Machine and process for manufacturing packaging products from a substrate web

Abstract

The invention relates to a machine for manufacturing packaging products from a substrate web of fibrous packaging material, comprising a substrate feed, a single-width printing section with at least one printing unit through which the substrate web fed into the machine can be passed or is guided and can be printed in a single column on at least one of its two sides in the longitudinal direction, and a mechanical processing section with several transverse processing tools through which the substrate web can be subjected to several weakening lines per unit length running transversely to the transport direction, with several cutting tools which are arranged on the substrate path such that they make only planar cutouts one after the other in a substrate web passing the cutting tools on the substrate path per unit length, all of which are open towards at least one side edge of the substrate web, and with a transverse cutting tool,by which the substrate web can be transversely cut into substrate sections of a respective usable length, and a product delivery in which packaging products manufactured in the machine can be laid out or grouped into containers or bundled together. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing packaging products.

Description

[0001] The invention relates to a machine and method for producing packaging products, in particular packaging blanks from a flat, in particular web-shaped substrate according to the preamble of claim 1 and 10 respectively.

[0002] US Pat. No. 7,690,099 B2 discloses a machine for producing packaging, in particular cardboard blanks. In one embodiment, the machine is fed with web-shaped cardboard at the input end, printed, for example, by two printing units, and successively passes through an embossing station, a creasing station, a punching station, an ejection station for the punching residues, and a separating station before the resulting blanks are bundled in a bundling station and then stacked in a stacking station. Punching takes place between an upper rotary cutting tool and a lower rotating counter-tool. The processing tools for embossing, creasing, and punching are housed in respective cassettes, which must be exchanged for product changes and, in practice, may come from different manufacturers.In order to create a simple and cost-effective solution for changing tool cassettes from different manufacturers during product changeover, a cassette carrier with two cassette carriers each adjustable transversely to the production direction is proposed.

[0003] US 2013 / 0017940 A1 relates to a machine for producing cardboard packaging boxes, comprising a first cutting station, in which one or more lasers create the cuts and grooves for the box blank, a second cutting station, in which one or more lasers engrave information or markings into the cardboard surface, and the cuts and grooves for the box blank are created, a folding and gluing section, and an output. If web-like material is fed in at the input side, the first cutting station also performs the cross-cutting into individual sections.

[0004] US Pat. No. 6,766,733 B1 discloses a flexible cutting die for cutting blanks for an envelope, a box, a blank, an insert, or the like. The die comprises a base cutting die through which the outline is cut out, and an interchangeable molded part that can be attached to the base cutting die and through which a window or other type of opening can be introduced into the base blank, or an embossed pattern can be created. The interchangeable molded part can be positioned and / or shaped differently. A cutting cylinder equipped in this way interacts with a counter-cylinder that, for example, supports the negative cutting die on its outer surface.

[0005] In WO 2023 / 285008 A1, a cylinder carrying a cutting die can be varied in its peripheral speed relative to the transport or impression cylinder in order to adapt the processing length of the fixed-format cutting die to any length change that may occur upstream on the substrate. Such changes in printing length can be caused by mechanical "rolling out" during a printing process in a printing station, but also by humidity or temperature influences, and without compensation would cause a geometric deviation between the printed image and the cutting lines. In an advantageous embodiment, the cylinder carrying the cutting die is varied relative to the impression cylinder, which is primarily responsible for transporting the substrate. A separation device is arranged downstream of the cutting device to remove the residual or waste pieces remaining during the cutting of the blank.

[0006] WO 2015 / 161951 A2 discloses a production line for producing printed products, e.g., products in newspaper, tabloid, book, or special formats, from a substrate web. The line comprises a printing unit operating according to a non-impact process and a further processing stage, whose collecting and folding section is advantageously designed for processing web or strand sections of variable lengths. A cross-cutting device is assigned to the input side of the collecting and folding section, which allows sections of variable lengths to be produced from a web strand.

[0007] The invention is based on the object of creating a machine and a method for producing packaging products from a flat, in particular web-shaped substrate.

[0008] The object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1 and 10 respectively.

[0009] The advantages achievable with the invention are, in particular, that packaging products can be produced particularly quickly and / or variably and / or cost-effectively. This applies particularly to the production of blanks for cuboid boxes, in particular folding boxes, with one side edge which, compared to the two side edges of a top or bottom of the finished folding box, has a significantly smaller side length, e.g., a side length corresponding to a maximum of one third of the same or smaller of the two side lengths of the top or bottom. In this case, production is also possible without nesting the blanks on the substrate. The blanks can be arranged one behind the other on the substrate without offset; for a single-width substrate web, for example, all one behind the other in a single column, and for a multiple-width substrate web, in several, particularly non-intersecting, columns.

[0010] Of particular advantage is a design of a cutting tool by which - for example, in contrast to punched products which are punched out all around by a punching die - only individual cutouts, preferably only edge-side surface pieces, are cut out and / or a downstream stripping station can be omitted.

[0011] A particularly advantageous design for cutting out offcuts, i.e., waste pieces not belonging to the final product, with a punching tool that simultaneously removes the offcut from the transport path during the punching process, eliminates the need for a separation device or complex extraction system. A comparatively high processing speed can be achieved, which, for example, favors the inline arrangement of printing and the otherwise often slower mechanical processing. This eliminates the need to maintain a larger number of punching lines than printing lines.

[0012] With a cutting tool which, in an advantageous embodiment, rotates about an axis of rotation relative to the transport direction and / or passes through the substrate without being supported against an abutment, a high degree of variability in the number and arrangement of cutouts in the panel can be achieved in a simple manner.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment with a drive of several or all of the discontinuously operating processing tools independent of the substrate feed, the desired processing pattern, e.g. their effective times related to the substrate feed or their phase positions related to the substrate position relative to the position of the panel to be processed and on the respective panel, can be varied.

[0014] By cutting out individual leftover pieces and / or using a drive independent of the substrate feed, the production of cutting dies that represent the entire panel can be eliminated.

[0015] By processing web-shaped substrate in the preferred embodiment, waste, which may have to be taken into account on the feed side due to transport by grippers, can be avoided.

[0016] Of particular advantage is a single-width design of the processing line, in particular of the entire machine, in which a substrate with a single-use width, in particular a single-width substrate web, is processed in the machine or the mechanical processing line. For the products addressed here, such a single-width substrate web has, for example, a width of 250 mm to 700 mm for the production of extra-wide special formats, or of 250 mm to 500 mm for the predominant case of small to medium product formats. In a multiple-width, in particular double-width design, the multiple-width, in particular double-width substrate or the multiple-width, in particular double-width has, for example, a corresponding integer multiple of the above-mentioned single-width substrate or single-width substrate web, e.g. a width in the range of 500 mm to 1,400 mm for the production of extra-wide special formats, or in the range of 500 mm to 1.000 mm in the case of a double-width substrate.

[0017] A particularly advantageous machine for producing packaging products, in particular box blanks, preferably folding box blanks, from a substrate in the form of a substrate web, in particular a substrate made of a fibrous, preferably natural fiber-containing packaging material, comprises at least one substrate feed, through which the substrate web can be fed on the input side of a substrate path leading through the machine, preferably a printing and / or finishing section, through which the substrate web fed to the machine at the input can be or is passed and can be or is printed on at least one of its sides one after the other with printed images of panels of the same panel length, a mechanical processing section arranged downstream of the printing and / or finishing section in the substrate path, with at least one processing tool designed as a cutting tool and preferably arranged on the circumference of a rotatable tool carrier,by means of which a planar cutout can be or is made in the substrate web, and preferably with a processing tool designed as a cross-cutting tool, which is preferably arranged on the circumference of a rotatable tool carrier and by means of which the substrate web can be or is cut crosswise into substrate sections, as well as a product display in which products manufactured in the machine can be laid out or can be or are combined into bundles.

[0018] In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the machine, a plurality of rotatable cutting tools are arranged one behind the other on the circumference of a same rotatable tool carrier or preferably on the circumference of several rotatable tool carriers provided one behind the other in the transport direction on the substrate path.

[0019] Instead of or preferably in addition to the aforementioned aspect, in a particularly advantageous embodiment of the machine, the substrate feed has a drive means that conveys the substrate into the machine, at least one drive means that conveys the substrate as a substrate web on the substrate path is provided in the substrate path between the substrate feed and the cross-cutting tool, and a drive means that conveys the substrate sections is provided in the substrate path between the cross-cutting tool - if provided - and the product delivery, wherein the tool carrier carrying the at least one cross-processing tool, the tool carrier carrying the at least one cutting tool, and the tool carrier carrying the at least one cross-cutting tool each have a drive means that is mechanically independent of one another and of the drive means that convey the substrate along the substrate path for their rotational drive.

[0020] Instead of or preferably in addition to one or more of the aforementioned aspects, the at least one tool carrier with the cutting tool is arranged on the substrate path in such a way that a cutting edge of the cutting tool coming from an inlet side cuts through the substrate along a cutting line delimiting the cutout, without being supported on the other substrate side against an abutment or counter knife and / or in such a way that substrate passing on the substrate path is free at the cutting location on the substrate side opposite the inlet side of the cutting tool, i.e. without being supported on this substrate side and / or without hindering the release of the cut-out section of material.

