Ferag Ag

Ferag Ab

Hans Ulrich Stauber

Konrad Auf Der Maur

Marcel Ramseier

Erwin M&uuml;ller

Martin Keller

A method and a device for trimming printed products on the front edges and/or on the lateral edges. The products are inserted into moved receiving compartments along a closed circuit, the compartments being open on at least one side, and include blades moved along in this region, which act together with stationary counter blades. The depth of insertion of the products is restricted by a support such that the front edges of the products are in the direct vicinity of the open side of the compartments, advantageously protruding with their front edges over the moved along blades for the frontal trimming. The edges of the products extending perpendicular to the folded edge are fixed prior to carrying out a trimming by way of a clamping and moving arrangement and only released for the passing on of the printed product.

Device and method for trimming folded printed products

An apparatus for conveying and discharging flat, preferably flexible articles, in particular printed products, the apparatus including a plurality of grippers which can be moved in a conveying direction (F) along a continuous conveying path (U) defined by a conveying mechanism. The grippers include a first gripper jaw and a second gripper jaw, which can assume a clamping position and an open position relative to one another. The first gripper jaw is longer than the second gripper jaw and includes a first gripper part, which in the clamping position interacts with the second gripper jaw, and a second gripper part, which in the clamping position projects beyond the second gripper jaw. The orientation of the first and second gripper parts of the first gripper jaw relative to one another is variable and can be adjusted by a control means.

Device and method for conveying flat objects

The printing products () are supplied to the discharge station () by receiving elements () of the processing device (). The discharge station has on the one hand a removal conveyor () and on the other hand a clamp transporter () arranged downstream with respect to the removal conveyor in the direction of circulation (U) of the receiving elements (). The gripper tongs () of the removal conveyor () grip the printing products () at the side rim () and discharge the printing products from the receiving elements (). The respectively trailing wall () of each receiving element () is provided with a guide element () which respectively supports the printing product () in question and introduces the printing product into an opened clamp () of the clamp transporter (). The clamps () grasp the printing products () at the edge () with which the printing products () previously rested against the floor () of the receiving elements ().

Device and method for processing printing products

An apparatus and a method for compiling flat objects, wherein a gripper conveyor is used, the grippers of which either act directly as support elements or contact surfaces for the products to be compiled, thereby constituting a receiving unit, or interact with a separate support element to form a receiving unit. The use of a gripper conveyor having a controllable opening state and a controllable orientation of the gripper jaws of the individual grippers, and/or a controllable orientation of the separate support elements, has the advantage that the orientation of the contact surfaces and the clamping function within a receiving unit can be set independently of the adjoining receiving units. In this way, greater flexibility is attained.

Device and method for collating two-dimensional objects

A device and a method for inserting flat objects into a folded printed product, wherein the products are held by grippers of a gripper conveyor which opens only briefly for inserting the flat object. In order to also stabilize the product in the open state of the gripper, a support element is provided, which moves between the two product parts before the gripper opens and rests on one of the product parts. If the orientations of the support elements and the grippers are selected in a suitable fashion, this will suffice in order to position the product and keep it open such that the flat object can be inserted and the gripper can then be closed again, while clamping the product with the flat object into position. Optionally, further support elements are present, which additionally support the product from the outside, such as the folded edge.

Apparatus for, and method of, inserting flat objects into a folded printed product

A method and a device for the conveyance of planar products ('), in particular printed products, are provided wherein a product group () composed of at least two products (&#x2032;) is gripped by a gripper () in the area of a product edge (&#x2032;) and conveyed in a direction of conveyance (F). At least one of the products (&#x2032;) is displaced relative to the other product or products (&#x2032;) in the product group () in a direction of displacement (A) defined by the gripped product edge (&#x2032;), such that in each case a projection () is formed in the direction of displacement (A). Thus a first projection () is associated with at least one displaced product (&#x2032;) and a second projection () is associated with the remaining product or products (&#x2032;) of the product group (). Thus, it is easy to increase the carrying capacity of a gripper conveyor and, when applicable, to easily separate the products that are gripped in groups.

Method and device for conveying planar products

The invention relates to a device () and a method for processing objects () with a plurality of tools (), as well as with a tool drive arrangement (). The tools () in each case comprise at least one lever () as well as an acting element () which may cooperate with the object (). The levers () are pivotably attached on tool drive arrangement () on bearing points () and may be driven along a closed revolving path by way of the movement of the tool drive arrangement (). The acting elements () are distanced to the bearing point (). The pivot position of the levers () relative to the tool drive arrangement () may be set in dependence on their position along the revolving path with a guide mechanism. According to the invention, the guide mechanism () is adjustable, wherein different distances (d, d') of adjacent acting elements may be realized in a predefined reference region by way of the adjustment.

Device and method for processing objects

Printed products are optionally processed in a preliminary stage () and a follow-up stage (). The printed products are fed in a printed-product stream. The printed products, for optionally processing in the preliminary stage (), are directed optionally, by means of a diverter (), to different conveying paths (), on which processing arrangements () are set up. The printed products are processed in the processing arrangements and then conveyed on. In an intermediate region, in which the conveying paths () of the preliminary stage () run parallel to one another and one beside the other, different conveying paths () of the follow-up stage () can optionally be connected to the conveying paths () of the preliminary stage (). Processing arrangements () for optionally processing the printed products are also set up on the various conveying paths of the follow-up stage (). The apparatus allows optional processing in two stages which are completely independent of one another.

Method and device for the selective processing of printed products

A method and an installation for the insertion of supplements into printed products () such as newspapers, periodicals, brochures, etc., wherein each single, folded or multi-paged printed product () is opened over a fold () and a supplement () is inserted, wherein a leader edge () of the supplement () is placed at least near the fold (), or against the spine respectively, of the printed product (). The method further comprises the following steps of:

Method and installation for the insertion of supplements into printed products

Groups are formed from flat articles being supplied in a plurality of supply streams by combining the supply streams to form a group stream, and by separating article groups from the head end of the group stream through clamping and accelerating aligned leading article edge zones. The supply streams are superimposed in at least one combining point, wherein in all streams to be combined and in all superimposed streams the articles are arranged parallel in a direction transverse to the conveying direction, have the same article spacings, and are conveyed at the same speed. Projections of the streams to be combined and of the superimposed streams on a plane parallel to the parallel alignment of the articles run parallel to one another or coincide. Projections of the streams to be combined on a plane transverse to the parallel alignment of the articles run together at an acute angle.

Method and device for forming groups of flat articles

To a row of winding stations ( ), in which rolls ( ) of flat, bendable objects (e.g., printed products) positioned on roll supports ( ) are processed or in which such rolls are produced, roll supports ( ) are coupled to the winding stations and, if required, are exchanged, the coupled roll supports forming a first row (A) of roll supports parallel to the row of winding stations ( ). Roll supports ( ) are positioned in readiness for the exchange in a second row (B) of roll supports, which second row (B) is distances from the first row (A) by a transport alley ( ). Each roll support in the second row is aligned to the one winding station ( ), to which it is to be coupled. For every exchange, the roll support ( ) coupled to the winding station ( ) is moved transverse to the first row (A) into the transport alley ( ) and is transported along the transport alley to its end and there is positioned in a third row (C) of roll supports, which is aligned in the direction of the transport alley ( ) and adjoins it.

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Hans Ulrich Stauber