Sheet transport system for a rotary printing press

Abstract

A sheet transport system for a rotary printing press, including a sheet transport device having a sheet holder, and a first and a second propulsive drive element for propulsively driving the sheet transport device guidingly in a first and a second guide rail, respectively, the second guide rail extending substantially parallel to the first guide rail, the first and the second propulsive drive elements forming rotors of an electric linear drive, the first and the second guide rails having a plurality of drive stations disposed thereon and forming a stator of the linear drive, and a control device assigned to the drive stations for controlling and regulating movement of the first and the second propulsive drive elements, each of the first and second propulsive drive elements being a structure formed of magnetizable material, at least part of which is movable relative to another part thereof, and the drive stations being spaced from one another, at least in some sections of the sheet transport device, a distance which is at most equal to the length of the propulsive drive elements; and a propulsive drive device, a web infeed device and a transport gripper system.

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