The invention relates to a device (30) for separating at least two strands of material (12a, 12b) from the cutting of a strip of material moving continuously, characterized in that the device includes a spreader (32, 33) for spreading the strands of material apart in a transverse direction (v) extending in the movement plane (P2) of the strands of material, perpendicularly to the movement direction of said strands of material.

A drum assembly for processing a moving web of material is disclosed. The drum assembly has an outer drum with an axis of rotation and a plurality of support members on which cut patches of the moving web of material are supported as the drum rotates together with said support members about said axis. A cam is disposed within the outer drum and the support members and the cam cooperate with each other as the outer drum rotates relative to the cam to move the support members in an axial direction to alter the spacing between cut web patches on said support members.

The present applications relates to techniques and equipment to control the alignment of cut sheets of paper that are transported in parallel in an inserting system prior to their assembly into a document and inserted into an envelope. The alignment of the parallel sheets is adjusted by commanding incremental position changes to servo drive motors used to control the position of the parallel sheets during their transport through a hold module of the inserting system.

The invention relates to a supply device for supplying segments of energy cells, in particular of a battery cell, to a cell stacking device and to a method for supplying segments of energy cells to a cell stacking device, comprising a supply device which supplies the segments to the cell stacking device in a successive arrangement in a material flow, wherein the supply device supplies the segments to the cell stacking device in a successive arrangement in a material flow, the successive segments are arranged at a respective first distance to one another in the supply device, and the supply device is equipped with a spreading device in which the distance between successive segments in the material flow is increased such that the successive segments have an increased distance to one another in the material flow when supplied to the cell stacking device.