A conveying apparatus for a separator of an electrical device alternately laminates a first electrode and a second electrode of different polarity from the first electrode, with a separator interposed therebetween to form a laminated body for conveyance. The separator includes a melt material representing a substrate and a heat-resistant material laminated on one surface of the melt material and having a higher melting point than the melt material. The separator conveying apparatus includes a drive member which makes contact with the separator and conveys the separator; and a pressure member which, while urging the drive member via the separator, is driven by the drive member. The drive member makes contact with the melt material portion of the separator. With this separator conveying apparatus, it is possible to maintain constant feed size or dimension of the separator assembly.

A media transport system provides full vacuum under media as the media traverses an entire print path of an ink jet printer while simultaneously providing for a no-vacuum inter-copy gap that moves along with the media past print heads of the ink jet printer. This is accomplished with a dual vacuum inner/outer vacuum drum system that includes a first drum that has a matrix of holes that allows for full coverage of vacuum with a second underlying drum that is shifted to align a second set of holes to match the sheet pitch. By shifting the second drum in relation to the first drum, a combination set of holes is aligned to provide full vacuum across the media while a column of holes is blocked to provide a non-vacuum inter-copy gap.

An electronic device for monitoring a suction roller includes a bearing module configured to monitor a bearing of the suction roller. The bearing module includes an accelerometer and a temperature circuit that are configured to monitor positioning and temperature, respectively, of the bearing of the suction roller. The bearing module includes an enclosure that has both the accelerometer and the temperature circuit therein. Related methods and systems are also described.

A basket (10) contains and keeps in compression a plate group (100), that is, the set of positive and negative electrodes with interposed the relevant inter-electrode separators; said basket is made of plastic material, chemically resistant to the electrolytic environment of the battery and thermally resistant to the temperatures to which a battery is subjected, to be housed inside the monobloc of 12V lead acid batteries with VRLA AGM technology.

A method of manufacturing a battery including a wound electrode assembly in which a first separator, a negative electrode plate, a second separator, and a positive electrode plate are wound together is disclosed. The method includes step (A) of suction-attaching the first separator to a winding core, and step (B) of winding the first separator on the winding core. The winding core includes a plurality of suction holes for suction-attaching the first separator. When the outer circumference of the winding core is divided into four equal parts and the four equal parts are defined respectively as first to fourth regions starting from a position that faces a starting end of winding of the first separator, greater than or equal to 80%, by aperture area ratio, of the suction holes are formed in the first region.

A method of manufacturing a battery is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (A) suction-attaching the first separator to a winding core, (B) winding the first separator on the winding core, and (C) removing the wound electrode assembly from the winding core. The winding core includes a first group of holes and a second group of holes each formed in its outer circumferential surface. In step (A), suction is applied to the first separator through at least one of the first group of holes and the second group of holes, to suction-attach the first separator to the winding core. The first group of holes and the second group of holes are configured to be controllable so as to cause suction and gas discharge independently from each other.

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a peeling position where a protective film is peeled off a sheet, and a control unit that controls a roll device based on the information and moves the peeling position.

The invention relates to a device (100) for transporting and separating blanks (1010) from a material web (1000), comprising a vacuum cylinder (8) for transporting the blanks (1010), a vacuum transport cylinder (7) for further transporting the blanks (1010), and a control unit (9). According to the invention, the vacuum cylinder (8) has a pivotable vacuum segment (82) and a rotary actuator (85) is provided for rotating the vacuum segment during operation. This makes it possible to reduce the effective vacuum region on a surface of the vacuum cylinder (8). The invention also relates to a method for transporting and separating blanks from a material web. A device and method enable a gentler and more accurate transfer of blanks from a vacuum cylinder to a vacuum transport cylinder.

A machine (1) for producing packages of napkins, tissues, towels, or similar products, comprises a support frame (100) to support a feeding group (10) which feeds a first and a second web of paper (5a, 5b). The support frame (100) supports, furthermore, a cutting group (20) which cuts the first and second webs of paper (5a, 5b) respectively in a first and a second plurality of sheets (6) of predetermined length, and a folding or interfolding group (30) which folds or interfolds the sheets of paper (6) at a folding or interfolding zone, (35) in such a way to obtain a stack (150) of folded or interfolded sheets, according to a predetermined folding or interfolding configuration. The cutting group (20) and the folding or interfolding group (30) are mounted on the same support body (110) to move between an assembled position in which is supported by the support frame (100), and a disassembled position, in which is not supported by the support frame (100). A displacement group (50) is, furthermore, provided to displace the support body (110) between the assembled position and the disassembled position. The displacement group (50) and the support body (110) are provided with respective engagement portions (58,118) to engage with each other in such a way to allow the displacement group (50) to displace the support body (110) between the assembled position and the disassembled position.