EP2418164A2 - Procédé et dispositif d'assemblage de produits plats avec d'autres produits plats et dispositif de transport de produits plats, notamment de produits d'imprimerie - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif d'assemblage de produits plats avec d'autres produits plats et dispositif de transport de produits plats, notamment de produits d'imprimerie Download PDF

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EP2418164A2
EP2418164A2 EP11004988A EP11004988A EP2418164A2 EP 2418164 A2 EP2418164 A2 EP 2418164A2 EP 11004988 A EP11004988 A EP 11004988A EP 11004988 A EP11004988 A EP 11004988A EP 2418164 A2 EP2418164 A2 EP 2418164A2
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  • the present invention relates to a method for bringing together flat products, in particular printed products, with other flat products, according to the preamble of claim 1, a device for bringing together flat products, in particular folded printed products, with other flat products, according to the preamble of claim and a device for conveying flat products, in particular folded printed products, according to the preamble of claim 7.
  • a device, a device and a method of this kind are known from the document WO 2009/143645 A1 known.
  • a feed device runs a self-contained gripper orbit of a gripper conveyor with a transfer section over.
  • the grippers driven along the gripper orbit in the direction of rotation are intended to grasp and further convey with their gripper mouth at the discharge end the flat products in a middle section of a product edge region extending transversely to the conveying direction, in the feed direction.
  • the products are detected by means of the gripper in the middle section of the product edge region and by means of the feed device, the insert products are inserted symmetrically to the gripper orbit, and thus to the products in this.
  • the two-dimensional products are gripped by the grippers in the product edge area with respect to a center section in the direction of the edge and conveyed further, and the further flat products are preferably conveyed by means of the feed station at least approximately symmetrical, in particular symmetrical to the grippers, brought together with the flat products and with respect to these laterally offset.
  • the grippers are opened temporarily.
  • the inventive device for conveying the sheet-like products, in particular of folded printed products has a feed device. This is intended to transport the products to a delivery end of the feeder in the feed direction. Further, it has a preferably clocked gripper conveyor guided on a preferably rail-like guide, driven in a direction of rotation, and arranged behind one another grippers. A self-contained rapier orbit of the gripper passes with a transfer section at the discharge end of the feeder over. The grippers can grasp with their gripper mouth when passing through the transfer section the products in a middle section of an edge extending transversely to the conveying direction edge, preferably on the leading edge to the conveying direction, adjacent product edge region and promote the collected products.
  • an adjusting device according to the invention is provided, by means of which the transfer section can be moved or displaced from a center position, in which the grippers grasp the products in the center section, in a lateral position in the direction transverse to the feed direction. During this movement or displacement from the center position into the lateral position, the guide is elastically deformed. In side position of the takeover section are the products in the product edge area offset relative to the middle section in the direction of the edge recorded and further promoted.
  • the feed means may comprise two successive conveyor sections, wherein by means of an adjusting device the upstream conveyor section is moved or displaced from a center position to a side position with respect to the downstream located conveyor section of these conveyor sections.
  • the adjusting device has a stationary mounted on a machine frame rotating spindle, on which sits a connected to the downstream conveying section running nut.
  • the running nut is displaced along the rotating spindle, resulting in the displacement of the downstream conveying section between the center position and the lateral position.
  • the grippers grasp the products in the center section; however, when moved to the side position, the grippers grasp the products laterally offset with respect to the center portion in the direction of the edge.
  • the transfer section can remain stationary at the same location.
  • the products arrive offset laterally to the downstream arranged conveying section, which subsequently leads to the laterally offset detection of the products by the gripper.
  • the products are detected at the leading edge seen in the feed direction.
  • they are detected and transported at the trailing edge.
  • the device according to the invention is of extremely simple construction, since for the different detection of the products by means of the grippers, either the takeover section under elastic deformation of the guide or the conveying section arranged upstream is to be moved or displaced solely by means of the adjusting device.
  • the takeover section or the upstream conveying section is displaceable with respect to the central position in opposite directions in the lateral position.
  • the lateral position with respect to the center position by 2 - 5 cm, in particular by 3 - 3.5 cm, especially offset by 3.2 cm.
  • the grippers are moved along their gripper orbit by means of a self-contained conveyor member, in particular a hinge link chain.
