CN1622877A - System and method for applying opening devices onto packages - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system (1) and a method for applying opening devices (2) onto packages (3) of pourable food products are provided. The system comprises a package conveyor (6) for feeding the packages along a predetermined path (P) and an application apparatus (13) for applying the opening devices onto the packages on the package conveyor. The application apparatus comprises an optical detection unit (30) for detecting an application point on one of the packages (20) on the package conveyor. The application apparatus further comprises a pick and place unit (36) for receiving application information regarding the detected application point from the optical detection unit, picking one of the opening devices and placing it onto said one of the packages on the package conveyor by means of the application information.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of system and method that is used on the packing of pourable food, applying opener, described system comprises the packet conveyer that is used for carrying along predefined paths described packing, and is used for described opener is applied to bringing device on the described packing on the described packet conveyer.
Background technology
As is known, for example fruit juice, UHT (uht) milk, wine, catsup etc. are all sold in the packing of being made by aseptic packaging material for a lot of pourable food.
An exemplary of this packing is the parallelepiped-shapepackage package that is used for liquid or pourable food, and it is called Tetra Brik Aseptic (registered trade mark (RTM)), and this packing is rolled up and formed by folding and seal stacked packing.These packing have multiple-structure, it comprises one deck fibrous material layer such as ply of paper, all be coated with heat-sealing plastics such as poly layer on the two sides of ply of paper, in the aseptic packaging that is used for long-term storage product such as UHT milk, packing also comprise oxidation prevention material layer, it for example forms by being layered in the aluminium film of heat-sealing on the plastic layer, and this aluminium film is sealed plastic layer by another again and covers, and the latter has finally formed the inside face with the packing of Food Contact.As is known, this class is packaged on the device of full automatic packaging to be made, and has wherein formed continuous pipe by the packing with the roll-good form feeding; On wrapping machine, for example come packing are involved in row sterilization by applying chemical bactericide such as superoxol, this bactericidal agent after sterilization for example by heating evaporation the surface from packing remove; And the packing after this sterilization volumes remained under the osed top gnotobasis, to its fold and longitudinal sealing with the formation vertical tube.Certainly, also can adopt other method to come packing are carried out disinfection.
In pipe, fill aseptic or sterile-processed food, and pipe sealed and cut to form pillow package body (pillow pack) at the section place of spaced at equal intervals, then it is carried out mechanical type and be folded to form final packaging, for example the final packaging of almost parallel hexahedral shape.
Perhaps, packing can be cut into blank, these blanks are configured as packing on roll forming machine, and the packing of gained is filled with food and sealed.An example of this packing is so-called " chevron top formula " packing, and it is commonly referred to trademark Tetra Rex (registered trade mark (RTM)).
Another example that is used for the packing of pourable food products is the parallelepiped-shapepackage package that is called Tetra Brik (registered trade mark (RTM)).Main difference between Tetra Brik and the Tetra Brik Aseptic is, because Tetra Brik is mainly used in the dairy product through pasteurization of " common ", so it does not contain oxidation prevention layer.
Can further process the packing of the above-mentioned type after shaping, for example apply closable opener, it has constituted inclining of packing and part.
The most frequently used opener comprises: framework, and it has formed an opening and has installed round the demolished or removable part of packing roof; And capping, it is hinged or be threaded on the framework, and can be removed to unpack.Also know the opener that can use other type, for example sliding type opening mechanism.
The demolished part of packing for example can form by so-called " pre-laminated " hole, this hole is to make fibrage be formed on hole in the fibrage of packing before being incorporated in the barrier layere, therefore the barrier layere complete closed this hole to guarantee air tight and aseptic sealing, also be pierced easily simultaneously.
The opener opener that requires applied to the packaging is positioned extremely accurately with respect to prelami-nated hole.Opener is applied to wrong position can brings many problems, for example opener on the packaging bonding not firm, be difficult to unpack, product leakage, perhaps when product is poured out, produce spilling from packing.
