EP0505320B1 - Method and installation for temporarily storing and/or rearranging overlapping printed products - Google Patents

Method and installation for temporarily storing and/or rearranging overlapping printed products Download PDF

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EP0505320B1
EP0505320B1 EP92810181A EP92810181A EP0505320B1 EP 0505320 B1 EP0505320 B1 EP 0505320B1 EP 92810181 A EP92810181 A EP 92810181A EP 92810181 A EP92810181 A EP 92810181A EP 0505320 B1 EP0505320 B1 EP 0505320B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/006—Winding articles into rolls
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/40—Holders, supports for rolls
    • B65H2405/42—Supports for rolls fully removable from the handling machine
    • B65H2405/422—Trolley, cart, i.e. support movable on floor
    • B65H2405/4221—Trolley, cart, i.e. support movable on floor for both full and empty (or partial) roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
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    • B65H2701/1932—Signatures, folded printed matter, newspapers or parts thereof and books

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  • the invention lies in the field of further processing of printed products and comprises a method and a system according to the independent patent claims.
  • the method and system serve to temporarily store and / or rearrange printed products in scale formation between two processing steps, for example between the rotary machine and a subsequent processing step.
  • Print products in scale formation which are continuously laid out by rotary machines, for example, and which are not processed immediately and / or not in the resulting order, must be temporarily stored and / or rearranged.
  • the products of the rotary machine are wound up in a known manner in the form of the shingled stream laid out and temporarily stored as a roll before they are further processed.
  • According to another temporary storage method such products, they are collected into bars and filled with pliers-like tools in appropriate storage containers, which are transported on pallets, for example.
  • the publication GB-2170793 describes a system for the intermediate storage and / or rearrangement of printed products in scale formation.
  • This system has winding stations for winding the scale formations on winding cores and winding stations for unwinding such windings.
  • the winding cores are firmly connected to bearing elements, which may represent movable frames.
  • bearing elements When changing the winding at the winding stations, bearing elements with an empty winding core or with a winding are manipulated as units. The same units are transported by a shuttle vehicle and stored as such.
  • the main features of the method according to the invention are that in terms of volume, very little storage auxiliary material is required that all storage auxiliary material is returned to the process again and again after use (no consumables) and that this return is adapted to the process of intermediate storage and rearrangement of the printed products in such a way that it can be fully integrated into it.
  • the process thus becomes a work process with absolutely process-adapted and process-integrated return of the auxiliary material.
  • the method according to the invention is used between two processing steps 10 and 20, wherein it processes the printed products which are continuously designed as scale formation from processing step 10 into the continuous scale formation of printed products necessary for processing step 20.
  • the scale formation entering the method according to the invention can differ from the exiting formation by the number of scale flows and / or by the speeds of these flows, the product outputs at the inlet and outlet being able to be the same or different at a given time.
  • the two scale formations can also differ in the sequence with which different types of printed products follow one another.
  • the method according to the invention has any number of identical inputs / outputs for scale streams. These inputs / outputs are each connected to one of the processing steps 10 or 20 and only receive a definite function as an input or output through this connection. This makes the method adaptable to very different pairs of processing steps 10 and 20. More than one shingled stream processing step 10 and more than one shingled stream processing step 20 are also conceivable.
  • the devices for warehouse management and the storage units of the printed products are coordinated accordingly.
  • the storage units can be manipulated, transported and stored with a minimum of storage aids. This saves transport performance and storage space.
  • the storage units are still as large as possible. This saves transportation.
  • the cycle of the storage auxiliary material which takes place within the method according to the invention, is completely integrated into the storage management for the printed products.
  • the storage auxiliary material (for its return) is also stored in storage units.
  • the shape of these storage units corresponds to the storage units of the printed products, and the two types of storage units can thus be stored at interchangeable storage locations.
  • FIG. 1 shows the method according to the invention as a diagram and serves to explain the main features of the method already described.
  • the left part of the diagram represents the process in a purely abstract manner, the right part shows figuratively the different formations of printed products and auxiliary material.
  • the process is divided into three process zones, in which different process steps are carried out, and which the printed products and the auxiliary material each run through in both directions.
  • the direction in which the printed products go through the process is shown with filled arrows, the direction of the storage aid material with empty arrows and the direction of the storage formations of the printed products, which include auxiliary material and printed products, with corresponding double arrows.
  • the method according to the invention has a number (for example 6) of inputs / outputs for printed products in shingled stream formation, the function of which is determined by their connection to a processing step 10 or an shingling stream processing processing step 20.
  • the figure shows two inputs 1.1 / 2 and four outputs 1.3 / 4/5/6.
  • the shingled streams S are divided into pre-storage units, for example wound up into coils W.
  • winding cores WK storage aid material
  • the pre-storage units are dissolved, for example windings W are processed into shingled streams S, winding cores WK being produced (auxiliary storage material).
  • the winding W and winding core WK are stored directly from the first processing zone (entrance zone) 1.
  • the actual warehouse there is a second processing zone 2, in which the actual storage units for printed products and for the auxiliary storage material are created.
  • These storage units are, for example, lying winding pairs WP as storage units of the printed products and loose winding core rosettes R as storage units of the storage auxiliary material, both of which essentially represent a cylinder of the same diameter and the same height.
  • These storage units which consist of printed products and winding cores (winding pairs) or only winding cores (rosettes), are interchangeably stored and removed in the third process zone 3.
  • the devices used in the first, second and third process zones for handling printed products and storage aids are equipped in such a way that they can handle both windings or pairs of windings as well as winding cores or core rosettes and that they handle in both directions for the corresponding processing zone , that is, in the direction of the input and output direction.
  • windings as storage pre-units and lying winding pairs as storage units
  • the devices used in the second processing zone can create and dissolve winding pairs and winding core rosettes, and that handle the winding pairs and winding core rosettes lying in the third process zone 3 and can transport them in all necessary directions.
  • the processing step 10 can be, for example, a rotary press (or several rotary presses) that delivers folded printing sheets in the form of, for example, two scale streams.
  • the processing stage 20 can be, for example, a collecting device, a plug-in system or another Further processing system (or several such systems), in which the sheets enter as, for example, four scale streams and which, for example, collects four such sheets in a specific order and feeds them in groups of four to further processing steps.
  • production from two rotary presses is possible, which supplies up to thirty or more collector inputs with parallel shingled streams via an intermediate storage and rearrangement method according to the invention.
  • the processing step 10 which supplies the shingled stream determines the number of shingling streams occurring, their speed and the chronological sequence of different products in these shingling streams.
  • the scale stream processing step 20 determines the number of scale streams processed at the same time, the processing speed and the time sequence with which various products are processed.
  • the method according to the invention places no limits on the two processing steps 10 and 20 with regard to the number of shingled streams fed in and out.
  • the method according to the invention is also not limited with respect to the scale flow velocities, to the difference between supply and discharge and to their change over time, but the devices used to carry out the method are.
  • the method according to the invention will receive the product according to a production sequence (chronological order of different, successive products) and pass it on in a further processing sequence that differs from the production sequence (chronological order of further processing of different products), i.e. it rearranges the products. Only rearrangements that affect entire storage units are possible. In other words, that means only one type of printed product is to be stored in a winding pair or at least on one winding.
  • At least one shingled stream runs into an input 1.1, which is designed as a winding station and in which the shingled stream is wound onto a, for example, hollow-cylindrical winding core WK with the aid of a ribbon.
  • Corresponding winding stations are described, for example, in US Pat. No. 4,601,436, 4,769,973 and 4,898,336 by the same applicant. Winding stations as described in EP-447 903 or US-5176333 by the same applicant, which are assumed to be known here, are particularly suitable for the method described here.
  • 1 winder changer is used in the traversing zone, which removes the full reels from the winding stations and attaches empty reel cores to them.
  • An exemplary embodiment of such a device is described in connection with FIG. 2.
  • the winding created in the winding station is rotated in a second processing zone 2 from its winding position (horizontal axis of rotation) to its storage position (vertical axis of rotation), and is transported as a lying winding pair (storage unit) to a buffer zone.
  • the device used in this second process zone is described in connection with FIG. 3.
  • the winding pair is transported in the third process zone 3 from the buffer zone to the effective interim storage facility and stored there.
  • the diameter the winding and the winding technology are such that the windings can be stacked on one another in stacks of up to 10 pairs of coils without further aids, such as storage racks or pallets, the stacks standing on the storage floor.
  • the device used for the storage is designed in such a way that it can transport the winding pairs without further aids, such as pallets. These two measures can increase the utilization of the storage space by up to 50% compared to known storage methods.
  • the storage room can also serve all or part of other functions at any time because it requires only a minimum of fixed installations.
  • a device for use in the third process zone 3 is described in connection with FIG. 4.
  • winding pairs are swapped out again, that is to say transported from the storage location to the buffer zone.
  • This outsourcing is carried out with the same device as the stocking.
  • the winding pair is picked up from the buffer zone and transported to the winding station while the storage unit is being released, that is to say the two windings are separated and rotated back into the winding position (horizontal axis of rotation) (second processing zone 2).
  • the device used which is described in connection with FIG. 3, is designed in such a way that it can be used for both flow directions through process zone 2.
  • an exit winding station (eg 1.3), which corresponds to an entrance winding station, but through which the printed products pass in the opposite direction, the winding is unwound into a shingled stream.
  • the shingled stream or, correspondingly, a plurality of shingled streams are fed into the processing stage 20.
  • the empty winding cores which occur during unwinding (process zone 1) and are used again when being wound up, pass through the process according to the invention in a direction opposite to the product.
  • they are transported to a buffer zone and put together to form a storage unit.
  • the storage unit consists of a rosette R, in which 18 cores, three on top of each other, are loosely assembled without any additional aids.
  • the transport of the winding cores from the winding station to the buffer zone is carried out using the same device as the transport of the windings (see FIG. 3 and corresponding description). It is conceivable to design this device in such a way that it can also produce the winding core rosettes.
  • the rosettes can also be created by a correspondingly controlled, special lifting tool or by hand.
