EP1473234A1 - Packaging apparatus for packaging piles of flat objects - Google Patents

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EP1473234A1
EP1473234A1 EP04010276A EP04010276A EP1473234A1 EP 1473234 A1 EP1473234 A1 EP 1473234A1 EP 04010276 A EP04010276 A EP 04010276A EP 04010276 A EP04010276 A EP 04010276A EP 1473234 A1 EP1473234 A1 EP 1473234A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B35/46—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by rotary conveyors
    • 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
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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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/50—Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
    • 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
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers

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  • the invention relates to a packaging device for packaging flat parts in magazines, especially for the stacked packaging of punched out Foil boards in transport magazines.
  • Foil blanks that can be sealed as on container Closing lids can serve punching machines used, which consists of a film web punch out correspondingly contoured blanks.
  • This punched boards are then in cup-like Transport magazines filled and thus to a End user, for example, a dairy delivered, which closes the foil boards for example, used by yogurt cups.
  • the Transport magazines with the foil boards contained therein are to a filling and packaging machine used.
  • the object of the present invention is a packaging device of the type mentioned above, by means of The automated flat parts such as foil boards in batches transported from a punching machine to transport magazines can be, and this packaging process as well to meet high hygiene requirements. In addition, the effort for the packaging device be substantially reduced.
  • a Punching machine or the like a portioning device for Stacking of the individual flat parts into stacks with specifiable Number of flat parts is assigned and that provided between Transport magazines and the portioning device a handling and transport device to implement the board stack of the portioning in the Transport magazines is provided.
  • the flat parts forming Foliendeckel or the like fully automatic and without manual contact, for example from a punching machine, being transported to the magazines, at the same time also a batch-wise portioning with exact number made of flat parts.
  • the essential, hygienic advantage also forms the temporally independent, Machine availability of the automatic packaging device another significant advantage that among other things for the workflow of importance.
  • the portioning device has at least one alternately the punching machine or the handling and transport device assignable receptacle for board stack.
  • the portioning device can thereby also be used to transfer stacks of boards to the handling and transport device.
  • the portioning device can have two, in particular opposite, stacks of board stacks which can be assigned to the punching machine on the one hand and to the handling and transport device on the other hand at the same time. While a recording of the portioning of the punching machine is filled with foil boards, at the same time a portioned board stack can be taken over by the handling and transport device and fed to a transport magazine, so that overall less time is required for the packaging process.
  • a particularly advantageous, preferred embodiment sees before that the portioning device as a four-armed rotating star arranged offset in the direction of rotation by about 90 ° to each other Board stack recordings is formed and that the Board output of the punching machine and in takeover position located handling and transport device by about 90 ° are arranged offset from each other. As a result, are in the direction of rotation the rotary star only short switching paths Continue rotating the board stack recordings from the board output the punching machine to the removal point in the handling and transport device present and thereby accordingly shorter changeover times.
  • the invention are in Zulinger Switzerland of foil boards or the like flat parts of the punching machine to the or the recordings of the portioning device engaging separating knife for dividing Board stacks provided.
  • This is a simple way exact portioning of the board stacks possible by the Cutting knife, for example, after a predetermined number of Engage punching in the board feed and thus the Divide the provided board stack.
  • the handling and transport device at least one gripper for detecting stacks of boards on, at least in the stroke direction and in a Transverse direction can be positioned. With the gripper can the stacks of boards from the shots of the portioning device removed and fed to the transport magazines become.
  • a packaging device 1 shown in the figures has essentially a portioning device 2, a handling and transport device 3 and a conveyor 4 for Supplying and removing transport magazines 5 on.
  • the portioning device 2 is associated with a punching machine 6, punched out of a film web 7 by means of the film boards and the portioning device 2 are supplied.
  • the Packaging device 1 With the Packaging device 1, these film boards with stacked a predetermined number of boards and these Stack then in the transport magazines 5 as packaging units filled.
  • This packaging process is automated by the packaging device according to the invention 1.
  • the Shoots are sized to hold a stack with a specific Number of foil boards, for example 1000 Pieces per stack, can be included.
  • the portioning device 2 is designed as a four-armed rotating star 10 with plate stack receptacles 9 arranged offset in the direction of rotation by approximately 90 ° to one another.
  • the rotary star 10 is rotatable about an axis 11 according to the arrow Pf 1 in Fig. 1, so that the outer openings 12 of the board stack shots 9 successively positioned in the direction of escape to the die opening of the punching machine 6 and then arranged offset by 90 ° to handling - And transport device 3 can be assigned.
  • each arm 13 of the rotating star 10 has a plurality of receptacles 9, which are arranged next to one another and preferably laterally offset in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the film web 7 is so wide that at the same time stamped in a punching operation corresponding to the number of shots 9 boards and the recordings 9 can be supplied.
  • the rotary star 10 is further rotated by 90 °.
  • the entire rotary star is moved so far from the die 8, that a free rotation is possible. This release movement takes place with the aid of a lifting cylinder 14.
  • lifting cylinders 17 Before moving off the rotating star 10 of the die 8 located in the respective receptacle 9 board stack is divided by the advancing in the die 8 boards by 9 die blade 16 are retracted by means of lifting cylinders 17 between the die 8 and the openings 12 of the receptacles.
  • foil blanks are retained until the subsequent rotating star arm 13 in filling position, that is aligned with the die openings. In this position, the separating blades are then withdrawn, so that the recordings 9 can be filled with foil boards. If the rotary star arm 13 with the receptacles 9 filled with blanks is in the up position in the handling and transport device 3, the blanks in the receptacles 9 are successively removed with the aid of a gripper 15 and converted into provided transport magazines 5.
  • the two simultaneous operations namely the one hand, the filling of the punching machine 6 associated series of recordings 9 and on the other hand successively removing the boards from the positioned at the handling and transport device 3 recordings 9 are with respect to the cycle time by the parallel filling and the serial Removed adapted to each other.
  • the gripper 15 has a clamping holder 18 with relatively adjustable clamping jaws 19, 19a for acting on the end faces of a board stack.
  • side slots 20 are provided in the board stack receptacles, into which the clamping jaws 19, 19a of the clamping holder 18 can engage above and below a stack of boards.
  • Fig. 1 is still a sinker turning device 24th recognizable to the right of the gripper 15, by means of the of the gripper from the receptacles 9 taken stack in a provided position and in this then in the transport magazines 5 can be used. This may be required be, if the foil boards are printed on one side and this print a certain orientation and location relative must have to the transport magazines 5.
  • the complete portioning device is 2 swung around a pivot joint 25 laterally, as well can be seen in Fig. 2.
  • a swung position is the Punching machine 6 easily accessible from the die side.
  • the effort in the packaging device according to the invention 1 significantly reduced, since the filling the board pile shots 9 takes place by the punching movement and at the same time a portioning done is done by after a certain number of punching operations is divided with the cutting blades 16.
  • the separating knife 16 serve as closure elements for the die when moving the pile.

