EP1170237B1 - Verfahren zur Ausrichtung bogenförmigen Materials - Google Patents

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EP1170237B1
EP1170237B1 EP01110274A EP01110274A EP1170237B1 EP 1170237 B1 EP1170237 B1 EP 1170237B1 EP 01110274 A EP01110274 A EP 01110274A EP 01110274 A EP01110274 A EP 01110274A EP 1170237 B1 EP1170237 B1 EP 1170237B1
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Dieter Dobberstein
Joachim Haupt
Karlheinz Dr. Peter
Jürgen Sahlmann
Gerhard Sing
Rolf Spilz
Hans-Günter Staack
Frank Pierel
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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
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/002—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor changing orientation of sheet by only controlling movement of the forwarding means, i.e. without the use of stop or register wall
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H9/00—Registering, e.g. orientating, articles; Devices therefor
    • B65H9/20—Assisting by photoelectric, sonic, or pneumatic indicators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2553/00—Sensing or detecting means
    • B65H2553/40—Sensing or detecting means using optical, e.g. photographic, elements
    • B65H2553/41—Photoelectric detectors

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for improving the alignment accuracy of an arcuate material which, prior to further processing in a conveying plane, is precisely aligned with respect to its twisting position, its inclined position in the running direction, according to the preambles of claims 1, 5 and 6 ,
  • DE 44 16 564 A1 relates to a sheet alignment device.
  • This device for aligning a sheet moving along a substantially planar transport path permits alignment of a moving sheet in a plurality of orthogonal directions, for example transversely to the transport path, in the direction of the transport path and to eliminate skews of the sheet material with respect to its transport path.
  • the apparatus comprises a first roller assembly having a first pinch roller mounted to rotate about an axis which is in a plane parallel to the plane of the transport path and substantially perpendicular to the direction of sheet transport along the first roller Transport track runs.
  • a second roller assembly has a second pinch roller mounted to rotate about an axis which is in a plane parallel to the plane of the transport path and substantially perpendicular to the direction of transport along the transport path.
  • a third roller assembly having a third pinch roller mounted to rotate about an axis which is in a plane parallel to the plane of the transport path and substantially perpendicular to the direction of sheet transport runs along the transport path.
  • the third roller assembly which is rotatable about an axis which lies in a plane parallel to the plane of the transport path and extends substantially perpendicular to the direction of sheet transport along the transport path, is movable along its axis of rotation in a direction transverse to the transport path.
  • a control device which with the first and second or third roller assembly is operatively connected and selectively controls the rotation of the first and second roller assembly to align the leading edge of a rotating in the direction of sheet transport along the transport path sheet, arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet transport position.
  • the controller further controls the rotation and transverse movement of the third roller assembly to align the moving sheet in the direction transverse to the sheet transport direction and in the direction in which the sheet travels along the transport path.
  • the sheets are conveyed on the feed table in a shingled arrangement, before they are aligned at the feed table level provided side and Ziehmarken. After alignment of the sheet material, this is passed in the aligned state to a pre-gripper, which accelerates the sheet-shaped material to the machine speed and passes to a pre-gripper downstream paper-guiding cylinder.
  • a pre-gripper which accelerates the sheet-shaped material to the machine speed and passes to a pre-gripper downstream paper-guiding cylinder.
  • Other alignment concepts usually use cylindrical rollers, on whose core a rubber coating is added.
  • the orientation is twice of the sheet material essential. If the leading edge is to be retained during the turn, the sheet is rotated about the central axis in the running direction, the sheet side edges being reversed. If the lateral alignment takes place with only one sensor, the reference edge for the post-processing is lost, so that the quality of the registration of the print image on the front side to the printed image on the back side of the sheet-like material is limited by the angular tolerances and size variations of the paper format ,
  • the invention is based on the known from the prior art solutions and the indicated technical problem, the task to significantly improve the alignment accuracy of the sheet material during its feed in sheet travel direction.
  • the line sensors in the conveying plane for the sheet material within the areas of Provided side edges of the sheet material, wherein the line-shaped extension perpendicular to the direction of the arcuate material sweeps over such an area in which the respective sheet side edge is likely to be encountered.
