Delivery unit, corresponding processing machine, and method for adjusting components of a delivery unit

Abstract

The invention relates to a delivery unit (600), wherein the delivery unit (600) has at least one non-stop device (611), the at least one non-stop device (611) has a group of support elements (613), at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) has at least one retracted position within a spatial region for stack formation and at least one extended position outside of the spatial region for stack formation in a direction which is oriented parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element (613), and at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) has a holding mechanism (617) for securing the support element (613) in the extended position. The invention also relates to a processing machine (01) and to a method for adjusting components of a delivery unit (600) of a processing machine (01).

Description

[0001] Description

[0002] DELIVERY UNIT, CORRESPONDING PROCESSING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COMPONENTS OF A DELIVERY UNIT

[0003] The invention relates to a delivery unit according to the preamble of claim 1, a processing machine according to the preamble of claim 23 and a method for adjusting components of a delivery unit according to the preamble of claim 24.

[0004] In the production of packaging, web- or sheet-like materials are used. In several processing steps, the substrates are printed, embossed, grooved, perforated, punched, cut, stapled, glued, and folded into packaging. To optimally utilize the surface area of ​​a sheet-like substrate, also called a sheet, several identical or different copies, e.g., a poster, a folding box, or packaging, are usually printed on a single sheet and then punched. These copies are referred to as a panel.

[0005] A processing machine can comprise various processing steps such as printing, cutting, embossing, creasing, punching, perforating, gluing and / or stapling. Such processing machines often also have inspection devices. Sheets are typically processed and trimmed in processing machines with form-specific punching and cutting devices. Such a processing machine is designed, for example, as a punching, cutting, perforating, embossing and / or creasing machine. When such a processing machine is referred to below as a punch and / or punching machine, this also particularly refers to a cutting, perforating, embossing and / or creasing machine. In form-specific systems, in addition to rotary die cutters, there are also flat die cutters, in particular flatbed die cutters. In flatbed die cutters, several individual sheets are processed one after the other using a cyclically repeating movement.The sheets are moved largely horizontally through the sheet-processing units of the processing machine, in particular a punching unit and / or stripping unit, by a transport system, preferably a chain gripper system. In addition to the punching unit, such a machine may also have other units such as a sheet feeding unit, a sheet delivery unit, and / or a stripping unit. For example, a sheet insertion unit, a blanking unit, and / or a remnant delivery unit may also be provided.

[0006] The processed, preferably sheet-shaped, substrates are collected in the delivery unit to form delivery stacks and then transported away. The use of non-stop devices creates an auxiliary stacking level on which a new delivery stack is already being formed while a previous delivery stack is being transported away from the delivery unit. This reduces the time during which no substrates can be deposited in the delivery unit due to the removal of the previous delivery stack. Non-stop devices include, for example, horizontally retractable rakes or roller blinds. If the substrate falls from a processing position onto the delivery stack, it can become jammed or end up lying unaligned on the delivery stack or a support surface.

[0007] DE 102022 117 516 A1 teaches a processing machine for processing sheets, wherein at least one sheet processing unit is arranged upstream of at least one delivery unit, and at least one further sheet processing unit is arranged downstream of the at least one delivery unit. The delivery unit has at least one non-stop device with at least one auxiliary stack support. The auxiliary stack support contains a support structure that can be retracted into the stacking area and / or into the sheet drop area over the at least one partial stack and can be retracted from the stacking area in the opposite direction to the retraction direction. Furthermore, the auxiliary stack support has an auxiliary stack lifting device for vertical displacement.

[0008] DE 199 10242 A1 discloses a device for forming stacks from a stream of consecutive sheets. Sheets held by a sheet support are supported by an auxiliary stack support designed as a rake, allowing a stack located underneath to be removed. The rake can be inserted into a horizontal guide, which is supported by a height-adjustable frame.

[0009] DE 41 31 015 A1 shows a sheet delivery device for a sheet-processing machine. A main pile receiving device and a non-stop device are provided. The non-stop device comprises two auxiliary pile supports located near the pile side edges, which can be moved in opposite directions from a lateral standby position to a working position extending over the main pile and vice versa. These auxiliary pile supports are arranged above these auxiliary pile supports and can be moved from a lateral standby position to a separating position extending over the associated pile side edge. The auxiliary pile supports can be lowered intermittently to ensure a consistent level of the top edge of an auxiliary pile.

[0010] The invention is based on the object of creating a delivery unit, a processing machine and a method for adjusting components of a delivery unit.

[0011] The object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1, claim 23, and claim 24. The dependent claims disclose advantageous developments and / or embodiments of the solution found. The advantages achievable with the invention consist, in particular, in the creation of an improved delivery unit. The delivery unit is a unit of a processing machine. In one embodiment, the processing machine is a flatbed die-cutting machine. Furthermore, an improved method for adjusting components of the delivery unit of the processing machine is created.

[0012] Preferably in processing machines with a chain transport system, improved, uninterrupted stack formation is achieved. In particular, particularly fast stack formation and particularly fast removal of the stacks are achieved. A slowing of the transport speed of the substrate due to the removal of the previous delivery stack is advantageously not necessary. Advantageously, the processing machine is operated at a constant transport speed and / or processing production. In particular, fewer downtimes and / or stops of the processing machine are necessary. In particular, this increases the degree of automation and extends machine running time. In a particularly advantageous manner, several delivery stacks are created and removed one after the other without an intermediate machine stop. Advantageously, the automation of the adjustments in the delivery unit is increased.

[0013] The design of the non-stop device advantageously minimizes the mass to be moved, particularly during the adjustment movement from a waiting position to a retraction position. The preferred design of the support elements and / or the preferred adjustment of the support elements of the non-stop device without their carriers, drive, or lifting unit between a waiting position outside the spatial area for stack formation and a retraction position within the spatial area for stack formation advantageously achieves particularly high dynamics with particularly high adjustment speed. This enables a particularly high transport speed and / or high processing production speed to be achieved. Advantageously, when the substrate format changes, the delivery unit is automatically adjusted to the new format. Operator interventions are preferably minimized.Advantageously, the minimum achievable distance is independent of the substrate format, meaning it does not need to be adjusted for different formats. In particular, at least one holding mechanism associated with at least one support element enables the format adjustment of the delivery unit while maintaining the minimized distance.

[0014] A vertically adjustable non-stop device advantageously increases the buffer capacity of processed substrates. A lifting unit adjusts the group of support elements of the non-stop device preferably in and / or against the vertical direction. A further advantage of the vertically adjustable non-stop device is that the distance a substrate travels from a processing position in the delivery unit to the stack formation surface, i.e. to the topmost substrate of the delivery stack or the support surface of the non-stop device, is minimized. By minimizing the distance, the falling distance of the substrate is advantageously minimized, thereby preventing or reducing the occurrence of problems caused by the falling movement of the substrate, such as tilting or incorrect alignment.

[0015] Drives for lateral guides and / or trailing edge stops enable particularly simple and automated format adjustment of the delivery unit. At least during processing, fixed lateral guides of the delivery unit advantageously serve to guide the falling motion of the substrate and to keep the substrate flat during fall. Vibrating trailing edge stops, particularly instead of lateral stops with a vibrating drive, advantageously optimize the installation space and enable efficient and simple alignment of the substrates. Optimizing the installation space advantageously enables particularly simple and automated format adjustment of the delivery unit. In a preferred embodiment, support elements of the non-stop device can be arranged in a position that is higher than the lowest edge of a leading edge stop of the delivery unit, thereby further minimizing the distance.

[0016] Advantageously, the movements of the group of support elements of the non-stop device are coordinated with the movements of a group of support elements of a support device of the delivery unit. The movement sequence and duration of the adjustment movements are advantageously optimized.

[0017] Further advantages will become apparent from the following description. Exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and described in more detail below.

[0018] They show:

[0019] Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a processing machine with several units and a transport system for transporting substrate through the processing units;

[0020] Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the processing machine;

[0021] Fig. 3 is a schematic representation of a sheet with exemplary stamps and several uses, wherein two uses are separated from each other by a web;

[0022] Fig. 4 is a schematic representation of a sheet with exemplary stamps and several adjacent blanks; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an exemplary gripper carriage of a chain transport system;

[0023] Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the relative arrangement of a non-stop device, a carrying device and conveying means of a delivery unit;

[0024] Fig. 7 is a side sectional view of the relative arrangement of a non-stop device, a carrying device and conveying means of a delivery unit;

[0025] Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a non-stop device of the delivery unit comprising a lifting unit and an adjustment unit;

[0026] Fig. 9 is a plan view of the non-stop device;

[0027] Fig. 10 is a side sectional view of the non-stop device with support elements in an extended position;

[0028] Fig. 11 is a side sectional view of the non-stop device with support elements in a retracted position;

[0029] Fig. 12 is a side sectional view of the relative arrangement of the non-stop device in a retracted position;

[0030] Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the relative arrangement of the non-stop device in the retracted position relative to a front edge stop and tool of the delivery unit;

[0031] Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the lateral guides of the delivery unit; Fig. 15 is a view of the lateral guides of the delivery unit with their drives;

[0032] Fig. 16 shows the lateral guides with their drives in plan view; an adjusted lateral guide is shown in a dashed frame;

[0033] Fig. 17 is a perspective view of rear edge stops of the delivery unit;

[0034] Fig. 18 is a further perspective view of the trailing edge stops with their drives;

[0035] Fig. 19 is a schematic representation of the adjustment movements of the non-stop device and the support device of the delivery unit.

[0036] A processing machine 01 is designed to process substrate 02. The processing machine 01 is preferably designed as a sheet processing machine 01, in particular as a punching machine 01, more preferably as a flatbed punching machine 01, for processing sheet-shaped substrate 02 or sheets 02. In the foregoing and in the following, processing machine 01 also refers to punching machine 01. The processing machine 01 has at least one unit 200; 300; 400; 600, preferably a plurality of units 200; 300; 400; 600. The processing machine 01, in particular the sheet processing machine 01, preferably comprises at least one unit 300 designed as a shaping unit 300 for processing substrate 02, in particular sheets 02.

[0037] The substrate 02 processed by the processing machine 01 is preferably sheet-shaped. The processing machine 01 is preferably designed to process at least 6000 substrates 02 per hour, preferably at least 7000 substrates 02 per hour, more preferably at least 7500 substrates 02 per hour. Unless explicitly distinguished, the term sheet-shaped substrate 02, specifically sheet 02, is intended to encompass in principle any substrate 02 that is flat and in sections, i.e. also substrate 02 that is in panel or plate shape, i.e. also panels or plates. The sheet-shaped substrate 02 or sheet 02 defined in this way is made, for example, of paper or cardboard or paperboard or corrugated cardboard, i.e. sheets of paper, cardboard sheets, cardboard sheets or corrugated cardboard sheets, or by sheets, panels or possibly plates made of plastic, cardboard, glass, wood or metal.In a particularly preferred embodiment, the sheet-shaped substrate 02 is corrugated cardboard. In a preferred alternative embodiment, the sheet-shaped substrate 02 is cardboard, paper, or carton. In particular, in the foregoing and in the following, the term "sheet 02" refers to both those sheets 02 that have not yet been processed by at least one unit 300; 400, as well as those sheets 02 that have already been processed by at least one unit 300; 400 and, in the process, have possibly been altered in their shape and / or mass.

[0038] As previously described and described below, paper is a flat material consisting essentially of fibers, usually of plant origin, formed by dewatering a fibrous suspension on a screen. This creates a fiber felt, which is then dried. The basis weight of paper is preferably a maximum of 225 g / m2 (two hundred and twenty-five grams per square meter). Cardboard, as defined above and below, is a flat material consisting essentially of fibers of plant origin, formed by dewatering a fiber suspension on one or between two screens. The fiber structure is compacted and dried. Cardboard is preferably made by gluing or pressing together cellulose. Cardboard is preferably in the form of solid board or corrugated board. The basis weight of cardboard is preferably over 225 g / m². 2(two hundred and twenty-five grams per square meter). Corrugated board is paperboard made of one or more layers of corrugated paper glued to a layer or between several layers of another, preferably smooth, paper or cardboard. In the foregoing and following, the term "carton" refers to a paper-based sheet, preferably coated on one side, with a basis weight of at least 150 g / m². 2 (one hundred and fifty grams per square meter) and a maximum of 600 g / m 2 (six hundred grams per square meter). Cardboard preferably has a high strength relative to paper.

[0039] Preferably, a sheet 02 to be processed has a basis weight of at least 70 g / m 2 (seventy grams per square meter) and / or a maximum of 700 g / m 2 (seven hundred grams per square meter), preferably a maximum of 500 g / m 2 (five hundred grams per square meter), more preferably a maximum of 200 g / m 2(two hundred grams per square meter). A sheet 02 to be processed preferably has a thickness of a maximum of 1 cm (one centimeter), preferably a maximum of 0.7 cm (zero point seven centimeters), more preferably a maximum of 0.5 cm (zero point five centimeters), more preferably a maximum of 0.3 cm (zero point three centimeters).

[0040] The at least one substrate 02 preferably has at least one blank 03, preferably at least two blanks 03. The at least one substrate 03 preferably has at least one remnant piece 04; 05; 06. The at least one blank 03 preferably has at least one printed image. In the foregoing and in the following, the term blank 03 preferably refers to the number of identical and / or different objects that are manufactured from the same piece of material and / or are arranged on a common carrier material, for example a common sheet 02. A blank 03 is preferably that region of a sheet 02 which is designed as a product of the processing machine 01, in particular as an intermediate product for producing an end product, and / or is further processed, for example, into a desired or required end product and / or is designed to be further processable.Preferably, the desired or required end product, which is preferably produced by further processing of the respective panel 03, is a packaging, preferably a folding box.

