EP1186559A2 - Dispositif d'empilage - Google Patents

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EP1186559A2
EP1186559A2 EP01117552A EP01117552A EP1186559A2 EP 1186559 A2 EP1186559 A2 EP 1186559A2 EP 01117552 A EP01117552 A EP 01117552A EP 01117552 A EP01117552 A EP 01117552A EP 1186559 A2 EP1186559 A2 EP 1186559A2
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Gunter Gämmerler
Ronald Meisel
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65HHANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/16Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
    • B65H29/18Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains and introducing into a pile
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H31/00Pile receivers
    • B65H31/30Arrangements for removing completed piles
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65H33/00Forming counted batches in delivery pile or stream of articles
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65H2301/3321Turning, overturning kinetic therefor
    • B65H2301/33216Turning, overturning kinetic therefor about an axis perpendicular to the direction of displacement and to the surface of material
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65H2301/50Auxiliary process performed during handling process
    • B65H2301/51Modifying a characteristic of handled material
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    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
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    • Y10T83/0448With subsequent handling [i.e., of product]
    • YGENERAL 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
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    • Y10T83/0476Including stacking of plural workpieces
    • YGENERAL 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
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  • the present invention relates to a stacking device for paper products for stacking and simultaneously cutting paper products.
  • Pure stacking devices are known as "stacker" known in the art and are used in a shingled stream supplied paper products on the one hand to individual layers stack and on the other hand to form stacks from the layers formed each have layers rotated by 180 °. If the individual Paper products are provided with a fold, such is offset Arranged stacking of layers is usually required to make an end stack to get, which is aligned essentially cuboid. When a If the fold is not present or is not very pronounced, this can be offset arranged stacks are omitted.
  • a cutting device is provided, with which a completely formed layer can be trimmed.
  • the cutting and stacking device creates for the first time Possibility to lay layers within the same machine at the same time form and on at least one side a trim of a complete Able to perform without reducing the cycle times. At the same time, the use of an otherwise required corner drive to be dispensed with.
  • the feed conveyor of the cutting stacking device has a further cutting device with which a trimming of the scale flow of paper products is feasible.
  • this Embodiment can, for example, in the area of the feed conveyor Head and foot trimming are done while the still missing Side trimming in the area of the first cutting device in layers can be carried out.
  • this embodiment can on separate cutting units and corner deflections are completely dispensed with.
  • the space requirement is compared to conventional systems significantly reduced.
  • the cutting devices provided in the cutting stacking device can at least a rotary cutting knife or at least a guillotine knife exhibit. Here you have to cut one Shed stream rotary cutter proven. Such rotary cutting knife can also be used for cutting a full layer Find use. Alternatively, it is possible to use guillotine knives use. The use of milling cutters is also possible.
  • a rotary device in the cutting / stacking device is preferred Connection to the stacking basket provided. This can result in a cross laying of the individual layers.
  • a further advantageous embodiment of the invention is after the cutting device is provided with a retractable clipboard, with the help of a cut layer dropped into the rotating device can be.
  • a clipboard With such a clipboard, short cycle times can be achieved achieve with a gentle product treatment.
  • FIG. 1 to 3 show a first embodiment of a cutting stacking device according to the invention, which has a base frame 10 on which the individual components are assembled.
  • a feed conveyor 12 (Fig. 2 and 3) is used to supply a shingled stream of already folded paper products P, which is transverse to in the illustrated embodiment Funding direction.
  • Reference numeral 14 denotes synchronized fine adjustment belts for precise longitudinal alignment of the product flow, even with thin products.
  • the shingled stream passes through from paper products P a cutting device 16, in which the Scale flow is kept by means of press belts 18 (FIG. 3) and thereby With the help of rotary cutting knives 20, 22 (Fig. 2) is trimmed. hereby a head and foot trimming of the individual paper products P of the shingled stream.
  • An intermediate basket 32 is provided below the bottom pair of rakes 30, at the bottom conveyor belts 34 are arranged, one completely Position formed in the direction of a further cutting device 36 promote.
  • third side is a trimming of a fully formed layer carried out.
  • Press belts 38 are provided, which press the position, while laterally trimmed by a rotary cutting knife 40 becomes.
