EP2103428A2 - Folding apparatus, printing machine and process for providing a printed product - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus (6) has folding inlets for respective folding lines (11, 12), and cutting cylinders (28, 29) for cutting folding lines. Transport cylinders (21, 22) operated in an assembling operation are provided for guiding line sections (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) of the respective lines. A transfer cylinder (23) is arranged downstream of the transport cylinders and receives the sections from the transport cylinders. The cylinder (23) forms a transverse interlocking together with a folding flap cylinder (31), and the transport cylinders comprise retaining units designed as puncture needles. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a printing machine comprising a folding apparatus (2) a method for manufacturing a printing product.

Description

The invention relates to a folding apparatus, a printing press and a method for producing a printed product according to the preamble of claim 1, 9 and 18, respectively.

In the DE 10 2004 005 807 A1 a folding apparatus is disclosed which comprises a first collecting cylinder for collecting first signatures and a second collecting cylinder for collecting second signatures. There is provided between the two collecting cylinders a transfer device for transferring first collected signatures to the second collecting cylinder, the latter supplying the signatures to a transverse folding device. With this folding device can be a tabloid product z. B. differently colored collected Tabloidteilprodukt be introduced centrally as an insert.

The DE 195 09 947 A1 discloses a folder, wherein a strand coming from a former is cut by a cross cutter into strand sections which can be delivered via a transport cylinder to either a first or a second cylinder cooperating with the jaw cylinder.

By the DE 10 2005 031 010 A1 For example, there is known an apparatus with forming cylinders and a folder for making products wherein an un-collected tabloid partial product is assembled inline with a broadsheet portion to form a composite product.

If, in the case of a finished newspaper product in broadsheet format, an inner, collecting tabloid part is to be arranged in a broadsheet part, then so The two parts must normally be printed and folded separately. After the printing machine and after the folding apparatus, the collected tabloid part is then inserted with a separate machine in the collected broadsheet part.

The invention has for its object to provide a folding apparatus, a printing press and a method for producing a mixed product

The object is achieved by the features of claim 1, 9 and 18, respectively.

The advantages which can be achieved with the invention consist in particular in the simple provision of a particularly interesting mixed product, in particular with a broadsheet part and a tabloid part formed by collecting.

It is particularly advantageous that a mixed product of a first collected part (eg tabloid part) and a second, preferably also collected part, for. B. broadsheet part, inline, d. H. in one step. This results in the production much less effort in the post-processing. Mixed products of at least partially, in particular in each case collected partial products no longer need to be plugged into each other in a second operation.

A particularly interesting product is a newspaper product in broadsheet format, which has a multi-leaflet - in particular more than two - inner part in tabloid format. The sides of the inner part then have z. B. a rotated by 90 ° orientation to the enveloping newspaper. The tabloid sides advantageously have a width which corresponds to half the length of the individual newspaper page. Thus, on printing units with cylinders of the same dimensions or even the same forme cylinder, tabloid and newspaper pages can be printed optionally or possibly even simultaneously.

Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and will be described in more detail below.

Fig. 1

eine schematische Darstellung einer ersten Ausführung einer Rollenrotationsdruckmaschine;

Fig. 2

eine Ausführung eines Falzapparates;

Fig. 3

a) - f): einzelne Sequenzen bei der Herstellung eines Mischproduktes aus einem ersten Teilprodukt und einem gesammelten zweiten Teilprodukt;

Fig. 4

eine schematische Darstellung einer zweiten Ausführung einer Rollenrotationsdruckmaschine;

Fig. 5

eine schematische Darstellung einer dritten Ausführung einer Rollenrotationsdruckmaschine;

Fig. 6

einen exemplarisch dargestellten Doppelbogen mit zwei ineinander angeordneten gefalzten Broadsheet-Bogen.

Show it:

Fig. 1

a schematic representation of a first embodiment of a web-fed rotary printing press;

Fig. 2

an embodiment of a folding apparatus;

Fig. 3

a) - f): individual sequences in the preparation of a mixed product of a first partial product and a collected second partial product;

Fig. 4

a schematic representation of a second embodiment of a web-fed rotary printing press;

Fig. 5

a schematic representation of a third embodiment of a web-fed rotary printing press;

Fig. 6

an exemplified double sheet with two nested folded broadsheet sheet.

