CN1136125C

CN1136125C - Tube handling line

Info

Publication number: CN1136125C
Application number: CNB998081256A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汉斯・林耐尔; 汉斯·林耐尔
Original assignee: Norden Pac Development AB
Current assignee: Norden Pac Development AB
Priority date: 1998-07-03
Filing date: 1999-06-28
Publication date: 2004-01-28
Anticipated expiration: 2019-06-28
Also published as: WO2000001584A1; BR9911716A; WO2000001584A8; SE9802385L; SE9802385D0; JP2002519256A; CN1308582A; SE514148C2; EP1094967A1; AU5073899A

Abstract

Tube handling line or machine with a filling station (12) arranged separately in relation to a closing unit (14). The closing unit comprises an endless conveyor with a rectilinear conveyor section (15). This is used in order, by means of a gripper (36) on a robot, to put filled tubes from a filling station, which is either stationary with a number of filling nozzles or continuously rotating, into tube holders on the rectilinear section of the endless conveyor. A second robot takes tubes positioned in rows in transport packages in a delivery station (10) and conveys these tubes onwards to the filling station.

Description

Tube handling line

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of tube handling line or machine, be used for series connection processing empty package pipe fitting, be filled with the closed pipe fitting of product with formation.

Background technology

The machine of described type or production of machinery line have been used for various types of products, and these products can be packaged in pipe fitting or the tubular wrapper, for example space product, medicine, food etc.Because the adjustable of safety of operation, health, rational service expenditure and layout need apply exacting requirements to these machines.A common pipe fitting filling machine comprises the continuous conveyor that the interruption of some form drives, and a plurality for the treatment of stations is sent machine along this conveyer setting with pipe fitting filling and closure that will be positioned at outlet.The quantity of workstation can depend on the type of pipe fitting or type of material and change, but needs infeed a station, that is used for blank pipe spare to fill station, one and be used to adjust design-calculated station on the pipe fitting, one and be used for the station that the station of closed pipe fitting end and are used to confess the pipe fitting of filling usually.

The quantity of time per unit manageable pipe fitting in machine can be according to current needs adjustment under specific restriction.Under some situation for example, can double specific station, but the upper limit of the quantity of time per unit pipe fitting processed is still promptly filled the station restriction by station the slowest in the manufacturing line.

A kind of mode of improving capacity rating is can continuous conveyer and the continuous filling station of handling of utilization of continuous drive.But implement this method mean the station of closed pipe fitting end just not free finish its effect and with between the filling station of section equally limited capacity rating.

In order to obtain the capacity rating that is equivalent to the conveyer continuous handling, at first the failure-free closure station of routine should be changed into closure tool with conveyer synchronous operation.

But a kind of like this device has increased machine complexity and cost, and can use in the closure station and be difficult in the occasion of hot air closure implement.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to improve tube handling line and machine, the speed of production with pipe fitting closure that fill like this can increase, and has kept above-mentioned specific requirement simultaneously at least.

Particularly, the invention provides a kind of tube handling line or machine, comprise a transfer station that is used for empty packing pipe fitting, fill station and other necessary workstation for one, the pipe fitting that is used for filling is processed into closed pipe fitting and along the setting of a continuous horizontal conveyer, conveyer has at least one straight line and transmits section, it is characterized in that, fill the unit that the station comprises a plurality of applying nozzles and is configured to a free-standing outside conveyor rail, one first robot able to programme is arranged on fills between station and the conveyer, and described robot has the device that is used for the while a plurality of filled tubes of catching and pipe fitting is sent to the linear portion of conveyor rail, one second robot able to programme is arranged on the transfer station that is used for the empty package pipe fitting and fills between the station, and described second robot has an arm, this arm is provided with a claw, be used for grasping a plurality of pipe fittings, and these pipe fittings are sent to the filling station from the blank pipe spare that is arranged in straight line row in dispatch station.

Brief description of drawings

Fig. 1 illustrates first embodiment of a tube handling line of the present invention or machine.

Fig. 2 illustrates a cutaway view along the A-A line among Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 illustrates second embodiment of a tube handling line of the present invention or machine.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 illustrates a manufacturing line, comprise a transfer station 10 that is used for the empty package pipe, one shows as first transmitting device 11 and second transmitting device 13 that also shows as a robot of a robot, wherein first transmitting device 11 is used for transmitting the pipe fitting that will be filled into a tucker 12, and the pipe fitting that second transmitting device is used for inserting is transferred to a continuous conveyor 14.Conveyer drives in an illustrated embodiment discontinuously, and conveyer has straight

line transportation section

15,16 and is provided with pipe fitting retainer 17, is distributed with many workstation1 8-23 that are used to handle by the pipe fitting of pipe fitting retainer 17 supportings along conveyer.

In an illustrated embodiment, workstation1 8 is used to adjust the design on the pipe fitting, workstation1 9 uses hot air to be used to carry out closed end, workstation 20 is used to raise the price, workstation 21 is used for finishing, workstation 22 is used to discharge defective pipe fitting, and workstation 23 is used to send the pipe fitting of the filling of finishing.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, filling workstation 21 is steady job stations, comprises a plurality of applying nozzles 24 of being arranged to straight line on a padding girder 25, and padding girder 25 is provided with the retainer 26 that is used for the pipe fitting that will fill.Padding girder 25 can vertically be adjusted in the direction of double-head arrow 27.