  • the grippers are arranged on the conveying member in a fixed attachment distance.
  • the guide has a cross-sectionally C-shaped guide channel.
  • the guide channel In the guide channel, the self-contained conveying member is guided.
  • the guide channel is stationarily supported at a distance from the transfer section. Between this stationary support and the transfer section, the guide channel is elastically deformed when the transfer section is moved from the center position to the side position.
  • the conveying member is guided between two consecutive sections of the guide or of the guide channel around a deflection wheel.
  • the deflection wheel is coupled to the feed device by means of a drive connection. If the conveying member is driven in the direction of rotation, the feed device can be driven by the conveying member via the drive connection. In addition to a simple structure, the synchronization between the feed device and the gripper conveyor is ensured.
  • the two sections are located between the stationary supports of the guide.
  • the device according to the invention has a torque-receiving connection between the feed device and the guide, in order to absorb this torque and to prevent the guide from moving toward or away from the feed device or from twisting.
  • the torque-receiving connection preferably has a torque-receiving bar attached to a machine frame of the feed device, which extends at least approximately parallel to the axis of rotation of the deflecting wheel and interacts with a shield of the guide.
  • the plate with the sections of the guide or the guide channel is firmly connected and is mounted on the guide wheel.
  • the gripper orbit preferably has a U-shaped orbit section, the transfer section being in the arcuate portion of the orbit section.
  • the sections of the guide which form the two at least approximately parallel legs of the revolving track section, are preferably located in a plane which runs at right angles to the direction of action of the adjusting device. The elastic deformability of the guide is ensured in this embodiment in a simple manner and reaction forces are minimized.
  • the feed direction of the feed device is directed at the discharge end at least approximately radially to the sheet area.
  • the adjusting device is arranged on a machine frame of the feed device and acts together with an adjusting member with the guide of the gripper conveyor, in particular the shield. This allows a particularly simple and accurate adjustment of the transfer section relative to the machine frame.
  • the adjusting device has a stationary mounted on the machine frame rotating spindle, on which a, with the guide, in particular the shield connected to sitting nut.
  • the running nut is displaced along the rotary spindle, which leads to the displacement of the transfer region between the center position and the side position of the transfer section.
  • the device for bringing together flat products with other flat products, in particular Printed products preferably has a device as explained above.
  • the device is provided with a supply station arranged in the direction of rotation of the gripper conveyor downstream of the transfer section for the further products.
  • the grab orbit passes the feeder station and is designed to bring other products together with products moving past it by means of the grab conveyor. This can be done by inserting in each case a further product, or other products, into a folded or bound sheet product. It is also possible that in each case a further product, or other products, is brought to the surface on an outer side of the sheet-like product to plant or are; In this case, the sheet product may also be a single sheet. The brought together products are kept transported by means of the respective gripper.
  • a control device for opening the gripper at an opening point and closing the gripper on a lying in the direction of rotation after the opening point closing point, and a plurality of support elements for the products are provided, which are movable along a closed support element orbit.
  • the support elements are preferably movable relative to the grippers at least in a partial region of the gripper orbit such that they retract between the two product parts of the folded flat products and support one of the product parts in a planar manner and for insertion the flat objects are able to keep open.
  • the document is WO 2009/143645 A1 which discloses in detail the structure and operation of the device in connection with the insertion of the other sheet products in the folded sheet products.
  • the disclosure of this document is hereby incorporated into the present documentation.
  • the present device for inserting further sheet-like products in folded flat products the features of the claims of the document WO 2009/143645 A1 can have.
  • the feed station leads the other flat products at least approximately symmetrically, in particular symmetrically to the grippers and thus the gripper orbit to the gripper conveyor.
  • the further flat products are brought together with the products at least approximately symmetrically to the grippers. The bringing together takes place laterally offset with respect to the flat products.
  • the device has a device as stated above, and if the takeover section or the upstream conveying section is in the lateral position when the relevant products are taken over, the other flat products are laterally offset relative to the products.
  • Fig. 1 shows an inventive device 10 for conveying flat, in particular flexible products, here of folded printed products 12, with a feed device 14 and a gripper conveyor 16, of which, however, only a part is shown.
  • the feed device 14 is intended to transport the printed products 12 in the feed direction Z to a discharge end 18 of the feed device.
