EP0216023B1 - Vorrichtung zum Ordnen eines Schuppenstroms - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Ordnen eines Schuppenstroms Download PDF

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EP0216023B1
EP0216023B1 EP86108105A EP86108105A EP0216023B1 EP 0216023 B1 EP0216023 B1 EP 0216023B1 EP 86108105 A EP86108105 A EP 86108105A EP 86108105 A EP86108105 A EP 86108105A EP 0216023 B1 EP0216023 B1 EP 0216023B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6654—Advancing articles in overlapping streams changing the overlapping figure
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/20—Location in space
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  • the invention lies in the field of printing technology and relates to a device for arranging a shingled stream of printed products according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • the aim is a "portable" high-speed scale stream folder, which can extend beyond today's high-end range in terms of processing speed and which, due to the simplicity of its operation, has high to maximum operational reliability.
  • the portability is such that the folder can be integrated into the process in existing plants at the desired location and can be retrofitted in newly planned plants for optimal operation.
  • faults lead to particularly delicate situations, so that the requirements for operational safety are particularly high.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 The schematic representation as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 serves mainly to explain the apparatus part of the invention and the functioning thereof.
  • the shingled stream T with the individual shingled stream elements for example the printed copies T1 to T6
  • the conveyor belt 2 is here, for example, part of the folder, on which the staggered printed copies T1, T2, T3 are deliberately moved by a comb folder device 5.
  • the printed copies are usually one to several sheets folded one or more times and have a fold or collar 4. This collar 4 is used to order the publications according to the invention.
  • a comb folder device 5 Connected to the conveying device 2 is a comb folder device 5, which is described in more detail in connection with FIGS. 4, 5 and 6.
  • the individual shingled stream elements Tx are recorded using a counting point 6. If this count is mathematically linked to the (as accurate as possible) scale spacing sx and the scale flow speed v, this results in a scale flow cycle that is synchronized with the higher-level cycle of the printing press, i.e. the delivery cycle of the individual printed products from the printing press, except for statistical scatter is.
  • the entire product conveyor is tuned to this cycle, i. H.
  • FIG. 1 also shows a pressure roller 40 pivotably arranged on a roller arm 41, with the aid of which a problem-free transfer of the newly arranged shingled stream onto the conveyor belt 3 is made possible.
  • FIG. 2 shows the device shown in schematic representation in Figure 1 seen from above.
  • the conveyor belt 1 is not shown in FIG. 2.
  • Each of these comb files 21, 22 has a chain 25L for left and 25R for right, running over sprockets 211, 212, 221, 222, on which a plurality of comb-shaped assemblies, the hands or the combs 26L for left and 26R for right are attached.
  • the modules located on the shingle stream i.e.
  • the two counter-rotating comb binders move the combs, which are boomerang-shaped when viewed from above, and which can also be compared with one hand with a thumb spread, along the stream of scales. They are arranged so that the tip of the comb (thumb) can protrude laterally into the stream of scales.
  • Figure 2 it can be clearly seen how the combs 26 of the comb files 21, 22 swivel into the side region of the scale flow, then follow the scale flow in its running direction in a straight, parallel or slightly upward slope and finally are deflected such that they come out of the scale flow again swing out.
  • the combs which run faster than the belt speed v2, attack the print material, for example the scale flow element T3 on the inside of the collar 4 (FIG. 1) and pull / push this to the desired scale distance S3, before they then move to the scale flow element T1, which for transfer to the Swing away conveyor belt already at the speed v3 of the conveyor belt 3, swing out again.
  • the scale distance of the incoming scale flow is designated S2, S2 'or S2 ", that is, three different scale distances.
  • the stochastic deviations are a function of the storage star, possibly also the transport route, etc., and they can be a spread If subsequent scaling differs to a certain extent, the process speed may have to be reduced to trouble-free operation, or a scale stream folder must be used.
  • FIG. 3 shows a very helpful way of viewing the scale tolerance.
  • the position of the scale flow elements is determined (measured) from a predefined clock pattern with the clock spacing A.
  • This cycle grid is binding for all units involved and is directly synchronized with the filing from the rotary printing press.
  • the reference point of the printed product to the grid is the front part of the fold or bundle 4 of each shingled flow element, the deviation from the clock grid can be understood as a phase error.
  • the printed products from the stream of shingles are picked up individually using clamps. If the brackets now work in the pitch A, it is obvious that the collar of the printed product may only deviate from the expected time and position within a certain tolerance range, so that the individual intake from the scale stream is guaranteed.