[0041] In the foregoing and in the following, a remnant 04; 05; 06 is that area of ​​a sheet 02 which does not correspond to a blank 03. Collected remnants 04; 05; 06 are preferably referred to as waste. A remnant 04; 05; 06 is preferably formed as a trim and / or break-out and / or is removable. During operation of the sheet processing machine 01, the at least one remnant 04; 05; 06 is preferably produced in at least one shaping unit 300, preferably by at least one processing step of the respective sheet 02, for example in at least one punching process. During operation of the sheet processing machine 01, the at least one remnant 04; 05; 06 is at least partially removed from the respective sheet 02 and thus separated in particular from the respective blanks 03 of the sheet 02.Preferably, at least one unit 400 configured as a stripping unit 400 is configured to remove at least one first residual piece 04, in particular at least one waste piece 04, and / or is configured to remove at least one waste piece 04. For example, a sheet 02 comprises a residual piece 05 configured as a web 05. In particular, the blanks 03 are spaced apart from one another by the at least one web 05. Alternatively, the blanks 02 are distributed contiguously on the sheet 02 without a web 05 in between.

[0042] The spatial area provided for the transport of a sheet 02, which the sheet 02 occupies at least temporarily when present, is the transport path. The transport path is in particular the path traveled by the sheet 02 from entering the processing machine 01 to leaving the processing machine 01. Within at least one unit 200; 300; 400, in particular the at least one feeding unit 200 and / or shaping unit 300 and / or stripping unit 400, the transport path is preferably arranged in a plane, preferably oriented horizontally. Particularly preferably, the transport path within the at least one unit 200; 300; 400 is linear. The transport path is defined, at least in one section, by at least one component of a system 1200 embodied as a transport system 1200.Within the at least one delivery unit 600, the transport path is preferably arranged in the same plane, preferably horizontally, at least until the at least one sheet 02 is released by at least one transport system 1200.

[0043] A transport direction T is a direction T provided for an operating state of the processing machine 01, in which direction the at least one sheet 02 is transported if it is present at every point along the transport path. The transport direction T provided in particular for transporting sheets 02 is a direction T that is preferably at least substantially and more preferably completely horizontally oriented. Additionally or alternatively, the transport direction T preferably points from a first unit 200 of the processing machine 01 to a last unit 600 of the processing machine 01. In particular, the transport direction T points from a feed unit 200 on the one hand to a delivery unit 600 on the other.Additionally or alternatively, the transport direction T preferably points in a direction in which the sheets 02 are transported apart from vertical movements or vertical components of movements, in particular from a first contact with one of the units 200; 300; 400; 600 of the processing machine 01 or first contact with the processing machine 01 to a last contact with one of the units 200; 300; 400; 600 of the processing machine 01 or last contact with the processing machine 01. The transport direction T is preferably the direction T in which a horizontal component points in a direction oriented from the feed unit 200 to the delivery unit 600. The transport direction T preferably points from a feeder side to a delivery side.In particular, an upstream position in the transport direction T is arranged upstream of a downstream position, and substrates 02 are moved from an upstream position to a downstream position along the transport direction T. The feeder side preferably corresponds to the front side of the sheet processing machine 01, preferably the side on which the at least one feeder unit 200 is arranged. Here, for example, a feeder arranged upstream of the feeder unit 200 is arranged. The side of the sheet processing machine 01 opposite the feeder side preferably corresponds to the delivery side. In particular, the last unit 600 of the sheet processing machine 01 is arranged on the delivery side.

[0044] The transverse direction A is preferably the direction directed from an operator side to a rear side, preferably a drive side, of the processing machine 01. The transverse direction A is directed orthogonally to the transport direction T and / or oriented orthogonally to the intended transport path of the sheets 02 through the at least one unit 200; 300; 400; 600 of the processing machine 01. The transverse direction A is a horizontally extending direction A.

[0045] A direction V is directed vertically. The vertical direction V is preferably oriented perpendicularly from below and / or from a base of the processing machine 01 and / or from a lowest component of the processing machine 01 upwards and / or to a top component of the processing machine 01 and / or to a top cover of the processing machine 01. The vertical direction V is preferably the direction V that is arranged orthogonally to a plane spanned by the transport direction T and the transverse direction A.

[0046] The operator side of the processing machine 01 is the side of the processing machine 01 from which an operator can at least partially and at least temporarily access the individual units 200; 300; 400; 600 of the processing machine 01, for example during maintenance work and / or changing at least one forming tool. For example, a platform is arranged on the operator side, via which the operator can reach the units 200; 300; 400; 600 in a particularly easy manner. The operator side is preferably a side parallel to the transport direction T.

[0047] The rear side, also called the drive side, of the processing machine 01 is preferably the side of the processing machine 01 opposite the operator side. The drive side preferably has at least parts, preferably at least a large part, of a drive system 1000 and / or a control system 1100, such as at least one control cabinet. Elements of the drive system 1000 and / or the control system 1100 are preferably arranged along the drive side, which prevent an operator from directly accessing the individual units 200; 300; 400; 600. The rear side, or drive side, is preferably a side parallel to the transport direction T.

[0048] In the foregoing and in the following, the working width is preferably the width of the processing area of ​​the at least one shaping unit 300, i.e., its extent in the transverse direction A. The working width preferably corresponds to the maximum width that a sheet 02 may have in order to be transported through the at least one unit 200; 300; 400; 600, in particular the respective units 200; 300; 400; 600, of the processing machine 01 and / or to be processed with the at least one shaping unit 300 of the processing machine 01. This thus corresponds to the maximum width of the respective sheet 02 that can be processed with the at least one shaping unit 300 of the processing machine 01.The working width of the processing machine 01 is preferably at least 30 cm (thirty centimeters), more preferably at least 50 cm (fifty centimeters), even more preferably at least 73 cm (seventy-three centimeters), even more preferably at least 80 cm (eighty centimeters), even more preferably at least 120 cm (one hundred and twenty centimeters), and even more preferably at least 150 cm (one hundred and fifty centimeters). For example, the maximum working width is 300 cm (three hundred centimeters), preferably 280 cm (two hundred and eighty centimeters), more preferably 250 cm (two hundred and fifty centimeters), even more preferably 210 cm (two hundred and ten centimeters).

[0049] The sheet 02 to be processed preferably has a sheet width, preferably when arranged in the processing machine 01 parallel to the transverse direction A, of at least 600 mm (six hundred millimeters), preferably at least 700 mm (seven hundred millimeters), more preferably at least 730 mm (seven hundred thirty millimeters). The sheet width is preferably a maximum of 2500 mm (two thousand five hundred millimeters), more preferably a maximum of 2300 mm (two thousand three hundred millimeters), even more preferably a maximum of 2100 mm (two thousand one hundred millimeters). A sheet length, preferably when arranged in the processing machine 01 parallel to the transport direction T, is preferably at least 400 mm (four hundred millimeters), preferably at least 500 mm (five hundred millimeters), more preferably at least 520 mm (five hundred twenty millimeters).Furthermore, an arc length is, for example, a maximum of 1500 mm (one thousand five hundred millimeters), preferably a maximum of 1400 mm (one thousand four hundred millimeters), further preferably a maximum of 1300 mm (one thousand three hundred millimeters).

[0050] A sheet 02 has a plurality of edges 07; 08; 09. In particular, an edge 07 designed as a leading edge 07 is oriented at the front in the transport direction T on the sheet 02 and arranged parallel to the transverse direction A. In particular, the leading edge 07 is the edge 07 of the respective sheet 02 which, for transporting the respective sheet 02, can preferably be grasped by at least one component of the sheet processing machine 01, in particular by at least one holding element 1202 of the transport system 1200, and / or on which at least one component of the processing machine 01, in particular by at least one holding element 1202 of the transport system 1200, grasps the respective sheet 02. An edge 08 designed as a trailing edge 08 is preferably arranged opposite the leading edge 07. More preferably, the leading edge 07 and trailing edge 08 are arranged parallel to one another.In particular, a trailing edge 08 is oriented at the rear in the transport direction T on the sheet 02 and arranged parallel to the transverse direction A. Furthermore, the sheet 02 comprises two edges 09 designed as side edges 09. The two side edges 09 are preferably arranged parallel to the transport direction T and orthogonal to the transverse direction A. Preferably, the side edges 09 are each arranged orthogonally to the front edge 07 and / or the trailing edge 08 of the sheet 02.

[0051] The substrate 02, preferably designed as a sheet 02, preferably has at least one printed image. The at least one printed image is preferably arranged within the at least one blank 03. Each blank 03 preferably has at least one printed image. The printed image describes, in the foregoing and in the following, a representation on the sheet 02 which corresponds to the sum of all image elements, wherein the image elements were and / or are transferable to the sheet 02 during at least one work stage and / or at least one printing operation, preferably before processing by the sheet processing machine 01. The at least one printed image is preferably a pictorial representation which is present on a produced end product. The surface of the sheet 02 preferably has at least one unprinted area, in particular an unprinted edge area.The at least one holding element 1202 preferably holds the sheet 02 at least at the unprinted edge region of the front edge 07, which is formed as a residual piece 06 and / or gripper edge 06.

[0052] The sheet 02 preferably has at least one mark 11, also called a print mark 11, preferably at least two print marks 11. In the foregoing and in the following, a print mark 11 is a mark 11 preferably for aligning the sheet 02 in the transport direction T and / or transverse direction A, preferably in the form of a punch mark 11. By detecting and / or evaluating the at least one mark 11, the substrate 02 having the mark 11 can be aligned, preferably in the transport direction T and / or in the transverse direction A. In particular, the position and positioning errors of the substrate 02 can be determined by detecting and evaluating them. The at least one print mark 11 is preferably an alignment mark and / or is designed, for example, for checking a register and / or register.

[0053] An aggregate 200; 300; 400; 600 is preferably understood to mean a group of devices that interact functionally, in particular to be able to carry out a preferably self-contained processing operation of at least one substrate 02. An aggregate 200; 300; 400; 600 preferably comprises a machine section of the processing machine 01, which is preferably arranged so as to be at least partially spatially separable from other machine sections.

[0054] A system 1000; 1100; 1200 of the processing machine 01 is preferably at least one device that is at least temporarily, in particular permanently, in contact with and / or can interact and / or enter into operative connection with at least one unit 200; 300; 400; 600, preferably with at least two mutually different units 200; 300; 400; 600, of the processing machine 01. The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one drive system 1000. The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one control system 1100. The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one transport system 1200.

[0055] The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one, preferably exactly one, feed unit 200. The feed unit 200 preferably has at least one feed stack of substrate 02, in particular sheets 02. The feed unit 200 is arranged upstream of the at least one shaping unit 300, preferably without any further units in between. Preferably, the at least one feed unit 200 is designed to feed sheets 02, preferably from a sequential feed of sheets 02, to the at least one shaping unit 300. Preferably, the at least one feed unit 200 has at least one device for detecting sheets 02, preferably designed as at least one sensor device. The at least one sensor device preferably has at least two optical sensors, preferably cameras, whose detection range is directed towards the transport path.Preferably, at least one sensor of the sensor device is arranged in the vertical direction V above the transport path and / or below the transport path, preferably at least two sensors in each case. The substrate 02 to be processed preferably has at least one, preferably at least two, for example four, mark 11, in particular print mark 11, which is detected by the at least one sensor device and by which the position of the substrate 02 is determined, preferably by an evaluation means of the sensor device and / or the control system 1100. The at least one mark 11 is preferably integrated into a print control strip of the substrate 02. The system unit 200 has at least one transport means for aligning the at least one substrate 02. The at least one transport means is preferably designed as a table, more preferably a suction table.The at least one transport means preferably has at least one holding surface, preferably designed as a transport plate, more preferably a suction plate, for supporting the at least one substrate 02. By means of a back and forth movement, the at least one transport means is preferably designed to align the at least one sheet 02 and / or transfers it to at least one downstream holding element 1202 of a downstream transport system 1200. Depending on a position of the at least one substrate 02 relative to a reference position determined by means of the at least one sensor device, the at least one transport means is preferably controlled and the position deviation is thereby preferably corrected.Preferably, the at least one sheet 02 can be at least partially, preferably completely, aligned by the at least one feed unit 200 with respect to its position in the transport direction T and / or in the transverse direction A and / or an inclined position. After alignment, the substrate 02 is preferably taken over by a holding element 1202 of a subsequent transport system 1200, in particular a chain transport system 1200, and transported further. In a first embodiment, the feed unit 200 is a first unit 200 of the processing machine 01. This is the case, for example, when the feed stack of substrate 02 of the feed unit 200 is filled by an operator.

[0056] In a second embodiment, at least one feeder unit is arranged upstream of the installation unit 200. In this feeder unit, for example, a stack of substrates 02, which comprises more substrates 02 than the at least one installation stack of the installation unit 200, is fed to the processing machine 01. This stack is positioned in the feeder unit, for example, by the operator or by means of a conveyor system. For example, the uppermost substrates 02 of the stack of the feeder unit are removed from the stack and fed to the downstream installation unit 200 in the form of an imbricated stream. In the installation unit 200, the substrates 02 are then collected into the installation stack, at least temporarily, or temporarily stored.

[0057] In a third embodiment, at least one further sheet 02 processing unit, for example at least one application unit, preferably a printing unit, more preferably a printing unit operating according to the flexographic printing process, is arranged upstream of the processing machine 01, for example as an upstream printing press. Alternatively or in addition to the flexographic printing process, printing by means of offset printing, screen printing, gravure printing and / or formless printing such as inkjet printing is provided, for example. Thus, the processing machine 01 is preferably integrated inline into a processing line for substrate 02, which preferably comprises printing and punching of the substrate 02. For example, the feed unit 200 of the processing machine 01 is arranged downstream of a delivery unit of the upstream processing unit or the upstream printing press. The substrates 02 are preferably fed to the feed stack in shingled form.

