Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Ag

John Lee Ketchum

Kevin Lauren Cote

Paul Emmett Bredenberg

Michael Lee Hearn

Rich Daniel Curley

A deceleration drum assembly has a deceleration drum with at least one gripper for gripping and transporting signatures. A guide surface assembly is provided which produces a fluid flow for transporting the signature in a contactless manner above the guide surface assembly.

Deceleration drum assembly containing air guides

A web press has cutting cylinders for cutting a web into signatures and a transfer cylinder for receiving the signatures. A pre-cylinder signature collector includes a diverter station for diverting the signatures received from the cutting cylinders. At least two tape paths having different lengths receive the signatures from the diverter station. At least one collection point collects the signatures from all of the tape paths on top of one another for passage to the transfer cylinder.

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Old Orchard Beach, ME, United States of America

John Lee Ketchum