# US 2014/0195038 A1 · Die-cutting machine and method for adjusting a pressing force in a die-cutting machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195038 A1 - Document ID: US20140195038A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/152,039 - Filed: 2014-01-10 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG - Applicants: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG - Inventors: STEPHAN BALLEIS; ANDREAS DETMERS; DAVID EHRBAR; HOLGER LEONHARDT; MARKUS MOEHRINGER; PETER PALMEN; RAFAEL PISARSKI; ANNA WYSGOL - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195038A1 ## CPC - B30B 12/00: Presses not provided for in groups B30B1/00 - B30B11/00 - B26D 5/00: Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting - B26F 1/40: using a press, e.g. of the ram type (presses in general B30B) - B30B 15/0094: {Press load monitoring means (B30B15/281 takes precedence)} - B26D 5/005: {Computer numerical control means} - B26D 2007/0093: {for embossing, forming, creasing, flange forming} - B26F 1/38: Cutting-out; Stamping-out - B26F 2001/4418: {combining cutting and embossing operations} - B31B 50/142: {using presses or dies} - B31F 2201/0702: by tools working discontinuously - B30B: PRESSES IN GENERAL (producing ultra-high pressure or ultra-high pressure and high temperature to effect modifications of a substance, e.g. for making artificial diamonds B01J3/00 ){(compressing means for refuse receptacles B65F1/1405)} - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) - B26F: PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B6/25; of tickets G07B) - B31B: MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making wound articles, e.g. wound tubes, B31C; combined making and filling B65B) - B31F: MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER (making layered products not composed wholly of paper or cardboard B32B) ## Abstract A method for adjusting a pressing force of a flat-bed die-cutting and/or stamping/embossing machine having at least one die-cutting and/or embossing/stamping tool for processing a flat printing substrate, includes supplying tool data describing an individual structure of a die-cutting and/or stamping/embossing tool of a plurality of tool parts, reading specific force data out of a database, the specific force data assigning a specific pressing force to a respective tool part, calculating a target pressing force at least from the tool data and the specific force data adjusting the pressing force of the flat-bed die-cutting and/or stamping/embossing machine to the target pressing force. The adjustment of the pressing force is advantageously simplified to a considerable extent and reduces the error-proneness and the time required for setting up the flat-bed die-cutting and/or stamping/embossing machine. A machine for implementing the method is also provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for adjusting a pressing force of a flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing having at least one tool for at least one of die-cutting, embossing or stamping to process a flat printing substrate, the method comprising the following steps: a) supplying tool data describing an individual structure of a tool, of a plurality of tool parts, for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing; b) reading specific force data out of a database, the specific force data allocating a specific pressing force to a respective tool part; c) calculating a target pressing force at least from the tool data of step a) and the specific force data of step b); and d) adjusting the pressing force of the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing to a target pressing force in accordance with step c). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 1, which further comprises correcting the pressing force after a first die-cutting or embossing process by operator intervention, in an additional step e). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 2, which further comprises storing the pressing force for repeat jobs, in an additional step f). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 1, which further comprises including in the tool data information on a type of a respective tool part and on at least one of an effective length or an effective area of a respective tool part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 4, which further comprises indicating, with the specific force data, a required pressing force per effective length or effective area of a respective tool part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 5, which further comprises providing the specific force data as a function of the printing substrate to be processed. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method for adjusting a pressing force according to claim 1, which further comprises additionally using at least one of a safety, distribution, number or size factor in step c). ### Claim 8 A flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing, the flat-bed machine comprising: a machine controller configured to carry out the following steps: a) supplying tool data describing an individual structure of a tool, of a plurality of tool parts, for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing, b) reading specific force data out of a database, the specific force data allocating a specific pressing force to a respective tool part, c) calculating a target pressing force at least from the tool data of step a) and the specific force data of step b), and d) adjusting the pressing force of the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing to a target pressing force in accordance with step c), and at least one of a workflow connection or an interface configured to receive data from at least one of a prepress stage pertaining to printing substrates to be processed or a manufacturer of the tool for at least one of die-cutting, stamping or embossing or an interface for inputting tool data.