[0058] The at least one feed unit 200 is preferably followed by at least one unit 300; 400 of the processing machine 01 designed as a processing unit 300; 400. The processing machine 01 has at least one, preferably exactly one, unit 300 designed as a shaping unit 300. The at least one shaping unit 300 is preferably a processing unit 300 of the processing machine 01. In the transport direction T, after the at least one feed unit, if present, and after the at least one feed unit 200, the at least one unit 300 designed as a shaping unit 300 is preferably arranged. The at least one shaping unit 300 has at least one shaping unit 301. The shaping unit 301 is preferably designed as a punching unit 301, more preferably as a flatbed punching unit 301.The forming unit 301 is designed to process the at least one substrate 02, preferably by punching, creasing, cutting, and / or perforating, depending on the design of the tool. The corresponding unit 300 is then preferably designed as a punching unit 300 and / or creasing unit 300 and / or cutting unit 300 and / or punch 300, more preferably as a flatbed punching unit 300 and / or flatbed punch 300. In the foregoing and hereinafter, a device for partially severing and / or reducing the thickness and / or removing the sheet 02 to be processed, in particular the packaging material, is referred to as a creasing unit 300. In particular, notches and / or creasing are introduced into the packaging material, which preferably contains cardboard or carton, in particular the sheet 02. For example, in the case of corrugated cardboard, the top layer is severed in the at least one creasing unit 300.In particular, the sheet 02, in particular the packaging material, can thus preferably be bent and / or folded into a specific shape, e.g., a three-dimensional shape, with less effort. A device for severing, preferably completely severing, the sheet 02, in particular the packaging material, at specific locations is preferably referred to as a cutting unit 300 or punching unit 300. In particular, the at least one remaining piece 04; 05; 06, in particular the unused packaging material, can then be easily separated from the blanks 03. The at least one forming unit 301 preferably comprises at least one tool designed as an upper forming tool, in particular at least one upper punching tool, and / or at least one tool designed as a lower forming tool, in particular at least one lower punching tool.At least one shaping tool, preferably at least one upper shaping tool and / or at least one lower shaping tool, is preferably designed to be movable, preferably in the vertical direction V. The at least one upper shaping tool and the at least one lower shaping tool are preferably coordinated with one another and in particular with the blank 03 and / or the sheet 02. In particular, if both the at least one upper shaping tool and the at least one lower shaping tool are designed to be movable, the movement of the respective shaping tools is preferably coordinated with one another in terms of time and / or can be coordinated.Preferably, the upper forming tool and the lower forming tool exhibit an opposing relative movement to one another during a punching process, such that the forming tools are moved and / or are relatively movable towards one another and / or away from one another in the vertical direction V. Preferably, the at least one upper forming tool is in direct contact with the at least one lower forming tool at least temporarily, preferably at least once per machine cycle, more preferably in a closed position of the at least one forming unit 301. Preferably, the at least one upper forming tool is spaced from the at least one lower forming tool by a distance greater than zero in an open position of the forming unit 301. For example, the movement of the forming tools relative to one another defines a machine cycle.Preferably, the at least one shaping tool is in contact, preferably in operative connection, with the at least one drive system 1000 and / or can be driven by the at least one drive of the drive system 1000 at least temporarily, preferably with a cyclical and / or clocked movement. A sheet 02 which is processed by the at least one shaping unit 300, i.e. which is arranged on the transport path in the transport direction T after the at least one shaping unit 300, preferably has at least one punching impression. The at least one punching impression is designed, for example, as a groove and / or score line and / or embossing and / or cut and / or perforation.Preferably, the at least one punching impression, particularly if it is designed as a perforation and / or cut, is designed to at least partially separate the at least one blank 03 from at least one remaining piece 04; 05; 06 and / or from at least one further blank 03 of the relevant sheet 02. Preferably, a sheet 02 that has been processed by the at least one shaping unit 300, i.e., that is, is arranged on the transport path in the transport direction T after the at least one shaping unit 300, has the at least one blank 03, preferably at least two blanks 03, and at least one remaining piece 04; 05; 06.

[0059] The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one unit 400 designed as a stripping unit 400. The at least one stripping unit 400 is preferably a processing unit 400 of the processing machine 01. The at least one stripping unit 400 is preferably designed to process substrate 02, i.e. to change its shape, mass and / or appearance. The at least one unit 400 designed as a stripping unit 400 is preferably arranged in the transport direction T after the at least one shaping unit 300, preferably following the at least one shaping unit 300, more preferably without any further unit of the processing machine 01 in between. The at least one stripping unit 400 is preferably designed to remove the at least one first residual piece 04, preferably to remove the at least one waste piece 04, from the respective sheet 02.The at least one stripping unit 400 preferably has at least one stripping unit 401. A sheet 02 that has been processed by the at least one stripping unit 400, i.e., that is, is arranged on the transport path in the transport direction T after the at least one stripping unit 400, preferably has only the at least one blank 03, in particular a plurality of blanks 03, and the at least one second remaining piece 06, i.e., the gripper edge 06. For example, the sheet 02 that has been processed by the at least one stripping unit 400 additionally has the at least one web 05.

[0060] In one embodiment of the processing machine 01, at least one processing unit designed as a blanking unit is provided for separating blanks 03 from one another and / or for removing previously remaining remnants 05; 06. In a preferred embodiment of the processing machine 01, however, the blanking unit is omitted. If present, the blanking unit is arranged downstream of the at least one stripping unit 400 and preferably upstream of the at least one delivery unit 600. Alternatively, for example, at least one blanking unit is arranged downstream of the at least one delivery unit 600 of the processing machine 01, for example inline by linking by means of a transport system or as an independent downstream processing machine or as part of a downstream processing machine, such as a folding and / or gluing machine.The at least one depaneling unit preferably has at least one depaneling device with, for example, a punch-like and / or die-like tool. An upper tool and a lower tool are preferably designed to be movable relative to each other toward and away from each other, with one of the tools, preferably the lower tool, being stationary, for example.

[0061] The sheet processing machine 01 has at least one unit 600 designed as a delivery unit 600, also called delivery unit 600. This unit is designed for delivering and / or stacking the processed substrates 02. In the transport path of the sheets 02, the at least one delivery unit 600 is arranged downstream of the at least one punching unit 300 and the at least one stripping unit 400. During regular operation, a processed substrate 02 is preferably transported into the at least one delivery unit 600 and deposited there on a delivery stack. For this purpose, at least one, in particular all, grippers 1202 of the at least one gripper carriage 1201 holding the respective substrate 02 are preferably moved into the open position. Alternatively, the gripper edge 06 continues to be held by the at least one gripper 1202, while the remaining part of the substrate 02, in particular the at least one blank 03, is separated from it.The remaining part of the substrate is thereby deposited on the at least one delivery stack. The previously held gripper edge 06 is preferably transported further and, by opening the grippers 1202 along the transport path of the transport system 1200, deposited in a disposal station after the delivery stack. The delivery stack of substrate 02 is preferably formed on a support element 601, preferably a pallet or a conveyor 601, such as preferably a conveyor belt 601, within the delivery unit 600. The formed stack is then preferably discharged from the processing machine 01, preferably by means of the at least one conveyor 601. The at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one tool 602; 604 designed as a separating tool 602; 604, preferably at least one upper separating tool 602 and / or at least one lower separating tool 604.To separate remaining residual pieces 06, in particular the gripper edge 06, the at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one tool 602; 604 designed as a separating tool 602; 604, preferably at least one upper separating tool 602 and / or at least one lower separating tool 604. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one separating tool 602; 604 of the delivery unit 600 is designed as a guillotine-like tool. During processing of the processing machine 01, the tool 602 designed as the upper separating tool 602 is preferably movable in and counter to the vertical direction V, while the tool 604 designed as the lower separating tool 604 is fixed in its position with respect to the vertical direction V. A relative movement is generated between the separating tools 602; 604.Particularly preferably, the remaining part of the substrate 02, in particular the at least one blank 03, is pressed by the at least one upper separating tool 602 against the vertical direction V, i.e. downwards, while the gripper edge 06 is hindered in a movement against the vertical direction V by the at least one lower separating tool 604.

[0062] The at least one, preferably exactly one, upper separating tool 602 of the at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one processing component 606. The at least one, preferably exactly one, lower separating tool 604 of the at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one processing component 607. For example, the at least one processing component 606; 607 is designed as a punch, in particular in the case of the upper and / or lower separating tool 602; 604, or alternatively as a cutting edge, in particular in the case of the upper separating tool 602, and more preferably extends in the transverse direction A across the working width. The at least one upper separating tool 602 preferably moves vertically synchronized with the machine cycle, preferably with the upper forming tool and / or upper stripping tool, and in doing so passes the stationary lower separating tool 604.Preferably, the lower separating tool 604 is designed to be stationary, for example arranged in an unchanged position at least during a machining operation.

[0063] The processing machine 01 preferably has at least one system 1200 designed as a transport system 1200. The at least one transport system 1200 guides the at least one substrate 02, preferably holding it continuously, through at least part of the processing machine 01. The at least one transport system 1200 preferably receives the at least one sheet 02 after it has been aligned in the at least one feed unit 200. The at least one substrate 02 is preferably guided by the at least one transport system 1200 at least through the at least one shaping unit 300, preferably through the shaping unit 300 and / or stripping unit 400 and / or delivery unit 600, more preferably at least largely horizontally in the transport direction T.

[0064] The at least one transport system 1200 is preferably designed as a chain transport system 1200 and more preferably as a chain gripper system 1200. In particular, the at least one chain transport system 1200 comprises at least one guide device 1203 for guiding holding elements 1202. The at least one guide device 1203 is preferably designed as at least one chain 1203. In particular, the at least one guide device 1203 is arranged at least partially, preferably completely, outside the transport path of substrate 02. For example, a guide device 1203, more preferably a chain 1203, of the transport system 1200 is provided on the operator side and the drive side, i.e. the at least one holding element 1202 is guided on both sides.The chain gripper system 1200 is preferably equipped with at least one, preferably several, more preferably at least four, more preferably at least six, for example eight, carriages 1201, in particular gripper carriages 1201. The at least one guide device 1203 preferably holds the at least one gripper carriage 1201, preferably all gripper carriages 1201, and determines the position of the at least one gripper carriage 1201 in the at least one transport system 1200.

[0065] The chain gripper system 1200 preferably has a cyclical and / or periodic movement for sheet transport through the units 300; 400; 600. In particular, there is a clocked stopping and moving of the gripper carriages 1201, so that all gripper carriages 1201 are moved at a constant distance from one another along the at least one guide device 1203. Preferably, the distances between a leading gripper carriage 1201 and a directly following gripper carriage 1201 are the same for all gripper carriages 1201. In particular, the movement is designed to be periodic and / or cyclical such that during the processing step of the at least one sheet 02 in one of the units 300; 400; 600 and / or during the transfer of the at least one sheet 02 from the at least one upstream transport means of the at least one system unit 200, the gripper carriage 1201, in particular the chain gripper carriage 1201, is stationary.In particular, the at least one chain gripper carriage 1201 and / or the at least one sheet 02 is in motion between the individual processing steps.

[0066] Preferably, the at least one transport system 1200, in particular the at least one guide device 1203, is driven by a drive of the drive system 1000, in particular by the main drive. For example, additionally or alternatively, the at least one transport system 1200, in particular the at least one guide device 1203, is coupled and / or synchronized via the at least one control system 1100 with tools of the units 300; 400 processing the substrate 02, i.e., the shaping unit 300 and / or the stripping unit 400, particularly preferably with their drives, and / or with transport means of further units 200; 600, in particular of the at least one installation unit 200 and / or the at least one delivery unit 600, particularly preferably with their drives.

[0067] The at least one carriage 1201 preferably has at least one holding element 1202, in particular a gripper 1202, for temporarily holding a substrate 02. At least one holding element 1202, in particular designed as a gripper 1202, is preferably arranged on each carriage 1201. Each gripper carriage 1201 preferably has a plurality of holding elements 1202, preferably at equal distances from one another, across the working width in the transverse direction A, preferably at least two, more preferably at least four, more preferably at least eight, more preferably at least ten and / or preferably a maximum of twenty, more preferably a maximum of fifteen, for example eleven. The at least one gripper 1202 has at least one open and at least one closed position.The at least one holding element 1202, preferably gripper 1202, is preferably transferred from the at least one open position into the at least one closed position, preferably for gripping the at least one substrate 02, and / or vice versa, preferably for releasing the at least one substrate 02. Preferably, a sheet 02 is grasped by the at least one holding element 1202 at a transfer position of the at least one feed unit 200. During processing operation of the processing machine 01, with the grippers 1202 closed, the at least one gripper carriage 1201 preferably transports the at least one sheet 02 into the delivery unit 600. Preferably, for depositing the at least one processed sheet 02 in the at least one delivery unit 600, the at least one holding element 1202 is preferably transferred from the closed position into the open position.The at least one gripper 1202 preferably has at least one upper gripping element and at least one lower gripping element. The upper gripping element is preferably spaced closer to the lower gripping element in the closed position than in the open position. For example, a gripper closure, wherein the gripper 1202 holds a substrate 02 between its gripping elements, i.e., the substrate 02 preferably cannot be displaced when the gripper's holding force is applied, is referred to as a closed position. For example, direct contact between the gripping elements is another closed position. In the open position, the gripping elements are preferably spaced at least far enough apart from one another that a substrate 02 to be transported can be moved in the space between the gripping elements.

[0068] The processing machine 01 has at least one drive system 1000. The at least one drive system 1000 preferably has at least one drive, in particular comprising at least one drive means. The at least one drive means, for example at least one motor, preferably drives, in particular during production operation, at least one tool of the at least one processing unit 300; 400 of the processing machine 01 and / or at least one tool 602; 604 of the at least one delivery unit 600 and / or the at least one transport system 1200 arranged downstream of the at least one system unit 200. For example, the at least one drive is designed as a central drive of the processing machine 01, and is thus a central drive, also called a main drive.In the foregoing and in the following, the main drive preferably refers to the at least one drive, in particular comprising the at least one drive means, which drives at least the tool of the at least one shaping unit 301 relative to one another. Preferably, in addition to the at least one shaping tool, the at least one central drive drives the at least one transport system 1200, in particular its chain 1203 and / or gripper carriage 1201. Preferably, in addition to the at least one shaping tool, the at least one central drive drives the at least one tool of the at least one stripping unit 400, preferably a movement of the upper tool relative to the lower tool. Preferably, the at least one drive of the drive system 1000 is designed as an electric motor, more preferably as a servomotor.The at least one drive of the at least one drive system 1000 is preferably linked and / or linkable to at least one component to be moved of at least one unit 300; 400; 600, preferably to all components of the respective unit 300; 400; 600 or of the respective units 300; 400; 600 to be moved by the respective drive, and / or to at least one component to be moved of the transport system 1200 in such a way that the respective component to be moved, preferably all respective components to be moved by the drive, are and / or are operated in a coordinated manner.

