EP2239220A1 - Anlage und Verfahren zum Verarbeiten von Druckprodukten - Google Patents

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EP2239220A1
EP2239220A1 EP10159539A EP10159539A EP2239220A1 EP 2239220 A1 EP2239220 A1 EP 2239220A1 EP 10159539 A EP10159539 A EP 10159539A EP 10159539 A EP10159539 A EP 10159539A EP 2239220 A1 EP2239220 A1 EP 2239220A1
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Pierre Jost
Richard Noguero
Xavier Maisonnave-Couterou
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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
    • B65H29/48—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by tables arranged to be tilted to cause sliding of articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/02—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C3/08—Apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution using arrangements of conveyors
    • 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
    • B65H29/58—Article switches or diverters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/06—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4311—Making personalised books or mail packets according to personal, geographic or demographic data
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4453—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other and performing dynamic accumulation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4454—Merging two or more streams
    • 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
    • B65H2511/25—Sequence
    • 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
    • B65H2511/40—Identification
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/40—Movement
    • B65H2513/42—Route, path

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  • the present invention relates to printed process installations and methods.
  • printing processing facilities that can be implemented in a routing or distribution of printed matter (for example to distribute the press by portage, or other), with the purpose in particular to prepare and group the printed matter. for delivery to their destination.
  • the delivery of the printed matter is then made for example by newspaper carriers who receive, from the routing companies, individually addressed printed packets.
  • each carrier receives different packets of single-title printed matter corresponding to his distribution area, according to an ordered sequence corresponding to his distribution tour.
  • the present invention is intended in particular to improve the speed of such an installation.
  • an installation of the type in question is characterized in that the grouping chain comprises an identification device controlled by the control means for affixing a indication of a destination point on the printed matter according to the database.
  • the figure 1 represents a printing processing installation 1 according to the invention, which can be located in a routing company, which receives prints 11 from an editor, a printing press, or a broaching center.
  • the printed materials 11 may for example be magazines, newspapers, magazines, or other unpackaged publications or equivalents.
  • the installation 1 comprises control means 70 (see figure 7 ) for controlling the correct operation of the installation 1, and which are further adapted to access at least one database 71, for example two databases 71, 72.
  • the control means 70 may comprise for example a computer or similar.
  • the databases 71, 72 can be stored in the computer or be external to it, in which case the computer can access the databases 71, 72 for example via a computer network.
  • the list of recipients and their coordinates to be sent said printed matter 11, provided by the computer file, is incorporated in a first database 71.
  • the database 71 can, for example, group the recipients by types of common forms and their addresses, in particular for a standard single-title delivery by postage.
  • the control means 70 are furthermore adapted to determine, as a function of the addresses of the recipients contained in the first database 71, delivery rounds, for example optimized rounds 91 for press carriers 90. More particularly, the means 70 are adapted to determine, according to the recipients and their addresses contained in the first database 71, tours each grouping a series of recipients having consecutive addresses in a certain order, in particular according to an order allowing a grouping by address and / or by recipient. The information corresponding to the following of recipients is stored in the second database 72.
  • the print processing installation 1 further comprises a plurality of primary strings 10, for example twenty two strings, from which the printed matter 11 is transferred via a distribution line 30 to at least one, for example five strings,
  • These chains 10, 30, 50 are controlled by the control means 70 as a function of at least one of the databases 71, 72.
  • two of the primary chains 10 and one of the grouping chains 50 normally remain at a standstill and serve only as backup channels in the event of a malfunction of the other chains 10, 50.
  • the figure 2 illustrates in more detail two of these representative primary chains of the twenty two chains.
  • the primary channels 10 are fed each by printed matter of a single title directly from, for example, an editor.
  • the various primary channels 10 of the installation process prints of several types, that is to say treat several titles and at most twenty titles in the example considered here, ie a title per primary chain 10 in operation.
  • the type of print 11 processed by each of the primary chains 10 is communicated to the control means 70 for the control of the installation 1.
  • the prints 11 are fed into a feeder 12 by the staff of the routing company from a buffer stock 11a specific to each chain 10.