[0021] Instead of or preferably in addition to one or more of the aforementioned aspects, a single-width printing section with at least one printing unit is provided, through which the substrate web fed into the machine at the beginning can be or is guided and on at least one of its two sides in the longitudinal direction in one column, iein width with the print image of only one panel, with print images of panels of the same panel length, wherein the mechanical processing section downstream of the printing section in the substrate path comprises a plurality of transverse processing tools by means of which the substrate web can be or is subjected to a plurality of weakening lines running transversely to the transport direction for each panel length, as well as a plurality of cutting tools which are arranged on the substrate path in such a way that they only make flat cutouts one after the other in a substrate web passing the cutting tools on the substrate path for each panel length, all of which are open at least towards one side edge of the substrate web, and a transverse cutting tool by means of which the substrate web can be or is cut transversely into substrate sections of a respective panel length.

[0022] For all the above-mentioned designs or design variants, in a further development which is advantageous, particularly for the single-width design of the machine, the tool carrier carrying the cutting tool is mounted on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation parallel to the transport direction and / or the cutting tool carried by the tool carrier has its cutting edge on its side facing in the direction of rotation.

[0023] Alternatively, in a further development which is particularly advantageous for the single-width version of the machine, the tool carrier carrying the cutting tool is mounted on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis running perpendicular to the transport direction and / or has its cutting edge on a side of the cutting tool which points radially outwards.

[0024] In an advantageous further development for all of the above-mentioned designs or variants, several groups of two or more tool carriers arranged transversely spaced from one another and / or aligned with one another, each with at least one cutting tool, are provided on the substrate path.

[0025] In an advantageous further development for all of the above-mentioned designs or design variants, several, preferably four, rotatable tool carriers, each with a transverse machining tool on the circumference, and / or several, in particular three pairs of two tool carriers, each aligned with one another in the transverse direction, each with a rotatable cutting tool on the circumference, are provided one behind the other in the transport path.

[0026] In a preferred embodiment, the substrate to be processed or machined is a substrate made of a packaging material, preferably a fibrous, in particular natural packaging material, preferably made of or at least predominantly made of cardboard or paperboard.

[0027] Embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and are described in more detail below.

[0028] They show: Fig. 1 an exemplary representation of a final product formed by a folding box; Fig. 2 a plan view of a panel formed by a folding box blank; Fig. 3 a schematic representation of a) a machine for producing packaging products and b) the processing progress on a substrate web parallel to the passage through the machine; Fig. 4 a schematic representation a) of an enlarged section of the mechanical processing section of the machine from Fig. 3 a), b) a plan view of any processing tools provided and c) a schematic representation of the processing progress on a substrate web parallel to the passage through the mechanical processing section; Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic representation of a transverse machining section; Fig. 6 an enlarged schematic representation of a longitudinal machining section; Fig. 7 is an enlarged schematic view of a cutting section; Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a cutting device for separating sections; Fig. 9 is a schematic plan view of a wheel-side by a cutting device from Fig. 8 processed substrate section; Fig. 10 is a schematic plan view of a second embodiment of a cutting device for separating cutouts; Fig. 11 a view of a cutting device from Fig. 10 with a support surface interacting with the substrate to be processed.

[0029] The invention relates to the production of products 002, in particular packaging products 002, from a flat substrate 004, such as those present as intermediate products 002, e.g. in the form of packaging blanks 002, or blanks 002 for short, for example box or in particular folding box blanks 002, in the provision of packaging 001, e.g. in the finished and folded state, e.g. open-topped or preferably closed-on-all boxes 001, preferably folding boxes 001. In the production process, these products 002 or intermediate products 002 are present in a not yet separated state in several so-called panels 003 on a flat substrate 004.

[0030] The term panel 003 here refers - at least as far as the contour and shape are concerned - to identical objects that form the basis of the later products 002 or the end products 001 ultimately formed by unfolded packaging 001, in this case the blanks 002 to be produced, several of which are initially prefabricated on a common piece of material, here on the flat substrate 004, and then separated from one another to form the individual products 002 or intermediate products 002. In the present case, a panel 003 is to be regarded as that partial surface 003 of the substrate 004 which, after being separated from the substrate 004, corresponds to the intermediate product 002 or the product 002 to be manufactured in a machine 100, for example an above-mentioned blank 002 of a packaging 001 as the end product 001, and / or which, for example, is further processed into the desired or required end product 001 and / or is capable of being further processed.In the present case of a packaging 001 or a packaging blank 002, the panels 003 can basically only be determined by the same shape of the blank 002 to be produced, but in a particularly advantageous embodiment can additionally be printed once or multiple times and / or have a single- or multi-color print image on one or both sides. In the case of a printing process or print image, the print images on the panels 003 can be identical or - particularly when using a non-impact printing process - can differ completely or possibly in details, e.g. individualizing or personalizing information. Even such partial areas 003 that may differ in their print should be included here under the term panel 003 due to the same shape of their contour and the end product 001 to be produced.

[0031] A flat substrate 004 to be processed by the machine 100 is understood here to mean a substrate workpiece whose thickness, also referred to as thickness, is at least a factor of 30, in particular 50, smaller than its width and length. Such a substrate workpiece to be processed can be sheet-shaped, i.e., as individual substrate sheets, or, as preferred here, in web-shaped, i.e., in the form of a substrate web 004, and / or can be fed to the machine 100 on the input side.

[0032] The flat substrate 004 to be processed—in particular into packaging blanks 002 or ultimately into packaging 001—or its underlying substrate material can be single-layered or multi-layered, formed from multiple layers of the same base material, or from different materials. The at least one or only layer, e.g., base layer, can be formed from a single-layered or multi-layered fiber-containing, in particular predominantly natural fiber-containing, packaging material, in particular made of cardboard or paperboard. In the case of a multi-layer substrate 004, this material can be coated, for example, with a film, e.g., made of plastic or metal, or surface-finished with a so-called coating or varnish, or provided with a barrier layer, e.g., made of plastic or varnish.In the following, unless explicitly differentiated otherwise, the term “flat substrate 004” made of fibrous packaging material refers to a substrate 004 with a grammage of at least 150 g / m. 2 (grams per square meter), for example even more than 225 g / m 2 , which, regardless of any multi-layer structure, consists entirely or at least as a base and / or for the majority of its thickness from the fibrous, in particular predominantly natural fiber-containing packaging material, preferably from cardboard or paperboard, and in particular has a low thickness in relation to the other dimensions mentioned above. Unless explicitly differentiated, the term cardboard or paperboard also refers to coated or refined substrate materials in the following, provided that they consist of cardboard or paperboard for the majority of their thickness.

[0033] The production of the above-mentioned intermediate products 002 and their further processing into packaging 001, e.g. into boxes 001, in particular folding boxes 001, can in principle take place in separate processes or machines or else only by the end user, who first folds the product 002, e.g. formed from a box or folding box blank 002, into the box 001 or folding box 001. In particular for different products, e.g. in the production of packaging 001 to be glued, these can also take place inline, i.e. in one go with all processing steps - for example, if necessary, printing of the raw material, mechanical processing such as embossing and / or creasing and / or perforating and cutting into blanks 002, and subsequent folding and, if necessary, gluing.Although a preferred embodiment of the machine 100 for producing and providing the folding box blanks 002 is described below by way of example, a variant of this can also include subsequent further processing stages by which folding boxes 001 are folded from the folding box blanks 002 and are previously applied with adhesive at the gluing points.

[0034] The product 002 to be manufactured can here, as preferred here and explicitly explained in the example below, be a blank 002 of a packaging 001 designed as a box 001, in particular a folding box 001, but could, deviating from this and from the specific representation, also be a blank 002, for example for the lower or upper part of a lidded box or for a so-called folding sleeve.

[0035] The products 002 or intermediate products 002 to be manufactured are preferably blanks 002 - in particular in the form of an unfolded net - of cuboid-shaped packaging 001 with three side lengths h; b; l, wherein a first of the side lengths h, e.g. a height h, has a length that is considerably smaller than the second and third side lengths b; l, e.g. the length l and the width b, e.g. a length corresponding to at most one third, in particular at most one fifth, of a smaller of the two other side lengths b; l. The second and third side lengths b; l can also have the same length. The second and third side lengths b; l span a first side 006, e.g. a base 006 of the packaging 001, with a rectangular or even square surface, e.g. a base area.

[0036] In the case of a closable or closed box 001, a second side 007, e.g. a lid 007, can lie opposite the first side 006 with approximately the same dimensions, i.e. a maximum deviation of 5%. As a result, the intermediate products 002 to be manufactured preferably represent blanks 002 for flat boxes 001, in particular folding boxes 001, with sides 008; 008'; 009; 009', in particular side walls 008; 008'; 009; 009', which are perpendicular to the first and possibly opposite second side 006; 007, which are significantly smaller. Such folding boxes 001 are used, for example, in the field of transporting or storing flat foodstuffs or food containers, e.g. for transporting and storing baked goods or - as shown here as an example - pizzas.

[0037] In the case of a blank 002 for a bottom or top part of a lidded box, this part is then open at the top or bottom when folded; in the case of a blank 002 for a folding sleeve, the side walls 008; 008'; 009; 009' are omitted or are degenerated into inward-folding flaps. Although the height h of the end product 001, which is smaller than the width b and length l, is preferably used to primarily refer to the vertical extent and / or the term base 006 to refer to the underside of the packaging 001, such a conceptual assignment is not to be understood as mandatory here. In principle, a proper position can also be formed by a packaging 001 with a narrow base during intended use, formed by one of the side walls 008; 008'; 009; 009' with the shorter side length h.

[0038] Alternatively or preferably in addition to the above, the intermediate products 002 to be manufactured are blanks 002 or underlying panels 003, the finished cut of which in the unfolded net - in particular including any additions or tabs provided for stabilization and / or for adhesive or plug-in connections - occupies an area on the substrate 004 which corresponds to at least 80%, in particular at least 90%, of a smallest rectangular area spanning the panel 003. In other words, during the manufacture of the intermediate product 002, ideally less than 20%, preferably less than 10% of a rectangular substrate area, and thus - e.g. without taking into account any waste that may arise during start-up or shut-down - for example also of the supplied substrate 004, arises as residue or waste and must be removed.

