EP1322537A1 - Unite d'entree d'une installation de tri d'envois et son procede de chargement - Google Patents

Unite d'entree d'une installation de tri d'envois et son procede de chargement

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EP1322537A1
EP1322537A1 EP01982150A EP01982150A EP1322537A1 EP 1322537 A1 EP1322537 A1 EP 1322537A1 EP 01982150 A EP01982150 A EP 01982150A EP 01982150 A EP01982150 A EP 01982150A EP 1322537 A1 EP1322537 A1 EP 1322537A1
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section
mail
separating
stack
sorting
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Christoph Hofmann
Peter Berdelle-Hilge
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Siemens 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
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/02—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
    • B65H1/025—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge with controlled positively-acting mechanical devices for advancing the pile to present the articles to the separating device
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a material input of a mail sorting system, the separating device, a horizontally aligned mail transport track connected to it. a supporting wall for the transport of upright, flat mail items to the separating device and a separating knife that can be swung in and out in the mail transport path and in the transport direction for holding and transporting the mail items to the separating device on a linear guide and can be moved back and a method for loading the material inputs.
  • the mail items are tipped from a mail container onto the mail transport track or removed in batches from the mail container by hand and placed on the mail transport track. Then they are aligned, also by hand, on the lower edge and laterally against the supporting wall and pushed to the separating device or to the remaining stack.
  • the separating knife is then swiveled in behind the stack and the mail itemization begins, the separating knife and optionally additionally the mail item conveying path designed as a driven conveyor belt coupled to the separating knife feeding the stack to the separating device under pressure control.
  • a filled container is emptied onto the letter feed path of the material input between two additional, movable and swiveling separating knives by means of the loading module. Then the stack is Automatically pushed towards the separating device by means of the two separating knives in the direction of the separating device, the separating knife holding the remaining stack swings out, moves close behind the rear additional separating knife, swivels in again and the two additional separating knives swivel out and drive backwards to take up a new stack.
  • the mail items arrive at the material input in a mail container, ie the mail items have to be filled into the mail container in a relatively complex manner.
  • these shipments come from upstream sorting machines.
  • the pre-sorted consignments are then loaded from the appropriate sorting compartments into the mail containers and transported to the appropriate batches as described.
  • the design of the consignment transport path as a divided consignment transport path, with a relatively short first section, as previously, firmly connected to the separating device and at least one longer second section that can be coupled to the short section is arranged so that it can be moved on a chassis, the direct loading of the mailing transport path is possible at any location without using mail containers.
  • the second section of the consignment transport track is driven to the loading location and the consignments are placed on the second section. So that the stack of endings does not tip over, one or two cutting knives are pushed along the second section onto the stack. If the stack of items is not too long, a separating knife is sufficient for a certain inclined position, otherwise holding on both sides with two separating knives is safer, especially with uncontrollable transport movements.
  • the supporting wall connected to the first section of the mailing conveyor has the length of the entire mailing conveyor.
  • the separating knife of the first short section of the consignment transport path can be moved over the length of the entire consignment transport path, ie if the second section is coupled, this first separating knife can be swiveled out behind the rear separating knife of the second section and, after being joined together, possibly on the Push the first section of the remaining stack and the swiveling out of the separating knife of the second section, the entire stack to the separating device.
  • the separating knives are arranged in such a way that they do not interfere with each other during the movements.
  • the separating knives do not interfere with one another during their movements, it is advantageous to guide the separating knife of the first section and the separating knife or cutters of the second section on both sides of the mailing transport path and to arrange it displaceably along the transport path.
  • the bottom of the first and the second section of the mail item transport track each consist at least partially of a rough transport belt, which move synchronously with the pivoted-in first separating knife when the stack of mail items is moved to the separating device ,
  • the drives of the two conveyor belts are also coupled together, advantageously by means of friction wheels.
  • the conveyor belt can only be moved in the direction of the separating device.
  • FIG. 1 a shows a schematic side view of the material input in which the mailing conveyor sections are separated from one another
  • 1b shows a schematic side view of the material input in which the mailing conveyor sections are coupled to one another
  • 2a, b show a schematic representation of two variants for loading the second section of the consignment transport path from the sorting roofs of a consignment sorting system
  • the shipments are sorted in the order in which they are distributed for the deliverers. Since the mail sorting system has only a limited number of sorting compartments 14, this must be carried out in several sorting runs one after the other, the mail items being fed back from the sorting compartments in precisely sorted order.
  • the mail items are stacked upright from the back to the front, being supported towards the front by a stacking plate which can be swung out against the growing stack by spring force.
  • Emptying the sorting compartments 14 and loading a mobile second Section 30 of the consignment transport path of the material input can then be carried out simply by pushing the stack of consignments out of the sorting compartment 14 onto the second section 30.
  • the distribution strategy used is based on a two-pass process:
  • the shipments are loaded onto the second section of the shipment transport track and separated.
