EP0842746A2 - Procédé et dispositif pour couper les cÔtés ouverts de produits imprimés et reliés, délivrés un par un ou en couches - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif pour couper les cÔtés ouverts de produits imprimés et reliés, délivrés un par un ou en couches Download PDF

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EP0842746A2
EP0842746A2 EP97810841A EP97810841A EP0842746A2 EP 0842746 A2 EP0842746 A2 EP 0842746A2 EP 97810841 A EP97810841 A EP 97810841A EP 97810841 A EP97810841 A EP 97810841A EP 0842746 A2 EP0842746 A2 EP 0842746A2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B26D7/015—Means for holding or positioning work for sheet material or piles of sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0675—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form specially adapted for piles of sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D2007/0012—Details, accessories or auxiliary or special operations not otherwise provided for
    • B26D2007/0056—Rotating a pile of sheets in the plane of the sheets
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D2007/0012—Details, accessories or auxiliary or special operations not otherwise provided for
    • B26D2007/0081—Cutting on three sides, e.g. trilateral trimming
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S83/00—Cutting
    • Y10S83/929—Particular nature of work or product
    • Y10S83/934—Book, being made, e.g. trimming a signature
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/04—Processes
    • Y10T83/0505—With reorientation of work between cuts
    • Y10T83/051—Relative to same tool
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/647—With means to convey work relative to tool station
    • Y10T83/6667—Work carrier rotates about axis fixed relative to tool station

