EP1332968B1 - Opposite bobbins wrapping machine and relative wrapping method - Google Patents

Opposite bobbins wrapping machine and relative wrapping method Download PDF

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EP1332968B1
EP1332968B1 EP03100123A EP03100123A EP1332968B1 EP 1332968 B1 EP1332968 B1 EP 1332968B1 EP 03100123 A EP03100123 A EP 03100123A EP 03100123 A EP03100123 A EP 03100123A EP 1332968 B1 EP1332968 B1 EP 1332968B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/58—Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
    • B65B11/585—Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession to stacked articles, e.g. pallettised loads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B65B11/025—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders by webs revolving around stationary articles

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  • the present invention relates to a wrapping machine and the respective wrapping method, in particular a wrapping machine provided with two opposite bobbins.
  • wrapping machines are machines apt to wrap a load in a plastic film, usually a stretchable film.
  • the wrapping of the load occurs by setting a rotational-translational relative movement between a stretchable film bobbin and said load: usually this may occur by either keeping the load fixed and moving the bobbin around it or combining the rotation of the load with the translation of the bobbin parallel to the rotation axis of said load.
  • the gripping device is highly complex and expensive, both to manufacture and to maintain.
  • the gripping device in order to intervene on the film adhering to the lateral side of the load, the gripping device must be moved from a side position to a position wherein it intercepts the area near the load, resulting in safety problems for its users.
  • WO00/53497 discloses a a film wrapping apparatus in accordance with the preamble of claim 1 and comprising two or more wrapping heads. Film is independently drawn from each head and attached to a point of a load by respective gripper units, then wrapped around said load. The film is dispensed at a high rate per turn, but a plurality of grippers is still required.
  • a joining device according to claim 5 and a load wrapping method according to claim 7 are provided.
  • fig. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention.
  • fig. 2 is a front elevation view of the embodiment of fig. 1, wherein the dispensing units are raised;
  • fig. 2A is a sectional view taken along line II-II of fig. 1;
  • fig. 3 is a view similar to that of fig. 2, with the wrapping machine in operation;
  • fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the joining device according to the invention.
  • fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line V-V of fig. 4;
  • figs. 6A and 6B are plan and side elevation views, respectively, of the cutting cup mounted on the device of fig. 4;
  • figs. 7-18 marked with A are partial longitudinal sectional views of the device of fig. 4 during the different knotting steps.
  • figs. 7-18 marked with B are partial bottom views of the device of fig. 4 during the different knotting steps.
  • an exemplary wrapping machine is illustrated. It comprises two vertical supporting columns 1a and 1b, onto which an annular structure 2 is translatably mounted, which is designed to support and guide stretchable film dispensing units during rotation. An annular track located on the structure is placed so as to encircle a load C to be wrapped.
  • two dispensing units are mounted facing each other, a stretchable film P continuously extending between one unit 3a to the other unit 3b (as can be seen in fig. 2).
  • the dispensing units are made, in a per se known manner, of a shelf rotatively supporting a stretchable film bobbin B and a plurality of cooperating cylinders of a pre-stretching unit.
  • the film P extends between one unit and the other along the diameter of the annular structure, it is possible to engage it with the top portion of the load C without using a gripping device for handling a free end of the film.
  • the operation of the machine according to the invention provides that the load C be moved to a position corresponding to the rotation axis a-a' when the annular structure 2 is in its completely raised position.
  • the film P extending along the diameter of the ring 2, does not intercept the load C: it is therefore possible to provide that the two dispensing units 3a and 3b be already rotating.
  • the annular structure 2 is lowered until the film engages the top portion of the load C: the film P is then naturally gripped and held by the upper edges of the load C, causing the actual wrapping to start.
  • the machine since the bobbins face each other, the machine has balanced masses, thus resulting in less stress, and may be supported by a lighter structure.
  • a joining device 4 placed above the load is provided.
  • the joining device 4 may avoid using complicated feelers or other film locating and gripping elements.
  • the joining device 4 is mounted, at the rotational axis a-a', onto a frame 5 placed above the annular structure 2.
  • the frame is translatably mounted onto columns 1a and 1b (fig. 2A).
  • the ring 2 and the frame 5 may be both mounted on respective supporting shelves engaged with a common fixed chain 6 (only a portion of which is shown in fig. 2A).
  • a suitable ratchet 7 prevents the relative movement between the frame 5 and the chain 6, so as to keep the joining device 4 in position in spite of possible lowerings of the ring 2.
  • the joining device 4 must be apt to join the two film ends coming from the load, once the wrapping is over, separate them from the respective bobbins and rejoin the free ends of the two bobbins in order to restore the initial conditions.
