EP1398286B1 - Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten und Separieren einer schuppenartigen Formation von flexiblen, flächigen Gegenständen - Google Patents

Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten und Separieren einer schuppenartigen Formation von flexiblen, flächigen Gegenständen Download PDF

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EP1398286B1
EP1398286B1 EP03020318A EP03020318A EP1398286B1 EP 1398286 B1 EP1398286 B1 EP 1398286B1 EP 03020318 A EP03020318 A EP 03020318A EP 03020318 A EP03020318 A EP 03020318A EP 1398286 B1 EP1398286 B1 EP 1398286B1
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for processing and separating a scaly formation of flexible, flat objects, in particular printed products, according to the preamble of the independent claims.
  • an investment machine for the paper industry serves to create folded printed sheets on saddles of a feeder conveyor belt of a stapler.
  • the device is based on a drum, which is arranged between a supported on an inclined plane stack of folded signature and a conveyor belt with saddles.
  • the printed sheets are arranged standing in the region of the feed on the fold.
  • the drum which is arranged substantially tangentially to the foremost printing sheet, has on its periphery a gripper, by means of which the respectively foremost printing sheet of the sheet is detected and removed on the flower side. The removal of the next sheet is only possible when the previous one has been completely removed from the stack.
  • Each signature is deflected adjacent to the drum and dropped onto a saddle of the feeder conveyor.
  • DE2531262 shows an investor for sheets or folded layers of paper or similar flexible materials.
  • Printing sheets are moved in the form of a scale flow (leading edge above) along an inclined plane by means of a conveyor belt.
  • the printed sheets are dammed to a crooked position and brought to a standstill.
  • the lowest sheet of the inclined layer is detected by a wheel equipped with grippers and deflected by means of a deflection roller.
  • the printed sheets are deducted from the skewed position.
  • the sheets are not individually, but withdrawn in the form of a continuous scale flow. Due to the strong deflection during removal, the printed sheets are heavily stressed.
  • a downstream acceleration section is proposed for the separation of the printed sheets.
  • EP1055620 The same applicant shows a device for receiving and further transporting flat printed products.
  • a plurality of grippers with associated suction organs is attached.
  • the printing sheets to be processed are arranged on a stack from which they are lifted by means of the suction organs and brought into the effective range of the grippers.
  • the printed sheets are detected by the grippers and then stored in the form of a scale flow and conveyed away by means of a conveyor.
  • This device enables the detection of printed sheets in very short intervals, with suction cups and products to be aligned with each other.
  • EP1086914 The same applicant shows a device for transporting flat products from a stationary stack positioned in a receiving location to a delivery point.
  • the device has a Separierorgan, and a support member and a holding member, which are arranged circumferentially around a shaft.
  • the products are individually recorded, separated and handed over to a means that serves to convey away. Also in this device, the products are mechanically stressed.
  • WO00 / 46135 The same applicant shows a device for dismantling a stack of flat objects, in particular printed products. From a stack, the uppermost sheet is raised by means of a lifting means and brought into the effective range of a pusher. By means of the sliding device, the raised printing sheet is brought laterally into the effective region of a conveyor belt, which serves to lead away the printed sheets in the form of a scale flow.
  • the device is designed to accommodate the height of the stack: although simplified as compared to the prior art, control is still required.
  • EP0863099 shows an apparatus for separating stacked printed products.
  • a conveyor to be processed sheets are pushed under a stack. From this stack, the top print product is detected by a gripper and occasionally led away. So that the sheets can be detected, they are raised individually by means of a lifting means and brought into the effective range of a gripper.
  • EP0755886 shows a device for feeding folded printed products to a further processing point.
  • a conveying means supplied in a scale flow sheet fed to a stacking point, where they are pushed under an intermediate stack.
  • the respective uppermost printed product is raised at the folded edge and brought into the effective range of a removal conveyor.
  • the removal conveyor has a segmented roller and a circulating belt, which serves for pressing printed products against the segmented roller. The sheets are successively lifted and brought into the effective range of the conveyor, by which they are detected and carried away in the form of a scale flow.
  • DE19627830 shows a device for feeding printed products to a removal conveyor.
  • a suction member arranged in the interior of a rotor passes through a recess in order to detect a printed product and bring it with the corner region into the interior of the rotor.
  • the printed product is then attacked by a rotor arm and further raised to bring it into the effective range of a conveyor.
  • the printed products are transported by means of grippers, isolated or in the form of a scale flow.
  • EP0675061 shows a device for the continuous feeding of sheet products to a delivery point.
  • an endless conveyor belt printed products are fed to a delivery point.