[0069] In the foregoing and in the following, a machine cycle preferably describes a respective process step and / or sequence which takes place at a fixed point in time within a machine cycle. A machine cycle preferably corresponds to at least one angular position, preferably exactly one angular position, of the at least one drive, in particular the main drive, of the drive system 1000. The processing machine 01 has, for example, at least one clock-generating element, preferably a clock generator and / or angular position generator, which is designed to move in line with the machine cycle and / or is moved in line with the machine cycle. The at least one clock-generating element is preferably moved at least once, preferably exactly once, per machine cycle from its starting position and / or initial position to a different position and / or orientation and back again to its starting position and / or initial position.For example, as an alternative to a mechanical element, this is implemented as a digital element in at least one control system 1100. The at least one clock generator and / or angular position sensor is preferably designed to generate a conductance, for example, a virtual conductance and / or a conductance in the form of pulses, via which movements of components of the processing machine 01 can be and / or are coordinated with one another. The at least one clock generator and / or angular position sensor is part of the drive system 1000.

[0070] In the foregoing and in the following, a machine cycle preferably describes a sum of those process steps and / or sequences that run in a consistent sequence within the processing machine 01, preferably within a unit 200; 300; 400; 600. Preferably, the relevant process steps and / or sequences are only repeated in the same sequence with the next machine cycle. A machine cycle preferably comprises at least one machine cycle, in particular at least a plurality of machine cycles.

[0071] For example, a preferably clock-generating drive shaft completes a complete rotation around its rotational axis within a machine cycle. For example, a machine cycle comprises a processing step of a sheet 02 within a unit 300; 400, as well as the transport of the sheet 02 to a respective processing station and / or the transport from the respective processing station to a subsequent unit 300; 400; 600. For example, during a machine cycle, the acceptance of at least one sheet 02 by at least one holding element 1202, punching, stripping, and / or the depositing of at least one sheet on a stack of the delivery unit 600 preferably take place simultaneously in different units 200; 300; 400; 600 on different sheets 02.The sheet processing machine 01 preferably has at least one system 1100, in particular at least one control system 1100, for control and / or regulation. The at least one control system 1100 is, for example, operatively connected to the units 200; 300, 400; 600 of the processing machine 01 and / or at least one drive of at least one of the units 200; 300, 400; 600. The plurality of units 200; 300; 400; 600 of the processing machine 01 are preferably operatively connected to one another via the at least one control system 1100. Process sequences of the units 200; 300, 400; 600 can preferably be coordinated with one another by the at least one control system 1100.

[0072] The sheet processing machine 01 preferably comprises a plurality of sensors, for example at least the at least one sensor of the sensor device of the feed unit 200, the signals of which are recorded and processed in the at least one control system 1100. For example, at least one output signal is generated via the at least one control system 1100, which controls and / or regulates at least one component of at least one unit 200; 300, 400; 600 and / or is connected to a component of a unit 200; 300; 400; 600 in a controlling and / or regulating manner. For example, the at least one drive of the at least one drive system 1000 and / or an alignment of sheets 02 and / or a feed of sheets 02 into the processing machine 01 is controlled and / or regulated via the at least one control system 1100. Preferably, at least one control station of the processing machine 01 is provided, via which the control system 1100 is accessible to an operator.For example, an operator intervenes at least partially in the operating mode of the sheet processing machine 01 via the control station that is in operative connection with the at least one control system 1100 and / or adapts the operating mode via the control station.

[0073] A tool 602 is preferably referred to as an upper tool 602 if it has an effective direction in a direction with a larger component opposite to the vertical direction V, i.e. directed downwards, i.e. preferably directed in the direction of a spatial region below the tool 602. The at least one upper tool 602 with its at least one processing component 606 is preferably designed to act on a substrate 02 arranged in the vertical direction V below the at least one tool 602. A tool 604 is preferably referred to as a lower tool 604 if it has an effective direction in a direction with a larger component in the vertical direction V, i.e. directed upwards, i.e. preferably directed in the direction of a spatial region above the tool 604.Preferably, the at least one lower tool 604 with its at least one processing component 607 is designed to act on a substrate 02 arranged in the vertical direction V above the at least one tool 604.

[0074] The at least one stripping unit 400 preferably has at least one stripping unit 401. The at least one stripping unit 401 preferably has at least one tool designed as an upper stripping tool. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one stripping unit 401 has at least one tool designed as a lower stripping tool. The at least one upper stripping tool preferably has at least one processing component. The at least one lower stripping tool preferably has at least one processing component. The at least one processing component is preferably designed to come into direct contact with a substrate 02 during processing and to process this. The processing components of the upper and lower stripping tools, which are preferably designed as stripping pins, are preferably arranged in correspondence with one another, more preferably congruent with one another.Preferably, an upper stripping pin is aligned with a lower stripping pin in the vertical direction V. Preferably, the at least one stripping unit 401 has at least one tool configured as a middle stripping tool, also referred to as an intermediate tool. The at least one middle stripping tool is preferably arranged between the upper and lower stripping tools. If the lower stripping tool is omitted, the middle tool is arranged below the upper tool. The at least one middle stripping tool has at least one processing component.

[0075] Preferably, the at least one upper stripping tool and / or the at least one lower stripping tool are each designed to be movable in the vertical direction V. Preferably, the at least one upper stripping tool and the at least one lower stripping tool are designed to be movable relative to one another, more preferably movable relative to one another towards and / or away from one another in the vertical direction V. Preferably, the at least one upper stripping tool and the at least one lower stripping tool are matched to one another, and more preferably to residual pieces 04 to be removed, in particular waste piece 04, of the at least one substrate 02 and / or to blanks 03 of the at least one substrate 02.Preferably, the at least one upper stripping tool is arranged at least temporarily, preferably at least once per machine cycle, more preferably in a closed position of the at least one stripping unit 401, in a position with a minimal distance from the at least one lower stripping tool. For example, the stripping tools are spaced from one another only by the at least one substrate 02 or, if no substrate 02 is arranged in the stripping unit 400, are preferably in direct contact with one another. Preferably, the at least one upper stripping tool is spaced from the at least one lower stripping tool in an open position of the stripping unit 401 by a distance greater than the minimum distance.In particular, in the open position of the stripping unit 401, the distance between the upper stripping tool and the lower stripping tool is so large that, for example, a gripper carriage 1202 can be moved in the transport direction T through the stripping unit 401, in particular without contact with the stripping tools. Preferably, the at least one upper and / or lower stripping tool is in contact, preferably operatively connected, with the at least one drive system 1000 and / or can be driven by the at least one drive of the drive system 1000, at least temporarily, preferably with a cyclical and / or clocked movement. The movement of the at least one upper and lower stripping tool is preferably synchronized and / or adjustable in time. For example, the at least one middle stripping tool is in contact, preferably operatively connected, with the at least one drive system 1000.

[0076] The at least one gripper carriage 1201 preferably transports a substrate 02 to be processed into the at least one stripping unit 401. The at least one gripper carriage 1201 preferably stops and thus positions the at least one substrate 02 in a processing position. The at least one gripper carriage 1201 and the substrate 02 are preferably stationary during processing. Preferably, the at least one first remaining piece 04, in particular waste piece 04, can be separated and / or removed at least partially, preferably completely, from the at least one substrate 02, in particular its blank 03, by closing the at least one upper and lower stripping tool, i.e. by positioning the relevant stripping unit 401 in the closed position, and / or is removed from the substrate 02.The stripping pins of the at least one upper and lower stripping tool preferably grip the at least one remaining piece 04 designed as a waste piece 04, preferably between one another, in particular from above and below. The stripping pins preferably press the at least one held remaining piece 04 through at least one opening of the at least one middle stripping tool via the lifting movement of the stripping tools. The substrate 02 preferably has holding points between the blank 03 and the remaining pieces 04 to be removed, which holding points preferably tear off during the movement of the stripping pins. The removed remaining pieces 04 are preferably pressed downwards out of the substrate 02 counter to the vertical direction V, then more preferably deposited into a waste container arranged beneath the stripping tool or transported away from there, for example by means of a conveyor belt.The at least one delivery unit 600 is preferably designed for depositing and / or collecting the processed substrates 02. The spatial area which the substrate 02 at least temporarily occupies while it is deposited on the delivery stack by the transport path specified by the chain transport system 1200 is referred to as the stacking area or spatial area for stack formation.

[0077] Within the at least one delivery unit 600, at least a portion of the chain transport system 1200 for transporting substrate 02 is preferably arranged. In particular, at least one guide device 1203 is arranged within the delivery unit 600, along which the gripper carriages 1201 are preferably guided. Guide devices 1203 are preferably arranged on both sides of the transport path in the transverse direction A, delimiting the transport path. The chain transport system 1200 is preferably designed to transport the substrate 02 to a processing position within the at least one delivery unit 600. In the processing position, the gripper carriage 1201 is preferably arranged such that a gripped substrate 02 can be processed by the at least one separating tool 602; 604. It is particularly preferred that it can be processed such that a gripper edge 06 can be separated from the part of the substrate 02 comprising the at least one blank 03.The part of the substrate 02 comprising the at least one blank 03, also referred to as substrate 02 above and below, is then no longer held by the at least one gripper 1202 and is deposited on a delivery stack counter to the vertical direction V. Thus, the chain transport system 1200 is configured to deposit substrate 02 on the delivery stack, in particular from above.

[0078] The delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one, preferably exactly one, non-stop device 611. The at least one non-stop device 611 preferably forms a first support surface on which substrate 02 can be placed and / or collected to form a stack or partial stack of substrate. The support surface formed by the non-stop device 611 is arranged with respect to the vertical direction V, preferably in all positions of a first group of support elements 613, below a processing area of ​​substrate 02 by the at least one separating tool 602; 604 of the delivery unit 600. The support surface formed by the non-stop device 611 is preferably arranged with respect to the vertical direction V, preferably in all positions of a first group of support elements 613, below the chain transport system 1200, preferably below the transport path defined by the at least one gripper carriage 1201.

[0079] The at least one non-stop device 611 has at least one support element 613, referred to above and below, for example, as the first support element 613. In particular, the non-stop device 611 has a group of support elements 613, referred to above and below as the first group. The first group preferably has at least two, more preferably at least five, more preferably at least seven, and / or a maximum of twenty, preferably a maximum of fifteen, more preferably a maximum of ten, support elements 613. The at least one support element 613 has a longitudinal extent that is preferably at least five times as large as the transverse extent of the support element 613. The longest extent of the at least one support element 613 is preferably arranged parallel to an entry direction E. The longest extent of the at least one support element 613 is preferably arranged parallel to the transport direction T.The transport direction T is preferably determined at the processing position in the delivery unit 600 and is directed in the direction of the transport path of the at least one gripper carriage 1201, in which the latter transports the substrate 02. Preferably, the at least one support element 613 is rod-shaped or beam-shaped.

[0080] For example, the at least one support element 613 has at least one groove along its longitudinal extension for guidance. For example, the first group of support elements 613 forms a rake-like support structure for supporting substrate 02, also referred to as a rake. The surface of the at least one support element 613 of the non-stop device 611, on which, if present, a substrate 02 is preferably arranged or can be arranged, forms the support surface 612 of the respective support element 613. For example, the at least one support element 613 is manufactured with a lightweight construction, for example, hollow, and / or from a metal that is lighter than other metals, such as preferably aluminum, preferably with a density of less than 5 g / cm 3 .

[0081] The at least one support element 613, preferably each support element 613, of the first group of support elements 613, i.e. preferably the support elements 613 of the non-stop device 611, preferably has at least one retracted position and at least one extended position. The at least one retracted position and the at least one extended position are preferably arranged in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element 613, preferably within a horizontal plane. This means that the movement of the at least one support element 613 between the extended position and the retracted position is preferably a linear and horizontal movement. In the retracted position, the at least one support element 613 is preferably arranged within the spatial area for stacking substrate 02, i.e. preferably retracted into the stacking area.In the extended position, the at least one support element 613 is preferably arranged outside the spatial area for stacking substrate 02, preferably spaced from the spatial area along the direction parallel to its longitudinal extent, i.e. preferably extended out of the stacking area. Thus, at least one support element 613 of the group of support elements 613, preferably all support elements 613 of the first group, has the at least one retracted position within the spatial area for stacking and the at least one extended position outside the spatial area for stacking in the direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element 613. The direction in which the at least one support element 613 is adjusted from the at least one extended position to the at least one retracted position is preferably described above and below as the retraction direction E.At least one guide device 622 is preferably provided for guiding the at least one support element 613 between its at least one retracted and extended position. Each support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 preferably has at least one, for example at least two, separate guide devices 622. The at least one guide device 622 preferably acts on the at least one support element 613 via the at least one groove. The at least one guide device 622 preferably serves as a support point for the support element 613. Particularly preferably, the at least one guide device 622 stabilizes the support element 613 against tilting out of the plane spanned by the retraction direction E and transverse direction A and / or against twisting about its longitudinal axis.

[0082] The at least one non-stop device 611 preferably has at least one adjustment unit 619. The adjustment unit 619 is preferably designed to adjust the at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 from the extended position to the retracted position and / or vice versa. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one adjustment unit 619 is designed as a common adjustment unit 619 for all support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613. The at least one adjustment unit 619 preferably has at least one carrier 623 on which the at least one support element 613, preferably the first group of support elements 613, is arranged. The at least one guide device 622 for guiding the at least one support element 613 between its at least one retracted and extended position is fastened to the at least one carrier 623.The at least one support element 613 is preferably adjusted between its extended and retracted positions without further components of the adjustment unit 619.