In sterile packaging machine, opener is usually on the packing of shaping that is continuously mounted directly on the online applying unit that is positioned at the wrapping machine downstream.This applying is mechanical, and promptly packing nestles up the anchor fitting of some types, and utilizes the edge of packing that opener is located on the packaging, and the position that applies on each packing is the distance of being scheduled to apart from the packing edge.This means that opener will be applied in the same point on each packing.For some reason, be inequality with the packing that is provided with opener.This means that the prelami-nated hole on the packing is different apart from the distance at its edge in different packings.Therefore, on many packings, opener accurately be not applied to prelami-nated hole around, thereby cause packing cisco unity malfunction.
Patent EP 0842041 discloses a kind of being used for pouring spout has been bonded to method and device on the flat-top parallelepiped-shaped carton that is filled with the product that can freely fluctuate.In EP0842041, the carton that separates on the belt conveyor is carried abreast.Be provided with stretched wire on belt conveyor, described stretched wire is provided with a plurality of being used for pouring spout is bonded to pouring spout carrier on carton, and the distance between the described carrier equals the distance between the described carton that separates on the described belt conveyor.Be provided with detector and in the pouring spout carrier, whether have pouring spout to detect.If detector detects this existence, just install to packing on the belt conveyor and on pouring spout, apply adhesives, on the packaging the pouring spout bonding.Even in this case, it also is mechanical applying, and this can cause pouring spout to be bonded in improperly on the carton, and this is the same position that all appears at because of boning on each carton with respect to carrier, with the correct location independent that applies.
Brief summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of system and method that is used for applying opener on the packing of pourable food products, described system and method has been eliminated the above-mentioned problems in the prior art.Groundwork of the present invention is to adopt optical detection to locate opener will apply on the packaging position, promptly locatees the application point on the packaging.Therefore, the present invention can very accurately and with package shape irrespectively locate opener on the packaging, as long as the application point is an appreciiable.Even packing makes its shape depart from desired shapes for some reason, also can provide opener in correct position, this is because do not adopt any part of packing to come as the benchmark that opener is set.
Be used to realize that the system and method for above-mentioned purpose is limited by claims, and discuss hereinafter.
System according to the present invention has can be along the predefined paths packet conveyer of conveying and packaging continuously.Packing is accepted various operations along this path.This system also has and is used for the bringing device that opener is applied to the packaging continuously.This bringing device preferably be arranged on packet conveyer near, make opener to be applied on the packaging through out-of-date when being packaged on the packet conveyer.
In order to detect the application point on one of them packing, bringing device has optical detection unit.Just can read the application point reliably by this optical detection unit.Because the outward appearance of packing can not influence the detection to the application point, therefore just there are not disturbing factor, for example Bao Zhuan potential distortion.Also can on the application point, be set up opener just even this means the inconsistent packing of being out of shape of size and perfect package.If do not use optical detection, that is to say that if adopting mechanical type to clamp replaces opener will produce dislocation with respect to the application point so.Therefore, optical detection also allows to apply opener on the packing of different size, and this is not to estimate from packaging size because of the application point.
Bringing device also has pick and place unit, is used to realize the actual extracting and the placement of opener.Pick and place unit is arranged to receive the applied information that records the application point about on the packing from optical detection unit.It also is arranged to and can grasps one of them opener and be placed on the packing by applied information.The applied information of a particular envelope is unique, and depends on its outward appearance.
Application point on the packing is preferably limited by the prelami-nated hole on the packing.This means that opener will be placed on the prelami-nated hole to seal and to cover this hole in order to realize correct applying.
Optical detection unit preferably has the photographic camera that is used to write down the packing image, and this image packets contains the application point of packing.Can utilize this image to obtain packing used unique applied information then.Optical detection unit also has the processing equipment that is used to generate applied information.This is to compare, obtain then the application point by the image that will be write down with the benchmark image that contains baseline system to carry out with respect to the position of baseline system.
Baseline system preferably includes predetermined, the application point that stored, desirable that is used for a kind of type of package.This ideal application point is limited by the position, application point on the perfect package.By desirable package means, just can obtain having required size, be not out of shape and have the packing of the application point of locating best with respect to the function of packing.
Perhaps, baseline system comprises the ideal position predetermined, that stored of the application point relevant with mark, and this mark is fixed with respect to packet conveyer.In this case, this ideal position is also corresponding to the application point on the perfect package.
Applied information preferably includes the used unique mode of motion of pick and place unit, so that opener is placed on the packaging.Therefore, pick and place unit grasps opener, receives mode of motion and moves according to this pattern, thereby opener is placed on the packing.
