公开(公告)号：US12122062B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17759753

申请日：2021-01-22

Applicant: BOBST MEX SA

Inventor： Shelly Liu ,  Bernard Jaquet

IPC: B26F1/44

CPC classification number: B26F1/44 ,  B26F2001/4409

Abstract: A centring block (12) for centring a tooling board (14) in a flat bed die-cutting, stripping or blanking machine is provided, the tooling board (14) having a protruding alignment element (30), comprising a first clamp (24) and a second clamp (26) which are arranged adjacent to each other to define a reception space (28) between them and which are mounted linearly moveable separately from each other in a direction perpendicular to a main extension plane of the tooling board (14) and at least one biasing means (34) which is configured to bias the first and the second clamps (24, 26) towards an aligning position against the tooling board (14), wherein each of the clamps (24, 26) comprises a stop portion (31) for restricting a movement of the tooling board (14) in an insertion and an opposite direction and to fix the tooling board (14) is in a centre position. Furthermore, a centring assembly (10) comprising a centring block (12) is provided.