Manufacturing system with flat-bed and rotary diecutters and method for operating the manufacturing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10336567-B2
Application number	US-201314138343-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

A manufacturing system for manufacturing folding boxes or labels from a web of printing material, includes a web unwinding device, a flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit disposed downstream thereof, and a product delivery disposed downstream thereof. The flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit is deactivatable and at least one rotary processing module for processing the web of printing material, in particular a rotary diecutting module, is provided between the flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit and the product delivery. This construction of the manufacturing system advantageously allows the planar elements to be processed either by the flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit or by a rotary diecutting module. Thus, the manufacturing system may be operated at high productivity. A method for operating the manufacturing system is also provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a manufacturing system, the method comprising the following steps:
providing a manufacturing system for manufacturing planar elements from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system having:
a web unwinding device configured to unwind the web of printing material,
a flat-bed unit configured for at least one of diecutting or stamping/embossing by stroking a platen of the flat-bed unit, the flat-bed unit disposed downstream of the web unwinding device and configured to be deactivated by deactivation of the stroking of the platen,
a product delivery disposed downstream of the flat-bed unit, and
at least one rotary processing module configured to process the web of printing material, the at least one rotary processing module disposed between the flat-bed unit and the product delivery, and the at least one rotary processing module including a rotary diecutting module; and

feeding the web of printing material from the flat-bed unit to the at least one rotary processing module.

2. A method for operating a manufacturing system, the method comprising the following steps:
providing a manufacturing system for manufacturing planar elements from a web of printing material, the manufacturing system having:
a web unwinding device configured to unwind the web of printing material,
a flat-bed unit configured for at least one of diecutting or stamping/embossing by stroking a platen of the flat-bed unit, the flat-bed unit disposed downstream of the web unwinding device and configured to be deactivated by deactivation of the stroking of the platen,
a product delivery disposed downstream of the flat-bed unit,
at least one rotary processing module configured to process the web of printing material, the at least one rotary processing module disposed between the flat-bed unit and the product delivery, and the at least one rotary processing module including a rotary diecutting module and tools having a uniform diameter, and
a feed device including a compensator disposed upstream of the flat-bed unit and configured to convert a continuous web movement of the web of printing material into an iterative web movement;

feeding the web of printing material from the feed device to the at least one rotary processing module in an iterative web movement; and
synchronizing the tools of the at least one rotary processing module and the web of printing material relative to each other.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the tools include at least partially magnetic carrier cylinders for retaining the tools by magnetic force.

Assignees

• Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag
• Gallus Stanz & Druckmasch Gmbh

Inventors

• Rau Harald

Classifications

• B31B50/005

  involving a particular layout of the machinery or relative arrangement of its subunits · CPC title

• B31B50/006

  Controlling; Regulating; Measuring; Improving safety · CPC title

• B31B50/142

  using presses or dies · CPC title

• B31B50/146

  using tools mounted on a drum · CPC title

• B26F2001/4418

  combining cutting and embossing operations · CPC title