A printing press, in particular web-fed rotary printing press, has one or more printing units 01, in an advantageous embodiment at least one first longitudinal cutting device 02 (for a funnel center section on a so-called auxiliary section line), at least two former 03; 04, z. B. at least one first former 03 and at least one second former 04, and downstream of the former 03; 04 a folder 06 on. About the first former 03 is at least a first web strand 07 out and leaves the first former 03 as a first fold strand 11, and on the second former 04 is at least a second web strand 08 guided or guided and leaves the at least one second former 04 as a second folding strand 12th

Of the two formers 03; 04 downstream folding apparatus 06 has at least one first fold entry for the first fold strand 11 and a second fold entry for the second fold strand 12. In Fig. 2 dashed line is a variant shown, with another, z. B. third fold strand 13 of a further, z. B. third former 14 in another, z. B. can enter the third fold inlet of the folder 06. This can then - depending on the production - before further processing with the first or the second (shown here: the second) folding strand 11; 13 be summarized. In each case a draw roller, advantageously in each case a Zugwalzenpaar 16; 17; 18, be provided. The arrangement of the former 03; 04; 14 in Fig. 2 is only schematic. Of course, in the absence of the third former 14, the two remaining formers 03; 04 directly adjacent or arranged above one another or - if a third former 14 present -. B. two of the former 03; 04; 14 (eg former 03 and 14) in a same machine plane next to each other, and the other (eg the first) in another plane, z. B. over the other two.

Downstream of the folding inlets, the folder 06 now has a first transport cylinder 21, which is preferably designed to be operable in the "collecting" mode as a so-called collecting cylinder 21, and advantageously also a second transport cylinder 21; 22, which is preferably carried out in the mode "collecting" as a so-called collecting cylinder 22 operable. They are here in particular as first and second Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22, since they both cooperate downstream with a third transfer cylinder 23 in such a manner that the third transfer cylinder 23 has strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b from the first and second Transfer cylinder 21; 22 can take over or take over. In the absence of one of the two Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 (for example, if only one of the partial products is to be collected), its sections can also be cross-cut in another manner than shown and delivered directly to the transport cylinder 23.

The pre-collecting cylinders 21; 22 each have on the circumference one after the other substantially equidistantly spaced an odd number n21; n22 of retaining elements 24; 26 (with, for example, n21 = 3, 5 or 7 and n22 = 3, 5 or 7, in particular n21 = 5 = n22). The holding elements 24; 26 can in principle z. B. be designed as a gripper or advantageously as a puncture with puncture needles. In one variant, for example, the holding elements 24 of the first pre-collecting cylinder 21 are designed as gripper strips and the holding elements 26 of the second pre-collecting cylinder 22 as Punkturleisten.

Each of the two Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 is a cross cutter 28; 29, z. B. one with the respective Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 cutting cooperating cutting cylinder 28; 29 assigned. On this Vorsammelzylinder the respective intermediate product is cut and collected. The process of cutting and collecting occurs at each of the pre-collection cylinders 21; 22 here for each partial product T; Z as usual in a conventional folder for the entire collection product. The cross cutter 28; 29 could possibly also as the pre-collection cylinder 21; 22 may be formed on the strand path upstream cutting group.

The common transfer cylinder 23, z. Example, as a transfer-Punkturzylinder 23, has circumferentially successively substantially equidistantly spaced a number n23 of holding elements 27 (with, for example, n23 = 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, in particular n23 = 7, at n21 = 5 = n22). The retaining elements 27 can in principle here z. B. as gripper, but advantageously be designed as a puncture strips with puncture needles.

The transfer cylinder 23 downstream of the product flow a Querfalzeinrichtung, here advantageously a jaw cylinder 31 is arranged downstream of the formation of a transverse fold, which z. B. on its circumference one behind the other substantially equidistantly spaced a number n31 of jaws 32 has (with eg n31 = 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, especially n31 = n23, eg n31 = 7 = n23) , of which, however, only one in Fig. 2 is shown. The transfer cylinder 23 in this case as a folding blade cylinder with not shown, each angeodneten on the periphery between two holding elements 27 extendable folding blades. After the formation of the transverse fold, the now cross-folded mixed product P z. B. via a paddle wheel 33 to a display 34, z. B. a delivery belt 34 delivered. In a further development of the folding apparatus 06, a further stapling device 42 can be provided between the second pre-collecting cylinder 22 and the following gusset. With this, in the case of a replacement tabloid production over the second Vorsammelzylinder 22 (instead of the first) a stapled tabloid product individually (ie without broadsheet part) can be produced.

