EP0609680B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verbinden von Materialbahnen - Google Patents

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EP0609680B1
EP0609680B1 EP94100483A EP94100483A EP0609680B1 EP 0609680 B1 EP0609680 B1 EP 0609680B1 EP 94100483 A EP94100483 A EP 94100483A EP 94100483 A EP94100483 A EP 94100483A EP 0609680 B1 EP0609680 B1 EP 0609680B1
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Karl-Heinz Klingebiel
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Koerber Technologies GmbH
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Hauni Maschinenbau GmbH
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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
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1857—Support arrangement of web rolls
    • B65H19/1868—The roll support being of the turret type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/102—Preparing the leading end of the replacement web before splicing operation; Adhesive arrangements on leading end of replacement web; Tabs and adhesive tapes for splicing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1842—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web standing splicing, i.e. the expiring web being stationary during splicing contact
    • B65H19/1852—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web standing splicing, i.e. the expiring web being stationary during splicing contact taking place at a distance from the replacement 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
    • B65H37/00—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
    • B65H37/02—Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations for applying adhesive
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/46—Splicing
    • B65H2301/4602—Preparing splicing process
    • B65H2301/46022—Preparing splicing process by detecting mark on rotating new roll and/or synchronize roll with trailing web speed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/46—Splicing
    • B65H2301/461—Processing webs in splicing process
    • B65H2301/4615—Processing webs in splicing process after splicing
    • B65H2301/4617—Processing webs in splicing process after splicing cutting webs in splicing process
    • B65H2301/46176—Processing webs in splicing process after splicing cutting webs in splicing process cutting both spliced webs simultaneously
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/46—Splicing
    • B65H2301/463—Splicing splicing means, i.e. means by which a web end is bound to another web end
    • B65H2301/4633—Glue
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T156/00—Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
    • Y10T156/17—Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
    • Y10T156/1702—For plural parts or plural areas of single part
    • Y10T156/1705—Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier
    • Y10T156/1707—Discrete spaced laminae on adhered carrier