  • Reference number 40 ' is only an alternative position for denotes the rotary cutting knife 40.
  • a rotating device 42 promoted by a vertical Axis After passing through the cutting device 36, the cut on three sides Able to a rotating device 42 promoted by a vertical Axis can be rotated and additionally raised and lowered vertically is.
  • the rotating device 42 is provided with two parallel guides 44, between which a completely trimmed layer is promoted.
  • Below the guide and above a support 46 of the rotating device 42 is a clipboard 48 in the form of an actuator cylinder movable calculator provided.
  • the clipboard 48 serves to store a completely cropped layer after one first or more layers have been deposited on the support 46.
  • a discharge device is located on each side of the rotating device 42 50, 52 provided, which are each offset by 90 ° in plan view are arranged and a stack consisting of each around Layers arranged at 180 ° to each other, from the cross-layer Remove the cutting and stacking device.
  • Reference numeral 54 denotes a control of the stacker.
  • With the reference numeral 45 is a retractable ejector, which is a fully formed Ejects stack from the rotating device.
  • the scale flow of paper products conveyed via the feed conveyor 12 P is precisely aligned in the area of the fine adjustment belts 14 and then arrives in the cutting device 16 in which with the help the rotary cutting knife 20, 22 a head and foot trimming of the individual Paper products is carried out. Then the shingled stream using the conveyor belt 25 up to the stacking chamber 24 out. There the individual paper products P fall into the intermediate basket and there first on the first computing pair 26.
  • the first computing level formed by the first computing pair 26 After the first computing level formed by the first computing pair 26 is filled, opens the computing pair 26 and the one already formed Location falls on the second level below, which is caused by the closed computing pair 28 is formed. After the situation through in the intermediate basket 32 falling paper products has been developed, the second pair of computations 28 is opened so that the position on the third, closed computing pair 30 can fall. After the location the desired Has reached height, the first computing pair 26 is closed and the third computing pair 30 opened so that the fully formed Location in the intermediate basket 32 falls. From there, the situation is determined using the Conveyor belt 34 transported to the cutting device 36, if necessary beforehand aligned again, and pressed with the help of the press belts 38 and at the same time on the product side opposite the fold using the Trimmed rotary cutting knife 40 on the side.
  • the orientation of the individual is Paper products P relative to the conveying direction before entering the Stacking chamber 24 and after leaving the stacking chamber by 90 ° pivoted.
  • the clipboard 48 is then extended so that a subsequently conveyed position are stored on the clipboard 48 can. Retracting the arithmetic of the clipboard 48 drops it Layer on the layer below, so that a total of two layers are offset by 180 °.
  • the stack is with With the help of the ejector 45 onto one of the two discharge devices 50, 52 promoted. From there, the stack is removed using palletizing grippers, strapping or wrapping is also provided can.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 The embodiment shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 is described below. the same reference numerals for the same or comparable elements be used.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 it is also a stacker, with two opposite Sides of the stacking chamber 24 each have an identical arrangement is provided, each consisting of a cutting device 36, 36 ', a rotating device 42, 42' and discharge devices 50, 50 'and 52, 52 '.
  • the structure of the additional units, with the deleted reference numerals are identical to that of FIGS. 1 to 3, so that a detailed description is dispensed with.
  • FIG. 7 shows a view of another embodiment that is comparable to FIG. 1 of the invention in the form of a cross stacker, wherein for same or comparable parts the same reference numerals are used.
  • a cutting device 37 is provided, which instead of a rotary cutting knife a guillotine knife 43 used which is a complete formed layer trimmed on one side.
  • a conveyor belt 39 is provided for further transport of the situation.
  • a pressing device (not shown) is used to fix the position during cutting.
  • the scale flow from paper products P first fed by a feed conveyor 12 and then passes through the cutting device 16 in which a head and Foot trimming of paper products P with the help of a rotary cutting knife 20 is carried out. Then the stream of shingles with Using a conveyor belt 25 to a stacking chamber 24 in which - as in the previous embodiments - three computing pairs 26, 28, 30 are arranged.
  • a transfer unit is located below the stacking chamber 24 27 provided a fully formed layer on a conveyor belt 39 passes in the area of a cutting device 37.

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