EP0983830A3 - Method and installation for manufacturing closure elements of natural cork - Google Patents

Method and installation for manufacturing closure elements of natural cork Download PDF

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EP0983830A3
EP0983830A3 EP99830541A EP99830541A EP0983830A3 EP 0983830 A3 EP0983830 A3 EP 0983830A3 EP 99830541 A EP99830541 A EP 99830541A EP 99830541 A EP99830541 A EP 99830541A EP 0983830 A3 EP0983830 A3 EP 0983830A3
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natural cork
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closure elements
manufacturing closure
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Salvatore Mannoni
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27J—MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
    • B27J5/00—Mechanical working of cork
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/12—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis
    • B26D1/14—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
    • B26D1/157—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a movable axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D3/00—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor
    • B26D3/18—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain cubes or the like
    • B26D3/22—Cutting work characterised by the nature of the cut made; Apparatus therefor to obtain cubes or the like using rotating knives
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D5/007—Control means comprising cameras, vision or image processing systems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B26D7/02—Means for holding or positioning work with clamping means
    • B26D7/025—Means for holding or positioning work with clamping means acting upon planar surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0608—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by pushers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27G—ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS
    • B27G1/00—Machines or devices for removing knots or other irregularities or for filling-up holes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/12—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis
    • B26D1/14—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
    • B26D1/143—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis
    • B26D1/15—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis with vertical cutting member
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D11/00—Combinations of several similar cutting apparatus

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)

Abstract

Process and plant for the production of natural cork closure means (8; 9; 10) for containers of liquids, from raw boards of natural cork (1), that includes the following stages:
  • continuously cutting semifinished natural cork products (24) from unseasoned boards (1) and classifying them according to quality, and
  • carrying out continuous seasoning and boiling of the said semifinished products (24).
EP19990830541 1998-09-03 1999-08-31 Method and installation for manufacturing closure elements of natural cork Expired - Lifetime EP0983830B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITBO980512 1998-09-03
ITBO980512 IT1305382B1 (en) 1998-09-03 1998-09-03 Process for producing natural cork closure for liquid containers involves continuously selectively cutting semi-finished natural cork of small dimensions from unseasoned boards
ITBO980511 1998-09-03
ITBO980511 IT1305381B1 (en) 1998-09-03 1998-09-03 Process for producing natural cork closure for liquid containers involves continuously selectively cutting semi-finished natural cork of small dimensions from unseasoned boards

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EP0983830A2 EP0983830A2 (en) 2000-03-08
EP0983830A3 true EP0983830A3 (en) 2001-06-20
EP0983830B1 EP0983830B1 (en) 2004-10-06

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DE (1) DE69920839D1 (en)
ES (1) ES2230827T3 (en)
PT (1) PT983830E (en)

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EP1393869B1 (en) * 2002-08-30 2006-10-25 José Luis Godoy Varo Multilayer cork made from natural cork and its method of manufacture
EP1724075A3 (en) * 2004-10-08 2011-12-21 José Luis Godoy Varo Automatic system and procedure for handling and treatment of natural cork slabs
ES2302486B1 (en) * 2008-02-21 2009-07-27 Jose Luis Godoy Varo METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURE OF NATURAL CORK MULTI PAPER PLUGS AND NATURAL CORK MULTI PAPER PLUG.
IT1395893B1 (en) * 2009-09-18 2012-10-26 Sugherificio Colla E Fresu S R L TURACCIOLO AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION METHOD.
EP3106274A1 (en) 2015-06-04 2016-12-21 Amorim Cork Research, Lda. Cork based planks cutting machine
PT109363B (en) * 2016-05-04 2021-12-13 Hugo Ferreira Guimaraes DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR USE OF CORK STOPPERS QUALITY
CN109940722B (en) * 2019-04-04 2021-03-12 河北百林软木制品有限公司 Rapid cork filling equipment and method
WO2020223929A1 (en) * 2019-05-08 2020-11-12 河北百林软木制品有限公司 Wooden plug encoding method and apparatus, wooden plug tracing method and apparatus, and electronic device
ES2826648A1 (en) * 2020-07-29 2021-05-18 Univ Madrid Politecnica QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE FOR LOTS OF CORK SHEETS (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1455762A (en) * 1921-11-10 1923-05-15 Guy C Howard Process of recovering cork and other products from bark
FR2576826A1 (en) * 1985-02-05 1986-08-08 Barrere Francis Method for manufacturing corks from natural cork

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1455762A (en) * 1921-11-10 1923-05-15 Guy C Howard Process of recovering cork and other products from bark
FR2576826A1 (en) * 1985-02-05 1986-08-08 Barrere Francis Method for manufacturing corks from natural cork

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EP0983830B1 (en) 2004-10-06
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PT983830E (en) 2005-02-28
ES2230827T3 (en) 2005-05-01

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