The invention relates to a station for receiving sheet-form elements and discharging bundles of sheet-form elements for a packaging manufacturing machine, comprising: an arrangement for feeding sheet-form elements successively one after the other (8), a lift table (16), mobile in a vertical direction, comprising several continuous conveyor belts (17) extending in a longitudinal horizontal direction, for receiving the sheet-form elements in bundle form, an output conveyor (14), for discharging the sheet-form elements in bundle form, and a separator (21), mobile in the vertical direction, comprising several reception arms (22) being deployed in the longitudinal horizontal direction, for transiently receiving the sheet-form elements in bundle form, the arms (22) being disposed so as to be able to cross in the vertical direction without interacting with the belts (17) of the table (16).

Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of sheet or box structures, corrugate sheets, or other products of varying size and structure often with pre-applied print (pre-print) are provided herein. The systems include various features and modules that enable automated control of the corrugator, including the knives, slitters, scorers and cut-to-mark detection system(s), are contemplated. Colored markings may be used to indicate an order change section between two order sections of a roll plan for the manufacturing process. The colored markings are detected as the corrugator runs and, once detected, a controller determines a next set of order instructionse.g., to match the upcoming order. Thus, an order change may occur, thereby enabling automated control of the corrugator based on the new order instructions. Computer readable markings may enable checking of the actual position in the roll plan to an intended position, enabling stopping or changing of the corrugator operation if needed.

In a device for detecting a paper splice part of a cardboard sheet and a device for producing a cardboard sheet, the device for detecting a paper splice part of a cardboard sheet, which detects a sheet paper splice part of a cardboard sheet that has a first sheet, a corrugated second sheet, and a third sheet bonded together, comprises: a sheet paper splice detection unit that detects the sheet paper splice part on the basis of the shape of the sheet and that is placed between a position at which sheets are spliced and a position at which the sheets are bonded in a sheet carrying direction; a marking device that marks the sheet paper splice part on the downstream side of the sheet paper splice detection unit in the sheet carrying direction; and a mark detection device that detects the mark on the downstream side of the marking device in the sheet carrying direction.

A brush roll configured to support a material web, in particular a web of corrugated board, comprises a roll core and arcuate shells, which are each arranged on the roll core and comprise bristles arranged on the outside. The brush roll further has fastening assemblies configured to fasten the arcuate shells to the roll core. Each of the fastening assemblies has a fastening body, which is locally fastened to the roll core, which locally fastens at least one of the arcuate shells to the roll core, which has a foot part, connected to the roll core, with a bottom, and a head part, connected to the foot part, with a lower side facing the roll core, said lower side forming at least one lower wedge face for engagement with at least one of the arcuate shells.

Disclosed is a corrugated paperboard box making machine which comprises a feeding control mode setting unit for setting a feeding control mode to one of a first feeding control mode for controlling a sheet feeding apparatus and a second feeding control mode for controlling the sheet feeding apparatus such that the sheet feeding operation is performed plural times during the period of time in which the printing rotor is rotated 360 degrees, and a control apparatus for controlling the sheet feeding apparatus according to the set feeding control mode. The control apparatus is operable to execute a sheet feeding stop control processing of, when the second feeding control mode is set, controlling the sheet feeding apparatus such that the sheet feeding operation is stopped at least once after execution of the sheet feeding control processing.

The stacker comprises two stacking platforms and a system for conveying corrugated board sheets, configured to discharge the sheets alternatively onto one or the other of the two stacking platforms. A switching device allows for a quick switch of the conveyor system from one to the other of two operating conditions.

A portioning system for portioning stackable flat carton elements in a stack (101) for further processing. A feeder device (105) includes a lifting platform (106) and a pushing platform (107), wherein the feeder device (105) is movable along a linear path (108) for pushing the stack (101) to a delivery position. The feeder device (105) is further movable along a lifting direction (110) having at least a component parallel to the gravity direction. The feeder device (105) is configured such that the lifting platform (106) is movable partially below the flat elements defining the stack (101) such that an edge portion (111) of the stack (101) is arranged on the lifting platform (106) for being liftable by the lifting platform (106). The feeder device (105) is further configured such that the stack (101) is pushable by the pushing platform (107) along the linear path (108) until the stack (101) is arranged at the delivery position.

An automated sheets processing system has a vertical stacks accumulating region (SAR) into which sheets are uninterruptedly fed to build vertical stacks for pre-specified loads including completed loads and newly building nascent loads. A tiltable Stacking Deck has a downstream discharge end from which the sheets can be fed at different elevational levels into the stacks accumulating region. A nascent sheets accumulator system has a plurality of support surfaces that are retractably interjectable into the stacks accumulating region for defining a separation gap between the top of a completed load and the bottommost sheet of a nascent new load. At least one of the support surfaces is retractably interjectable in an upstream direction into the stacks accumulating region while at least two others of the support surfaces are retractably interjectable in a downstream direction into the stacks accumulating region. One of the support surfaces has an anti-scuff feature.

A sheet stacker includes a sheet conveyor arrangement and a stacker platform. The sheets are fed in a sheet feeding direction on the stacker platform, to form stacks of sheets thereon. The stacker platform supports a stack conveyor configured and controlled to move in a conveyor direction to move the stack under formation such that sequentially piled up jobs are placed in an approximately centered position one with respect to the other according to the sheet feeding direction.

A pallet for transporting spacers for cigarette packs is disclosed, in which each spacer comprises a substantially rectangular flat body on which at least one through hole is obtained, the spacers being insertable in cartons for cigarette packs for spacing out packs with dimensions smaller than the standard dimensions, the pallet comprising vertical elements configured to insert the through holes of the spacers stacked on one another, the holes of the spacers of a stack being vertically aligned with each other so that each vertical element is inside the aligned holes of the spacers.