  • the feed devices 12 feed the primary chains 10 in successive prints which are at their disposal. advanced tower on the conveyor 10a one by one.
  • the inserting devices 13 may, depending on the control means 70 and the first database 71, where appropriate, associate one or more information or advertising inserts inside the printed matter 11 or on the top (by gluing).
  • the different inserting devices 13 of the same primary chain 10 can be fed in different inserts.
  • Inserts 13 may be loose sheets, supplements, or other publications.
  • the packaging device 14 is for example a filming device or an encasement device for putting the received printed matter 11 under a film or an envelope.
  • the prints 11 are then grouped together by grouping means comprising in particular a stacker 20 and a binding device 21 to create bundles of single-title printed matter, that is to say groupings of printed matter of a single type. corresponding to the type of prints 11 fed by the supply device 12 of the primary chain 10, for a traditional single-title delivery.
  • grouping means comprising in particular a stacker 20 and a binding device 21 to create bundles of single-title printed matter, that is to say groupings of printed matter of a single type. corresponding to the type of prints 11 fed by the supply device 12 of the primary chain 10, for a traditional single-title delivery.
  • the grouping means may further comprise a caging device 22 adapted to receive the sets of printed matter and caged manually or automatically to prepare them for transport.
  • the first transfer device 15 of the primary chain 10 is disposed downstream of the packaging device 14 and upstream of the identification device 25.
  • the transfer device 15 is adapted to intercept part of the packaged printed matter and transfer them for example by conveyor belt 16 or roller or the like, up to the distribution chain 30.
  • the movable portion 15a of the conveyor 10a is long enough for a single print 11.
  • the conveyor 16 of the first transfer device 15 transfers the printed matter 11 from the primary chain 10 to a location directly above or adjacent to the distribution chain 30.
  • the last part 16a of the conveyor 16 is oriented for example according to a acute angle relative to the direction of travel of the distribution chain 30 to facilitate the transfer of printed matter 11 of the conveyor 16 to the distribution chain 30.
  • the conveyor 16 may have a capacity to carry several successive packaged printed matter 11 .
  • the set of primary chains 10 is preferably arranged so that the supply of packaged printed matter 11 on the distribution chain 30 by the conveyors 16 is distributed substantially uniformly around the distribution chain 30.
  • the distribution chain 30 is for example a carousel, that is to say an endless chain having a plurality of receiving zones 31 adapted to each receive one or more printed matter 11.
  • the distribution channel 30 may be a BEUMER ® carousel having a circumference of about four hundred meters, and having the order of eight hundred individual plates 32 tilt.
  • Each plate 32 has a slight upward concavity, in order to allow a better stability of the printed papers 11 received in its reception zone 31.
  • Each plate 32 is mounted swinging on a drive cable 33 which is motorized by a plurality of linear motors to advance the trays 32.
  • the distribution chain 30 also comprises a plurality of sensors and encoders communicating with the control means 70 in order to determine the position of at least one receiving zone 31, and consequently to deduce the position of all the receiving zones. 31.
  • the control means 70 are adapted to pour the contents of a specific plate 32 at a precise position along the circumference of the carousel, so that the printed matter 11 contained on said plate 32 is received by one of the grouping chains 50.
  • Each plate 32 is for example tilting about a longitudinal axis, parallel to the drive cable 33, extending in the direction of travel of the trays 32, and is thus adapted to dump its contents with the aid of least a second transfer device 35.
  • the Figures 5a and 5b illustrate a second transfer device 35.
  • the second transfer device 35 comprises a tilting device 35a outside the plate 32 which is adapted to tilt the plate 32.
  • the tilting device 35a may for example comprise a jack 35a disposed opposite a grouping chain 50 and below plateaus 32 ( figure 5a ).
  • the actuator 35a When the actuator 35a is activated by the control means 70, the latter comes into abutment under the plate 32 and tilts it so that the plate 32 discharges its content placed in its reception zone 31 laterally relative to to the direction of advancement ( figure 5b ).