Optical detection unit preferably is arranged to form one with pick and place unit.Can detect application point on the packing and opener applying at that point then continuously.
As an alternative, optical detection unit can be arranged near the of packet conveyer and be certain distance apart from pick and place unit.In this case, must know the speed of packet conveyer,, thereby obtain being used for unique applied information of this packing so that calculate application point on the packing in position sometime.
Pick and place unit has at least one robot, and it has at least one manipulator.Yet pick and place unit preferably has at least one robot that has three manipulators.This robot can carry out three-dimensional manipulating, thereby makes pick and place unit have the ability of full movement.
Bringing device preferably also comprises coating unit, and it was used for before pick and place unit grasps opener gluing on opener, thereby bonded them on the packaging.
This system also has and is used for packing is transported to supply station on the packet conveyer.In supplying with station, be arranged in advance from the packing of the machine of filling and make them be had certain spacing when station is automatically fed on the packet conveyer from supplying with one by one.
This system preferably also has package rail support, is used for supporting package during the applying of opener.This is undertaken by packing is fixed between supporting rail and the packet conveyer.Package rail support is preferably adjustable, can change to allow the distance between himself and the packet conveyer, makes opener can be applied on the packing of different size.
Be preferably in and include the many guide piecees that separate that are used to guide packing in this system.Guide piece can be fixed on the packet conveyer and motion together thereupon, thereby comes conveying and packaging along above-mentioned predefined paths.Except support and carry packaging, guide piece also makes between the packing and is spaced a proper distance, so that on packet conveyer packing is operated.Distance between the guide piece is preferably adjustable, so that be fit to different packing measurements.
Each guide piece preferably includes at least one carrier finger that is used to support and transmit packing (carrier finger).Carrier finger preferably has the shape that is suitable for packaging external appearance, and is fixed on the packet conveyer in some way.For example, if packing is a parallelepiped-shaped, carrier finger can only be the rectangular plate that extends radially out to come from packet conveyer so, and packing reclines onboard by one of them wall.
At last, this system also comprises feed arrangement, and it is used for opener is transported to bringing device, perhaps more specifically is transported on the glue spreading apparatus, and here opener is grasped by pick and place unit.
The method according to this invention comprises along predefined paths coming conveying and packaging and opener being applied to step on the packing on the packet conveyer by packet conveyer.This method also comprises step: detect to optical profile type the application point on the packing on the packet conveyer; Generate the applied information that is used to control pick and place unit the detected application point of optical profile type on packing; And grasp opener, and place it on the packing on the packet conveyer by pick and place unit and according to applied information.
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Fig. 1 has shown according to system of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the top plan view of packing.
Fig. 3 is the top plan view of packing according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram of having described according to the bringing device in the system of the present invention.
Fig. 5 has shown the pick and place unit in the bringing device shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 6 is the diagram of circuit that has shown the method according to this invention.
The detailed description of embodiment
Fig. 1 is the schematic plan view of system 1, and it is used for opener 2 is applied to the packing 3 of pourable food products.
In the example shown, each end face 4 of packing 3 is six shapes of almost parallel, and has demolished part 5, it can be formed easily by so-called " pre-laminated " hole, this hole is the hole that was formed on before being incorporated into ply of paper in the barrier layere in the ply of paper of packing, therefore barrier layere has sealed this hole to guarantee air tight and aseptic sealing, also is pierced easily simultaneously.
System 1 comprises packet conveyer 6, its with constant speed along respectively by two actuating devices 7 and 8 path movements that limited.Packet conveyer 6 has supported many guide piecees 9 that are used to guide packing 3, and wherein guide piece is fixed on the packet conveyer 6 in equally spaced mode and therefrom radially stretches.Each guide piece 9 comprises two carrier finger 10a and 10b, they are respectively applied for supports and transmits a packing, this packing abuts on the carrier finger 10a-b by two relative walls, and abut on the packet conveyer 6 by a midfeather, therefore, the distance between the described carrier finger is substantially equal to the distance between the described relative wall.
