Patent ID: 8919758
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: B42C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A method for the production of books, in particular for producing small book editions, wherein the books include at least one book block and a book case that protects the book block, comprising: moving a plurality of book blocks successively along a conveying section of a book production line in a main transporting direction; supplying a stack of book cases to the book production line; identifying a marking on each of the book blocks and the book cases; transmitting an identified marking on at least one book case to a machine control of the book production line; assigning, as a result of the marking on the at least one book case, a dataset stored in the machine control for a sequence of book cases to the supplied stack, wherein the assigning of the dataset is done by one of the machine control or an operator; determining, based on the identified markings of the book blocks, a sequence in the machine control for book blocks positioned on the conveying section; comparing the dataset for the sequence of the book cases to the sequence of the book blocks; and at least one of removing or supplying at least one book block from or to the conveying section, based on the comparison, if the sequence of the book blocks deviates from the sequence of the book cases using the machine control.