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  • the invention relates to a method for trimming the open Side edges fed individually or in layers, bound Printed matter such as books, brochures or magazines, the on the bound side edge captured in a vertical processing level oriented to the cutting plane by a translatory feed movement or by a feed movement a cutting device, and by a rotary movement in a cutting position.
  • printed products of the type mentioned are used Type after the printed sheets forming them are bound or after the final attachment of an envelope to the trimmed three open side edges to a desired format. It is possible to have several books stacked on top of each other cut together without changing the clamping to make.
  • CH-A-263'992 mediates a so-called cutting machine for trimming books and the like, which can be trimmed on three sides in one clamping process.
  • a yoke is arranged on a slide by means of columns, bridging a turntable transversely, in which a threaded nut is vertically displaceable but non-rotatably guided, which is used to support a threaded spindle and is formed on the underside with a pressure head for pressing a pressure plate.
  • a cutting apparatus explained in EP-A-0'710'530 for Trimming three side edges of a bound printed product points next to one interacting with a cutting table Knife one for holding a printed product trained cutting pliers to hold on to the collar of the printed product with a translatory to the knife and rotationally driven positioning device is provided.
  • the multi-step cutting process means that mentioned cutting devices with disadvantages that result in unusually low processing performance and prevent automatic loading.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore, in compliance high reliability and the required quality a method and a device for its implementation to create with the previous processing performance significantly can be improved.
  • this object is achieved in that the Trimming two printed products at the top and / or bottom edge done in one step. This allows processing partially carried out according to a double benefit method, so that there is a noticeably higher processing performance can.
  • a Device with a one in a vertical plane of about horizontal cutting table with drivable knives Cutting device and one to the cutting plane of the cutting device spaced, which captured on the bound side edge Printed products in the effective area of the cutting device leading positioning device provided around an axis of rotation perpendicular to the cutting table and perpendicular to the Cutting plane can be driven step by step, and the one with the Clamping table forming a coplanar support clamping device connected to the positioning device has, which is characterized in that the positioning device two opposite each other on the axis of rotation, independently controllable clamping devices having.
  • This device 1 for trimming the open side edges of books, magazines, brochures and magazines consists of a cutting device 2 having a knife 3 which can be driven in a vertical plane of an approximately horizontal cutting table 22.
  • a lowerable knife bar 25 to which the knife 3 is (replaceably) attached exerts a scissor-like movement which ends at a cutting bar 26 embedded in the cutting table 22.
  • the cutting table 22, which is the partial surface of the flat processing table 14, is laterally offset from a positioning device 7, which in turn can be driven about an axis of rotation 24 perpendicular to the surface of the processing table 14 and perpendicularly back and forth to the cutting plane of the cutting device 2.
  • the processing table 14 which is designed like a stand on the floor, has a slot-like recess 27, which is penetrated by a drive shaft 28 connected to the positioning device 7.
  • the drive motor (not shown) of the drive shaft 28 is fastened to a frame (not visible) which is guided beneath the processing table 14 and is movable parallel to the recess 27.
  • the positioning device 7 gradually rotates counterclockwise by 90 ° in order to carry out the trimming of the printed products.
  • the positioning device 7 guided in the processing table 14 has two clamping devices 12, 13 on the axis of rotation 24 which are opposite one another and in which the bound printed products 4 to 6 are clamped with the bound side edge 23.
  • each of the clamping devices 12, 13 has a clamping plate 16 sunk in a recess 29 of the processing table 14 which has the slot-like recess 27 and which forms a clamping or support plane which is flush with the processing table 14.
  • the clamping plates 16 lying flat on the axis of rotation 24 are connected by a connecting web 30 arranged approximately at right angles to the clamping plates 16 in the axis of rotation 24 to a spaced support plate 31 on which a closing position and an opening position of the clamping device 12, 13 assigned to each clamping plate 16 displaceable pressure plate 32 is guided.
  • the side of the connecting web 30 facing the clamping devices 12, 13 form a stop 35, which serves as a reference edge for the wide format, for the printed products 4 to 6 fed in advance for the bundle and others.
  • the pressure plates 32 are actuated by the schematically illustrated, hydraulically or pneumatically or mechanically or electromechanically actuable piston-cylinder units 33 which are fastened on the support plates 31.
  • the drive assembly of the piston-cylinder units 33 which are controlled by valves (not shown), is located on the frame of the drive motor of the positioning device 7, which is not visible in a slide-like manner. As shown in FIG. 1, two printed products 5, 6 are in the cutting position for head and the base edge, in which they are pressed onto the cutting table 22 by a pressing bar 34 arranged in front of the cutting device 2 before cutting.
  • the press beam 34 is controlled in cooperation with the cutting device 2 and the movements of the positioning device 7.
  • the positioning device 7 is loaded via the processing table 14 approximately parallel to the cutting plane of the cutting device 2 by an approximately rectilinear feed movement in which, for example, a lowered press beam 34 or a side guide which is particularly suitable for this purpose could be used.
  • the printed products can be fed mechanically to the device 1 in the processing cycle, for example by means of a lift, which leads the printed products 40 in a stacked manner, where, when they reach the processing table 14, they are individually fed or pushed to an open clamping device 12, 13 of the positioning device 7.
  • the working steps of the positioning device 7 each take place in a 90 ° partial rotary movement and perpendicularly back and forth to the cutting plane of the knife 3 of the cutting device.
  • a delivery unit 21 is indicated opposite the cutting device 2, through which the printed products leave the processing process.
  • the printed products can also be removed from the process at a delivery 21 located on the axis of rotation 24 in the processing direction and delivery 270 ° from the loading device.
  • the processing process is carried out with a programmable control which determines a working cycle required between clamping devices 12, 13 or positioning device 7 and cutting device 2. This should be extended if, for example, a loading device is switched on.
  • 3a to 3f convey in this sequence a processing sequence from the start of a production with three bound printed products 4 to 6 in connection with a device 1 shown in FIG. 1.
  • these figures show in schematic form the knife 3 of a cutting device 2 and the positioning device 7 of the device viewed from above.
  • 3a shows the starting position of the cutting process, ie the first printed product 4 is located in the first clamping device 12 in the cutting position of the head edge 9.
  • the first printed product 4 was in a processing plane 8 with regard to the cutting device 2 according to the dashed lines or on a processing table 14 of the positioning device 7 according to arrow 15 slightly offset. This measure can be neglected with a corresponding design of the cutting device 2 and does not impair the proposed cutting method.
  • the first clamping device 12 connected to the positioning device 7 is opened and its clamping plate 16 forms a processing level 8 with the feed plane 8. If the printed products 4 to 6 are each in an offset position - as described above and shown in broken lines - in the If the first clamping device 12 arrive, then a larger feed distance to the cutting device 2 is required than if they only arrive in a straight line in one of the clamping devices 12, 13 around the section 17 to be separated. 3a also shows the clamped printed product 4 in the cutting area.
  • the printed product 4 clamped in during the entire processing operation After lifting the knife 3 in the processing plane 8, is rotated by 90 ° and placed in a position in which the front can be trimmed.
  • the width of the printed product 4 plays a role, which determines the length of the feed path to be covered perpendicular to the knife 3 or the cutting plane. It happens that the infeed path can be zero in order to be able to trim the front edge 11 of the printed product 4. In the present case, it is necessary to reset the printed product 4 or the positioning device 7 from the knife 3 due to the ratio of the longitudinal and side edges of the printed product.
  • the translatory movement is indicated by arrow 18, that of the rotating movement by 90 ° by arrow 19 in Fig. 3b.
  • a subsequent processing step is shown in Fig. 3c.
  • both printed products 4, 5 are moved by a translational movement into the cutting area and trimmed there on the side edges, the foot edge 10 being printed now for print product 4 and the head edge 9 being printed for printed product 5, provided that both printed products 4, 5 are in the same position - Of course, in advance - the first 12 or second clamping device 13 have been fed.
  • FIG. 3 c indicate the previously performed movement of the printed products 4, 5, which differ by solid 4 and dash-dotted lines 5.
  • the first printed product 4 is finished and could leave the device 1 according to arrow 20.
  • the delivery indicated by arrow 21 is at nine o'clock in FIG. 3d, which shows the trimming of the front edge 11 of the second printed product 5 and the removal of the first printed product 4 from the clamping device 12.
  • the cutting process on printed product 5 corresponds approximately to the cutting process on printed product 4 according to FIG. 3b.
  • the positioning device 7 is placed in the position in which it can hold the third or next printed product 6 by the (first) clamping device 12.
  • the situation in FIG. 3e corresponds approximately to a repetition of FIG. 3c.
  • the process of FIG. 3d is repeated in FIG. 3f on the printed products 5 and 6.

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EP19970810841 1996-11-15 1997-11-10 Procédé et dispositif pour couper les côtés ouverts de produits imprimés et reliés, délivrés un par un ou en couches Expired - Lifetime EP0842746B1 (fr)

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