Patent ID: 7523925

Claim:
A device for processing a web in a web processing machine comprising: a web cutter; a web cutter drive mechanism adapted to move said web cutter transversely to a path of travel of a web in said web processing machine; a web former located after, in said path of travel of a web in said web processing machine, said web cutter; at least one actuating member including a former drive mechanism which is independent of said web cutter drive mechanism and which is adapted to move said-former transversely to said path of web travel; a turning bar unit with at least one turning bar, said turning bar unit being located before, in said direction of web travel, said former, and after said web cutter, said turning bar unit being movable transversely to said path of web travel; a separate drive mechanism for said at least one turning bar; and a control system including a computer in functional connection with each said web cutter drive mechanism, said former drive mechanism and said turning bar drive mechanism, said computer in said control system being adapted to control each of said web cutter drive mechanism, said former drive mechanism and said turning bar drive mechanism to preset each of said web cutter, said former and said turning bar before the start of a production run of said device for processing a web in response to the reading-in of print preparation stage data into said computer, which print preparation stage data is supplied to said computer in said control system from a print preparation stage.