  • the space requirement of a winding core rosette is essentially the same as the space requirement of a lying winding pair, that is, a rosette can take the place of a winding pair in the warehouse and vice versa. It is therefore conceivable, for example, that the same space is taken up either by a stack of 18 coils (9 pairs of coils) or by the corresponding 18 cores in the form of a rosette.
  • the device for handling the storage units must be designed in such a way that it can also store and remove rosettes (see FIG. 4 and corresponding description).
  • the rosette is removed again (process zone 3) and placed in a buffer zone.
  • the individual winding core is released from the storage unit that represents the rosette (process zone 2), transported to an entrance winding station (e.g. 1.1) and inserted there so that a new winding can be wound on it (process zone 1).
  • an entrance winding station e.g. 1.1
  • process zone 1 the same devices are used for handling the empty winding cores as possible for handling the printed product rolls.
  • process steps 10 and 20 and the process according to the invention connected between them are controlled by a central intelligence, a closed production line results. Wraps that are much smaller than normal reels are difficult to classify in fully automatic interim storage. Such small windings can arise, for example, when converting processing stage 10 to another product or in the event of production or winding disruptions. It is advantageous to remove such Heine windings from the intermediate storage cycle from the winding station (arrow 11) and to use them for further processing (arrow 12).
  • An advantageous feature of the process according to the invention is that the devices used in the individual process zones are process zone-specific, not product or storage aid material-specific. As a result, the necessary number and / or the necessary transport route of the corresponding devices can be kept to a minimum, the higher-level control simplified and the capacity increased.
  • FIGS. 2a and b show a winding changer, an exemplary embodiment of the device which uses windings and empty winding cores on the winding station and removes them from the winding station and combines the windings into pairs of windings.
  • the winding changer 40 is shown together with the winding station 30 as a view in FIG. 2a with a viewing direction parallel to the winding axes and in FIG. 2b with a viewing direction perpendicular to the winding axes.
  • the winding station 30 is designed in such a way that it always processes (winds up or unwinds) a winding while a second winding is changed.
  • the two windings of the winding station are arranged one behind the other in the direction of the incoming or outgoing shingled stream.
  • the reel changer 40 essentially consists of a means of transport and a storage means, in the embodiment shown a mobile lifting device 41 and a frame 42.
  • the mobile lifting device 41 which can be rotated by 180 °, can be moved horizontally in such a way that it positions the reels on the winding station (A and B) and the position of the wraps on the frame (C) can reach.
  • the lifting device 41 is equipped with at least one (or one left and one right, pivotable away) jack 43, which is designed such that it can grip into the winding core of a winding and lift it.
  • the lifter 43 is movable in the vertical direction and at least between the highest position that a winding core (empty or with a winding) on the winding station 30 or the frame 42 can assume and the correspondingly lowest position.
  • the frame 42 is equipped with a hanging device 44 for at least one, in the embodiment shown for two windings, and a tiltable holder 45 for empty winding cores. The holder 45 can be tilted so that the empty winding cores can thus be actively loaded onto another means of transport.
  • the lifting device 41 with the lifter 43 fetches full windings from the winding station and hangs them on the hanging device 44 of the frame 42. In addition, it fetches empty winding cores from the holder 45 and inserts them at the winding station.
  • the winding station functions product output from the method according to the invention
  • the function of the winding changer is reversed. It is advantageous to design the winding changer in such a way that it can operate two winding stations arranged in parallel by moving between them.
  • the winding changer is subjected to a control which is coordinated with the control of the winding station.
  • FIGS. 3a to c show a shuttle vehicle 50, an embodiment of the device which takes over or delivers the winding pairs from the frame 42, changes their position and transports empty winding cores and windings between the frame 42 and the buffer zone.
  • FIG. 3a shows the shuttle vehicle as a view with a viewing direction perpendicular to the axes of the windings which the vehicle has to take over, FIG. 3b with a viewing direction parallel to these axes and Figure 3c from above.
  • Such a shuttle vehicle fetches and brings windings, in the illustrated embodiment winding pairs, and empty winding cores from the frames 42 and transports them to a buffer location.
  • the important feature of the shuttle vehicle is that it is equipped with means by which it can turn the wrap from an upright to a lying position and vice versa.
  • the shuttle vehicle advantageously moves on rails between the frame 42 it serves and the buffer point.
  • such a shuttle vehicle will serve all winding stations that function as entry and exit stations, or one or more shuttle vehicles of this type will be used for the inputs and outputs (see also description) of Figure 5).
  • Similar devices are also described in the publications EP-230 677, EP-243 753, EP-311 869 and EP-333 648.
  • the individual functions of process zone 2 the transport of windings and winding cores and the creation of the two storage units (lying winding pair and core rosette) can be distributed to different devices.
  • the exemplary embodiment shown represents a shuttle vehicle that cannot create or dissolve core rosettes.
  • the winding cores are automatically loaded from the shuttle vehicle at the buffer point, but must be stacked with an appropriately controlled lifting tool or by hand to form rosettes and vice versa, the winding cores must be loaded individually into the vehicle using a suitable lifting tool or by hand from the rosette.
  • the shuttle vehicle consists of a chassis 55 which drives wheels 51 on rails 52.
  • the chassis is positioned asymmetrically on the wheels, that the vehicle can be loaded very asymmetrically perpendicular to the direction of travel.
  • a double-tilting winding tongs 53 are attached to the chassis.
  • the winding tongs can be tilted about the axis X, whereby they bring a lying-held winding pair 54 into a standing position 54 '.
  • the winding tongs can be tilted about an axis Z, the standing winding pair 54 'being brought into an unloading position 54' which corresponds to the position of the frame 42 in height and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the shuttle vehicle.
  • the described function of the movement of the winding tongs relates to its function in connection with an unwinding winding station.
  • the function must be reversed for a winding station.
  • the winding tongs 53 consist of two tongs arms 53.1 and 53.2 which are arranged parallel to one another and are movable relative to one another and which in turn can each consist of two fingers, for example.
  • the two tongs arms 53.1 and 53.2 of the winding tongs 53 can be moved relative to one another with a corresponding drive in such a way that they can hold a pair of windings with sufficient force to be able to transport them freely and without other aids.
  • the chassis 55 also has a transport space 56 for winding cores WK. Means are attached in the transport space 56, with the aid of which cores can be transported out of the transport space.
  • FIGS. 4a to c show an exemplary embodiment of a gripper 60 which is used in the third process zone and with which storage units of printed products (lying winding pairs) and of winding cores (rosettes) can be gripped and transported.
  • the gripper shown can also grip and hold individual windings.
  • the figures show the gripper in section (cutting planes parallel to the axis of rotation of a gripped roll) with a gripped pair of rolls (FIG. 4a) and with a gripped winding core rosette (FIG. 4b) and as a top view (FIG. 4c).
  • the gripper 60 is fastened to a conventional storage device for its function in the process zone 3 and can thus be moved in all directions (arrow cross P).
  • This storage device can be, for example, a vehicle running on rails, which serves the warehouse through a ravine, or it can be a surface crane, which serves the warehouse from above.
  • the capacity of the whole installation, the speed of the storage device and the area of the storage determine how many storage devices have to be used with grippers.
  • the gripper 60 essentially consists of, for example, a star-shaped gripper body 61 with a central projection 62.
  • the gripper body 61 has a horizontal position and, in operation, has outer gripping means 70 protruding downwards for gripping a pair of windings WP and inner gripping means 80 for gripping a winding core rosette R on.
  • the outer gripping means 70 have double jaws 71.1 / 2, which can be moved radially relative to the gripper body 61 with the aid of a corresponding drive (not shown in the figure) (arrow Q) and with which a radial force is exerted on a winding pair WP or an individual winding W can be exercised, which is sufficient to hold the winding.
  • the function of the double jaws 71.1 / 2 can be supported by further holding means 72 which are attached to the central projection 62 and which are moved radially within the winding cores of the windings and can exert a radial force on the winding cores WK of the individual windings of the winding pair.
  • the holding means 72 are connected to corresponding elastic means or to a corresponding drive (not shown in the figure).
  • the outer gripping means 70 are moved into their outermost position, the additional holding means 72 into their innermost position. Then the gripper over it The winding pair is moved and lowered until the gripper body 61 rests on the winding pair WP or the central molding 62 on the base (only one winding is to be gripped). The outer gripping means 70 are then moved against the outer winding surfaces, the additional holding means 72 against the winding core WK in order to hold the windings in place.
  • the inner gripping means 80 are arranged on a circle around the central projection 62, this circle corresponding to the circle on which the center points of the winding cores of a core rosette lie.
  • the inner gripping means 80 serve to grip and hold winding core rosettes R.
  • the inner gripping means 80 are opened (FIG. 4a).
  • the inner gripping means 80 are connected to a corresponding drive (not shown in the figures).
  • the inner gripping means 80 consist essentially of perpendicularly to the main plane of the gripper body 61, their length adjustable (arrow U) arms 81 and spreading means 82, which are adjustable radially to the arms (arrow T), and a force against one from the inside Can exercise winding core.
  • the arms 81 and the spreading means 82 are connected to corresponding drives for the movements mentioned (not shown in the figures).
  • the inner gripping means 80 are extended (H), the gripper 60 is moved over the rosette and lowered onto it.
  • the arms 81 are extended to their maximum length (U) if the rosette consists of three cores stacked one on top of the other, or into a correspondingly shorter position for rosettes of only one or two cores on each other.
  • the spreading means are extended (T) and the rosette is held in this way.
  • FIG. 5 shows an example of an installation for carrying out the method according to the invention with the devices according to the invention. It is a small system that can be enlarged as required.
  • the figure shows a rotary press, which represents the processing step 10, and a system for collating various printed products, which represents the processing step 20.
  • the rotary press for example, sets out two shingled streams that are wound up by two winding stations 30.1 and 30.2, while the system for gathering the printed products is supplied, for example, by six unwinding winding stations 30.3 to 30.8.
  • Process zone 1 represents the entirety of the winding stations and the winding changer.
  • the path 52 of the shuttle 50 runs parallel to the line of the bearing means 42.1 to 42.8 of the winding changer and ends at one end at the buffer point 90.
  • the buffer point must be in three parts. It has a transfer point 90.1, which is designed in such a way that the shuttle vehicle can pick up winding pairs from it and deliver them to it.
  • the buffer location also has a feed buffer 90.2 and a discharge buffer 90.3. From the feed buffer 90.2, which is designed, for example, as a conveyor belt, pairs of coils are conveyed to the take-over point 90.1, and the discharge buffer 90.3 receives pairs of coils from the take-over point 90.1. Furthermore, the buffer location also has a location 90.4 in which winding core rosettes R are created and dissolved.
  • the actual warehouse which represents process zone 3, is a space 91 which is served by at least one storage device 92 with a gripper 60.
  • the storage device 92 is designed such that, in addition to the entire storage space, it can also reach the feed buffer 90.2, the discharge buffer 90.3 and the location of the rosette formation 90.4.
  • the warehouse between the processing step 10 which supplies the shingled stream and the processing step 20 which processes the shingled stream, so that the winding pairs pass through the warehouse between a storage entrance and a storage exit.
  • the warehouse entrance and the warehouse exit are then each equipped with a buffer point and a shuttle vehicle is used for the warehouse entrance (from processing step 10) and the warehouse exit (to processing step 20), which then only transports winding pairs in one direction.
  • the entire system is subjected to a higher level of intelligence, which coordinates the warehouse activity with the work of processing steps 10 and 20.