[0083] The at least one adjustment unit 619 preferably has at least one drive with at least one, preferably exactly one, drive means 614, preferably at least one motor, more preferably an electric motor. The at least one drive is preferably a linear drive. The at least one drive having the at least one drive means 614 is used as a drive for adjusting the at least one support element

[0084] 613, preferably at least two support elements 613, more preferably all support elements 613, of the first group of support elements 613 between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position. The at least one drive, preferably at least its at least one drive means

[0085] 614, is preferably attached to the at least one support 623 of the at least one adjustment unit 619. Preferably, the at least one drive means 614 drives at least one drive shaft 618 of the adjustment unit 619. Preferably, the at least one support element 613, preferably at least two support elements 613, more preferably all support elements 613, of the first group of support elements 613 are operatively connected to the at least one drive means 614, preferably via the at least one drive shaft 618. The at least one drive means 614 of the at least one adjustment unit 619 is preferably dimensioned such that it enables particularly high dynamics, in particular a particularly fast speed of adjustment. For example, the maximum rotational speed of the drive means 614 is at least 4000 min -1 and / or maximum 8000 min -1 , preferably 6000 min -1. For example, a maximum torque of the drive means 614 is at least 50 Nm (fifty Newton meters), preferably at least 80 Nm, more preferably at least 100 Nm, more preferably at least 150 Nm, more preferably at least 170 Nm, and / or for example a maximum of 450 Nm, preferably a maximum of 360 Nm, more preferably a maximum of 250 Nm, more preferably a maximum of 200 Nm, in particular measured at 20° Celsius.

[0086] The at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element 613, preferably at least two support elements 613, more preferably all support elements 613, of the first group of support elements 613 between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position is preferably designed and / or acts individually, i.e. preferably independently of at least one further support element 613, on the at least one support element 613, preferably on at least two support elements 613, more preferably on each support element 613, of the group of support elements 613. At least two support elements 613 of the group of support elements 613 are thus preferably adjustable independently of one another between the retracted and extended positions.The at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element 613, preferably at least two support elements 613, more preferably all support elements 613, of the first group of support elements 613 between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position is particularly preferably designed to act individually on each of the support elements 613 of the group of support elements 613. This means that preferably each of the support elements 613 is preferably adjustable independently of the other support elements 613 by the at least one drive. For example, the power is transmitted from the at least one drive shaft 618 to the respective support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 via at least one gear. The at least one support element 613 is preferably assigned at least one gear, preferably a helical gear, particularly preferably a worm gear.The helical gear is particularly preferably designed as a worm gear, which preferably has a worm wheel and worm shaft, wherein the drive shaft 618 is further preferably designed as a worm shaft in the region of the active contact.

[0087] In a particularly preferred embodiment, at least one, preferably at least two, more preferably at least four, support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 is each assigned a holding mechanism 617. The at least one adjustment unit 619 therefore preferably has at least one, preferably at least two, more preferably at least four, holding mechanisms 617. In a particularly preferred embodiment, at least the outermost support elements 613 in the transverse direction A of the first group of support elements 613, i.e. at least the first and last support element 613 in the transverse direction A, each have a holding mechanism 617. Preferably, the second and penultimate support element 613 in the transverse direction A also each have a holding mechanism 617.The support elements 613 of the first group arranged one behind the other in the transverse direction A can, for example, in particular with an even number of support elements 613, be divided by an imaginary center line into two equally sized subgroups of support elements 613. Alternatively, for example, in particular with an odd number of support elements 613, a central support element 613 is arranged on the imaginary center line. Starting from the imaginary center line, preferably at least one, preferably at least two support elements 613 of the first group each have a holding mechanism 617 in and against the transverse direction A. The support elements 613 with a holding mechanism 617 are preferably further away from the imaginary center line than support elements 613 without a holding mechanism 617.For example, at least one centrally arranged support element 613 of the first group, for example at least the at least three support elements 613 of the first group that are central with respect to the transverse direction A, does not have a holding mechanism 617 or no holding mechanisms 617.

[0088] Preferably, at least those support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 each have a holding mechanism 617 which, with respect to the imaginary center line of the support elements 613 arranged one behind the other in the transverse direction A, have a greater distance from the center line than the length of half the width, i.e. the extent in the transverse direction A, of a substrate 02 to be processed with the smallest processable format. Thus, preferably all support elements 613 which do not come into contact with the substrate 02 in the case of its presence during the processing of a substrate 02 with the smallest processable format width each have a holding mechanism 617. Those support elements 613 which, regardless of the format of the substrate 02, come into contact with it in the case of its presence, i.e. which are involved in all processing processes, preferably do not have a holding mechanism 617.Advantageously, by using the holding mechanisms 617, the support surface formed by the sum of the support elements 613 used can be adapted to the format of the substrate 02, in particular in the transverse direction A.

[0089] The at least one holding mechanism 617 is designed to secure at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613, preferably one support element 613 at a time, in the extended position. The holding mechanism 617 is preferably actuated by a controllable actuator. The actuator is, for example, a pneumatic, hydraulic, or electric actuator. The at least one holding mechanism 617 preferably holds the associated support element 613 in the extended position with respect to its arrangement in the direction of longitudinal extension. In other words, the holding mechanism 617 fixes the support element 613 in the extended position.For this purpose, the at least one holding mechanism 617 preferably interrupts the operative connection between the support element 613 and the drive of the adjustment unit 619, for example, engaging in the at least one gear between the support element 613 and the drive shaft 618, for example by spatially separating the gear components from one another. For example, alternatively, the holding mechanism 617 has at least one holding element such as a clamp, bolt, or clamp, which fixes the support element 613 by clamping force or frictional force. In other words, the holding mechanism 617 is preferably designed to fix one support element 613 in the extended position, while at least one further support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 is in unimpeded drive connection to the drive, in particular to the drive shaft 618, for adjusting this at least one support element 613 between the extended position and the retracted position.

[0090] The at least one adjustment unit 619 is preferably designed such that it adjusts the at least one adjustable support element 613, preferably all support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 that are adjustable at this time, i.e. in particular all support elements 613 that are not secured by the at least one holding mechanism 617, from their extended position to their retracted position and / or vice versa.

[0091] The at least one, preferably the at least two, preferably all, support element 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611 is preferably height-adjustable. The first group of support elements 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611 preferably has at least one first position and at least one second position in the vertical direction V. The at least one non-stop device 611 preferably has at least one lifting unit 621. The at least one lifting unit 621 is designed to adjust the group of support elements 613 in the vertical direction V, i.e., between the at least one first position and the at least one second position with respect to the vertical direction V. The at least one lifting unit 621 preferably adjusts the first group of support elements 613 from a first position to at least one second position and / or vice versa in and / or against the vertical direction V.The at least one lifting unit 621 has at least one drive. The drive of the at least one lifting unit 621 has at least one, preferably exactly one, drive means 616, preferably a motor, more preferably an electric motor. For example, the at least one drive means 616 of the at least one lifting unit 621 drives at least one drive shaft 625. Preferably, at least two pickups, for example gearwheels, are provided, which transmit the drive force to a guide 624, preferably a linear guide. The at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613, preferably the first group of support elements 613, is preferably adjusted along the at least one guide 624 in the vertical direction V, i.e., preferably raised and / or lowered.For example, the maximum distance by which the first group of support elements 613 is adjustable in the vertical direction V is at least 100 mm (one hundred millimeters), preferably at least 130 mm, more preferably at least 160 mm, and / or at most 350 mm, preferably at most 300 mm, more preferably at most 250 mm, more preferably at most 200 mm, more preferably at most 180 mm.

[0092] In a preferred embodiment, the at least one lifting unit 621 acts on the at least one adjustment unit 619. In particular, the at least one lifting unit 621 is designed to adjust the at least one adjustment unit 619, i.e., the sum of its components. The at least one lifting unit 621 is preferably designed to adjust the at least one support 623 of the adjustment unit 619. As a result, the at least one lifting unit 621 is particularly preferably designed to adjust all parts arranged and / or fastened to the at least one support 623, in particular the at least one drive means 614 and / or the at least one drive shaft 618 and / or the at least one guide device 622 and / or at least one holding mechanism 617 of the adjustment unit 619, together with the first group of support elements 613.The at least one lifting unit 621 is thus configured to adjust the at least one adjustment unit 619, wherein the at least one adjustment unit 613 comprises the group of support elements 613 and at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element 613 between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position. This advantageously results in a compact design of the non-stop device 611. Particularly advantageously, there is no need to adjust the lifting unit 621 when changing the format of the substrates 02.

[0093] The at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one stop 626; 627; 628; 629; 631. In particular, a plurality of stops 626; 627; 628; 629; 631 are provided within the delivery unit 600. In particular, the spatial area for stacking substrate 02 and / or at least a part of a spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate 02 with respect to the vertical direction V is delimited by the stops 626; 627; 628; 629; 631 at least in an uppermost section, i.e., near the chain transport system 1200. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one delivery unit 600 has at least one stop 628; 629; 631 designed as a trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631. Preferably, the at least one delivery unit 600 has at least two, more preferably at least three, trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631.The at least one trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631, preferably all trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, delimits at least part of the spatial area for stacking substrate 02 and / or at least part of the spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate 02 such that, when at least one substrate 02 is present in the spatial area, it comes into contact with its trailing edge 08, i.e. the trailing end of the substrate 02 with respect to the transport direction T. Preferably, at least one trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631 of the trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, preferably all trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, has a vibrating drive. The at least one trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631 is thus preferably designed as a vibrating stop 628; 629; 631. Preferably, the at least two, preferably at least three, trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 are vibrating stops 628; 629; 631 and / or perform a vibrating movement.

[0094] In a preferred development, at least one stop 629; 631 of the trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, preferably at least one stop 629; 631 of the vibrating stops 628; 629; 631, more preferably at least two of the vibrating trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, has a drive 638 for adjusting the position parallel to the boundary of the spatial area for stack formation created thereby, i.e., in other words, parallel to the edge of the substrate 02 with which it comes or can come into contact at least temporarily. The at least one drive 638 is preferably designed to adjust the position with respect to the transverse direction A.The at least one stop 629; 631 of the trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 preferably has at least one drive 638 for adjustment parallel to the limitation of the spatial area for stack formation created by it, i.e. in other words parallel to the edge of the substrate 02 with which it comes or can come into contact at least temporarily. Thus, at least one stop 629; 631 of the vibrating stops 628; 629; 631 is positionally adjustable in the direction of the working width. Preferably, the two outer vibrating stops 629; 631 of the at least three stops 628; 629; 631 with respect to the transverse direction A, i.e. at least a first and last stop 629; 631 in the transverse direction A, have the drive 638 for adjusting the position with respect to the transverse direction A. In particular, the outer two vibrating stops 629;

[0095] 631 of the at least three stops 628; 629; 631, i.e. at least a first and last stop 629; 631 in the transverse direction A, depending on the extent of a substrate 02 to be transported in the transverse direction A, i.e. its width, have a first or at least a second position in the transverse direction A. For example, the at least two adjustable stops 629; 631 have a common drive 638, which then preferably acts on the at least two stops 629; 631 by means of a gear. Alternatively, each of the at least two adjustable stops 629; 631 has its own drive 638 for position adjustment. The drive 638 comprises a drive means. The first and second positions in the transverse direction A of the at least one position-adjustable stop 629; 631 are spaced from one another along an adjustment guide 635, preferably a linear guide.The at least one stop 629; 631 is preferably operatively connected to the drive 638 via a drive shaft 634, which is preferably designed as a screw drive.

[0096] A screw drive preferably has a threaded spindle and a nut. Rotating the threaded spindle causes the nut to move along the threaded rod. In the case of at least one position-adjustable rear edge stop 629; 631, this is preferably arranged on the nut of the screw drive.

[0097] The position adjustment, in particular the adjustment parallel to the edge of the substrate 02, is preferably carried out to adapt the stops 628; 629; 631 to the format of the substrate 02 to be transported. For example, the at least one stop 629; 631 of the vibrating stops 628; 629; 631 is adjusted such that, in the presence of a substrate 02, it comes into contact with an area of ​​the substrate 02 near or at the corner between the rear edge 08 and the side edge 09 and / or that all of the vibrating stops 629; 631 come into contact with the substrate 02 in the presence of a substrate 02. The position adjustment is particularly preferably carried out on both sides by the two outer stops 629; 631 of the at least three stops 628; 629; 631. The at least one stop 629; 631 is adjusted along an adjustment guide 635, preferably a linear guide.

[0098] Preferably, at least one trailing edge stop 628 is designed to be fixed with respect to its position in the transverse direction A, i.e., it does not have a drive 638 for adjusting its position in the transverse direction A. With at least three stops 628; 629; 631, at least the middle trailing edge stop 628 of the stops 628; 629; 631 is designed to be fixed with respect to its position in the transverse direction A. With two trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631, a first or second stop 628; 629; 631 in the transverse direction A is fixed with respect to the transverse direction A, or both have at least one drive 638 for adjusting its position in the transverse direction A.

[0099] Preferably, the at least one, in particular all, trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 have at least one drive 639 in order to adjust the at least one trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631 towards and / or away from the spatial area for stack formation, i.e. preferably in and / or against the transport direction T. As a result, the spatial area for stack formation is preferably enlarged or reduced in the transport direction T and, in particular, a format adaptation to the present substrate 02 is carried out. The at least one trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631 thus has a first position and a second position in the transport direction T, wherein the trailing edge stop 628; 629; 631 is arranged further away from an opposite leading edge stop 626 in the first position than in the second position. Preferably, all trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 have a common drive 639 for adjustment in the transport direction T.For example, at least one adjustment guide 641 is provided, preferably at least one adjustment guide 641 on each side, preferably a linear guide, along which the first and second positions are spaced from one another in the transport direction T. For example, a frame 652, having the trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 and preferably their drives 638 for adjusting the position with respect to the transverse direction A, is designed to be adjustable along the at least one adjustment guide 641 by the at least one drive 639. For this purpose, a drive means 642 of the drive 639 is operatively connected to the frame 652 via at least one tension means 643, for example a tension belt. In order to generate a two-sided and therefore uniform force transmission, i.e. a force acting in the transverse direction A on the leading and trailing end faces of the frame 652, at least one shaft 651 connecting the two sides is preferably provided.

[0100] In a preferred embodiment, the at least one delivery unit 600 has at least one first lateral guide 627 and at least one second lateral guide 627. The lateral guides 627 delimit at least a portion of the spatial area for stacking substrate 02 and / or at least a portion of the spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate 02 with respect to the transverse direction A.

