A cutting station for the automatic cutting to a specific length of cable elements and has a magazine which extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has several holders for one cable element each. The cable elements are held next to each other in a horizontal magazine plane. A processing head extends in a longitudinal direction, which is movable in a transverse direction relative to the stationary magazine and is designed for gripping, pulling off and cutting to a specific length a respective currently selected cable element from the magazine. Each holder has two fixing elements spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction for holding the cable element. For machining by the processing head, a respective holder with a respective cable element is lifted in a preferred configuration from the magazine plane into the working plane.

A cutting station for the automatic cutting to a specific length of cable elements and has a magazine which extends in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction and has several holders for one cable element each. The cable elements are held next to each other in a horizontal magazine plane. A processing head extends in a longitudinal direction, which is movable in a transverse direction relative to the stationary magazine and is designed for gripping, pulling off and cutting to a specific length a respective currently selected cable element from the magazine. Each holder has two fixing elements spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction for holding the cable element. For machining by the processing head, a respective holder with a respective cable element is lifted in a preferred configuration from the magazine plane into the working plane.

A printing machine, including a frame, at least one printing station having at least one inkjet print head, a turret rotating about an axis of rotation, object carriers rotating on the turret about respective object carrier axes, the turret being movable between a plurality of positions, and a drive system driving one of the object carriers in rotation relative to the turret, the drive system including a first part mounted on the frame, and a second part having a locking device and a drive device, wherein the second part moves between an active position, in which the drive device rotates one of the object carriers and the locking device locks the rotating turret about the axis of rotation in one of the positions of the turret, and a rest position, in which the drive device and the locking device are away from the one of the object carriers.

A printing machine, including a frame, at least one printing station having at least one inkjet print head, a turret rotating about an axis of rotation, object carriers rotating on the turret about respective object carrier axes, the turret being movable between a plurality of positions, and a drive system driving one of the object carriers in rotation relative to the turret, the drive system including a first part mounted on the frame, and a second part having a locking device and a drive device, wherein the second part moves between an active position, in which the drive device rotates one of the object carriers and the locking device locks the rotating turret about the axis of rotation in one of the positions of the turret, and a rest position, in which the drive device and the locking device are away from the one of the object carriers.

An automatic processing device of a carbon fiber tube includes a polishing device, a washing device, a first drying device, a printing device, a painting device and a second drying device centrally disposed along an identical axis in sequence to form an automatic production line. The polishing device includes feeding mechanisms disposed on two sides of a frame respectively and a positioning-polishing mechanism disposed between the feeding mechanisms. The printing device includes a supporting mechanism and a rolling-printing mechanism mounted on the frame. The disclosure aims at providing an automatic processing device of a carbon fiber tube and a processing method thereof, combining the polishing device, the printing device and the painting device as a whole. Separate processes such as polishing, printing and painting of the conventional carbon fiber tube are integrated to achieve the automatic production in the production line, which can significantly speed up the schedule.

A marking device performs a marking process onto a long object. The marking device includes a driving source and a marking unit that performs a circular motion in accordance with a driving force supplied from the driving source. While the long object is being transferred, marks are applied onto the long object in accordance with the circular motion of the marking unit. An extent of interference by the marking unit to the transfer of the long object is reduced, thus facilitating higher speed transfer of the long object.

An image forming apparatus includes: a printer that prints a plurality of images in a state where the plurality of images are divided in a plurality of lanes on a continuous sheet, the plurality of lanes respectively corresponding to the plurality of images; an inspector that reads each of the plurality of images printed on the continuous sheet and conducts an inspection; and a hardware processor that controls the printer to reprint an image that has been detected to be abnormal on the continuous sheet on which the image that has been detected to be abnormal has been printed, in a case where any of the plurality of images has been detected to be abnormal in the inspection conducted by the inspector.

A printing machine, including a frame, at least one printing station having at least one inkjet print head, a turret rotating about an axis of rotation, object carriers rotating on the turret about respective object carrier axes, the turret being movable between a plurality of positions, and a drive system driving one of the object carriers in rotation relative to the turret, the drive system including a first part mounted on the frame, and a second part having a locking device and a drive device, wherein the second part moves between an active position, in which the drive device rotates one of the object carriers and the locking device locks the rotating turret about the axis of rotation in one of the positions of the turret, and a rest position, in which the drive device and the locking device are away from the one of the object carriers.

A marking apparatus for placing a visible marking on a tubular surface at a desired location on its circumference. The marking apparatus can have a base, a guide for aligning a tubular, and a frame securing one or more markers. The marker can place a visible marking on the tubular when the tubular is passed through the frame.

A marking apparatus for placing a visible marking on a tubular surface at a desired location on its circumference. The marking apparatus can have a base, a guide for aligning a tubular, and a frame securing one or more markers. The marker can place a visible marking on the tubular when the tubular is passed through the frame.