The two Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 allow for two incoming folding strands 11; 12 an independent collection of strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b. For a mixed product P to be prepared from two partial products B; T, z. B. a broadsheet part Z and a tabloid part T, for each of the two parts is a Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 provided. The collection process on one of the two or preferably on both Vorsammelzylindern 21; 22 is spatially decoupled from the transverse folding of the assembled mixed product P by means of the jaw cylinder 31. After the layers of the first partial product T, z. B. the tabloid part T as a bundle, and second partial product B, z. B. the broadsheet part B as a bundle, are pre-collected, the pre-collected parts (bundles) are transferred to the transfer cylinder 23.

At least on the product path of one of the two folding strands 11; 12, in particular in front of the location of the summary of strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b, which of the two Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 come, and / or in particular at least on Product path of that fold strand 11; 12, from which the strand section 11a at the lowest position on the common transfer cylinder 23; 11b; 12a; 12b, a cross stapler 36 is provided. The cross stapler 36 is z. B. as a stapling cylinder 36 which cooperates with the shell of the transfer cylinder 23. Alternatively, the transverse stapling device 36 could also be arranged on the circumference of the first transport cylinder 21 in the angular direction between the nip for product intake (cutting cylinder 28) and the nip for product delivery (transfer cylinder 23), but only one staple after completely collected layer number (here : two) may take place. Preferably, the stitching cylinder 36 is arranged at the circumference of the transfer cylinder 23 in the direction of rotation behind the innermost layer (ie, the lowest strand portion) on the transfer cylinder 23 supplying pre-collection cylinder 21 and before the second pre-collection cylinder 22. Thus, the collected layers of the first partial product T can first be connected together, in particular stapled, before being supplemented or covered by the layers of the other partial product Z. On the way of the tabloid part T from the collecting cylinder 21 (tabloid collecting cylinder) on the transferring cylinder 23 to the collecting cylinder 22 (broadsheet collecting cylinder), the collected tabloid part T can thus be stapled. From the transfer Punkturzylinder 23 to the jaw cylinder 31, the transverse fold is then prepared and the product P supplied to the paddle wheel 34.

Also on the strand path of the second fold strand 12 may be provided before transfer of the bundle to the transfer cylinder 23 (eg, behind the cutting cylinder 29 and before the transfer cylinder 23 lying peripheral segment of the transport cylinder 22) a stapling device, not shown. In this case, for example, sections in tabloid format (for example, the same as the first) can also be produced via the second web strand 08, the second seam strand, and a collected and stapled internal tabloid subproduct T with the folding device 06 or the printing press in a collected and stapled outer tabloid sub-product (not shown). In this case, the one with the second Bahnstrang 08 co-operating form cylinder 38 and part of the forme cylinder 38 with printed images in a tabloid format or the tabloid f occupied.

Preferably, the transfer takes place from the Vorsammelzylindern 21; 22 to the transfer Punkturzylinder 23 as a puncture-to-puncture transfer. In this case, the extended puncture of the transfer puncture cylinder 23 runs into the nip point to the respective pre-collection cylinder 21; 22 on. In this case, the puncture of the Vorsammelzylinders 21; 22 back and thus transfers the pre-collected product on the transfer-Punkturzylinder 23rd

Under o. "Collection" or "collecting" is usually referred to the process that one of the corresponding transport or collection cylinder 21; 22 recorded strand section 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b after being picked up on a receiving section (here: approximately in the area of the nip point to the cutting cylinder 28, 29) at least once the nip point to the next downstream cylinder (here the transfer cylinder 23) without delivery of the strand section 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b passes through, and at least one further passage through the receiving location a further (i.d.R. of the first strand section 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b different) second strand section 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b on the first strand section 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b takes up. To ensure this can advantageously retaining elements 24; 26 may be designed accordingly (eg, as puncturing needles or gripper bars) and appropriate control mechanisms may be provided for the required timing of the holding and dispensing movements. If collected twice, the re-circulation and recording takes place once again before dispensing.

