CN110589073B

CN110589073B - Automatic carton packaging system

Info

Publication number: CN110589073B
Application number: CN201910848001.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 廖苔安; 廖国雄; 廖柄源
Original assignee: Kunshan Airbag Packing Corp
Current assignee: Abis Recycling Technology Kunshan Co ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-09
Filing date: 2019-09-09
Publication date: 2022-01-14
Anticipated expiration: 2039-09-09
Also published as: CN110589073A

Abstract

The invention provides an automatic carton packaging system, which comprises a plurality of transportation units, a plurality of packaging units and a plurality of packaging units, wherein the transportation units are used for respectively transporting goods to be packaged; the sequential processing unit is used for processing the goods to be packaged conveyed by the plurality of conveying units to move forwards according to the sequence; the receiving and capturing unit is used for sequentially receiving the goods to be packaged according to the sequence processing unit and capturing the object information of the goods to be packaged; the cutting unit is used for receiving the goods to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit, obtaining a packaging paperboard according to the object information, placing the goods to be packaged on the packaging paperboard and cutting the packaging paperboard; the paper folding unit is used for folding the cut packaging paperboard according to the object information of the goods to be packaged so as to coat the goods to be packaged; the packaging unit is used for completely coating the goods to be packaged with the packaging paperboard; and a printing unit for providing a printing information to the packaging paper board according to the object information.

Description

Automatic carton packaging system

Technical Field

The invention relates to a carton packaging system, in particular to an automatic carton packaging system.

Background

At present, the packing after goods production usually needs manpower depending on the packing because the goods have different sizes, and less automatic carton packing systems exist.

In addition, in the same factory, the production lines are distributed in different places, and a carton packing system is usually configured for each production line. As such, multiple strip carton packaging systems add significant cost.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic carton packaging system, which can receive various goods to be packaged at the end of different production lines, and provide automatic carton packaging, aiming at the defects of the prior art.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to configure the ends of different production lines more flexibly, to have more expansion flexibility, and to not hinder the production and other operations of the factory.

In order to solve the above technical problem, according to one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention, an automatic carton packaging system is provided, which includes a plurality of transport units, each of which transports a goods to be packaged; the sequential processing unit is used for processing the goods to be packaged conveyed by the plurality of conveying units to move forwards according to the sequence; the receiving and capturing unit is used for sequentially receiving the goods to be packaged according to the sequence processing unit and capturing the object information of the goods to be packaged; the cutting unit is used for receiving the goods to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit, obtaining a packaging paperboard according to the object information, placing the goods to be packaged on the packaging paperboard and cutting the packaging paperboard; the paper folding unit is used for folding the cut packaging paperboard according to the object information of the goods to be packaged so as to coat the goods to be packaged; the packaging unit is used for completely coating the goods to be packaged with the packaging paperboard; and a printing unit for providing a printing information to the packaging paper board according to the object information.

In order to solve another technical problem to be solved by the present invention, according to one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention, the transportation unit is an automatic carrier loader, the sequence processing unit calculates a distance between the automatic carrier loader and the receiving and retrieving unit, and the receiving and retrieving unit is arranged to stop according to the distance.

One of the advantages of the present invention is that the automatic carton packaging system provided by the present invention can receive various goods to be packaged at the end of different production lines. Not limited to a single packaging line, and cost can be saved.

In addition, according to another technical problem to be solved by the present invention, the configured automatic carrying cart can more flexibly configure the ends of different production lines, has more extended flexibility, and does not hinder the production and other movement lines of a workshop.

For a better understanding of the features and technical content of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, which are provided for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of an automatic carton packaging system of a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of an automated carton packaging system of a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a top view of an automatic carrier loader according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

10-a transport unit; 11-a first conveyor belt; 12-a first auto carrier; 13-a second conveyor belt; 14-a second auto-launch vehicle; 15-a third conveyor belt; 16-a third auto-loader; 162-an area measurement unit; 164-a height measurement unit; 20-a sequential processing unit; 30-a receiving and retrieving unit; 32-a reading device; 40-a cutting unit; 50-a paper folding unit; 60-a packaging unit; 70-a printing unit; w-goods to be packaged; a T-tag; p1-first packaging board; p2 second packaging board; p3 third packaging board; b-a buffer material.

