EP0835217A1 - Procede pour regler la vitesse de transport d'une bande de transport et d'assemblage - Google Patents

Procede pour regler la vitesse de transport d'une bande de transport et d'assemblage

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EP0835217A1
EP0835217A1 EP96939098A EP96939098A EP0835217A1 EP 0835217 A1 EP0835217 A1 EP 0835217A1 EP 96939098 A EP96939098 A EP 96939098A EP 96939098 A EP96939098 A EP 96939098A EP 0835217 A1 EP0835217 A1 EP 0835217A1
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filling
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Josef Krumm
Josef Dipl.-Ing. Batzer
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Boewe Systec AG
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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
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/02—Pile receivers with stationary end support against which pile accumulates
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/10—Size; Dimensions
    • B65H2511/15—Height, e.g. of stack
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2511/00—Dimensions; Position; Numbers; Identification; Occurrences
    • B65H2511/30—Numbers, e.g. of windings or rotations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/10—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
    • B65H2515/00—Physical entities not provided for in groups B65H2511/00 or B65H2513/00
    • B65H2515/10—Mass, e.g. mass flow rate; Weight; Inertia

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  • the present invention relates to a method for controlling the transport speed of a transport and collating web, in particular of such a collating web that is used in a paper handling system.
  • Paper handling systems are mainly used by large companies, banks, insurance companies, service companies, etc.
  • the paper handling systems that use transport and gathering tracks are used to process large amounts of paper, for example invoices, reminders, bank statements, insurance policies or checks.
  • the drives must be designed for the maximum acceleration torque that is required for the collating path, for example of the paper handling system .
  • the permitted limit values for which the drives are designed are not reached. Therefore, the drive design is overdimensioned for these applications and the costs are too high.
  • the system can only be used in applications in which a partially or constantly higher filling material thickness or a partially or constantly higher filling material weight occurs with a reduced processing processing speed can be operated.
  • the limit values permitted for maximum processing speed are often only exceeded in individual cases. A processing speed that is reduced over the entire production cycle thus results in an unnecessary reduction in the processing power, in the case of a paper handling system the inserting performance.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method for adapting the transport speed of a collation line by means of which the throughput of a processing system in which the collation line is built can be improved.
  • the present invention provides a method for adapting the transport speed of a collating path, in which stacked goods are moved from an entrance to an exit of the collating path by means of a transport device, wherein, optionally, filling units can be added to the stack of goods at one or more addition stations, characterized by the following steps :
  • Determining at least one dimension for each stack of goods at the entrance to the collating path Increase each dimension for each stack of contents at each addition station by a value which corresponds to the added filling unit when a filling unit is added to the stack;
  • the dimension for each stack of filling material is preferably the number of sheets and / or the height and / or weight of the stack of filling material. If a measure exceeds an assigned setpoint, the processing speed, i.e. the transport speed of the collating path is reduced until the stack of contents, the size of which exceeds the setpoint, has left the collating path.
  • the collating path can have a plurality of transport device modules arranged one behind the other, each transport device module being driven by its own motor.
  • the product stacks are each forwarded from a transport device module at the front in the direction of movement to a transport device module at the rear in the direction of movement, each transport device module having at least one setpoint of its own, the transport speed of all transport device modules being reduced if a dimension of a stack of product is a setpoint of a transport device module on which the stack of goods is located.
  • an overall dimension can be determined from the dimensions determined for the filling material stacks for all the filling material stacks located on a transport device or a transport device module, the transport speed being controlled on the basis of this overall dimension.
  • the present invention provides a method for automatically adapting the processing speed, for example of a paper handling system, as a function of the weight and the height of the filling material in the paper handling system, ie the inserting system.
  • a preferred exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention serves to adapt the processing speed in a paper handling system which operates in cycles.
  • the individual measures are referred to as inserting measures.
  • the processing speed for each inserting cycle is adapted to the current loading of the paper handling system with regard to the filling height, which can also be referred to as filling thickness, and the filling weight.
  • An advantage of the present invention over known paper handling systems is the optimized processing speed in the processing of stacks of filling goods, which process different quantities, i.e. have different heights or different weights. The result is an improved price / performance ratio in the drive selection.
  • FIG. 1 shows a section of a collating web in which the method according to the present invention can be used