[0039] Alternatively to this, or in particular together with one or more of the above criteria, the intermediate products 002 or blanks 002 of cuboid-shaped folding boxes 001 to be manufactured - in particular blanks 002 in the form of an unfolded net - are blanks 002 or underlying panels 003 which only have cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' that are open at least towards the edge regions of two opposite first sides, e.g. the two long sides of the underlying panel 003, i.e. for example that they do not have any cutouts that are open exclusively towards the other two opposite second sides, e.g. the sides running transversely thereto, and / or no cutouts in the sense of windows surrounded on all sides by the substrate or other types of openings.In a preferred embodiment, the cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' are therefore not enclosed by closed cutting lines s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4', but rather by cutting lines that are open at least towards the side edge of the long side.

[0040] An above-mentioned blank 002 comprises, in addition to one or more cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3', at least one transverse weakening line Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4; e.g., effective line Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 and / or at least one longitudinal weakening line L1; L1', e.g., effective line L1; L1', at which the blank 002 is or can be bent during the subsequent forming to the end product 001, as well as at least two cutting edges on opposite sides, which result from a separation along a cutting line S between two successive blanks 003 in the preferred case of a gapless sequence of blanks or from a separation from the substrate 004 along two cutting lines S in the case of a residual strip lying in between.

[0041] A blank 002 shown here for an embodiment of a folding box 002 comprises three cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' on both long sides, namely, viewed in the longitudinal direction, in the respective corners and in an area lying in between, e.g. in a central area, and in particular extending over a length corresponding to the height h in the later product, and four transverse weakening lines Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 running transversely to the long sides, namely, e.g. one each approximately at the level of the start of the respective corner cutout A1; A3; A1'; A3', e.g. corner cutout A1; A3; A1'; A3', and one each on both sides of the approximately central cutout A2; A2'. The longitudinal direction of the blank 002 or of the blank 003 still encompassed by the substrate 004 should be that of one of the side lengths l; b of the base 006 describe a parallel extension which successively encompasses both the surface of the base 006 and the cover 007.A section lying in the area of ​​one of the two ends transversely to the longitudinal direction between the opposing corner cutouts A3; A3' is connected via a weakening line Q4 to the surface forming, for example, the lid 007 and forms, for example, one of the side walls 009 in the later end product 001, while a section lying in the area of ​​the other of the two ends transversely to the longitudinal direction between the opposing corner cutouts A1; A1' and connecting to the surface forming the base 006 via a transverse weakening line Q1 in the later end product 001 forms, for example, a tab 011 that can be erected from the plane of the base 006. Longitudinal weakening lines L1; L1' extend parallel to both side edges and are interrupted by the cutouts A2; A2' - form side walls 009 bent longitudinally from the base 006 and lid 007 in the later final product 001.The longitudinal direction of the blank 003 is the direction running in the transport direction T on the substrate 004 and its length l003, ie the blank length l003, is the dimension extending in the transport direction T or, in the case of a substrate web 004, the dimension extending in its longitudinal direction.

[0042] A machine 100, in particular a substrate processing machine 100, for producing the above-mentioned products 002, in particular packaging blanks 002, from a flat, preferably web-shaped substrate 004 comprises, at least on the input side, a substrate feed 101 which, for the preferred embodiment of the substrate 004 to be fed as a substrate web 004, is formed by a roll unwinder 101, from which the web-shaped substrate 004 can be unwound and fed into a transport path leading through the machine 100. In the case of a web-shaped substrate 004, a drive means (not shown here), e.g. a drive motor, for unwinding a substrate roll can be assigned to the substrate feed 101 and / or a positively driven conveyor device for controlled conveying of the substrate web, e.g.a merely indicated pulling or feeding mechanism, which comprises, for example, a drive motor 106 driving a pulling roller as a drive means 106 effecting or supporting the substrate feed through the machine 100.

[0043] A drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 which effects or supports the substrate feed in or through the machine 100 or which conveys the substrate 004 shall be referred to here and in the following - in abbreviated form - as drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 which drive or convey the substrate 004 or the substrate web 004 in a controlled manner indirectly via a conveyor device which conveys the substrate 004 by form or frictional engagement and / or - which may be the case when transporting web-shaped substrate - in particular in interaction with other such conveyor devices or drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 determine or at least co-determine the substrate feed.As such, for example, a drive means 106 conveying the substrate 004 into the machine 100 and / or one or more drive means 107; 108; 403 conveying the substrate 004 along the substrate path between the substrate feed 101 and the processing tool 901 designed as a cross-cutting tool 901 and / or at least one drive means 109 conveying the substrate sections 004i in the substrate path between the cross-cutting tool 901 and the product delivery 104 can be provided. For the case of a web-shaped substrate 004, the aforementioned frictionally or positively interacting conveying devices can be, for example, driven rollers, e.g., tension, hot, or cooling rollers, or driven cylinders of rollers of processing devices, e.g., transport cylinders or rollers involved in the formation of a printing or coating point or supporting the substrate 004 in such a printing or coating point.In the case of sheet-shaped substrate 004 or substrate sections 004i, transport cylinders or conveyor belts can be used, for example.

[0044] The machine 100 further comprises, in the transport path downstream of the substrate feed 101, at least one processing section 103 for mechanically processing the substrate 004 with several types of processing tools 601; 701; 702; 703; 801; 801*; 901 that act mechanically on the substrate 004 in different ways, e.g., one or more processing tools 601 for transverse weakening, one or more processing tools 701 for longitudinal weakening, one or more processing tools 801; 801* for cutting out and / or at least one processing tool 601, e.g., transverse processing tool 601, for transverse cutting.

[0045] On the output side, the machine 100 comprises a product delivery 104, which for the preferred embodiment is formed, for example, by a stack delivery 104, through which the products 002 produced in the machine 100, in particular intermediate products 002, are or can be laid out, for example, as a stream or shingled stream or, as preferred here, combined into bundles, in particular into stacks.

[0046] In the case of a web-shaped substrate 004, a drive motor 109 driving a conveyor device, e.g. a belt drive, a paddle wheel or a transport cylinder, can be provided between a cross-cutting of the substrate web 004 and the product delivery 104, e.g. as a drive means 109 effecting or supporting the substrate feed through the machine 100 or conveying the substrate 005, by means of which substrate sections 005i, e.g. as products 001; 002, can be fed to the product delivery 104.

[0047] In a preferred embodiment, a printing and / or finishing section 102 is provided between substrate feed 101 and mechanical processing section 103, by means of which the substrate 004 can be printed on one or both sides with single-color or multi-color printed images, for example in the pattern of the blanks 003 underlying the production of the products 002, and / or can be finished with a varnish or other surface coating. Furthermore, in the substrate path between a last printing point of a printing section encompassed by the printing and / or finishing section 102 and a first mechanical processing in the processing section 103, a drive motor 107 driving a pull roller can be provided as a drive means 107 effecting or supporting the substrate feed through the machine 100 or conveying the substrate 004.

[0048] In a variant of the machine 100, a folding section, possibly with a gluing device, can be provided between the mechanical processing section 103 and the product delivery section 104 - in particular for the production of already folded packages 001.

[0049] Although the machine 100 can also be designed to be multiple-width, i.e. for processing substrates 004 with a plurality of blanks 003 next to one another transversely to a transport direction T, in an advantageous embodiment the machine 100 is designed to be single-width, i.e. for processing substrates 004 with only one blank 003 in the transverse direction. A single-width machine 100 is therefore, for example, a machine whose processing and / or conveying width is designed to process and / or convey a substrate 004 that is only one blank 033 wide, e.g. a width in the range of, for example, 250 to 700 mm, at least 250 to 500 mm. If the machine 100 is designed to produce products 002 or blanks 003 with a variable width - at least within certain limits, the processing and / or conveying width is designed with a width of the greatest width of the blank 003, e.g. B. a width of at least 500 mm, e.g.in the range from 500 mm to 700 mm. A single-width machine 100 is instead or additionally characterized, for example, in that the machine 100 is arranged in the substrate path without means, e.g., turning devices, for superimposing strands and / or without longitudinal cutting devices for dividing, e.g., the substrate web 004 into several adjacent partial webs of the same width, e.g., panel width.

[0050] The transport direction T and a longitudinal direction of the substrate 004 or the substrate web 004 or a blank 003 located thereon are to be understood here and in the following as the direction pointing in the feed or movement direction of the substrate 004 at the relevant location of the transport path, and the transverse direction is to be understood as the direction running perpendicular to this in the plane of the substrate surface, usually, for example, horizontally.

[0051] As processing tools 601; 701; 702; 703; 801; 801*; 901 of the processing section 103, one or more types of processing tools 701; 702; 703 can be provided, for example in a longitudinal processing section 700, which mechanically act on the substrate 004 along lines of action L1; L1' running in the longitudinal or transport direction T and are preferably positioned or preferably positionable in register with the substrate 004 to be processed, viewed in the transverse direction, i.e. in the lateral register. Such longitudinally effective processing tools 701; 702; 703, in short longitudinal processing tools 701; 702; 703, for example, are uncritical - at least as far as their desired effect in the longitudinal direction is concerned - with regard to the longitudinal register, ie a relative phase position of the processing tool relative to the position of the blanks 003 provided on the substrate 004 along the transport direction T in the substrate path.

