DE102011114152A1 - Method and system for inserting a good to be packaged - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for inserting goods to be packaged with the method steps (a) feeding the goods to be packaged to a wrapping unit by means of a first feed unit, (b) cutting a pack blank from a supplied material (c) feeding the pack blank to the wrapping unit by means of a second feed unit (d) unification of the goods to be packaged and the packaging blank in the wrapping unit and (e) wrapping of the goods to be packaged with the packaging blank by the wrapping unit and such a system with low production costs and production times particularly flexible, easy and fast packaging of Enable good. For this purpose, the product to be packaged and the packaging blank are supplied in at least one section in a line and in opposite directions to each other of the wrapping unit.

Description

The invention relates to a method for enveloping goods to be packaged with the method steps (a) feeding the goods to be packaged to a wrapping unit by means of a first feed unit, (b) cutting a pack blank from a material provided, (c) feeding the pack blank the wrapping unit by means of a second feed unit, (d) combining the goods to be packaged and the packaging blank in the wrapping unit, and (e) wrapping the goods to be packaged with the packaging blank through the wrapping unit. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system for inserting goods to be packaged with a receiving unit and a cutting unit for producing packaging blanks from a provided material, a wrapping unit, a first feed unit for supplying goods to be packaged to the wrapping unit and a second feed unit for Supply from the packaging blanks to the wrapping unit.

From the production of goods, in particular magazines, (advertising) brochures, or letters, and the packaging to the finished, packaged product go through both the goods to be packaged and the packaging many different stations. In this case, the production of the goods and the production of the packaging is usually locally separated from each other and this only when inserting manually or automatically united by an inserter. However, such a decentralized production of the individual packaging components leads to additional production costs, including due to transport and storage costs, and longer production times, including due to the transport routes, or production losses, if the goods or packaging material is not in stock and only externally must be ordered.

Newer inserting systems try to take over individual production steps in the production of the goods or the packaging and thus to reduce the production times and production costs. As a rule, the production of the goods, in particular the printing, the cutting and the sorting of the blank, is taken over by a separate production unit and the goods are fed directly to the inserting machine. This good is then automatically placed by the inserter in provided packaging. A disadvantage of this type of inserter is further that the packaging must be made externally and thus incur additional transport and storage costs.

In other inserting systems, both the production of the goods and the production of the packaging are taken over by the inserting machine. In this case, a material web is printed by an external printing unit in such a way that first the complete good is printed on the material web, for example individual sheets of a letter, before a packaging blank, for example an envelope with an address field, is printed on the material web. This finished material web with several goods and packaging blanks in exchange is then added to the inserter, which cuts the material web according to the goods and the packaging blanks and then combines both. A disadvantage of this method is that the goods and the packaging blanks are always made of the same material by the common material web. Such a limitation of the materials is not desirable in many cases.

The invention is therefore an object of the invention to provide a method for enveloping to be packaged Good and such a system that allows for low production costs and production times a particularly flexible, easy and fast packaging of the goods.

With regard to the method, this object is achieved according to the invention by feeding the good to be packaged and the packaging blank into the wrapping unit in at least one section in a line and in opposite directions. With regard to the system, this object is achieved according to the invention in that the first and second feed units are arranged in such a way that feeding of the goods and the packaging blanks takes place in at least one section in a line and in opposite directions.

Advantageous embodiments of the invention are the subject of the dependent claims.

The invention is based on the consideration that the production costs and production times are significantly influenced by the recourse to external production facilities and thus resulting delivery times and required storage space. A reduction of these costs and production times can therefore be achieved if both the goods to be packaged and the packaging can be produced on site. A further reduction is possible, although the storage of locally produced goods or packaging can be avoided and the production and enveloping is thus possible within a plant. For a very flexible and customizable enveloping the packaging is not made before merging with the goods to be packaged but initially provided only packaging blanks. These packaging blanks are combined with the goods and the good then wrapped by folding the packaging blank. For a particularly simple and Positionally accurate union of the goods and the packaging blanks should thereby consistently avoided changes in the feeding direction. For this reason, the supply of the goods and the packaging blanks done from a bird's eye view in a line and in opposite directions. By the opposite arrangement, a particularly easy accessibility to the two supply units and the upstream units for providing and / or production of the packaging blank and the goods is possible.

