EP2571794B1 - Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression et procédé pour faire fonctionner une installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression - Google Patents

Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression et procédé pour faire fonctionner une installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression Download PDF

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EP2571794B1
EP2571794B1 EP11719223.7A EP11719223A EP2571794B1 EP 2571794 B1 EP2571794 B1 EP 2571794B1 EP 11719223 A EP11719223 A EP 11719223A EP 2571794 B1 EP2571794 B1 EP 2571794B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
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    • B41F23/00—Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
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  • the present invention relates to the field of post-press processing. It relates to a print finishing plant according to the preamble of claim 1. The present invention also relates to a method for operating such a print finishing plant.
  • Such a device is, for example, in the CH patent application 04 668/86 described.
  • One or more continuous streams of printed products are split using buffering means on supply lines of at least two processing stations.
  • Another method according to Swiss Patent 649,063 shows how a conveyor track is divided into several tracks in order to use the "known and proven conveyor technology". This is to solve the problem of maintaining the performance of the feeders, called investors in the document while maintaining the aforementioned conveyor technology.
  • the required processing capacity is divided into several transport or processing paths, which in turn use a purely serial promotion.
  • a division of the conveyor tracks has the disadvantage that in addition to a large space requirement for the separate lines each of these lines own processing means, etc. requires. In fact, the mechanical and organizational effort is thus multiplied.
  • An example of a device for processing printed products which is suitable for the production of complex multi-part printed products is known from the EP 0681979 known.
  • With at least one collection drum printed products are collected. To carry out certain processing steps on the printed products or to add additional products to the printed products they are out of the collecting drum out in a concentricity.
  • the printed products keep their state unchanged during the transfer from the processing drum to the concentricity and from the concentricity to the processing drum. They do not "remember" whether they are in the processing drum or concentric. As the concentricity along a virtually arbitrary Movement path can be performed, the possibility for the most diverse processing steps is given.
  • the concentricity offers, in particular, the possibility of leading the printed products away from the processing drum for the purpose of carrying out special processing steps or feeding additional products, and returning them to the processing for further processing.
  • Another particular advantage is in the EP 0681979 stated that the concentricity allows the transfer of the printed products from one processing drum to another, during the transfer, the processing of the printed products or the supply of additional products is possible.
  • the present invention enables to carry out special processing steps or to add additional products in the feed to the processing drum or in the routing from the processing drum, always maintaining the serial processing mode, that is, all printed products in the product stream inside and outside the drum have the same conveying path and thus go through the same processing steps and are strictly serial processed. In embodiments in which the printed products are guided from the drum to the concentricity and back to the processing drum this is the case.
  • a print finishing plant according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from WO 2010/051651 A2 known.
  • a collating device of a print finishing unit receiving units are conveyed on a conveyor track by means of a spatially flexible, preferably chain-like, closed conveying member and that at least one point of the conveyor track a transfer device is arranged, which collected sub-collections from the receiving units takes over and transported away further processing, and that at at least one other point of the conveyor track a merge is arranged, which brings together more sub-collections from the receiving units with the first sub-collections or with the first sub-collection comprehensive print products to collections.
  • Transfer devices should be understood to mean all devices by means of which the sub-collections collected in the collating device are released from them and transferred for further treatment and / or processing.
  • the transfer devices according to the invention can comprise all types of devices and elements for dispensing, guiding, picking up and conveying and transporting sub-collections of flat printed products, in particular also regions of the collating device.
  • sub-collections can be singulated or transferred in the scale flow, but no sub-collections can be combined to make collections.
  • a merging is understood in the present application that a first collection from the gathering device with at least one second collection from the same collating device combined into a collection and further processed together or at least further processed, promoted or transported.
  • the mergings according to the invention each comprise at least one transfer device with which a sub-collection is dispensed from the collating device. Merging may be accomplished directly by the transfer device, but other devices, equipment or parts thereof may be involved. It is crucial that in the merge, a first sub-collection originating from the collating device is always merged with a second sub-collection likewise originating from the collating device.