  • the conveyor belt is at least partially deflected by a stationary guide roller and engages underschlbericht the guide wheel.
  • the driven by a stepping motor conveyor belt and a deflection wheel form a conveying gap for the processed products, which are arranged in a scale-like formation.
  • the topmost product of a sub-stack is detected by means of a suction head and lifted.
  • the document US 3,881,718 discloses an apparatus and method for retrieving newspaper sections coming from a container.
  • the newspaper sections are densely packed and stacked in a stack on their lower edges on conveyor belts.
  • the newspaper sections are slightly inclined in the conveying direction, so that the lower edges follow the upper edges of the newspaper clippings in the conveying direction.
  • the respective foremost newspaper sections of the stack are held in their position by a separating device with movable gears engaging on both sides between the folded sheets until they are transported away by a downstream removal conveyor in imbricated formation.
  • the object of the invention is a method and a device for continuously processing a scale-like formation of flexible, flat objects, namely of printed products to create, in particular for the accurate separation and transfer of individual printed products from this scale-like formation to a conveying member, which require a relatively small constructive, control or control engineering effort.
  • the invention is based on a fluid transformation of a scale-like formation of flexible, flat objects, in particular folded printed sheets by means of a conductive agent.
  • a fluid transformation of a scale-like formation of flexible, flat objects in particular folded printed sheets by means of a conductive agent.
  • the printed products to be processed are preferably supplied in the form of an imbricated flow, in which the trailing edges, in folded sheets whose fold, the printed products or printed sheets to be processed are arranged above and overlap the subsequent printed product.
  • Such a scale flow is fed to the conducting means, which serves to transform the scale flow in angle, orientation and density, so that a new scale-like formation results.
  • the supplied printed products are arranged as a stack, layer or imbricated stream, they are transferred before being separated by suitable means into said scale-like formation standardized according to the invention.
  • the fold is preferably arranged at the top and the folded sheet supported on its flower, so that the folded sheets can be detected at the fold individually or in a defined number.
  • the invention accordingly also makes it possible to process a bar, a stack or other formations using the same method according to the invention for separating the printed products, ie that the products do not necessarily have to be supplied as scale flow.
  • the standing products for example, a rod are thus transferred to the desired oblique position, whereas in a scale flow, as described above, an erection of the printed products is required.
  • Falzbogen are, if necessary, previously oriented so that they are oriented with their flower down.
  • Embodiments of the invention shown here may have a modular structure in which several modules are operatively connected via normalized interfaces.
  • a preferred embodiment has a transfer module, a transfer module and a downstream delivery module for the removal of printed products.
  • the transfer module serves to bring the optionally supplied in different form and arrangement (scale, layer, package or stack, etc.) printed products in a suitable, normalized starting position, which is supplied to the transfer module.
  • the transfer module serves in particular to transform the printed products by means of a conductive agent according to the invention into an initial position optimized for the removal.
  • the delivery module is, for example, a circulating tension member or a removal drum equipped with grippers.
  • the printed products are actively or passively guided over a plane, concave or convexly curved or kinked guide surface of a conductive agent.
  • a conveying device is arranged which serves to remove or separate and carry away individual printed products.
  • the printed products are guided in a scale-like formation with (above) trailing edge on the guide surface and passed along along.
  • a preferred embodiment of a conductive means includes a baffle at the end of which is disposed a substantially perpendicularly projecting rim which serves to controllably retain and erect the elements of the scale flow.
  • the device according to the invention enables dynamic processing of the printed products.
  • the invention may also include a passive removal, that is, the separation or separation takes place by the transfer module itself and the separated sheet or sheet groups are transferred to a removal unit, which plays no separating function.
  • the functional principles known today require that the printed products are transferred practically horizontal or supported in a planar manner.
  • the printed products are oriented by the conductive agent so that they are present in the transfer region of the guide surface in an obliquely upright, largely freely accessible position and separated.
  • this also has the advantage that the separation process does not necessarily mean that a printed product must be completely separated before the separation of the next printed sheet can begin.
  • the fold points upwards, ie away from the guide surface, so that the printed sheets are delivered individually or in a defined number by means of e.g. a gripping means can be detected easily and with high accuracy.
  • the printed products show in processing with each other and with the Leitsch a procedurally favorable mutual influence and stabilization, which is particularly relevant in the end of the baffle for the process.
  • a plurality of adjacent printed products show in their entirety an elastic or supple behavior.
  • a first form of elastic behavior can be observed in a package of printed products that is leveled and held by stops. As the constraints of the printed product package are pulled apart longitudinally, the angle between the printed products and the plane becomes flatter. By contrast, pushing the bounds of the package together makes the angle between the plane and the printed products steeper. This behavior, understood in this way, is elastic.
