EP1029705B1 - Méthode pour assembler des produits imprimés - Google Patents

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EP1029705B1
EP1029705B1 EP00101912A EP00101912A EP1029705B1 EP 1029705 B1 EP1029705 B1 EP 1029705B1 EP 00101912 A EP00101912 A EP 00101912A EP 00101912 A EP00101912 A EP 00101912A EP 1029705 B1 EP1029705 B1 EP 1029705B1
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Erwin Müller
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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
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/04—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles
    • B65H39/055—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from piles by collecting in juxtaposed carriers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42C—BOOKBINDING
    • B42C19/00—Multi-step processes for making books
    • B42C19/04—Multi-step processes for making books starting with signatures
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H39/00—Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
    • B65H39/02—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources
    • B65H39/06—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams
    • B65H39/075—Associating,collating or gathering articles from several sources from delivery streams by collecting in juxtaposed carriers
    • 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
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4311—Making personalised books or mail packets according to personal, geographic or demographic data
    • 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
    • B65H2301/43—Gathering; Associating; Assembling
    • B65H2301/431—Features with regard to the collection, nature, sequence and/or the making thereof
    • B65H2301/4318—Gathering, associating, assembling articles from a single source which is supplied by several sources
    • 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
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
    • B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
    • B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands

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  • the invention relates to a method for assembling a plurality of completed, multi-part printed product, in particular completed newspapers and / or magazines, packages.
  • the object of the present invention is to develop a method of the type mentioned in such a way that with the highest possible flexibility packages can be put together, which are different from each other in terms of the type, the number and / or the order of successive end products within a package.
  • the storage arrangements are thus designed so that, as required, individual end products can be retrieved at any given time and fed to the receiving conveyor, the retrieved end products not only at the end of the successive end products on the receiving conveyor, but also before, as required or can be positioned between previously already supplied to the receiving conveyor end products.
  • the laying down of end products before or between end products already positioned on the receiving conveyor makes it possible, on the one hand, to vary the order of the end products following one another within a package to a high degree and, on the other hand, to position a comparatively high number of end products per longitudinal section of the receiving conveyor, so that a maximum utilization of the receiving conveyor can be achieved.
  • the method according to the invention thus makes it possible to assemble individual packages in which the number, type and order of the end products correspond, for example, precisely to the route of a newspaper or magazine issuer, whereby directly consecutive packages - depending on the order route - can be structured completely differently.
  • US-A-5,098,076 shows an arrangement for assembling books in which sheet feeding devices feed individual signatures to a conveyor which is divided into individual receiving sections. Of the sheet feeders, individual sheets are supplied corresponding to the books to be formed and superimposed in the receiving portions of the conveyor. The finished books can be routed away from the conveyor for a while by means of a collection system.
  • the device shown in US-A-5,746,425 is also concerned with the processing of single signatures.
  • This device has a collection system with a number of sheet feeders.
  • Each sheet feeder includes a sheet feeding unit for feeding sheets from a stack of sheets, a conveyor and transfer members.
  • the sheets withdrawn from the sheet feeding units are fed to gripper collectors which are moved in a common direction.
  • These gripper collecting devices assemble end products that are handed over to pickup devices.
  • each receiving position is suitable for receiving exactly one end product or even several end products.
  • each product supplied to a pickup position is actively held in the latter, in particular by means of a clamp or a gripper, since this makes fast and safe transfer of end products from the storage arrangements to the pickup positions possible without the end products being able to be used, for example Area of the receiving conveyor can slip.
  • an individual further processing of the transported on the receiving conveyor end products is possible, since the individually held by means of staples or grippers end products can be easily supplied to different processing further processes.
  • a particularly simple transfer of end products from the storage arrangements to the receiving positions of the receiving conveyor becomes possible if each product fed to a pick-up position is held from below, for example by means of a gripper or a staple, so that the end products lie in the region of the receiving conveyor lying or standing, but not hanging , be transported.
  • the receiving conveyor as a simple conveyor belt, cam belt or as an arrangement of form successive product bags.
  • this product transfer can be controlled so that end products are always passed only free, not yet occupied with a product receiving positions. In this way it can be avoided that a receiving position two or more end products are assigned.
  • the timing at which the end products are transferred from the individual storage arrays to the receiving conveyor for each storage array is dependent on their occupancy with end products, their position on the receiving conveyor, and the desired composition of the desired product Packets set or calculated by means of an optimization algorithm.