Detailed Description

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein are described below with reference to specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art will understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure of the present specification. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modification and various other changes, which can be made in various details within the specification and without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The drawings of the present invention are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be drawn to scale. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms "first," "second," "third," etc. may be used herein to describe various components or signals, these components or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another element or from one signal to another signal. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

[ first embodiment ]

Referring to fig. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic carton packing system, which includes a plurality of transport units 10, a sequence processing unit 20, a receiving pick-up unit 30, a cutting unit 40, a paper folding unit 50, a packing unit 60, and a printing unit 70.

A plurality of transport units 10 are provided for each transporting a load W to be packaged. The transportation unit 10 of this embodiment may be a conveying platform with a conveyor belt (conveyor belt), which may be distributed at the end of different production lines for the operator to place the goods W to be packaged on the conveying platform. The object information of the goods W to be packaged may be stored in a tag T, such as length, width, height, characteristics including fragility, erectness, or refrigeration, and notes including cushioning material ….

The tag T may be a paper-type label such as a two-dimensional bar code, and the contents of the bar code are read by an optical reading device. The tag T may also be an electronic tag, such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, recorded via radio waves. The RFID TAG can be used as a data carrier to write data with information and update the TAG (TAG). The RFID TAG (TAG) has encoding capability, and the information of the TAG (TAG) can be connected to a computer by an RFID reader, which can provide inventory management. In addition, the RFID tag provides a non-contact data link, is not limited by the environment, can achieve the operation of acquiring data even if the article is in a harsh and dirty environment, and can be selectively read and written in the same equipment item. Furthermore, one of the advantages of the electronic tag is that even after the goods W to be packaged are packaged, they can be read by an electronic reader without being repeatedly marked on the outside of the carton.

In this embodiment, for dealing with the goods W to be packaged transported by a plurality of transporting units 10, it is preferable that the sequential processing unit 20 is configured to process the goods W to be packaged transported by the plurality of transporting units 10 forward in a sequential order. For example, the sequential processing unit is a carousel (carousel), similar to a baggage carousel at an airport, or baggage carousel. The transport units 10 each comprise a conveyor belt (conveyor belt): a first conveyor belt 11, a second conveyor belt 13 and a third conveyor belt 15, the first conveyor belt 11, the second conveyor belt 13 and the third conveyor belt 15 being connected to the sequential processing unit 20. If necessary, a person, a robot arm, or a mechanical pushing device may be provided to push the goods W to be packaged from the carousel to the receiving and retrieving unit 30. Alternatively, the goods W to be packaged can be sequentially transferred to another conveyor belt to be transferred to the receiving and picking unit 30 by using an existing movable roller conveyor (activated roller belt) equipped with a plurality of small rolling members, which has the functions of sorting, merging and turning.

A belt may be disposed between the receiving and retrieving unit 30, the cutting unit 40, the paper folding unit 50, the packaging unit 60 and the printing unit 70 for mutual connection.

The receiving and retrieving unit 30 sequentially receives the goods W to be packaged according to the sequence processing unit 20, and retrieves object information of the goods W to be packaged. Specifically, the receiving and retrieving unit 30 has a reading device 32 for reading the object information in the label T of the goods W to be packaged. The reading device 32 can read the two-dimensional bar code by optical reading or electronic reading to read the electronic tag.

In another variation of this embodiment, the receiving and retrieving unit 30 may also be configured with a dimension scanning device, which scans the dimensions of the goods W to be packaged, including the length, the width and the height. In this variation, the goods W to be packaged can be stored as object information and transmitted to the subsequent cutting unit 40 or transmitted to a computer database after the size of the goods W to be packaged is obtained by the size scanning device of the receiving and retrieving unit 30 without first attaching a label.