For a quick and secure enveloping of the goods, the union of the goods to be packaged and the packaging blank is carried out in line and in the same direction to each other in a particularly advantageous embodiment. This allows a simple and positionally accurate storage of goods on the packaging blank and thus a simple union without relative movement of the goods and the packaging blank. As a result, a continuous operation of the system, by a constant supply of packaging blanks, possible without short downtime or a stop-and-go erfoderlich.

In order to enable the provision of the most stable and secure packaging, the side edges are first folded in a preferred embodiment, then the bottom flap and only then the flap. Such a folding and bonding order allows the production of standard (envelope) envelopes that meet very high demands on the stability of the packaging. By this folding sequence, the maximum space for the goods to be packaged can be provided for given packaging sizes, for example by specifications by the letter or parcel delivery service. In an alternative embodiment, it is also possible that first the bottom flap is folded and only then the side edges and the flap. In this folding, the gluing of the side edges and the bottom flap is outside. A possible contact between the adhesive material and the good can thus be excluded.

For a particularly accurate folding of the packaging blank, a folding in the direction of movement of the packaging blank is consistently avoided. In this case, the side edges are folded parallel to the direction of movement and the packaging blank positioned under the Good so that a folding of the bottom flap against the direction of movement is possible. In order to avoid a folding of the closure flap in the direction of movement of the packaging blank, in a particularly preferred embodiment, the direction of movement of the already partially enveloped material is rotated by approximately 90 °, without thereby rotating the packaging blank. Only by this rotation, a folding of the flap is made possible parallel to the direction of movement. Due to this particular guidance of the packaging blank during folding, it is possible to produce packaging and in particular envelopes in which the folding edge of the closing flap and the folding edge of the bottom flap are arranged substantially parallel to one another. As a result, size specifications, for example, by the letter or parcel delivery service can be optimally met. Depending on the customer's request, however, a different form of packaging can be produced by the angle of change of the direction of movement is selected accordingly.

For particularly diverse applications, in particular for the production of packaging and envelopes with window elements, a window element is cut into the packaging blank in a preferred embodiment during or after the blank of the packaging blank. This window element is then covered by a window film. The window film is glued to the inside of the packaging blank and covers the window element completely.

In the present system, the packaging blanks are cut directly from a material web. This means that any addresses, advertising fields or company logos on the packaging may have already been printed on the web. However, this has the disadvantage that individual changes or errors can lead to the replacement of the complete material web. For a particularly flexible and cost-effective provision of printed envelopes, therefore, the cut packaging blanks and not the material web are printed in an advantageous embodiment. It is thus possible to use a single, unprinted material web for the production of the packaging. A storage of printed material webs or rejects of entire webs due to misprints or order changes can thus be avoided. In an alternative or additional advantageous embodiment, a printing of the packaging is also provided after the wrapping of the goods.

To reduce the storage costs and the required storage volume is provided in a preferred embodiment, that the good, usually this form letters, advertising flyers or leaflets are cut from a web and the blank is fed directly to the wrapping unit. As with the envelopes, it is also conceivable that the good is cut from a blank web and is printed individually after cutting by a printing unit. For a particularly positionally accurate union of the goods to be packaged and the packaging blank In a particularly preferred embodiment, the cut and jointly packaged goods are collected by means of a collecting unit and fed together to the wrapping unit. It is conceivable that the collecting unit also performs a desired folding, gluing or other connection of the collected goods.

