CN103373501A - System and method for applying a support containing information about a product - Google Patents

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CN103373501A
CN103373501A CN2013101283501A CN201310128350A CN103373501A CN 103373501 A CN103373501 A CN 103373501A CN 2013101283501 A CN2013101283501 A CN 2013101283501A CN 201310128350 A CN201310128350 A CN 201310128350A CN 103373501 A CN103373501 A CN 103373501A
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    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65C1/02Affixing labels to one flat surface of articles, e.g. of packages, of flat bands
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The invention relates to a system for applying a support containing information about a product, wherein the rolled products have a main axis; the system for applying a support containing information about a product comprises a printer (4), suitable for picking up said support (5), printing on said support (5) said information regarding said product (3), and placing said support (5) in a collector (6) from where said support (5) can be picked up, and a robot (8), provided with a pick-up device for picking up said support (5) from said collector (6), and a welding device for welding the support (5) to the product (6).

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Be used for to paste the system and relevant method that comprise about the upholder of the information of product
The present invention relates to labeller, and more specifically, relate to for pasting at product and comprising about the system of the upholder of the information of product itself with for the method for carrying out such attaching.
At length, the present invention relates to the system and method for the type of mentioning, it relates to the number bundle of lamination or number the labelling of product of contracting for fixed output quotas, wherein this to operator safety finish, and guarantee that the maximum observability of upholder and efficient produce.
At present, there is the known artificial process that is used for pasting at number bundle rolled products the upholder of information.As shown in Figure 1, one of such process is that upholder A is attached on the side of bundle or bag B by the artificially, hangs them at the thread C of packing B itself.
This artificial process has several shortcomings, and for example the horizontal position hint of the upholder A on bundle B is stacked in the build-up areas in case tie B, and such upholder A is not appreciiable just.
Upholder A is the label that is made of paper or plastics in this case, it is subject to tearing or breaking away from from bag usually, particularly processing and operating period of stacking bag B, for example causing tearing or breaking away from of the impossibility identified, and then detect the operation of packing B itself.
Another shortcoming is, the conventional procedure that is used for pasting upholder A is artificial, and therefore because near obvious security reason and can not being performed manufacturing line: in fact, the packing B in the exit of steel rolling mill has high temperature (about 300 ℃); In addition, always in output place of steel rolling mill, there is the handler (using cylinder, chain gearing, overhead crane etc.) of bundle, the safety of its harm operating personal.
Yet, realize to be used for paste the step of this conventional procedure of upholder A away from manufacturing line except needing operating personal also to cause leeway often showing up and so causing the loss of the capacity rating of factory.
The system that upgrades some and be used for shown in figure 2 such upholder of subsides information than described method comprises resistance rifle D, and the upholder A that wherein is made of plastics or metal is connected to clout nail E, and it is welded on the bar F corresponding to the head of bag B.On the front that upholder A is attached to bag B, the problem of tearing and when stacking bag B thus the problem of the forfeiture traceability of generation be solved.
In fact, fully as seen the upholder A that exposes at the front position that wraps B keeps.Yet, the problems referred to above relevant with manual operation are still arranged.
Now in addition, the legacy system that is used for automatically pasting upholder also is known, upholder even the latter's welding at high temperature also is provided.
The example of these traditional welding systems is shown in Figure 3.
In this case, upholder A for example is welded on the steel billet by automatic system.
The surface that upholder A is attached is wide with smooth, so welding is done without any problem.
Yet the shortcoming of this conventional system is that it can not be attached to the bundle that is formed by a lot of profiles that link together.
In fact, these profiles have also can have undersized irregular head surface, and they usually do not overlap.
Attempt to carry out automatic Arc Welding with nail, but for the problem owing to the technical characterictic of tying of as above summarizing, also do not find up to now the appropriate location of using nail to paste the welding thing.
By another shortcoming of this process that provides the needs that upholder can be fixed to the disposal system of nail to provide to use automatic nail welding, disposal system is complicated, and is expensive therefore.
In addition, nail itself relates to sizable extra cost.
Owing to these and other reason, up to now, the upholder of information is attached to ties up the reliable fashion that does not become automated process.