The transfer station 10 that is used for blank pipe spare comprises that infeeds a conveyer 28, is used to the transmission package that is filled with pipe fitting 30 29 of arranging in a line and being provided with.One of the transmission package that has been used to turn confess conveyer 31 subsequently with infeed meet at right angles setting of conveyer 28.

Robot 11 is operated between transfer station 10 and filling station 12 and have a claw 33 on its arm 32, and claw is as shown in arrow 34 to move back and forth between transfer station 10 and filling station 12.Claw 33 is provided with a plurality of pipe fitting retainers corresponding to required pipe fitting in filling the station.

A claw 36 is arranged on the arm 35 of robot 13, and it is similar to claw 33 and be used for moving back and forth in the direction of double-head arrow 37, is sent on the continuous conveyor 14 from filling the station with the pipe fitting that will fill.

In the production line operation process, be used for further handling and when continuous conveyor 14 loaded, 33 pairs of padding girders 25 of the claw of robot 11 loaded by utilizing claw 36 pipe fitting of filling to be sent to rectilinear conveyer section 15 when robot 13 at workstation1 8-23.

After 35 pairs of padding girders of claw 25 loaded, padding girder 25 was raised, and arrived on the filling position under the nozzle 24 and be located at wherein blank pipe spare.Claw 33 motions (as shown in arrow 34) then are to grasp a new pipe fitting 30 of row and to take them away in transmission package 29.Simultaneously, claw 36 motions (as shown in arrow 37) are to take the pipe fitting of filling away from padding girder 25.

If for example use 20 applying nozzles and at closure station 19 enough capacity (for example two hot air nozzle) are arranged,

programmable robot

11,13 can have the capacity rating of 400 pipe fittings of a per minute.

The tube handling line shown in Figure 3 or the embodiment of machine be different from embodiment part among Fig. 1 be to comprise a filling station 12 that has a continuous rotation applying nozzle ', rather than fixing filling station.And the robot device is identical.Do not have the padding girder 25 among Fig. 1, and be to use a continuous conveyor, it continuously and with fill station 12 ' driven in synchronism, and comprise one enter the straight line filled section 25 of filling the station and one leave the filled section that is similarly straight line 25 of filling the station '.

In Fig. 3, the same with Fig. 1, also a carton package station 38 is shown in the outlet of leaving tube handling line or machine.

Although only described two embodiment of the present invention, obviously the present invention only is defined by the subject-matter of the claims.

Claims

1. tube handling line or machine, comprise a transfer station (10) in the packing pipe fitting (30) of sky, fill station (12 for one, 12 ') and other necessary workstation (18-23), the pipe fitting that is used for filling is processed into closed pipe fitting and is provided with along a continuous horizontal conveyer (14), conveyer (14) has at least one straight line and transmits section (15), it is characterized in that, fill station (12,12 ') comprise a plurality of applying nozzles and be configured to the unit of a free-standing outside conveyor rail, one first robot able to programme (13) is arranged on fills between station (12) and the conveyer (14), and described robot has the device (36) that is used for the while a plurality of filled tubes of catching and pipe fitting is sent to the linear portion (15) of conveyor rail, one second robot able to programme (11) is arranged on the transfer station (10) that is used for the empty package pipe fitting and fills station (12,12 ') between, and described second robot has an arm, this arm is provided with a claw, be used for grasping a plurality of pipe fittings, and these pipe fittings are sent to the filling station from the blank pipe spare that is arranged in straight line row in dispatch station (10).

2. tube handling line as claimed in claim 1 or machine, it is characterized in that, fill the applying nozzle (24) that the station comprises that a plurality of straight lines that are positioned on the padding girder (25) that can vertically move up and down are provided with, and described first robot (13) has an arm, this arm is provided with a claw (36), be used for taking pipe fitting away, and these pipe fittings are transported in the retainer (17) on the straight line conveyer section (15) corresponding to a plurality of fillings of described nozzle quantity from padding girder.

3. tube handling line as claimed in claim 2 or machine is characterized in that, the claw of second robot (33) is sent to blank pipe spare on the padding girder that can vertically move up and down (25) of filling in the station.

4. tube handling line as claimed in claim 1 or machine, it is characterized in that, filling station (12 ') comprises the applying nozzle of continuous rotation, fill the station and have a filling conveyer (25,25 '), fill conveyer can with the same moved further of applying nozzle, fill conveyer and have straight line first filled section (25 ') that is positioned in the applying nozzle outlet, and described first robot has an arm, this arm is provided with a claw (36), be used for taking away the pipe fitting of filling, and these pipe fittings are delivered on the retainer on the straight line conveyer section from described first filled section.

5. tube handling line as claimed in claim 4 or machine is characterized in that, the claw of second robot (33) is sent to one with blank pipe spare and is positioned on the straight line filled section (25) of filling on (12 ') inlet of station.

6. as described tube handling line of above each claim or machine, it is characterized in that described conveyor rail continuous, level is one and is interrupted the track that drives.