Method and installation for processing printed products during conveyance

A method for processing folded printed products, the method comprising the steps of:

• conveying folded printed products on saddle-shaped supports comprising saddle lines aligned essentially transverse to the direction of a conveyance into a processing zone, through the processing zone and away from the processing zone, and
• simultaneously with the step of conveying the folded printed products through the processing zone, processing a fold line area of the printed products between a tool acting on the fold line area from outside and a counter-tool acting on the fold line area from inside,
• wherein, during the conveyance to and away from the processing zone, internal fold lines of the printed products are lying on the saddle lines,
• wherein, during the conveyance through the processing zone, the printed products are lifted-off the saddle lines by the counter-tools,
• wherein the counter-tools and the saddle-shaped supports are conveyed along two different circuits, wherein a first circuit of the saddle lines of the supports and a second circuit of the distal ends of the counter-tools intersect at an entrance and at an exit of the processing zone in such a manner, that in the processing zone, the second circuit is located above the first circuit, and
• wherein the distal ends of the counter-tools are moved through openings or recesses, which are arranged in the saddle-shaped supports in an area of the saddle lines.