  • the greater the extent of the linearly arranged line sensors is dimensioned perpendicular to the direction of the sheet material, the greater the flexibility of the processable substrate format.
  • the same measuring point is always used to align the sheet-like material on the side edge.
  • the orientation of the sheet material after its turn in a turning module is independent of the printing material tolerance, such.
  • the determination of the position of the side edge of the sheet material via perpendicular to the direction of the sheet material oriented sensor lines of the line sensors.
  • line sensors in an advantageous embodiment, CCD line sensors can be arranged in the sheet running plane within a feed device of sheet-like material.
  • the alignment according to the method proposed according to the invention takes place in the region of regions of the respective reference side edge of the sheet-like material adjacent to its front edge.
  • an arcuate material oriented at right angles to its feed direction 22, for example a printed sheet 1 emerges.
  • the printed sheet 1 contains on its surface a printed image 2, which is surrounded by a frame-like edge 3.
  • the deviations from ⁇ x or ⁇ y marked within the printing surface 2 and the frame 3, which designate positional errors in the x and y directions 4 and 5, can be set on the surface of the printed sheet 1 when printing the printed image 2.
  • the deviations denoted by reference numerals 4 and 5 are positional deviations, whereas in the illustration according to FIG. 2 angle deviations ⁇ ⁇ of the printed image two are shown with respect to its position on the printed sheet 1.
  • the angle errors ⁇ that occur are identified by reference numeral 6.
  • the printed image 2 can be printed in the indicated positions on the surface of the printing material 1, wherein this is conveyed in the sheet running direction with its leading edge 23 ahead.
  • the illustration according to FIG. 3 shows, in a schematic view, the so-called reversible register, the reference character 7 being used to characterize the offsets between the printed images 2 on the front and back sides of the sheet-like material 1. These are designated in the illustration according to FIG.
  • the reversible fuser plays a particular role in translucent papers of low grammages and extremely light paper weight as well as in booklet printing.
  • FIG. 4 From the illustration according to FIG. 4, the interface of sheet alignment and emergence onto a conveyor belt is shown schematically in a side view.
  • the sheet material 1 After passage of the caster 11, the sheet material 1 by means of a positioning flap or Anstelllippe, which in Anstellcardietti 13 is movable, charged.
  • the Anstelllippe or Anstellklappe may be a plastic component, which can be moved from a salaried position 13.1 in a parked position 13.2. This is shown here only schematically in solid or dashed lines, wherein for employment a separate drive in the form of a pneumatically switching actuator, an electric drive can be provided, as well as a job by manual means is conceivable.
  • the positioning flap or adjusting lip is a pressing of the sheet material 1 on the surface of the conveyor belt 10, wherein at the moment of adjusting the sheet-shaped material 1 is located in its aligned state.
  • a charging unit 14 is housed within a hood-shaped cover an electrode 15, which for a static charge of the sheet material 1 and thus for its adhesion to the surface of it supporting conveyor belt 10 provides.
  • the loading unit 14, which is shown only schematically in the illustration according to FIG. 4, is followed by a front edge sensor 17. This consists of a below the sheet conveying plane 3 arranged radiation source 18, which is preceded by a lens assembly 19.
  • the diaphragm arrangement is arranged downstream of a receiver 21, which senses the presence of a front edge 23 of the sheet-like material 1 and transmits it in accordance with the radiation which is transmitted through the diaphragm arrangement.
  • the alignment unit 8 can be seen in plan view, the components of which reproduce here in a schematic representation are.
  • the alignment unit 8 is reached by an arcuate material 1, which is conveyed in the conveying direction 22.
  • the front edge 23 of the sheet material 1 is offset with respect to the conveying direction 22 of the sheet-like material 1, whereby an oblique course of the side edge 24 of the sheet-like material 1 sets.
  • the drives 27, designated M1 or M2 which drive rotational elements 25 via individual axes 32, are accelerated to the feed rate.