  • Another form of elastic behavior is particularly important in an arrangement of folded printed products. Due to the fold, the individual printed products tend to bulge in regions or to open. But even with other flexible products or printed products due to material irregularities and air entrapment such flexibility is given.
  • This buffering effect acts as a dynamic buffer (due to local compression) to a certain extent and geometrical compensation during processing. This effect is specifically exploited here to compensate for differences in processing speed between feeding and discharging device means or short term disturbances.
  • the guide surface used in the conducting means preferably has a shape which causes the scale-like formation guided over it to be compacted by printed products and simultaneously set up (or tilted) in a controlled manner.
  • Particularly suitable are guide surfaces having a flat portion, which merge into an arcuate or straight, obliquely downwardly extending portion.
  • the baffle e.g. in the form of a mechanical stop preventing the printed products of the compacted scale flow from passing along the guide surface.
  • the printed products are controlled jammed and erected.
  • the lateral gravity decreases continuously, so that the printed products come into an unstable equilibrium and then tend to tipping over.
  • they enter the effective range of a conveyor, which captures them and leads them away one by one.
  • a special separating device may be included here, which transfers the printed sheets to a subsequent conveying module.
  • a means for actively changing the inclination of the printed products in order to convey the printed products in a controlled manner to the conveyor at the moment they tend to tip over.
  • This may be, for example, a rotating, flat or structured roller or a rotating cam belt, by means of which the printed products are influenced by friction, form or other adhesion.
  • rollers or vane-type wheels equipped with suction elements which intervene between the printed products and thus bring them dynamically to the conveyor are also suitable.
  • a controlled air flow acting from the side or from the top to the printed products is also suitable.
  • transfer means or separating means has a lever, at one end of a suction cup is attached.
  • the lever is rotatably mounted about an axis, wherein the pivot point of the axis is arranged in the region of the mechanical stop at the end of the guide surface.
  • the foremost printed product, which is present at the mechanical stop (board) is pressed against the lever or the suction cup.
  • the lever and with it the printed product held by the suction cup is pivoted relatively quickly, so that the printed product is free and can be detected by the conveyor.
  • the remaining printed products remain stationary due to their inertia or held by a mechanical stop. It is readily possible to effect the removal or the conveying away also by circulating roller pairs, conveyor belts or alternative conveying means.
  • the distance between the guide surface and the conveyor, or the transfer means is preferably adjustable, so that the device is suitable for the processing of printed products of variable formats.
  • a further advantage of the invention is that a switch system can be provided at the location of the separation and, if necessary, so that the printed sheets can be transferred to different conveyors immediately after the transfer module or can be removed therefrom.
  • the device may have, in particular on the guide surface, additional active means for controlling the flow, density and shape of the scale flow.
  • additional active means for controlling the flow, density and shape of the scale flow.
  • These conductive agents are e.g. around one or more circulating conveyor belts (conveyor belts), which act by means of friction on the flow behavior and transfer of the printed products.
  • the guide means are arranged along the entire guide surface or only in sections. Depending on the requirements, they have the same or different conveying speeds and are aligned identically or in opposite directions.
  • the skew of the printed products is suitable for achieving a buffering and balancing effect, e.g. serves to compensate for variations in processing speed.
  • stabilizing means may be provided which, when starting the device or in the event of a fault, the dynamic Stop process, respectively "freeze".
  • These means are preferably grippers, levers or flaps which, if necessary, engage in the flow of printed products to be processed and support and stabilize them in angle and orientation.
  • These stabilizing means can be arranged to be movable, so that they can be moved with the flow of printed products to be processed at least for a certain distance. To start or stop the processing process in particular displaceable or pivotable or telescopically extendable flaps or rods are suitable.
  • the stabilizing means may form part of the device or be arranged separately.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a novel guide means 1 in a side view.
  • a convexly curved guide surface 2 in the direction of arrow P printed products 10 directed in a scale-like formation 13 against an arranged at the end of the guide surface 2 edge (board) 3, which serves as a mechanical stop for the printed products 10.
  • the printed products 10 are with their flowers 12 on the guide surface 2, wherein the fold 11 of the printed products 10 points upward.
  • Printed products, which are far away from the board 3, are in a scaly arrangement, in which the fold 11 with respect to the flower 12 is trailing.
  • Printed products 10, which are closer to the board 3, however, are steeper, that is placed obliquely.
  • the transformation takes place smoothly and is effected primarily by the interaction of the printed products with one another and in particular by the geometry of the conductive agent.
