EP1145850A1 - Groupe de pliage pour une presse à bobines - Google Patents

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EP1145850A1
EP1145850A1 EP01108801A EP01108801A EP1145850A1 EP 1145850 A1 EP1145850 A1 EP 1145850A1 EP 01108801 A EP01108801 A EP 01108801A EP 01108801 A EP01108801 A EP 01108801A EP 1145850 A1 EP1145850 A1 EP 1145850A1
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Herbert Kiesche
Klaus-Ulrich Lange
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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
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/22—Longitudinal folders, i.e. for folding moving sheet material parallel to the direction of movement
    • B65H45/221—Longitudinal folders, i.e. for folding moving sheet material parallel to the direction of movement incorporating folding triangles
    • B65H45/225—Arrangements of folding triangles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F13/00—Common details of rotary presses or machines
    • B41F13/54—Auxiliary folding, cutting, collecting or depositing of sheets or webs
    • B41F13/56—Folding or cutting
    • B41F13/58—Folding or cutting lengthwise
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/28—Folding in combination with cutting

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  • the invention relates to a folder for a web-fed rotary printing press the preamble of claim 1.
  • Illustration folders are usually equipped with a former, feed rollers, Draw rollers and a cylinder group equipped to fold products with a Longitudinal fold and one or two transverse folds.
  • a folder is in the Lithoman brochure, illustration web offset, page 20, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Augsburg, 2.97.
  • the cylinder group contains one Knife cylinder, a puncture and folding knife cylinder, one Folding jaw cylinder and, if necessary, a gripper and folding knife cylinder.
  • One or two additional 3rd folding devices allow an additional second Longitudinal fold.
  • For a printing press simply wide and simple in scope (i.e. 4 A4 pages in width and 2 pages in circumference), so products with 8 pages A3, 16 pages A4, 16 pages A5 double-sided and 12 pages delta fold or 24 pages of delta fold plus second longitudinal fold.
  • the desire is to add additional 4- or 8-page products (so-called envelopes). This can be done with a so-called Cutting unit reached in connection with an additional former become.
  • Folding units with such an additional former are mentioned in the Brochure, shown on page 19.
  • the well-known fold types 2 x 8 can be used Generate A4 pages or 4 x 4 A4 pages when using two formers.
  • the used spelling of z. B. 2 x 8 pages A4 for two products with 8 pages each A4 is retained in the following.
  • the same product extension can be with a complete additional so-called double-former folding unit realize.
  • the extension variants mentioned have some disadvantages. So condition additional tape deliveries, so-called disposal lines. Also strikes an additional space requirement to beech. This is how the double hopper folder is located in the Extension of the machine. There are also increased investment costs. Finally, the folding unit variants mentioned are in combination with 1.5 fold wide machines, e.g. B. 24-page machines, or all machines with through 3 divisible widths uneconomical. For example, with a 24-page press 4 x 4 A4 pages can only be produced with a 2/3 wide web.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a folder that with low technical effort and a high production variety allowed.
  • the object is achieved with a generic folding unit with the Means of the characterizing part of claim 1 solved.
  • the Folding unit according to the invention enables to those described Production variants in addition to other production options. Also thanks to that Presence of three funnels leading z. B. 6 strands over one Hopper avoidable and thus good folding accuracy and quality can be achieved.
  • the folder is inexpensive to produce and is characterized by a takes up little space. It can be economically spread from one 6 pages Web produce 4-sided products, e.g. B. when printing with a 24-page press 6 x 4 pages and 12 x 4 pages when printing with a 48-page press.
  • the folding unit shown in FIG. 1 contains a knife cylinder 1, a Puncture and folding knife cylinder 2 and a folding jaw cylinder 3.
  • a puncture and folding knife cylinder 2 a stapler 4
  • Folding jaw cylinder 3 is a gripper and folding knife cylinder 5 for executing a assigned second cross fold.
  • a ribbon cable 6 leads from the jaw cylinder 3 to a copy switch 7. From the latter, ribbon lines 8, 9 go to a first paddle wheel 10 in addition first band line 11 or second paddle wheel 12 together with second band line 13 from. There are up to two in the belt deliveries 11 and 13, respectively Item separators 14 arranged. They continue to happen Band lines 8 and 9 each have a first and second 3rd folding device 15, 16, respectively each a third paddle wheel 17 and a third band line 18 and a Connect the fourth paddle wheel 19 and a fourth ribbon line 20 (FIG. 2).