  • the second transfer device 35 further comprises a conveyor 35b which receives the printed matter 11 dumped by the trays 32 and conveys it to the grouping chain 50.
  • the conveyor 35b can be, for example, a chute inclined between the height of the distribution chain 30, more particularly between the plates 32, and the grouping chain 50.
  • the chute 35b may be, for example, a roller chute, a ball chute, a belt chute. aspirant, or the like.
  • the trough 35b is adapted to guide the descent of the printed matter discharged from the trays 32 by the second transfer devices 35.
  • the roller trough may, in addition, be equipped with pneumatic brakes in order to slow down the descent too fast of the printed materials 11 towards the one of the grouping chains 50.
  • One of the print collection chains 50 is illustrated in more detail in the figure 6 .
  • the reception area 51 is adapted to route the received printed matter 11 one by one forwards. Thus, if a plate 32 spilled carries several printed 11 when it spills on the receiving area 51 of a grouping chain 50, these printed 11 are first separated and then forwarded one by one forward.
  • the inserting devices 52 are controlled by the control means 70 as a function of the second base of Data 72 to insert generic inserts where appropriate, or inserts specific to a final recipient.
  • a specific inset may be for example a restart of the subscriber at the end of the subscription period stuck on top of the printed matter previously packaged on one of the primary channels 10.
  • the inset may be inserted into an envelope which is stuck on the packaged print.
  • the grouping chain 50 then comprises, after the identification device 53, grouping means, for example a stacker 54 and a binding device 55 which group, stack, and bind the received printed papers 11 grouped in an order allowing grouping by address and / or by recipient, and for the same shipment as determined by the second database 72, for example to the same press carrier 90 to perform his tour 91 (see figure 7 ).
  • grouping means for example a stacker 54 and a binding device 55 which group, stack, and bind the received printed papers 11 grouped in an order allowing grouping by address and / or by recipient, and for the same shipment as determined by the second database 72, for example to the same press carrier 90 to perform his tour 91 (see figure 7 ).
  • the grouping means may further comprise a caging device 56 adapted to receive the bundles of printed matter and caged them manually or automatically.
  • the installation 1 receives printed matter 11 of several types, for example in printed pallets, from the publishing houses or others.
  • Each primary chain 10 is assigned prints 11 of a single determined type and this choice is communicated to the control means 70.
  • the printed matter 11 are then fed into the respective supply devices 12 of each primary chain 10.
  • the printed matter 11 is in particular fed to the inserting devices 13, where the printed matter is associated, if necessary, with inserts. Insert insertion or not can be controlled by the control means 70, according to the first database 71 comprising the list of recipients for which the delivery is by grouping of printed matter of a single type on the primary chain 10.
  • the printed materials 11 are then packaged by the packaging devices 14 and advanced to the transfer device 15 which selectively transfers, according to the control means 70 and the second database 72, some of the printed matter packaged towards the distribution chain. 30 via the conveyor 16.
  • the printed matter not transferred to the distribution chain 30 by the first transfer device 15 is fed to the identification device 25 to provide them with an identification of the destination point for the purpose of the single-title grouping by the stacker 20, the binding device 21, and the caging device 22 as usual, depending on the control means 70 and the first database 71.
  • the first transfer device 15 is controlled by the control means 70 to feed the distribution line 30 when a particular print 11 is required to the grouping lines 50 for a grouping of printed documents 11 in order to group together by address and / or by recipient of a tour 91, in the order of the tour.
  • the control means 70 control the mobile part 15a of a specific transfer device 15, corresponding to a primary chain 10 which is fed with a particular type of printed matter 11, to transfer a print to the conveyor 16.
  • the packaged prints transferred by the first transfer devices 15 remain generic and not assigned to a particular recipient.
  • the control means 70 record the contents of each reception zone 31 of the trays 32.
  • each grouping chain 50 is assigned to a particular tour 91, in charge of grouping the prints 11 (of several different types) of the tour 91 in the order of the tour as determined by the second database 72.
  • control means 70 control the second transfer device 35 associated with the grouping chain 50 recipient, to make tilting the tray 32 to dump the print or the following prints with respect to the sequence of addresses of the tour 91 in the second database 72.
