Patent ID: 7204189

Claim:
A method for controlling a total cutting register error and at least one web tension in a rotary press, wherein the rotary press comprises a plurality of controlled clamping points through which a web is drawn, each adjacent pair of clamping points defining a web section therebetween, said method comprising the steps of: controlling the total cutting register error in the rotary press by controlling at least one partial cutting register error in the rotary press; controlling at least one web tension in the rotary press, the partial register error and the web tension being located in one of the same and in different web sections in the rotary press, wherein said steps of controlling the total cutting register error and controlling at least one web tension use j+q manipulated variables to influence j partial cutting register errors and q web tensions, wherein each of the manipulated variables comprises at least one of a circumferential speed and an angular position of one of the plural clamping points.