[0052] Preferably, the machine 100 or the processing section 103 in the substrate path comprises one or more, preferably at least two, processing tools 701; 702, e.g. longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g. longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinal weakening tools 701; 702, e.g., longitudinally ... In local usage, in contrast to a longitudinal cutting knife, the perforating or preferably creasing knife 701 orA tool carrier carrying such a perforating or preferably creasing tool is designed and arranged in the substrate path in such a way that it leaves a weakening line L1; L1' in the substrate 004, but does not completely cut through the substrate 004 along the effective line L1; L2.

[0053] Preferably, at least two creasing tools 701 are provided, e.g., in the form of rotatable creasing blades 701. Additionally or instead, two longitudinally acting perforating tools 702 designed as perforating blades may be provided, which may optionally be provided in addition to or alternatively to the creasing tools 701.

[0054] In addition to one or more of the above-mentioned types of processing tools introducing one or more weakening lines L1; L1', one or two longitudinal cutting tools 703 spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction, e.g., longitudinal cutting knives rotating or rotatable about an axis running in the transverse direction, can be provided as further longitudinally effective processing tools, by means of which, for example, edge trimming can be carried out on one or both longitudinal sides of the substrate 004 if required.

[0055] Although, for example, in the figures Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 illustrates, by way of example, two longitudinally effective processing tools 701; 702; 703 formed by creasing tools 701, two perforating tools 702, and two longitudinal cutting tools 703. Either all three of these types, only two of these types, or only one type of longitudinal weakening tool can be provided in the machine 100 or the mechanical processing line 103. In addition to one or more of the types mentioned, or instead of them, two spaced-apart embossing tools (not shown here) can also be provided as longitudinally effective processing tools.

[0056] The respective longitudinally acting processing tools 701; 702; 703 mentioned above are—if provided—preferably mounted on the substrate path, e.g., in a frame (not shown) of the machine 100 or the mechanical processing line, such that at least one, preferably both, of the same type, spaced apart in the transverse direction, can be adjusted or positioned individually or in pairs in the transverse direction. This is preferably done for a pair of processing tools 701; 702; 703 spaced apart in the transverse direction and preferably aligned with one another in this transverse direction, via at least one controllable drive means 704, e.g., a drive motor 704.In the case of a paired drive, the machining tools 701; 702; 703 of the tool pair are jointly driven or drivable by the drive motor 704 - for example via an engagement of a respective tool carrier in a threaded spindle 706 with opposing thread sections (see e.g. in . Fig. 5 without dashed drive means, but with a continuous spindle). In an embodiment which is advantageous, for example, with regard to variability, the two machining tools 701; 702; 703 of the tool pair can be adjusted independently of one another in the transverse direction by respective drive means 704; 704', e.g. drive motors 704; 704' (see version in Fig. 5 with dashed drive means). In one variant, only one of the processing tools 701; 702; 703 of the tool pair can be positioned or adjustable in the transverse direction, and the other processing tool 701; 702; 703 can be mounted on the substrate path in a frame-fixed manner with respect to the transverse direction.

[0057] One or more creasing tools 701 arranged in transverse alignment with one another can, together with any lateral adjusting means 704, 706; 704', 706' and their mounting, be conceptually combined to form a creasing device 707 and, as such, can be provided one or more times in succession in the processing section 103, in particular in the longitudinal processing section 700, in the manner described above. In addition or instead, one or more perforating tools 702 arranged in transverse alignment with one another can, together with any lateral adjusting means 704, 706; 704', 706' and their mounting, can, in conceptually combined to form a perforating device 708 and, as such, can be provided one or more times in succession in the processing section 103, in particular in the longitudinal processing section 700. In addition or instead, one or more longitudinal cutting knives 703 arranged in transverse alignment with one another can, together with anyprovided lateral adjusting means 704, 706; 704', 706' and their mounting are conceptually combined to form a longitudinal cutting device 09 and as such can be provided one or more times in the processing section 103, in particular in the longitudinal processing section 700.

[0058] One or more such processing devices 707; 708; 709 configured as creasing and / or perforating and / or slitting devices 707; 708; 709 can be arranged, for example, in a single base frame. The arrangement of one or more such creasing and / or perforating and / or slitting devices 707; 708; 709 in the base frame can be designed as a structural unit, e.g., as a module.

[0059] Instead of or preferably in addition to at least one type of longitudinally effective processing tools 701; 702; 703, at least one or more types of processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 are provided as mechanical processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901, which do not act on the substrate 004 or the blanks 003 continuously, but only discontinuously at certain intervals in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 004 or in its transport direction T. Such processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 must, in order to achieve the desired result, with regard to the longitudinal register, ie a relative phase position of the processing tool 601; 801; 801*; 901 relative to the position of the blanks 003 provided on the substrate 004, along the transport direction T in the substrate path, must be or be correctly positioned or operated at a correct rate.Such mechanical machining tools which operate with interruptions, particularly with regard to the longitudinal register, are also referred to below as discontinuously operating machining tools 601; 801; 801*; 901.

[0060] One or more types of transversely acting processing tools 601; 901 can be provided as 601; 901 falling under the discontinuously acting processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901, ie processing tools 601; 901 which act mechanically on the substrate in lines of action S; Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 running along the transverse direction and which, when viewed in their relative phase position to the position of the blanks 003 along the transport path, i.e. in the longitudinal register, are in register with the position of the substrate 004 being processed or with the blanks 003 contained therein in the transport direction T and with the other of the possibly provided discontinuously introduced lines of action S; Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4; s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' are positioned or positionable or must be.

[0061] For the preferred case of a web-shaped substrate 004, at least one cross-cutting tool 901 of a cross-cutting device 900, e.g. a cross-cutting blade 901 or in particular a cross-cutting blade pair 901, 902 comprising a cross-cutting blade 901 and a counter-blade 902, is provided as a discontinuously acting, in particular transversely acting processing tool 901, by means of which the substrate web 004 - in particular previously mechanically processed by one, several or all of the other processing tools 601; 701; 702; 703; 801; 801* required for production - is or can be cut transversely along an effective line S running in the transverse direction and formed by a cutting line S, in particular a cross-sectional line S, into substrate sections 004i, in particular into each having a single blank 003 in the longitudinal direction. If the substrate track 004 at this point of the substrate path is single-width, as preferred, iewith the width of a single blank 003 extending in the transverse direction, and - as preferred - already processed by all necessary other mechanical processing steps or tools 601; 701; 702; 703; 801; 801*], the substrate sections 004i simultaneously already represent the intermediate products 002 or blanks 002 to be produced, which are combined, for example, in the downstream product delivery 104 to form bundles, e.g. stacks, or in an alternative embodiment of the machine 100 upstream of the product delivery, if necessary, glued and folded into end products 001.

[0062] The above-mentioned cross-cutting blade 901 can be provided on a, e.g., rotating or rotatable, tool carrier 904, e.g., on the circumference of a cross-cutting cylinder 904, and together with its bearing and optionally its drive means 903, can represent a processing device 906 designed as a cross-cutting device 906. The same also applies to the arrangement of a possibly provided counter-blade 902 on a counter-blade cylinder and its arrangement in the cross-cutting device 906. Several, e.g., two such cross-cutting blades 901 can also be provided in the circumferential direction on such a tool carrier 904, which then interact one after the other with the substrate web 004 to be cut. The same also applies to the arrangement of several, possibly provided, counter-blades 902 on a counter-blade cylinder. The tool carrier 603 is, in particular, rotatable about a rotation axis running parallel to the transverse direction.

[0063] In a preferred embodiment - particularly in the case of an embodiment of the machine 100 or the processing line 103 for variable blank lengths 1003 - the cross-cutting tool 901, in particular at least the rotating or rotatable tool carrier 904, can be driven or driven in rotation in the above sense independently of the substrate feed by a drive means 903, e.g. a drive motor 903, in particular a drive or servo motor 903 whose speed and / or angular position can be controlled or regulated, i.e. mechanically independent of any drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 that effect or support the substrate feed or convey the substrate 004.

[0064] Not only, but especially in the case that the processing of a variable blank length l003 is to be possible, for example, as a conveying device, a pulling roller which is positively driven by a drive means 108, e.g. a drive motor 108, is arranged in the substrate path directly upstream of the cross-cutting tool 901, ie without any further processing tools in between.

[0065] As another type of discontinuously acting, in particular transversely acting processing tool 601, in short transverse processing tool 601, at least one processing tool 601, e.g. transverse weakening tool 601, is provided in the substrate path - optionally instead of or in particular in the case of the upstream web-shaped substrate 004 in addition to the transverse cutting tool 901 - which acts mechanically, in particular deforming, on the substrate 004 in the transverse direction and introduces a transversely running line of action Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4, e.g. weakening line Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4, in particular transverse weakening line Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4, in the transport path, in particular arranged upstream of the possibly provided cross-cutting tool 901. This processing tool 601 can basically be designed as a perforating or preferably creasing knife 601, in particular rotating or rotatable about an axis running in the transverse direction, which, for example,in the transverse direction at least over a side length b; l of the subsequent end product 001 running transversely on the substrate 004. The transverse weakening tool 601 can be provided on a, e.g., rotating or rotatable, tool carrier 603, e.g., on the circumference of a knife cylinder 603. In local usage, here too - in contrast to the above-mentioned transverse cutting knife - a perforating or preferably creasing knife 601 or a knife cylinder 603 carrying such a knife is designed and arranged in the substrate path in such a way that it leaves a weakening line Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 in the substrate 004, but does not cut through the substrate 004 along the line. The respective tool carrier 603 is in particular rotatable about a rotation axis running parallel to the transverse direction.