  • the term delivery device refers to those devices which serve for the transfer or submission of sub-collections from conveyors, which are not attributable to the collating device, to the merge. Not only sub-collections but also printed products comprising sub-collections can be transferred to the dispensers. All dispensing devices have in common that upstream of them at least one transfer device upstream in the conveying direction.
  • the collating device Due to the special design of the collating device, the receiving units, the transfer devices and in particular the mergers, it is possible with the same collating different sub-collections of collected products, such as magazines, newspapers, newspaper parts, signatures, parts and intermediates, supplements, Cards, CDs or the like (hereinafter referred to as precursors) to process in various ways and / or in different lines on and then reunite with other sub-collections from the collator and to produce in this way complex product collections.
  • precursors magazines, newspapers, newspaper parts, signatures, parts and intermediates, supplements, Cards, CDs or the like
  • the pressure-further processing systems according to the invention for collating and further processing of sheet-like precursors comprise a collating device with a conveying track, on which in a closed circulation a plurality of in the direction of rotation successively arranged receiving units for receiving precursors to be collected circulates.
  • a plurality of feed devices are arranged one behind the other in the direction of circulation, from which precursors are dispensed into the receiving units moving past them on the conveyor track.
  • the receiving units are conveyed on a conveyor track by means of a spatially flexible, preferably chain-like, self-contained conveyor member.
  • the receiving units each have clamping means which hold the collected in the receiving units precursors, that is at least one precursor, clamped.
  • a transfer device is arranged, which controls collected first sub-collections in a known manner from the receiving units of the collator and transferred as closely as possible retention of the relative position of the precursors to each other in the collected sub-collection for further processing in a downstream processing line.
  • a merger is arranged, by means of which collected further sub-collections from the receiving units with the first sub-collections or with the first sub-collection comprehensive printed products are brought together into collections.
  • An embodiment of the pressure-further processing plant according to the invention is characterized in that at least one further transfer device is arranged at least at a further point of the conveyor track of the collating device and / or at least one further combination is arranged at at least one further point of the conveyor track.
  • a further embodiment is characterized in that a controller is provided which in a predetermined manner controls the feeder means, the transfer means or the transfer means and the merge such that in each case the desired sub-collections or sub-collection comprising printed products are available at the merger or consolidations.
  • the feeders, the transfer means or the transfer means and the control are controlled in a predetermined manner by the controller such that sub-collections from the receiving units with the first sub-collections or printed products comprising the first sub-collections in the at least one merge can be merged into collections according to a higher-level production plan are.
  • the precursors of a specific delivery device or a group of delivery device of a particular transfer device or a specific merge can be assigned by means of the controller and fed to it by means of a specific further processing.
  • An embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the conveying track comprises an upper track or run and a lower track or run which are substantially parallel and are interconnected at the ends by deflection areas and form a closed circuit.
  • the conveying track comprises an upper track or run and a lower track or run which are substantially parallel and are interconnected at the ends by deflection areas and form a closed circuit.
  • at least one Collating provided on the upper track piece and at the lower track and / or at the deflection areas a plurality of transfer devices and / or merges are arranged.
  • the gathering areas are distinguished by the fact that in them precursors and / or supplements are conveyed to the receiving units by means of at least one feed device.
  • a plurality of feed device is arranged in a space-saving manner on both sides of the conveyor track in each collating area.
  • a further embodiment of the invention is characterized in that a plurality of collating regions are arranged one after the other at the conveying path in the direction of circulation. Since the receiving units are conveyed by means of a spatially flexible, preferably chain-like conveyor member, the conveyor track can be led out between successive collation areas to form an intermediate loop and the one transfer device or a combination can be arranged on the intermediate loop.
  • a preferably linear section of a conveyor track is rotated about its longitudinal axis, so that the receiving units are linearly conveyed while passing through this section and simultaneously pivoted radially.