  • the gripper conveyor 16 has guided on a rail-like guide 20, driven in the direction of rotation U and arranged behind one another gripper 22.
  • the self-contained rapier orbit 24 passes with its transfer section 26 at the discharge end 18 past.
  • the grippers 22 are intended, with their gripper jaw 28, when passing through the transfer section 26, to grasp in each case a printed product 12 supplied by the feed device 14 in a product edge region 30 and to convey it further in the direction of circulation U.
  • the product edge region 30 runs along an edge 32 of the printed products 12 which runs at right angles to the feed direction Z, in the present case the one in FIG Feed direction Z seen leading edge, which also corresponds to the folded edge of the folded printed products 12; see. 6 and 7 ,
  • the transfer section 26 is displaceable in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction Z from a center position 36 in one direction and in the other, opposite direction in a side positions 38; see also Fig. 2 ,
  • the guide 20 of the gripper conveyor 16 is elastically deformed.
  • the guide 20 is fixedly supported at a distance X to the transfer section by means of supports 40. The elastic deformation of the guide 20 thus takes place between these stationary supports 40 and the transfer section 26.
  • the transfer section 26 If the transfer section 26 is in the middle position 36, the printed products 12 fed to the delivery end 18 are detected and conveyed on in a middle section 42 of the product edge region 30 by the grippers 22; compare Fig. 6 , However, if the transfer section 26 is located in one of the side positions 38, the printed products 12 fed to the discharge end 18 by means of the feed device 14, in their lateral position, are detected by the grippers 22 in the direction of the edge 32 with respect to their middle section 42 and conveyed further ; compare Fig. 7 ,
  • the feed device 14 to a rearrangement device 44 for Relocating the printed products from a product stack 46 on a conveyor belt 48.
  • a rearrangement device 44 for Relocating the printed products from a product stack 46 on a conveyor belt 48.
  • Such rearrangement devices 44 are well known in various embodiments.
  • the feed device 14 a the rearranging device 44 downstream, the discharge end 18 forming deflecting device 50, which also serves in the present case for separating the stored in a scion formation S on the conveyor belt 48 printed products 12.
  • It has an endless deflection belt 52 which, viewed in the feed direction Z, is guided around a first deflection roller 54 at the downstream end of the conveyor belt 48 of the rearrangement device 44.
  • the overhead active run 56 of Umlenkbands 52 is seen in the feed direction Z, guided around the first deflecting roller 54 by 90 ° around a roller 58, so that subsequent to the roller 58, the active strand 56 in a vertical upward direction to a second guide roller 54th 'runs, which is located at the discharge end 18.
  • the return strand 56' is guided around a tensioning roller 60.
  • a pressure belt 62 extends around the roller 58, which, together with the active strand 56, forms a conveying gap 64 for the printed products 12 and is guided around a guide roller 66 at the discharge end 18.
  • the deflecting belt 52 and the pressure belt 62 cooperating therewith are formed by three parallel belts each.
  • the conveying gap 64 extends between the roller 58 and the discharge end 18 in the vertical direction, so that correspondingly the feed direction Z is directed at the discharge end 18 in the vertical direction from below to above.
  • the deflection device 50 a machine frame 68, on which the first guide roller 54, the second guide roller 54 ', the roller 58, the tension roller 60 and the guide roller 66 are mounted parallel-axis and freely rotatable.
  • the guide 20 is formed by a cross-sectionally C-shaped guide channel 69 made of sheet steel.
  • a self-contained conveyor member 70 is guided in the form of a well-known hinge link chain to which the gripper 22 are attached at a mounting distance Y.
  • the conveying member 70 is guided around a deflection wheel 74.
  • the two sections 72 extend parallel and in the vertical direction tangentially to the deflection wheel 74 and in a plane which runs at right angles to the deflection wheel axis 74 '.
  • the two sections 72 are fastened to one another in their end region facing the deflecting wheel 74 by means of two shields 76 located opposite one another, the deflecting wheel axis 74 'being freely rotatably mounted on these plates 76.
  • a stationary stop 78 which is intended to cooperate with the leading edges 32 of the printed products 12 in order to introduce them into the gripper jaws 28, is attached to the plates 76, in the transfer section 26.