Therefore in the needs of mentioning, the objective of the invention is to overcome technical disadvantages in the above, and particularly be provided for pasting the system and method that comprises about the upholder of the information of product, it is reliable and efficiently compared with the prior art.
Another object of the present invention provides for subsides and comprises system and method about the upholder of the information of product, and it is found to be very flexibly compared with the prior art, causes the time and realizes the minimizing of cost.
Another object of the present invention provides for subsides and comprises system and method about the upholder of the information of product, and it can increase the packing of rolled products and the speed of storage, and therefore increases capacity rating.
By be used for pasting to comprise about the system of the upholder of the information of product and correlation technique according to a second aspect of the invention and realize these and other objects according to a first aspect of the invention is provided, for the sake of brevity this system and method is carried out reference.
Of the present invention other preferred aspect in also can find more technical details and/or the special construction of device and relevant factory.
Advantageously, system of the present invention purpose is general especially, because it allows continuous production and the packing of the profile of rolled products and/or various sections, always keeps efficient speed of production.
Particularly, system of the present invention comprises and is suitable for picking up upholder, is placed on printer the catcher (upholder can be picked from catcher) about the information of product and with upholder in the upholder printing, is provided with for picking up the pick device of upholder from described catcher and being suitable for described upholder is positioned to the robot that contacts with described product; In addition, system comprises for the equipment that described upholder is fixed to product.
Advantageously, this allows to carry out online labelled operation, is rolled the fully automatically production of product to packing and storage.
Preferably, system of the present invention comprises visual apparatus, it is suitable for the surface of analytic product, even be identified in the described lip-deep zone that is suitable for exposing---the zone that in the situation that described product and a plurality of extra product are stacked, also exposes, determine the coordinate in described zone and described coordinate is delivered to described robot.
Advantageously, by this way, the needs of operating personal on the scene have been eliminated, and occur in increase in the safety and the reduction on cost thereupon.
In addition, according to the present invention, upholder is made of metallic material, and to be used for fixing equipment be welding gear, so that upholder can be welded direct to product.
This has advantageously further accelerated operation and has eliminated risk to the damage of label.
Always according to the present invention, system comprises for one or more products being provided continuously, placing them in the generator of work area.Therefore system can be arranged in the end of the manufacturing line of steel rolling mill.
In addition, the method according to this invention namely, be used for to be pasted the method that comprises about the upholder of the information of product and is comprised the following steps:
-with the communication on upholder to be printed to printer;
-by means of described printer described information is printed on the described upholder;
-upholder is arranged in the catcher, so that it can be picked up by robot;
-pick up upholder by means of described robot from described catcher;
-by means of robot upholder is positioned on the product;
-by means of the welding gear of robot upholder is welded on the product.
Advantageously, the quantity of parts has greatly reduced compared with the prior art, does not need the use of the maneuvering system of nail or complexity.
In addition, according to the present invention, before the step that upholder is arranged in the catcher, following step is arranged:
-by means of the surface of visual apparatus analytic product;
Even-be identified in the zone of lip-deep exposure by means of visual apparatus---in the situation that described product and a plurality of extra product are stacked,
-determine the coordinate in the zone on surface by means of visual apparatus,
-coordinate is delivered to robot.
Particularly, in this case, upholder is positioned at step on the product to be provided according to described coordinate and locates in described zone.
By this way, come more easily automatically definite position that attaches according to the shape of packing or bundle and the head section of profile.
So also may determine the pattern of the attaching of upholder, upholder can be at the top of front, the bag of bag or above the bag and crooked, in order to be appreciiable from the front.
