Patent ID: 9180720
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B42C

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a book forming and pressing machine including a re-forming device, a pressing device and a loading device, wherein the loading device includes a loading table and the pressing device includes a number of spaced-apart pressing plates and burn-in rails, wherein the re-forming device includes a plurality of forming tools adapted to form a front cut of a book block, and the pressing device includes at least one station to accommodate a book block, the method comprising: determining values relating to the book block, including a measured book thickness and a thickness of a book cover, with a higher order control unit along a book production line arranged upstream of the book forming and pressing machine; transmitting the determined values at least to one of the pressing device, the re-forming device and the pressing plates for finishing the book block; selecting one of the forming tools of the re-forming device based on the values that meets operational requirements for the processing of the front cut; moving the selected forming tool in a plane or in space to an operating position for forming the front cut of the respective book block; and controlling a movement sequence of the pressing plates at least based on the measured book thickness and the thickness of the book cover for the book block.