• In Fig. 3 a) durchläuft ein erster Strangabschnitt 12a des zweiten Falzstranges 12 (z. B. Broadsheetstranges) gerade die Querschneideinrichtung 29 und wurde mit dem vorlaufenden Ende durch ein Haltemittel 26 des zweiten Vorsammelzylinders 22 aufgenommen, während ein erster Strangabschnitt 11a des ersten Falzstranges 11(z. B. Tabloidstranges) bereits geschnitten den Umfang des ersten Vorsammelzylinders 21 umläuft. Dieser Strangabschnitt 11a passiert soeben den Zwickel zum Transferzylinder 23, ohne jedoch an den Transferzylinder 23 abgegeben worden zu sein.
• Fig. 3 b) zeigt eine Momentaufnahme nach einer weiteren Drehung der Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22, hier um ca. 3/5 des Umfangs. Der Strangabschnitt 12a des zweiten Falzstranges 12 hat mittlerweile den Zwickel zum Transferzylinder 23 passiert, ohne jedoch an ihn abgegeben worden zu sein. Am ersten Vorsammelzylinder 21 steht ein zweiter Strangabschnitt 11 b des ersten Falzstranges 11 kurz davor, auf den ersten Strangabschnitt 11a geführt und gemeinsam mit diesem vom Haltemittel 24 auf dem ersten Vorsammelzylinder 21 gehalten zu werden.
• Fig. 3 c) zeigt die Situation in gegenüber der Fig. 3 a) um eine volle Umdrehung der Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 weiter gedrehten Lage. Ein zweiter Strangabschnitt 12b des zweiten Falzstranges wurde soeben auf dem ersten Strangabschnitt 12a durch den zweiten Vorsammelzylinder 22 aufgenommen, während die beiden gesammelten Strangabschnitte 11a; 11b des ersten Falzstranges 11 bereits an den Transferzylinder 23 abgegeben wurden.

Based on the figures Fig. 3 a) to Fig. 3 f) the process for producing a mixed product of two collected partial products is clarified. In principle, a folding strand 13 coming from another former 14 can be fed to one or the other folding strand 11; 12 depending on the printed image and affiliation to one of the two subproducts Z; T be struck. The following 3 a) to 3 f) explain the production of the product using only two folding cords 11; 12. In the 3 a) to 3 f) For the sake of clarity, the double-layered representation of the longitudinally cut strand sections 11a and 11b coming from the first former 03 was dispensed with. In the representations of the Fig. 3 the strand sections 11a and 11b would be double-layered:

• In Fig. 3 a) a first strand section 12a of the second fold strand 12 (eg broadsheet strand) just passes through the cross cutting device 29 and has been received with the leading end by a holding means 26 of the second pre-collection cylinder 22, while a first strand section 11a of the first seam strand 11 (e.g. Tabloidstranges) already cut the circumference of the first Vorsammelzylinders 21 rotates. This strand portion 11a has just passed the gusset to the transfer cylinder 23, but without being delivered to the transfer cylinder 23.
• Fig. 3 b) shows a snapshot after another rotation of the Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22, here at about 3/5 of the circumference. The strand section 12a of the second fold strand 12 has meanwhile passed through the gusset to the transfer cylinder 23, but without being delivered to it. On the first precollecting cylinder 21, a second strand section 11 b of the first fold strand 11 is about to be guided onto the first strand section 11 a and held together with the latter by the retaining means 24 on the first precollecting cylinder 21.
• Fig. 3c) shows the situation in relation to the Fig. 3 a) one full turn of the pre-collection cylinders 21; 22 further rotated position. A second strand section 12b of the second fold strand has just been taken up on the first strand section 12a by the second precollecting cylinder 22, while the two collected strand sections 11a; 11b of the first fold strand 11 have already been delivered to the transfer cylinder 23.

After another turn to z. B. 1/5 of the circumference of the Vorsammelzylinder 21; 22 ( Fig. 3 d) ) passed the collected strand sections 11a; 11 b of the first fold strand 11 already the cross stapling device 36, received a stitching 37 and are in the nip of the transfer cylinder 23 with the second Vorsammelzylinder 22 just with the two collected strand sections 12 a; 12b of the second fold strand 12 occupied. The now four strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b held by the holding means 27 of the transfer cylinder 23.

In Fig. 3 e) the stack runs from the collected strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b straight into the gusset between transfer cylinder 23 and jaw cylinder 31 a, wherein he after passing the half section length z. B. in the interaction between a folding blade, not shown, of the transfer cylinder 23 and a folding jaw, not shown, of the jaw cylinder 31 is centrally gripped by the jaw 32, transverse folded and further transported.

In Fig. 3 f) is the now cross-folded product at the periphery of the jaw cylinder 31 indicated schematically before it is conveyed into the paddle wheel 33 and from there to the delivery belt 34.