Above object and advantages and other purpose that below will occur and advantage from about provide as an example and preferably but be not that the ensuing description of restrictive preferred implementation of the present invention neutralizes will seem more obvious from accompanying drawing, wherein:
-Figure 1A is the lateral plan according to a bundle rolled products that is attached to upholder of the first system of prior art;
-Figure 1B is the front elevation of this bundle rolled products of Figure 1A, has shown the label on strapping;
-Fig. 2 A is according to the lateral plan of a bundle rolled products that is attached to upholder of the second system of prior art, has shown artificial welding nail;
-Fig. 2 B is the front elevation of this bundle rolled products of Fig. 2 A;
-Fig. 3 illustrates the front elevation according to the packing of the rolled products that is attached to upholder of the 3rd system of prior art, shows automatically label to be attached to steel billet;
-Fig. 4 A be the work of face-up feed first, pick up the stage system of the present invention first the distortion top view;
-Fig. 4 B be the work of face-up feed second, the top view of system of Fig. 4 A in welding stage;
-Fig. 5 A is at the top view of the second distortion of the system of the present invention of the F/s of work, has shown the side supply;
-Fig. 5 B is the lateral plan in the system of Fig. 5 A of the subordinate phase of work;
-Fig. 5 C is the front elevation of the system of Fig. 5 B;
-Fig. 5 D is the top view of the system of Fig. 5 B;
-Fig. 6 A is the lateral plan according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 6 B is the view of seeing from according to the top of the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 6 C is the front elevation according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 7 A is the lateral plan according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 7 B is the view of seeing from according to the top of the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 7 C is the front elevation according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 8 A is the lateral plan according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 8 B is the view of seeing from according to the top of the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention;
-Fig. 8 C is the front elevation according to the first embodiment of upholder of the present invention.
With reference to the Fig. 1-8 that mentions, system of the present invention usually represents with 1, and appears at the end of manufacturing line 2, wherein parcel 3 arrival of rolled products.
Particularly, system 1 comprises: the information of pick up upholder 5, the printshop being set on them also is arranged in container 6(with them they can be picked from container 6) the generator 7(of printer 4, bag 3 in the first distortion positive shown in Fig. 4 A and the 4B or in the second distortion in the side shown in Fig. 5 A, 5B, 5C, the 5D), be provided with the robot 8 of head 9, head 9 is equipped be used to the equipment of fetching upholder 5 and welding upholder 5.
Visual apparatus 10(laser or pick up camera) identify best position on the bag 3, upholder 5 can directly be implemented in this position.Upholder 5 directly is welded on the bag 3, and does not have as use for example help of nail of necessary other instrument of system of prior art.
The operation of labelling can as described belowly be finished online.
In operation, generator 7 provides bag 3 in labelled regional 2, and upholder 5 is then picked up by unshowned distributing box, and then printer 4 prints requested information and then it is placed on and is used in the suitable zone 6 being taken out by robot 8 on it.
Visual apparatus 10 is identified the ideal position that upholders 5 can be soldered at bag 3.
Visual apparatus 10 then is delivered to robot 8 with the coordinate of described position.
Robot 8 at first picks up upholder 5, and then it is arranged in upholder 5 on the bag 3 according to the described coordinate that receives from visual apparatus 10, and then it is welded on upholder 5 on the bag 3.
After this, generator 7 empties the work area or the zone 2 of labelling, and removes the bag 3 that has been labeled from it, and this process repeats ensuing bag 3.
According to the present invention, upholder 5 can be soldered so that 3 outstanding from wrapping (Fig. 5 a), so that it can be appreciiable, even a plurality of bag 3 is stacked.
Additional advantage is that metal holder 5 can be soldered, and be not torn when bag 3 is stacked.
Fig. 5 a, 5b, 5c and 5d illustrate the embodiment of variation of the present invention, and wherein to be welded into after welding be appreciiable from the front to upholder 5.
Fig. 5 a, 5b, 5c and 5d illustrate the embodiment of another favourable variation of the present invention, and it is suitable for labelling to the rolled products with flat head portion surface, and the directly welding on this head surface of thing 5 that provides support.
For example, this solution is applicable to upholder 5 is welded on the head surface of larger-diameter rod.
With reference to the bag that comprises the rolled products with round section the present invention has been described up to now, but should understand, the present invention is applicable to the bundle of the lamination of any section with any commercial size (for example, rolling square, flat, hexagon, the bundle of dihedral or the bundle of beam or U-shaped rod).
In addition, about the commonality of vision system, Same Way can be used for automatically and the bag that online upholder is attached to another type for example on the coil.
From top description, be used for pasting the technical characterictic that comprises about system's (it is purpose of the present invention) of the upholder of the information of product is clearly, and advantage also is clearly.
Very clear and definite at last, can carry out to system under study for action a lot of other variations, and in not departing from inventive concept the principle of novelty, because very clear and definite, in actual realization the of the present invention, shown in material, the shape and size of details can be arbitrarily as requested, and available other technical equivalences form replaces.

