US 12,351,427 B2
Processing machine and method for activating at least one alignment segment of a processing machine
Andreas Bernard, Sulzfeld (DE); Karl Schäfer, Kürnach (DE); and Thomas Schneider, Zell am Main (DE)
Assigned to KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/866,099
Filed by KOENIG & BAUER AG, Würzburg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 28, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/073534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/068150, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 125 017.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0171259 A1, May 29, 2025
Int. Cl. B65H 9/00 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 9/002 (2013.01) [B65H 9/106 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1762 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing machine (01) for processing a substrate (02), the processing machine (01) comprising at least one alignment segment (750) being arranged before at least one processing unit (600; 900) of the processing machine (01); the at least one alignment segment (750) comprising a plurality of transport sections (706) following one another in a transport direction (T); the at least one alignment segment (750) comprising at least one dedicated drive (ME) for axially adjusting at least one transport section (706) of the plurality of transport sections (706); at least two transport sections (706) of the plurality of transport sections (706) comprising at least one first transport sub-section (707) and at least one second transport sub-section (708) in a transverse direction (A); the at least one first transport sub-section (707) and the at least one second transport sub-section (708) being drivable relative to one another at differing speeds in a circumferential direction; the at least one alignment segment (750) comprising at least one transport section (706) of the plurality of transport sections (706), which comprises the at least one dedicated drive (ME) for axially adjusting the at least one transport section (706) and the transport sub-sections (707; 708) that can be driven relative to one another at differing speeds in the circumferential direction; at least two first transport sub-sections (707), following one another in the transport direction (T), of the at least two transport sections (706), being connected to a first main drive (M) for driving the at least two first transport sub-sections (707), and at least two second transport sub-sections (708), following one another in the transport direction (T), of the at least two transport sections (706), being connected to a second main drive (M) for driving the at least two second transport sub-sections (708), the first main drive (M) differing from the second main drive (M),
wherein the at least one processing unit (900) following the at least one alignment segment (750) is configured as a shaping unit (900), or the at least one processing unit (600) following the at least one alignment segment (750) is configured as an application unit (600).