The folder 06 is advantageously always used where a product P from strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b at least two former 03; 04 is to be formed, wherein for at least one of the folding strands 11; 12 strand sections 11a; 11b; 12a; 12b is to be collected to a collected partial product before joining with the other partial product.

Particularly advantageous is the folder 06 iVm a mixed product P, with a part printed in a broadsheet format, z. B. collected, part and the other part is a collectively generated tabloid part.

As in the Fig. 2 and 3 set forth, the mixed product P in the folder 06 from at least one coming from a first former 03 Falzstrang 11 and at least one coming from a second former 04 second folding strand 12 is formed. For the origin of the at least one first and at least one second fold strand 11; 12 are set out below advantageous embodiments of the printing press.

In this case, the first web strand 07 is printed transversely to the web running direction with a plurality, in particular two, printed images of a first printed page format f, in particular side by side with printed images of two printed pages in a horizontal tabloid format f. The, in terms of its printed page format f z. B. first two-sided width, first web strand 07 is longitudinally cut before or after the associated former 03 by means of the first longitudinal cutter 02 in the region of the formed or formed Falzrückens, so that in the first fold strand 11 before the folder 06 einseitenbreite partial web strands come to rest on each other.

The second web strand 08 is printed transversely to the web running direction with a plurality, in particular two, printed images of a second printed page format F, in particular side by side with printed images of two printed pages in a standing broadsheet format F.

As in Fig. 1 illustrated, the first and the second web strand 07; 08 in a first embodiment of a multi-width web 09, z. B. web 09, come, which in a same multi-width printing unit 01 z. B. on both sides or in particular multicolored printed by printing units with double-size cylinders 38 form. In all exemplary embodiments, the respective web 09 (or in the case of a single-width web 09 of the respective web web 07, 08, 41 corresponding to the web 09) is unwound upstream from the respective printing unit 01 by a roll changer, not shown. By printing on multiple width printing units 01 / webs 09 downstream longitudinal cutting by means of a second longitudinal cutting device 19 (in the region of a main cutting line between two web strands 07, 08 to be separated) in front of the formers 03; 04, the resulting web strands 07; 08 on the two former 03; 04 out, and as folding cords 11; 12 as described above to a mixed product of an outer broadsheet part Z and a collected and possibly stapled inner tabloid part T are further processed. At least the first web strand 07 is viewed in the longitudinal direction preferably with at least four successive printed images of different content, but at least with two printed pages each containing two print image sections a; printed b different content, which as strand sections 11a; 11 b downstream in the folder 06 are collected. The forme cylinder 38 carries the two printed image sections a; b in the circumferential direction one behind the other. The printing unit 01 is here several times, z. B. double-width, running. It carries next to each other at least two lying printed pages in tabloid format f and at least two standing printed pages, z. B. newspaper pages, in broadsheet format F. This is shown on the exemplified as a single offset printing unit 01 printing unit 01 on a form of the printing images or printing plates form cylinder 39. In the circumferential direction of the forme cylinder is at least twice formed, ie he carries in the circumferential direction successively at least four (especially different) printed images of horizontal printed pages in tabloid format f and / or at least two (especially different) print images of printed pages in broadsheet format F. At least the first Web strand 07 is thus preferably viewed in the longitudinal direction with at least four successive printed images of different contents, but at least with two printed image sections a, each containing two printed pages; printed b different content, which as strand sections 11 a; 11 b downstream in the folder 06 are collected. Preferably, the second web strand 07 is also viewed in the longitudinal direction with at least two print image sections A each containing one printed page; Printed B different content, the artwork on the respective form cylinder 38 are arranged in the circumferential direction one behind the other, and which as Strand sections 12a; 12b are collected downstream in the folder 06.