  • the printed products 10 of a here only schematically indicated, according to the prior art differently ausgestaltbaren product supply 14, such as a belt conveyor, the guide means 1 are supplied.
  • the printed products 10 are here in the context of the scale-like formation 13, as a result of the force of the subsequent products and the inclination, along the guide surface 2 moves forward.
  • active means not shown in detail in this figure
  • additional conveyor belts are used.
  • the guide surface 2 and the board 3 specifically influence the shape of the scale flow and the orientation of the printed products 10 such that the printed products 10 at the end of the guide surface 2 in the region of the board 3 an optimal orientation for gripping, here by means of a fixed to a rotating traction member 9 Take gripper 8.
  • the board 3 dams the flow of the scale-like formation 13, whereby the printed products 10 run in a controlled manner each other and align themselves due to the specific shape of the guide surface 2.
  • the curvature and in particular the inclination of the guide surface 2 are formed so that a controlled setting up of the printed products 10 is achieved.
  • Another advantage of the curved guide plate is that the folding edges of the printed sheet, possibly with a guide means acting on the fold side, can be brought almost to a straight line. This also facilitates in particular the arrangement and configuration of the means 5 for separating the printed sheets.
  • the guide surface 2 is accordingly inclined at least in regions relative to the horizontal, so that the printed products in the conveying direction are subject to a certain wedging action and thus "compression" of the product stream.
  • This inclination of the guide surface 2 is in preferred embodiments, at least partially more than 30 ° relative to the horizontal, so that the desired Erection of the printed products is effected.
  • the printed products with the fold upwards (z-direction) are in a substantially vertical position from which they are handed over individually or in a defined number to the conveyor, here to the gripper 8, for guiding away.
  • the transfer means 5 serves for the controlled transfer of the printed products 10.
  • the transfer means 5 is an impeller 6 with arms 7 which rotates about an axis A (perpendicular to the plane of the drawing).
  • the arms 7 engage between the printed products 10 located at the end of the guide surface 2 cause them to be peeled off in a controlled manner or separated and separated or separated from one another in the region of the fold.
  • the printed products 10, which are separated from one another in the region of the fold 11, are brought by the transferring means 5, individually or in a defined number, into the effective region of grippers 8, gripped by one of these grippers 8 and then conveyed away. It is in FIG.
  • the transfer means causes peeling and subsequent "tipping over" of the respective printed product or supported.
  • the sheets are actively transferred during removal by means of the transfer means 5 in an inclined position in the direction of the conveying direction.
  • the process described here causes an optimal removal, in other embodiments by means of the reloading means 5, a mere lifting for the purpose of removal, so that the term “reloading” is not to be understood as limiting and this can also be referred to as separating.
  • the distance D between the guide surface 2 and the transfer means 5, respectively, the gripper 8 is adjustable, so that different sized elements can be processed.
  • the guide surface can be tilted or moved differently, or alternatively, the transfer means 5 and the removal means 8, 9 are arranged to be movable.
  • the adaptation to different formats can also be provided by a sensor system with appropriate regulation and control, which automatically adjust the control elements (position and effective forces of the transferring means, removal means, etc.) accordingly.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of a transfer device with a guide means 1 in a side view.
  • a (here not shown) scaly formation conveyor belts 15 arranged, which serve as guiding elements for the targeted, section-wise acceleration or deceleration of printed products located on the guide surface 2. The orientation and the flow behavior of the printed products is thereby influenced in a targeted manner.
  • the conveyor belts 15 are supported by air (eg fanning by pressure or holding by vacuum).
  • the conveyor belts 15 can be driven in the same direction or in opposite directions as needed.
  • the conducting means 1 can have a variable geometry which, at least in some areas, makes it possible to selectively set the curvature of the guide surface 2.
  • the conductive agent 1 can thus be adjusted to different printed products. By changing the curvature of the slope, but also friction forces, and thus the flow and congestion behavior is influenced.
  • a preferred embodiment comprises a guide means made of sheet metal, which is guided by a bending device, e.g. a set screw or hydraulic, (elastic) is deformed.
  • FIG. 3 shows schematically with reference to arrows 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 the influence of three conveyor belts 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 on the printed products 10 of the scale-like formation 13.
  • the length of the arrows 16.1, 16.2, 16.3 exemplifies the speed of the conveyor belts 15.
  • the conveyor belts 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 are driven here in the direction of flow of the scale-like formation 13, wherein the second conveyor belt 15.2 has a higher conveying speed 16.2 than the other two conveyor belts 15.1 and 15.3. It is thereby achieved that the printed products 10 in this area are accelerated on the flower side in the direction of the board 3.