  • the batches of mail items are loaded from the sorting compartments 14 after the first run onto one or more second sections 30 of the mail item transport track located on chassis, which are distributed along the item sorting system.
  • the individual mobile sections are then driven and unloaded for material input.
  • the second section 30 of the mailing conveyor track is mounted on a chassis 12. It has a base 8, two separating knives 9, 10 which can be displaced on a linear guide 11 along the second section and pivoted in and out of the transport path, and one
  • the bottom 8 of the second section is at the same height as the bottom 3 of a first section 20 of the mailing conveyor path of the material inputs. If the separating knife 8, 9 is pivoted out, moved to the ends of the stack and then swiveled in and hooked in the bottom 8, the stack is prevented from slipping or tipping over.
  • the first with the single device 2 rigidly connected section 20 of the mailing conveyor track is aligned with its transport direction at right angles to the take-off device 2 of the separating device.
  • the mail items are aligned with their rear edge on a support wall 4.
  • a linear guide 5 is fastened to the first section 20 of the mail transport track, on which a first separating knife 6 can be pivoted in and out of the mail transport track and can be displaced along the mail transport track.
  • the bottom 3 of the first section is designed as a conveyor belt.
  • the drive of the separating knife 6 and the conveyor belt is regulated by means of a stack pressure measured at the point of withdrawal so that this stack pressure remains approximately constant.
  • the linear guide 5 has a length which corresponds to the sum of the length of the first 20 and the second section 30 of the mail transport path.
  • the length of the first section 20 is selected such that the time for separating the mail items standing on it is sufficient to move the now empty second section 30 away, to couple a ready loaded second movable section 30 including the displacement of the first separating knife 6 behind it as seen from the separating device, rear separating knives 10 supporting the stack of mail items, the pivoting of the first separating knife 6 into the transport path of the mail items and the subsequent pivoting out of the additional separating knives 9, 10 of the second section 30.
  • the second mobile section 30 of the consignment transport track is mounted on a chassis 12. Its transport level has the same height as that of the first section.
  • the ends of the two sections 20, 30, which are coupled to one another, are shaped in such a way that they interlock with one another in a kind of toothing, so that there is no disruptive gap.
  • the second section also has a conveyor belt as the base 8 and when the second section 30 is coupled to the first section 20, the driven conveyor belt of the first section is coupled to the conveyor belt of the second section 30 by means of a friction wheel 7, so that both are driven equally become.
  • the conveyor belt of the second section 30 can only be moved in the direction of the separating device 2, so that when the mail items are pushed together during the loading process, the separating knife 9 swiveled in in the direction of the separating device, which is supported on the conveyor belt and is form-fitting or non-positive with it is connected, the shipments do not slip away.
  • the second section of the consignment transport path located on the chassis is placed at a 90 ° angle on the compartment wall 13 with the sorting compartments 14. It starts with the content of compartment no. 1, which is placed on the left of the front cutting knife, then the content of compartment no. 2 is placed on the left, etc.
  • the stack can be prevented from falling over to the left.
  • this cutting knife is only adjusted if the stack that has been set exceeds a certain misalignment.
  • a length of the second section e.g. from Im to expect 3 implementations.
  • the mailings are distributed from front to back with a descending number.
  • the separating knife No. 2 is initially in the middle of the second section, for example, the stack of the sorting compartment 14 with the highest number is placed on the right, etc. If the right half of the second section is filled, this stack is then shifted to the left. This process can also occur more frequently with correspondingly smaller stacks.
  • the aim of this procedure is to always have the loading point as close as possible to the compartment wall, in order to minimize the distances when filling the second section.
  • overflow compartments are provided. These must also be emptied in the correct order (if compartment no. 4 is assigned an overflow compartment no. 4+, no. 4 is emptied first and then afterwards
  • the first of the sections 30 to be unloaded is the one with the stack of tray # 1 at its right end.
  • this is the second section closest to the substance input.
  • this would be the second section at the end of the mail sorting system.
  • the corresponding second section 30 initially becomes an extension to the first section 20 of the mailing conveyor the material inputs docked.
  • the two separating knives 9, 10 are then pushed with the stack up to the first separating knife 6.
  • the first separating knife 6 of the material inputs is then pivoted upwards and inserted again behind the stack and the rear separating knife 10 of the second section 30.
  • the separation can be started (FIG. 3a-c). If the second section 30 has been driven empty by separation, the others follow in the corresponding order.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Separation, Sorting, Adjustment, Or Bending Of Sheets To Be Conveyed (AREA)
  • Sheets, Magazines, And Separation Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne une unité d'entrée d'une installation de tri d'envois, comprenant un dispositif d'isolement (2) et une première section (20) courte d'une bande de transport d'envois horizontale, cette première section étant solidaire du dispositif d'isolement (2) et au moins une deuxième section (30) longue de la bande de transport d'envois horizontale, cette deuxième section étant fixée à un bâti (12). Une première lame de séparation (6) pivotante peut se déplacer le long et au-delà de la première section, sur la longueur de la deuxième section. La deuxième section possède une ou deux lames de séparation (9, 10) pivotantes supplémentaires qui peuvent se déplacer le long de la deuxième section (30) permettant de maintenir la pile d'envois posés debout.
EP01982150A 2000-09-29 2001-09-26 Unite d'entree d'une installation de tri d'envois et son procede de chargement Expired - Lifetime EP1322537B1 (fr)

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DE10048827A DE10048827C1 (de) 2000-09-29 2000-09-29 Stoffeingabe einer Sendungssortieranlage und Verfahren zum Beladen der Stoffeingabe
DE10048827 2000-09-29
PCT/DE2001/003701 WO2002026603A1 (fr) 2000-09-29 2001-09-26 Unite d'entree d'une installation de tri d'envois et son procede de chargement

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