  • the gripper orbit 24 has a U-shaped orbit section 80, wherein the two parallel legs are defined by the sections 72 and the takeover section 26 is in the arc section 80 'of this orbit section 80, namely the guide wheel 74.
  • Fig. 1 Next is out Fig. 1 recognizable that the feed direction Z at the discharge end 18 extends almost radially to the arcuate region 80 '.
  • the generally known grippers 22 each have two, the gripper mouth 28 forming, rotatable about a perpendicular to the direction of rotation U gripper axis rotatable gripper arms 82.
  • One of the gripper arms 82 is connected to a positioning lever 84, at the free end of a positioning roller 86 is freely rotatably mounted.
  • the other of the gripper arms 82 is connected in each case via a spring with a closing lever 88, at the free end of which a closing roller 90 is freely rotatably mounted.
  • the closing lever 88 In Closing position of the gripper 22 and tensioned spring, the closing lever 88 is releasably locked by means of a locking lever 92.
  • Both with the positioning roller 86 and with the closing roller 90 act in a known manner, for example, a rail-like positioning gate 86 'and Schliesskulisse 90' together.
  • an opening element 94 is provided for releasing the locking lever 92 from the detent position, which is formed in the embodiment shown as an opening gate.
  • the closed gripper 22 are held in the leading in the direction U to the guide pulley 74 section 72 in a pivotal position in which the gripper mouth 28 extends approximately at right angles to the gripper orbit 24.
  • the opening element 94 At the upstream end of the transfer section 26 is the opening element 94 and at least in the transfer section 26 and the closing roller 90 is guided on the Schliesskulisse 90 'to open the gripper mouth 28 in the desired pivot position, during the insertion of the respective printed product 12, through the Feed device 14, with the leading edge 32 ahead in the gripper mouth 28 to hold this in the desired rotational position and at the end of the transfer section 26 to close the gripper mouth 28 until the locking lever 92 has engaged.
  • the guide wheel 74 is rotatably mounted on the Umlenkradachse 74 ', which is freely rotatably mounted on the plates 76.
  • a first Gear 96 On the Umlenkradachse 74 'sits further rotationally fixed a first Gear 96, which is connected via a toothed belt 98 with a second gear 100, which in turn sits on the roller shaft 58 'of the roller 58 rotatably.
  • belt guides prevent the toothed belt 98 from being able to travel in the direction of the roller axle 58 'and the guide wheel axle parallel thereto 74'.
  • the first gear 96 is wider than the toothed belt 98, namely at least as wide that it is in the two maximum side positions 38, which in the Fig. 2 dash-dotted lines are still fully supported by the first gear 96.
  • the adjusting device 34 has a rotary spindle 102, which is mounted on the machine frame 68 stationary freely rotatable. On this sits a nut 104, which in turn are firmly held by a, attached to one of the plates 76 sleeve stub 106. At the free end of the rotary spindle 102 sits on this a Handeinstellrad 108. By rotating the Handeinstellrads 108, the axial position of the nut 104, and thus the position of the transfer section 26, set.
  • Fig. 2 and 4 is shown in solid lines the center position 36, in which the sliding sleeve 114 to the two stops 116 each have the same distance D, for example, 32 mm.
  • D distance
  • the plates 76, and thus the transfer section 26 are displaced in the direction of the guide rod 110, and thus perpendicular to the direction of rotation U and the feed direction Z, into a lateral position 38.
  • the maximum side positions are determined by the stops 116.
  • the toothed belt 98 moves accordingly on the first gear 96, which is why the displacement always takes place while the device 10 is running.
  • the conveying member 70 is driven in the direction of rotation U. This drives the deflecting device 50 via the drive connection 118 formed by the first gear 96, the toothed belt 98 and the second gear 100.
  • This drive connection generates a torque acting on the gripper conveyor 16, which is picked up by a torque receiving bar 122, which is fastened to the machine frame 68 and extends parallel to the guide bar 110.
  • a torque receiving connection 120 is formed between the feed device 14 and the gripper conveyor 16.
  • Fig. 2 Next goes out Fig. 2 that at each of the plates 76, symmetrical to the gripper orbit 24, a stop 78th is fixed. Moreover, in Fig. 2 dash-dotted lines a printed product 12 indicated, which is introduced with its leading edge 32 ahead in the gripper jaw 28 of a gripper 22 and cooperates with the edge 32 with the stop 78.
