung nachfolgend dem Deckenmagazin 20 festgestellt bzw. überprüft werden kann.The retaining
In einer Verarbeitungseinrichtung 30 werden sowohl die Deckeninformationen der Buchdecken 2.1 - 2.n des Aufgabestapels 1 aus der Erkennungseinrichtung 10 gesammelt als auch die Reihenfolge der vereinzelten Buchdecken 7.1 - 7.n des wachsenden, erfassten Stapels 7 zwischengespeichert. Hat die letzte Buchdecke 7.n des erfassten Stapels 7 die Erkennungseinrichtung 10 passiert und sind deren Deckeninformationen in der Verarbeitungseinrichtung 30 verarbeitet, dient mindestens eine der Deckeninformationen der letzten Buchdecke 7.n der Identifizierung des mit Aufnahme der letzten Buchdecke 7.n vollständig erfassten Stapels 7. Die letzte Buchdecke 7.n kann somit als identifizierende Buchdecke 7.n bezeichnet werden.In a
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Die Kennung sowie sämtliche Buchdeckeninformationen des jeweiligen Stapels 7 werden dem externen System 130 übergeben. Auf diese Stapelinformationen zu jedem Stapel A bis G kann die Buchendfertigungsstraße 100 zugreifen, wenn der nächste Stapel 7 als Auftrag D aufgelegt wird. Danach wird beispielsweise ein Deckenanleger der Buchendfertigungsstraße bezüglich des Formats gesteuert. Außerdem werden zu den Buchdecken 7.1 bis 7.n des Auftrags D passende Buchblocks angefordert.The identifier as well as all book cover information of the
Aufgrund des Deckenvorrats durch die Aufträge A-G ist es möglich, die Buchblocks entsprechend der Reihenfolge der Buchdecken "inline" von einer Digitaldruckmaschine und / oder nachfolgenden Maschinen abzurufen. Ein bekanntes Inline-System ist die Produktlinie "Sigma Line" der Firma Müller Martini.Due to the ceiling supply by the orders A-G, it is possible to retrieve the book blocks in accordance with the order of the book covers "inline" of a digital printing press and / or subsequent machines. A well-known inline system is the product line "Sigma Line" of the company Muller Martini.
Beispielsweise wird für eine gesicherte Einbindung der erfassten Stapels 7 des Auftrages D in die Buchendfertigungsstraße 100 auch während der Verarbeitung des Stapels 7 auf der Buchendfertigungsstraße 100 ein Barcode des entsprechenden Stapels 7 eingelesen. Das Cover-Matching-System 130 vergleicht beispielsweise zwei Takte vor dem Zusammenführen von Buchblock und Buchdecke die Deckeninformationen zur jeweilige Buchdecke aus dem Auftrag D mit den Daten des bereitstehenden Buchblocks. Bei Missmatch hält die Buchendfertigungsstraße kontrolliert an. Bereits angeforderte Bearbeitungsschritte werden zu Ende geführt. Der Deckentransport wird gestoppt, um die falsche Buchdecke zu entnehmen. Von vier sich in einer Einhängemaschine der Buchendfertigungsstraße befindlichen Büchern werden drei fertig gestellt und aus der Buchendfertigungsstraße gefahren. Der vierte Buchblock ohne Buchdecke erfährt keine Seitenbeleimung und wird in einer Buchauslage entnommen.For example, for a secure integration of the detected
Sinngemäß können anstelle der Buchdecken für eine Buchendfertigung in einer Buchendfertigungsstraße auch Umschläge für Softcover-Produktionen treten. Die mit dem beschriebenen Verfahren eingelesenen Umschläge werden in sogenannten Umschlaganlegern einem Klebebinder zugeführt, wo sie mit dem Buchblock zusammengefügt werden.Analogously, instead of the book covers for a book ending in a book production line also envelopes for softcover productions occur. The envelopes read with the described method are fed into so-called cover investors in an adhesive binder, where they are joined together with the book block.
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- Process for providing a stack (7) of book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) for book finishing, with the following process steps:a. grouping book-covers (2.1 - 2.m) lying one on top of the other in a known or unknown sequence, with cover data that are unknown, to form a feed stack (1), the book-covers (2.1 - 2.m) of the feed stack (1) having a similar format,b. separating and conveying the book-covers (2.1 - 2.m) of the feed stack (1) as individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) in a sequence that does not vary through the process steps listed below, until a stop signal is given,c. counting the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n), detecting an identifying mark (40) on each individual book-cover (7.1 - 7.n), reading out cover data from each identifying mark (40), and buffering the cover data,d. placing the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) one on top of the other in the sequence of their separation, to form a recorded stack (7),e. saving an identifier identifying the recorded stack (7) to the buffered cover data.
- Process according to Claim 1, characterized in that some or all of the process steps overlap in time.
- Process according to either of Claims 1 and 2, characterized in that cover data of one of the book-covers (7.n) are used as the identifier of the recorded stack (7).
- Process according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that cover data of the last book-cover (7.n) placed on the recorded stack (7) are used as the identifier of the recorded stack (7).
- Process according to any one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the stop signal is triggered by a photoelectric beam detector which registers a gap following a run of book-covers (2.1 - 2.m) as the end of the feed stack (1) to be recorded.
- Apparatus for providing a stack (7) of book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) for book finishing, witha. a cover loader (20) for separating similarly-formatted book-covers (2.1 - 2.m) of a feed stack (1) of known or unknown composition and conveying the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) through the apparatus in a longitudinal direction (L), each of the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) bearing cover data in an identifying mark (40),b. at least one detection device (10) for counting the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n), for detecting the individual identifying mark (40), and/or for reading out the cover data from the identifying mark (40),c. a processing device (30) for processing the cover data, the cover data being storable by means of the processing device (30) and/or the cover data being communicable by means of the processing device (30) to an external cover matching system (130), and a stack well (50) being arranged after the cover loader (20) (i.e. viewed in the longitudinal direction (L)) for stacking the individual book-covers (7.1 - 7.n) to form a recorded stack (7).
- Apparatus according to Claim 6, characterized in that a longitudinal conveyor (60) is arranged after the cover loader (20) (i.e. viewed in the longitudinal direction (L)).
- Apparatus according to either of Claims 6 and 7, characterized in that the at least one detection device (10) is arranged in or on the cover loader (20), in particular above a conveyor path of the book-covers (7.1 - 7.n).
- Apparatus according to any one of Claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the at least one detection device (10) is arranged displaceably in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal direction (L).
- Apparatus according to any one of Claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the apparatus has an identification-marking device by means of which a second identification mark can be applied in or on the recorded stack (7) as an identifier of the recorded stack (7).
- Book finishing line (100) with an apparatus according to any one of Claims 6 to 10.
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