The cutting unit 40 receives the goods W to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and retrieving unit 30, obtains a packaging paperboard (the first packaging paperboard P1, the second packaging paperboard P2, the third packaging paperboard P3 …, etc.) according to the object information, places the goods W to be packaged on the packaging paperboard (the first packaging paperboard P1, the second packaging paperboard P2, the third packaging paperboard P3 …, etc.), and cuts the packaging paperboard (the first packaging paperboard P1, the second packaging paperboard P2, the third packaging paperboard P3 …, etc.). This example is configured with multiple lanes of packaging board: the first packaging paperboard P1, the second packaging paperboard P2 and the third packaging paperboard P3 have different sizes respectively. The cutting unit 40 mainly cuts the packing paper boards (the first packing paper board P1, the second packing paper board P2, the third packing paper board P3 …, etc.) to form six plane paper boards required for the cubic carton according to the size of the goods W to be packed. For example, using a computer to calculate the respective dimensions of six planar sheets, a roller knife, or a laser knife, etc., is used to: six planar paperboard pieces are cut from the first P1, second P2 and third P3 packaging boards joined together. Wherein goods W to be packaged can be placed on one of the paper boards as the bottom side, four side paper boards are connected around the bottom side paper board, and one of the side paper boards is connected with one top side paper board.

Supplementary, the automatic carton packing system of this embodiment may further include a buffer material B, the buffer material B is connected to the cutting unit 40, the cutting unit 40 further brings the buffer material B according to the content of the object information, and the buffer material B is disposed between the goods W to be packed and the packing paper board. The buffer material B can be a gas column type buffer packing material developed by the applicant or other bubble type buffer packing materials.

And the paper folding unit 50 folds the cut packaging paperboard according to the object information of the goods to be packaged W so as to coat the goods to be packaged W. For example, the paper folding unit 50 may use rollers or pressing rods to respectively bend the four side paper boards into an upright shape, and then bend the top paper board to be parallel to the bottom paper board, so as to form a three-dimensional carton.

The packaging unit 60 completely covers the packaging paper board with the goods W to be packaged, and the packaging unit 60 is mainly used for adhering and fixing, for example, glue is respectively applied to the edges of six plane paper boards, so that the plane paper boards can be adhered and fixed with each other.

The printing unit 70 provides a printing information to the packaging paper board according to the object information of the goods W to be packaged, which can be identified by the transportation process. One possible embodiment is to print the recipient information on the packaging board according to the content of the electronic tag.

[ second embodiment ]

Referring to fig. 2, a second embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic carton packaging system, which is different from the first embodiment in that the transportation unit 10 can be an automatic carrier: a first automated carrier 12, a second automated carrier 14, and a third automated carrier 16, the sequence processing unit calculating the automated carriers: the first automatic carrying vehicle 12, the second automatic carrying vehicle 14 and the third automatic carrying vehicle 16 are respectively distant from the receiving and retrieving unit 30, and are arranged to stop the receiving and retrieving unit 30 in sequence according to the distance. The advantage of this embodiment lies in, can arrange the automatic carrier loader more in a flexible way: the first automated carrier vehicle 12, the second automated carrier vehicle 14, and the third automated carrier vehicle 16 are located at different locations within the production facility without the need for conveyor belts.

The first automatic carrying vehicle 12 and the second automatic carrying vehicle 14 of the present embodiment may be guided to advance by the first automatic carrying vehicle 12 and the second automatic carrying vehicle 14 according to a planned wire route, for example, a guiding device attached to the ground. In this embodiment, the operator may place the goods W to be packaged on the first and second

automatic carriers

12 and 14, the goods W to be packaged are labeled with the labels T in advance, and the object information of the goods W to be packaged, such as length, width, height, characteristics including fragility, standing upright, or refrigeration, and notes including the cushioning material …, etc., are stored. The volume label T can be a paper volume label or an electronic volume label.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the automatic carrier loader of the present embodiment may include a measuring module, which includes a height measuring unit 164 and an area measuring unit 162, and is stored in the object information. The area measuring unit 162 may be an LED matrix, and detects the bottom area and size of the goods W to be packaged by using the principle of light emission and reflection. The height measuring unit 164 can also detect the height of the goods W to be packaged by optical means using the principle of light emission and reflection. Preferably, the automatic carrying vehicle may be configured with a wireless transmitting and receiving unit inside, and the transmitting and receiving unit transmits the measurement information of the measurement module to the receiving and retrieving unit 30. In addition, the measuring module of the present embodiment further includes a weight measuring unit, which can be disposed in the area measuring unit 162.