[0101] The at least one lateral guide 627 of the delivery unit preferably serves to guide the substrate 02 and to keep the substrate 02 flat as it falls onto the delivery stack. The lateral guides 627 are therefore preferably designed as stops 627, in particular side edge stops 627. The first lateral guide 627 and the second lateral guide 627 are spaced apart from one another by the spatial area for stack formation, i.e. one of the guides 627 is preferably arranged in front of the spatial area for stack formation in the transverse direction A and one of the lateral guides 627 is preferably arranged in the transverse direction A after the spatial area for stack formation. In particular, the spatial area is delimited by the at least one lateral guide 627 with respect to the vertical direction V, at least in an uppermost section, i.e. near the chain transport system 1200.The at least one lateral guide 627 designed as a lateral edge stop 627 preferably delimits at least a portion of the spatial area for stacking substrate 02 and / or at least a portion of the spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate 02 such that, when at least one substrate 02 is present in the spatial area, it comes or can come into contact with its one lateral edge 09, i.e. its delimiting end in the transverse direction A. For example, a distance greater than zero and preferably less than 10 mm, preferably less than 5 mm, is present between the substrates 02 and the lateral guides 627 when they traverse the spatial area for stacking. Thus, a small air gap is preferably present. During the falling movement, the lateral guides 627 preferably come into contact with the falling substrate 02, in particular when the latter deviates from an ideal falling movement.

[0102] At least one lateral guide 627 of the lateral guides 627, preferably both, preferably has a drive 633 for adjusting the position towards and / or away from the spatial area for stack formation, i.e. preferably in the transverse direction A. The first lateral guide 627 and the second lateral guide 627 preferably have separate drives 633 for adjusting the position in the transverse direction A. The at least one lateral guide 627, preferably both, therefore preferably has a first position or a second position in the transverse direction A. The position assumed depends on the format of the substrate 02 to be processed. The position adjustment with respect to the transverse direction A preferably takes place when the format of the substrate 02 to be processed changes, in particular its extent in the transverse direction A, i.e. the width.For a smaller format of the substrate 02, the two lateral guides 627 are preferably spaced closer together than for a larger format. The drive 633 has a drive means 646 and preferably at least one traction means 647. The first and second positions in the transverse direction A of the at least one lateral guide 627 are spaced from one another along an adjustment guide 649, preferably a linear guide. The at least one lateral guide 627 is operatively connected to the drive 633 preferably via at least one drive shaft 648, which is preferably designed as a threaded drive. In particular, the at least one drive shaft 648 is set in rotating motion via the traction means 647. The at least one lateral guide 627, for example its frame 653, is preferably arranged on the nut of the threaded drive and is moved linearly with it when the threaded spindle rotates.In order to generate a two-sided and thus uniform force transmission, i.e. a force acting in the transverse direction A on the leading and trailing end faces of the frame 653, the traction means 647 is preferably designed to drive two drive shafts 648 which act on the leading and trailing ends of the frame 653.

[0103] The at least one first lateral guide 627 and the at least one second lateral guide 627 are designed to be stationary, at least during a processing operation of the processing machine 01 and / or the delivery unit 600, preferably with respect to their position in the transverse direction A and / or with respect to a vibration movement. In this case, "stationary during the processing operation" preferably describes that neither an adjustment in a spatial direction nor a movement such as vibration occurs while a substrate 02 is in operative contact with this component. The lateral guide 627 preferably does not have a vibration drive.

[0104] At least one support plate 632 for temporarily supporting substrate 02 is preferably arranged on the at least one lateral guide 627. The at least one support plate 632 has at least one actuator for moving the at least one support plate 632 relative to the at least one lateral guide 627 from a locked position to a released position and / or vice versa. The arrangement in the locked position blocks a space for movement of a substrate 02 into the spatial area for stack formation. The arrangement in the released position releases the space for movement of a substrate 02 into the spatial area for stack formation. The actuator is preferably a pneumatic or hydraulic actuator.The at least one support plate 632 preferably delimits, counter to the vertical direction V, the spatial area in which a substrate 02 is arranged or can be arranged during processing by the at least one separating tool 602; 604 of the delivery unit 600. In particular, the substrate 02 rests on the at least one support plate 632 during processing by the at least one separating tool 602; 604. The at least one support plate 632 preferably has, depending on the extent of the substrate 02 in the transverse direction A, i.e., its width, the at least one first locking position or at least one second locking position. The adjustment between the locking positions preferably takes place jointly with the at least one lateral guide 627 by the drive 633 for adjusting the position in the transverse direction A.Preferably, the at least two lateral guides 627, which are arranged opposite one another with respect to the stack formation space, each have at least one support plate 632. Further preferably, these at least two support plates 632 are further apart when arranged in their release positions than when arranged in their blocking positions. While the at least one actuator moves the at least one support plate 632 between the release position and the blocking position, the at least one lateral guide 627 is preferably stationary.

[0105] The at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one leading edge stop 626. The at least one stop 626 designed as a leading edge stop 626 preferably delimits the at least part of the spatial area for stacking substrate 02 and / or the at least part of the spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate 02 such that, when at least one substrate 02 is present in the spatial area, the leading edge stop 626 comes into contact with its one leading edge 07, i.e., its leading end in the transport direction T. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one leading edge stop 626 is stationary at least during a processing operation of the processing machine 01, i.e., preferably does not have a vibrating drive or drive for position adjustment. For example, the at least one leading edge stop 626 is attached to or arranged on the lower separating tool 604 of the delivery unit 600.

[0106] The at least one leading edge stop 626 has at least one lowermost edge delimiting the leading edge stop 626 counter to the vertical direction V. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one leading edge stop 626 has at least one material-free region, at least starting from the lowermost edge in the vertical direction V. The material-free region is preferably formed by a recess in the stop 626. As an alternative to a recess, there is, for example, a split stop 626, i.e., for example, two leading edge stops 626 spaced apart from one another. The distance between these split stops 626 is also to be understood as the material-free region.The material-free region is preferably configured such that at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613, i.e., the non-stop device 611, can penetrate the material-free region when arranged in the retracted position, or can be arranged or is arranged within the material-free region in the retracted position. In the retracted position, the at least one support element 613, preferably the at least two support elements 613 arranged in the retracted position, are thus preferably arranged penetrating, i.e., projecting through, the at least one material-free region of the at least one leading edge stop 626. This advantageously shortens the distance between the non-stop device 611 and the processing area of ​​the at least one separating tool 602; 604 and / or reduces the drop height of a substrate 02 to be deposited onto the non-stop device 611.

[0107] The delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one support device 609. The at least one support device 609 preferably has a second group of support elements 636. The second group of support elements 636 preferably has at least two, preferably at least four, more preferably at least six, and / or a maximum of twenty, preferably a maximum of fifteen, more preferably a maximum of ten, support elements 636. The surface of the at least one support element 636 of the at least one support device 609, on which, if present, a substrate 02 is preferably arranged or can be arranged, forms the support surface 637 of the respective support element 636. The at least one support element 636 is preferably rod-shaped or bar-shaped. For example, the second group of support elements 636 forms a rake-like support structure for supporting substrate 02.The support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636 are preferably arranged in a manner coordinated with the arrangement of the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613. The at least two support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636 are arranged relative to one another such that there is a distance between them at which at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 can be arranged. Thus, at one point in time, the at least one non-stop device 611 and the at least one support device 609 are preferably arranged relative to one another, wherein in the transverse direction A, a support element 613 of the first group and a support element 636 of the second group are preferably arranged alternately.

[0108] The at least one support device 609, preferably at least its second group of support elements 636, is preferably height-adjustable. The at least one support device 609 preferably has at least one drive for vertically adjusting the second group of support elements 636. The drive is preferably an electric drive, in particular with an electric motor. For example, the drive comprises a chain for adjusting the support elements 636. The second group of support elements 636 has at least a first position and at least a second position with respect to the vertical direction V. The lowest position that can be assumed by the second group of support elements 636 with respect to the vertical direction V is arranged lower than a lowest position that can be assumed by the first group of support elements 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611.

[0109] The at least one delivery unit 600 preferably has at least one outgoing conveyor 608, preferably a belt conveyor. The at least one conveyor 608 is preferably designed as a multi-belt conveyor. The at least one conveyor 608 preferably has at least one third support element 654, preferably designed as a conveyor belt. In particular, a third group comprising at least two third support elements 654 is provided. The support elements 654 of the third group of support elements 654 are preferably arranged to match the arrangement of the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636. The at least two support elements 654 of the third group of support elements 654 are preferably arranged relative to one another such that there is a distance between them at which at least one support element 636 of the second group of support elements 636 can be arranged.Preferably, at one point in time, there is an arrangement of the at least one support device 609 and the at least one conveying means 608 relative to one another, wherein in the transverse direction A, a support element 636 of the second group and a support element 654 of the third group are preferably arranged alternately.

[0110] As an alternative to the at least one conveying means 608, the at least one carrying device 609 is designed as a discharge conveying means, for example, having at least one carrying element 636 designed as a conveyor belt. However, the arrangement of the carrying elements 636 of the at least one carrying device 609 continues to be coordinated with the carrying elements 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611. The at least one carrying device 609 also continues to be height-adjustable. The separation into carrying device 609 and conveying means 608 advantageously accelerates the process, since several process steps of the two functions can be carried out simultaneously, which would otherwise have to be carried out one after the other.

[0111] The at least one outgoing conveyor means 608, for example also at least two conveyor means 608 following one another along the transport path of substrate 02, wherein the at least one subsequent conveyor means 601 is preferably designed as at least one conveyor belt 601, preferably moves the formed delivery stack out of the delivery unit 600, preferably laterally or to a rear end of the processing machine 01. In the alternative, the at least one support element 636 designed as a conveyor belt preferably moves the formed delivery stack out of the delivery unit 600.

[0112] The processing of a substrate 02 in the delivery unit 600 is described below.

[0113] After processing the substrate 02 in the processing units 300; 400, preferably at least after processing in the shaping unit 300, the substrate 02 is transported to the delivery unit 600 and deposited there. The at least one gripper carriage 1201 transporting the substrate 02 is preferably arranged in a processing position in the delivery unit 600 and is preferably stopped there due to the cyclical movement. By means of the at least one separating tool 602; 604, a part of the substrate 02 comprising the at least one blank 03 is preferably separated from the gripper edge 06, particularly preferably by a relative movement between the upper separating tool 602 and the lower separating tool 604. During the separating process, the at least one, preferably the at least two, support plates 632 are arranged in the blocking position.During the separation process, the substrate 02 is preferably arranged on the at least one, preferably at least two, support plates 632, in particular resting thereon. The gripper edge 06 is then preferably transported by the gripper carriage 1201 to a further position in which the grippers 1202 open and the gripper edge 06 is delivered, for example, to a waste disposal facility.

[0114] After the separation process has been completed, i.e., when the at least one gripper carriage 1201 starts moving or is in motion, the at least one, preferably the at least two, support plates 632 are moved from the locked position to the release position, in particular by actuation by means of the at least one actuator. During the movement from the locked position to the release position, the at least one support plate 632 is moved relative to the at least one lateral guide 627 on which it is arranged, in or against the transverse direction A, so that the distance between the support plate 632 and the lateral guide 627 opposite it with respect to the spatial area for stack formation increases.

[0115] The part of the substrate 02 comprising the at least one blank 03, also referred to as substrate 02 above and below, preferably falls downwards counter to the vertical direction V, preferably at least due to gravity. Preferably, a delivery stack is formed. The substrate 02 is either arranged as the first substrate 02 of a delivery stack on the first group of support elements 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611. Or the substrate 02 is deposited as a further substrate 02 on the uppermost substrate 02 of the delivery stack already formed below. Depending on the operating time, this already formed delivery stack is located either on the at least one support surface 612 of the first group of support elements 613 or on the at least one support surface 637 of the second group of support elements 636 of the at least one support device 609.

[0116] During the depositing of the substrate 02, in particular on the at least one support surface 612; 637 or on the uppermost substrate 02 of the formed delivery stack, the at least one front edge stop 626 and the at least two lateral guides 627 are stationary, i.e. preferably immobile. During the depositing of the substrate 02, in particular on the at least one support surface 612; 637 or on the uppermost substrate 02 of the formed delivery stack, the at least one rear edge stop 628; 629; 631, preferably all rear edge stops 628; 629; 631, are set in a vibrating movement by their at least one vibrating drive. Once a required stack height or required number of substrates 02 has been reached, the formed delivery stack is transported on the at least one conveyor 601; 608 and transported away from the delivery unit 600 preferably by means of the at least one conveyor means 601; 608.The maximum height of the delivery stack is, for example, 400 mm (four hundred millimeters), preferably 380 mm, more preferably 350 mm.

[0117] The following describes steps of a method for adjusting components of the at least one delivery unit 600. In particular, these steps, or at least some of these steps, are performed for processing substrate 02 and / or for adapting the format to the substrate 02 to be processed.

[0118] When the format of the substrate 02 to be processed changes, the delivery unit 600, in particular its components, is adapted to the substrate 02 to be processed. In particular, the following steps, or at least some of these steps, are performed. The steps are preferably automated, i.e., they are preferably triggered by a control device, in particular of the control system 1100, which is connected to the drives of the components.

[0119] The trailing edge stops 628; 629; 631 are adjusted by means of their at least one drive 639 toward or away from the spatial area for stack formation, i.e. preferably in or against the transport direction T, in order to expand or reduce the spatial area for stack formation. By adjustment in the transport direction T, the spatial area for stack formation is reduced, and by adjustment against the transport direction T, it is increased. The at least one, preferably the at least two, trailing edge stops 629; 631 adjustable in the transverse direction A are preferably adjusted by means of their drives 638 in or against the transverse direction A in order to adapt the position to the width of the substrate 02, so that the at least one trailing edge stop 629; 631 adjusted in this way can come into operative contact with the substrate 02, preferably near the corner between the trailing edge 08 and the side edge 09 of the substrate 02.Thus, the at least one stop 629; 631 is adjusted parallel to the boundary of the spatial area for stack formation created by it, i.e. in other words parallel to the edge of the substrate 02 with which it comes or can come into contact at least temporarily.