  • FIG. 2 shows the section of the collating path of FIG. 1 before the beginning of an inserting cycle 1;
  • Fig. 4 shows the section of the collating sheet of Fig. 1 before the end of an inserting cycle 9.
  • FIG. 1 two transport modules A and B are shown, which form part of an inserting system.
  • the transport modules A and B have conveyor belts 100 to which sliders and stoppers are attached.
  • the slides and stoppers are attached to the conveyor belt 100 in such a way that they each form compartments in which stacked goods, i.e. Sheet stacks, booklets or groups of sheets 110, can be transported.
  • the conveyor belts of the transport modules A and B are arranged in such a way that they overlap in an overlap area 125. This makes it possible for a stack of contents to be transferred from the transport module A to the transport module B.
  • the conveyor belts of the transport module A are driven by a drive device, which is designated by motor 1.
  • the conveyor belts of the transport module B are driven by a drive device, which is designated by motor 2.
  • the motors, motor 1 and motor 2 have setpoints which indicate the filling strength and the filling weight up to which the conveyor belts can be operated at a maximum speed. If the filling strength or the filling weight of a stack of packaged goods to be transported exceeds this target value, the system must be operated at a lower processing speed.
  • the motors, motor 1 and motor 2 are driven step-by-step, ie the stacks of contents are transported in inserting cycles.
  • a stack of contents is transported from a first stop to a second stop.
  • the filling material stack 110 is transported from the stopping point x to the stopping point y during an inserting cycle.
  • the two transport modules A and B shown in FIG. 1 together have ten stop points.
  • An insert station can be arranged at each stop.
  • a filling unit ie a single sheet or booklet or groups of sheets, can be added to a stack of filling goods, ie a stack of sheets that is already being transported on the collating path.
  • An input stack 200 is transferred to the transport module A at the input 150 thereof by means of a so-called collection and transfer point.
  • the input stack 200 is not yet on the transport module A.
  • the input stack, while it is being transported via the collating path, can have additional filling units at different insert stations or at any channels opening into the collating path may be added, although this is not explicitly shown in the figures.
  • the inserting system also has a control device and a data transmission line, which is referred to as a system fieldbus.
  • the control device is connected to each motor, for example motor 1 and motor 2, via the plant field bus.
  • the control device uses this information to calculate the filling strength, ie the filling height, and the filling weight of each sheet stack that is transported on the collating path. Due to the selected transport cycle, a defined period of time is available for the control process before each inserting cycle, in which the speed specification of the next inserting cycle is based on the input conditions, ie the filling strength and the filling weight of all supplied filling units as well as the respective input gear stack, can be calculated.
  • the control value for the speed is transmitted simultaneously to all drive motors, for example motor 1 and motor 2, via the plant field bus before the start of the next inserting cycle.
  • the control device thus detects a measure for all filling unit units fed to the inserting system, namely for the input stack supplied at the collection and transfer point and all filling unit units supplied to the various insert stations.
  • the dimension for each stack of filling material to which a filling unit is added at a stop point is determined before the inserting cycle, in which the filling unit from the insert station is actually added to the stack.
  • FIG. 2 shows the part of an inserting system, which is shown in FIG. 1, before the beginning of an inserting cycle 1.
  • the input stack 200 is located at the entrance of the transport module A and is transferred to the transport module A during the first inserting cycle.
  • the input stack has a filling strength of two and a filling weight of 6, as shown by the designations "S: 2" and '* G: 6. "There are four stop points 1 to 4 of the transport module A. four stacks of filling material, while four filling material stacks are also located at four stop points 5 to 8 of the transport module B.
  • Stops 9 and 10 are shown, which, however, belong to a subsequent transport module and are therefore not important for the transport modules A and B.
  • Each of these stacks of filling material at the stop points 1 to 10 has a certain filling strength and a certain filling weight.
  • Table I shows parameters of engines that are assigned to different transport modules of a collating path.
  • the two transport modules A and B, to which the motor 1 and the motor 2 are assigned, are shown in the figures.
  • the other motors 3 to 5 are not shown in the figures.
  • the table shows the stop points assigned to the motors, the limit value of the fill strength for a maximum speed Vmax and the limit value for the fill weight for the maximum speed Vmax.
  • the limit value or setpoint value of the filling strength for the motor is 6. That is, if the filling strength of the stack of goods to be transported on the transport module A, which is assigned to the motor 1, exceeds this limit value or setpoint value, the transport speed must can be reduced from Vmax to a lower value. The same applies if the fill weight of the stack of goods to be transported exceeds the set value for the fill weight 16. This applies in the same way to motors 2 to 5 with regard to the limit values which they have.
  • the filling strengths and the filling weight are those at the respective stop points before the first insert cycle b shown efindlichen filling-material stacks. Further sin dd ie S ⁇ to men of the filling thicknesses and weights for the respective motors shown.
  • the input stack 20 0 is supplied during the inserting cycle 1.
