Bobst Mex Sa

Christophe De Gaillande

Bernard Jaquet

Haoming Song

Christoph Vollmer

Julien Chretien

Marco Cardillo

Steven Stojanovic-Roth

Simon Tran Ha

Guy Delaloye

Lukas Tiller

A positioning assembly () for positioning a sheet material, especially at an entry portion of a sheet material processing machine, is described. It comprises a support beam () on which at least a portion of a sheet material to be positioned can be placed and a plurality of clamping fingers (). The support beam () is coupled to a drive unit () configured for translationally moving the support beam () along a travelling direction (y) of the sheet material, translationally moving the support beam () along a direction (x) transverse to the travelling direction (y) and rotationally moving the support beam () with respect to a pivot axis (z) being perpendicular to the traveling direction (y) and the transverse direction (x). Each of the clamping fingers () is coupled to an individual clamping finger actuation unit (). Moreover, a sheet material processing machine comprising such a positioning assembly () is presented.

Positioning assembly and sheet material processing machine

A sheet material processing unit () comprises a transport system () for transporting sheets () or parts thereof from a respective input end () to a respective output end (). A gripper unit () is releasably coupled to the transport system () and is configured for holding at least a part of one of the sheets (). Additionally, at least one handover mechanism () is provided being configured for decoupling the gripper unit () from the transport system () and providing the gripper unit () to a neighboring sheet material processing unit () and/or receiving a gripper unit () from a neighboring sheet material processing unit () and coupling the received gripper unit () to the corresponding transport system (). Additionally, a sheet material processing machine () is presented which comprises at least two such sheet material processing units ().

Sheet material processing unit and sheet material processing machine

A hot foil stamping press with a pressing table () on which a sheet can be advanced, a pressing system () for pressing a foil () onto the sheet, a guiding system () for guiding the foil () over the sheet, the guiding system () defining a foil transportation path which extends across the path along which the sheet is being advanced, a holder () for receiving a supply () of foil, and a discarding system () for the used foil, the holder being arranged at an operator side of the press.

Hot foil stamping press

A holographic foil supplying device for a hot foil stamping machine has a reel () for holographic foil (), an advancement system () for advancing the holographic foil () along a movement path (P) in a feeding direction (F) and a frame () supporting the reel () and the advancement system (), wherein the frame () comprises a mount () for mounting the holographic foil supplying device () to the hot foil stamping machine. Further, a hot foil stamping machine is shown.

Holographic foil supplying device as well as hot foil stamping machine

A platen press with a press toggle mechanism () having a driving member () and a press toggle column (). The press toggle column () comprises a driven member (), a first toggle lever () assigned to the driven member () and a second toggle lever () assigned to the driven member (). The first toggle lever () has a first contact surface () and the second toggle lever () has a second contact surface (). Both toggle levers () contact each other via their contact surfaces (), and wherein both contact surfaces () are convex-shaped.

Platen press with a press toggle mechanism

A device for driving a stamping foil over a path through a stamping machine is disclosed herein. The driving device comprises two foil-introduction chain-like elements and a drive member coupled to the foil-introduction chain-like elements for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements notably through a platen press of a stamping machine. The driving device further comprises at least one first load-measurement device comprising a first detector configured to measure a parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member for driving the foil-introduction chain-like elements in a first direction, the at least one first load-measurement device being connected to a stamping-machine control unit configured to stop the driving by the drive member when the parameter indicative of the load applied by the drive member and measured by the first detector crosses a threshold.

Device for driving a stamping foil, stamping station and machine, and method for controlling the driving of a stamping foil

The invention concerns a device for unrolling a strip () for a stamping machine () that allows an accumulation of the strip to be stamped () under a pre-unrolled form between at least one stamping spool () and a plate press () of the stamping machine (), so characterized in that the device for unrolling a strip () comprises: The invention also comprises a stamping machine () so configured as to place on each sheet the gilded or metallic film of at least one strip to be stamped ().

Device for unwinding strips and machine for stamping elements in sheet form

A braking deviceis provided for a tape reel mounted rotatably about its axis. The braking deviceincludes two rotating membersrotationally coupled with the reel, and a selection memberconfigured to cooperate by friction selectively with either one of the rotating membersby moving the selection member to engage one or the other rotating member for friction braking.

Braking device for a tape reel

A stamping machine includes a platen press which has a fixed platen and an opposing moving platen effecting a reciprocating movement imparted by articulated members forming toggle joints. Each articulated member forming a toggle joint including a connecting member which collaborates with a respective cam borne by a camshaft.

Stamping machine comprising a platen press

A feed module for supplying stamping foil for a stamping printing machine, comprising a support for at least one reel of foil to be stamped, and a drive for each such stamping foil. The support and the drive are set in a workspace which is arranged in an upper portion of the module, and the lower portion of the module has a free space which is laterally accessible from the outside and which communicates upwardly with the workspace at a top of the free space.

Feed module for supplying stamping foil

A printing device for printing elements in sheet fond: a platen pressfor depositing onto each sheet, by stamping, colored or metalized film from at least one stamping foil; a conveyor using a succession of gripper bars for moving each sheetindividually through the platen pressa blower member separates each stamping foil from each sheet as it leaves the platen press, the blower member being movable between a work position, in which it is able to operate from the transfer region in which the gripper barsrun to the exit of the platen press, and a withdrawn position, in which it keeps away from said transfer region.

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Les Monts-de-Corsier, Switzerland

Christophe De Gaillande