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1. one kind be used for to be pasted the system (1) that comprises about the upholder (5) of the information of product (3), comprising:
-printer (4), it is suitable for picking up described upholder (5), in described upholder (5) the printing described information about described product (3), and described upholder (5) is placed in the catcher (6), described upholder (5) can be picked from described catcher (6)
-robot (8), it is provided with pick device, and described pick device is used for picking up described upholder (5) from described catcher (6), and is suitable for described upholder (5) is positioned to contact with described product (3),
-being used for fixing equipment, described equipment for fixing is used for described upholder (5) is fixed to described product (3).
2. the system as claimed in claim 1 (1) is characterised in that, comprises visual apparatus (10), and described visual apparatus (10) is suitable for:
-analyze the surface of described product (3);
-be identified in the described lip-deep zone that is suitable for exposing, even the described zone that is suitable for exposing also exposes in the situation that described product (3) and a plurality of extra products (3) are stacked;
-determine the coordinate in described zone;
-described coordinate is delivered to described robot (8).
3. system as claimed in claim 1 or 2 (1) is characterised in that, described upholder (5) is made of metallic material, and described be welding gear for fixing equipment so that described upholder (5) can be welded direct to described product (3).
4. such as the described system (1) among the claim 1-3, be characterised in that, comprise generator (7), described generator (7) is used for one or more products (3) being provided continuously, placing them in work area (2).
5. one kind be used for to be pasted the method that comprises about the upholder (5) of the information of product (3), comprises the following steps:
-printer (4), catcher (6) and robot (8) be provided, described catcher (6) is used for collecting described upholder (5), and described upholder (5) can be picked from described catcher (6), described robot (8) is provided be used to the pick device that picks up described upholder (5) and for the fixing equipment that is used for that described upholder (5) is fixed on the described product (3)
-with the communication on upholder to be printed to printer;
-by means of described printer (4) described information is printed on the described upholder (5);
-described upholder (5) is arranged in the container (6), so that described upholder (5) can be picked up by described robot (8);
-pick up described upholder (5) by means of described robot (8) from described catcher (6);
-by means of described robot (8) described upholder (5) is positioned on the product (3);
-for fixing equipment described upholder (5) is fixed to described product (3) by means of the described of described robot (8).
6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterised in that, before the described step that by means of described robot (8) described upholder (5) is positioned on the product (3), comprises following step:
-analyze the surface of described product (3) by means of visual apparatus (10);
-be identified in the zone of described lip-deep exposure by described visual apparatus (10), even the zone of described exposure also exposes in the situation that described product (3) and a plurality of extra products (3) are stacked,
-determine the coordinate in the described zone on described surface by described visual apparatus,
-described coordinate is delivered to described robot (8);
By means of described robot (8) described upholder (5) being positioned at described step on the product (3) provides according to described coordinate described upholder (5) is positioned in the described zone.
7. such as claim 5 or 6 described methods, be characterised in that, before for fixing equipment described upholder (5) being fixed to the step of described product (3) by means of described robot (8) described, comprise described product (3) is positioned at respect to described robot (8) to have step in the work area (2) of predeterminated position.
8. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterised in that, after the described step that for fixing equipment described upholder (5) is fixed on the described product (3) by means of described robot (8), comprises the following steps:
-discharge described work area (2),
-new product (3) is positioned in the described work area (2),
-repetition is by means of the described step that described upholder (5) is fixed to described new product (3) for fixing equipment of described robot (8).
9. such as a described method among the claim 6-8, be characterised in that the described zone on the described surface of described product (3) is positioned at the front of described product (3).
10. such as a described method among the claim 6-8, be characterised in that, the described zone on the described surface of described product (3) is positioned on the described product (3), so that the described upholder (5) that is welded in the described zone is positive outstanding from described product (3).
11. method as claimed in claim 10 is characterised in that, after the described equipment for fixing by means of described robot (8) is fixed to the step of described product (3) with described upholder (5), comprises the following steps:
-make described upholder (5) corresponding to the curved edge of described product (3), so that described upholder (5) covers the front portion on the described surface of described product (3).
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