Machine for processing sheets with a plurality of modules

摘要

A sheet-processing machine comprises a plurality of modules which are passed through one after the other by the sheets to be processed. The modules each have a sheet input interface and/or a sheet output interface, wherein, in at least one of the modules, the sheet input interface and/or the sheet output interface can optionally be coupled to sheet output interfaces and sheet input interfaces, respectively, of at least two other modules.

主权项

1. Sheet-processing machine for the production of banknotes or like security papers, comprising a plurality of sheet-processing modules coupled one after the other for processing of printed sheets each comprising a plurality of printed copies arranged in columns and rows, the sheet-processing machine comprising:
a sheet feeder module with a sheet feeder for feeding individual printed sheets; an inspection module for monitoring the print quality of the printed sheets, which inspection module has a sheet input interface coupled to a sheet output interface of the sheet feeder module; and a numbering module for applying serial numbering to the printed sheets, which numbering module has a sheet input interface coupled to a sheet output interface of the inspection module, a transport module, wherein the sheet feeder module, the inspection module and the numbering module are designed in such a way that the inspection module can be decoupled from the sheet feeder module and from the numbering module and that the sheet input interface of the numbering module can be coupled directly to the sheet output interface of the sheet feeder module, wherein the sheet feeder module, the inspection module and the transport module are designed in such a way that the inspection module can be decoupled from the sheet feeder module and that the transport module can be coupled directly between a sheet input interface of the inspection module and the sheet output interface of the sheet feeder module.