  • This determination or calculation can be made both before the expiration of the method according to the invention and during its expiration, whereby the latter variant can also take account of sudden changes in requirements.
  • gaps can be specifically dimensioned such that one, two or more end products can subsequently be deposited in the region of the gaps, wherein in the design of the gaps both the mutual distance of adjacent receiving positions and the length of already deposited, projecting into the gap and thus determined Recording positions of possibly overlapping end products must be taken into account.
  • a gap can be created in the region of the receiving conveyor between the last product of a package and the first product of a package following this package.
  • At least individual end products are so dimensioned and in the range of Receiving conveyor are oriented so that they cover after assignment to a recording position at least one adjacent recording position.
  • an imbricated formation can be created in the region of the receiving conveyor, which ensures the best possible utilization of the receiving conveyor.
  • the end products can cover at least one receiving position lying adjacent in the direction of the conveying direction of the receiving conveyor, ie in this case the product held in a clamp or a gripper, for example, precedes the clamp or the gripper in the conveying direction of the receiving conveyor.
  • the product transfer from the storage arrangements to the receiving conveyor is controlled in such a way that end products are always transferred only to free, not yet occupied by an end product or not covered by a final product receiving positions.
  • different end products can also have different dimensions, i. Different end products can cover a mutually different number of adjacent recording positions. This ensures that, despite the overlap that occurs, any product that is subsequently supplied in the area of a gap is in any case handed over to a receptive recording position.
  • the time sequence in which the end products are transferred from the individual storage arrangements to the receiving conveyor can be defined for each storage arrangement or calculated by means of an optimization algorithm, depending on the occupancy, before the final products are assembled into packages each storage arrangement with end products, the position of the storage arrangements on the receiving conveyor, the dimensions of the end products and the accordingly generated receiving position overlaps, as well as the desired composition of the packages to be produced.
  • Such a determination or calculation can also be carried out both before and during the implementation of the method according to the invention.
  • the end products are positioned on the receiving conveyor in such a way that they overlap as far as possible after passing the last storage arrangement in the conveying direction, so that the packages to be assembled can be produced at the end of the receiving conveyor in the shortest possible time. Accordingly, it is therefore advantageous if the receiving positions of the receiving conveyor are arranged with the smallest possible distance from each other.
  • each unoccupied receiving position can be supplied at any time a product in this case.
  • a high efficiency of the method according to the invention can be achieved, for example, if the storage arrangements are arranged along the receiving conveyor with the smallest possible distance from one another, since in this way all end products can be transferred to them in a comparatively short longitudinal section of the receiving conveyor.
  • Such a small distance can be achieved, in particular, with carriages transported along a guideway which each carry a controllable gripper.
  • the carriages which in principle can be conveyed at a variable distance from one another, abut one another directly in the area of the receiving conveyor, so as to enable said small mutual distance.
  • each individual memory arrangement are preferred stored only end products of a kind, but also the storage of end products of different types within a memory array is basically possible.
  • the packages to be produced may in each case contain two or more different end products, but also packages with only one product type can be produced without difficulty with the method according to the invention.
  • the packages produced according to the invention may contain a number of end products that are different from one another or have the same number of components. Alternatively, or additionally, it is possible that the type and / or order of end-products within a package may differ from one package to another. However, it is also possible to put together packages which are identical to one another in terms of the type and / or order of the successive end products.
  • the storage arrangements used according to the invention can be used efficiently, in particular, if the end products in the area of the storage arrangement are held in product receptacles respectively provided for receiving only a single end product, in particular by means of clamps. This enables the easy retrieval of individual end products from the storage arrangements and a secure transfer of the end products from the storage arrangements to the receiving conveyor.
  • the product receptacles of the memory arrangements are arranged with the least possible distance from one another.
  • a particularly secure transfer of end products from the storage arrangements to the receiving positions of the receiving conveyor is achieved, for example, when the end products are transferred directly from the product receptacles of the respective storage arrangement to the receiving positions of the receiving conveyor, wherein in particular a transfer from a bracket of a storage arrangement to a bracket of a Receiving conveyor takes place.
  • the memory arrangements can be acted on by a common transfer clock signal.
  • printing products 4 show a storage arrangement 1 with staples 3 arranged along a guideway 2, which are each suitable for receiving completed, multi-part end products of printing products (hereinafter called printing products 4).