[0066] For the preferred case of several transverse weakening lines Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 to be applied to an intermediate product 002 or blank 003, a single transverse weakening tool 601 can be provided in the transverse processing section 600, which interacts several times with the respective blank 003 along its length. Preferably, however, several, e.g. at least or exactly two, preferably four or possibly more, such transverse weakening tools 601 are provided, which interact or can interact one after the other with the same passing blank 003. In this case, several, e.g. at least three, in particular four, such transverse weakening tools 601 can be provided on a same, e.g. rotating or rotatable, tool carrier 603, e.g. on the circumference of a knife cylinder 603, wherein in a preferred embodiment, the tool carrier 603 can be driven at a circumferential speed that can be varied during one revolution.

[0067] Preferably, however, several, e.g. at least or exactly two, in particular four or possibly more, such, e.g. rotating or rotatable, tool carriers 603, e.g. knife cylinders 603, are provided one behind the other in the transport path, each carrying possibly several, but preferably one each of the transverse weakening tools 601 (see e.g. Fig. 4 and Fig. 6). In both variants, the relative position of several transverse weakening lines Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4 to each other can be varied without retooling.

[0068] In a preferred embodiment, the or each of the rotating or rotatable tool carriers 603 is or can be driven in a manner that is variable with respect to its effective peripheral speed, i.e. the peripheral speed of the transverse weakening tool(s) 601 carried thereby, relative to the speed of the substrate advance. In a preferred embodiment, for this purpose, the or each of the transverse weakening tools 601, in particular the or each of the rotating or rotatable tool carriers 603, is or can be driven in rotation independently of the substrate advance, i.e. mechanically independently of any drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 that effect or support the substrate advance or convey the substrate 004, by a drive means 602, e.g. drive motor 602, in particular a drive or servo motor 602 that can be controlled or regulated with regard to the speed and / or angular position.Each rotatable tool carrier 603 is preferably driven or driven independently of the other tool carriers 603 and, in the above sense, mechanically independent of the substrate feed through the processing section 103.

[0069] An above-mentioned transverse weakening tool 601, in particular a tool carrier 603 with such a transverse weakening tool 601, can be summarized together with its drive means 602 and its bearing conceptually as a transverse weakening device 604 and can be provided as such once or, as is preferred, several times in succession in the processing section 103, in particular the longitudinal processing section 700.

[0070] One or more such transverse weakening devices 604 can be arranged, for example, in the same subframe. The arrangement of one or more such transverse weakening devices 604 in the subframe can be designed in the form of a structural unit, e.g., in the form of a module.

[0071] As a discontinuously effective processing tool 801; 801*, which is to be arranged and / or operated in the transport path of the processing section 103 in particular with regard to the longitudinal register, at least one cutting tool 801; 801* is provided in the substrate path, e.g. upstream or preferably downstream of one or more possibly provided longitudinal processing tools 701; 702; 703 and / or e.g. upstream or preferably downstream of one or more possibly provided transverse processing tools 601; 901, by means of which at least one areal section A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' is cut out of the passing substrate 004 for each blank 003, ie in contrast to a simple linear cut, over a surface, ie extending two-dimensionally, with - e.g. B. in contrast to mere incisions - both an extension in the transverse direction and in the transport direction T is or can be cut out.Depending on the requirements, the planar or two-dimensional section A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' can have a regular or irregular shape or cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4', for example, deviating from a rectangular cross-section.

[0072] The cutting tool 801; 801* provided, for example, in a cutting-out section 800; 800* of the processing path 103 is advantageously designed and arranged on the substrate path and / or is operated or operable in such a way that it acts on the substrate 004 from a first substrate side and that the substrate 004 is completely severed on a cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' along the - possibly irregularly running - cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4', so that it can exit on the other substrate side without further ado, i.e. without additional breaking out or separating of webs. For this purpose, the cutting tool 801; 801* orthe tool carrier 806; 806* carrying it is designed and arranged on the substrate path in such a way that substrate 004 passing along the substrate path is free in the substrate path at the cutting location, at least over the area of ​​the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' to be made, on the substrate side opposite the entry side of the cutting tool 801; 801*, i.e. without being supported on this substrate side. In other words, the cutting tool 801; 801* or the tool carrier 806; 806* carrying it is arranged at a point on the substrate path at which, on the substrate side opposite the entry side of the cutting tool 801; 801* - at least at the time of cutting - at least over the area of ​​the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3', there is a free space into which the cut-out material section can be disposed of, for example, as a leftover or waste piece. The material section can then, for example,by a force acting on the material section - for example immediately after or already during the cutting - e.g. the force of gravity, an applied suction force or, as described below, by the cutting tool 801; 801* itself, from the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3'.

[0073] The respective cutting tool 801; 801* is preferably designed and arranged and / or operated or operable in such a way that the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' is removed by the cutting tool 801; 801* in one go with the cutting out and also from the rest of the substrate 004, e.g. by the cutting tool 801; 801* acting on the substrate 004 from a first substrate side, severing the substrate 004 on a section A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' along the - e.g. regular or irregular - cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' and the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' is thereby transported out of the remaining web-shaped or sheet-shaped substrate 004 on the other, e.g. second substrate side.

[0074] The material section cut out and removed along the cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' represents a residual or waste piece, while the area of ​​the substrate 004 surrounding the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' is transported further downstream in the transport path as part of the blank 003.

[0075] In contrast to punching out a blank 003 with, for example, a single punching die, by means of which an outline of the blank 003 is cut out in one go - except for any remaining webs - the respective cutting tool 801; 801* here preferably has a cutting edge for the cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' of only one of several cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' to be cut out and removed for each blank 003. This means that several unconnected cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' are cut out one after the other from a substrate section having a panel 003 and, if necessary, removed immediately, so that the cut of a panel 003 or blank 002 remains as a continuous remainder.

[0076] In a preferred embodiment, the cutting tool 801; 801* is not arranged with its cutting edge cutting against an abutment or a so-called die on or in the substrate path - e.g., in contrast to conventional punching dies - but rather cuts through the substrate 004 along the cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' delimiting the cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' without working with a cutting edge against a counter surface, e.g., an abutment or counter blade, or supporting itself against such a surface. This allows the cut-out material section to be cut out and removed in one go, without the need for subsequent breaking out and removal of the residual or waste pieces.

[0077] Cutting with such a cutting tool 801; 801* can in principle be carried out without any rear support or bracing of the substrate 004 in the entire area surrounding the cutting point. In an advantageous embodiment, however, a support surface 803; 803* for the substrate 004 is provided on the second substrate side opposite the entry side, with an interruption 804; 804* or recess 804; 804* for receiving the cutting tool 801; 801*, which penetrates at least slightly, i.e., for example, at least 1 mm, through the substrate 004 at least with the cutting edge. The at least slight immersion is intended to ensure that the cut through the substrate 004 is continuous and that the cut-out material actually leaves or can leave the remaining substrate 004 towards the second substrate side.

[0078] Such a support surface 803 can - as in Fig. 8 - in a first embodiment variant, the guide 803 can be provided in a fixed position on the substrate path and supports the substrate 004 at least in an area adjacent to the cutting point, which guide 803 has, in an area opposite the cutting tool 801 during the cutting process in the substrate path, the recess 804 receiving the penetrating or at least immersing cutting tool 801 or an interruption 804 of the guide 803.

[0079] In a second variant, as indicated by the dashed arrow in Fig. 8 for the support surface 803 or in Fig. 11 by the rotational body 803* supporting the substrate 004, such a support surface 803 can be formed by a support and / or conveying device 803, e.g. a circulating belt or a circulating band, which is moved in the transport direction T of the substrate 004 and thereby supports and / or conveys the substrate 004, or a rotational body 803* having corresponding recesses 804*, which has the recess 804* receiving the cutting tool 801* passing through, e.g. at least in part, in an area opposite the cutting tool 801* at the time of cutting out.

[0080] For both embodiments, the recess 804; 804* can basically have any shape such that it sufficiently supports the substrate 004 in an area adjacent to the recess, but does not protrude into the movement path of the cutting tool 801; 801* or at least that of the part that passes - at least partially - through the substrate 004. In an advantageous embodiment, the recess is shaped and / or dimensioned such that the shape of its circumferential line is complementary to the cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4', but is dimensioned so large that it just does not protrude into the movement path of the cutting tool 801; 801* - e.g., for the embodiment with a stationary support surface 803, taking into account the relative movement that takes place during the passage. 801* or at least that of the part passing through.The cutting edge of the cutting tool 801; 801* can thereby perform a type of scissor cut with the edge of the recess 804; 804* in a support surface 803; 803* formed in this way.

[0081] In an advantageous embodiment, a group of at least or exactly two such cutting tools 801; 801*, preferably arranged in the same alignment with one another in the transverse direction, is provided in the transverse direction, by means of which a plurality of cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3', for example two cutouts A1; A2; A3, which are spaced apart in the transverse direction and preferably arranged in the same alignment when viewed in the transverse direction, can be introduced into the substrate 004 as it passes.

[0082] Basically independent of this, but in an advantageous embodiment in addition to this, the cutting device in a preferred embodiment comprises, viewed in the longitudinal or transport direction T, a plurality of cutting tools 801; 801*, in particular a plurality of tool carriers 806; 806* each carrying at least or exactly one cutting tool 801; 801*, advantageously the above-mentioned groups of cutting tools 801; 801* or tool carriers 806; 806* aligned with one another in the transverse direction, through which a plurality of cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3', in particular a plurality of groups, e.g. pairs, of cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' aligned with one another in the transverse direction can be introduced into the passing substrate 004 at points of a same blank 003 that are offset from one another in the longitudinal direction, in particular at points of a same blank 003 that are offset from one another in the longitudinal direction.