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  • the invention relates to a method for connecting a material web of a running bobbin to the beginning of the material web of a new bobbin, an adhesive being applied to the material web of the new bobbin at rest when the material web of the running bobbin is moving, the material web with the application of adhesive in one
  • the splicing position is moved forward and the running material web is stopped and the two material webs at rest are connected by pressure in the area of the adhesive application.
  • the invention also relates to a device for transferring a double-sided adhesive connecting means from a strip-shaped carrier material receiving the connecting means to a material web, in which a dispensing agent consisting of a supply roll and an empty roll for the carrier material for the connecting means is provided.
  • EP-A-0 181 280 which corresponds to the preamble of claims 1 and 3, the connection of two material webs is disclosed, whereby by transferring a one-piece strip-shaped connecting means to the material web at rest in each case and then cutting the connecting means to the width of the Material web the connection is being prepared.
  • the invention has for its object an effective and safe preparation and Specify handling of material webs for the purpose of mutual connection in order to achieve an uninterrupted material web supply, with a high level of reliability striving for a qualitatively perfect splice connection.
  • the adhesive is requested by successively transferring a plurality of double-sided adhesive connecting sheets from a carrier material in the transverse direction to the material web at rest.
  • the adhesive is applied by individually pressing the connecting sheets and individually detaching the carrier material from a respectively applied connecting sheet. This procedure guarantees a gentle and therefore fail-safe material handling of the carrier material and material web during the transfer of the leaflets.
  • the device which is particularly suitable for carrying out the method described at the outset and also for other applications consists in the fact that the connecting means is formed by connecting sheets and that the dispensing means for the connecting sheets is provided with a transfer carriage which can be moved linearly and transversely to the stationary material web and which carries the carrier material between the supply roll and the empties roll leading and deflecting and in contact with the material web during the carriage pressure roller.
  • the transfer carriage has an adjusting means which determines its linear feed movement. In this way, the number of connecting sheets to be transferred can be very easily adjusted to the respective width of the material web being conveyed using simple means.
  • This setting means is expediently a stop that can be adjusted to the web width of the material web.
  • the sensor slide is assigned a sensor element which determines the positioning of the connecting sheets in the initial position of the slide.
  • a configuration which facilitates the transfer process of the connecting leaflets consists in the transfer carriage in the region of its contacting the material web Movement section is assigned a support plate running on the opposite side of the material path.
  • the advantage achieved by the invention is that both the transfer of the numerous, relatively short connecting sheets to the material web and the detachment of the carrier material from the individual connecting sheets are possible without any problems, so that a problem-free splice connection is ensured.
  • the bobbin changer 1 shown in FIG. 1, for example as a separate machine unit associated with a packaging machine or a cigarette machine, comprises a support 2, which can be swiveled by 180 ° in each case, with two bobbin receptacles 3 and 4 for a straight bobbin 6 or a new bobbin 7, the running material web of which 8 or their new material web are numbered 9.
  • the currently running material web 8 is guided via a known loop memory 11 to the consumer machine, not shown, and both material webs 8, 9 are passed through a splicing device 12, the opposite splicing hammers 13, 14 of which can be moved towards one another. Upstream of the splicing device 12 there is a device 16 according to FIG.
  • This device has a dispensing means for the connecting sheets 17, consisting of a supply roll 18 and an empty goods roll 19 for a carrier material strip 21 having the connecting sheets 17.
  • the two rollers 18, 19 are coupled to one another via a belt drive 22 and the empty goods roller 19 can be driven clockwise (arrow 24) by a drive 23.
  • the carrier material strip 21 is guided between the supply roll 18 and the empties roll 19 via a deflecting roller arrangement 26 of a transfer carriage 27 which can be moved linearly and transversely to the material web 9, one of the deflecting rollers serving as the pressure roller 28 which directly contacts the material web 9.
  • the transmission carriage 27 In its starting position shown in solid lines, the transmission carriage 27 is assigned a sensor element in the form of a light sensor 29 for monitoring the leading edge of a first connecting sheet 17. In a transfer position shown in dashed lines, the transfer carriage 27 is adapted to the respective width of the Material web 9 adjustable and thus limiting the transmission path of the transmission carriage 27 or determining the number of connecting plates 17 to be applied stop 31. On the side opposite the transfer carriage 27, a support plate 32 extends in the transverse direction parallel to the material web 9.
  • the mode of action is as follows: In the initial position of the transfer carriage 27 shown in FIG. 2, in which, according to FIG. 1, the new material web 9 is stopped in its advanced position via the splicing device 12, while the running material web 8 continues to run at production speed, the empty goods roll 19 first turns clockwise (Arrow 24) driven until the light sensor 29 recognizes the leading edge of the first connecting sheet 17. To support the material web 9, the support plate 32 is pivoted into the position shown. The empties roll 19 is stopped and locked. The transfer carriage 27 is then moved along the material web 9 in the direction of the position indicated by the broken line.
  • the supply roll 18 decoupled from the drive 22, 23 is rotated clockwise and the support material strip 21 is pulled off the supply roll 18 solely over the web of the transfer carriage 27 on the carrier material strip 21, so that the first connecting sheet 17 is pressed onto the material web by the pressure roller 28 at a defined point 9 is rolled on.
  • the carrier material strip 21 is detached immediately after the connecting sheets 17 have been pressed on. This process is repeated one by one until the transfer carriage 27 has reached the stop 31 and thus the has applied the desired number of connecting sheets.
  • the transfer carriage 27 then moves back into its left starting position, the supply roll 18 driven counterclockwise by the drive 23 via the belt drive 22 receiving the strip of carrier material 21 that is released.
  • a new cycle can then be initiated by pulling the first connection sheet 17 forward again until the light sensor 29.
  • the material web 9 provided in this way with a transverse row of connecting sheets 17 is then advanced up to the splicing device 12 according to Firgur 1 and the running material web 8 is stopped.
  • the two splice hammers 13, 14 are activated and the standing material webs 8, 9 are pressed together in the area of the connecting sheets 17. In a known manner, the leading end of the new material web before the splice connection and the trailing end of the expired material web 8 behind the splice connection are cut off at the same time.

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