[0120] The at least one side edge stop 627, preferably the at least two mutually opposite side edge stops 627, is preferably adjusted by means of its drive 633 towards or away from the spatial area for stack formation, i.e. preferably in or opposite to the transverse direction A, in order to expand or reduce the spatial area for stack formation. To expand, the distance between the opposite side edge stops 627 is increased relative to one another; to reduce the distance, the distance relative to one another is reduced. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the at least one support plate 632 is adjusted together with the at least one side edge stop 627, on which it is preferably arranged, whereby at least two mutually different locking positions or release positions are or can be assumed.

[0121] Depending on the width of the substrate 02 to be processed in the transverse direction A, the at least one, preferably at least two, more preferably at least four, holding mechanisms 617 of the non-stop device 611 are activated or deactivated. In a preferred embodiment, the at least one holding mechanism 617 of the non-stop device 611 respectively secures or releases a support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 with respect to its movement in the direction of the insertion direction E, i.e. preferably with respect to the transport direction T. Preferably, so many support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are secured that the support surface formed from the bearing surfaces 612 of all support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 arranged in the retracted position in the transverse direction A is smaller than the extent of the substrate 02 to be transported in the transverse direction A.In other words, for this purpose, a number of holding mechanisms 617 are preferably activated or deactivated corresponding to the number of support elements 613. In the activated state, the holding mechanism 617, in a preferred embodiment, holds the associated support element 613. Preferably, the holding mechanism 617 is activated whose associated support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 does not come into contact with a substrate 02 during the processing process. If, in an alternative embodiment, the holding mechanism 617 releases the holding state in the activated state, i.e., releases the support element 613, the holding mechanism 617 is deactivated whose associated support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 does not come into contact with a substrate 02 during the processing process.By using the at least one holding mechanism 617, in a particularly preferred operating state, at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 is moved from the extended position to the retracted position and / or vice versa, while at least one further support element 613 of the group of support elements 613 remains in its extended position, i.e., is held by the holding mechanism 617. Preferably, at least two support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are each held in the extended position by a holding mechanism 617.For example, if a format of the substrate 02 is smaller than the maximum processable format, preferably starting from the imaginary center line in and against its transverse direction A, at least one support element 613 of the group of support elements 613 is held in the extended position by a respective holding mechanism 617 and at least one centrally arranged support element 613 of the group of support elements 613 is adjusted to the retracted position.

[0122] Through the use of the at least one holding mechanism 617, the support surface created by the support surfaces 612 of the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 is smaller in the transverse direction A than the width of the substrate 02 to be transported in the transverse direction A. This advantageously enables the lateral guides 626 to come into contact with the substrate 02 regardless of the format present, while the first group of support elements 613 is arranged in the retracted position. In particular, a simple and / or automated format adjustment of the delivery unit 600 is enabled. Even with small formats of the substrates 02, there is advantageously no obstruction of the lateral guides 627, so that they can optimally delimit the space for stack formation, and in addition the particularly advantageous minimal distance between the support elements 613 and the processing position.

[0123] During the processing of substrate 02, the following steps, or at least some of these steps, are carried out. The steps are preferably automated, i.e., they are preferably triggered by a control device, in particular of the control system 1100, which is connected to the drives of the components.

[0124] The first group of support elements 613 of the at least one non-stop device 611 is located in a waiting position WP at a first point in time, for example the starting position in the machining process. In the waiting position WP, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are arranged in the extended position, i.e., with respect to the entry direction E, outside the spatial area for stack formation, for example, downstream of the spatial area for stack formation in the transport direction T. In addition, the first group of support elements 613 is arranged in an upper position in the vertical direction V. The upper position is preferably the highest position in the vertical direction V that the first group of support elements 613 occupies or can assume in the extended position during the machining operation.

[0125] In an adjustment movement T 1, starting from the waiting position WP, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613, preferably those without a holding mechanism 617 and / or which are not held in place by their holding mechanism 617, are adjusted into the retracted position, i.e. adjusted in the retraction direction E into the spatial area for stack formation. This position is the retraction position EP. The retraction direction E is thus the same for all support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 to be adjusted. The support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are moved in the retraction direction E relative to the carrier 623. The retraction direction E is preferably arranged in a plane spanned by the transport direction T and the transverse direction A, is preferably perpendicular to the vertical direction V, and is particularly preferably directed horizontally.Particularly preferably, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 extend through the material-free regions of the at least one leading edge stop 626 into the space for stack formation. When arranged in the retracted position, preferably in the retracted position EP, at least one support element 613 of the first group of support elements 613 penetrates the material-free region of the at least one leading edge stop 626 of the delivery unit 600 above its lowermost edge or is arranged within the material-free region. For example, the support element 613 leaves this material-free region by lowering and is then arranged below the leading edge stop 626.

[0126] The support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 preferably cover the distance between the waiting position WP and the retraction position EP quickly relative to the other adjustment speeds. For example, a maximum of 1 second, preferably a maximum of 0.5 seconds, more preferably a maximum of 0.2 seconds, is required for the distance between the waiting position WP and the retraction position EP. The distance between the waiting position WP and the retraction position EP is, for example, at least 50 cm (fifty centimeters), preferably at least 100 cm, more preferably at least 120 cm, and / or a maximum of 200 cm, preferably a maximum of 170 cm, more preferably a maximum of 150 cm, for example 140 cm.

[0127] In the retraction position EP, the support surface 612 of a support element 613 arranged in the retraction position EP is preferably at least 50 mm (fifty millimeters), preferably at least 70 mm, more preferably at least 90 mm, and / or at most 120 mm (one hundred and twenty millimeters), preferably at most 100 mm, more preferably at most 95 mm, from the substrate 02 arranged in the processing position of the delivery unit 600, if the latter is present. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the processing position is determined by the surface of the support plate 632 on which the substrate 02 can be arranged or is arranged during processing. Preferably, the distance between the retraction position EP and the surface of the support plate 632 is thus at least 50 mm (fifty millimeters), preferably at least 70 mm, more preferably at least 90 mm, and / or a maximum of 120 mm (one hundred and twenty millimeters), preferably a maximum of 100 mm, more preferably a maximum of 95 mm.Due to the particularly small distance, in a particularly preferred embodiment, there is no need to lift the first group of support elements 613 from the retraction position EP in the vertical direction V. In addition, the small distance advantageously makes it possible to dispense with lateral straight pushers, i.e. lateral vibration stops.

[0128] Alternatively, especially with a greater distance between the retraction position EP and the surface of the support plate 632, the first group of support elements 613 is raised in the vertical direction V starting from the retraction position EP. This further reduces the distance to the surface of the support plate 632 on which a substrate 02 can be or is arranged. However, this slows down the adjustment process and thus leads to longer process times.

[0129] The support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are particularly preferably arranged permanently, i.e., preferably at all times during production operation, below the processing position of the delivery unit 600. Thus, they advantageously do not come into conflict with the chain transport system 1200 and / or the at least one cutting tool 602; 604 and / or the stops 626; 627; 628; 629; 631 of the delivery unit 600.

[0130] In the retraction position EP, preferably at least one substrate 02 is deposited on the support surface formed by the support surfaces 612 of the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613, thus creating a new delivery stack. Preferably, the first group of support elements 613 remains in the retraction position EP, designated state T2, until the distance to the surface of the support plate 632 has decreased to a minimum distance due to the delivery stack formed thereon. The minimum distance is preferably the length of the thickness of a maximum of twenty, preferably a maximum of fifteen, further preferably a maximum of ten, further preferably a maximum of five, further preferably a maximum of three, further preferably a maximum of two, substrates 02 stacked directly on top of one another.

[0131] In an adjustment movement T3, the first group of support elements 613 is lowered by the at least one lifting unit 621 counter to the vertical direction V. The lowering takes place with support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 retracted into the spatial area for stack formation, in particular those that have not been secured. The lowering movement preferably begins from the retraction position EP or, if previously raised, from this assumed position, as soon as the minimum distance is reached as a threshold value or, for example, after a predetermined time interval. For example, the time interval is the duration of the deposit of at least two, preferably at least four, more preferably at least six, and / or a maximum of twenty, preferably fifteen, preferably a maximum of ten, substrates 02 on the non-stop device 611. During the lowering movement, the delivery stack preferably increases further as more substrates 02 are deposited.Preferably, the speed of the lowering movement is such that with each new substrate 02 deposited, the previous distance between the surface of the uppermost substrate 02 of the delivery stack and the surface of the support plate 632 remains the same or approximately the same. The first group of support elements 613 is preferably lowered into a transfer position UP. The transfer position UP is preferably the highest position in the vertical direction V that the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636 of the at least one support device 609 can assume and / or temporarily assume during the processing operation.For example, at least one point in time there is a state in which the support surfaces 612 of the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613, which have been adjusted to a position below the retraction position EP, are arranged at the same height in the vertical direction V as the support surfaces 637 of the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636. This state is preferably assumed in the transfer position UP. In the transfer position UP, a support surface formed from the support surfaces 637 of the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636 preferably receives the delivery stack from the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613. For this purpose, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are preferably arranged, preferably lowered, between the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636.

[0132] In an adjustment movement T4, starting from the transfer position UP, the first group of support elements 613 is lowered further against the vertical direction V, in particular by the at least one lifting device 621. The second group of support elements 636 of the at least one support device 609 is also lowered from the transfer position UP against the vertical direction V, in at least one adjustment movement T7; T8. The lowering movements of the groups of support elements 613; 636 are particularly preferably coordinated with one another. Preferably, the first group of support elements 613 and the second group of support elements 636 are adjusted simultaneously against the vertical direction V at least at one point in time, i.e., both are lowered simultaneously. The groups of support elements 613; 636 particularly preferably have different lowering speeds relative to one another.The speed of the first group of support elements 613 is preferably greater than the speed of the second group of support elements 636. For example, at least one point in time there is a state in which the support surfaces 612 of the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613, which have been adjusted to a position below the retraction position EP, are arranged in the vertical direction V below the support surfaces 637 of the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636. The delivery stack is therefore preferably taken over by the support elements 636 of the second group from the support elements 613 of the first group. Substrates 02 are preferably also deposited on the delivery stack, wherein the distance between the surface of the uppermost substrate 02 of the delivery stack and the surface of the at least one support plate 632 preferably remains as small as possible, preferably the same or approximately the same.

[0133] Thus, the first group of support elements 613 preferably executes a speed profile during its lowering, in particular from the retracted position EP into a central position MP, wherein initially a relatively slow speed is present, in particular during the adjustment movement T3, and then a relatively higher speed, i.e., relative to the first slow speed, is present, in particular during the adjustment movement T4. The speed profile during the lowering thus has at least two relatively different speeds, both of which are greater than zero. For example, the at least two speeds during the lowering movement are present for a distance of at least one millimeter each, preferably at least ten millimeters, and are therefore not a pure deceleration movement.

[0134] A lowest position in the vertical direction V that the first group of support elements 613 occupies or can assume during processing is the center position MP. In the center position MP, the support surface 612 of a support element 613 arranged in the center position MP is preferably at least 150 mm (one hundred and fifty millimeters), preferably at least 200 mm, more preferably at least 230 mm, more preferably at least 250 mm, and / or a maximum of 350 mm (three hundred and fifty millimeters), preferably a maximum of 300 mm, more preferably a maximum of 280 mm, from the substrate 02 arranged in the processing position of the delivery unit 600, if the latter is present. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the processing position is determined by the surface of the support plate 632 on which the substrate 02 can be arranged or is arranged during processing.The distance between the center position MP and the surface of the support plate 632 is thus preferably at least 150 mm (one hundred and fifty millimeters), preferably at least 200 mm, more preferably at least 230 mm, more preferably at least 250 mm, and / or a maximum of 350 mm (three hundred and fifty millimeters), preferably a maximum of 300 mm, more preferably a maximum of 280 mm. Preferably, the distance between the center position MP and the support surface 655 of the support elements 654 of the at least one conveyor 608 is greater than the maximum height of a delivery stack to be produced. For example, the distance is at least 355 mm, preferably at least 370 mm, more preferably at least 380 mm, and / or a maximum of 440 mm, preferably a maximum of 405 mm, more preferably a maximum of 390 mm.

[0135] As soon as the first group of support elements 613 has reached the center position MP counter to the vertical direction V, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are moved into their extended position in an adjustment movement T5 and preferentially leave the spatial area for stack formation by adjusting counter to the retraction direction E. They assume a position below the waiting position WP, which is referred to as the extended position RP. From the extended position RP, the support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 are adjusted, i.e. preferably raised, in an adjustment movement T6 in the vertical direction V into the waiting position WP. The support elements 613 of the first group of support elements 613 remain in the waiting position WP until they are adjusted again into the retraction position EP.As soon as the required number of substrates 02 and / or the required height of the delivery stack arranged on the support device 609 is reached and / or at a time of the machine cycle determined for this purpose, the first group of support elements 613, in particular those which are not prevented from moving by a holding mechanism 617, move into the retraction position EP by the adjustment movement T1 to form a new delivery stack.

[0136] Since the lowering speed of the second group of support elements 636 is preferably lower than that of the first group of support elements 613, the second group of support elements 636 reaches the center position MP at a later point in time. Due to the higher speed of the first group of support elements 613 relative to the second group of support elements 636, they can preferably continue their adjustment path to the waiting position WP, while substrates 02 continue to be deposited on the delivery stack on the support device 609.

[0137] The second group of support elements 636 is adjusted from the transfer position UP to a delivery position AP, in particular lowered counter to the vertical direction V. For example, the second group of support elements 636 has a first speed during the lowering as long as the delivery stack is formed on the support elements 636. This is the adjustment movement T7. For example, a second speed of the second group of support elements 636 exists when the support elements 613 of the non-stop device 611 are already arranged in the retraction position EP in order to create the new delivery stack until the second group of support elements 636 reaches the delivery position AP. This is a further adjustment movement T8. The second speed is preferably faster than the first speed.

