EP1218269B1 - Procede et dispositif de correction des intervalles entre des envois postaux - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de correction des intervalles entre des envois postaux Download PDF

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EP1218269B1
EP1218269B1 EP00940156A EP00940156A EP1218269B1 EP 1218269 B1 EP1218269 B1 EP 1218269B1 EP 00940156 A EP00940156 A EP 00940156A EP 00940156 A EP00940156 A EP 00940156A EP 1218269 B1 EP1218269 B1 EP 1218269B1
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Armin Zimmermann
Keven Mohr
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/34—Varying the phase of feed relative to the receiving machine
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
    • B07C1/02—Forming articles into a stream; Arranging articles in a stream, e.g. spacing, orientating
    • B07C1/04—Forming a stream from a bulk; Controlling the stream, e.g. spacing the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H7/00—Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles
    • 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
    • B65H2301/445—Moving, forwarding, guiding material stream of articles separated from each other
    • B65H2301/4452—Regulating space between separated articles
    • 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
    • B65H2511/20—Location in space
    • B65H2511/22—Distance
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2557/00—Means for control not provided for in groups B65H2551/00 - B65H2555/00
    • B65H2557/20—Calculating means; Controlling methods
    • B65H2557/24—Calculating methods; Mathematic models
    • B65H2557/242—Calculating methods; Mathematic models involving a particular data profile or curve
    • B65H2557/2423—Calculating methods; Mathematic models involving a particular data profile or curve involving an average value
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1916—Envelopes and articles of mail

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for correcting the gaps between programs according to the preambles of claims 1 and 3 (DE 196 42 350 C).
  • the mail items often go through several processing machines, in particular sorting machines, which are connected to one another by means of transport. It often happens that the upstream machines have a higher throughput than the following ones.
  • an upstream device for address reading has a higher throughput with a processing speed of 4 m / s with an average shipment length of 200 mm and an average gap of 106 mm, than a subsequent fine distribution machine with a processing speed of 3.2 m / s with a necessary gap of 70 mm, the gap would have to be corrected for the fine distribution machine, since after the speed jump there are only gaps of 45 mm on average. So there is an average of 25 mm missing per gap.
  • the items In order to create the necessary gaps, the items have to be moved backwards. In existing correction devices, this is done by braking and speeding up the mail items by means of controlled, driven roller pairs.
  • the first shipment In order to achieve a gap of 70 mm, the first shipment must be moved back by 25 mm. A gap of only 20 mm has been created behind this broadcast. The second shipment must then be moved 50 mm to the rear. If there is an average gap after the second broadcast, so the second would be pushed onto the third broadcast. In order to avoid this, there should be a large gap in all 3 items, ie a missing item in the item stream. However, this would greatly reduce throughput.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of increasing gaps in a mail flow that are too small such that as few mail items as possible have to be removed from the supplied mail stream.
  • the means of transport 3, 4 which feed the mail gap correction units 5, 6 and transport them away from them are designed as cover band systems (FIG. 1).
  • cover band systems FIG. 1
  • Such a shroud system consists of two belts running in parallel, which are guided over transport and drive rollers. The shipments are clamped and transported between the belts.
  • the mail items arriving via a supplying cover band system 1 are divided over a switch 2 with a controlled, movable distribution element between the two gap correction units 5, 6.
  • the gap correction units 5, 6 After the gap correction units 5, 6, the two partial mail streams transported via the transport means 3, 4 are combined in a combining device 7. Subsequently, the mail items are transported on by a discharging cover belt system 8.
  • the gap correction units 5, 6 each have a controlled, driven cover band system in which the mail items are braked and accelerated again. The ejection of individual consignments necessary for the process takes place in an upstream stage and not shown in FIG. 1.
  • the gap correction units 5, 6 and the switches for branching 2 and discharging the mail items are controlled by a control device (not shown), the position of the mail items being determined at any time with the aid of sensors, for example light barriers, at a known transport speed.
  • the program stream is then divided into two sub-program streams by alternately feeding the programs to the two gap correction units 5, 6, i.e. the programs with the numbers 1, 3, 5 (ie the sixth, the fourth and the second program before the discharged program No. 7 in the letter direction) to a gap correction unit 5 and the mail items 2, 4 and 6 (ie the fifth, the third and the first mail before the ejected mail item 7 in the letter direction) reach the other 6.
  • the length of the arrows gives the length the necessary postponement of the respective shipment.
  • the foremost broadcast No. 1 is not shifted in its relative position.
  • the program No. 2 in the other path is postponed by the difference between the minimum and actual gap. In the path of broadcast 1 is broadcast No.
  • the shipment stream has the minimum gaps uniformly between the shipments.

