Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag

Maschinenbau Oppenweiler Binder Gmbh & Co.

Klaus Wolf

Josef Mathes

Peter Mayer

Hanns-Otto Haas

Karl-Fritz Heina

Adolf Hornung

Kurt Worner

Stephan Kanzler

Ingo Kobler, Deceased

Fred Spies

A sheet-guiding apparatus for a turning device in a rotary printing machine guides a sheet being printed to prevent smearing. The turning device includes a turning drum and at least one sheet-guiding cylinder. The turning drum and the sheet-guiding cylinder define a sheet transfer region and a sheet transfer path. The sheet-guiding apparatus comprises an air blower means, at least one blower/suction device, and a lower sheet-guiding device. The air blower means, which is arranged upstream of the sheet transfer region, includes a first set of air outlet openings for directing compressed air toward the sheet-guiding cylinder and at least a second air outlet opening for directing compressed air into the transfer region. The blower/suction device, which is disposed within the sheet-bearing surface of the turning drum, communicates with a plurality of openings disposed in the sheet-bearing surface and is coupled to a pneumatic device. The lower sheet-guiding device is disposed below the sheet transfer path and is switchable between providing compressed air and providing air suction. The air blower means, blower/suction device, and the lower sheet-guiding device cooperate to provide a combination of air blow and suction for guiding the sheet in the sheet transfer process.

Sheet guiding apparatus for a turning device in a rotary printing

A guide block (11) has a groove (16) with a flat floor cut into it, in which an endless belt (15) containing perforations (17) travels. A suction opening (18) opens into the floor of the groove (16), to which a vacuum is periodically applied by means of a valve (12). The endless belt (15) travels over a stack (1) of sheets (2) by means of guide rollers (4,5) and a drive roller (3). The vacuum, when periodically applied by the valve (12), operates through the perforations (17) so that the topmost sheet (2) of the stack (1) is sucked against the endless belt (15) and carried away in the same direction (28). One preferred form of the endless belt (15) is a toothed belt, with spaces between the teeth (21) that form vacuum chambers (22). With this compact and therefore easily positionable device, sheets (2) are sucked up from a stack (1) and transported away while maintaining their orientation, meaning that very high production rates are attained.

Device to pick up sheets from a stack and transport the sheets away from

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Klaus Wolf