Manufacturing system with flat-bed and rotary diecutters and method for operating the manufacturing system

A method for operating a manufacturing system, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a manufacturing system for manufacturing planar elements from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system having:
• a web unwinding device configured to unwind the web of printing material,
• a flat-bed unit configured for at least one of diecutting or stamping/embossing, the flat-bed unit disposed downstream of the web unwinding device and configured to be deactivated,
• a product delivery disposed downstream of the flat-bed unit, and
• at least one rotary processing module configured to process the web of printing material, the at least one rotary processing module disposed between the flat-bed unit and the product delivery, and the at least one rotary processing module including a rotary diecutting module;
• and
• feeding the web of printing material from the flat-bed unit to the at least one rotary processing module.

A method for operating a manufacturing system, the method comprising the following steps:

• providing a manufacturing system for manufacturing planar elements from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system having:
• a web unwinding device configured to unwind the web of printing material,
• a flat-bed unit configured for at least one of diecutting or stamping/embossing, the flat-bed unit disposed downstream of the web unwinding device and configured to be deactivated,
• a product delivery disposed downstream of the flat-bed unit,
• at least one rotary processing module configured to process the web of printing material, the at least one rotary processing module disposed between the flat-bed unit and the product delivery, and the at least one rotary processing module including a rotary diecutting module and tools having a uniform diameter, and
• a feed device including a compensator disposed upstream of the flat-bed unit and configured to convert a continuous web movement of the web of printing material into an iterative web movement;
• feeding the web of printing material from the feed device to the at least one rotary processing module in an iterative web movement;
• and
• synchronizing the tools of the at least one rotary processing module and the web of printing material relative to each other.