[0083] In a particularly advantageous embodiment, one or more cutting tools 801; 801* or groups of cutting tools 801; 801* are arranged on the substrate path in such a way that they create cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' in the passing substrate 004 that are open towards the long side of the substrate 004, in particular only, i.e. exclusively, those cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' that are open at least towards the long side of the substrate 004. These can - in particular as regards the position on the substrate web 004 that has not yet been cut crosswise - be cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' that are open exclusively towards the side edge or - based on a blank 003 or the substrate section 004i that has already been cut crosswise or the packaging orFolding box blank 002 - instead of or in particular in addition to one or more cutouts A2; A2' open exclusively towards the side edge, also one or more cutouts A1; A3; A1'; A3' which are open in the area of ​​the leading and / or trailing ends, in particular corner areas, of the blank 003 or packaging blanks 002 both towards the side edge of the blank 003 or the long side of the packaging blank 002, and at the same time towards the leading or trailing side of the blank 003 or the side in the direction of the width of the packaging blank 002.

[0084] In a particularly advantageous embodiment - in particular in conjunction with a single-width conveyor line through the processing line 103 or through the entire machine 100, in particular in conjunction with a single-width machine 100 - the processing line 103 comprises one or preferably several groups of two cutting tools 801; 801* each, which are arranged and operable on the substrate path in such a way that in regions of both long sides of the substrate 004, cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' are created that are open towards the respective long side of the substrate 004, in particular exclusively cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' that are open towards the respective long side of the substrate 004.

[0085] For the preferred case of several cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' to be made one after the other in the longitudinal direction of the substrate 004 or in particular of a blank 003, a single cutting tool 801; 801* can be provided which interacts several times with the respective blank 003, wherein in the preferred embodiment the cutting tool 801; 801* or a tool carrier 806; 806* carrying the cutting tool 801; 801* is designed to be drivable by a drive means 802; 802* with a circumferential speed that can be varied during one revolution or is operable via appropriately configured control means.

[0086] Preferably, however, several, e.g. at least two, in particular three or at least three, such cutting tools 801; 801* or groups of such cutting tools 801; 801* or rotating or rotatable tool carriers 806; 806* each carrying a cutting tool 801; 801* are provided one behind the other in the transport direction T, which - e.g. in the same alignment in the longitudinal direction - are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction T or are mounted on the substrate path so as to interact with the substrate 004 and / or, viewed in the longitudinal direction, interact or can interact with the substrate 004 at different points on the same passing blank 003. As a result, a phase, ie blank length l003 and / or a relative phase position of the cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' on the panel 003 and / or to each other without the need for retooling.

[0087] For all of the variants mentioned here, a design is particularly advantageous in which the or each tool carrier 806; 806* carrying one or at least one aforementioned cutting tool 801; 801* in the above sense can be driven or driven in a rotational mechanical manner by a drive means 802; 802* independently of the substrate feed or of the drive means 106; 107; 108; 109 conveying the substrate 004 and can be driven or driven via control means connected to the drive means 802; 802* by signaling at a peripheral speed that is variable and / or different from the transport speed. In the case of multiple tool carriers 806; 806*, preferably at least the tool carriers 806; 806* arranged one behind the other in the transport direction T are driven by mechanically independent drive means 802; 802*.

[0088] In a longitudinally aligned arrangement of machining tools 801; 801* or tool carriers 806; 806*, these are intended here and in the following, for example, to be those which, in the case of several groups of machining tools 801; 801* arranged next to one another in unwinding on the substrate 004, are to be assigned to a same column running in the longitudinal direction and / or whose effective width or cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' introduced thereby at least intersect the same alignment running in the transport or longitudinal direction T.

[0089] Preferably, in the case of several cutting tools 801; 801* acting one after the other on the same blank 003, at least two of these tools have cutting tools 801; 801* cutting edges with a different cutting profile, i.e., patterns of cutting lines s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4'. Thus, different shapes of cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' can be introduced into the blank 003, e.g., optimally adapted to the packaging 001 to be produced or the packaging blank 002.

[0090] In a preferred embodiment, the or each of the cutting tools 801; 801*, which are arranged one behind the other, for example in the same alignment, and preferably act in the region of the same long side, in particular the or each of the rotating or rotatable tool carriers 806; 806* carrying these cutting tools 801; 801*, can be driven or driven in rotation independently of the substrate feed by a drive means 802; 802*, for example a drive motor 802; 802*, in particular a drive or servo motor 802; 802* which can be controlled or regulated with regard to the speed and / or angular position, i.e. mechanically independent of any drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; which effect or support the substrate feed through the processing section or even the machine 100 up to a possibly required cross-cutting or which convey the substrate 004. 403. In the case of several, in particular three or at least three, rotating orrotatable tool carriers 806; 806* or cutting tools 801; 801*, each of these tool carriers 806; 806* or cutting tools 801; 801* is preferably mechanically independent of any drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 that effect or support the substrate feed through the processing section or even the machine 100 or that convey the substrate 004, and preferably can be driven or driven in rotation independently of one another.

[0091] In addition to the rotary drive, the cutting tool(s) 801; 801* that interact with the substrate 004 at least in the region of one of the side edges is / are preferably mounted on the substrate path, e.g., in a frame (not shown) of the machine 100 or the mechanical processing line 103, such that at least one, preferably both of the respective group of cutting tools 801; 801* can be adjusted or positioned in the transverse direction individually or in groups, e.g., in pairs. This is preferably done for one or each pair of cutting tools 801; 801* that are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction and preferably aligned with one another in this direction, via at least one controllable drive means 808; 808*, preferably a drive motor 808; 808*. In aIn a design which is advantageous in terms of variability, the two cutting tools 801; 801* of the tool pair can be adjusted independently of one another in the transverse direction by respective drive means 808; 808* - for example by means of an engagement of a holder carrying the respective tool carrier 806; 806*, e.g. designed in the manner of a slide, into the thread of a respective threaded spindle 809; 809*.

[0092] In one variant, the two cutting tools 801; 801* can be driven jointly and in opposite directions by only one drive motor 808; 808* - for example by engaging a holder carrying the respective tool carrier 806; 806*, e.g. designed in the manner of a slide, in a common threaded spindle 809 with oppositely rotating thread sections (e.g. dashed in Fig. 7 and Fig. 10 with through threaded spindle 809; 809* indicated).

[0093] In another variant, for example, only one of the cutting tools 801, 801* of the tool pair can be positioned or adjusted in the transverse direction via an above-mentioned spindle drive, and the other tool can be arranged fixed to the frame on the substrate path with respect to the transverse direction.

[0094] An above-mentioned cutting tool 801; 801*, in particular a tool carrier 806; 806* with such a cutting tool 801; 801*, together with its rotary drive means 802; 802*, its bearing and the adjusting means 808, 809; 808*, 809* possibly provided in the transverse direction, can be conceptually summarized as a processing device 807; 807*, in particular cutting device 807; 807* for cutting out flat cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' and as such can be provided in the processing section 103 one after the other or, as preferred, several times in succession and / or in several in each case, e.g. in pairs, aligned with one another in the transverse direction.

[0095] One or more such cutting devices 807; 807* or pairs of such cutting devices 807; 807* can be arranged, for example, in a single base frame. The arrangement of one or more such cutting devices 807; 807* in the base frame can be designed as a structural unit, e.g., a module.

[0096] In a first embodiment for the preferred cutting tool 801 described above in a more general manner or a cutting device 807 having such a cutting tool 801 (see e.g. Fig. 7, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9) the cutting tool 801 is arranged or mounted on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis R running parallel to the transport direction T or the longitudinal direction of the blank 003 located on the substrate 004. In a region spaced from the rotational axis R, it has a cutting edge which, in particular, has a cutting profile required for the relevant cutout A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3'. The cutting tool 801, which here operates, for example, in the manner of a fly knife 801, is mounted, for example, on a tool carrier 806, for example, a disk-shaped or ring-shaped tool carrier 806, which in turn is mounted directly or indirectly on the carriage - which can optionally be displaced in the transverse direction as described above - and is rotatable about the rotational axis R running parallel to the transport direction T by the aforementioned drive means 802, for example, the drive motor 802.

[0097] In this embodiment, the cutting tool 801 moves, for example, on a circular line around the rotation axis R parallel to the transport direction T and, coming from a first side, passes through the substrate 004, thereby conveying the cut-out material out of the substrate plane on the second side, where it is or can be collected and / or removed, for example. The cutting tool 801 carried by the tool carrier 806 has the effective cutting edge on its side facing in the direction of rotation, ie, for example, on that side of the cutting tool 801 which first strikes the substrate surface during rotation in the direction of the substrate 004—e.g., running approximately radially to the rotation axis R.

[0098] The cutting tool 801 can be driven or is driven in rotation independently of the substrate advance by the drive means 802 in the above-mentioned manner, i.e., mechanically independently of any drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 that effect or support the substrate advance or convey the substrate 004. For the preferred case of one or preferably several, in particular three, above-mentioned groups of several, in particular two, cutting tools 801 or cutting devices 807 aligned in the transverse direction, each of the cutting tools 801 is preferably driven separately by a mechanically independent drive means 802. Preferably, the cutting tool 802 is driven at a circumferential speed that is variable compared to the transport speed of the substrate 004 and / or at least at the time of cutting, significantly higher, e.g., at least twice the circumferential speed.