  • the triggering of the drives 27 (M1 or M2) triggered via the light barrier 26 ensures that each copy of the sheet-like material 1 comes into contact with identical peripheral sections of the rotary elements 25, which in a preferred embodiment are designed as segmented rollers. Any self-adjusting differences in the feed movements, which could be due to dimensional and shape tolerances of the two rotation elements 25, thereby occur in each copy of the sheet material 1 in the same way and can be easily.
  • This light barrier 30.1 may be arranged, for example, downstream of a CCD sensor line 30, which extends substantially perpendicular to the running direction of the sheet-like material 1. Due to the line-shaped configuration of the sensor line 30, the side areas of all common printing material formats can be detected.
  • a counter unit begins to count in motor steps.
  • the counting process is then ended and the detected difference stored when the second sensor of the light barrier 30.1 switches.
  • the CCD sensor lines of the sensor pair 30 are embedded in the sheet running plane so that they do not transport the sheet material 1 hinder. From the count determined in this way, a correction value is determined, which is forwarded as an additional feed to the last started segment roller drive, ie either the drive 27, which is designated M 1, or to the drive 27, which is designated M 2.
  • the corresponding rotary body 25 designed as a segmented roller is accelerated to an increased feed speed until the predetermined path difference is completely compensated and the sheet leading edge 23 of the sheet-like material 1 is aligned exactly perpendicular to the conveying direction 22 of the sheet-shaped material 1.
  • the sheet leading edge 23 is oriented exactly perpendicular to the conveying direction 22.
  • the sheet-like material 1 is conveyed in the conveying direction 22 of the first pair of segment rollers 25 passed to this downstream pair of rotary body 25, which may be received on a common axis 31.
  • the drive 27 or M 1 and the drive 27 (M 2) driven segment roller pair 25 is turned off and moves in its rest position in which it does not touch the sheet material 1 with its peripheral surfaces.
  • arcuate material 1 now runs on the sensor array 30, e.g. CCD line, in which the position of the side edges 24 of the sheet material is determined. From the measured value determined a change in position for the drive 27 is determined, which is designated M 4.
  • the drive shaft of the drive M 4 extends parallel to the running direction 22 of the sheet-like material 1.
  • drive 27 is a correction of the position of the sheet material 1 parallel to its direction 22 compare Figure 7 (ie, a lateral orientation of sheet-shaped material).
  • FIG. 6 shows a possible embodiment variant of the rotational elements 25 located in the alignment unit 8 and located above the conveying plane 9.
  • the rotation elements 25 are formed in a preferred embodiment as a segmented rollers having a designated by an interruption peripheral surface 33.
  • the segment rollers 25 rotate in the direction of rotation 34, indicated by the arrow shown and describe approximately a 3 ⁇ 4 circle with respect to their respective axis of rotation. Below the respective segment roller 25, a roller supporting the sheet material 1 is shown.
  • FIG. 7 shows the correction of the angular position of the sheet-like material 1 during the passage of the aligning unit 8. The position of the sheet-like material 1 shown in FIG.
  • the sheet material 1 After measuring the position of the side edges 24 of the sheet material 1 by line-shaped CCD sensors 30, the sheet material 1 is now properly aligned laterally to the direction 22, in which via the drive M 4, a shift of the sheet material 1 in its conveying plane 9 before reaching the Anstellelementes 13 and before emergence on this downstream conveyor belt 10 takes place.
  • the drive 27 (M 3) oriented in the first orientation 28, the advance of the sheet material 1 with correctly aligned leading edge 23 is ensured via a common shaft 31, while this is aligned via the recorded in a second orientation 29 drive 27 (denoted by M 4) in a lateral position.
  • the proposed method for aligning the sheet material 1 before running onto a conveyor belt 10 can of course also conventionally operable rotary printing presses, the sheet material 1, use.
  • the line sensor pair 30 is to be arranged at the end of the feed table directly in the area of the side and Ziehmarken, which are preceded by a Vorgreif driven with which the aligned sheet material 1 is accelerated to machine speed and transferred to paper-leading cylinder.

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  • Registering Or Overturning Sheets (AREA)
  • Shaping Of Tube Ends By Bending Or Straightening (AREA)
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  • Casting Or Compression Moulding Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Inking, Control Or Cleaning Of Printing Machines (AREA)
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