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The stamping machine (6) which stamps out foil plates etc is assigned a portioning device (2) for stacking the individual flat parts into predeterminable numbers. Between the standby transport magazines (5) and the portioning device is a handling and conveyor mechanism (3) which moves the stack of plates from the portioning device into the magazines. The portioning device has at least one holder (9) for the stack of plates which can be selectively assigned to either the stamping machine or handling and conveyor device.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Verpackungseinrichtung zum Verpacken von Flachteilen in Magazine, insbesondere zum stapelweisen Verpacken von ausgestanzten Folien-Platinen in Transportmagazine.The invention relates to a packaging device for packaging flat parts in magazines, especially for the stacked packaging of punched out Foil boards in transport magazines.

Zum Herstellen von Flachteilen wie insbesondere Folien-Platinen, die als auf Behälter aufsiegelbare Verschlussdeckel dienen können, werden Stanzmaschinen eingesetzt, welche aus einer Folienbahn entsprechend konturierte Platinen ausstanzen. Diese ausgestanzten Platinen werden dann in becherartige Transportmagazine eingefüllt und damit an einen Endverbraucher, zum Beispiel einen Molkereibetrieb geliefert, der die Folien-Platinen zum Verschließen zum Beispiel von Joghurt-Bechern verwendet. Die Transportmagazine mit den darin enthaltenen Folien-Platinen werden dazu in einen Abfüll- und Verpackungsautomaten eingesetzt.For producing flat parts, in particular Foil blanks that can be sealed as on container Closing lids can serve punching machines used, which consists of a film web punch out correspondingly contoured blanks. This punched boards are then in cup-like Transport magazines filled and thus to a End user, for example, a dairy delivered, which closes the foil boards for example, used by yogurt cups. The Transport magazines with the foil boards contained therein are to a filling and packaging machine used.

