EP1505029A3 - Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder and method for operating such a folding device - Google Patents

Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder and method for operating such a folding device Download PDF

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EP1505029A3
EP1505029A3 EP04102148A EP04102148A EP1505029A3 EP 1505029 A3 EP1505029 A3 EP 1505029A3 EP 04102148 A EP04102148 A EP 04102148A EP 04102148 A EP04102148 A EP 04102148A EP 1505029 A3 EP1505029 A3 EP 1505029A3
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folding device
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Sebastian Prüm
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H45/00—Folding thin material
    • B65H45/12—Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
    • B65H45/16—Rotary folders
    • B65H45/162—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders
    • B65H45/168—Rotary folders with folding jaw cylinders having changeable mode of operation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2220/00—Function indicators
    • B65H2220/09—Function indicators indicating that several of an entity are present
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/40—Shafts, cylinders, drums, spindles
    • B65H2404/41—Details of cross section profile
    • B65H2404/412—Details of cross section profile made of circular segments
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/40—Shafts, cylinders, drums, spindles
    • B65H2404/41—Details of cross section profile
    • B65H2404/412—Details of cross section profile made of circular segments
    • B65H2404/4121—Details of cross section profile made of circular segments moving relatively to each other during rotation
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/10—Speed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/10—Speed
    • B65H2513/11—Speed angular
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2555/00—Actuating means
    • B65H2555/20—Actuating means angular
    • B65H2555/24—Servomotors

Abstract

The folding device has a first partial cylinder (01) and a second partial cylinder (02), which together form a cylindrical body. The partial cylinders can rotate relative to each other, and each has two groups of function elements round the circumference. Each partial cylinder has its own drive motor (17, 26) to rotate it.
EP04102148A 2002-02-18 2003-02-18 Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder Expired - Lifetime EP1505029B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE10206578 2002-02-18
DE10206578A DE10206578C1 (en) 2002-02-18 2002-02-18 Folder with a folding cylinder
EP03709626A EP1476383B1 (en) 2002-02-18 2003-02-18 Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder

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EP03709626A Division EP1476383B1 (en) 2002-02-18 2003-02-18 Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder
EP03709626.0 Division 2003-02-18

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EP1505029A2 EP1505029A2 (en) 2005-02-09
EP1505029A3 true EP1505029A3 (en) 2005-06-01
EP1505029B1 EP1505029B1 (en) 2006-12-13

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EP04102148A Expired - Lifetime EP1505029B1 (en) 2002-02-18 2003-02-18 Folding device with a first and a second partial cylinder

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US (1) US7083561B2 (en)
EP (2) EP1476383B1 (en)
AT (2) ATE343539T1 (en)
AU (1) AU2003214005A1 (en)
DE (3) DE10206578C1 (en)
WO (1) WO2003070612A1 (en)

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US20070289461A1 (en) * 2004-01-31 2007-12-20 Bernard Andreas Ewald H Printing Machine Having at Least One Printing Unit for Imprinting a Web of Material to Be Imprinted by Offset Printing in a Variable Cut Length and a Folder
DE102005002683A1 (en) * 2005-01-20 2006-08-03 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Folding appliance for rotary roller press machine has separate drive assigned to cutting knife cylinder whereby drive is operated in collection area of folding appliance for provision of collecting copies of different non-uniform arc length
DE102005022232A1 (en) * 2005-05-13 2006-11-16 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Jaw cylinder of a folder for a printing press
US20070135286A1 (en) * 2005-12-12 2007-06-14 Goss International Americas, Inc. Device and method for driving cam masks in a folder
DE102006028123A1 (en) * 2006-06-15 2007-12-20 JÜRG PAUL Haller Device for manipulating flat piece goods, such as sheets of paper, plastic, cardboard and the like
DE102008001741B3 (en) * 2008-05-14 2009-10-15 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Cylinder for folder unit, has cylinder body and pair of tools, where tools are adjustable against each other in circumferential direction of cylinder body
JP5396321B2 (en) * 2010-03-26 2014-01-22 ユニ・チャーム株式会社 Absorber manufacturing equipment
DE102013102729A1 (en) * 2013-03-18 2014-09-18 Manroland Web Systems Gmbh Folding device of a printing press and method for operating the folding device
CN107381220B (en) * 2017-09-14 2023-09-15 厦门宏发工业机器人有限公司 Main shaft mechanism of winding machine