  • a collator having an upper run and a lower run, can be equipped in this way, the receiving units from above in a gathering area with precursors or supplements, then let the collected sub-collections by pivoting the receiving units by 180 ° down into a , bring about the preferred spatial orientation for dispensing, deliver in a transfer device or a merge and again by pivoting 180 ° in turn can be in a further gathering area again from above products supply.
  • the functionality of the upper and lower run is realized by pivoting in an area of the device which is substantially linearly aligned.
  • a subsequent receiving unit may be understood as meaning either a spatially subsequent further receiving unit which follows a first receiving unit in the collating device in the conveying direction.
  • the term below, however, may also refer to the same receiving unit in the sense of temporally following, which receives a second or further sub-collection at a later time after receiving and delivering a first sub-collection.
  • the merging of two or more sub-collections according to the present invention may comprise the following steps: a juxtaposition, which may also be partially or laterally offset, a juxtaposition, an insertion side by side or an insertion into each other, a releasable or non-detachable connection, and all combinations of the foregoing.
  • An embodiment of the method according to the invention is characterized in that at least one further sub-collection or another printed product produced using the further sub-collection is added to a collection in at least one further merging step.
  • At least one further sub-collection from the collating device is fed to the further processing.
  • a receiving unit in a first collation area receives a first sub-collection, transfers it to a transfer device following in the direction of conveyance, or merges it into a subsequent sub-collection in subsequent conveyance.
  • the now empty receiving unit can record in the same circulation cycle in a further collation area another sub-collection and in turn transfer this or transfer it in a subsequent transfer device or a subsequent merge.
  • the sub-collections can be singulated or combined in a shingled stream with other sub-collections or other sub-collections comprising printed products to product collections.
  • each of the recording units can be equipped in a known manner in gathering areas with a sub-collection of precursors and / or supplements. In successive recording units this can be an identical sub-collection or the receiving units are alternately supplied with products by different feeders, so that they transport different collections.
  • the devices according to the invention comprise at least one transfer device and at least one merge, it is possible to assign the sub-collections from each receiving unit to a specific transfer device or to a specific merge and thus to supply them to a specific further processing or to the production of a specific product collection.
  • the sub-collections which are assigned to a specific transfer device or a specific merge, can be further individualized. Since each delivery device of the collating device can be controlled individually, each sub-collection, which is collected in a specific receiving unit, can be assembled from a desired combination of precursors.
  • the sub-collections may include a single precursor to a variety of precursors. In current production, partial collections, are assigned to the same transfer device or the same merger are varied in composition.
  • a first type of sub-collections can be fed via a first transfer device to a further processing in which they are inserted into a main product, for example in the form of a main product.
  • a second type of sub-collections can be via a second transfer means a merge comprising a plug-in supply in which the second sub-collection in the meantime to a stapled and trimmed magazine further processed product of main product and inserted first sub-collection add in a further insertion.
  • the second-order sub-collection thus produced comprises the main product with the first inserted sub-collection (in the form of the stapled and trimmed magazine) and the second sub-collection inserted in the magazine.
  • Such a second-order sub-collection can also be made by a collating operation in which the magazine with the first inserted sub-collection comes to rest on or under the second sub-collection, or it can be made by an inserting operation in which the second sub-collection is inserted next to the magazine becomes.
  • the second-order sub-collection is combined with another sub-collection from the collator in a further merger to a product stack or a finished product collection, which now consists of a magazine (comprising the inserted and then stapled first part collection) and two other sub-collections.
  • a first type of sub-collections can also be further processed via a first transfer device, in which they are converted into a main product
  • a first transfer device in which they are converted into a main product
  • a second type of sub-collections can be fed via a second transfer means a first merge in which they are added to the now further processed, for example addressed magazine.
  • the second-order sub-collection thus produced comprises the magazine with the first inserted sub-collection and the second sub-collection in a stack.
  • Such a sub-collection of second order can be stored in a subsequent second merge on a third sub-collection, so that a collection comprising three sub-collections and a magazine is created.
  • the magazine is preferably located at the top of the product stack, so that the addressing is not obscured by the other sub-collections.