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The method described, printed products, which are received from a processing stage (10) in an overlapping arrangement, to be temporarily stored and rearranged in such a way that they can in turn be fed into a processing stage (20) for further processing in an overlapping arrangement which may have a different number of imbricated streams, different speeds and a different sequence of various printed products. The method is carried out in three method zones: in the first method zone (1) which is connected to the processing stages (10) and (20) and in which imbricated streams (S) are wound onto winding cores (WK) or rolls (W) are unwound to make imbricated streams (S); in the second method zone (2), in which rolls (W) and cores (WK) are transported between the buffer zone and the winding station and in which storage units (horizontal pairs of rolls (WP) and core collars (R)) are made and unmade; and in the third method zone (3) in which storage units (WP, R) are placed in and taken out of store. Printed products, and storage aids which solely consist of winding cores with tapes, are manipulated in all method zones. One advantageous feature of the method according to the invention is that the devices used in the individual method zones are specific to those method zones and not to products or storage aids.

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Die Erfindung liegt auf dem Gebiete der Weiterverarbeitung von Druckprodukten und umfasst ein Verfahren, und eine Anlage gemäss den unabhängigen Patentansprüchen. Verfahren und Anlage dienen dazu, Druckprodukte in Schuppenformation zwischen zwei Verarbeitungsschritten, beispielsweise zwischen der Rotationsmaschine und einem darauf folgenden Verarbeitungsschritt, zwischenzulagern und/oder umzuordnen.The invention lies in the field of further processing of printed products and comprises a method and a system according to the independent patent claims. The method and system serve to temporarily store and / or rearrange printed products in scale formation between two processing steps, for example between the rotary machine and a subsequent processing step.

Druckprodukte in Schuppenformation, die beispielsweise von Rotationsmaschinen kontinuierlich ausgelegt werden und die nicht sofort und/oder nicht in der entstandenen Reihenfolge weiterverarbeitet werden, müssen zwischengelagert und/oder umgeordnet werden Dies gilt beispielsweise bei der Herstellung von Telephonbüchern, bei der eine Vielzahl von einzelnen, verschiedenen Produkten der Rotationsmaschine (oder Maschinen) für ein Endprodukt zusammengetragen und gebunden wird. Dazu werden die Produkte der Rotationsmaschine in bekannter Weise in der Form des ausgelegten Schuppenstromes aufgewickelt und als Wickel zwischengelagert bevor sie weiterverarbeitet werden. Gemäss einem anderen Verfahren zur Zwischenlagerung derartiger Produkte, werden diese zu Stangen gesammelt und mit zangenförmigen Werkzeugen in entsprechende Lagerbehälter gefüllt, die beispielsweise auf Paletten transportiert werden.Print products in scale formation, which are continuously laid out by rotary machines, for example, and which are not processed immediately and / or not in the resulting order, must be temporarily stored and / or rearranged.This applies, for example, to the production of telephone books, in which a large number of individual, different ones Products of the rotary machine (or machines) for an end product are collected and bound. For this purpose, the products of the rotary machine are wound up in a known manner in the form of the shingled stream laid out and temporarily stored as a roll before they are further processed. According to another temporary storage method such products, they are collected into bars and filled with pliers-like tools in appropriate storage containers, which are transported on pallets, for example.

Es zeigt sich, dass die bekannten Verfahren für eine Zwischenlagerung und/oder Umordnung nicht ohne weiteres vollautomatisch betrieben werden können und dass sie, was ihre Leistung und ihren Bedarf an Lagerraum betrifft, nicht optimal sind. Dies rührt einerseits daher, dass die Produkte in einer Form gelagert werden, die nicht oder nur mit hohem Aufwand automatisch erstellt und aufgelöst werden kann Andererseits beansprucht das für die Lagerung benötigte Hilfsmaterial, wie Paletten etc, viel Lagerraum und der Kreislauf dieses Hilfsmaterials besteht aus einem völlig vom Durchgang der Produkte separierten Verfahrensteil der meist nicht automatisiert ist.It turns out that the known methods for intermediate storage and / or rearrangement cannot be operated fully automatically and that they are not optimal in terms of their performance and their need for storage space. On the one hand, this is due to the fact that the products are stored in a form that cannot be created or disassembled automatically or only with great effort. On the other hand, the auxiliary material required for storage, such as pallets, etc., takes up a lot of storage space and the cycle of this auxiliary material consists of one Process part completely separated from the passage of the products, which is usually not automated.

In der Publikation GB-2170793 ist eine Anlage zum Zwischenlagern und/oder Umordnen von Druckprodukten in Schuppenformation beschrieben. Diese Anlage weist Wickelstationen auf zum Aufwickeln der Schuppenformationen auf Wickelkerne und Wickelstationen zum Abwickeln derartiger Wickel. Die Wickelkerne sind dabei fest verbunden mit Lagerelementen, die gegebenenfalls verfahrbare Gestelle darstellen. Beim Wickelwechsel an den Wickelstationen werden als Einheiten Lagerelemente mit leerem Wickelkern- oder mit Wickel manipuliert. Dieselben Einheiten werden mit einem Pendelfahrzeug transportiert und als solche eingelagert.The publication GB-2170793 describes a system for the intermediate storage and / or rearrangement of printed products in scale formation. This system has winding stations for winding the scale formations on winding cores and winding stations for unwinding such windings. The winding cores are firmly connected to bearing elements, which may represent movable frames. When changing the winding at the winding stations, bearing elements with an empty winding core or with a winding are manipulated as units. The same units are transported by a shuttle vehicle and stored as such.

Es ist nun die Aufgabe der Erfindung, ein Verfahren zur Zwischenlagerung und/oder Umordnung von Druckprodukten in Schuppenformation aufzuzeigen sowie eine Anlage zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens zu schaffen, derart, dass gegenüber entsprechenden Verfahren gemäss dem Stande der Technik Verbesserungen erreicht werden in bezug auf den möglichen Automatisierungsgrad, in bezug auf die Ausnützung von Lagerplatz und Transportleistung und in bezug auf die Anpassungsfähigkeit an die Verfahren und Vorrichtungen des vor- und nachgeschalteten Verarbeitungsschrittes.It is the object of the invention to show a method for the intermediate storage and / or rearrangement of printed products in scale formation and to create a system for carrying out the method according to the invention in such a way that improvements are achieved with respect to the corresponding methods according to the prior art possible degree of automation, in terms of the utilization of storage space and transport performance and in terms of adaptability to the methods and devices of the upstream and downstream processing step.

Diese Aufgabe wird gelöst durch das Verfahren und die Anlage gemäss den unabhängigen Patentansprüchen.This problem is solved by the method and the system according to the independent patent claims.

Die Hauptmerkmale des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens bestehen darin, dass es volumenmässig sehr wenig Lagerhilfsmaterial benötigt, dass alles Lagerhilfsmaterial nach Gebrauch immer wieder in das Verfahren zurückgeführt wird (kein Verbrauchsmaterial) und dass diese Rückführung derart an den Prozess der Zwischenlagerung und Umordnung der Druckprodukte angepasst ist, dass sie vollständig darin integriert werden kann. Das Verfahren wird dadurch zu einem Arbeitsprozess mit absolut Prozess-angepasster und Prozessintegrierter Rückführung des Hilfsmaterials.The main features of the method according to the invention are that in terms of volume, very little storage auxiliary material is required that all storage auxiliary material is returned to the process again and again after use (no consumables) and that this return is adapted to the process of intermediate storage and rearrangement of the printed products in such a way that it can be fully integrated into it. The process thus becomes a work process with absolutely process-adapted and process-integrated return of the auxiliary material.

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren wird zwischen zwei Verarbeitungsschritten 10 und 20 eingesetzt, wobei es die aus dem Verarbeitungsschritt 10 kontinuierlich als Schuppenformation ausgelegten Druckprodukte verarbeitet zu der für den Verarbeitungsschritt 20 notwendigen wiederum kontinuierlichen Schuppenformation von Druckprodukten. Die in das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren einlaufende Schuppenformation kann sich dabei von der auslaufenden durch die Anzahl Schuppenströme und/oder durch die Geschwindigkeiten dieser Ströme unterscheiden, wobei die Produkteleistungen an Ein- und Ausgang zu einer gegebenen Zeit gleich oder verschieden sein können. Die beiden Schuppenformationen können sich aber auch durch die Sequenz, mit der verschiedenartige Druckprodukte aufeinander folgen, unterscheiden.The method according to the invention is used between two processing steps 10 and 20, wherein it processes the printed products which are continuously designed as scale formation from processing step 10 into the continuous scale formation of printed products necessary for processing step 20. The scale formation entering the method according to the invention can differ from the exiting formation by the number of scale flows and / or by the speeds of these flows, the product outputs at the inlet and outlet being able to be the same or different at a given time. However, the two scale formations can also differ in the sequence with which different types of printed products follow one another.

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren weist eine beliebige Anzahl von identischen Ein/Ausgängen für Schuppenströme auf. Diese Ein/Ausgänge sind je mit einem der Verarbeitungsschritte 10 oder 20 verbunden und erhalten erst durch diese Verbindung eine definitive Funktion als Eingang oder Ausgang. Dadurch wird das Verfahren an sehr verschiedene Paare von Verarbeitungsschritten 10 und 20 anpassbar. Es sind auch mehr als ein Schuppenstrom-liefernder Verarbeitungsschritt 10 und mehr als ein Schuppenstrom-verarbeitender Verarbeitungsschritt 20 denkbar.The method according to the invention has any number of identical inputs / outputs for scale streams. These inputs / outputs are each connected to one of the processing steps 10 or 20 and only receive a definite function as an input or output through this connection. This makes the method adaptable to very different pairs of processing steps 10 and 20. More than one shingled stream processing step 10 and more than one shingled stream processing step 20 are also conceivable.

Zur Zwischenlagerung und/oder Umordnung der in das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren einlaufenden Schuppenformation wird diese in Lagereinheiten aufgeteilt. Diese Lagereinheiten werden ein- und wieder ausgelagert in einem Lager, dessen Steuerung von den Verarbeitungsschritten 10 und 20, bzw. deren Produkte-Ausgang und Produkte-Eingang bestimmt wird.For intermediate storage and / or rearrangement of the scale formation entering the method according to the invention, it is divided into storage units. These storage units are put into and out of storage in a warehouse, the control of which is determined by processing steps 10 and 20, or their product output and product input.

Damit die Bewirtschaftung des Lagers die in der Aufgabenstellung genannten Forderungen erfüllt, sind die Vorrichtungen zur Lagerbewirtschaftung und die Lagereinheiten der Druckprodukte entsprechend aufeinander abgestimmt. Die Lagereinheiten sind mit einem Minimum an Lagerhilfsmaterial manipulier-transport- und lagerfähig. Dadurch wird Transportleistung und Lagerplatz eingespart. Die Lagereinheiten sind trotzdem möglichst gross. Dadurch wird Transportweg eingespart.So that the management of the warehouse fulfills the requirements mentioned in the task, the devices for warehouse management and the storage units of the printed products are coordinated accordingly. The storage units can be manipulated, transported and stored with a minimum of storage aids. This saves transport performance and storage space. The storage units are still as large as possible. This saves transportation.

Als weitere Verbesserung wird der Zyklus des Lagerhilfsmaterials, der innerhalb des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens abläuft, ganz in die Lagerbewirtschaftung für die Druckprodukte integriert. Dies wird möglich dadurch, dass auch das Lagerhilfsmaterial (für seine Rückführung) in Lagereinheiten gelagen wird. Diese Lagereinheiten entsprechen in ihrer Form den Lagereinheiten der Druckprodukte und die beiden Arten von Lagereinheiten können dadurch an austauschbaren Lagerplätzen gelagert werden.As a further improvement, the cycle of the storage auxiliary material, which takes place within the method according to the invention, is completely integrated into the storage management for the printed products. This is made possible by the fact that the storage auxiliary material (for its return) is also stored in storage units. The shape of these storage units corresponds to the storage units of the printed products, and the two types of storage units can thus be stored at interchangeable storage locations.

Die Integration des Zyklus des Lagerhilfsmaterials in die Lagerung der Druckprodukte wird dadurch vervollständigt, dass die erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtungen zur Durchführung des Verfahrens derart ausgestaltet sind, dass sie möglichst Druckprodukte und Lagerhilfsmaterial gleichermassen handhaben können, und dass der Zyklus des Lagerhilfsmaterials möglichst vollständig derselben Steuerung unterworfen ist wie die Lagerung der Druckprodukte.The integration of the cycle of the storage auxiliary material into the storage of the printed products is completed by the fact that the devices according to the invention for carrying out the method are designed in such a way that they can handle printed products and storage auxiliary material equally, if possible, and that the cycle of the storage auxiliary material is as completely as possible subject to the same control as the storage of the printed products.