The transmitting and receiving unit can also provide a position information to the receiving and retrieving unit 30, so that the following automatic carrier loader can be obtained: the distances between the first automated carrier loader 12, the second automated carrier loader 14, and the third automated carrier loader 16 and the receiving and retrieving unit 30, respectively. In such an embodiment, the sequential processing unit may be configured within the receiving and retrieving unit 30 by obtaining an automated carrier loader: the distances between the first automated carrier loader 12, the second automated carrier loader 14, and the third automated carrier loader 16 and the receiving and retrieving unit 30 respectively control the sequence in which the first automated carrier loader 12, the second automated carrier loader 14, and the third automated carrier loader 16 of the automated carrier loaders reach the receiving and retrieving unit 30.

The following units of the present embodiment, the receiving and retrieving unit 30, the cutting unit 40, the paper folding unit 50, the packaging unit 60, and the printing unit 70, may be as described in the first embodiment, and are not described again.

One of the advantages of the present invention is that the automatic carton packaging system provided by the present invention can receive various goods W to be packaged at the end of different production lines. Not limited to a single packaging line, and cost can be saved. In addition, the automatic carrying cart configured in the second embodiment can be more flexibly configured with the tail ends of different production lines, has more expansion elasticity, and does not hinder the production of workshops and other lines of action.

The disclosure is only a preferred embodiment of the invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the invention, so that the invention is not limited by the disclosure of the specification and drawings.

Claims

1. An automatic carton packaging system, comprising:

a plurality of transport units each transporting a cargo to be packaged;

the sequential processing unit is used for processing the goods to be packaged conveyed by the plurality of conveying units to move forwards according to the sequence;

the receiving and capturing unit is used for sequentially receiving the goods to be packaged according to the sequence processing unit and capturing the object information of the goods to be packaged;

the cutting unit is used for receiving the goods to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit, obtaining a packaging paperboard according to the object information, placing the goods to be packaged on the packaging paperboard and cutting the packaging paperboard;

the paper folding unit is used for folding the cut packaging paperboard according to the object information of the goods to be packaged so as to coat the goods to be packaged;

the packaging unit is used for completely coating the goods to be packaged with the packaging paperboard; and

a printing unit, providing a printing information to the packaging paper board according to the object information;

the receiving and retrieving unit is provided with a reading device, the object information is stored in a volume label, and the reading device is used for scanning the volume label of the goods to be packaged;

the volume label is a wireless radio frequency identification label and is recorded through radio frequency electric waves;

the sequence processing unit calculates the distance between the automatic carrier loader and the receiving and capturing unit and arranges and stops the receiving and capturing unit according to the distance in sequence;

the automatic carrier vehicle comprises a measuring module and a transmitting and receiving unit, wherein the measuring module comprises a height measuring unit and an area measuring unit and is stored in the object information, and the transmitting and receiving unit sends the measuring information of the measuring module to the receiving and capturing unit.

2. The automated carton packaging system of claim 1, wherein said label records comprise length, width, height, characteristics of said goods to be packaged, and notes, wherein said characteristics comprise frangibility, erectness, or refrigeration, and said notes comprise cushioning material.

3. The automatic carton packaging system of claim 1, further comprising a cushioning material connected to the cutting unit, the cutting unit further carrying the cushioning material in accordance with the content of the object information, the cushioning material being interposed between the goods to be packaged and the packaging paperboard.

4. The automated carton packaging system of claim 1, wherein the metrology module further comprises a weight metrology unit.