Apparatus to select-introduce printed or blank sheets and corresponding method
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorGabriele Brunetti
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Abstract
An apparatus to select-introduce blank sheets and/or printed materials and corresponding method, comprising a positioning seating, a selector unit and an introduction unit suitable to select and introduce sheets in sequence according to the format and basic weight, maintaining high cadences and at the same time reducing the causes of blockages of the sheets in the apparatus.
Claims11
An apparatus to select-introduce blank or printed sheets, comprising at least a positioning seating associated with at least a regulation mean configured to predispose the selection and the removal of at least a sheet from a pile of sheets, a selector unit comprising at least a removal mean configured to move, on each occasion, a sheet of said pile, and an introduction unit associate to at least a folding unit located downstream, wherein said regulation mean is configured to make available, on each occasion, the data of the dimensions and basic weight of said sheets to said removal mean, being said removal mean able to remove and move said sheet according to said data made available by said regulation mean.
A method to select at least one blank sheet and/or at least one printed sheet and to introduce it into suitable seatings and/or apparatuses, comprising an initial step of fine tuning a selector-introducer apparatus and of positioning a pile of sheets in a positioning seating of said selector-introducer apparatus, said method comprising:
- a step of regulating and compartmentalizing said pile of sheets according to dimensions and/or basic weights using at least a regulation mean;
- a step of making available, on each occasion, by means of said regulation mean, data of the dimensions and basic weights of a sheet located in the lower part of said pile to a removal mean;
- a step of separating and selecting said sheet located in the lower part of said pile;
- a step of controlled and regulated removal of said selected sheet by means of said removal mean based on said data made available by said regulation mean;
- a step of controlled and regulated transit of said sheet removed from said removal mean to said introduction mean.
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