  • the puncture and folding knife cylinder 2 and Folding cylinder 3 containing cylinder is a first former 21 arranged, in addition to that on both sides a second or third Folder 22, 23 is positioned.
  • first former 21 On the train path from the first former 21 to the puncturing and folding knife cylinder 2 are inlet rollers 24, pull rollers 25, a transverse perforation device 26 and a longitudinal perforation device 27 arranged.
  • the second and third former 22, 23 close also inlet rollers 24.1, 24.2 and guide rollers 28 around which these funnels 22, 23 leaving strands 29, 30 also via the Cross perforation device 26, the longitudinal perforation device 27 and Draw rollers 25 to the puncture and folding knife cylinder 2.
  • To the Funnels 22, 23 leaving strands 29, 30 are each one Longitudinal gluing device 31, 32 adjustable.
  • the folding formers 21, 22, 23 are advantageous in their longitudinal direction, i. H. in the direction of the strands running onto it, movable.
  • the first former 21 is advantageously 4 pages wide, to carry out the usual production on it can.
  • the second former 22 and the third former 23 are advantageously 2 Wide sides, they are ready to part compared to the first former 21 executed, d. that is, they are only part of the width of the first former 21 on.
  • the second former 22 can also be the full width of the first Have former 21.
  • the web (or webs) printed by a printing machine, not shown is cut into strands and guided to the formers 21, 22, 23.
  • Fig. 1 are over the funnels 21 to 23 examples of these strands to be fed with different locations.
  • 6x6 pages can be fed become.
  • each strand 29, 30 and 33 has two sides and contains a partial web 1 page wide.
  • the one in the middle to the center line Strange line lying a 2-page wide web and that to the center line reaching dash represents a 1 page wide web.
  • the strands with 6 x 8 pages z. B.
  • the processing of 6 x 4 pages is explained below.
  • the three each 2 sides wide strands 29, 30, 33 are cut according to the longitudinal section of a web a 24-page printing machine with a simple scope (i.e. two standing pages 6 pages in width) was printed.
  • Strands 29, 33, 30 are guided over the former 22, 21, 23 and folded lengthways.
  • the longitudinally folded strands 29, 33, 30 then pass through the Inlet rollers 24.1, 24 and 24.2.
  • About the guide rollers 28 are the Strands 29 and 30 placed on strand 33.
  • the superimposed strands 29, 33 and 30 pass through drawing rollers 25 and can pass through the Cross perforation device 26 and the longitudinal perforation device 27 with a Cross perforation and a longitudinal perforation.
  • the products 34 can be externally trimmed in which the cross fold and optionally also the area of the punctures 35 is cut off.
  • This Trim is symbolically indicated in Fig. 3.
  • the Trimming can be done, for example, with a familiar to the expert Rotary cutter done. Such a cutter cuts a product stream with rotating knives.
  • a rotary cutter 42 is shown schematically in FIG. 6. In the present case, the product flow is initially 90 ° in its direction redirected. This is done by means of a connecting to the ribbon cable 11 Band line 11.1 with a transport direction rotated by 90 ° to the former.
  • the Products 34 can also be provided with a third fold (second longitudinal fold).
  • the Delivery of these folded products takes place via the third paddle wheel 17 on the third Tape line 18 and the fourth paddle wheel 19 on the fourth tape line 20.
  • the fourth ribbon cable 20 are stored (Fig. 2).
  • the described three form former 21 to 23 folding unit containing can be supplemented with a cutting unit 36.
  • a cutting unit 36 contains two pairs of pull rollers 37, one Cutting cylinder pair 38, a ribbon line 39, a fifth paddle wheel 40 and one fifth ribbon line 41.
  • the strand 29.1 leaving the second former 22 becomes after passing through the inlet rollers 24.1 and a pair of pull rollers 25 to the Cutting unit 36 out. There it is closed by further pairs of draw rollers 37 directed to the pair of cutting cylinders 38, where it cut into products of 2 x 4 pages becomes. These products are accelerated by the ribbon line 39 and into the fifth paddle wheel 40 conveyed that the products on the fifth ribbon line 41st interprets.
  • the strands 33, 30 longitudinally folded by the formers 21 and 23 become the knife cylinder 1, puncture and folding knife cylinder 2 and Folding jaw cylinder 3 guided.
