Web insertion device for a flat-bed die-cutting machine, manufacturing system for packages and method for feeding a web of printing material

A manufacturing system for the production of packages, including paper or board packages and folding boxes, from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system comprising:

• a web-fed printing press;
• an inserting device disposed downstream of said web-fed printing press, said inserting device including a compensator configured to convert a continuous movement of the web of printing material into an iterative movement, a clamping unit configured to clamp the web of printing material while being cut, a cutting unit configured to carry out a cross cut through the web of printing material, creating a cross cut edge, said clamping unit and said cutting unit being mutually adjacent, and an inserting unit configured to transport the web of printing material, cross cut edge first, into the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing;
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• a flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing disposed downstream of said inserting device.

A method for feeding a web of printing material in a manufacturing system for the production of packages, including paper or board packages and folding boxes, the method comprising the following steps:

• feeding the web of printing material from a web-fed printing press to a flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing while the web-fed printing press is in operation, using an inserting device for:
• a) winding the web of printing material onto an auxiliary wind-up device;
• b) moving a web-guiding element in a compensatory manner to achieve a temporary standstill of the web of printing material;
• c) clamping the web of printing material while being cut by using a clamping unit;
• d) cross-cutting the web of printing material creating a cross cut edge by using a cutting unit adjacent the clamping unit;
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• e) inserting the web of printing material, cross cut edge first, into the flat-bed machine for at least one of die-cutting or embossing.