  • Table III shows the assignment of the various stop points 1 to 14 during the inserting cycle 1, the input stack 200 being supplied during this inserting cycle. During this inserting cycle, none of the limit values of motors 1 to 5 is violated, as can be seen from Table III. The system is therefore operated with Vmax.
  • FIG. 3 shows the transport modules A and B at the end of the envelope cycle 1.
  • the product stacks were moved one stop each.
  • the filling material stacks which were previously located at the stop points 2 to 4
  • Table IV shows the loading of the stop points 1 to 14, as well as the sum of the filling strengths or filling weights for each motor before the end of the first inserting cycle.
  • the control direction controls the motors again only on the G eschwin ⁇ speed Vmax when the sum of the fill weight of the Fullgut Topp provide ⁇ stack to the S 1 to 4 the Grein- G Limit value of the engine l no longer exceeds, and no other reference or limit -Value is violated.
  • the transport module A and B are at the En e d of Kuver ⁇ animal clock shown. 9 Further, in Table V th e ⁇ para meter of the filling-material stack at the stopping points l to 14 and the S Ummen the filling thicknesses and the fill weights thereof shown for the engine 1 to the fifth
  • This control process is based on an information model in which a certain segment of the process image is assigned to each motor. These segments correspond to the number of goods to be transported which an engine has to transport per cycle. It is thus possible to determine the acceleration torques for the next cycle for each individual motor and thus to determine the speed specification for the next cycle.
  • the control method which was described above with regard to the input filling stack 200 when passing through a transport and collating line without adding a filling unit at an insert station, can be applied to any transport and collating lines in which filling units can be added to a stack of full goods by means of an insert station.
  • the filling strength for this stack of goods for the next inserting cycle is then the original filling strength plus the filling strength of the filling unit which is added by means of the insert station.
  • the filling weight of this stack of filling goods is then the original filling weight plus the filling weight of the filling goods unit which is added to the insert station.
  • the method according to the present invention consequently optimizes the transport speed within a collating path, for example an inserting system, depending on the height and / or the weight of the filling material.
  • a collating path for example an inserting system
  • it is always up to date counted or counted at which point within the collating path which filling stack height or which stacking weight was reached, the working speed of the collating strip currently being reduced when a stack exceeds a limit value.
  • different limit values can apply to the different transport modules operated by one motor each and to which different stop points are assigned, if the respective valid limit value only exceeds at one stop point ⁇ ten, all motors must be reduced to a lower speed.
  • the method according to the present invention is not limited to switching back and forth between two speed levels at two limit values, but also includes a speed control that is graded as a function of calculated fill strength sizes and / or fill weight sizes, with the transport device then or several transport values are assigned to each transport module for filling weight and filling height.
  • the method according to the present invention can thus be used both on collating tracks which are driven by only one motor and on modular collating tracks in which individual transport modules are driven by their own motors. In the latter case, if a limit value of an engine is exceeded, all engines must be reduced to a lower speed.
  • At least one dimension of a stack of contents is compared with a target value.
  • the number of sheets, the height and / or the weight of the stack of contents can be used.
  • each of these dimensions can be compared with a target value, and if any of these dimensions corresponds to the exceeds the ordered setpoint, the transport speed of the transport and collation unit is reduced. It is obvious that it is also possible to use only one measure or a larger number of measures for each stack of filling material.
  • overall dimensions are determined for all stacks of full goods that are transported by the motor of a transport device.
  • these dimensions can be the total number of sheets, the total height and / or the total weight of the stacked goods transported by this motor. Again, any number of these overall dimensions can be compared with associated setpoints that are assigned to this motor.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour régler la vitesse de transport d'une unité de transport et d'assemblage, dans lequel des piles (110) de produits assemblés sont déplacées d'une entrée (150) à une sortie de la bande d'assemblage par au moins un convoyeur (100). Des produits assemblés unitaires peuvent éventuellement être ajoutés aux piles de produits assemblés, au niveau d'un ou de plusieurs postes d'adjonction. Au moins une dimension pour chaque pile (110) de produits assemblés est déterminée à l'entrée de la bande d'assemblage, la dimension de chaque pile au niveau de chaque poste d'adjonction est accrue respectivement d'une valeur correspondant au produit assemblé unitaire ajouté, la dimension de chaque pile de produits assemblés est comparée avec une valeur théorique respective associée au convoyeur; et en fonction du résultat de cette comparaison, la vitesse de transport est réglée.
EP96939098A 1996-02-23 1996-11-18 Procede pour regler la vitesse de transport d'une bande de transport et d'assemblage Expired - Lifetime EP0835217B1 (fr)

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PCT/EP1996/005083 WO1997030923A1 (fr) 1996-02-23 1996-11-18 Procede pour regler la vitesse de transport d'une bande de transport et d'assemblage

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