The advantages achieved by the invention are, in particular, that a particularly simple combination of the two in the wrapping unit is made possible by the special supply of the goods and the packaging blank. Thus, both in the production of good as in the production of the packaging can be consistently dispensed with external production and thus cost-effective and with little downtime each good be packed. In addition, the materials used for the goods and the packaging can be freely and independently determined and the dimensions of the blanks adjusted individually.

An embodiment of the invention will be explained in more detail with reference to a drawing. Show:

1 a schematic representation of the method for enveloping a product to be packaged,

2 a schematic representation of an insertion system.

Identical parts are provided with the same reference numerals in all figures.

The schematic representation of the method according to 1 comprises a first material web 1 for the packaging blanks. The material of the train 1 can be chosen arbitrarily and according to customer requirements, usually paper in different strengths or even a packaging film is used. In a first process step 2 becomes the material web 1 by means of a cutting unit 4 in packaging blanks 6 cut. In this case, a particularly individual cut is possible, which also of packaging blank 6 to packaging blank 6 can be changed by an appropriate control of the cutting unit. Thus, a direct and optimal adaptation to the goods to be packaged 8th possible. Should the material web 1 and thus also the packaging blank 6 already completely printed, the packaging blank 6 in the next process step 10 the serving unit 12 fed. Otherwise, the packaging blank 6 in a process step, not shown by a printing unit 14 before being fed to the wrapping unit 12 individually and individually printed. In addition or in an alternative embodiment, it is also possible that by another printing unit 62 already on the material web 1 is printed. This has the advantage that it can be printed over the entire later cut and thus no system-related pressure-free edges arise. By using two printing units connected in series, it is also possible to print the packaging both on the outside and on the inside.

It is likewise possible that in a further process step upstream of the feed to the wrapping unit or also together with the blank of the packaging blank 6 a window element 68 in the packaging blank 6 is cut and this is closed with a window film. This makes it possible to produce packaging, in particular envelopes, with a viewing window.

The schematic representation of the method according to 1 also includes a second web of material 16 for the production of the goods to be packaged 8th , This second material web 16 is through a second cutting unit 18 into individual parts of the goods 20 sliced 22 , If the second material web 16 not yet printed, could in a not shown, further printing unit in a likewise not shown, further process step, the individual parts of the goods 20 individually printed. The parts of the goods 20 then become a collection unit 24 supplied 26 , This collection unit 24 is capable of the parts of the goods 20 to sort and to a good 8th merge. In addition, it is through the collection unit 24 possible, the good 8th To fold according to the customer's request, to glue to emboss, to connect by means of a staple or paper clip or to edit otherwise. Furthermore, it is in the collection unit 24 possible external supplements 64 such as credit cards, CDs or promotional items, manually or automatically to the estate 8th add 66 , The finished good 8th then becomes the wrapping unit 12 supplied 28 ,

For a particularly reliable and accurate positioning of the goods 8th on the associated packaging blank 6 and a faultless further processing by the wrapping unit 12 are the delivery routes 10 . 28 in a line but arranged in opposite directions. A necessary turning of the goods 8th in the plane of movement or the packaging blank 6 in the feed is also avoided, as an undesirable displacement of the packaging blank 6 by changes of direction in the feeder. The union of the good 8th and the packaging blank 6 is done in a line and in the same direction. As a result, relative movements between the two are avoided and the good 8th can be done in a particularly simple way, for example, by storage, on the packaging blank 6 be placed with exact positioning. By this particular type of feed is the goods to be packaged 8th in the serving unit 12 on the inside of the packaging blank 6 ,

In a first wrapping process 30 become the side flaps 32 of the packaging blank 6 parallel to the direction of movement of the packaging blank 6 folded and around the estate 8th beaten. At the same time or in a downstream process step, the outside of the side flaps is covered with an adhesive film. In a second wrapping process 34 then the bottom flap 36 against the direction of movement of the packaging blank 6 folded to the estate 8th beaten and with the side flaps 32 bonded.