[0099] The above applies to a possibly provided stationary or co-moving support surface 803 with an interruption 804 or recess 804, with the proviso that in the case of the co-moving support surface 803, such a support is provided, for example, by a rotating support and / or conveyor device 803 such as a rotating belt or a rotating band, and in the case of a stationary or spatially fixed arrangement, for example, the side facing the substrate 004 of a guide 803 supporting the substrate 004 over a large area or, if applicable, a support 803 supporting the substrate 004 only adjacent to the recess 804.

[0100] The cutting tools 801 or the tool carriers 806 carrying the cutting tools 801 can, as explained above, be partially or entirely adjustable in the transverse direction, individually or in groups, e.g., in pairs and in opposite directions.

[0101] In an alternative embodiment for the cutting tool 801* already described in more general terms above or a cutting device 807* having such a cutting tool 801* (see e.g. Fig. 10 and Fig. 11) the cutting tool 801* is arranged on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis R* running perpendicular to the transport direction T or about a rotation axis R* running in the transverse direction, and has, in an outwardly facing end region remote from the rotation axis R*, a cutting edge with a cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' corresponding to a cutting profile required for the respective section A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3'. Such an embodiment is not only, but particularly advantageous in connection with a multiple-width, e.g., double-width substrate 004, e.g., a multiple-width, in particular double-width substrate web 004, i.e., a substrate web 004 with a width for loading several, e.g., two, adjacently arranged blanks 003.

[0102] The respective cutting tool 801* preferably has, in the longitudinal or circumferential direction, a cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' assigned to only one of several cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' to be made in the longitudinal direction for each panel 003 and / or, viewed in the transverse direction, only the cutting line s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' of one of several cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' to be made in the same alignment for each panel 003 in the transverse direction.

[0103] The respective cutting tool 801* is mounted in a z-preferential manner on a tool carrier 806*, e.g., a disc-shaped or ring-shaped tool carrier 806*, which in turn is mounted directly or indirectly on the holder - which can optionally be displaced in the transverse direction as described above - and is rotatable about the transverse rotation axis R* by an above-mentioned drive means 802*, e.g., drive motor 802*.

[0104] In contrast to the first version, the movement plane of the cutting tool 801* is not perpendicular to the transport direction T, but runs perpendicular to the transverse direction.

[0105] The cutting tools 801* or the tool carriers 806* carrying the cutting tools 801* can be partially or completely adjustable in the transverse direction individually or in pairs, as explained above.

[0106] As explained above, the cutting tools 801* or their tool carriers 806* can, in an advantageous embodiment as already explained above, all be individually driven in a rotational and mechanical manner by the substrate feed.

[0107] Alternatively, one or more of the cutting tools 801* or tool carriers 806* arranged in a transverse alignment can be jointly driven in rotation by a drive motor 802*, in particular a drive or servo motor 802* that can be controlled or regulated with respect to the rotational speed and / or angular position, or can have such a common drive means 802*. In this case, the cutting tools 801* or tool carriers 806* arranged in a transverse alignment can be mounted on a common shaft or on a common rotational body (e.g., shown in dashed lines in Fig.11) and rotationally driven by the common drive means 802*. If necessary, they can additionally be positioned individually or in pairs in the transverse direction in or on the rotating body in the manner described above. In this embodiment, too, several such groups or pairs of cutting tools 801* or tool carriers 806* can preferably be arranged one behind the other in the substrate path.

[0108] In one variant, several, e.g. at least two, in particular three or at least three cutting tools 801* acting on the substrate 004 in the same alignment in the direction of transport direction T can be provided on a same, e.g. rotating or rotatable, tool carrier 806*, e.g. on the circumference of a rotational body 806*, wherein in a preferred embodiment the tool carrier 806* can be driven via appropriately configured control means with a circumferential speed that can be varied during one revolution.

[0109] The above applies to a possibly provided support surface 803* with the aforementioned recess 804*, with the proviso that it preferably moves along and is formed, for example, by a circumferential surface or partial surface of a rotating body 806*, which has at least one aforementioned recess 804* or circumferential interruption 804* in the cylindrical outer surface. The material sections cut out of the substrate 004 are then conveyed, for example, through the recess 804* or interruption 804* into the interior of the rotating body 806*, from where they can be removed—possibly after being collected.

[0110] In order to obtain usable products 002 of sufficient quality, several or preferably all of the discontinuously operated shaping processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 of the same or a different type, which are provided one after the other in the mechanical processing section 103 in the transport direction T in or on the substrate path of the substrate 004, in particular the substrate web 004, are arranged and operated in such a way that they are positioned relative to one another in order to discontinuously apply a desired pattern of several similar and / or different shaping lines of action, periodically repeating for each length of use l003, to the substrate 004 conveyed on the transport path, in particular a substrate web 004.

[0111] The discontinuously acting shaping processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 provided in the machine 100 or processing line 103 have in common that their effective times related to the substrate feed or their phase positions related to the substrate position in the longitudinal direction relative to the position of the blank 003 to be processed and the desired processing pattern on the respective blank are subject to strict requirements for longitudinal register accuracy. A displacement of even individual weakening or cutting lines Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4; S; s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' or cutouts A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3' relative to the position of the blank 003 on the substrate 004 or relative to one another can render the product 002 unusable.On the other hand, for products 002 to be manufactured with different patterns and / or phase lengths, the phase position of the respective processing tool 601; 801; 801*; 901 - at least for the time of impact on the substrate 004 - must be regularly readjusted to the processing pattern of the panel 003 to be processed.

[0112] In order to achieve greater product variability and / or to be able to correct an observed register deviation, for example without considerable retooling effort, the or at least some or all of the discontinuously acting types of processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 provided in the processing section 103 are mechanically independent of the drive means 106; 107; 108; 109; 403 which effect or support the substrate feed or convey the substrate 004 and are preferably driven individually or at least in pairs independently of one another in the manner explained above or are coupled or operatively connected to such a drive means 602; 802; 802*; 903 which is mechanically independent of the substrate feed. In this way, clock frequencies and repetition orPeriod lengths of a cycle for applying the weakening or cutting lines Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4; S; s1; s2; s3; s4; s1'; s2'; s3'; s4' required for the product 002 to the substrate 004 - at least as far as the processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 driven independently of the substrate feed are concerned - are changed independently of the transport speed of the substrate 004 guided through the processing section 103, in particular machine 100. It is also particularly advantageous if discontinuously acting processing tools 601; 801; 801*; 901 can be varied in their peripheral speed during one revolution and / or can be driven or are driven at a peripheral speed that varies compared to the transport speed within one revolution.

[0113] An above-mentioned printing and / or finishing section 102, preferably provided in the transport path of the machine 100 and arranged upstream of the mechanical processing section 103, has - in particular in the transport path upstream of the mechanical processing section 103 - e.g. a printing section 400, e.g. in the form of a printing unit 400, with one or more printing stations and / or at least one finishing device 500, e.g. a coating unit 500, for one- or two-sided coating, in particular varnishing, on one or both sides of the substrate path.

[0114] Printing by the printing section 400 can in principle be based on any printing process suitable for printing on the substrate 004 made of the packaging material, in particular one containing fibers. In this case, it can comprise, for example, one or more printing units 401 operating according to the flexographic printing process, one or more according to the offset printing process, or one or more according to the gravure printing process. Of particular advantage, however, is an embodiment wherein the printing section 400 - in addition to or instead of printing units 401 of an aforementioned type - comprises one or more printing units 401 operating according to a printing form-free printing process, i.e. a so-called non-impact process, in particular according to the inkjet process, e.g. in the form of inkjet print heads 401 or rows of inkjet print heads 401 arranged next to one another transversely to the transport direction T. In this case, several, e.g.At least four printing units 401, in particular inkjet print heads 401 or rows of inkjet print heads 401 with printing fluid, e.g., printing ink or ink, of different colors, are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction T on the substrate path, in order, for example, to be able to print the substrate 004 with several different colors. Advantageously, at least four, in a particularly versatile embodiment, at least eight inkjet print heads 401 or rows of inkjet print heads 401 of different colors are provided one behind the other.

[0115] Opposite the printing units 401, in particular inkjet print heads 401, in the transport path on the other substrate side, the conveyed substrate 004 can be supported on one or more guide elements of a transport and / or conveying device 402, e.g. on several rollers or an impression or central cylinder, and optionally by one or more positively driven guide elements included in the transport and / or conveying device 402, e.g. one or more of the rollers as transport rollers driven via a drive means 403, e.g. a drive motor 403, or by an impression or central cylinder positively driven via a drive means 403, e.g. a drive motor 403, at a desired transport speed through the printing section 400 or on the substrate port path passing through the printing section 400.Instead or in addition to this, a positively driven conveyor device, e.g. a pull roller driven by a drive means 107; 108, e.g. drive motor 107; 108, can be provided for conveying the substrate 004 downstream of the printing section 400.

[0116] The printing line 400 can be configured, as shown, for example, by a printing unit 400 with printing units 401 printing on only one substrate side. Alternatively, however, it can comprise one such printing unit 400 for each of the two substrate sides, if necessary.

[0117] For the preferred embodiment of the printing line 400 with one or more inkjet printing units, an application device 200, e.g., an application unit 200, is arranged upstream of the printing line 400 in the substrate path, by means of which a base coat, e.g., a so-called primer, is or can be applied to the substrate 004—e.g., over a large area or over the entire surface. Particularly for such an application, in an advantageous embodiment of the machine 100, a drying device 300, e.g., a dryer 300, is arranged in the substrate path between such an application device 200 and the first printing point of the printing line 400.

[0118] Basically independent of the printing method, but advantageously in conjunction with a printing section 400 having inkjet printing units 401, a drying device 300, e.g., a dryer 300, is arranged downstream of the printing section 400 in the substrate path.