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren und die erfindungsgemässe Anlage werden nun anhand der folgenden Figuren detailliert beschrieben. Steuersysteme für das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren, insbesondere für eine entsprechende Lagerbewirtschaftung sind bekannt, weshalb dieser Teil des Verfahrens nicht detailliert beschrieben werden muss. Die Figuren zeigen:

Figur 1
ein Verfahrensschema;
Figur 2
a und b zwei Ansichten einer Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung zur Durchführung der Funktionen der ersten Verfahrenszone 1, in der Wickel auf- und abgewickelt werden;
Figur 3
a, b und c drei Ansichten einer Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung zur Durchführung der Funktionen der zweiten Verfahrenszone 2, in der Lagereinheiten erstellt und aufgelöst werden.
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a, b und c zwei Schnitte und eine Draufsicht einer beispielhaften Ausführungsform einer erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtung zur Durchführung der Funktionen der dritten Verfahrenszone 3, in der Lagereinheiten ein- und ausgelagert werden;
Figur 5
eine beispielhafte Anlage zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens unter Anwendung der erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtungen.
The method according to the invention and the system according to the invention are now described in detail with reference to the following figures. Control systems for the method according to the invention, in particular for a corresponding warehouse management, are known, which is why this part of the method does not have to be described in detail. The figures show:
Figure 1
a procedural scheme;
Figure 2
a and b show two views of an embodiment of a device according to the invention for performing the functions of the first process zone 1, in which windings are wound up and unwound;
Figure 3
a, b and c three views of an embodiment of a device according to the invention for performing the functions of the second process zone 2, in which storage units are created and dissolved.
Figure 4
a, b and c show two sections and a top view of an exemplary embodiment of a device according to the invention for carrying out the functions of the third process zone 3, in which storage units are stored and removed;
Figure 5
an exemplary plant for performing the inventive method using the inventive devices.

Figur 1 zeigt das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren als Schema und dient zur Erläuterung der bereits beschriebenen Hauptmerkmale des Verfahrens. Der linke Teil des Schemas stellt das Verfahren rein abstrakt dar, der rechte Teil zeigt figürlich die verschiedenen Formationen von Druckprodukten und Hilfsmaterial. Das Verfahren ist in drei Verfahrenszonen aufgegliedert, in denen verschiedene Verfahrensschritte durchgeführt werden, und die von den Druckprodukten und vom Hilfsmaterial je in beiden Richtungen durchlaufen werden. Die Richtung, in der die Druckprodukte das Verfahren durchlaufen ist mit ausgefüllten Pfeilen, die Richtung des Lagerhilfsmaterials mit leeren Pfeilen und die Richtung der Lagerformationen der Druckprodukte, die Hilfsmaterial und Druckprodukte umfassen, mit entsprechenden Doppelpfeilen eingezeichnet. Die Darstellung des Durchlaufes von Druckprodukten und Hilfsmaterial durch das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren mit diesen separaten Pfeilen ist insofern irreführend, als diese Durchläufe eben nicht getrennt, sondern ineinander integriert ablaufen und dass eben diese Integriertheit ein wesentliches Merkmal des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens ist. Die Beschreibung wird aber detailliert auf dieses Merkmal eingehen. FIG. 1 shows the method according to the invention as a diagram and serves to explain the main features of the method already described. The left part of the diagram represents the process in a purely abstract manner, the right part shows figuratively the different formations of printed products and auxiliary material. The process is divided into three process zones, in which different process steps are carried out, and which the printed products and the auxiliary material each run through in both directions. The direction in which the printed products go through the process is shown with filled arrows, the direction of the storage aid material with empty arrows and the direction of the storage formations of the printed products, which include auxiliary material and printed products, with corresponding double arrows. The representation of the flow of printed products and auxiliary material through the method according to the invention with these separate arrows is misleading in that these cycles do not run separately, but integrated into one another, and that this integration is an essential feature of the method according to the invention. However, the description will go into this feature in detail.

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren weist in einer ersten Verfahrenszone 1 eine Anzahl (bspw. 6) Ein/Ausgänge für Druckprodukte in Schuppenstromformation auf, deren Funktion durch ihre Verbindung mit einem Schuppenstromliefernden Verarbeitungsschritt 10 oder einem Schuppenstrom-verarbeitenden Verarbeitungsschritt 20 bestimmt wird. In der Figur sind zwei Eingänge 1.1/2 und vier Ausgänge 1.3/4/5/6 dargestellt. In den als Eingänge funktionierenden Ein/Ausgängen 1.1/2 werden die Schuppenströme S in Lagervoreinheiten aufgeteilt, zum Beispiel zu Wickeln W aufgewickelt. Dazu werden Wickelkerne WK (Lagerhilfsmaterial) benötigt. In den als Ausgänge funktionierenden Ein/Ausgängen 1.3/4/5/6 werden die Lagervoreinheiten aufgelöst, beispielsweise Wickel W zu Schuppenströmen S abgewickelt, wobei Wickelkerne WK anfallen (Lagerhilfsmaterial).In a first process zone 1, the method according to the invention has a number (for example 6) of inputs / outputs for printed products in shingled stream formation, the function of which is determined by their connection to a processing step 10 or an shingling stream processing processing step 20. The figure shows two inputs 1.1 / 2 and four outputs 1.3 / 4/5/6. In the inputs / outputs 1.1 / 2 functioning as inputs, the shingled streams S are divided into pre-storage units, for example wound up into coils W. For this, winding cores WK (storage aid material) are required. In the inputs / outputs 1.3 / 4/5/6, which function as outputs, the pre-storage units are dissolved, for example windings W are processed into shingled streams S, winding cores WK being produced (auxiliary storage material).

Es ist nun durchaus vorstellbar, dass Wickel W und Wickelkerne WK direkt von der ersten Verfahrenszone (Eingangszone) 1 eingelagert werden. Vorteilhafterweise ist aber zwischen der Eingangszone 1 und der dritten Verfahrenszone 3, dem eigentlichen Lager, eine zweite Verfahrenszone 2 vorgeschaltet, in der die eigentlichen Lagereinheiten für Druckprodukte und für das Lagerhilfsmaterial erstellt werden. Diese Lagereinheiten sind beispielsweise liegende Wickelpaare WP als Lagereinheiten der Druckprodukte und lose Wickelkernrosetten R als Lagereinheiten des Lagerhilfsmaterials, die beide im wesentlichen einen Zylinder von gleichem Durchmesser und gleicher Höhe darstellen. Diese aus Druckprodukten und Wickelkernen (Wickelpaare) oder nur aus Wickelkernen (Rosetten) bestehenden Lagereinheiten werden in der dritten Verfahrenszone 3 beliebig austauschbar ein- und ausgelagert.It is now quite conceivable that the winding W and winding core WK are stored directly from the first processing zone (entrance zone) 1. Advantageously However, between the entrance zone 1 and the third processing zone 3, the actual warehouse, there is a second processing zone 2, in which the actual storage units for printed products and for the auxiliary storage material are created. These storage units are, for example, lying winding pairs WP as storage units of the printed products and loose winding core rosettes R as storage units of the storage auxiliary material, both of which essentially represent a cylinder of the same diameter and the same height. These storage units, which consist of printed products and winding cores (winding pairs) or only winding cores (rosettes), are interchangeably stored and removed in the third process zone 3.

Die in der ersten, zweiten und dritten Verfahrenszone eingesetzten Vorrichtungen zur Handhabung von Druckprodukten und Lagerhilfsmaterial sind derart ausgerüstet, dass sie möglichst sowohl Wickel bzw. Wickelpaare als auch Wickelkerne bzw. Kernrosetten handhaben können und dass sie die für die entsprechende Verfahrenszone notwendigen Handhabungen in beiden Richtungen, also in Richtung Ein-Ausgang und in Richtung Aus-Eingang, ausführen können. Das heisst für das Verfahrensbeispiel mit Wickeln als Lagervoreinheiten und liegenden Wickelpaaren als Lagereinheiten, dass die in den Ein/Ausgängen eingesetzten Wickelstationen zum Auf- und Abwickeln eingerichtet sind, dass die in der zweiten Verfahrenszone eingesetzten Vorrichtungen liegende Wickelpaare und Wickelkernrosetten erstellen und auflösen können und dass die in der dritten Verfahrenszone 3 eingesetzten Lagervorrichtungen liegende Wickelpaare und Wickelkernrosetten handhaben und in allen notwendigen Richtungen transportieren können.The devices used in the first, second and third process zones for handling printed products and storage aids are equipped in such a way that they can handle both windings or pairs of windings as well as winding cores or core rosettes and that they handle in both directions for the corresponding processing zone , that is, in the direction of the input and output direction. For the process example with windings as storage pre-units and lying winding pairs as storage units, this means that the winding stations used in the inputs / outputs are set up for winding and unwinding, that the devices used in the second processing zone can create and dissolve winding pairs and winding core rosettes, and that handle the winding pairs and winding core rosettes lying in the third process zone 3 and can transport them in all necessary directions.

Der Verarbeitungsschritt 10 kann beispielsweise eine Rotationspresse (oder mehrere Rotationspressen) sein, die gefaltete Dructibögen in Form von beispielsweise zwei Schuppenströmen liefert. Die Verarbeitungsstufe 20 kann beispielsweise eine Sammeleinrichtung, ein Einstecksystem oder ein sonstiges Weiterverarbeitungssystem (oder mehrere solcher Systeme) sein, in die die Bögen als beispielsweise vier Schuppenströme einlaufen und die beispielsweise je vier solcher Bögen in bestimmter Reihenfolge sammelt und sie in Vierergruppen weiteren Verarbeitungsschritten zuführt. Zur Herstellung von Telephonbüchern ist zum Beispiel eine Produktion aus zwei Rotationspressen, die über ein erfindungsgemässes Zwischenlagerungs- und Umordnungsverfahren bis zu dreissig oder mehr Sammlereingänge mit parallelen Schuppenströmen beliefert, denkbar.The processing step 10 can be, for example, a rotary press (or several rotary presses) that delivers folded printing sheets in the form of, for example, two scale streams. The processing stage 20 can be, for example, a collecting device, a plug-in system or another Further processing system (or several such systems), in which the sheets enter as, for example, four scale streams and which, for example, collects four such sheets in a specific order and feeds them in groups of four to further processing steps. For the production of telephone books, for example, production from two rotary presses is possible, which supplies up to thirty or more collector inputs with parallel shingled streams via an intermediate storage and rearrangement method according to the invention.