  • the guideway 2 runs partially along a transport wheel 5, which is provided on its outer periphery with toothed elements 6, which are suitable for loading the brackets 3 in the direction of rotation of the transport wheel 5.
  • a retrieval gear 7 is provided, by means of which individual brackets 3 cyclically assigned to a respective toothed element 6 of the transport wheel 5 and thus retrieved from the memory array 1 can be.
  • the mutual distance of the staples 3 along the guideway 2 is variable, so that the occupied with printed products 4 staples 3 in the transport direction before the transport wheel 5 can follow each other denser than the empty brackets 3, which are transported away along the guide track 2 from the transport wheel 5. This way you can have a reach maximum storage capacity of the memory device 1 and a caused by the small conveyor fast delivery of printed products 4 for the next retrieval.
  • a guide slot 2 ' is arranged in the retrieval area of the storage arrangement 1, which enables the defined and secure transfer of printed products 4 from the storage arrangement 1 to a receiving conveyor 8 arranged below the storage arrangement ,
  • an opening slot indicated by the arrow 9 is provided which ensures opening of the clamps 3 passing therethrough and thus for a transfer of printed products 4 to the receiving conveyor 8.
  • the receiving conveyor 8 consists of successively transportable in the direction of arrow 10 grippers 11, which touch each other and thus are arranged with the least possible distance from each other.
  • the gripper 11 In front of the between transfer assembly 1 and receiving conveyor 8 existing transfer area, the gripper 11 are open and thus ready to receive a printed product 4. Upon adoption of a printed product 4 of a clip 3 of the memory device 1, the gripper 11 are closed so as to keep the recorded product safely , Alternatively, however, it is also possible to keep the gripper open even after receiving a printed product 4, so that at a later time, if appropriate, another one or more further products can be introduced into grippers 11 already occupied by printed products 4. In the latter case, the gripper 11 is closed only when the recording process is completed.
  • the advantage is that the transfer can take place in a very short area of the receiving conveyor 8.
  • This advantage is i.a. also due to the fact that the printed products 4, which are held in the grippers 11, fold in the transport direction of the receiving conveyor 8 to the front, which u.a. means that the printed products 4, which are oriented obliquely during the transfer process, can be grasped comfortably and quickly by the grippers 11 at their ends facing away from the staples 3, without grippers 11 and printed products 4 having to be moved together in parallel over a longer distance.
  • FIG. 2 shows three storage arrangements 1 according to FIG. 1 successively arranged in the conveying direction of the receiving conveyor 8. From this figure it is already clear that due to the advantageous embodiment of the storage arrangements 1 and of the transfer process of printed products 4 from the storage arrangements 1 to the receiving conveyor 8 a comparatively small distance between the memory arrangements 1 to each other is possible, which means that the entire recording process can take place on a relatively short distance range of the receiving conveyor 8. The distance between adjacent grippers 11 is considerably smaller than the distance between two consecutively arranged memory arrangements 1.
  • FIG. 2 it can be seen from Fig. 2 that according to the inventive method in the receiving conveyor 8 not all grippers 11 are occupied with printed products 4, with the result that between already stored in grippers 11 printed products 4 gaps 14, 15 are present, the can still be occupied with other printed products 4.
  • the gap 14 shown in FIG. 2 can be assigned, for example, with two further printed products, wherein this assignment can take place via the middle and / or right-hand memory arrangement 1 according to FIG. 2.
  • the gap 16 shown in the right-hand area of the receiving conveyor 8 can no longer be occupied by further printed products 4, since the two empty grippers 17 producing the gap 15 are covered by the printed product 4 of the gripper following these grippers 17.
  • FIG. 3 shows five method steps A to E of a method according to the invention.
  • the receiving conveyor 8 is shown schematically with grippers 11 which can be assigned to printed products.
  • grippers 11 which can be assigned to printed products.
  • the receiving conveyor 8 are five, only Arranged by arrows F, G, H, I, K symbolized storage arrangements, which may be formed, for example, according to FIG. 1 and are drawn for reasons of clarity in Fig. 3 only in connection with the method step A.
  • step A all the grippers 11 of the receiving conveyor 8 are not covered with printed products except for the hooks which are at the rear in the conveying direction; only the last in the conveying direction of the gripper 18 was occupied with a product f, which was retrieved from the memory array F.
  • step B the product f was conveyed on to the area of the storage arrangement G.