The packing 3 that guide piece 9 is accepted from entrance conveyor 11 has been carried a packing in each guide piece.Entrance conveyor 11 is arranged to be adjacent to packet conveyer 6, and tangent with it at supply station 12 places.It transmits packing 3 in equally spaced mode and under the constant speed of the linear velocity that equals guide piece 9 from the stower (not shown).By rotating with packet conveyer 6, guide piece 9 just can come conveying and packaging 3 along the path P of passing bringing device 13, so that opener 2 is applied on the packing 3, bringing device 13 is arranged to be adjacent to packet conveyer 6.Path P starts to be supplied with station 12 and ends at unloading station 14, and packing 3 can be removed from packet conveyer 6 at the unloading station place.
Bringing device 13 comprises and is used for glue is coated in coating unit 15 on the opener 2, and opener is at the placement unit 16 that will be transported to behind the gluing on it.
System 1 comprises feed arrangement 17, and it is used for opener 2 is transported to the coating unit 15 from separator 18, and further is transported on the placement unit 16 in the bringing device 13.System 1 also comprises package rail support 19, and it is used for supporting package 3 during the applying of opener 2.Package rail support 19 is arranged to the packet conveyer 6 along the horizontal component of path P substantially parallel, and packing 3 is fixed between supporting rail 19 and the packet conveyer 6.In order to allow that opener is applied on the packing of different size, the height of package rail support 19 is adjustable, and promptly 6 even distance is variable from package rail support 19 to packet conveyer.
Fig. 2 and 3 is two top plan views of packing 20, has shown the shape of the demolished part of prelami-nated hole 21.The center 22 in hole is used for the position of limiting hole.The position of the prelami-nated hole on each packing is different.Broken circle 23 among the figure is represented the ideal position of prelami-nated hole, i.e. the position of the prelami-nated hole on the perfect package.
In Fig. 2, adopt prelami-nated hole or more specifically be that the ideal position at its center 24 is as baseline system, with the position at the center 22 of the actual prelaminated hole 21 on the expression packing 20.Prelami-nated hole 21 departs from the deviation (being exaggerated manyfold so that it is clearer) of ideal position 23 and is represented by the arrow 25 between center 24 and the center 22.Arrow 25 can be divided into horizontal component 26 and normal component 27, they described respectively prelami-nated hole 21 in the horizontal direction with vertical direction on deviation.
Fig. 4 is the block diagram that has shown the structure of bringing device 13.Except above-mentioned coating unit 15 and placement unit 16, bringing device 13 also comprises optical detection unit 30, and it is used to detect the center 22 of the prelami-nated hole 21 on each packing 3.
Optical detection unit 30 comprises sensor 31 again, and it is used to produce and can starts for example signal of CCD type photographic camera 32, and photographic camera 32 can write down the image at the top of each packing 3, and this image has shown prelami-nated hole and center thereof.Optical detection unit 30 also comprises and is used to store the memory device 33 that has by the benchmark image of the baseline system of above-mentioned ideal position representative, and processing equipment 34, it is arranged to can be with the image that write down and benchmark image, more specifically be that prelami-nated hole in the document image and benchmark image are compared.Afterwards, utilize this comparison the result, be prelami-nated hole and ideal position respectively in the horizontal and vertical directions deviation generate opener 2 be applied to applied information required on the packing 3.Optical detection unit 30 also comprises transmitting device 35, and it is used to transmit this applied information relevant with detected prelami-nated hole.
Bringing device 13 also comprises pick and place unit 36, and it is used for grasping opener 2 and placing it in packing 3 from placement unit 16.
Pick and place unit 36 comprises the receiving device 37 that is used to receive the described applied information of being transmitted again, and robot 38.Applied information comprises the mode of motion of pick and place unit 36, and it has been described pick and place unit 36 and has begun with the motion on the prelami-nated hole that an opener very accurately is placed on packing from the reference position.
In the preferred embodiment, the robot 38 that will further introduce in Fig. 5 is that the model that can buy from the ABB Flexible Automation AB of Sweden V ster s is the extracting formula robot of IRB 340.It has three manipulator 39a-c that 40 places at one end connect together, and robot 38 can carry out three-dimensional manipulating.Robot 38 is provided with at 40 places, end and is used to grasp opener 2 and places it in jaw 41 on the packing 3, and this jaw 41 closes up when grasping opener, and opens when placing opener.