  • the system according to the invention and the method according to the invention make it possible, by means of a gathering device, which is given a central position in the further processing plant, to divide the stream of compiled products into individual streams of sub-collections, which use different transfer devices to carry out different types of further processing one or more further processing lines are supplied and combined via a merger with at least one further sub-collection from the same collating device to form a complex product stack.
  • the gathering devices of the pressure-further processing systems all enable a return of incomplete sub-collections and a completion of these. This is made possible by a product tracking over the entire device.
  • the controller records the type and number of products that are collected in each unit.
  • the controller advantageously detects the actual state of each clip and also knows the desired state of the same, so that it can be decided which method steps are performed. Since the position of each recording unit is known at all times, not only incomplete sub-collections are possible repair with the missing or the pre-products, but it can also be product collections from specific recording units targeted specific transfer devices or specific mergers perform.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic embodiment of a print finishing unit 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • a collating device 5 occupies a central position.
  • a gathering area 10-indicated in the figure by a dot-dashed rectangle-a total of twelve feeders 101-112 are arranged alternately on both sides of the conveyor track.
  • feed devices 101-112 By means of the feed devices 101-112, precursors can be withdrawn from a supply stack and conveyed via a spiral path 113, 114 (looping) into the receiving units moved past.
  • Such feeders 101-112 are known under the name "JetFeeder" by the applicant.
  • precursors When passing through the gathering region 10, precursors can be fed successively into the receiving unit 20 (inserted, inserted or inserted) to form a stack.
  • the feed of the precursors via feeders, as they are known by the applicant under the name "Jetfeeder”.
  • the first sub-collection T1 is present, which is preferably clamped in the receiving unit by means of a gripper jaw, not shown.
  • the closed gripper jaws of the receiving units with the sub-collections T1 located therein are then transported over a plurality of curved web sections through a feed 31 and along a lower run to a transfer device 30.
  • the first transfer device is located in the deflection region 42 and is for reasons of clarity in the FIG.
  • the transfer device 30 illustrated comprises a transport device shown in simplified form as a transport belt, which takes over the sub-collections T1 from the receiving units and for further processing in a plug-in device 51 transported.
  • the sub-collection T1 is inserted into a main product HP, which originates from a receptacle 50 and the insertion device is conveyed in a known manner with a gripper conveyor 60 and conveyed therethrough.
  • the gripper conveyor 60 transports the main product with the inserted sub-collection (HP + T1) to a dispenser 36.
  • a stapling unit 52, a cutting drum 53 and an addressing unit 54 are arranged, in which the main product with the inserted sub-collection (HP + T1) can be stapled, cropped and addressed, so that along the illustrated further processing line three further processing steps are feasible.
  • the dispenser 36 the main products with the inserted sub-collections (HP + T1) successively and spaced from each other on a conveyor belt 40 delivered, as in the neckline enlargement according to FIG. 2 is shown.
  • the main products with the inserted sub-collections (HP + T1) are transported spaced apart in the conveying direction F to the merger 31, where another sub-collection T2 from the collator 5, while maintaining the exact spatial orientation of the individual products of the sub-collection T2 and the main products with the inserted sub-collections (HP + T1) is placed controlled on the main product, so that a product collection K is formed.
  • the complex product collections K thus produced are guided on the conveyor belt 40 by a filming station 55, in which they are welded into plastic film.
  • Another gripper conveyor 70 takes over the welded-in collections K and transports them to a stacking device 56 with a downstream binder 57 in which K packages P are produced from a predetermined number of collections and fed to the removal and shipping 58.
  • FIG. 2 shows a print further processing system 2 according to a further embodiment of the present invention, in which the collating device 6 two collation areas 11, 12 has.
  • the conveyor track between the two successive collation areas 11, 12 is led out to form an intermediate loop 41 and a junction 32 is arranged on the intermediate loop 41.
  • this merge 32 which includes a second - not shown - transfer device, only indicated as a dashed box.