  • Such a tolerance range is indicated in FIG.
  • the shed is now the incoming scale flow was always changed in such a way that the shift Sx - S3 reduces the spread to the desired level.
  • Sv is determined in this exemplary embodiment of the device by the distance between two order combs.
  • Such a systematic shift to the clock pattern A up to the tolerance value + delta behaves like a phase shift by + delta, the scale spacing according to the clock pattern A remaining the same.
  • the shift also changes the scale spacing, preferably increases it, this results in a slower cycle with the clock pattern A + at the same running speed of the scale flow and, in the case of an adequately increased speed, in turn a clock cycle in accordance with the clock matrix A.
  • This is shown in FIG. 3 for the direction of the arrow v moving scale flow T like this: the scale flow element T1 does not reach the intended position in the clock pattern A, but is still within the tolerance range; the scale flow element T2, on the other hand, has reached the intended position in the clock pattern A, but is still within the tolerance range; the scale flow element T3 likewise does not reach the intended position in the clock pattern A, but is also within the tolerance range.
  • the shingled flow elements must be rearranged in such a way that the newly created spreading range is smaller. If, according to the invention, the scale flow elements are shifted so far in the running direction of the scale flow that the collar 4 comes to lie in the place of the + tolerance limit, the scale elements have been rectified in one direction. A surcharge a means that shingled flow elements outside the tolerance limit can also be included. This type of rectification of the scale spacing tolerances creates a scale flow, the scale spacing of which is only dependent on the comb file.
  • a comb folder essentially consists of two synchronized chain wheels 211, 212 or 221, 222 with a chain circulation 25R or 25L, to which the combs 26R or 26L are fastened.
  • a positive chain engagement fulfills this requirement.
  • the supplement a is determined by the fixed arrangement of the combs.
  • these are only different embodiments of the device and the operating method.
  • the two comb files are operated in opposite directions in the direction of the arrow such that the combs of two files move in pairs in the direction of the scale flow T.
  • the angled shape of the combs now allows the lateral engagement of two comb tips, for example in T4 behind one and the same bundle of a folded printed product as in T3, T2, for example.
  • the speed of the chain circulation, to which the combs are attached, is, as already described, higher than the speed of the scale flow due to the increase in the scale spacing (even with a phase shift), as already described.
  • FIG. 4 now shows the left comb folder 22 seen in the running direction.
  • a number of comb blades 30L stacked one on top of the other by means of spacer rings 31 at a distance from a comb 26L are fastened in a rotationally fixed manner by means of a fastening plate 32 to an endless chain 25L running over two chain wheels 222, 221.
  • the axis 35 of the sprocket 222 shown, or the other sprockets, are mounted in the usual way, here a bearing with two ball bearings 33, 34 is shown.
  • a holding device 36 is used to fasten the sprockets to a support structure in the comb file 22.
  • a useful embodiment according to the task comprises several sliding blades 30.
  • the displacement blades 30 are approximately 1 mm thick and have blunt edges; the distance from one sliding blade to the other is preferably between 4 to 10 mm, depending on the type of printed product.
  • FIG. 5 shows two order combs 26L seen from the side or in relation to FIG. 4 from the right.
  • the individual displacement blades 30L of which, in order to avoid twisting them, are lined up on two holding mandrels 38 between the spacer rings 31 already mentioned.
  • the two holding mandrels 38 are screwed onto a fastening plate 32, which in turn is also secured against rotation on the endless chain 25L, here it is a roller chain.
  • FIG. 6 shows how the combs or stack of blades can be attached to the endless chain, which represents a plan view or the top view of FIG. 5.
  • it also shows more precisely the shape or better the proportions of the comb blades 30 with a point of contact P, which is the point of contact of the displacement blade with the printed product.
  • the fastening plate 32 is advantageously designed in such a way that it can simultaneously replace the outer plate of the roller chain and thus forms part of the chain.
  • the displacement of the shingled stream element within the shingled stream requires a relative movement of the element to be shifted and the moving shingled stream.
  • This relative movement is caused by the order combs moving faster than the scale stream. If, for example, the comb blades are arranged at a distance from the clock pattern A, the combs moving faster will cause a phase shift and the scale spacing will remain the same as with the delivered scale flow with minimized scatter. In this case, the conveying speed does not have to be changed, it remains the same as the conveying speed. A correction defect then only occurs at a single scale distance, the scale flow continues with a systematically changed phase. This phase shift can then be communicated to the other units in order to synchronize the system again.