  • This operation may be done with different techniques, for example by welding, gripping, stapling, gluing, etc.
  • a preferred embodiment of the joining device will be illustrated, with reference to figs. 4-18B.
  • a preferred joining device is illustrated in detail. It is made of a housing and supporting structure 10, wherein there are a main gripping element 11 and a pair of secondary grippers 12a and 12b, which are placed opposite relative to the main gripping element 11.
  • the housing structure has a protective casing 10a at its lower end, from which several gripping elements may project.
  • the secondary grippers 12a and 12b are mounted onto fifth wheel means 13 allowing the concentrical rotation thereof relative to the main gripping element 11.
  • the fifth wheel means 13 are made to rotate, for rotation angles of ⁇ 180°, by means of a driving element 14 and a drive chain 14a (fig. 5).
  • the secondary grippers are made of gripping pins 15a and 15b that are translatable, through actuators 16a and 16b, within small hollow cylinders 17a and 17b.
  • the main gripping element 11 is made of a main gripping pin 18 that may slide, through an actuator A1, within a hollow pin or cylinder 19 which, integrally with the actuator A1, may in turn slide within a liner 20 by means of a second actuator A2.
  • a cutting cup 21 is further integrally connected to the liner structure 20, in a concentrical position relative to the main gripping element 11. Said cutting cup 21 is well illustrated in figs. 6A and 6B: it is made of protective cylindrical walls 21a, interrupted by windows onto which cutting blades 21b are mounted at opposite facing edges.
  • the joining device is moved close to the top of the load C; initially, the secondary gripping pins 15a and 15b are inwardly withdrawn (i.e. not projecting from the lower profile of the casing 10a), while the main gripping element 11 is in its completely extracted position.
  • the two bobbins while rotating and vertically rising, also apply some turns (2 or 3) of stretchable film onto the external surface of the cylinder 19, then further rise upwards before being stopped.
  • this condition which is illustrated in fig. 7A, two portions of film come upwardly from the load C, wrap the cylinder 19 in a plurality of turns and then move upwards in the direction of the respective bobbins B.
  • the cylinder 19 is raised until the film turns are abutting against the mouth of the liner 20.
  • the gripping pin 18 is then lowered, which pin is provided with a gripping flange 18a, and then the bobbins are made again to rotate around the axis a-a' in order to apply at least a further turn of film below the previous ones (fig. 8A).
  • the gripping pins 15a and 15b are closed and, during this clamping operation, they drag and block the film P. Since the gripping plane of the pins15a and 15b is placed at a higher level than the lower profile of the casing 10a and of the cup 21, the film P, stretched into a cord, is moved inside the windows of the cup 21 (see figs. 10A and 10B). At the same time, also the central gripping pin 18 clamps the last turn of film P applied against the edge of the cylinder 19.
  • the two portions of film extending between the central pin and the two secondary pins intercept the two cutting blades 21b, getting cut (fig. 12B): in this cutting step, the film coming from the wrapped up load C (whose ends remain hanging from the central gripping pin) is separated from the two film portions coming from the two bobbins (which remain gripped and held by the two secondary pins).
  • the two secondary pins have completed a rotation of about 180° in the direction of the arrow G.
  • the main pin 18 and cylinder 19 are lowered again (fig. 14A) in order to apply some new turns (2 or 3) of stretchable film through a further rotation of the two bobbins.
  • the step described with reference to figs. 9 and 10 is again performed, i.e. the cylinder 19 rises until pushing the layers against the edge of the liner 20, while the pin 18 is lowered by a small section.
  • a portion of the film held by the secondary grippers is wrapped on this latter section of the pin, forming at least one half-turn: this is obtained by means of an inverted rotation of about 180° (in the direction of he arrow G') of the two gripping pins 15a and 15b (fig. 15B).
  • the gripping pin 18 is then lifted and the last half-turn is gripped between the flange 18a and the mouth of the cylinder 19.
  • the film ends that are still held by the secondary pins may be freed (fig. 16B) and the actuator A2 is again operated in order to perform a knot - identical to the previously described one - also between these latter turns (figs. 17A and 17B): this way, the continuity of the film extending between the opposite bobbins is restored (fig. 18B), so that the initial conditions are reestablished in order to perform a new wrapping cycle.
  • the central position of the joining device allows it to be incorporated into another equipment useful for the wrapping, for example a so-called "small press” for unstable loads.
  • the specific joining device illustrated in the preferred embodiment advantageously allows to join the film ends by knotting them: this technique is much more reliable and less unstable than the traditional welding technique, thus resulting in a further advantage.

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IT2002MI000174A ITMI20020174A1 (it) 2002-01-31 2002-01-31 Apparecchiatura fasciapallet a bobine contrapposte e relativo metodo di imballaggio

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