  • the conveyor belts 15 can be driven differently or regulated or controlled and the product flow can additionally be influenced by different frictional forces with respect to conveyor belts 15 or baffle 2.
  • the conveyor belts 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 also serve to control the arrangement of the printed products, in particular when starting and stopping the device and in the event of a fault.
  • Extending or swinging flaps and grippers indicated here by way of example by a flap 23 pivotable about an axis 23, additionally or alternatively serve as control and stabilizing means for the position and orientation of the printed products. If necessary, these means can be designed to be movable and track the product flow.
  • conveyor belts 15.1 to 15.3 support the already based on FIG. 1 described process in which the printed products 10 are conveyed in an overlapping lying on delivery to the guide surface 2 of the conductive agent 1, wherein the trailing edge of a printed product is in each case above the leading edge of the subsequent printed product.
  • the printed sheets 10 are continuously erected, so that they have an inclined position during the removal of the guide means 1, in which the printed products are slightly inclined against the conveying direction P.
  • FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment of a guide surface 2.
  • This consists of three substantially straight sections 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 together. Due to the greater inclination of the second section 17.2 causes the printed products 10 are increasingly stowed in the third section 17.3 and erected there controlled. Due to the length of the guide surface 2 or its inclination and surface quality, the compression of the scale-like formation 13 in the transfer region of the board 3 is set.
  • the shape of the guide surface 2 is to be determined depending on the nature of the printed products 10 to be processed.
  • additional guide elements 18 are present, which stabilize and guide the flow of printed products 10 in the lateral direction.
  • the guide elements 18 are preferably projecting baffles, which are arranged substantially parallel to the flow direction of the scale flow.
  • guide means 18 uses laterally arranged conveying means. These are preferably conveyor belts, conveyor rollers, vacuum belts or brush conveyors. In this case, the guide means 18 are not arranged in the vicinity of the guide surface, as shown in the example, but can also be arranged at a constant or variable height next to the guide surface 2.
  • FIG. 5 shows a substantially concave guide surface 2.
  • the compression of located in the region of the board 3 printed products 10 differs here from the other embodiments shown. It can be seen that due to the geometry of the guide surface 2 and the relatively few printed products supplied, the scale-like formation has a comparatively loose arrangement.
  • the board 3 is inclined away in the direction of the product flow, so that the foremost sheet has a tendency pointing to the right here and forms a support for the subsequent printed sheets.
  • the printed products 10 are not subjected to abrupt changes of direction, but rather steadily and continuously brought into a position that is optimal for a singulation and grasping. With an arrangement in which the fold is arranged upwards, the printed products can be easily detected.
  • the baffles 2 are preferably formed by the surfaces of a correspondingly shaped sheet. Based on the flow behavior and the specific properties of a scale flow, the concept allows a simple and robust design. Since practically no fast moving parts are required and the printed products are not subjected to abrupt changes of direction or mechanical loads, devices according to the invention allow comparatively higher processing speeds.
  • An additional advantage of the invention is that, especially with folded sheets in the area of the flower, greater compression is produced than in the middle or at the folded edge of the folded sheets. The folded sheets have a tendency to expand in the middle region, so that the folded edges are not tight against each other, but can be processed in a slightly fanned out formation, which in particular simplifies the separation and the already described folding.
  • the embodiments described above have a board 3, which is directly connected to the guide means.
  • the required stop according to the invention but also by a separate means, for example.
  • a movable plate or stop bars are formed.
  • a movable stop is indicated, which is moved controlled in the direction of arrow M when removing a sheet, so that the foremost printed products can also be given free on the flower side and thus easily removed.
  • the removal device according to the embodiment FIG. 5 has a conveyor, with which the printed products are conveyed away substantially immediately after the separation (not shown here) and the removal in the direction of the arrow H substantially vertically upwards.
  • the board 3 or the stop can also be formed by movable elements which promote the printed products in the removal direction, so that the removal process is supported in this way.
  • the expert will provide, inter alia, a horizontal axis, optionally controlled rollers, which minimize or avoid any frictional forces of the product to be removed relative to the board 3.
  • the transfer may also be carried out directly on different removal means during separation, e.g. alternating with different grippers.
  • FIG. 6 another embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the printed products are offset slightly in the direction of the arrow S in front of the separation and removal in the direction of the main conveying direction P substantially at right angles to the guide surface 2.
  • This transverse offset can be effected by a simple lifting means, for example a sheet 28 which acts on the side edges of the printed products.
  • the separation by means of the reloading means 5 can be simplified.
  • the following printed products can be retained by means of a retaining means 29 falz document in a simple manner. After separation, the printed product are conveyed away in the manner described above by means of the removal means 9.

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