US 11,597,200 B2Granted

Sheet processing machine, method for inspecting at least one remaining portion of at least one sheet processed by a shaping device, and method for inspecting a sheet

AssigneeKoenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsMichael Donnert, Bastian Deppisch, Elmar Klüpfel

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Abstract

A sheet-processing machine has a shaping device for processing sheets. The shaping device has at least one shaping point. The sheet-processing machine comprises at least one separating device. The at least one separating device is designed to remove at least one remaining piece from at least one sheet of the sheets. The at least one separating device is arranged downstream of the at least one shaping point along a transport path provided for transporting the sheets. At least one inspection device is arranged, downstream of the separating device in the transport direction of the sheets, to determine an actual state of the at least one sheet of the sheets. The invention additionally relates to a method for inspecting at least one remaining part of at least one sheet of sheets, which part has been processed by a shaping device, and to a method for inspecting at least one sheet of sheets.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A sheet processing machine (01) comprising:

a shaping device (900) for processing sheets (02), the shaping device (900) including at least one shaping point (909);
at least one separation device (903), the at least one separation device (903) being configured to remove at least one offcut piece (1102A) from at least one sheet (02) of the sheets (02), the at least one separation device (903) being arranged downstream from the at least one shaping point (909) along a transport path provided for transport of the sheets (02), the at least one sheet (02) including at least two multiple-ups (1101) and at least two sheet openings (1102L);
at least one inspection device (916), the at least one inspection device being configured to ascertain an actual state of the at least one sheet (02) of the sheets (02) downstream from the at least one separation device (903) in a transport direction (T) of the sheets (02), the at least one inspection device (916) at least one of comprising an evaluation means or being connected to an evaluation means, the evaluation means being configured to compare an actual state of the at least one sheet (02) to a desired state of the at least one sheet (02), the at least one inspection device (916) being arranged upstream from at least one delivery unit (1000) and downstream from the at least one separation device (903) in the transport direction (T), the at least one inspection device (916) being arranged immediately following the at least one separation device (903) in the transport direction (T), and wherein the at least one inspection device (916) is configured to at least partially detect at least one sheet opening (1102L) of the at least two sheet openings (1102L) of the at least one sheet (02) including the at least two multiple-ups (1101).

A method for inspecting at least one remaining portion of at least one sheet (02) of sheets (02) processed by a shaping device (900) in a sheet processing machine (01), the method comprising:

providing the at least one sheet (02) including at least two multiple-ups (1101) and at least two sheet openings (1102L), the at least one sheet (02) being processed in the at least one shaping device (900) of the sheet processing machine (01);
removing at least one offcut piece (1102A) from the at least one sheet (02) downstream from the shaping device (900) in a transport direction (T) of the sheets (02), the at least one offcut piece (1102A) being removed from the at least one sheet (02) by at least one separation device (903);
providing at least one inspection device (916) and using the at least one inspection device for ascertaining an actual state of the at least one sheet (02) downstream from the at least one separation device (903) in the transport direction (T), the actual state of the at least one sheet (02) being compared to a desired state of the at least one sheet (02);
arranging the at least one inspection device (916) upstream from at least one delivery unit (1000) and downstream from the at least one separation device (903) in the transport direction (T), the at least one inspection device (916) at least partially detecting at least one sheet opening (1102L) of the at least two sheet openings (1102L) of the at least one sheet (02) including the at least two multiple-ups (1101);
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ascertaining a degree of a deviation of the at least one sheet opening (1102L) of the at least two sheet openings (1102L) from the desired state of the at least one sheet (02) using the comparison of the actual state of the at least one sheet (02) to the desired state of the at least one sheet (02).

3 more elements

A method for inspecting at least one sheet (02) of sheets (02) using at least one inspection device (916) in a sheet processing machine (01), the at least one inspection device (916) detecting the at least one sheet (02), including at least partially detecting at least one sheet opening (1102L), for ascertaining an actual state of the at least one sheet (02), and comparing the actual state of the at least one sheet (02) to a desired state of the at least one sheet (02), the at least one sheet (02) detected by the at least one inspection device (916) including at least two multiple-ups (1101) and the at least one sheet opening (1102L), and the at least one sheet (02) including the at least two multiple-ups (1101), each including at least one print image.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/606,210Filed 11 Mar 2020
Priority: DE 10 2019 110 853.526 Apr 2019
Published: US 2022/0143967 A112 May 2022
Granted: 7 Mar 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B41F 19/008
Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations: with means for stamping or cutting out
B26D 5/007
Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by…
B26F 1/0092
Perforating; Punching; Cutting-out; Stamping-out; Apparatus therefor: perforating means specially adapted for printing machines
B26F 1/10
With punching tools moving with the work: roller type punches