  • a product h is transferred from the storage arrangement H to the gripper 19.
  • the gripper 19 is located in the conveying direction before the gripper 18, which is occupied by the product f. It is obvious that the depositing of the product h in the manner described could also take place if products were also already deposited in those grippers which were leading the gripper 19. In that case, then depositing the product h not only before, but between already deposited products in the area of a gap.
  • step C the products located in the receiving conveyor 8 products f, h are transported to the process step B by the distance between two adjacent gripper, wherein in step C, a transfer of a product g from the storage device G to the gripper 20, which follows the gripper 18 immediately ,
  • step D the grippers 18 to 20 have been moved so far along the receiving conveyor 8 that the gripper 20 is located between the two storage arrangements I and K. In this position, a further transfer of a product i from the storage arrangement I to the gripper 21 takes place.
  • method step E the gripper 21 occupied by the product i has already passed through the storage arrangement K, and further product delivery takes place from the storage arrangement K to the gripper 22, which is disposed immediately downstream of the gripper 21.
  • a total of five successive products are in the order h, f, g, i and k on the receiving conveyor 8, this sequence not corresponding to the order in which the memory arrangements F, G, H , I and K are arranged along the receiving conveyor 8.
  • At the end of the receiving conveyor 8 can be made of the successive products easily a stacked package 23, in which the individual products in the order h, f, g, i and k successive.
  • 4 shows a further variant according to the invention for assembling printed products.
  • a product f is transferred from the storage arrangement F to the gripper 24.
  • the gripper 24 is transported into the area between the two storage arrangements H and I, wherein in this position the transfer of a product h from the storage arrangement H to the gripper 25 takes place, which is arranged directly behind the gripper 24.
  • the product g is dispensed from the storage arrangement G to the gripper 26, which is arranged behind the gripper 25 in the conveying direction, but between the two grippers 25 and 26 a total of three other grippers 27, 28, 29 are present, which are each occupied by no product.
  • the gripper 27 is covered by the held in the gripper 26 product g, so that in the sequence no further product transfer to the gripper 27 can take place.
  • step D the gripper 29 downstream of the gripper 25 with the product h is located in the region of the storage arrangement K, and in this position the transfer of a product k from this storage arrangement K to the gripper 29 takes place. This transfer thus takes place into a gap between the grippers Both products g and h, which are held in the grippers 26 and 25.
  • the product g is transferred from the storage arrangement G to the gripper 30, which is arranged downstream of the gripper 26.
  • step E the simultaneous transfer of a product f from the storage arrangement F to the gripper 31 and of a product i from the storage arrangement I to the gripper 32 takes place.
  • the gripper 32 is arranged directly downstream of the gripper 26, so that here too a transfer into one Gap between the two grippers 26 and 30 takes place.
  • the held in the grippers 24, 25, 29, 26 and 32 products f, h, k, g and i are summarized at the end of the receiving conveyor 8 to a package 33 in which follow the individual products in that order.
  • the products g and f following these products in the region of the receiving conveyor, which are held in the grippers 30 and 31, are already associated with a second package, which differs in its structure and composition from the package 33.
  • Fig. 5 shows a variant of the method according to the invention, in which two successive packets of the same kind are assembled, the order of the products within the packets corresponding to the order of successive memory arrangements along the receiving conveyor.
  • step C the simultaneous delivery of a product h from the storage arrangement H to the gripper 36 and a product f takes place
  • the gripper 36 follows directly on the gripper 35, between the grippers 36 and 37 are a total of three grippers 38, 39, 40, which are still occupied in the process step C with no products.
  • method step D the simultaneous delivery of a product i from the storage arrangement I to the gripper 40 and a product g from the storage arrangement G to the gripper 41.
  • the gripper 40 is immediately downstream of the gripper 36, and the gripper 41 is the gripper 37th immediately downstream.
  • the release of the product i takes place in a gap between the already located on the receiving conveyor 8 products f (gripper 37) and h.
  • process step E finally, the simultaneous delivery of a product k to the gripper 39, which is the gripper 40 immediately downstream and a product h to the gripper 42, which is the gripper 41 immediately downstream.
  • the product k is thus also positioned in method step E in a gap between the two products i and f (gripper 37).
  • the products f, g, h, i and k following each other at the end of the receiving conveyor 8 in the grippers 34, 35, 36, 40 and 39 form a first package 43 which f. F.