  • the former 22 and 23 can so far that the strands 33 and 30 next to each other in the Run in cylinder groups 1 to 3.
  • the processing and display of the from the Strands 33 and 30 produced products 34.1 on the first and / or second Strip line 11, 13 takes place in the manner already described. There can be three Copy streams of 2 x 4 pages each with different print images can be generated. The delivery takes place on the ribbon lines 11, 13 and 41.
  • the invention was based on standing production (standing format) described. It is also with horizontal production (horizontal format) applicable, i.e. with the sides lying transversely to the running direction of the web.
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WO2003055776A1 (fr) 2001-12-21 2003-07-10 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de fabrication de produits replies
GB2411395A (en) * 2004-02-05 2005-08-31 Roland Man Druckmasch Folding apparatus with two formers
WO2006021104A1 (fr) 2004-08-27 2006-03-02 Maschinenfabrik Wifag Dispositif de pliage longitudinal comprenant des cones plieurs de differentes largeurs
EP1792729A2 (fr) * 2005-11-10 2007-06-06 MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Machine d'impression et méthode de fabrication de journaux
EP1867479A2 (fr) 2005-04-13 2007-12-19 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Machine d'impression rotative dotée d'une unité d'impression contenant un cylindre d'unité d'impression et procédé de production d'un produit d'impression
DE102007016495A1 (de) 2007-04-05 2008-10-09 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Falzwerk zur wahlweisen Herstellung von Produkten und ein Verfahren zur Herstellung dreiseitig zugschnittener, mindestens sechzehnseitiger Produkte
US8141485B2 (en) * 2005-08-18 2012-03-27 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Printing machine system
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EP0107126A1 (fr) * 1982-10-09 1984-05-02 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de guidage de la bande de papier dans une rotative d'impression
US4725050A (en) * 1986-07-22 1988-02-16 Tokyo Kikai Seisakusho Multi-section folding apparatus for rotary press
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EP0529552A1 (fr) * 1991-08-30 1993-03-03 KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Dispositif de guidage de bande dans une machine à imprimer rotative pour bandes
EP0557774A1 (fr) * 1992-02-13 1993-09-01 KOENIG & BAUER-ALBERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Dispositif pour plier longitudinalement plusieurs bandes de papier de même largeur dans une rotative à bobines
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DE668877C (de) * 1938-12-10 Fallert & Co A G Verstellbarer Doppelfalztrichter fuer Rotationsdruckmaschinen
EP0107126A1 (fr) * 1982-10-09 1984-05-02 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Dispositif de guidage de la bande de papier dans une rotative d'impression
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EP0257390A1 (fr) * 1986-08-21 1988-03-02 Albert-Frankenthal AG Appareil à plier
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DE10163209B4 (de) * 2001-12-21 2004-03-25 Koenig & Bauer Ag Vorrichtung zur Herstellung von Falzprodukten
GB2411395A (en) * 2004-02-05 2005-08-31 Roland Man Druckmasch Folding apparatus with two formers
CN100556782C (zh) * 2004-02-05 2009-11-04 曼罗兰公司 折叠设备
GB2411395B (en) * 2004-02-05 2007-07-11 Roland Man Druckmasch Folding apparatus
WO2006021104A1 (fr) 2004-08-27 2006-03-02 Maschinenfabrik Wifag Dispositif de pliage longitudinal comprenant des cones plieurs de differentes largeurs
DE102004041666A1 (de) * 2004-08-27 2006-03-09 Maschinenfabrik Wifag Längsfalzvorrichtung mit unterschiedlich breiten Falztrichtern
EP1867479A2 (fr) 2005-04-13 2007-12-19 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Machine d'impression rotative dotée d'une unité d'impression contenant un cylindre d'unité d'impression et procédé de production d'un produit d'impression
EP1867479A3 (fr) * 2005-04-13 2010-12-08 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Machine d'impression rotative dotée d'une unité d'impression contenant un cylindre d'unité d'impression et procédé de production d'un produit d'impression
US8141485B2 (en) * 2005-08-18 2012-03-27 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Printing machine system
EP1792729A3 (fr) * 2005-11-10 2008-06-18 MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Machine d'impression et méthode de fabrication de journaux
EP1792729A2 (fr) * 2005-11-10 2007-06-06 MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Machine d'impression et méthode de fabrication de journaux
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