In the execution after Fig. 1 is the peculiarity that the forme cylinder 38 at the same time next to each other to be transmitted print images of two different formats f; F wears. The after printing with the one format f; F and slitting produced a web strand 07; 08 is described as a partial product B; T, and after printing with the other format F; f and longitudinal cutting produced other web strand 08; 07 to the other partial product T; Z processed and joined together to form the mixed product. The symbolically as offset printing unit 01 (with a printing ink between the forme cylinder 38 and web 09 transmitting transfer cylinder 39 and a non-designated counter-pressure cylinder) shown pressure unit 01 can also in other ways, for. B. as a printing tower with double printing units (the illustrated impression cylinder is then transfer cylinder of a second offset printing unit), be designed as satellite printing units or as a printing unit of a direct printing method without transfer cylinder. The transfer cylinder has in the circumferential direction in each case at least the same size (for example, twice the size) or is even larger (for example, three or four times the size). In the case of multicolor printing, the printing unit 01, which cooperates with a web 09, has several printing units in the web path one after the other. Fig. 1 shows a double-width (n-times wide, with n = 2) execution of the printing press, ie with a total of four (2 * n) side by side on the forme cylinder 38 and on the printed web 09 arranged printed images. Preferably, for the n-width printing unit (s) 01 is an n-wide funnel structure with n (= 2) formers 03; 04 next to each other.

Fig. 4 indicates one Fig. 1 further developed embodiment with a triple-width (n = 3) printing unit 01 (a total of 2 * n = 6 printed pages in width next to each other) and a three-wide hopper structure (with three formers 03, 04, 14 side by side). The form cylinder 38 has on its lateral surface in the axial direction next to each other a total of six printed images, z. B. two printed images of the first printed page format f and four printed images of the second printed page format F, on. In the circumferential direction of the forme cylinder 38 is again doubly large and has in the circumferential direction z. B. four printed pages of the first format f and two printed pages of the second format F on. The web 09 is here after printing by two second longitudinal cutting devices 19 (main cutting lines) in three web strands 07; 08; 41 cut. It can one of the web strands 07; 08; 41 next to each other with two printed pages of the first printed page format f and the other two are each printed side by side with two printed pages of the second printed page format F, and the latter - as in Fig. 3 optionally represented, in the folding apparatus 06 to the second partial product Z are taken together. The middle web strand 41 can if necessary be printed (eg side stronger inner part product) also with the first printed page format and be added to the first partial product T in the folding apparatus 06. In the printing press after Fig. 5 In a variant, one of the two printed with the same page format F (f) web strands 07; 07; 41 are turned on the flight of the other of the two web strands and together over a same former 03; 04; 14 are led. This also applies to more than two web strands 07; 08; 14, in particular for the case of a plurality of producing on the same funnel structure printing units 01. This can then also originating from different printing units 01 web strands 07; 08; 41 with the same page sizes f; F on a same former 03; 04; 14 be performed one above the other. In the event that web strands 07; 08; 41 of the second printed page format F (without funnel center section) are guided one above the other or are, from the corresponding former 03; 04 originating arc of the second sub-product not as in Fig. 1 . 4 and 5 as a simple longitudinally folded sheet, but as a longitudinally folded double sheet with two nested folded sheets formed (in Fig. 6 exemplified and detached from the rest of the product).

Contrary to the execution after Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 , the two different bedrulckten web strands 07; 08 also come from different printing units 01 ( Fig. 5 ). In this case, for example, a forme cylinder 38 of a printing unit 01 side by side with at least two, and in the circumferential direction with at least four horizontal printed images in tabloid f occupied, while a forme cylinder 38 another printing unit 01 side by side with at least two, and in the circumferential direction with (at least) two printed images in broadsheet format F is occupied.

In an embodiment not shown, the in Fig. 5 illustrated printing machine also multiply or n-times wide, z. B. double or triple width (n = 2 or 3) may be formed. Each of the two different printed page formats f; F carrying printing units 01 then have the in Fig. 5 illustrated assignment of the form cylinder 38 and the printed web strands 07; 08 several times, z. B. n-fold. The form cylinder 38 of the (tabloid) printing unit 01 has as a double-width printing unit 01 then z. B. side by side four (at n = 2) or as a three-width printing unit 01 side by side six (at n = 3) lying print images in tabloid format f. The forme cylinder 38 of the (broadsheet) printing unit 01, as a double-width printing unit, then has side by side z. B. four (at n = 2) or as a three-width printing unit 01 side by side six (at n = 3) printed images in broadsheet format F. The two different occupied printing units 01 can also be designed differently wide depending on the product requirement. Thus, for example, the (broadsheet) printing unit 01 can be triple-width, and the (tabloid) printing unit 01 can be single or double-width. As already mentioned above, in the case of the multiple-width printing units 01, each having a homogeneous printing format occupancy, it can be advantageous if a web strand 07, which results from the same printing unit 01 or a printing unit 01 of the same format assignment. 08; 41 by turning to the flight of another track 07; 08; 14 of the same page size f; F brought and with one or more such web strands 07; 08; 41 over a same former 03; 04; 14 to a folding strand 11; 12 processed and fed into the folder 06.