  • Products following these products in the grippers 37, 41 and 42 , g and h form the beginning of another package, which will ultimately have the same structure as the first package.
  • Between the two packages is the empty gripper 38, so that there is a gap between the two packages, which facilitates a packet-wise further processing of the products at the end of the receiving conveyor 8.
  • Fig. 6 illustrates that in certain cases from each memory arrangements simultaneously a product can be delivered to the gripper of the receiving conveyor 8, which then has a relation to the method of FIG. 5 reverse order of the products along the receiving conveyor 8 result.
  • this simultaneous dispensing of products according to FIG. 6 there is always between each two adjacent products an empty gripper, which is covered by the product trailing the empty gripper.
  • FIG. 7 shows a comparison with FIG. 2 modified arrangement for carrying out the method according to the invention, but here the same memory arrangements 1 are used.
  • the modification with respect to the device according to FIG. 2 is in the region of the receiving conveyor, which according to FIG. 7 consists of successive carriages 44 which are each coupled to a gripper 45.
  • the carriages 44 are interconnected, for example, via flexible elements 46 shown only schematically in FIG. 7, and follow in that region of the receiving conveyor 8 in which the transfer of products from the storage arrangements 1 takes place, at least substantially equidistant from each other.
  • the distance between adjacent carriages 44 corresponds to the length of the flexible elements 46 in their extended state.
  • Fig. 8 shows a further device which is suitable for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • a total of six memory arrangements F to L are shown, which are arranged along a receiving conveyor 8 designed as a conveyor belt.
  • a number of similar products f to l are stored. From the storage arrangements F to L, these products are f to l individually in the
  • the two products f and h are transported further by a distance which corresponds to the mutual distance between two adjacent memory arrangements F to L.
  • the delivery of a product g, i and l from the storage arrangements G, I and L takes place in this way.
  • the product sequence l, h, i, f and g is formed on the receiving conveyor 8.
  • This product sequence is now transported between the process states C and D by a distance which corresponds to twice the spacing of adjacent memory arrangements F to L.
  • a receiving position of the receiving conveyor 8 may also be suitable for receiving two or more products, as long as the order of the products stored in a receiving position fits into the ultimately desired order of the products in the package. This also applies, moreover, to the grippers explained in connection with FIGS. 1 to 7, which can be conveyed along the receiving conveyor in an open state and thus are in principle also suitable for receiving a plurality of products.
  • FIG. 9 shows the product transfer area of a device according to FIG. 8 enlarged.

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  1. Procédé pour assembler plusieurs produits finaux imprimés complets, en plusieurs parties (4), notamment des journaux et/ou des magasines complets, en paquets, caractérisé en ce que
    - à partir d'au moins deux dispositifs de stockage (1), qui sont chargés avec des produits finaux imprimés complets (4) de différents types, des produits finaux (4) sont sortis individuellement des dispositifs de stockage (1) suivant une séquence qui est prédéfinie à chaque fois par le type d'un paquet à assembler,
    - les produits finaux sortis (4) sont acheminés à un convoyeur de réception (8), des produits finaux (4) étant positionnés avant ou entre des produits finaux (4) déjà préalablement acheminés au convoyeur de réception (8), et
    - les produits finaux (4) successifs dans la région du convoyeur de réception (8) sont empilés en paquets.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que dans la région du convoyeur de réception (8) sont définies des positions de réception (11) successives notamment équidistantes, chaque position de réception (11) étant appropriée pour recevoir exactement un produit final (4) ou plusieurs produits finaux (4).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que chaque produit final (4) acheminé à une position de réception (11) est maintenu dans celle-ci activement, notamment au moyen d'une pince ou d'une griffe (11).
  4. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que chaque produit final (4) acheminé à une position de réception (11) est maintenu par le bas.
  5. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le transfert de produits des dispositifs de stockage (1) au convoyeur de réception (8) est commandé de telle sorte que des produits finaux (4) soient transférés à chaque fois toujours uniquement dans des positions de réception libres (11), pas encore occupées par un produit final (4).
  6. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'avant l'assemblage de produits finaux (4) pour former des paquets, la séquence temporelle, suivant laquelle les produits finaux (4) sont transférés des dispositifs de stockage individuels (1) au convoyeur de réception (8), est établie pour chaque dispositif de stockage (1) en fonction de sa charge en produits finaux (4), de sa position au niveau du convoyeur de réception (8) ainsi que de la composition souhaitée des paquets à produire, ou est calculée au moyen d'un algorithme d'optimisation.
