Patent ID: 6508173
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
A process for providing printing (33) on a continuous material web (11) having printed marks (31) and for precise severing of blanks (10) from the material web (10), comprising the following steps:determining with a printed-mark reader (30) where to sever the material web to create blanks (10); determining the positioning of the printing (33) on the material web (11) with a second printed-mark reader (37) for sensing printed marks (31) on the material web (11); compensating for incorrect positioning of the material web (11) relative to a printing unit (34) by displacing the material web (11) relative the printing unit (34) such that the printed marks (31) on the material web (11) correspond with the printing unit (34); and providing the printing 33 to the web (11) with the printing unit (34) being adjacent to the web in response to displacing the material web (11) wherein the step of compensating for the incorrect positioning of the material web (11) by displacing the material web (11) is performed by a driven belt (27) in the proximity of cutters (25) to convey the material web (11) in one direction and a web store (20) to carry the material web (11) in another direction.