  • the printed or printed 11 and dumped are guided by the chute 25b to the reception area 51 of the grouping chain 50.
  • the printed matter 11 arrives on the grouping chain 50 grouped according to an order of the printed materials allowing a grouping by address and / or by recipient, in particular grouped by consecutive addresses in the order of the tour 91 of the press carrier 90 for a multi-title delivery.
  • the prints 11 are transferred from the primary chains 10 to the grouping line 50 by the first and second transfer devices 15, 35 via the distribution line 30 so that the printed matter 11 arrives on the grouping line 50 grouped according to an order allowing a grouping by address and / or by recipient as determined by the control means 70 and by the second database 72.
  • Each print 11 received on the grouping chain 50 is then assigned a recipient of the database 72 in the order of the tour 91.
  • Each print 11 thus received on one of the grouping lines 50 is then conveyed to the insertion devices 52 which, according to the needs of the recipient in question determined by the second database 72 and controlled by the control means 70. , combine an appropriate insert, for example by gluing, on the printed 11 printed. This insert could for example be a personalized subscription restart to the recipient subscriber.
  • the print 11 is provided with a destination identification, for example an address, by the identification device 53, as a function of the control means 70 and the second database 72, and then advanced by the conveyor 50a to the stacker 54 which receives and stacks the printed 11 consecutive for the same tour 91.
  • a destination identification for example an address
  • the stacker 54 sends the stack of printed matter to the binding device 55 to bind the prints 11 together to prepare them for printing. sending, and then the caging device 22 for caging the bundles waiting for their transport.
  • Each of the press carriers 90 can alternatively be delivered to a limited number of distribution centers in which the press carriers 90 can collect their package (s) for their tour. 91.
  • the transfer device 15 can be positioned downstream of the identification device 25.
  • control means 70 inhibit the appending of the identification of the destination point on a printout 11 to be transferred by controlling the identification device 25 not to affix a destination point identification on a certain print. Then, the control means 70 controls the first transfer device 15 to selectively transfer the print, or printed matter, not provided with a destination point identification to the distribution chain 30.
  • the printed matter 11 personalized by the inserting devices 12, or provided with an identification of the destination point by the identification device 25, are fed to the stacker 20, the binding device 21, and the setting device. cage 22 to prepare the sending of the usual mono-titles packets.
  • some or all of the primary strings 10 do not process printed matter 11 intended to be grouped together in the single-title bundles with a view, for example, of newsstand delivery.
  • the printing device 25, the stacker 20, the binding device 21, and the caging device 22 are then no longer necessary on these primary chains 10.
  • the first transfer devices 15 transfer all the printed matter 11 of the primary chains 10 in question towards the conveyor 16 in order to be grouped together on the grouping lines 50 and the distribution chain 30.
  • the part 15a of the first transfer device 15 could remain permanently in the tilted position as shown in figure 3b .
  • all or part of the primary chains 10 consist solely of a print feeder 12 on the conveyor 10a, without further processing.
  • the fed prints 11 are all transferred to the conveyor 16 for grouping on the grouping lines 50 via the distribution chain 30, and the grouping lines 50 receive unpackaged printed matter 11. It would then be conceivable to be able to associate inserts by the inserting devices 12 not only on the prints by gluing, but also inside the inserts.
  • the distribution chain 30 could for example be a carousel provided with an endless conveyor belt.
  • the conveyor belt defines a plurality of predetermined delimited surfaces along the conveyor belt, corresponding to the reception zones 31 adapted to receive the printed materials before their groupings by the grouping chains 50.
  • the second transfer device 35 is not limited to a jack 35a tending to tilt the trays 32 passing above him.
  • the second transfer device could be for example a pusher adapted to push horizontally the contents of the receiving zone 31 out of the plate 32 in order to pour its contents to a grouping chain 50, without tilting the plate 32.
  • the second transfer device 35 could comprise handling means, for example tongs or the like, adapted to transfer the contents of the reception zones 31 of the distribution chain 30 to at least one grouping chain 50.

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