  7. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lors de l'acheminement de produits finaux (4) au convoyeur de réception (8), des espaces vides sont produits de manière ciblée entre les produits finaux individuels (4) pour l'acheminement d'au moins un autre produit final (4) s'effectuant ensuite dans la région des espaces vides produits.
  8. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que dans la région du convoyeur de réception (8), entre le dernier produit final (k) d'un paquet et le premier produit final (f) d'un paquet suivant ce paquet, on produit un espace vide (figure 5).
  9. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que lors de l'acheminement de produits finaux (4) au convoyeur de réception (8), des sections d'espaces vides sont produites de manière ciblée entre les produits finaux individuels (4) pour l'acheminement de produits finaux (4) associés à au moins un paquet complet, s'effectuant ensuite dans la région des sections d'espaces vides produites.
  10. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins des produits finaux individuels (4) sont dimensionnés et orientés dans la région du convoyeur de réception (8) de telle sorte qu'ils recouvrent au moins une position de réception (11) voisine après leur affectation à une position de réception (11).
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les produits finaux (4) recouvrent au moins une position de réception (11) voisine dans la direction d'avance du convoyeur de réception (8).
  12. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 ou 11, caractérisé en ce que le transfert de produits des dispositifs de stockage (1) au convoyeur de réception (8) est commandé de telle sorte que des produits finaux (4)soient transférés à chaque fois toujours uniquement dans des positions de réception libres (11), pas encore occupées par un produit final (4) ou pas encore recouvertes par un produit final (4).
  13. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 12, caractérisé en ce que l'on peut associer à chaque position de réception (11) trois états différents, à savoir les états "libre", "occupée" ou "recouverte".
  14. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 10 à 13, caractérisé en ce qu'avant l'assemblage de produits finaux (4) en paquets, la séquence temporelle dans laquelle les produits finaux (4) sont transférés des dispositifs de stockage individuels (1) au convoyeur de réception (8), est établie pour chaque dispositif de stockage (1) en fonction
    - de sa charge en produits finaux (4),
    - de sa position au niveau du convoyeur de réception (8)
    - des dimensions des produits finaux (4) et des recouvrements des positions de réceptions produits en conséquence, ainsi que
    - de la composition souhaitée des paquets à produire,
    ou est calculée au moyen d'un algorithme d'optimisation.
  15. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les produits finaux (4) sont positionnés sur le convoyeur de réception (8) de telle sorte qu'ils se chevauchent autant que possible largement une fois qu'ils ont passé le dernier dispositif de stockage (K) dans la direction d'avance (figure 5).
  16. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 15, caractérisé en ce que les positions de réception (11) du convoyeur de réception (8) sont espacées les unes des autres d'une distance qui est petite par rapport à la distance entre des dispositifs de stockage (1) situés les uns derrière les autres.
  17. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 16, caractérisé en ce que les positions de réception (11) du convoyeur de réception (8) sont espacées les unes des autres d'une distance aussi petite que possible.
  18. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 17, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs de stockage (1) sont espacés les uns des autres d'une distance aussi petite que possible le long du convoyeur de réception (8).
  19. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que seulement des produits finaux (4) d'un même type sont stockés dans chaque dispositif de stockage (1).
  20. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins deux produits finaux différents (4) sont contenus dans chaque paquet.
  21. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que différents paquets contiennent un nombre différent de produits finaux (4).
  22. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que différents paquets sont assemblés, dans lesquels le type et/ou la séquence de produits finaux successifs (4) à l'intérieur d'un paquet sont différents les uns des autres.
  23. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les produits finaux (4) sont maintenus dans la région des dispositifs de stockage (1) dans des logements de produit prévus à chaque fois pour recevoir seulement un produit final unique (4), notamment au moyen de pinces (3).
  24. Procédé selon la revendication 23, caractérisé en ce que les logements de produit (3) des dispositifs de stockage (1) sont espacés les uns des autres d'une distance aussi petite que possible.
  25. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les produits finaux (4) sont directement transférés de logements de produit (3) du dispositif de stockage respectif (1) dans des positions de réception (11) du convoyeur de réception (8).
  26. Procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs de stockage (1) sont sollicités par un signal de synchronisation de transfert commun afin de sortir de manière synchronisée les produits finaux (4).
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