Der Schuppenstrom-liefernde Verarbeitungsschritt 10 bestimmt die Anzahl der anfallenden Schuppenströme, deren Geschwindigkeit und die zeitliche Abfolge -erschiedener Produkte in diesen Schuppenströmen. Der Schuppenstrom-verarbeitende Verarbeitungsschritt 20 bestimmt die Anzahl der gleichzeitig weiterverarbeiteten Schuppenströme, die Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit und die zeitliche Sequenz, mit der verschiedene Produkte verarbeitet werden. Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren setzt den beiden Verarbeitungsschritten 10 und 20 in bezug auf die Anzahl der zu- und abgeführten Schuppenströme keine Grenzen. Auch in bezug auf die Schuppenstromgeschwindigkeiten, auf deren Unterschied zwischen Zu- und Abfuhr und auf deren zeitliche Veränderung ist das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren nicht begrenzt, wohl aber die zur Durchführung des Verfahrens eingesetzten Vorrichtungen.The processing step 10 which supplies the shingled stream determines the number of shingling streams occurring, their speed and the chronological sequence of different products in these shingling streams. The scale stream processing step 20 determines the number of scale streams processed at the same time, the processing speed and the time sequence with which various products are processed. The method according to the invention places no limits on the two processing steps 10 and 20 with regard to the number of shingled streams fed in and out. The method according to the invention is also not limited with respect to the scale flow velocities, to the difference between supply and discharge and to their change over time, but the devices used to carry out the method are.

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren wird in den meisten Anwendungsfällen das Produkt nach einer Produktionssequenz (zeitliche Ordnung verschiedener, aufeinanderfolgender Produkte) empfangen und in einer sich von der Produktionssequenz unterscheidenden Weiterverarbeitungssequenz (zeitliche Ordnung der Weiterverarbeitung verschiedener Produkte) weitergeben, das heisst, es ordnet die Produkte um. Dabei sind nur Umordnungen möglich, die ganze Lagereinheiten betreffen. Das heisst mit anderen Worten, dass auf einem Wickelpaar oder mindestens auf einem Wickel nur eine Art Druckprodukt gelagert sein soll.In most applications, the method according to the invention will receive the product according to a production sequence (chronological order of different, successive products) and pass it on in a further processing sequence that differs from the production sequence (chronological order of further processing of different products), i.e. it rearranges the products. Only rearrangements that affect entire storage units are possible. In other words, that means only one type of printed product is to be stored in a winding pair or at least on one winding.

Aus dem Verarbeitungsschritt 10 läuft mindestens ein Schuppenstrom in einen Eingang 1.1, der als Wickelstation ausgebildet ist und in dem der Schuppenstrom mit Hilfe eines Bändels auf einen beispielsweise hohlzylindrischen Wikkelkern WK aufgewickelt wird. Dabei entsteht ein Wickel W, der mit waagrechter Drehachse in der Wickelstation hängt. Entsprechende Wickelstationen sind beispielsweise beschrieben in den US-Patentschriften No. 4 601 436, 4 769 973 und 4 898 336 derselben Anmelderin. Für das hier beschriebene Verfahren eignen sich besonders Wickelstationen wie beschrieben in EP-447 903 oder US-5176333 derselben Anmelderin, die hier als bekannt vorausgesetzt werden.From processing step 10, at least one shingled stream runs into an input 1.1, which is designed as a winding station and in which the shingled stream is wound onto a, for example, hollow-cylindrical winding core WK with the aid of a ribbon. This creates a winding W that hangs in the winding station with a horizontal axis of rotation. Corresponding winding stations are described, for example, in US Pat. No. 4,601,436, 4,769,973 and 4,898,336 by the same applicant. Winding stations as described in EP-447 903 or US-5176333 by the same applicant, which are assumed to be known here, are particularly suitable for the method described here.

Ferner werden in der Verfahrerszone 1 Wickelwechsler eingesetzt, die die vollen Wickel von den Wickelstationen entfernen und leere Wickelkerne darauf anbringen. Eine beispielhafte Ausführungsform einer derartigen Vorrichtung wird im Zusammenhang mit der Figur 2 beschrieben.Furthermore, 1 winder changer is used in the traversing zone, which removes the full reels from the winding stations and attaches empty reel cores to them. An exemplary embodiment of such a device is described in connection with FIG. 2.

Der in der Wickelstation erstellte Wickel wird in einer zweiten Verfahrenszone 2 von seiner Wickelposition (Drehachse waagrecht) in seine Lagerposition (Drehachse senkrecht) gedreht, und als liegendes Wickelpaar (Lagereinheit) in eine Pufferzone transportiert. Die Vorrichtung, die in dieser zweiten Verfahrenszone eingesetzt wird, wird im Zusammenhang mit der Figur 3 beschrieben.The winding created in the winding station is rotated in a second processing zone 2 from its winding position (horizontal axis of rotation) to its storage position (vertical axis of rotation), and is transported as a lying winding pair (storage unit) to a buffer zone. The device used in this second process zone is described in connection with FIG. 3.

Das Wickelpaar wird in der dritten Verfahrenszone 3 von der Pufferzone zum effektiven Zwischenlager transportiert und dort eingelagert. Der Durchmesser der Wickel und die Wickeltechnik sind derart, dass die Wickel ohne weitere Hilfsmittel, wie beispielsweise Lagergestelle oder Paletten, in Stapeln von bis zu 10 Wickelpaaren aufeinander gelagert werden können, wobei die Stapel auf dem Lagerboden stehen. Die für die Einlagerung eingesetzte Vorrichtung ist derart ausgestaltet, dass sie die Wickelpaare ohne weitere Hilfsmittel, wie bespielsweise Paletten, transportieren kann. Durch diese beiden Massnahmen kann die Ausnützung des Lagerraumes gegenüber bekannten Lagerverfahren um bis zu 50% erhöht werden. Der Lagerraum kann auch dadurch, dass er nur ein Minimum an festen Einbauten benötigt, jederzeit ganz oder teilweise anderen Funktionen dienen. Eine Vorrichtung für den Einsatz in der dritten Verfahrenszone 3 wird im Zusammenhang mit der Figur 4 beschrieben.The winding pair is transported in the third process zone 3 from the buffer zone to the effective interim storage facility and stored there. The diameter the winding and the winding technology are such that the windings can be stacked on one another in stacks of up to 10 pairs of coils without further aids, such as storage racks or pallets, the stacks standing on the storage floor. The device used for the storage is designed in such a way that it can transport the winding pairs without further aids, such as pallets. These two measures can increase the utilization of the storage space by up to 50% compared to known storage methods. The storage room can also serve all or part of other functions at any time because it requires only a minimum of fixed installations. A device for use in the third process zone 3 is described in connection with FIG. 4.

Bei Bedarf durch den Verarbeitungsschritt 20 werden die Wickelpaare wieder ausgelagert, das heisst vom Lagerplatz zur Pufferzone transportiert. Diese Auslagerung wird mit derselben Vorrichtung durchgeführt wie die Einlagerung.If required by processing step 20, the winding pairs are swapped out again, that is to say transported from the storage location to the buffer zone. This outsourcing is carried out with the same device as the stocking.

Von der Pufferzone wird das Wickelpaar abgeholt, und zur Wickelstation transportiert, währenddem die Lagereinheit aufgelöst, das heisst die beiden Wickel separiert und wieder in Wickelposition (Drehachse waagrecht) gedreht werden (zweite Verfahrenszone 2). Die eingesetzte Vorrichtung, die im Zusammenhang mit der Figur 3 beschrieben wird, ist derart ausgestaltet, dass sie für beide Durchlaufrichtungen durch die Verfahrenszone 2 eingesetzt werden kann.The winding pair is picked up from the buffer zone and transported to the winding station while the storage unit is being released, that is to say the two windings are separated and rotated back into the winding position (horizontal axis of rotation) (second processing zone 2). The device used, which is described in connection with FIG. 3, is designed in such a way that it can be used for both flow directions through process zone 2.

In einer Ausgangs-Wickelstation (z.B 1.3), die einer Eingangswickelstation entspricht, die von den Druckprodukten aber in der entgegengesetzten Richtung durchlaufen wird, wird der Wickel zu einem Schuppenstrom abgewickelt.In an exit winding station (eg 1.3), which corresponds to an entrance winding station, but through which the printed products pass in the opposite direction, the winding is unwound into a shingled stream.

Der Schuppenstrom oder entsprechend mehrere Schuppenströme werden in die Verarbeitungsstufe 20 geführt.The shingled stream or, correspondingly, a plurality of shingled streams are fed into the processing stage 20.

Die leeren Wickelkerne, die beim Abwickeln (Verfahrenszone 1) anfallen und beim Auffickeln wieder gebraucht werden, durchlaufen das erfindungsgemässe-Verfahren in einer dem Produkt entgegengesetzten Richtung. Sie werden in der zweiten Verfahrenszone 2 zu einer Pufferzone transportiert und zu einer Lagereinheit zusammengestellt. Die Lagereinheit besteht aus einer Rosette R, in der 18 Kerne, je drei aufeinander ohne weitere Hilfsmittel lose zusammengestellt sind. Für eine stabile Stapelbarkeit der Wickelkerne aufeinander ist es vorteilhaft beispielsweise die beiden schmalen kreisringförmigen Flächen der Wickelkerne als zwei Stufen zu gestalten, derart dass die untere Kante des einen Kernes in die obere Kante des anderen greifen kann. Der Transport der Wickelkerne von der Wickelstation zur Pufferzone wird mit Hilfe der gleichen Vorrichtung erledigt, wie der Transport der Wickel (siehe Figur 3 und entsprechende Beschreibung). Es ist denkbar, diese Vorrichtung derart auszugestalten, dass sie auch die Wickelkernrosetten erstellen kann. Die Rosetten können aber auch von einem entsprechend gesteuerten, speziellen Hebewerkzeug oder von Hand erstellt werden.The empty winding cores, which occur during unwinding (process zone 1) and are used again when being wound up, pass through the process according to the invention in a direction opposite to the product. In the second process zone 2, they are transported to a buffer zone and put together to form a storage unit. The storage unit consists of a rosette R, in which 18 cores, three on top of each other, are loosely assembled without any additional aids. For stable stackability of the winding cores on one another, it is advantageous, for example, to design the two narrow annular surfaces of the winding cores as two steps, so that the lower edge of one core can engage in the upper edge of the other. The transport of the winding cores from the winding station to the buffer zone is carried out using the same device as the transport of the windings (see FIG. 3 and corresponding description). It is conceivable to design this device in such a way that it can also produce the winding core rosettes. The rosettes can also be created by a correspondingly controlled, special lifting tool or by hand.

Der Platzbedarf einer Wickelkernrosette ist im wesentlichen derselbe wie der Platzbedarf eines liegenden Wickelpaares, das heisst, eine Rosette kann im Lager die Stelle eines Wickelpaares einnehmen und umgekehrt. Es ist also beispielsweise vorstellbar, dass derselbe Platz entweder von einem Stapel von 18 Wickeln (9 Wickelpaare) oder aber von den entsprechenden 18 Kernen in Form einer Rosette eingenommen wird. Die Vorrichtung zur Handhabung der Lagereinheiten muss derart ausgestaltet sein, dass sie auch Rosetten ein-und auslagern kann (siehe Figur 4 und entsprechende Beschreibung).The space requirement of a winding core rosette is essentially the same as the space requirement of a lying winding pair, that is, a rosette can take the place of a winding pair in the warehouse and vice versa. It is therefore conceivable, for example, that the same space is taken up either by a stack of 18 coils (9 pairs of coils) or by the corresponding 18 cores in the form of a rosette. The device for handling the storage units must be designed in such a way that it can also store and remove rosettes (see FIG. 4 and corresponding description).