  • the possibility described here makes the comb arrangement device according to the invention usable at any location on the shingled stream, it is therefore unambiguous and simply portable and does not necessarily require an additional conveyor belt 2 and / or a different, if appropriate variable, conveying speed.
  • the comb arrangement device can be arranged on an existing belt.
  • the two comb files 21, 22 are arranged, for example, at an interface at which the products of the shingled stream flow from a feed belt to the If the individual receptacle is transferred to the gripping clamps of a cycle conveyor, the quasi-extension of the stream of shingles can be compensated for by the faster running cycle conveyor chain (higher conveying speed).
  • a counting or detection device 6, as shown schematically in FIG. 1, determines the cycle per unit of time with a known current speed v1, for example S2 (average) per unit of time.
  • the comb folder 21, 22 changes S2 to S3 with a change in the cycle / time unit ratio, the number of printed copies always remains the same.
  • the shingled stream for eliminating the scatter 82, S2 ', S2 "of the shingled distances from the laying star could also be pushed together by the same amount as is pulled apart according to the invention.
  • this variant is not considered to be uneconomical.
  • the expansion variant can be implemented simply, inexpensively and reliably compared to the compression variant; it is preferred according to the task.
  • FIG. 7 of the series of schematic representations for discussing the invention shows, as in the figures above, a feed belt 1, a comb folder belt 2 and a conveyor belt 3.
  • frictional forces static and sliding friction
  • a measure designated by 60 is, for example, the formation of an air cushion between the individual print copies by blowing or injecting an air flow at a certain angle of inclination (alpha) directly under the collar of the print copy arriving in the scale flow, for example T3, in order to significantly reduce or reduce the coefficient of friction. to be eliminated, so that the printed specimen T2 is separated from the print specimen T3 above by the air cushion in between.
  • An air cushion can also be formed between the print copies T2 and T1 that are already in meshing engagement.
  • the suitable angle of inclination alpha depends on the shape of the collar, the weight of the printed product, its surface condition, etc., so that the angle of inclination is advantageously determined and set experimentally.
  • a further measure is the reduction of the gravity component due to inclination upwards or downwards, for example by inclining the comb folder belt 2 by a certain angle.
  • a further measure consists in that an advantageous effect is produced by introducing energy which interferes with the sticking of the products, for example the action of vibrations.
  • a vibrating device on the comb folder belt 2 in the area of the comb folder can be used, which is designed and acts in such a way that the stream of shingles in front of and between the comb folders is prevented from falling apart.
  • FIG. 7 shows a further measure in order to carry along additional scale flow elements when the printed product is suddenly moved while maintaining the original static friction.
  • T6, T5, T4 T3 is just to be accelerated with a more or less gentle jerk
  • a continued restraint of the copies that are not in engagement with a comb blade e.g. achieved by means of air pressure difference.
  • a vacuum pad extends over part of the comb folder belt 2, on which a part T4, T5, T6 of the printed copies sliding over it are pressed against by the pressure difference, while the printed copy T3 is pulled a bit out of the composite.
  • the device can be set to a scale shifting operation or a phase shifting operation.
  • the shifting blade spacing K of the individual shifting blades or the order combs is chosen to be larger (or smaller) than the spacing of a predetermined clock pattern A.
  • the circulating means can be operated synchronously with the sliding blades or order combs at a speed which is formed from the ratio “reordered scale distance” S3, K to the “mean value of the original scale distance S2 times the feed speed v1.
  • the speed v2 of the conveyor device 2 running between the comb folder pair 21, 22 is equal to the speed v1 of the feed belt 1 and the speed v3 of the conveyor belt 3 is equal to the speed of the circulating medium or Orbital chain is.
  • the shift blade spacing K of the individual shift blades or the order combs is selected to be equal to the spacing of a predetermined clock pattern A. Then the circulating means with the sliding blades or order combs can also be operated synchronously at a speed which is formed from the ratio “reordered scale distance S3, K to the“ mean value of the original scale distance ”S2 times the feed speed v1. This results in the same infeed and outfeed speeds.
  • the speed v2 of the conveyor device 2 running between the comb folder pair 21, 22 can be equal to the speed v1 of the feed conveyor belt 1 and the speed v3 of the conveyor belt conveyor 3 can be the same as the speed of the circulating agent or Circulation chain can be set.

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