Patent ID: 7340997

Claim:
Press for pressing a material to be pressed into a component, said press having at least one revolving pressing belt movable along a course in a transport direction through a pressing area and control means for controlling the course of the pressing belt, the control means comprising rotating rods engaging the pressing belt and also including positioning means for positioning the rotating rods diagonally relative to the direction of transport of the pressing belt, the rotating rods being laterally attached to revolving chains to drivingly engage and drive lateral areas of the pressing belt to control the course of the pressing belt, the chains including chain links, gearwheels engaging the revolving chains to which the rotating rods are laterally attached, the gearwheels being provided with markings or pulse generators to provide a gearwheel signal, sensors together with an evaluation device arranged to receive the gearwheel signal so that stretched chain links of the revolving chains can be detected, and the control means controlling the position of the rotating rods dependent on the length of individual chain links of the chain.