Bei Bedarf wird die Rosette wieder ausgelagert (Verfahrenszone 3) und in eine Pufferzone gebracht. Der einzelne Wickelkern wird aus der Lagereinheit, die die Rosette darstellt, gelöst (Verfahrenszone 2), zu einer eingangs-Wickelstation (z.B 1.1) transportiert und dort eingesetzt, damit auf ihm ein neuer Wickel aufgewickelt werden kann (Verfahrenszone 1). Dabei werden in beiden Verfahrenszonen 2 und 1 möglichst dieselben Vorrichtungen eingesetzt für die Handhabung der leeren Wickelkerne wie für die Handhabung der Druckproduktewickel.If necessary, the rosette is removed again (process zone 3) and placed in a buffer zone. The individual winding core is released from the storage unit that represents the rosette (process zone 2), transported to an entrance winding station (e.g. 1.1) and inserted there so that a new winding can be wound on it (process zone 1). In both process zones 2 and 1, the same devices are used for handling the empty winding cores as possible for handling the printed product rolls.

Wenn die Verfahrensschritte 10 und 20 und das dazwischen geschaltete, erfindungsgemässe Verfahren von einer zentralen Intelligenz gesteuert werden, ergibt sich eine geschlossene Produktionsstrecke. Schwierig in die vollautomatische Zwischenlagerung einzuordnen sind Wickel, die viel kleiner sind als die normalen Wickel. Solche kleinen Wickel können beispielweise entstehen bei der Umstellung der Verarbeitungsstufe 10 auf ein anderes Produkt oder bei Produktions- oder Wickelstörungen. Es ist vorteilhaft derartige Heine Wickel schon ab Wickelstation aus dem Zwischenlagerzyklus zu entfernen (Pfeil 11) und mit anderen Mitteln der Weiterverarbeitung zuzuführen (Pfeil 12)If process steps 10 and 20 and the process according to the invention connected between them are controlled by a central intelligence, a closed production line results. Wraps that are much smaller than normal reels are difficult to classify in fully automatic interim storage. Such small windings can arise, for example, when converting processing stage 10 to another product or in the event of production or winding disruptions. It is advantageous to remove such Heine windings from the intermediate storage cycle from the winding station (arrow 11) and to use them for further processing (arrow 12).

Das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren läuft also zusammengefasst in drei Verfahrenszonen ab:

  • in der ersten Verfahrenszone 1, die an die Verarbeitungsschritte 10 und 20 anschliesst und in der Schuppenströme auf Wickelkerne aufgewickelt oder Wickel zu Schuppenströmen abgewickelt werden,
  • in der zweiten Verfahrenszone 2, in der Wickel und Kerne zwischen Pufferzone und Wickelstation transportiert werden und in der Lagereinheiten (liegende Wickelpaare und Kernrosetten) erstellt und aufgelöst werden,
  • und in der dritten Verfahrenszone 3, in der Lagereinheiten ein- und ausgelagert werden.
The process according to the invention thus runs in summary in three process zones:
  • in the first process zone 1, which follows processing steps 10 and 20 and in which shingled streams are wound onto winding cores or windings are wound into shingled streams,
  • in the second processing zone 2, in which windings and cores are transported between the buffer zone and winding station and in which storage units (lying winding pairs and core rosettes) are created and dissolved,
  • and in the third process zone 3, in which storage units are put in and out.

In allen Verfahrenszonen werden Druckprodukte und Lagerhilfsmaterial, das lediglich aus Wickelkernen mit Bändeln besteht, gehandhabt. Ein vorteilhaftes Merkmal des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens besteht darin, dass die in den einzelnen Verfahrenszonen eingesetzten Vorrichtungen Verfahrenszonenspezifisch, nicht Produkt- oder Lagerhilfsmaterial-spezifisch sind. Dadurch können die notwendige Anzahl und/oder der notwendige Transportweg der entsprechenden Vorrichtungen auf ein Minimum beschränkt, die übergeordnete Steuerung vereinfacht und die Kapazität erhöht werden.In all process zones, printed products and storage aids, which only consist of winding cores with ribbons, are handled. An advantageous feature of the process according to the invention is that the devices used in the individual process zones are process zone-specific, not product or storage aid material-specific. As a result, the necessary number and / or the necessary transport route of the corresponding devices can be kept to a minimum, the higher-level control simplified and the capacity increased.

Figuren 2a und b zeigen einen Wickelwechsler, eine beispielhafte Ausführungsform derjenigen Vorrichtung, die Wickel und leere Wickelkerne auf der Wickelstation einsetzt und von der Wickelstation abnimmt und die Wickel zu Wickelpaaren vereinigt. Der Wickelwechsler 40 ist zusammen mit der Wickelstation 30 als Ansicht in der Figur 2a mit Blickrichtung parallel zu den Wickelachsen und in Figur 2b mit Blickrichtung senkrecht zu den Wickelachsen dargestellt. FIGS. 2a and b show a winding changer, an exemplary embodiment of the device which uses windings and empty winding cores on the winding station and removes them from the winding station and combines the windings into pairs of windings. The winding changer 40 is shown together with the winding station 30 as a view in FIG. 2a with a viewing direction parallel to the winding axes and in FIG. 2b with a viewing direction perpendicular to the winding axes.

Die Wickelstation 30 ist derart ausgestaltet, dass sie immer einen Wickel bearbeitet (auf- oder abwickelt), während ein zweiter Wickel gewechselt wird. Die beiden Wickel der Wickelstation sind in der Richtung des ein- oder auslaufenden Schuppenstromes hintereinander angeordnet. Der Wickelwechsler 40 besteht im wesentlichen aus einem Transportmittel und einem Lagermittel, in der dargestellten Ausführungsform aus einer fahrbaren Hebevorrichtung 41 und einem Gestell 42. Die fahrbare und um 180° drehbare Hebevorrichtung 41 ist horizontal derart bewegbar, dass sie die Positionen der Wickel auf der Wickelstation (A und B) und die Position der Wickel auf dem Gestell (C) erreichen kann. Die Hebevorrichtung 41 ist mit mindestens einem (oder je einem linken und einem rechten, wegschwenkbaren) Heber 43 ausgerüstet, der derart ausgestaltet ist, dass er in den Wickelkern eines Wickels greifen und diesen anheben kann. Der Heber 43 ist in vertikaler Richtung beweglich und zwar mindestens zwischen der höchsten Position, die ein Wickelkern (leer oder mit Wickel) auf der Wickelstation 30 oder dem Gestell 42 einnehmen kann und der entsprechend niedrigsten Position. Das Gestell 42 ist mit einer Hängevorrichtung 44 für mindestens einen, in der dargestellten Ausführungsform für zwei Wickel, und einer kippbaren Halterung 45 für leere Wickelkerne ausgerüstet. Die Halterung 45 ist kippbar, damit die leeren Wickelkerne damit aktiv auf ein weiteres Transportmittel verladen werden können.The winding station 30 is designed in such a way that it always processes (winds up or unwinds) a winding while a second winding is changed. The two windings of the winding station are arranged one behind the other in the direction of the incoming or outgoing shingled stream. The reel changer 40 essentially consists of a means of transport and a storage means, in the embodiment shown a mobile lifting device 41 and a frame 42. The mobile lifting device 41, which can be rotated by 180 °, can be moved horizontally in such a way that it positions the reels on the winding station (A and B) and the position of the wraps on the frame (C) can reach. The lifting device 41 is equipped with at least one (or one left and one right, pivotable away) jack 43, which is designed such that it can grip into the winding core of a winding and lift it. The lifter 43 is movable in the vertical direction and at least between the highest position that a winding core (empty or with a winding) on the winding station 30 or the frame 42 can assume and the correspondingly lowest position. The frame 42 is equipped with a hanging device 44 for at least one, in the embodiment shown for two windings, and a tiltable holder 45 for empty winding cores. The holder 45 can be tilted so that the empty winding cores can thus be actively loaded onto another means of transport.

Wenn die Wickelstation eine aufwickelnde Funktion hat (Produkte-Eingang in das erfindungsgemässe Verfahren), holt die Hebevorrichtung 41 mit dem Heber 43 volle Wickel von der Wickelstation und hängt sie an der Hängevorrichtung 44 des Gestelles 42 auf. Daneben holt sie leere Wickelkerne von der Halterung 45 und setzt sie an der Wickelstation ein. Bei abwickelnder Funktion der Wickelstation (Produkte-Ausgang aus dem erfindungsgemässen Verfahren) ist die Funktion des Wickelwechslers umgekehrt. Es ist vorteilhaft, den Wickelwechsler derart auszulegen, dass er zwei parallel angeordnete Wickelstationen bedienen kann, indem er sich zwischen diesen bewegt. Der Wickelwechsler ist einer Steuerung unterworfen, die mit der Steuerung der Wickelstation koordiniert ist.If the winding station has a winding function (product input into the method according to the invention), the lifting device 41 with the lifter 43 fetches full windings from the winding station and hangs them on the hanging device 44 of the frame 42. In addition, it fetches empty winding cores from the holder 45 and inserts them at the winding station. When the winding station functions (product output from the method according to the invention), the function of the winding changer is reversed. It is advantageous to design the winding changer in such a way that it can operate two winding stations arranged in parallel by moving between them. The winding changer is subjected to a control which is coordinated with the control of the winding station.

Figuren 3a bis c zeigen ein Pendelfahrzeug 50, eine Ausführungsform derjenigen Vorrichtung, die die Wickelpaare vom Gestell 42 übernimmt oder an ihn abgibt, ihre Lage verändert und leere Wickelkerne und Wickel zwischen dem Gestell 42 und der Pufferzone transportiert. Figur 3a zeigt das Pendelfahrzeug als Ansicht mit einer Blickrichtung senkrecht zu den Achsen der Wickel, die das Fahrzeug zu übernehmen hat, Figur 3b mit einer Blickichtung parallel zu diesen Achsen und Figur 3c von oben. Ein derartiges Pendelfahrzeug holt und bringt Wickel, in der dargestellten Ausführungsform Wickelpaare, und leere Wickelkerne von den Gestellen 42 und transportiert sie zu einer Pufferstelle. Das bedeutende Merkmal des Pendelfahrzeuges besteht darin, dass es mit Mitteln ausgestattet ist, mit deren Hilfe es die Wickel von einer aufrechten in eine liegende Position drehen kann und umgekehrt. Das Pendelfahrzeug bewegt sich vorteilhafterweise auf Schienen zwischen demjenigen Gestell 42, die es bedient und der Pufferstelle. Je nach Kapazität und örtlicher Anordnung einer ganzen Anlage zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens wird ein derartiges Pendelfahrzeug alle Wickelstationen, die als Ein- und Ausgangsstationen funktionieren, bedienen oder es werden für je die Eingänge und die Ausgänge ein oder mehrere derartige Pendelfahrzeuge eingesetzt (siehe auch Beschreibung der Figur 5). Ähnliche Vorrichtungen sind auch in den Publikationen EP-230 677, EP-243 753, EP-311 869 und EP-333 648 beschrieben. FIGS. 3a to c show a shuttle vehicle 50, an embodiment of the device which takes over or delivers the winding pairs from the frame 42, changes their position and transports empty winding cores and windings between the frame 42 and the buffer zone. FIG. 3a shows the shuttle vehicle as a view with a viewing direction perpendicular to the axes of the windings which the vehicle has to take over, FIG. 3b with a viewing direction parallel to these axes and Figure 3c from above. Such a shuttle vehicle fetches and brings windings, in the illustrated embodiment winding pairs, and empty winding cores from the frames 42 and transports them to a buffer location. The important feature of the shuttle vehicle is that it is equipped with means by which it can turn the wrap from an upright to a lying position and vice versa. The shuttle vehicle advantageously moves on rails between the frame 42 it serves and the buffer point. Depending on the capacity and local arrangement of an entire system for carrying out the method according to the invention, such a shuttle vehicle will serve all winding stations that function as entry and exit stations, or one or more shuttle vehicles of this type will be used for the inputs and outputs (see also description) of Figure 5). Similar devices are also described in the publications EP-230 677, EP-243 753, EP-311 869 and EP-333 648.

