EP0604808A1 - Machine d'emballage - Google Patents

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EP0604808A1
EP0604808A1 EP93119971A EP93119971A EP0604808A1 EP 0604808 A1 EP0604808 A1 EP 0604808A1 EP 93119971 A EP93119971 A EP 93119971A EP 93119971 A EP93119971 A EP 93119971A EP 0604808 A1 EP0604808 A1 EP 0604808A1
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Bernhard Domeier
Dieter Rumm
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Krones AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/14—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation
    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
    • B65B21/183—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks the grippers moving in an endless path
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/02—Packaging or unpacking of bottles in or from preformed containers, e.g. crates
    • B65B21/08—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers
    • B65B21/12—Introducing or removing single bottles, or groups of bottles, e.g. for progressive filling or emptying of containers using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks

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  • the invention relates to a packaging machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a packaging machine which takes up little space, with which articles can simultaneously be packed into containers or unpacked from them with high output.
  • the article conveyor has a feed section for feeding the articles to be packaged, which is driven in the same direction as the container conveyor, and a discharge section for removing the articles removed from the pack. Between the feed section and the discharge section, there is an installation-free space for free passage of the packing heads positively controlled in their orbit in the direction of the container conveyor.
  • This arrangement allows the packing heads to have an orbit with a total of three working points, in each of which the gripping elements of a packing head can be reversed from an access position to a handle release position or vice versa.
  • each packing head has two groups of gripping elements next to one another, one group of gripping elements each being assigned to the empty containers and the second group to the containers equipped with articles to be unpacked.
  • the packaging machine shown in Fig. 1 is intended for packing and unpacking bottles in or out of boxes.
  • the box conveyor 7, 8 transports the boxes 3, 4 horizontally past the packing machine at a constant pitch.
  • the container conveyor has two parallel conveyor tracks, with 7 empty boxes 3, e.g. coming from a box washing machine, and boxes 4 filled with empty bottles on the conveyor track 8, e.g. coming from a depalletizing machine, at the same time fed in pairs next to each other.
  • the bottles 5 to be packed in the empty boxes e.g. Coming from a labeling machine or a filler are fed through the bottle feeder 9 arranged horizontally above the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor.
  • a bottle removal conveyor 10 aligned with the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor.
  • the conveying level of the bottle conveyor 10 is lower than that of the bottle conveyor 9.
  • the packing heads 1 indicated schematically in FIG. 2 each have a first and a second group 13 and 14 of gripping elements 2, the first group 13 the bottles 5 to be packed, ie the bottle feeder 9 and the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor, and the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 is assigned to the bottles 6 to be unpacked, that is to say the bottle conveyor 10 and the conveyor track 8 of the box conveyor.
  • the gripping elements 2 of each of the two groups 13 and 14 can be reversed independently of one another or at the same time alternately from a grip release position into an access position and vice versa.
  • Fig. 1 it can be clearly seen that the packing heads 1 are guided by the packing machine on a vertical orbit 30.
  • the orbit 30 has three working positions, when they pass through a packing head, the gripping elements are reversed from the access position to the grip release position and / or from the grip release position to the access position.
  • the working point I is assigned to the bottle feeder 9, the working point II to the box conveyor 7, 8 and the working point III to the bottle removal conveyor 10.
  • the packing machine itself essentially consists of a continuously driven carrier 11 rotating in a vertical plane, to which a packing head 1 is movably attached in each case via a multi-articulated lever mechanism.
  • the multi-articulated lever mechanism has a total of four levers 103, 104, 105 and 106 per packing head, the two levers 103 and 105 articulated on the rotating carrier 11 having a cam roller 103A and 105A.
  • a fixed curve carrier 100 with two closed groove curves 101 and 102 is arranged behind the rotating carrier 11.
  • the cam roller 103A of the lever 103 is in the groove curve 101 and the cam roller 105A of the lever 105 is in the groove curve 102 guided.
  • each packing head 1 is assigned a straight guide device, not shown, which ensures a constant horizontal position of the packing head 1 during its entire orbit in its orbit 30.
  • the packing head 1 When a packing head 1 rotates completely in the orbit 30, the packing head is first lowered in the area of the bottle feeder 9 to the front bottles 5, which are in a closed bottle pack, and when the working point I is reached, the gripping elements 2 of the first group 13 are reversed from the handle release position made in the access position for detecting the bottles 5. The packing head 1 then lifts the bottles 5 to be packed with their bottoms from the feed conveyor 9 and inserts them into a box 3 which runs empty on the conveyor track 7 of the box conveyor. During this insertion process, the second group 14 of gripping elements 2 of the packing head is simultaneously lowered onto the bottles 6 to be unpacked in the box 4.
  • the gripping elements 2 of both groups 13 and 14 are then reversed approximately simultaneously, the gripping elements of the first group 13 being switched from the access position to the grip release position and the gripping elements of the second group 14 being switched from the grip release position to the access position.
  • the packing head 1 is also lifted vertically during the forward movement, the Empty bottles 6 are lifted out of the box 4 and released in the area of the working point III on the bottle conveyor 10 by reversing the gripping elements 2 of the second group 14 from the access position into the handle release position and are removed by the bottle conveyor 10 from the machine, for example in the direction of a bottle washing machine .
  • the packing head runs in sections synchronously with the conveying speed of the bottle conveyor belts or the box conveyor.
  • the bottle feeder 9 and the bottle removal conveyor 10 can be configured congruently with the box conveyor running underneath, in which case, in certain operating situations, the packaging machine can only be operated temporarily as a packer or unpacker with double packing or unpacking performance.
  • a prerequisite for this is a corresponding changeover option on the control device of the gripping elements 2.
  • the machine can, for example at the start of operation of a bottle filling line, initially only work in two lanes as an unpacking machine and, after filling the buffer sections and the bottle washing machine, switch over to the combined packing and unpacking operation. At the end of operation, the machine can then be operated as a packer for a short time in two lanes for faster emptying of the buffer sections.
  • a particular advantage of the invention is that the packaging machine can be arranged on one side next to the bottle and crate conveyor belts, while the opposite side remains freely accessible for the operating personnel.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Wrapping Of Specific Fragile Articles (AREA)
  • Specific Conveyance Elements (AREA)
  • Container Filling Or Packaging Operations (AREA)
  • Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
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KR (1) KR0157336B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN1031182C (fr)
BR (1) BR9305086A (fr)
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CN1031182C (zh) 1996-03-06
DE59304420D1 (de) 1996-12-12
CN1091377A (zh) 1994-08-31
DE4243008C1 (de) 1994-01-20
BR9305086A (pt) 1994-06-28
JP3550174B2 (ja) 2004-08-04
ES2094993T3 (es) 1997-02-01
EP0604808B1 (fr) 1996-11-06

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