An example device is provided in accordance with the present disclosure, which may be used for example for producing printed articles from printed sheets on which are imposed multiple pages of a printed article to be produced. The example device comprises a sheet feeder, a sheet path for the advance of a plurality of printed sheets fed by the sheet feeder, a cutter on the sheet path to cut the printed sheets in a direction perpendicular to the sheet advance direction, to form at least two sheet portions, and a folder on the sheet path downstream of the cutter, to fold the sheet portions.

A web processing system is provided. The web processing system supplies a processed continuous web of material to a cutting arrangement. The cutting arrangement forms sheets from the continuous web of material. The sheets are then supplied to multiple folding arrangements such that a single web of material is used to supply sheets to multiple folding arrangements.

A web processing system is provided. The web processing system supplies a processed continuous web of material to a cutting arrangement. The cutting arrangement forms sheets from the continuous web of material. The sheets are then supplied to multiple folding arrangements such that a single web of material is used to supply sheets to multiple folding arrangements.

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for converting a sheet into a continuous strip, wherein the apparatus comprises a cutting device with one or more cutting members, one or more drives and a feeding device, wherein the apparatus is provided with one or more sensors for detecting the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge of the sheet and a control unit that is connected to the one or more drives, the feeding device and the one or more sensors for controlling the movement of the one more cutting members relative to the sheet based on the detection to create a sequence of cuts to form interconnected sheet sections, wherein the control unit is arranged for variably controlling the strip width.

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for converting a sheet into a continuous strip, wherein the apparatus comprises a cutting device with one or more cutting members, one or more drives and a feeding device, wherein the apparatus is provided with one or more sensors for detecting the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge of the sheet and a control unit that is connected to the one or more drives, the feeding device and the one or more sensors for controlling the movement of the one more cutting members relative to the sheet based on the detection to create a sequence of cuts to form interconnected sheet sections, wherein the control unit is arranged for variably controlling the strip width.

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a punching unit configured to punch a sheet conveyed; a movement unit configured to cause the punching unit to move in a direction intersecting with a conveyance direction of the sheet; a detection unit configured to detect a first conveyance position which is a position in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the sheet; and a control unit configured to obtain size information of the sheet, determine, based on the size information, a second conveyance position in the width direction when the sheet is conveyed, and by comparing the first conveyance position and the second conveyance position, control whether or not to execute an avoidance process that causes the punching unit to move away from the sheet.

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a punching unit configured to punch a sheet conveyed; a movement unit configured to cause the punching unit to move in a direction intersecting with a conveyance direction of the sheet; a detection unit configured to detect a first conveyance position which is a position in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the sheet; and a control unit configured to obtain size information of the sheet, determine, based on the size information, a second conveyance position in the width direction when the sheet is conveyed, and by comparing the first conveyance position and the second conveyance position, control whether or not to execute an avoidance process that causes the punching unit to move away from the sheet.

A method and apparatus for mechanically deforming a substrate assembly. The substrate assembly may be advanced in a machine direction at a first velocity toward a bonder apparatus. The bonder apparatus may rotate about an axis of rotation and include a support surface between each of a first and a second member. The first member and the second member may be separated by a repitch angle. The second member may be repositioned such that the first member and the second member are separated by a product angle. The first member may receive a leading portion and second member may receive a trailing portion of the substrate assembly and each member may rotate at the first velocity. The leading portion and the trailing portion are separated by a product arc length, which may be equal to a process product pitch. The substrate assembly may then undergo one or more processes such as bonding, cutting, and/or scoring.

A method and apparatus for mechanically deforming a substrate assembly. The substrate assembly may be advanced in a machine direction at a first velocity toward a bonder apparatus. The bonder apparatus may rotate about an axis of rotation and include a support surface between each of a first and a second member. The first member and the second member may be separated by a repitch angle. The second member may be repositioned such that the first member and the second member are separated by a product angle. The first member may receive a leading portion and second member may receive a trailing portion of the substrate assembly and each member may rotate at the first velocity. The leading portion and the trailing portion are separated by a product arc length, which may be equal to a process product pitch. The substrate assembly may then undergo one or more processes such as bonding, cutting, and/or scoring.

A topping sheet forming method includes: feeding a textile original fabric, obtained by weaving longitudinally aligned tire cords into a cord fabric by use of weft yams; cutting off the weft yarns at a predetermined widthwise position to divide the textile original fabric into a plurality of narrow textile original fabrics; and topping at least one surface of the narrow textile original fabric with unvulcanized rubber.