  • the transfer device is again designed, for example, in the form of a conveyor belt which takes over the sub-collections T3 from the receiving units, which are likewise not shown, and transports them to the insertion device 59.
  • the sub-collections T3 are merged with the stapled and trimmed main products with the inserted sub-collections T1 (marked in the figure with (HP + T1)).
  • the second-order sub-collections T3 + (HP + T1) are transported for addressing 54.
  • the addressed second-order sub-collections T3 + (HP + T1) are deposited in the delivery 36 by the gripper conveyor 60 onto the conveyor belt 40 and transported to the merge point in the merge 31.
  • the merge is again as before for FIG. 2 described.
  • the merged sub-collections differ from each other.
  • the merge 31 is configured in such a way that the sub-collections T4 are placed with exact position on the addressed sub-collections T3 + (HP + T1) so that the collection K1 is produced.
  • the merging of the sub-collections takes place in the region of a deflection 43 of the collating device 6, wherein the sub-collections to be merged, respectively the receiving units and the conveyor belt, are aligned parallel or tangentially to one another in the region of the merging. This facilitates the stacking in general and in particular the maintenance of the exact spatial orientation of the individual precursors stack T4 and their controlled delivery.
  • the collections K1 are again foiled 55 and taken over in the delivery 71 by the gripper conveyor 70, transported to the destacker 56, stacked and strapped in the binder 57 to packages P '.
  • Is used in the print finishing unit 2, as in the FIG. 3 is shown in the collator no partial product T1 collected, and accordingly delivered to the transfer device 30 no partial product, so the merger 32 can operate as a transfer unit.
  • the merger 32 may be inserted into a main product HP from receptacle 50, which was conveyed in the stitching unit 52 without inserting operation by the insertion device 51 and without stapling, but was cut in the cutting drum, by inserting a partial product T3.
  • a partial product T3 By definition, such an insertion now corresponds to transferring and not merging, since the main product does not originate from the collating device 6.
  • the print finishing units 1, 2 according to the FIGS. 1 and 3 differ essentially only by the aforementioned features. This should also be clarified by the fact that the other parts of the system are provided with the same reference numerals. However, the print finishing unit 2 allows the production of much more complex products.
  • a first sub-collection T1 is inserted into a main product HP 51, stitched 52 and trimmed 53.
  • the main product thus produced with the inserted sub-collection (HP + T1) is passed through a second insertion device 59 in which another sub-collection T3 is inserted next to the main product with the inserted sub-collection (HP + T1).
  • a main product HP with an inserted part collection T1 and a stack of further preliminary products, the sub-collection T3, arranged next to it are now conveyed.
  • This product line is labeled T2 + (HP + T1). It is addressed in a downstream addressing unit 54 and stored again in the delivery device 36 on the conveyor belt 40 and fed to the merger 31.
  • a sub-collection T4 from the receiving units of the collating device 6 is placed on the product combination T2 + (HP + T1), so that a collection K1 is formed.
  • This product collection K1 comprises a product stack from a lower part of the collection T2 on which a main product with the inserted Part collection (HP + T1) and about the further sub-collection T4 are.
  • This complex product collection K1 can in turn be welded in foil in the downstream foliing unit 55, transferred in a dispenser 71 to a gripper conveyor 70 and strapped by means of a stacking unit 56, and binder 57 into packages of desired quantities.
  • the controller 90 which controls in a predetermined manner at least the feeders, the transfer means, and the merge, such that printed products comprising the desired sub-collections or sub-collections are available at the merge 31 with the associated data lines in the FIG. 1 only indicated dotted.
  • the conveying directions F respectively the corresponding conveying means in the transfer devices according to the invention and the merging in the area of the product transfer are aligned parallel or tangentially to each other. This facilitates product handover in general and, in particular, the maintenance of the exact spatial orientation of the individual products and the products in the stack and their controlled delivery.
  • the gathering device 7 comprises a central gathering area 13, to which a merging 33 and two transfer devices 34 and 35 arranged in the direction of rotation F of the conveyor organ downstream of the merging 33 connect downstream.