Wie bereits im Zusammenhang mit dem Verfahren erwähnt, können die einzelnen Funktionen der Verfahrenszone 2, der Transport von Wickeln und Wickelkernen und das Erstellen der beiden Lagereinheiten (liegendes Wickelpaar und Kernrosette) auf verschiedene Vorrichtungen verteilt werden. So stellt denn die dargestellte beispielhafte Ausführungsvariante ein Pendelfahrzeug dar, das keine Kernrosetten erstellen oder solche auflösen kann. Die Wickelkerne werden an der Pufferstelle automatisch aus dem Pendelfahrzeug geladen, müssen aber mit einem entsprechend gesteuerten Hebewerkzeug oder von Hand zu Rosetten aufgestapelt werden und umgekehrt müssen die Wickelkerne mit einem entsprechenden Hebewerkzeug oder von Hand von der Rosette einzeln in das Fahrzeug geladen werden.As already mentioned in connection with the process, the individual functions of process zone 2, the transport of windings and winding cores and the creation of the two storage units (lying winding pair and core rosette) can be distributed to different devices. The exemplary embodiment shown represents a shuttle vehicle that cannot create or dissolve core rosettes. The winding cores are automatically loaded from the shuttle vehicle at the buffer point, but must be stacked with an appropriately controlled lifting tool or by hand to form rosettes and vice versa, the winding cores must be loaded individually into the vehicle using a suitable lifting tool or by hand from the rosette.

Das Pendelfahrzeug besteht aus einem Chassis 55, das mit Rädern 51 auf Schienen 52 fährt. Das Chassis ist derart asymmetrisch auf den Rädern positioniert, dass das Fahrzeug senkrecht zur Fahrtrichtung sehr asymmetrisch beladen werden kann. Auf dem Chassis ist eine doppelt kippbare Wickelzange 53 angebracht. Einerseits ist die Wickelzange um die Achse X kippbar, wobei sie ein liegend festgehaltenes Wickelpaar 54 in eine stehende Position 54′ bringt. Ferner ist die Wickelzange um eine Achse Z kippbar, wobei das stehende Wickelpaar 54' in eine Ausladeposition 54˝ gebracht wird, die in ihrer Höhe und senkrecht zur Fahrtrichtung des Pendelfahrzeuges der Position des Gestells 42 entspricht. Die beschriebene Funktion der Bewegung der Wickelzange bezieht sich auf ihre Funktion im Zusammenhang mit einer abwickelnden Wickelstation. Für eine aufwickelnde Station ist die Funktion umzukehren. Die Wickelzange 53 besteht aus zwei parallel zueinander angeordneten und gegeneinander beweglichen Zangenarmen 53.1 und 53.2, die ihrerseits beispielsweise aus je zwei Fingern bestehen können. Die beiden Zangenarme 53.1 und 53.2 der Wickelzange 53 sind mit einem entsprechenden Antrieb derart gegeneinander bewegbar, dass sie ein Wickelpaar mit einer genügenden Kraft festhalten können, um dieses frei und ohne andere Hilfsmittel sicher transportieren zu können.The shuttle vehicle consists of a chassis 55 which drives wheels 51 on rails 52. The chassis is positioned asymmetrically on the wheels, that the vehicle can be loaded very asymmetrically perpendicular to the direction of travel. A double-tilting winding tongs 53 are attached to the chassis. On the one hand, the winding tongs can be tilted about the axis X, whereby they bring a lying-held winding pair 54 into a standing position 54 '. Furthermore, the winding tongs can be tilted about an axis Z, the standing winding pair 54 'being brought into an unloading position 54' which corresponds to the position of the frame 42 in height and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the shuttle vehicle. The described function of the movement of the winding tongs relates to its function in connection with an unwinding winding station. The function must be reversed for a winding station. The winding tongs 53 consist of two tongs arms 53.1 and 53.2 which are arranged parallel to one another and are movable relative to one another and which in turn can each consist of two fingers, for example. The two tongs arms 53.1 and 53.2 of the winding tongs 53 can be moved relative to one another with a corresponding drive in such a way that they can hold a pair of windings with sufficient force to be able to transport them freely and without other aids.

Das Chassis 55 weist auch einen Transportraum 56 für Wickelkerne WK auf. Im Transportraum 56 sind Mittel angebracht, mit deren Hilfe Kerne aus dem Transportraum befördert werden können.The chassis 55 also has a transport space 56 for winding cores WK. Means are attached in the transport space 56, with the aid of which cores can be transported out of the transport space.

Figuren 4a bis c zeigt eine beispielhafte Ausführungsform eines Greifers 60, der in der dritten Verfahrenszone eingesetzt wird und mit dem Lagereinheiten von Druckprodukten (liegende Wickelpaare) und von Wickelkernen (Rosetten) ergriffen und transportiert werden können. Der dargestellte Greifer kann ebenfalls einzelne Wickel ergreifen und festhalten. Die Figuren stellen den Greifer im Schnitt (Schnittebenen parallel zur Rotationsachse eines ergriffenen Wickels) dar mit einem ergriffenen Wickelpaar (Figur 4a) und mit einer ergriffenen Wickelkernrosette (Figur 4b) und als Draufsicht (Figur 4c). FIGS. 4a to c show an exemplary embodiment of a gripper 60 which is used in the third process zone and with which storage units of printed products (lying winding pairs) and of winding cores (rosettes) can be gripped and transported. The gripper shown can also grip and hold individual windings. The figures show the gripper in section (cutting planes parallel to the axis of rotation of a gripped roll) with a gripped pair of rolls (FIG. 4a) and with a gripped winding core rosette (FIG. 4b) and as a top view (FIG. 4c).

Der Greifer 60 wird für seine Funktion in der Verfahrenszone 3 an einer üblichen Lagervorrichtung befestigt und ist damit in allen Richtungen bewegbar (Pfeilkreuz P). Diese Lagervorrichtung kann beispielsweise ein auf Schienen laufendes Fahrzeug sein, das das Lager durch eine Schlucht bedient, oder sie kann ein Flächenkran sein, der das Lager flächig von oben bedient. Die Kapazität der ganzen Installation, die Geschwindigkeit der Lagervorrichtung und die Fläche des Lagers bestimmen, wie viele Lagervorrichtungen mit Greifern eingesetzt werden müssen.The gripper 60 is fastened to a conventional storage device for its function in the process zone 3 and can thus be moved in all directions (arrow cross P). This storage device can be, for example, a vehicle running on rails, which serves the warehouse through a ravine, or it can be a surface crane, which serves the warehouse from above. The capacity of the whole installation, the speed of the storage device and the area of the storage determine how many storage devices have to be used with grippers.

Der Greifer 60 besteht im wesentlichen aus einem beispielsweise sternförmigen Greiferkörper 61 mit einer zentralen Anformung 62. Der Greiferkörper 61 hat im Betrieb eine waagrechte Lage und weist im Betrieb gegen unten ausladende äussere Greifmittel 70 zum Ergreifen eines Wickelpaares WP und innere Greifmittel 80 zum Ergreifen einer Wickelkernrosette R auf.The gripper 60 essentially consists of, for example, a star-shaped gripper body 61 with a central projection 62. In operation, the gripper body 61 has a horizontal position and, in operation, has outer gripping means 70 protruding downwards for gripping a pair of windings WP and inner gripping means 80 for gripping a winding core rosette R on.

Die äusseren Greifmittel 70 weisen Doppelbacken 71.1/2 auf, die relativ zum Greiferkörper 61 mit Hilfe eines entsprechenden Antriebes (in der Figur nicht dargestellt) radial bewegt werden können (Pfeil Q) und mit denen eine radiale Kraft auf ein Wickelpaar WP oder einen einzelnen Wickel W ausgeübt werden kann, die genügt, um den Wickel festzuhalten. Die Doppelbacken 71.1/2 können in ihrer Funktion unterstützt sein durch weitere Haltemittel 72, die an der zentralen Anformung 62 angebracht sind und die innerhalb der Wickelkerne der Wickel radial bewegt werden und eine radiale Kraft auf die Wickelkerne WK der einzelnen Wickel des Wickelpaares ausüben können. Die Haltemittel 72 sind zu diesem Zwecke mit entsprechenden elastischen Mitteln oder mit einem entsprechenden Antrieb (in der Figur nicht dargestellt) verbunden. Zum Ergreifen und Festhalten eines Wickelpaares werden die äusseren Greifmittel 70 in ihre äusserste Position gefahren, die zusätzlichen Haltemittel 72 in ihre innerste Position. Dann wird der Greifer über das Wickelpaar gefahren und abgesenkt, bis der Greiferkörper 61 auf dem Wickelpaar WP oder die zentrale Anformung 62 auf der Unterlage (nur ein Wickel zu erfassen) aufliegt. Die äusseren Greifmittel 70 werden dann gegen die Wickelaussenflächen gefahren, die zusätzlichen Haltemittel 72 gegen den Wickelkern WK, um die Wickel festzuhalten.The outer gripping means 70 have double jaws 71.1 / 2, which can be moved radially relative to the gripper body 61 with the aid of a corresponding drive (not shown in the figure) (arrow Q) and with which a radial force is exerted on a winding pair WP or an individual winding W can be exercised, which is sufficient to hold the winding. The function of the double jaws 71.1 / 2 can be supported by further holding means 72 which are attached to the central projection 62 and which are moved radially within the winding cores of the windings and can exert a radial force on the winding cores WK of the individual windings of the winding pair. For this purpose, the holding means 72 are connected to corresponding elastic means or to a corresponding drive (not shown in the figure). In order to grip and hold a pair of coils, the outer gripping means 70 are moved into their outermost position, the additional holding means 72 into their innermost position. Then the gripper over it The winding pair is moved and lowered until the gripper body 61 rests on the winding pair WP or the central molding 62 on the base (only one winding is to be gripped). The outer gripping means 70 are then moved against the outer winding surfaces, the additional holding means 72 against the winding core WK in order to hold the windings in place.

Die inneren Greifmittel 80 sind auf einem Kreis um die zentrale Anformung 62 angeordnet, wobei dieser Kreis dem Kreis entspricht, auf dem die Mittelpunkte der Wickekerne einer Kernrosette liegen. Die inneren Greifmittel 80 dienen dazu, Wickelkernrosetten R zu ergreifen und festzuhalten. Wenn der Greifer mit einem Wickelpaar beschäftigt ist, sind die inneren Greifmittel 80 aufgeklappt (Figur 4a). Für diese Klappbewegung (Pfeil H) sind die inneren Greifmittel 80 mit einem entsprechenden Antrieb (in den Figuren nicht dargestellt) verbunden. Die inneren Greifmittel 80 bestehen im wesentlichen aus senkrecht zur Hauptebene des Greiferkörpers 61 angeordneten, in ihrer Länge verstellbaren (Pfeil U) Armen 81 und Spreizmitteln 82, die radial zu den Armen verstellbar (Pfeil T) sind, und die von innen eine Kraft gegen einen Wickelkern ausüben können. Die Arme 81 und die Spreizmittel 82 sind für die genannten Bewegungen mit entsprechenden Antrieben verbunden (in den Figuren nicht dargestellt).The inner gripping means 80 are arranged on a circle around the central projection 62, this circle corresponding to the circle on which the center points of the winding cores of a core rosette lie. The inner gripping means 80 serve to grip and hold winding core rosettes R. When the gripper is busy with a pair of coils, the inner gripping means 80 are opened (FIG. 4a). For this folding movement (arrow H), the inner gripping means 80 are connected to a corresponding drive (not shown in the figures). The inner gripping means 80 consist essentially of perpendicularly to the main plane of the gripper body 61, their length adjustable (arrow U) arms 81 and spreading means 82, which are adjustable radially to the arms (arrow T), and a force against one from the inside Can exercise winding core. The arms 81 and the spreading means 82 are connected to corresponding drives for the movements mentioned (not shown in the figures).

