Patent ID: 9216877
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
1. An installation for folding and stacking an endless web of corrugated cardboard, the installation comprising at least one corrugated cardboard production device for producing an endless web of corrugated cardboard; a squeezing device which is arranged downstream of the at least one corrugated cardboard production device for embossing folds into the web of corrugated cardboard; a folding device which is arranged downstream of the at least one squeezing device for folding the web of corrugated cardboard along the folds, with the folding device comprising: a stacking device which is arranged downstream of the folding device for stacking the web of corrugated cardboard, which has been folded along the folds, in such a way as to form stacks, wherein a guide device guides at least one first circulating, drivable, endless circulatory member to which the first engagement member is mounted, wherein the guide device guides at least one second circulating, drivable, endless circulatory member to which the second engagement member is mounted, wherein the first circulatory member and the at least second circulatory member are drivable independently of each other, and wherein a drive device accelerates or decelerates the circulatory members at all times, to influence the folding progress of the web of corrugated cardboard, wherein, when the circulatory members are accelerating or decelerating, a relative movement occurs between these accelerated or decelerated circulatory members.