  • a merging 33 and two transfer devices 34 and 35 arranged in the direction of rotation F of the conveyor organ downstream of the merging 33 connect downstream.
  • the merge 33 only one conveyor belt 40 'and the shares of the collating device 7 with individual receiving units 20 are shown. From the FIG. 4 it becomes clear that the two transfer facilities 34, 35 and the merger are arranged at different levels and in different spatial directions.
  • the conveyor track can be adapted to all local conditions without great constructional effort by way of various deflection areas 42 ', 42 "and linearly arranged linear pieces 44, 46.
  • the receiving units can even be pivoted about the longitudinal axis of the conveyor track by means of helical sections 48 Passing through the section 48 of upwardly directed receiving units are pivoted downwardly in this direction by 180 ° until they are below the conveyor track.
  • helical sections Passing through the section 48 of upwardly directed receiving units are pivoted downwardly in this direction by 180 ° until they are below the conveyor track.
  • the use of helical sections according to the invention is not restricted to linear sections of the conveyor track , so that the recording units can be guided along complex superimposed space curves.
  • sub-collections T produced by means of the systems according to the invention can be delivered in the shingled stream (in the merge 33) or also occasionally (in the transfer devices 34, 35).
  • the sub-collections to be merged can generally be brought together in a controlled manner by means of suitable combinations, thus also in the form of superimposed scale flows from sub-collections while maintaining the exact spatial orientation.
  • Such an operation is advantageous if the product collections need not be spaced apart from each other for a subsequent foliation, but if they must be freely accessible, for example, only for the acquisition by a gripper conveyor at a leading edge.
  • the device according to the invention and the method according to the invention make it possible to selectively generate gaps in the product streams from product collections from the individual transfer devices, regardless of whether they are supplied singly or in a shingled stream for further processing.
  • gaps may arise from production engineering Reasons, for example, to relieve a subsequent operation / device in further processing, for example a stacking device in the manufacture of small numbers of packages.
  • Such a gap in a product stream can be generated, for example, by assembling in a collating area in which two types of sub-collections A and B in consecutive pick-up units are: A, B, A, B, B, B, A, B, A, B.
  • the fifth pick-up unit By fitting the fifth pick-up unit not with a type A collection, but with a type B sub-collection, the fifth pick-up unit will not deliver a sub-collection and a product gap as it passes through the transfer device to dispense the type A sub-collections (A, A, _, A, A, called gap in the following) generated in the discharged stream of partial products.
  • the type A sub-collections A, A, _, A, A, called gap in the following
  • a sub-collection of advertising inserts is not plugged into a particular main product, but this individually ad-free main product but then in the merge with another sub-collection B, comprising an editorial magazine and a product supplement, provided as the Product flow of sub-collections B has no corresponding gap.
  • the same gap can be generated in which the corresponding feeders do not release the precursors for the fifth pickup unit (A, B, A, B, _, B, A, B, A, B), so again at the third location in the delivered product flow of the sub collections of type A a gap is formed.
  • a collating apparatus in a collating apparatus, as described, for example, in US Pat FIG. 1 outlined some dozen to several thousand identical sub-collections of the first type T1 and fed through the first transfer means 30 for further processing.
  • the size of the batch is essentially determined by the length of the transport path between the insertion device 51 and the delivery device 36, or by the number of clips in the Gripper conveyor 60 limited on this route. If, for example, there are 500 clamps on this section, then the collating device 5 can make use of all the receiving units 20 to produce at least 500 partial collections T1 and deliver them to the gripper conveyor 60 before the first of the 500 partial collections reaches the delivery device 36 and then the merging 31.
  • the sub-collections T2 With the collection of the sub-collections T2 - again taking advantage of all receiving units 20 - only after the complete batch of type T1 is made. Since the path of the sub-collections T2 in the collating device 5 from the collating area 10 to the collation 31 is comparatively short, the sub-collections T2 reach the junction in time to be merged with the first sub-collections T1.