The above statements are also on larger than double-sized form cylinder 38th trained form cylinder 38 apply. In the case of a triple-sized design, the forme cylinder 38 can have six sides of the first format f and / or three static pressure sides of the second format F and four times the size of the forme cylinder 38 circumferentially eight sides of the first format and / or four have standing printed pages of the second format F. In the former case are on the Vorsammelzylindern 21; 22 then each three strand sections 11a, 11b (11c); 12a, 12b (12c), in the second case even four strand sections 11a, 11b (11c, 11d); 12a, 12b (12c, 12d) before the collected layers are delivered to the common transfer cylinder 23, respectively.

On the above-mentioned teachings is additionally the doctrine of DE 10 2005 031 010 A1 with regard to the production of "pop-ups", ie the lateral projections in mixed products, applicable, wherein, for example, the tabloid format f may have a larger (or possibly smaller) side length than the page width of the broadsheet format F. In this case the associated web strands not the same width as in the above embodiments, but different widths formed. The same applies to the dimensioning and / or the mobility of the formers according to the DE 10 2005 031 010 A1 ,

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

01

printing unit

02

Longitudinal cutting device, first

03

Former, first

04

Former, second

05 -

-

06

folding

07

Bahnstrang, first

08

Bahnstrang, second

09

Railway, paper web

10 -

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11

Fold strand, first

12

Folded strand, second

13

Fold strand, further, third

14

Folding funnel, further, third

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16

pair of drawing rollers

17

pair of drawing rollers

18

pair of drawing rollers

19

Longitudinal cutting device, second

20

-

21

Transport cylinder, pre-collection cylinder, first

22

Transport cylinder, pre-collection cylinder, second

23

Transfer cylinder, transfer puncture cylinder

24

retaining element

25

-

26

retaining element

27

retaining element

28

Cross cutting device, cutting cylinder

29

Cross cutting device, cutting cylinder

30

-

31

jaw cylinder

32

jaw

33

paddle wheel

34

Display, display belt

35

-

36

Cross stapler, stapling cylinder

37

stapling

38

form cylinder

39

transfer cylinder

40

-

41

Bahnstrang, another, third

42

stapler

f

Format, print page format, first, tabloid format

F

Format, print page format, second, broadsheet format

a

Print image section

b

Print image section

A

Print image section

B

Print image section

Z

Partial product, first, broadsheet part,

T

Partial product, second, tabloid part

P

mixed product

Claims (21)