  • a scale 124 is attached to the torque receiving bar 122. This allows the operator to read the value of the set side position 38 of the transfer section 26 with respect to the center position 36.
  • Fig. 5 shows a device for inserting flat Einsteck arean 126 - ie of other sheet products - in folded sheet products, in the present case in the folded printed products 12.
  • This device comprises a device 10, as shown in the Fig. 1 - 4th shown and described above.
  • Fig. 5 is, in addition to Fig. 1 , the suction and gripper wheel 128 of the rearrangement device 44 indicated.
  • This removes the product stack 46 from below in a known manner and deposits the printed products 12 removed therefrom, in the imbricated formation S, onto the conveyor belt 48.
  • This promotes the imbricated formation S, in the feed direction Z, the deflection device 50, the Umlenkband 52 and Andschreibband 62, however, driven at a higher speed than the conveyor belt 48.
  • the foremost product Z in the feed direction of the imbricated formation S is accelerated and from the overlap with the subsequent printed product 12, so that successive products 12, in the conveying gap 64 with a distance successive, the gripper conveyor 16 can be supplied.
  • printed products 12 can also be supplied to the transfer end 18 in imbricated formation S, where the printed products 12 are then individually picked up by a respective gripper 22 of the gripper conveyor 16 and conveyed away in the direction of circulation U.
  • a feed station 130 is arranged, past which the gripper orbit 24, and which is intended to insert plug-in products 126 into the printing products 12 moved past it by means of the gripper conveyor 16 ,
  • the gripper circulating track 24 has a curved, in particular approximately circular, course, in which the grippers 22 are deflected by approximately 180 ° and thereby undergo a change in orientation.
  • an opening or a closing point 132, 132 ' is located before or after the feed station 130, at which point the grippers 22 moved past them are opened or closed. This can be achieved in a known manner, for example by means of a link control. Between the opening point 132 and the closing point 132 ', the plug-in products 126 are inserted into the opened printed products 12.
  • the support members 134 are intended to retract between the two product parts of the printed products 12 lifted apart from each other by means of an opening device 138, and to support the printed product 12 so that the plug-in product 126 can be inserted without the printed product 12 shifting in an uncontrolled manner, even if the Gripper 22 is temporarily open.
  • the feed station 130 is arranged such that it feeds the plug-in products 126 symmetrically to the gripper orbit 24, and thus centrally, the gripper 122.
  • M denotes a drive motor which drives the gripper conveyor 16 and the support element concentricity 136. If the gripper conveyor 16 has a very long length, it can additionally be driven by a further drive motor. However, it is also possible to drive the gripper conveyor 16 in other ways.
  • the opening device 138 can be switched on and off or moved into the product flow and out of it, in particular pivotably.
  • the plug-in products 126 As described above, it is switched on. If, on the other hand, it is switched off, the printed products 12 are not opened, so that they come to lie on the support elements 134 in the closed state.
  • the supplied from the feed station 130 further sheet products - these correspond to the Einsteck arean 126 - come to lie on the supported printed products 12 area and are then promoted together with these, in the manner of stacks, by means of the gripper 22 on.
  • the device shown can thus generally be referred to as a device for bringing together flat products, here the printed products 12, with further flat products 126.
  • the bringing together can be done by plugging, each other, etc. take place.
  • the Fig. 6 shows a section through the formed as a guide channel 69 guide 20 and guided therein, also known hinge link chain 140, which forms the conveying member 70, and at the chain links each a gripper 22 is attached.
  • hinge link chain 140 which forms the conveying member 70, and at the chain links each a gripper 22 is attached.
  • the positioning slide 86 'cooperating with the positioning roller 86 and the closing slide 90' cooperating with the closing roller 90 are also shown.
  • the gripper jaw 28 holds a folded printed product 12 in the middle section 42 of the product edge region 30 Dashed lines is also a folded Einsteck Treat 126 indicated, which has been inserted by means of the feed station 130 in the printed product 12, in such a way that it is centered, ie it is, like the printed product 12, symmetrical to the gripper orbit 24th
  • Fig. 7 shows in the same representation as Fig. 6 the gripper conveyor 16.