Optical detection unit 30 preferably is arranged to form one with pick and place unit 36, and photographic camera 32 is arranged to be adjacent to jaw 41.
Fig. 6 is the diagram of circuit that has shown the method according to this invention.Each square frame in this diagram of circuit is corresponding to a step in this method.This operation obviously is the cycling with some cycles, and its cycle equals packet conveyer 6 two orders of moving and packs required time of distance between 3.At first, two branches are arranged in diagram of circuit, they combined afterwards.In separator 18 opener 2 is carried out sorting (step 42), by feed arrangement 17 they are transported to the coating unit 15 from separator 18, here they are gummed (step 43), and further are transported in the placement unit 16 (step 44).Simultaneously, be installed on the entrance conveyor 11 (step 45), be fed into then on the packet conveyer 6 and and be transported in the bringing device 13 (step 46) them from the packing 3 of wrapping machine.One of them opener that scribbles glue is grasped (step 47) by pick and place unit 36 from placement unit 16.For fear of obtaining and handle excessive data, sensor 31 produces trigging pulse and starts photographic camera 32 (step 48).The image at one of them packing top of 3 under the camera record then, described image has shown prelami-nated hole and center (step 49) thereof.In memory device 33, stored the benchmark image that contains the said reference system.By traditional image processing means, determine the deviation of prelami-nated hole, and produce the mode of motion (step 50) of robot 38 according to described deviation with respect to its ideal position.This mode of motion sends out from optical detection unit 30 and is received (step 51) by pick and place unit 36.Pick and place unit 36 according to mode of motion motion, accurately is placed on opener on the prelami-nated hole of packing (step 52) from the reference position.At last, the packing that opener will be housed at unloading station 14 places unloads (step 53).
As the alternative of said process, applying required baseline system can be realized by the mark on the guide piece 28 29.Shown together in Fig. 3 and packed 20 and the part of guide piece 28, described guide piece is provided with mark 29.The ideal position of mark 29 and prelami-nated hole 23 has constituted the baseline system in this alternative embodiment.On desirable packing, mark 29 and prelami-nated hole 23 or more specifically be that distance between the ideal position at its center 24 is respectively x in the horizontal and vertical directions
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Above-mentioned example should only be regarded as example.Those skilled in the art will recognize that under the prerequisite that does not break away from notion of the present invention, these embodiment can make amendment in several ways.
As example, opener needn't bond on the packaging.Perhaps, opener can be heated and seal on the packaging afterwards.
Pick and place unit can comprise more than one robot, allows once to apply more than one opener, thereby has accelerated speed of production.
Optical detection unit and pick and place unit needn't be formed integrally disposed between.According to another embodiment, optical detection unit can be arranged near the packet conveyer and be certain distance apart from pick and place unit.If the speed of packet conveyer is known, the center that just can determine the prelami-nated hole of packing is in position sometime, and can generate applied information and send it in the pick and place unit.
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1. one kind is used for opener (2) is applied to system (1) on the packing (3) of pourable food products, described system comprises the packet conveyer (6) of carrying described packing along predefined paths (P), and described opener is applied to bringing device (13) on the described packing on the described packet conveyer, it is characterized in that, described bringing device comprises the optical detection unit (30) of the application point on one of them the described packing (20) that is used to detect on the described packet conveyer, and pick and place unit (36), it is used for receiving and the relevant applied information in described detected application point from described optical detection unit, grasp one of them described opener by described applied information, and place it on described one of them described packing on the described packet conveyer.
2. system according to claim 1 (1) is characterized in that, described application point is limited by the prelami-nated hole (21) on described one of them described packing (20).
3. system according to claim 1 and 2 (1) is characterized in that, described optical detection unit (30) comprises the photographic camera (32) of the image that is used to write down described one of them described packing (20), and wherein said image packets contains described application point.
4. system according to claim 3 (1), it is characterized in that, described optical detection unit (30) also comprises processing equipment (34), and it is used for generating described applied information by described image and the benchmark image that contains baseline system being compared and obtain described application point with respect to the position of described baseline system.
5. system according to claim 4 (1) is characterized in that, described baseline system comprise with perfect package on the ideal position of corresponding application point, application point (23).
