A method for continuously cutting to length blanks from a continuously moving endless material and associated apparatus

the blank is carried out to shorten the processing times in modern plants from an endless material (2), for example. B. a glass ribbon, accelerated by flying cutting during movement of the endless material (2) by means of a synchronously to the speed of the endless material in each blank (2) cutting bridge, which carries a cutting means (6). DOLLAR A In order to achieve very high cutting accuracy is, in each case before cutting the blank by means of an image pickup device (7) detects the distance of the leading cutting line from the previous cutting to the cutting means (6) and compared to a desired position, wherein, depending on which is finely adjusted to be synchronized speed of the cutting bridge the comparison.