  • the gripper jaw 28 of the gripper 22 shown holds an identically designed printed product 12, as in Fig. 6 shown but laterally offset relative to the gripper 22 and the gripper orbit 24. This is indicated by the two double arrows B and C. In the acquisition of this printed product 12 in the transfer section 26, this was in a side position 38, in the embodiment shown in the maximum side position.
  • Fig. 8 shows a respect to the FIGS. 1 and 5 different embodiment of the feed device 14. It is designed as in Fig. 7 of the document WO 2007/051324 A1 shown and described in that document.
  • the product stack 46 formed from a plurality of folded printed products 12 rests with an edge region on freely rotatably mounted support rollers 144, which are arranged on a circulation element 146. Outside of said edge region of the product stack 46 is preferably on freely rotatable, stationary mounted support rollers.
  • the support rollers 144 are pivotable on the circulating member 146 about a tangential to this aligned axis, so that they are from a support position in which they are parallel to the axis of the rotary member 146, in a radial, away from the rotary member 146 position, are pivotable.
  • the pivotal movement of the support rollers 144 is controlled by means of a belt formed as a pivoting backdrop 148.
  • suction and gripper wheel 128 - see Fig. 5 and the document WO 2007/051324 A1 - Located between the product stack 46 receiving stacking space and the conveyor belt 48 disposed underneath.
  • the suction and gripper 128 engages each with a suction head the lowest printed product 12 of the product stack 46, this pulls between two support rollers 144th through and leads it to a gripper of the suction and gripper wheel 128.
  • the printed product 12 released from the product stack 46 in this manner is deposited onto the conveyor belt 48 driven in the feed direction Z, such that successively deposited printed products 12 come to rest on the conveyor belt 48 at a distance one behind the other.
  • the deflection belt 52 and the pressure belt 62 of the rearrangement device 44 downstream deflection device 50 may be driven at the same speed as the conveyor belt 48th
  • the gripper conveyor 16 is formed exactly the same as in the Fig. 1 - 4th shown and described above.
  • the product transfer from the feed device 14 to the gripper conveyor 16 also takes place in the same manner, either in the center position 36 or a side position 38 of the transfer section 26 of the gripper orbit 24th
  • the printed products 12 by means of the feed device 14 in Feed direction Z transported to the delivery end 18 of the feed device 14.
  • the transfer section 26 of the gripper orbit 24 is in the middle position 36, the printed products 12 are grasped by the gripper mouth 28 of a gripper 22 of the gripper conveyor 16 in their middle section 42 of the product edge region 30 adjacent to the feed direction Z running ahead further promoted.
  • the transfer section 26 is in a lateral position 38, the printed products 12 in their product edge region 30, offset with respect to the central section 42 in the direction of the leading edge 32, are gripped by the grippers 22 and conveyed further.
  • the transfer section 26 can be moved by means of the adjusting device 34 from the middle position 36 into the side positions 38 and back again. In this case, the guide 20 of the gripper conveyor 16 is elastically deformed.
  • the grippers 22 are guided in the guide 20, driven in the direction of rotation U, and they are arranged one behind the other, with their self-contained rapier orbit 24 with its transfer section 26 at the discharge end 18 of the feed device 14 passes.
  • the printed products 12 taken over by the feed device 14 are moved by means of the gripper conveyor 16 past the feed station 130 arranged downstream in the direction of circulation U, the feed station 130 possibly bringing together a further flat product 126 with each printed product 12 moved past it.
  • the grippers 22 are temporarily opened by moving past the feed station 130.
  • the other sheet products 126 are with respect to the gripper orbit 24, and thus symmetrically to the gripper 22, introduced into the gripper mouth 28.
  • the upstream conveying section can be formed, for example, by the rearrangement device 44 and the conveying section arranged downstream with respect to this, by the deflecting device 50 arranged stationarily.
  • the upstream conveying section with respect to the stationary, downstream conveying section, perpendicular to the feed direction Z, can be moved from a central position into lateral positions;
  • the rearrangement device 44 may be on wheels.
  • the printed products 12 are subsequently detected by means of the grippers 22 in the center section 42. If, on the other hand, the upstream conveying section is in a lateral position, the printed products 12 arrive at the deflection device 50 with a corresponding lateral offset. As a result, the printed products 12 are detected offset with respect to the central section 42 by means of the grippers 22.

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