6. system according to claim 4 (1), it is characterized in that, described baseline system comprises and the ideal position of the application point (23) relevant with respect to the securing mark of described packet conveyer (6) (29) that described ideal position is corresponding to the application point on the perfect package.
7. each described system (1) in requiring according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that, described applied information contains the mode of motion that is useful on described pick and place unit (36), and described pick and place unit (36) is used for described one of them described opener is placed on described one of them described packing (20).
8. each described system (1) in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described optical detection unit (30) is arranged to form one with described pick and place unit (36).
9. according to each described system (1) among the claim 1-7, it is characterized in that described optical detection unit (30) is arranged to be adjacent to described packet conveyer (6) and is certain distance apart from described pick and place unit (36).
10. each described system (1) in requiring according to aforesaid right is characterized in that described pick and place unit (36) comprises at least one robot (38), and it has at least one manipulator (39a-c).
11. according to each described system (1) among the claim 1-9, it is characterized in that described pick and place unit (36) comprises at least one robot (38), it has three manipulators (39a-c), described at least one robot can carry out three-dimensional manipulating.
12. according to each described system (1) in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that described bringing device (13) also comprises coating unit (15), it is used for before grasping glue being coated in described opener (2).
13., it is characterized in that described system also comprises supply station (12) according to each described system (1) in the aforesaid right requirement, it is used for described packing (3) is transported to described packet conveyer (6).
14. according to each described system (1) in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described system also comprises package rail support (19), its be used for apply described opener (2) during support described packing (3) by described packing being fixed between described supporting rail and the described packet conveyer (6).
15. system according to claim 14 (1) is characterized in that, described package rail support (19) is adjustable, with permission opener (2) is applied on the packing (3) of various sizes.
16. according to each described system (1) in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that, described system also comprises a plurality of guide piecees that separate (9) that are used to guide described packing (3), described guide piece is fixed on described packet conveyer (6) and goes up also and can move together thereupon, thereby can carry described packing along described predefined paths (P).
17. system according to claim 16 (1) is characterized in that, each described guide piece (9) includes at least one carrier finger (10), and it is used for supporting and transmitting described packing (3).
18. according to each described system (1) in the aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that described system also comprises feed arrangement (17), it is used for described opener (2) is transported to described bringing device (13).
19. system according to claim 12 (1), it is characterized in that, described system also comprises feed arrangement (17), and it is used for described opener (2) is transported to described coating unit (15), and described herein opener is grasped by described pick and place unit (36).
20. apply the method for opener (2) on the packing (3) that a kind is used at pourable food products, comprise along predefined paths (P) and by packet conveyer (6) and carry described packing and described opener is applied to step on the described packing on the described packet conveyer, it is characterized in that described method also comprises step: detect to optical profile type the application point on one of them the described packing (20) on the described packet conveyer; From the detected application point of described optical profile type, generate the applied information that is used to control pick and place unit (36); And grasp one of them described opener, and place it on described one of them described packing on the described packet conveyer by described pick and place unit and according to described applied information.
21. method according to claim 20 is characterized in that, described application point is limited by the prelami-nated hole (21) on described one of them described packing (20).
22., it is characterized in that described method also comprises the step of the image that is used to write down described one of them described packing (20) according to claim 20 or 21 described methods, wherein said image packets contains described application point.
23. method according to claim 22 is characterized in that, described applied information generates with respect to the position of described baseline system by described image and the benchmark image that contains baseline system being compared and obtain described application point.
24. method according to claim 23 is characterized in that, described baseline system comprise with perfect package on the ideal position of corresponding application point, application point (23).
25. method according to claim 23, it is characterized in that, described baseline system comprises and the ideal position of the application point (23) relevant with respect to the securing mark of described packet conveyer (6) (29) that described ideal position is corresponding to the application point on the perfect package.
26. according to each described method among the claim 20-25, it is characterized in that, described applied information contains the mode of motion that is useful on described pick and place unit (36), and described pick and place unit (36) is used for described one of them described opener is placed on described one of them described packing (20).
27., it is characterized in that described method also is included in and grasps the step that before glue is applied on the described opener (2) according to each described method among the claim 20-26.
28., it is characterized in that described method also comprises described packing (3) is transported to step on the described packet conveyer (6) according to each described method among the claim 20-27.
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