A sheet processing apparatus includes a puncher, a first sensor positioned upstream of the puncher in the conveyance direction, a second sensor positioned upstream of the first detection position in the conveyance direction, a drive source configured to drive the puncher, a controller configured to control the drive source. The controller executes a control mode including a first process of controlling a rotation speed of the puncher on a basis of a detection result of the second sensor and a second process of controlling the rotation speed of the puncher on a basis of a detection result of the first sensor. In the control mode, the controller does not stop rotation of the puncher in a period between the punching process on the preceding sheet and a punching process on the succeeding sheet.

A plant for laminating cardboard, and in particular corrugated cardboard, by an adhesive plastics film, is provided. The plant has a supply station configured to supply a succession of single rough cardboard sheets in a feeding direction, an application station arranged in the sheet feeding direction and having an application roller configured to unwrap and apply the adhesive plastics film to a rough cardboard sheet so that the adhesive plastics film adheres to each rough cardboard sheet of the succession of rough cardboard sheets to form a succession of coated cardboard sheets and to advance each coated cardboard sheet of the succession of coated cardboard sheets in the feeding direction. A method for laminating cardboard, and in particular corrugated cardboard, using an adhesive plastics film is also provided.

The present invention relates to an electrode cutting device including a cutting unit configured to cut an electrode sheet and a fixing unit configured to fix the electrode sheet, wherein the cutting unit includes a cutter configured to cut the electrode sheet by shearing and a cutter lifting portion configured to move the cutter so as to be perpendicular to a surface of the electrode sheet, and the fixing unit includes a gripper configured to press the electrode sheet so as to be fixed, a driving portion configured to drive the gripper so as to be moved, and a sensor configured to monitor the driving portion, whereby it is possible to rapidly and accurately check whether air leaks from the driving portion, which drives the gripper.

A food product forming machine is configured to slice food product into slices. A main frame mounts a load assembly which receives food product and moves the food product through an opening in the main frame, a feed assembly downstream of the load assembly which moves food product through the main frame, and a slicing assembly downstream of the feed assembly which slices the food product into slices. In a first embodiment, the load assembly is at a rear end of the main frame, and in a second embodiment, the load assembly is at a side of the main frame. The load assembly is pivotally mounted to the main frame.

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.

In some examples, a print control strip includes at least one control patch configured as an element for color management. The element for color management may be configured to measure a color density and/or at least one spectral value and/or an area of coverage of individual printed printing colors. The print control strip further includes at least one control patch configured as a printing mark. The printing mark is configured for aligning a substrate in a transport direction and/or in a transverse direction. Additionally, the print control strip includes at least one control patch configured as a plate recognition patch. The plate recognition patch is configured to assign at least one printing color used to a printing plate and/or to an application mechanism and/or is configured for such assignment.

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 machine and a method of manufacturing the machine are provided. The machine comprises a sensor, a plurality of tools and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a sheet of a bundle of sheets. The bundle of sheets includes at least a first sheet having a first edge and a second sheet having a second edge, and the sheet is any one of the first sheet and the second sheet. The plurality of tools removably is disposed in a tool housing. Each tool of the plurality of tools corresponds to at least an operation of a plurality of operations, and each tool of the plurality of tools is arranged to perform the operation on the sheet. The processor configured to position the sheet and to selectively actuate at least one tool of the plurality of tools to cause performance of at least one operation at a first location on the first sheet and at a second location on the second sheet, and wherein the first location and second location are determined by the processor based on a first input to obliquely aligned the first edge and the second edge upon aligning the first location and second location.

A method of processing fish portions determines at a control unit a target weight of a cut fish portion; inspects a fish portion using an inspection unit to determine a mass distribution of said fish portion and providing said mass distribution to the control unit; calculates a cutting plan of the poultry fish portion based on the target weight and the mass distribution using the control unit; uses a mechanical gripper so as to grip the fish portion and arrange said poultry fish portion for execution of the cutting plan; and cuts the fish portion using a cutting unit in accordance with the cutting plan so as to produce a cut fish portion in accordance with the target weight. A system for processing fish portions is configured to perform the foregoing method, among others.

Knife arrangement for use in for example a slicer apparatus for slicing meat, and in particular fish meat, wherein the knife arrangement comprises two reciprocating knives 40, 40′, each knife 40, 40′ has a blade 54 with a sharp edge 55 and an opposite edge 56, and blade material between said edges, where adjacent a first end 57 of each knife 40, 40′ an engagement member 58 is arranged, which engagement member 58 protrudes perpendicular to the plane of the blade 40, 40′.