Zum Ergreifen einer Kernrosette werden die inneren Greifmittel 80 ausgefahren (H), der Greifer 60 über die Rosette bewegt und auf sie abgesenkt. Die Arme 81 werden auf ihre maximale Länge ausgefahren (U), wenn die Rosette aus je drei aufeinander aufgeschichteten Kernen besteht, oder in eine entsprechend kürzere Position für Rosetten von nur je ein oder zwei Kernen aufeinander. Die Spreizmittel werden ausgefahren (T) und derart die Rosette festgehalten.To grip a core rosette, the inner gripping means 80 are extended (H), the gripper 60 is moved over the rosette and lowered onto it. The arms 81 are extended to their maximum length (U) if the rosette consists of three cores stacked one on top of the other, or into a correspondingly shorter position for rosettes of only one or two cores on each other. The spreading means are extended (T) and the rosette is held in this way.

Figur 5 zeigt eine beispielhafte Anlage zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemässen Verfahrens mit den erfindungsgemässen Vorrichtungen. Es handelt sich dabei um eine kleine Anlage, die beliebig vergrössert werden kann. FIG. 5 shows an example of an installation for carrying out the method according to the invention with the devices according to the invention. It is a small system that can be enlarged as required.

Die Figur zeigt eine Rotationspresse, die den Verarbeitungsschritt 10 darstellt, und ein System zum Zusammentragen -erschiedener Druckprodukte, das den Verarbeitungsschritt 20 darstellt. Die Rotationspresse legt beispielsweise zwei Schuppenströme aus, die von zwei Wickelstationen 30.1 und 30.2 aufgewickelt werden, während das System zum Zusammentragen der Druckprodukte beispielsweise von sechs abwickelnden Wickelstationen 30.3 bis 30.8 beliefert wird. Zwischen je zwei Wickelstationen ist ein Wickelwechsler angeordnet mit je einem Transportmittel 41.1 bis 41.4, das zwei Lagermittel (Gestelle) 42.1/2 bis 42.7/8 bedient. Die Gesamtheit der Wickelstationen und der Wickelwechsler stellt die Verfahrenszone 1 dar.The figure shows a rotary press, which represents the processing step 10, and a system for collating various printed products, which represents the processing step 20. The rotary press, for example, sets out two shingled streams that are wound up by two winding stations 30.1 and 30.2, while the system for gathering the printed products is supplied, for example, by six unwinding winding stations 30.3 to 30.8. Between each winding station there is a winding changer, each with a means of transport 41.1 to 41.4, which serves two storage means (frames) 42.1 / 2 to 42.7 / 8. Process zone 1 represents the entirety of the winding stations and the winding changer.

Parallel zur Linie der Lagermittel 42.1 bis 42.8 der Wickelwechsler verläuft die Bahn 52 des Pendelfahrzeuges 50, die an ihrem einen Ende an der Pufferstelle 90 endet. Wenn die ganze Anlage nur mit einem Pendelfahrzeug betrieben wird, wie die in der Figur dargestellte, muss die Pufferstelle dreiteilig sein. Sie weist eine Übergabestelle 90.1 auf, die derart ausgebildet ist, dass das Pendelfahrzeug von ihr Wickelpaare aufnehmen und an sie abgeben kann. Die Pufferstelle weist zudem einen Zuführpuffer 90.2 und einen Abführpuffer 90.3 auf. Aus dem Zuführpuffer 90.2, der beispielsweise als Förderband ausgestaltet ist, werden Wickelpaare auf die Übernahmestelle 90.1 befördert, der Abführpuffer 90.3 nimmt Wickelpaare ab der Übernahmestelle 90.1 auf. Ferner weist die Pufferstelle auch eine Stelle 90.4 auf, in der Wickelkernrosetten R erstellt und aufgelöst werden.The path 52 of the shuttle 50 runs parallel to the line of the bearing means 42.1 to 42.8 of the winding changer and ends at one end at the buffer point 90. If the entire system is operated with only one shuttle vehicle, such as that shown in the figure, the buffer point must be in three parts. It has a transfer point 90.1, which is designed in such a way that the shuttle vehicle can pick up winding pairs from it and deliver them to it. The buffer location also has a feed buffer 90.2 and a discharge buffer 90.3. From the feed buffer 90.2, which is designed, for example, as a conveyor belt, pairs of coils are conveyed to the take-over point 90.1, and the discharge buffer 90.3 receives pairs of coils from the take-over point 90.1. Furthermore, the buffer location also has a location 90.4 in which winding core rosettes R are created and dissolved.

Das eigentliche Lager, das die Verfahrenszone 3 darstellt, ist ein Raum 91, der von mindestens einer Lagervorrichtung 92 mit einem Greifer 60 bedient wird. Die Lagervorrichtung 92 ist derart ausgelegt, dass sie neben dem ganzen Lagerraum auch den Zuführpuffer 90.2, den Abführpuffer 90.3 und die Stelle der Rosettenbildung 90.4 erreichen kann.The actual warehouse, which represents process zone 3, is a space 91 which is served by at least one storage device 92 with a gripper 60. The storage device 92 is designed such that, in addition to the entire storage space, it can also reach the feed buffer 90.2, the discharge buffer 90.3 and the location of the rosette formation 90.4.

Für grössere Anlagen ist es vorteilhaft, das Lager zwischen dem Schuppenstrom-liefernden Verarbeitungsschritt 10 und dem Schuppenstrom-verarbeitenden Verarbeitungsschritt 20 anzuordnen, sodass die Wickelpaare das Lager zwischen einem Lagereingang und einem Lagerausgang durchlaufen. Der Lagereingang und der Lagerausgang sind dann je mit einer Pufferstelle ausgerüstet und für den Lagereingang (ab Verarbeitungsschritt 10) und den Lagerausgang (zu Verarbeitungsschritt 20) wird je ein Pendelfahrzeug eingesetzt, das dann immer nur in einer Richtung Wickelpaare transportiert.For larger systems, it is advantageous to arrange the warehouse between the processing step 10 which supplies the shingled stream and the processing step 20 which processes the shingled stream, so that the winding pairs pass through the warehouse between a storage entrance and a storage exit. The warehouse entrance and the warehouse exit are then each equipped with a buffer point and a shuttle vehicle is used for the warehouse entrance (from processing step 10) and the warehouse exit (to processing step 20), which then only transports winding pairs in one direction.

Die ganze Anlage ist- einer übergeordneten Intelligenz unterworfen, die die Lagertätigkeit mit der Arbeit der Verarbeitungsschritte 10 und 20 koordiniert.The entire system is subjected to a higher level of intelligence, which coordinates the warehouse activity with the work of processing steps 10 and 20.

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  1. Method for the intermediate storage and/or rearrangement of printed products in scale formation between scale formation-supplying and scale formation-processing steps (10, 20), at least one scale flow (S) from a scale formation-supplying processing step (10) in at least one winding station (30) is wound on corresponding winding cores (WK) to rolls (W) and in at least one winding station (30) by unwinding such rolls (W) at least one scale flow (S) for the scale formation-processing processing step (20) is produced, use being made at the winding stations (30) of winding cores (Wk) and rolls (W) are removed or inserted and winding cores (WK) removed and between the winding on and unwinding in the winding stations (30) rolls (W) and winding cores (WK) are manipulated, transported and placed in and removed from store, characterized in that the winding cores are the sole storage aids and that the intermediate storage and/or rearrangement of the printed products and the circuit of the winding cores are combined to a fully automatable sequence in that from rolls (W) and winding cores (WK) for manipulating, transporting and placing in and removing from store are formed storage units (WP, R), the storage unit (WP) of rolls (W) is a horizontal roll or a plurality of successive horizontal rolls and the storage unit (R) of winding cores (WK) is a plurality of winding cores (WK) formed into a rosette and the storage units (WP) of rolls and the storage units (R) of winding cores are so dimensioned that they can be stored on interchangeable storage locations.
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that in a first zone (1) scale flows are wound onto and unwound from winding cores (WK), that in a second zone (2) rolls (W) and empty winding cores (WK) are transported between the winding stations of the first zone (1) and buffer zones and from rolls (W) and empty winding cores (WK) are produced storage units (WP, R), that the storage unit (WP) of rolls (W) in its form essentially corresponds to the storage unit (R) of the empty winding cores (Wk), so that they can interchangeably take up identical storage locations, that in a third zone (3) storage units (WP) of rolls (W) and storage units (W) of winding cores (WK) are placed in and removed from store and that rolls (W) and empty winding cores (WK) pass through the zones in substantially oppositely directed directions.
  3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that for forming storage units (WP) from rolls (W) two rolls are coaxially arranged and brought together into a horizontal position and that for forming storage units (W) from winding cores (WK) six cylinders of in each case up to three loosely vertically superimposed winding cores (WK) are arranged in rosette-like manner.
  4. Method according to one of the claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the storage units (WP) of rolls and the storage units (R) of winding cores are manipulated and transported with the same manipulating and transporting devices.
  5. Installation for performing the method according to one of the claims 1 to 4, said installation having at least two winding stations (30) and means for changing, transporting, manipulating and placing in and removing from store rolls (W) and winding cores (WK), said means comprising a shuttle vehicle, characterized in that with the winding stations (30) is associated at least one roll changer (40), said roll changer (40) having a transporting means (41) and at least one stationary storage means (42), that the shuttle vehicle (50) is designed for the transportation of rolls (W) and winding cores (WK) between the at least one roll changer (40) and a buffer station (90) and has means for carrying rolls and for rotating rolls into a horizontal position and a transportation space (56) for transporting winding cores and that the installation has at least one storage device (92) serving a storage space (91) and having a gripper (60) for manipulating storage units (WP) of rolls (W) and storage units (R) of winding cores (R).
  6. Installation according to claim 5, characterized in that the storage means (42) of the roll changer (40) has a suspending device (44) for at least one roll and a holder (45) for at least one winding core, the holder (45) having drive means with which the at least one winding core can be moved out of the holder.
  7. Installation according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the shuttle vehicle has a roll clamp (53) movably arranged in such a way that a roll or a roll pair, which is secured by the roll clamp, can be brought into two vertical and one horizontal positions.
  8. Installation according to one of the claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the gripper (60) of the storage device has outer gripping means (70) for gripping and securing a roll or a roll pair and inner gripping means (80) for gripping and securing a winding core rosette and that the inner gripping means (80) are movably arranged in such a way that they can be swung away for gripping rolls.
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