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Abstract

Etant donné que les intervalles effectifs (b) d'un flux d'envois postaux sont plus petits que les intervalles minimaux (c) nécessaires pour le traitement, chaque xième envoi est détourné, x étant égal à (a+b)/(c-b) et a étant la longueur moyenne des envois. Ensuite, le flux des envois est partagé par acheminement alternant des envois vers deux unités de correction des intervalles, dans lesquelles les envois sont décalés vers les intervalles laissés libres par les envois détournés de manière telle qu'après réunification des deux flux partiels d'envois, les intervalles minimaux nécessaires sont obtenus.

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  1. Procédé de correction des intervalles entre des envois d'un flux d'envois qui est apporté à une unité de traitement d'envois, dans lequel l'intervalle réels moyen b du flux d'envois est inférieur à l'intervalle minimum moyen c nécessaire au traitement dans l'unité de traitement d'envois pour la vitesse de flux d'envois choisie,
    caractérisé par les étapes consistant à
    - faire sortir au moins un envoi sur x, x = (a+b)/(c-b), pour une longueur d'envoi moyenne a,
    - diviser le flux d'envois en amenant les envois alternativement à deux unités de correction d'intervalle (5, 6) et assembler les flux d'envois secondaires séparés après le passage par les unités de correction d'intervalle (5, 6) pour former un flux d'envois,
    les envois dans les unités de correction d'intervalle (5, 6), se trouvant en amont des intervalles générés en raison de la sortie, sont déplacés vers l'arrière dans le sens opposé au sens de défilement en commençant par le (x-1)-ième envoi avant l'envoi sorti de sorte que, entre les envois successifs du flux d'envois de nouveau assemblés, les intervalles sont supérieurs ou égaux à l'intervalle minimum.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les envois sortis sont ramenés et réintégrés dans le flux d'envois.
  3. Dispositif de correction des intervalles entre des envois d'un flux d'envois qui est amené à une unité de traitement d'envois, dans lequel l'intervalle réel moyen b du flux d'envois est inférieur à l'intervalle minimum moyen c entre les envois, nécessaire au traitement dans l'unité de traitement d'envois, pour la vitesse de flux d'envois choisie,
    caractérisé par
    - un dispositif de sortie d'au moins un envoi sur x, x = (a+b)/(c-b), pour une longueur d'envoi moyenne a,
    - un aiguillage (2) destiné à répartir le flux d'envois vers deux moyens de défilement (3, 4) qui apportent les envois à une unité de correction d'intervalle (5, 6) correspondante et les emportent de celle-ci,
    - une unité d'assemblage (7) destinée à assembler les flux d'envois secondaires,
    - et au moins une unité de commande destinée à commander le dispositif de sortie, et à commander l'aiguillage (2) de sorte que les envois du flux d'envois sont répartis alternativement vers les unités de correction d'intervalle (5, 6) de sorte que les envois dans les unités de correction d'intervalle (5, 6), se trouvant en amont des intervalles générés en raison de la sortie, sont déplacés vers l'arrière dans le sens opposé au sens de défilement en commençant par le (x-1 )-ième envoi avant l'envoi sorti de sorte que, entre les envois successifs du flux d'envois de nouveau assemblés, les intervalles sont supérieurs ou égaux à l'intervalle minimum.
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