Sheet folding apparatus, sheet folding method, and printing system including the sheet folding apparatus
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorJoris W.H. VERMUNT
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Abstract
A sheet folding apparatus includes a sheet transport system, adjustable folding members arranged to bend and fold a sheet fed by the transport system, and a control system arranged to adjust the folding members to set positions in accordance with information on sheet properties. The control system stores a table that specifies different set positions of the folding members for different bending properties of the sheets and is adapted to read information on the bending properties of the sheets to be folded and to adjust the folding members to set positions as specified by the bending properties.
Claims13
A sheet folding apparatus, comprising:
- a sheet transport system;
- adjustable folding members arranged to bend and fold a sheet fed by the transport system;
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- a control system arranged to adjust the folding members to set positions in accordance with information on sheet properties,
- wherein the control system is configured to store a table that specifies different set positions of the folding members for different bending properties of the sheets and is adapted to read information on the bending properties of the sheets to be folded and to adjust the folding members to set positions as specified by the bending properties.
A sheet folding method, comprising the steps of:
- using a sheet folding apparatus that comprises a sheet transport system, adjustable folding members arranged to bend and fold a sheet fed by the transport system, and a control system arranged to adjust the folding members to set positions in accordance with information on sheet properties;
- storing, in the control system, a table that specifies different set positions of the adjustable folding members for different bending properties of the sheets;
- inputting bending information on the sheets to be folded into the control system, whereupon the control system adjusts the folding members to set positions as specified in the table for the input bending properties.
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