To avoid folding in the direction of movement, the direction of movement of the packaging blank 6 and the good in it 8th rotated by about 90 °, but without the orientation of the packaging blank 8th changes. By this change in the direction of movement relative to the orientation of the packaging blank 8th is a convolution 38 the flap 40 parallel to the new direction of movement of the packaging blank 8th possible. The folding edges of the flap 40 and the bottom flap 36 are arranged in such a rotation of the direction of movement approximately parallel to each other, so that particularly symmetrical packaging can be produced. In this folding 38 the packaging is closed and the goods 8th completely packed. Depending on the further processing of the packaged goods 42 can the shutter 40 when folding directly to the end of the bottom flap 36 be glued. For this purpose, an adhesive film directly in the end region of the bottom flap in an upstream or carried out with the folding further process step 36 and / or on the inside of the flap 40 be applied.

An embodiment of the inserter 43 is in 2 shown schematically. The inserter 43 includes a packaging unit 44 for producing and feeding the packaging blanks 6 to a serving unit 12 and a good unit 46 for the production, sorting, collection and feeding of the goods 8th also to this wrapping unit 12 ,

The packaging unit 44 comprises in the order of the method steps a receiving unit 48 for the packaging material, for example a material web or roll 1 , a cutting unit 4 who put this packaging material in packaging blanks 6 cuts, a first and a second printing unit 14 . 62 holding the packaging blanks 6 printed on demand and a feeder unit 50 holding the packaging blanks 6 the serving unit 12 supplies. In addition, the packaging unit may be a unit for cutting and applying window elements 68 on the packaging blank.

Also the good unit 46 includes a separate recording unit 52 for a material web or roll 16 , In a downstream, second cutting unit 18 become parts of the goods 20 from the material web 16 cut. These can optionally be printed individually by a further, not shown printing unit. The cutting unit 18 Downstream is a collection unit 24 in which the parts of the goods 20 collected, sorted and further processed. Also, an external supply of other supplements or other parts of the goods to be packaged 8th manually or automatically possible. The collected and packaged goods 8th but becomes a separate feeder unit 54 the serving unit 12 to hand over.

The serving unit 12 is designed to be packaged good 8th through the supplied packaging blank 6 safely and permanently in several folding and gluing steps. For a simple and accurate folding of the flap, is the wrapping unit 12 L-shaped design, wherein the folding of the side flap and the bottom flaps a first portion 56 and the folding of the flap in a second portion 58 is made to the first subarea 56 is twisted by about 90 °. The wrapping unit according to the embodiment according to 2 also includes its own printing unit 60 in which the finished end product 42 if necessary, can be printed again or for the first time.

The feeder units 50 . 54 of the packaging blank 6 and the good 8th are arranged such that the feeder - viewed from a bird's eye view - in a line and in opposite directions. This is the packaging blank 6 at a lower level, below the serving unit 12 brought to this, while the good 8th is supplied at a higher level of the wrapping unit. When feeding the packaging blank 6 to the wrapping unit 12 this is moved along a curved or circular segment. This corresponds to a roller-like rotation of the packaging blank 6 , which does not have to be realized via a roller element, but also by a corresponding arrangement of conveyor belts or similar conveying elements is possible. By this type of rotation of the packaging blank 6 its orientation is not changed relative to the direction of movement, whereby a shift during movement and thus a later inaccurate positioning can be avoided.