[0119] In the case of a finishing device 500 provided in the substrate path, a drying device 300, e.g., a dryer 300, is also arranged downstream of this in an advantageous embodiment. List of reference symbols 001 Packaging, box, folding box, finished product 002 product, packaging products, intermediate product, packaging blank, blank, folding box blank, 003 Use, partial area 004 Substrate, substrate web 004i Substrate section 005 - 006 Side, Bottom 007 Page, Cover 008 Side, side wall 008' side, side wall 009 Side, side wall 009' side, side wall 010 - 011 tab 100 machines 101 Substrate feed, roll unwinder 102 Printing and / or finishing line 103 Mechanical processing line 104 Product display, stack display 105 - 106 Drive means, drive motor 107 Drive means, drive motor 108 Drive means, drive motor 108 Drive means, drive motor 200 application device, application unit 300 drying equipment, dryer 400 printing section, printing unit 401 printing unit, inkjet print head 402 Transport and / or conveyor device 403 Drive means, drive motor 500 finishing equipment, coating plant 600 cross-processing section 601 processing tool, cross processing tool, cross weakening tool, creasing knife 602 Drive means, drive motor, servo motor 603 Tool carrier, knife cylinder 604 Processing device, transverse weakening device 700 longitudinal machining section 701 processing tool, longitudinal processing tools, creasing tool, creasing knife 702 machining tools, longitudinal machining tools, perforating tools 703 machining tool, longitudinal machining tool, longitudinal cutting tool 704 Drive means, drive motor 704' Drive means, drive motor 705 - 706 threaded spindle 706' threaded spindle 707 Creasing device, processing device 708 Perforating device, processing device 709 Longitudinal cutting device, processing device 800 cutting section 800* cutting section, 801 machining tool, cutting tool, fly knife 801* Machining tool, cutting tool, punching tool 802 drive means, drive motor, servo motor 802* Drive means, drive motor, servo motor 803 Support surface, guide, support and / or conveyor device, support 803* Support surface, body of revolution, 804 Interruption, recess 804* Interruption, recess 805 - 806 Tool carrier, rotary body 806* Tool carrier, rotary body 807 processing device, cutting device 807* Machining device, cutting device 808 Drive means, drive motor 808* Drive means, drive motor 809 threaded spindle 809* Threaded spindle 900 cross-cutting device 901 machining tool, cross-machining tools, cross-cutting tool, cross-cutting knife 902 counter knife 903 drive means, drive motor, servo motor 904 tool carrier, cross-cutting cylinder 905 - 906 Processing device, cross-cutting device b side length, width I Side length, length h side length, height l003 Length, panel length A1 cutout, corner cutout A2 excerpt A3 cutout, corner cutout A1' cutout, corner cutout A2' cutout A3' cutout, corner cutout L1 Longitudinal weakening line, effective line L1' Longitudinal weakening line, effective line Q1 weakening line, transverse weakening line, effective line Q2 weakening line, transverse weakening line, effective line Q3 weakening line, transverse weakening line, effective line Q4 weakening line, transverse weakening line, effective line R rotation axis R* rotation axis S section line, cross-section line, line of action s1 section line, line of action s2 section line, line of action s3 section line, line of action s4 section line, line of action s1' section line, line of action s2' section line, line of action s3' section line, line of action s4' section line, line of action T Transport direction QUOTES CONTAINED IN THE DESCRIPTION

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[0000] US 7,690,099 B2

[0002] US 2013 / 0017940 A1

[0003] US 6,766,733 B1

[0004] WO 2023 / 285008 A1

[0005] WO 2015 / 161951 A2

[0006]

Claims

[1] Machine for producing packaging products (002) from a substrate web (004) of fibrous packaging material, comprising - a substrate feed (101), through which the substrate web (004) can be fed to a substrate path leading through the machine (100) on the input side, - a single-width printing section (400) with at least one printing unit (401), through which the substrate web (004) fed to the machine (100) at the beginning can be or is guided and on at least one of its two sides in the longitudinal direction in one column, ie in the width with the print image of only one blank (003), with print images of blanks (003) of the same blank length (l003) can be or is printed, - a mechanical processing section (103) arranged downstream of the printing section (400) in the substrate path, with a plurality of transverse processing tools (601), by means of which the substrate web (004) can be or is subjected to a plurality of weakening lines (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4) running transversely to the transport direction (T) for each blank length (l003), with a plurality of cutting tools (801; 801*) arranged on the substrate path in such a way that they successively produce only planar cutouts (A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3') per blank length (l003) in a substrate web (004) passing the cutting tools (801; 801*) on the substrate path, all of which are open at least towards one side edge of the substrate web (004), and with a cross-cutting tool (901), by which the substrate web (004) can be cut or is cut crosswise into substrate sections (004i) of a respective useful length (1003), - and a product display (104) in which packaging products (002) produced in the machine (100) can be laid out or can be combined into bundles or are combined. [2] Machine according to claim 1, characterized by that the transverse machining tools (601) are provided on the circumference of one or more rotatable tool carriers (603) arranged one behind the other in the transport path. [3] Machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by that the rotatable cutting tools (801; 801*) are arranged one behind the other on the circumference of a rotatable tool carrier (806; 806*) or on the circumference of several tool carriers (806; 806*) which are rotatable one behind the other on the substrate path in the transport direction (T). [4] Machine according to claims 2 and 3, characterized bythat in the transport path there are provided four rotatable tool carriers (603) one behind the other, each with a transverse machining tool (601) on the circumference, as well as three pairs of two tool carriers (806; 806*) aligned with one another in the transverse direction, each with a rotatable cutting tool (801; 801*) on the circumference. [5] Machine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized by that one or more drive means (106; 107; 108; 109; 403) conveying the substrate (004) into and / or through the machine are provided in the substrate path, and that the or each of the tool carriers (601; 806; 806*) has a drive means (602; 802; 802) for its rotational drive which is mechanically independent of one another and of the drive means (106; 107; 108; 109; 403) conveying the substrate (004) into and through the machine. [6] Machine according to claim 5, characterized bythat the drive means (602; 802; 802; 903) of the tool carrier(s) (601; 806; 806*; 901) are signal-connected to control means which are designed to drive the tool carriers (806; 806*) at circumferential speeds different from the transport speed and / or with phase positions that can be varied relative to the substrate feed and / or with a circumferential speed that varies during one revolution via a corresponding control of the drive means (802; 802*) carrying the tool carriers (806; 806*). [7] Machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, characterized by that the cross-cutting tool (901) is arranged on the circumference of a tool carrier (904) which is driven by a drive means (903) which is mechanically independent of the substrate feed and can be driven with phase lengths which are variable relative to the substrate feed. [8] Machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, characterized bythat the tool carrier (806) carrying the cutting tool (801) is mounted on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis (R) parallel to the transport direction (T) and / or the cutting tool (801) carried by the tool carrier (806) has its cutting edge on its side facing in the direction of rotation. [9] Machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7, characterized by that the tool carrier (806*) carrying the cutting tool (801*) is mounted on the substrate path so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis (R*) running perpendicular to the transport direction (T) and / or has its cutting edge on a radially outward-facing side of the cutting tool (801*). [10] Method for producing packaging products (002) from a substrate web (004) of fibrous packaging material, wherein - the substrate web (004) is fed on the input side to a substrate path leading through the machine (100) and is conveyed through the machine (100) at a defined transport speed, - the substrate web (004) conveyed on the substrate path is printed on at least one of its two sides by one or more printing units (401) in the longitudinal direction in one column, ie in the width with the print image of only one blank (003), with print images of blanks (003) of the same blank length (l003) one after the other, - the substrate web (004) printed with panels (003) by means of several rotating transverse processing tools (601) per blank length (l003) with a periodically repeating pattern of several weakening lines (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4) running transversely to the transport direction (T) per blank length (l003), in the passing substrate web (004) by a plurality of rotating cutting tools (801; 801*) in a periodically repeating pattern for each blank length (l003) only cutouts (A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3') are cut out, which are all open towards one of the side edges of the substrate web (004), - the substrate web (004) provided with the weakening lines (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4) and the cutouts (A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3') is cut transversely by a transverse cutting knife (901) into substrate sections (004i) of a respective useful length (l003), - and finally, the substrate sections (004i) are laid out as packaging products (002) in a laying device (104) or combined into bundles. [11] Method according to claim 10, characterized bythat in at least one operating mode of a production operation, a rotational speed of the transverse machining tool (601) arranged on the circumference of a tool carrier (603) and / or a rotational speed of a cutting edge of the cutting tool (801; 801*) arranged on the circumference of a tool carrier (806; 806*) and / or a rotational speed of the transverse cutting blade (901) arranged on the circumference of a tool carrier (903) is different from the transport speed of the substrate web (004) conveyed through the machine (100). [12] Method according to claim 10 or 11, characterized by that the transverse processing tools (601), the rotating cutting tools (801; 801*) and the transverse cutting knife (901) are driven in rotation by drive motors (602; 802; 802*; 903) which are mechanically independent of one another and of the substrate feed. [13] Method according to claim 12, characterized bythat for productions with mutually different panel lengths (l003) and / or panel shapes, the phase length of the repeating pattern of weakening lines (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4) and / or cutouts (A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3') and / or their number per period and / or a distance between the weakening lines (Q1; Q2; Q3; Q4) and / or the cutouts (A1; A2; A3; A1'; A2'; A3') per period on the substrate web (004) is varied via a corresponding control of the mechanically independent drive motors (602; 802; 802*; 903).

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