[0138] The delivery position AP is the lowest position in the vertical direction V that the second group of support elements 636 occupies or can assume during processing. Preferably, the support surfaces 637 of the support elements 636 of the second group of support elements 636 in the delivery position AP are lower in the vertical direction V than a support surface 655 of the support elements 654 of the third group of support elements 654 of the at least one conveyor 608. As a result, the at least one conveyor 608 takes over the supported delivery stack and conveys the delivery stack out of the spatial area for stack formation, preferably by moving the at least one support element 654, preferably the at least one conveyor belt or the plurality of conveyor belts. As an alternative to the conveyor 608, the support device 609, for example, conveys the delivery stack out. The conveying out of the delivery stack is referred to as adjustment movement T9.A portion of the stack formation space is at least temporarily occupied by a support element 636 of the second group of support elements 636. Preferably, after the delivery stack has been conveyed out of the stack formation space, the second group of support elements 636 is adjusted in an adjustment movement T10 in the vertical direction V, preferably to the transfer position UP, in order to receive the next delivery stack.

[0139] To determine and / or calculate the length of the adjustment movements of the non-stop device 611 and / or the at least one support device 609, in particular their positions in the vertical direction V, at least one sensor device and a computing unit are preferably provided, which is data-technically connected to a control unit of at least one drive 614; 616 of the non-stop device 611 and / or the drive of the support device 609. The sensor device comprises, for example, at least one position sensor of at least one of the drives 614; 616 of the non-stop device 611 and / or the drive of the support device 609. The sensor device comprises, for example, at least one sensor for determining the height of a formed delivery stack. For example, the sensor device comprises at least one counting element for determining the number of substrates 02 forming the delivery stack. List of Reference Symbols

[0140] 01 processing machine, sheet processing machine, punching machine,

[0141] Flatbed die cutting machine

[0142] 02 Substrate, sheet

[0143] 03 Benefits

[0144] 04 Remaining piece, first, waste piece

[0145] 05 Remaining piece, bridge

[0146] 06 Remnant, second, gripper edge

[0147] 07 Edge, leading edge

[0148] 08 Edge, trailing edge

[0149] 09 Edge, side edge

[0150] 10

[0151] 11 stamp, print mark, punch mark

[0152] 200 aggregate, plant aggregate

[0153] 300 unit, shaping unit, punching unit, creasing unit,

[0154] Cutting unit, punch, flatbed punching unit, flatbed punch

[0155] 301 Forming plant, punching plant, flatbed punching plant

[0156] 400 unit, stripping unit

[0157] 401 Stripping unit 00 Unit, delivery unit, delivery 01 Support element, conveyor, conveyor belt 02 Tool, cutting tool, upper 03 04 Tool, cutting tool, lower Processing component, upper

[0158] Machining component, lower

[0159] Conveyors, multi-belt conveyors

[0160] Carrying device

[0161] Non-stop facility

[0162] Support surface (611)

[0163] Supporting element, first (611)

[0164] Drive means, retraction drive means

[0165] Drive means, vertical drive means

[0166] Holding mechanism

[0167] Drive shaft (619)

[0168] adjustment unit

[0169] lifting unit

[0170] Guide device (619)

[0171] carrier

[0172] Guided tour (621)

[0173] Drive shaft (621)

[0174] Stop, leading edge stop

[0175] Stop, side edge stop, side guide

[0176] Stop, trailing edge stop, first

[0177] Stop, trailing edge stop, second

[0178] Stop, trailing edge stop, third

[0179] support plate

[0180] Drive (adjustment in A from 627) 634 Drive shaft, screw drive (629; 631 in A)

[0181] 635 Adjustment guide (629; 631 in A)

[0182] 636 supporting element, second (609)

[0183] 637 support surface (636)

[0184] 638 drive (629; 631 in A)

[0185] 639 drive (628; 629; 631 in T)

[0186] 640

[0187] 641 Adjustment guide (adjustment 628; 629; 631 in T)

[0188] 642 Propulsion equipment (639)

[0189] 643 traction devices (639)

[0190] 644

[0191] 645

[0192] 646 Propulsion means (627; 632 in A)

[0193] 647 traction means (627; 632 in A)

[0194] 648 Drive shaft, screw drive (627; 632 in A)

[0195] 649 Adjustment guide (627; 632 in A)

[0196] 650

[0197] 651 Wave

[0198] 652 frame (628; 629; 631)

[0199] 653 frame (627)

[0200] 654 supporting element, third (608)

[0201] 655 support surface (654)

[0202] 1000 system, drive system

[0203] 1100 system, control system

[0204] 1200 system, transport system, chain transport system, chain gripper system

[0205] 1201 Cart, gripper car, chain gripper car 1202 Holding element, gripper

[0206] 1203 Guide device, chain

[0207] A direction, transverse direction, horizontal

[0208] T direction, transport direction, horizontal

[0209] V direction, vertical

[0210] E direction, entry direction

[0211] T 1 adjustment movement

[0212] T2 condition

[0213] T3 adjustment movement

[0214] T4 adjustment movement

[0215] T5 adjustment movement

[0216] T6 adjustment movement

[0217] T7 adjustment movement

[0218] T8 adjustment movement

[0219] T9 adjustment movement

[0220] T10 adjustment movement

[0221] WP waiting position

[0222] EP retraction position

[0223] UP transfer position

[0224] MP middle position

[0225] RP extended position

[0226] AP delivery position

Claims

Claims 1. A delivery unit (600), wherein the delivery unit (600) has at least one non-stop device (611), wherein the at least one non-stop device (611) has a group of support elements (613), wherein at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) has at least one retracted position within a spatial area for stack formation and at least one extended position outside the spatial area for stack formation in a direction which is parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element (613), characterized in that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) is assigned a holding mechanism (617) for securing the support element (613) in the extended position.

2. Delivery unit according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one holding mechanism (617) of the non-stop device (611) is designed to lock or release a support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) with respect to its movement in the direction of an insertion direction (E).

3. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least a part of at least one chain transport system (1200) is arranged within the delivery unit (600).

4. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element (613) between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position is designed to act individually on each of the support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613).

5. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, characterized in that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) is assigned at least one gear for transmitting power from at least one drive shaft (618) to the respective support element (613).

6. Display unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5, characterized in that at least two support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) are each assigned a holding mechanism (617).

7. Display unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6, characterized in that, starting from an imaginary center line in and against a transverse direction (A), at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) each has a holding mechanism (617) and that at least one centrally arranged support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) does not have a holding mechanism (617).

8. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7, characterized in that the holding mechanism (617) is designed to be actuated by a controllable actuator.

9. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8, characterized in that the holding mechanism (617) is designed to interrupt an operative connection between the support element (613) and a drive of an adjustment unit (619) which is designed to adjust the at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) from the extended position to the retracted position and / or vice versa, or in that the holding mechanism (617) has at least one holding element which fixes the support element (613) by clamping force or frictional force.

10. Display unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) has at least one first position and at least one second position in the vertical direction (V).

11. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10, characterized in that the at least one non-stop device (611) has at least one lifting unit (621) for adjusting the group of support elements (613) in the vertical direction (V).

12. Display unit according to claim 11, characterized in that the at least one lifting unit (621) is designed to adjust at least one adjustment unit (619), wherein the at least one adjustment unit (619) has the group of support elements (613) and at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element (613) between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position.

13. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) of the non-stop device (611) has a speed profile with at least two speeds that are different from one another during a lowering movement.

14. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) forms a rake-like support structure for supporting substrate (02) and / or that the at least one support element (613) is rod-shaped or beam-shaped.

15. Display unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14, characterized in that the at least one retracted position and the at least one extended position are arranged within a horizontal plane in the direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element (613).

16. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15, characterized in that the delivery unit (600) has at least one separating tool (602; 604), that a support surface formed by the non-stop device (611) is arranged with respect to the vertical direction (V) below a processing area of ​​substrate (02) by the at least one separating tool (602; 604) of the delivery unit (600).

17. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16, characterized in that at least one rear edge stop (628; 629; 631) of the delivery unit (600) is designed as a vibrating stop (628; 629; 631) and / or that at least one rear edge stop (628; 629; 631) of the delivery unit (600) has a drive (639) for adjusting the position towards and / or away from the spatial area for stack formation and / or that at least one rear edge stop (629; 631) of the delivery unit (600) has a drive (638) for adjusting the position parallel to the limitation of the spatial area for stack formation created thereby.

18. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17, characterized in that the delivery unit (600) has at least one first lateral Guide (627) and at least one second lateral guide (627) which delimit at least part of a spatial area for stacking substrate (02) and / or at least part of a spatial area with a vertical transport path of substrate (02) with respect to a transverse direction (A).

19. Delivery unit according to claim 18, characterized in that at least one lateral guide (627) of the lateral guides (627) has a drive (633) for adjusting the position towards and / or away from the spatial area for stack formation and / or that the at least one first lateral guide (627) and the at least one second lateral guide (627) are stationary at least during a processing operation of the delivery unit (600).

20. Delivery unit according to claim 18 or 19, characterized in that at least one support plate (632) for temporarily supporting substrate (02) is arranged on the at least one lateral guide (627), which support plate has at least one actuator for adjusting the at least one support plate (632) relative to the at least one lateral guide (627) between a release position releasing the space area for stack formation for substrate (02) and a blocking position blocking the space area for stack formation for substrate (02).

21. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20, characterized in that at least one front edge stop (626) of the delivery unit (600) has at least one lowermost edge delimiting the front edge stop (626) counter to the vertical direction (V), that the at least one front edge stop (626) has at least one material-free area, at least starting from the lowermost edge in the vertical direction (V), which area is designed such that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) when arranged in the in the retracted position can penetrate the material-free area or can be arranged or is arranged within the material-free area.

22. Delivery unit according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21, characterized in that the delivery unit (600) has at least one support device (609) with a second group of support elements (636), that the arrangement of the support elements (636) of the second group of support elements (636) is coordinated with the arrangement of the support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) of the at least one non-stop device (611) and / or that the at least one support device (609) has at least one drive for the vertical adjustment of the second group of support elements (636).

23. Processing machine (01) comprising the at least one delivery unit (600) according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11 or 12 or 13 or 14 or 15 or 16 or 17 or 18 or 19 or 20 or 21 or 22, wherein the processing machine (01) is designed as a flatbed punching machine.

24. Method for adjusting components of a delivery unit (600) of a processing machine (01), wherein the delivery unit (600) has at least one non-stop device (611), wherein the at least one non-stop device (611) has a group of support elements (613), wherein at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) can be moved from at least one extended position outside a spatial area for stack formation into at least one retracted position within the spatial area for stack formation in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal extent of the support element (613), and / or vice versa is adjusted and / or is adjustable, characterized in that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) is adjusted from the extended position to the retracted position and / or vice versa, while at least one further support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) remains in its extended position.

25. Method according to claim 24, characterized in that at least a part of at least one chain transport system (1200) is arranged within the delivery unit (600).

26. Method according to claim 24 or 25, characterized in that the delivery unit (600) has at least one separating tool (602; 604), that the support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) are permanently arranged below a processing position of the delivery unit (600).

27. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26, characterized in that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) is held in the extended position by a respective holding mechanism (617) for fixing the support element (613).

28. Method according to claim 27, characterized in that the at least one holding mechanism (617) of the non-stop device (611) fixes or releases a support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) with respect to its movement in the direction of an insertion direction (E).

29. Method according to claim 27 or 28, characterized in that at least two support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) are each held in the extended position by a holding mechanism (617).

30. Method according to claim 27 or 28 or 29, characterized in that the holding mechanism (617) is actuated by a controllable actuator.

31. Method according to claim 27 or 28 or 29 or 30, characterized in that the holding mechanism (617) interrupts an operative connection between the support element (613) and a drive of an adjustment unit (619) which is designed to adjust the at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) from the extended position to the retracted position and / or vice versa, or in that at least one holding element of the holding mechanism (617) fixes the support element (613) by clamping force or frictional force.

32. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31, characterized in that so many support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) are fixed that a support surface formed from support surfaces (612) of all support elements (613) arranged in the retracted position of the group of support elements (613) in the transverse direction (A) is smaller than the extension of a substrate (02) to be transported in the transverse direction (A).

33. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32, characterized in that at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element (613) between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position acts individually on each of the support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613).

34. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) in and / or against a vertical direction (V) of at least a first Position is adjusted to at least a second position and / or vice versa.

35. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34, characterized in that at least one lifting unit (621) adjusts at least one adjustment unit (619) in the vertical direction (V), wherein the at least one adjustment unit (619) has the group of support elements (613) and at least the at least one drive for adjusting the at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) between the at least one extended and the at least one retracted position.

36. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) of the non-stop device (611) has a speed profile with at least two speeds which are different relative to one another during a lowering movement.

37. Method according to claim 36, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) performs a speed profile during their lowering, wherein first a relatively slow speed is present and then a relatively higher speed is present.

38. Method according to claim 36 or 37, characterized in that the at least two speeds are present during the lowering movement for a distance of at least one millimeter each.

39. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38, characterized in that at least one rear edge stop (628; 629; 631) of the at least one delivery unit (600) carries out a shaking movement and / or that at least one rear edge stop (629; 631) of the at least one delivery unit (600) is adjusted by means of a drive (638) parallel to the limitation of the spatial area for stack formation created by it.

40. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39, characterized in that at least one side edge stop (627) designed as a lateral guide (627) is fixed during a processing operation of the processing machine (01) and / or that the at least one lateral guide (627) is adjusted towards or away from the spatial area for stack formation for a format adjustment.

41. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40, characterized in that at least one support element (613) of the group of support elements (613) when arranged in the retracted position penetrates a material-free area of ​​at least one front edge stop (626) of the delivery unit (600) above its lowermost edge or is arranged within the material-free area.

42. Method according to claim 24 or 25 or 26 or 27 or 28 or 29 or 30 or 31 or 32 or 33 or 34 or 35 or 36 or 37 or 38 or 39 or 40 or 41, characterized in that a second group of support elements (636) of at least one support device (609) of the at least one delivery unit (600) is adjusted in the vertical direction (V).

43. Method according to claim 42, characterized in that at least one time point the adjusted to a position below a retracted position (EP) Support surfaces (612) of the support elements (613) of the group of support elements (613) of the non-stop device (611) are arranged in the vertical direction (V) below support surfaces (637) of support elements (636) of the second group of support elements (636) of the at least one support device (609).

44. Method according to claim 42 or 43, characterized in that the group of support elements (613) of the at least one non-stop device (611) and the second group of support elements (636) are adjusted simultaneously at least at one time point in the opposite direction to the vertical direction (V).

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