Method for cutting, creasing and/ or embossing a cardboard and cardboard processing machine

A method for cutting, creasing and/or embossing a cardboard in a cardboard processing machine comprising a rotary die cutting machine, the rotary die cutting machine comprising a first rotating cylinder and a second rotating cylinder, wherein each of the first rotating cylinder and the second rotating cylinder has a cutting, creasing and/or embossing area and a compensation area that extends along a circumference of the respective cylinder, the method comprising:

• wherein a continuous cardboard web being printed with a plurality of repetitive printed sections is run between the two cylinders in a processing direction in order to be cut and/or creased, wherein a printing length of a printed section is shorter than a circumference of the first rotating and second rotating cylinders,
• wherein upon running between the first rotating and second rotating cylinders, the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the first rotating cylinder and the second rotating cylinder rolls over a first printed section of the continuous cardboard web and cuts and/or creases the cardboard web along the first printed section, and
• afterwards the cardboard web is pulled back by an acceleration device in a direction opposite to the processing direction to such an extent that after a full rotation of the first rotating and second rotating cylinders the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the first rotating and second rotating cylinders meets a beginning of a second printed section, such that the cutting, creasing and/or embossing area of the first rotating cylinder and the second rotating cylinder rolls over the second printed section of the continuous cardboard web and cuts and/or creases the cardboard web along the second printed section,
• wherein during a single synchronization process, the cardboard web is moved back and forth in an oscillating manner by the acceleration device, and
• wherein the acceleration device comprises a deflection roller that moves in the oscillating manner to pull the cardboard web.