Folding apparatus (06) having at least a first and a second fold entry for at least a first and a second fold strand (11; 12) and at least a first and a second transverse cutting device (28; 29) for cutting the first and second fold strand (11; ), wherein on a product path downstream of the first fold entry a first, operable in collective operation and strand sections (11a, 11b) of the first fold strand (11) leading transport cylinder (21), and on a second fold inlet downstream product path a second in the collective operation operable and Strand sections (12a, 12b) of the second fold strand (12) of leading transport cylinder (22) is provided, characterized in that downstream of the two transport cylinders (21; 22) a transfer cylinder (23) is provided, through which of the two transport cylinders (21; 22) coming strand sections (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b) are receivable, and which connect with a downstream the jaw cylinder (31) cooperating forming a transverse fold. Folding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and / or second transport cylinder (21, 22) is designed with holding elements (24, 26) designed as puncturing needles. Folding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the transfer cylinder (23) is designed with holding elements (27) designed as puncturing needles. Folding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the first and / or second transverse cutting device (28; 29) is designed as a cutting cylinder (28; 29) cooperating with a cutting groove of the first and second transport cylinder (21; Folder according to Claim 1, characterized in that a transverse stapling device (36) is provided on the circumference of the first transport cylinder (21) or on the circumference of the transfer cylinder (23). Folder according to Claim 1, characterized in that one of the two transport cylinders (21; 22) can additionally be acted upon by strand sections of a folding strand (13) originating from a third fold inlet. Folding apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the first fold strand (11) has printed images of a printed page format (f) whose longer side extends transversely to the transport direction. A folding apparatus according to claim 1 or 7, characterized in that the second fold strand (11) has printed images of a printed page format (F) whose longer side extends in the transport direction. Printing machine with at least one printing unit (01) having a forme cylinder (38), at least one first and one second former (03, 04), a first web train (07) printed with print images of a first print page format (f) and a second with printed images of a second printed page format (F) printed second web strand (08) and with a folding apparatus (06), characterized in that the sides of the first printed page format (f) on the web (08) printing forme cylinder (28) in the circumferential direction one behind the other at least four different print images of the first printed page format (f), and the folder (06) in the product path of a first, at least one Teilbahnstrang the first web strand (07) containing fold strand (07) a transfer cylinder (23) and an upstream, as a pre-collection cylinder (21) having trained transport cylinder (21). Printing machine according to Claim 9, characterized in that the folding apparatus (06) has at least one fold entry for a first fold strand (11; 12), a transverse cutting device (28; 29) for the transverse cutting of the fold strand (11; 12) and with the one at the circumference Number of holding elements (26; 27) having transfer cylinder (23) is formed, which cooperates with a downstream folding jaw cylinder (31) forming a transverse fold. Printing machine according to Claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the folding apparatus (06) has at least one first and one second fold entry for at least one first and one second fold strand (11, 12) and at least one first and one second transverse cutting device (28, 29) for A first, collectively operable and strand sections (11a, 11b) of the first fold strand (11th, 12th) being at least on the product path between the first fold inlet and the transfer cylinder (23) ) leading transport cylinder (21) is provided. Printing machine according to claim 11, characterized in that in the folding apparatus (06) on the product path between the second folding inlet and the transfer cylinder (23) a second transportable in collective operation and strand sections (12a, 12b) of the second folding strand (12) leading transport cylinder (22) is provided. Printing machine according to claim 12, characterized by a folding apparatus according to one or more of claims 2 to 8. Printing machine according to Claim 9, characterized in that the first web strand (07) printed with printed images of a first printed page format (f) and printed with printed images of a second printed page format (F) second web strand (08) by longitudinal section of a same, in a printing unit (01) printed web (09) originate. Printing machine according to claim 14, characterized in that a forme cylinder (38) of the printing unit (01) has on its lateral surface in the axial direction next to each other both at least two adjacent printed images of the first printed page format (f) and at least two adjacent printed images of the second printed page format (F) , Printing machine according to Claim 9, characterized in that the first web strand (07) printed with printed images of a first printed page format (f) consists of a first printing unit (01) and the second web strand (08) printed with printed images of a second printed page format (F) comprises one of the first printing unit (01) different second printing unit (01) comes. Printing machine according to claim 16, characterized in that a forme cylinder (38) of the first printing unit (01) on its lateral surface in the axial direction next to each other at least two adjacent printed images of the first printed page format (f) and a forme cylinder (38) of the second printing unit (01) at least two adjacent printed images of the second printed page format (F). Method for producing a printed product (P), wherein at least one first web strand (07) is printed with printed images of a first printed page format (f) and at least one second web strand (08) is printed with printed images of a second, different first printed page format (F) downstream of a first fold strand (11) by Längsfalzen at least one first web strand (07) and a second fold strand (12) by Längsfalzen at least one second web strand (08) is formed, downstream of the first and the second fold strand (11; 12) run into a folding apparatus (06), the first and second seaming strands (11; 12) are each cut into strand sections (11a; 11b; 12a; 12b) by means of a transverse cutting device (28; 29), at least at least two Strand portions (11a; 11b) of the first folding strand (11) are collected on a first collecting cylinder (21) as a bundle before the bundle of the at least two collected strand sections (11a, 11b) of the first folding strand (11) is transferred to a transfer cylinder (23 ) and subsequently provided on this transfer cylinder (23) with at least one strand section (12a, 12b) of the second fold strand (12). A method according to claim 18, characterized in that at least two strand sections (12a; 12b) of the second seaming strand (12) are collected as a bundle on a second precollecting cylinder (22) before the bundle of the at least two collected strand sections (11a; 11b) of the second fold strand (12) is delivered to the already received from the transfer cylinder (23) bundle of the at least two collected strand sections (11 a; 11 b) of the first fold strand (11). Method according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that after receiving the bundles of strand sections (11a; 11b; 12a; 12b) coming from the first and second seaming lines (11; 12), a transverse folding of the entire bundle takes place on the transfer cylinder (23). A method according to claim 18, characterized in that the bundle of the at least two collected strand sections (11a; 11b) of the first seaming strand (11) is tacked after gathering by means of a cross stitching device before being joined to at least one strand section (12a; second fold strand (12) is provided.

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