By such a supply of goods 8th and the packaging blank 6 In addition, it is possible that the goods accurately positioned on the packaging blank 6 can be stored. This will be a complete wrapping of the goods 8th only possible. It is thus possible to dispense with prefabricated and externally produced packaging.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

first material web

2

Process step: cutting the first material web

4

cutting unit

6

packaging blank

8th

Well

10

Process step: feed to the wrapping unit

12

wrapping unit

14

printing unit

16

second material web

18

cutting unit

20

Parts of the estate

22

Process step: cutting the second material web

24

collection unit

26

Process step: supply to the collection unit

28

Process step: feed to the wrapping unit

30

Process step: folding of the side flaps

32

side flaps

34

Process step: folding the bottom flap

36

bottom flap

38

Process step: Folding the flap

40

flap

42

end product

43

inserting system

44

Packaging Unit

46

Guteinheit

48

Receiving unit of the packaging unit

50

Feeding unit of the packaging unit

52

Receiving unit of the good unit

54

Feed unit of the good unit

56

Part of the wrapping unit

58

Part of the wrapping unit

60

printing unit

62

printing unit

64

external supplements

66

Process step: feeding the external inserts

68

window element

Claims (13)

Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) with the process steps: a. Feeding the goods to be packed ( 8th ) to a wrapping unit ( 12 ) by means of a first feed unit ( 54 b. Cutting a packaging blank ( 6 ) from a provided material, c. Feeding the packaging blank ( 6 ) to the wrapping unit ( 12 ) by means of a second feed unit ( 50 ), d. Unification of the goods to be packed ( 8th ) and the packaging blank ( 6 ) in the wrapping unit ( 12 ), e. Wrapping of the goods to be packed ( 8th ) with the packaging blank ( 12 ) by the wrapping unit ( 12 ), characterized in that the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) and the packaging blank ( 6 ) in at least a portion in a line and in opposite directions of the wrapping unit ( 12 ). Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 1, characterized in that the association of the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) and the packaging blank ( 6 ) is performed in a line and in the same direction. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the wrapping of the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) the additional process steps: e1) wrapping of the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) by folding the side flaps ( 32 ), and wrapping the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) by folding the bottom flap ( 36 ) in any order, e2) gluing the side flaps ( 32 ) and the bottom flap ( 36 ), e3) wrapping of the goods to be packaged ( 8th ) by folding the flap ( 40 ). Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the direction of movement of the goods ( 8th ) during the folding and gluing of the closure flap ( 40 ) at substantially 90 ° to the direction of movement of the goods ( 8th ) in the folding and gluing of the side flaps ( 32 ) and the bottom flap ( 36 ) is turned. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the blank of a packaging blank ( 6 ) the additional process steps: b1) cutting a window element ( 68 ) in the packaging blank ( 6 ) and b2) cover of the window element ( 68 ) with a window foil. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the packaging blank ( 6 ) before being fed into the wrapping unit ( 12 ) is printed. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the packaging blank ( 6 ) after the wrapping in the wrapping unit ( 12 ) is printed. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that that of the wrapping unit ( 12 ) added goods to be packaged ( 8th ) of a second material web ( 16 ) is cut. Method for inserting goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 8, characterized in that a number of blanks of the second material web ( 16 ) to a packaged good ( 8th ) are collected before the wrapping unit ( 12 ) is added. Investment ( 43 ) for inserting goods to be packaged with (8) a receiving unit ( 48 ) and a cutting unit ( 4 ) for the production of packaging blanks ( 6 ) from a provided material, a wrapping unit ( 12 ) and a first feeder unit ( 54 ) for the supply of goods to be packaged ( 8th ) to the wrapping unit ( 12 ), a second feeder unit ( 50 ) for feeding the packaging blanks ( 6 ) to the wrapping unit ( 12 ), characterized in that the first and second feed units ( 50 . 54 ) are arranged such that the supply of goods ( 8th ) and the packaging blanks ( 6 ) in at least one section in a line and in opposite directions. Investment ( 43 ) for enveloping goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 10, characterized in that the system at least one printing unit ( 14 . 60 . 62 ). Investment ( 43 ) for enveloping goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the plant a second material web ( 16 ) and a second cutting unit ( 18 ) for the production of the goods to be packaged ( 8th ). Investment ( 43 ) for enveloping goods to be packaged ( 8th ) according to claim 12, characterized in that the plant is a collecting unit ( 24 ).

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