  • the size of the batches of sub-collections can be arbitrarily reduced, up to the above order A, B, A, B, ... in which a batch of a single product is formed.
  • more than two types of sub-collections can be correspondingly collected and processed batchwise.
  • FIG. 5 is highly schematic shows the production of a complex product collection according to another embodiment of the present invention in a print finishing unit 3 shown.
  • the gathering device 8 three different sub-collections T5, T6 and T7 are collected.
  • the first sub-collection T5 is fed by means of a first transfer device 80 to further processing in which it is inserted into a main product HP and trimmed on the flower (indicated by the dashed line).
  • the corresponding manufactured main product HP with the inserted part collection T5 is designated (HP + T5).
  • a second sub-collection T6 is supplied by means of a second transfer device 81 to a further processing, in which it is welded in foil (in the FIG. 5 indicated by the dotted rectangle and designated T6f).
  • the foiled sub-collection T6f is in a first merge 82 on the Main product with the inserted sub-collection T5 (HP + T5) filed so that a sub-collection second order (HP + T5) + T6f is formed. Subsequently, a sub-collection T7 is stored from the collating device 8 in the second merge 83 on a belt conveyor and on this sub-collection T7 the previously formed sub-collection (HP + T5) + T6f is filed. According to the present invention, therefore, extremely complex product collections T7 + (HP + T5) + T6f can be produced with only a single collating device 8, the sub-collections of which undergo various further processing steps as required and are subsequently combined.
  • the combinations according to the invention do not have to be arranged directly on the conveyor track of the collating device. According to certain advantageous embodiments, they are arranged at a distance from the conveying path of the collating device and connected thereto via transport means, for example via conveyor belts or gripper transporters. Accordingly, the mergers can not only comprise transfer devices by means of which they are only transferred, but they can also include transfer devices in / or to which the sub-collections to be transferred are processed or further processed.

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  1. Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression (1, 2, 3) pour rassembler et traiter ultérieurement des pré-produits (V) plats comprenant un dispositif de rassemblement (5, 6, 7, 8) avec un couloir de transport (41) sur lequel une pluralité d'unités de réception (20) disposées les unes derrière les autres circule dans la direction de circulation, en circulation fermée, pour recevoir les pré-produits (V) à rassembler et au niveau duquel plusieurs dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112) sont disposés les uns derrière les autres dans au moins une zone de rassemblement (10, 11, 12, 13) dans la direction de circulation, les pré-produits (V) étant transférés de ces dispositifs d'acheminement dans les unités de réception (20) se déplaçant en avant à ce niveau-là sur le couloir de transport, les unités de réception (20) étant transportées sur le couloir de transport à l'aide d'un organe de transport fermé en soi flexible dans l'espace, de préférence de type chaîne et un dispositif de transfert (30, 34, 35, 80, 81) étant disposé au niveau d'au moins un point (42) du couloir de transport, lesdits dispositifs de transfert transférant les premières collections partielles (T1, T5) rassemblées provenant des unités de réception (20) pour traitement ultérieur, caractérisée en ce qu'un regroupement (31, 35, 82, 83) est disposé au niveau d'au moins un point (42", 43) supplémentaire du couloir de transport ou à une certaine distance de lui, ledit regroupement regroupant les collections partielles (T2, T4, T6, T7) supplémentaires rassemblées provenant des unités de réception (20) avec les premières collections partielles (T1, T5) ou la collection partielle comprenant des produits d'impression rassemblés en collections (K, K1).
  2. Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression (2, 3) selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins un dispositif de transfert supplémentaire et/ou au moins un regroupement (32, 82) supplémentaire est disposé au niveau d'au moins un point supplémentaire du couloir de transport du dispositif de rassemblement (5, 6, 7, 8).
  3. Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression (1, 2, 3) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce qu'un élément de commande (90) est prévu, ledit élément commandant de telle sorte les dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112), les dispositifs de transfert (30, 34, 35, 80, 81) et l'au moins un regroupement (31, 32, 33, 82, 83) que les collections partielles souhaitées ou les collections partielles souhaitées comprenant des produits d'impression sont respectivement mises à disposition au niveau de l'au moins un regroupement (31, 32, 33, 82, 83).
