Patent ID: 6949062

Claim:
An apparatus for processing printing material webs with variable web widths, the apparatus being one of a folding assembly, a turning assembly, and a web guide and comprising: web contacting elements including at least one of rollers and cutting knives, each of which is settable on one side of the printing material web; driven pull rollers or driven pull rollers and knife rolls extending over the web width and arranged opposite said web contacting elements; at least one threaded spindle operatively connected for adjusting axial positions of said web contacting elements simultaneously or in succession, wherein a first portion of said web contacting elements are adjusted by a first adjustment travel and a second portion of said web contacting elements are adjusted by a second adjustment travel different than said first adjustment travel, wherein said at least one threaded spindle is divided into regions, wherein each of said regions is assigned to individual ones of said web contacting elements and said regions are configured with pitches (P) of different pitch height and pitch direction, the pitch height and pitch direction being configured in accordance with the adjustment travel of said individual web contacting elements.