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GB1194451A (en) * 1967-04-18 1970-06-10 Koenig & Bauer Schnellpressfab Folding Apparatus for Sheets of Varying Size in Web-Fed Rotary Printing Presses
US5057064A (en) * 1988-11-11 1991-10-15 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Folding jaw cylinder
US5120049A (en) * 1988-05-26 1992-06-09 Albert-Frankenthal Ag Folder apparatus
US5676630A (en) * 1994-07-29 1997-10-14 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Folder device with format conversion
US5901647A (en) * 1995-03-18 1999-05-11 Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft Process for driving equipment e.g. a folding device for a rotary press
EP1260474A1 (en) * 2001-05-21 2002-11-27 MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Drive for a cylinder of a rotary printing machine

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DE9320408U1 (en) * 1993-04-28 1994-06-23 Frankenthal Ag Albert Folder for rotary printing machines
DE29507222U1 (en) * 1995-04-29 1995-06-29 Roland Man Druckmasch Device for adjusting the jaws of a jaw cylinder
WO1997024284A2 (en) * 1995-12-27 1997-07-10 Koenig & Bauer-Albert Ag Folding apparatus with signature divider
WO1998047709A1 (en) * 1997-04-21 1998-10-29 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Device for adjusting folding jaws
DE19755428A1 (en) * 1997-12-13 1999-06-17 Roland Man Druckmasch Device for adjusting the folding mechanisms on a folding cylinder of a folder
ATE280729T1 (en) * 1999-08-05 2004-11-15 Heidelberger Druckmasch Ag EXAMPLE-GUIDING CYLINDER OF A FOLDING APPARATUS
DE10121559C1 (en) * 2001-05-03 2002-10-10 Koenig & Bauer Ag Cylinder, for folding apparatus of web-fed printing press, comprises rollers held in roller levers blocked or released by rotary movement of a contact piece about an axis of rotation
DE10128122A1 (en) 2001-06-09 2002-12-12 Roland Man Druckmasch Drive for a folder

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1194451A (en) * 1967-04-18 1970-06-10 Koenig & Bauer Schnellpressfab Folding Apparatus for Sheets of Varying Size in Web-Fed Rotary Printing Presses
US5120049A (en) * 1988-05-26 1992-06-09 Albert-Frankenthal Ag Folder apparatus
US5057064A (en) * 1988-11-11 1991-10-15 Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft Folding jaw cylinder
US5676630A (en) * 1994-07-29 1997-10-14 Man Roland Druckmaschinen Ag Folder device with format conversion
US5901647A (en) * 1995-03-18 1999-05-11 Koenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft Process for driving equipment e.g. a folding device for a rotary press
EP1260474A1 (en) * 2001-05-21 2002-11-27 MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG Drive for a cylinder of a rotary printing machine

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DE50305961D1 (en) 2007-01-25
EP1476383A1 (en) 2004-11-17
EP1476383B1 (en) 2006-10-25
US20050159285A1 (en) 2005-07-21
EP1505029A2 (en) 2005-02-09
EP1505029B1 (en) 2006-12-13
US7083561B2 (en) 2006-08-01
ATE348068T1 (en) 2007-01-15
DE10206578C1 (en) 2003-09-18
WO2003070612A1 (en) 2003-08-28
AU2003214005A1 (en) 2003-09-09
ATE343539T1 (en) 2006-11-15
WO2003070612B1 (en) 2003-10-16

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