  4. Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression (1, 2, 3) selon la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que l'élément de commande (90) commande de telle sorte les dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112), les dispositifs de transfert (30, 34, 35, 80, 81) et l'au moins un regroupement (31, 32, 33, 82, 83) que les collections partielles (T2, T4, T6, T7) provenant des unités de réception (20) peuvent être regroupées avec les premières collections partielles (T1, T5) ou avec les produits d'impression comprenant la collection partielle dans l'au moins un regroupement rassemblé en collections (K), selon un plan de production supérieur.
  5. Installation de traitement ultérieur d'impression (1, 2) selon la revendication 3 ou 4, caractérisée en ce que les pré-produits d'un dispositif d'acheminement (101-112) défini ou d'un groupe de dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112), d'un dispositif de transfert défini ou d'un regroupement défini peuvent être affectés à l'aide de l'élément de commande (90).
  6. Procédé pour rassembler et traiter ultérieurement des pré-produits (V) plats, avec une installation (1, 2, 3) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    - rassemblement d'une première collection partielle (T1, T5) de pré-produits provenant d'un dispositif d'acheminement (101-112) défini ou d'un groupe de dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112) dans au moins une première unité de réception (20) ;
    - rassemblement d'une collection partielle (T2, T3, T4, T6, T7) supplémentaire de pré-produits (V) provenant d'un dispositif d'acheminement (101-112) défini ou d'un groupe de dispositifs d'acheminement (101-112) dans au moins une unité de réception (20) suivante ;
    - transfert de la première collection partielle (T1, T5) de pré-produits au moyen d'un dispositif de transfert (30, 80) défini à un traitement ultérieur défini ;
    - transfert d'au moins une collection partielle (T2, T3, T4, T6, T7) supplémentaire de pré-produits au moyen d'un dispositif de transfert supplémentaire ; et
    - regroupement de la première collection partielle (T1, T5) ou d'un produit d'impression fabriqué en utilisant la première collection partielle (T1) et d'au moins une collection partielle (T2, T4, T7) supplémentaire pour former une collection (K, K1).
  7. Procédé selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que lors d'au moins une étape de regroupement supplémentaire, au moins une collection partielle (T3, T6, T7) supplémentaire ou un produit d'impression supplémentaire fabriqué en utilisant la collection partielle supplémentaire sont ajoutés à une collection partielle (T1, T5) ou une collection partielle d'ordre supérieur fabriquée en utilisant la collection partielle (T1, T5) et au moins une collection partielle (T3, T6) supplémentaire est ajoutée.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que lors d'au moins une étape de regroupement supplémentaire, au moins une collection partielle supplémentaire est amenée d'un dispositif de rassemblement pour réaliser un traitement ultérieur.
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de réception (20) reçoit une collection partielle dans un cycle de circulation, autour du couloir de transport du dispositif de rassemblement (6), dans une zone de rassemblement (11), transfère ladite collection dans un dispositif de transfert suivant dans la direction de transport ou dans un regroupement suivant dans la direction de transport et reçoit une collection partielle supplémentaire dans le même cycle de circulation, dans une zone de rassemblement (11) supplémentaire, et transfère celle-ci dans un dispositif de transfert suivant ou dans un regroupement suivant.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le regroupement des collections partielles ou des produits d'impression comprenant les collections partielles se produit par enfichage côte à côte ou enfichage les uns dans les autres, superposition, placage les uns sur les autres et/ou placement côte à côte.
  11. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'une première collection (T1, T5) et au moins une collection partielle (T2, T3, T4, T6, T7) supplémentaire sont regroupées en alternance ou par lots dans les unités de réception (20) suivantes.
  12. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 6 à 10, caractérisé en ce que les collections partielles sont regroupées de façon individualisée ou en courant d'écailles pour former les collections de produits.
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