Bei der Herstellung der insbesondere als Verschlussdeckel dienenden Folien-Platinen werden die aus der Stanzmaschine kommenden Platinen manuell nach Erreichen einer bestimmten Stückzahl abgeteilt, stapelweise entnommen und in die Magazinbehälter eingefüllt. Dies ist vergleichsweise umständlich und auch hinsichtlich der Hygiene problematisch, da die Bedienperson die Platinenstapel in die Hand nehmen und in die Magazinbehälter eingeben muss.
Aus der DE 100 26 497 A1 ist eine Vorrichtung zum Zuführen von Blisterstreifen zu einer Kartoniermaschine bekannt. Dabei erfolgt nach dem Einblistern von zum Beispiel Tabletten enthaltenden Näpfen zwischen zwei Blisterbahnen das Ausstanzen von Blisterstreifen. Anschließend werden die Blisterstreifen einzeln mit Hilfe von Abzugseinrichtungen auf ein Transportband gelegt und einem Hochstoßschacht zugefördert. Im Hochstoßschacht erfolgt eine Stapelbildung mit einer Portionierung. Schließlich werden die portionierten Stapel mit Hilfe eines Überschubrotors einem weiteren Förderband übergeben und mit diesem der Kartoniermaschine zugeführt.
Die für diese Einzelfunktionen jeweils vorgesehenen Einrichtungen ergeben insgesamt einen hohen Aufwand bei dieser Vorrichtung.In the production of serving in particular as a closure lid foil blanks coming from the punching machine boards are manually divided after reaching a certain number of pieces, removed in batches and filled into the magazine container. This is relatively cumbersome and also problematic in terms of hygiene, since the operator must take the board stack in his hand and enter into the magazine container.
From DE 100 26 497 A1 a device for feeding blister strips to a cartoning machine is known. In this case, after the blistering of, for example, tablets containing cups between two blister webs, the punching of blister strips. Subsequently, the blister strips are placed individually by means of extraction devices on a conveyor belt and conveyed to a push-up shaft. In the high-impact shaft stacking takes place with a portioning. Finally, the portioned stacks are transferred by means of a Überubrotors another conveyor belt and supplied with this the cartoning machine.
The facilities provided for these individual functions in total result in a high cost in this device.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, eine Verpackungseinrichtung der eingangs erwähnten Art zu schaffen, mittels der automatisiert Flachteile wie Folien-Platinen stapelweise von einer Stanzmaschine bis in Transportmagazine transportiert werden können, wobei dieser Verpackungsvorgang auch hohen Anforderungen bezüglich der Hygiene genügen soll. Außerdem soll der Aufwand für die Verpackungseinrichtung wesentlich reduziert sein.The object of the present invention is a packaging device of the type mentioned above, by means of The automated flat parts such as foil boards in batches transported from a punching machine to transport magazines can be, and this packaging process as well to meet high hygiene requirements. In addition, the effort for the packaging device be substantially reduced.

Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe wird vorgeschlagen, dass einer Stanzmaschine oder dergleichen eine Portioniereinrichtung zum Stapeln der einzelnen Flachteile zu Stapeln mit vorgebbarer Anzahl von Flachteilen zugeordnet ist und dass zwischen bereitgestellten Transportmagazinen und der Portioniereinrichtung eine Handling- und Transporteinrichtung zum Umsetzen der Platinenstapel von der Portioniereinrichtung in die Transportmagazine vorgesehen ist.To solve this problem it is proposed that a Punching machine or the like a portioning device for Stacking of the individual flat parts into stacks with specifiable Number of flat parts is assigned and that provided between Transport magazines and the portioning device a handling and transport device to implement the board stack of the portioning in the Transport magazines is provided.

Mit dieser Verpackungseinrichtung können die Flachteile bildenden Foliendeckel oder dergleichen vollautomatisch und ohne manuelle Berührung, zum Beispiel von einer Stanzmaschine, in die Magazine transportiert werden, wobei gleichzeitig auch ein stapelweises Portionieren mit genauer Anzahl von Flachteilen vorgenommen wird. Neben dem wesentlichen, hygienischen Vorteil bildet auch die zeitlich unabhängige, maschinelle Verfügbarkeit der automatisch arbeitenden Verpackungseinrichtung einen weiteren wesentlichen Vorteil, der unter anderem für den Arbeitsfluss von Bedeutung ist.With this packaging device, the flat parts forming Foliendeckel or the like fully automatic and without manual contact, for example from a punching machine, being transported to the magazines, at the same time also a batch-wise portioning with exact number made of flat parts. Besides the essential, hygienic advantage also forms the temporally independent, Machine availability of the automatic packaging device another significant advantage that among other things for the workflow of importance.

Zweckmäßigerweise weist die Portioniereinrichtung wenigstens eine wechselweise der Stanzmaschine oder der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung zuordenbare Aufnahme für Platinenstapel auf. Die Portioniereinrichtung kann dadurch auch zur Übergabe von Platinenstapeln zu der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung verwendet werden.
Dabei kann die Portioniereinrichtung zwei insbesondere gegenüberliegende Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen aufweisen, die gleichzeitig einerseits der Stanzmaschine und andererseits der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung zuordenbar sind. Während eine Aufnahme der Portioniereinrichtung von der Stanzmaschine mit Folien-Platinen befüllt wird, kann gleichzeitig ein portionierter Platinenstapel von der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung übernommen und einem Transportmagazin zugeführt werden, so dass insgesamt weniger Zeit für den Verpackungsvorgang erforderlich ist.Expediently, the portioning device has at least one alternately the punching machine or the handling and transport device assignable receptacle for board stack. The portioning device can thereby also be used to transfer stacks of boards to the handling and transport device.
In this case, the portioning device can have two, in particular opposite, stacks of board stacks which can be assigned to the punching machine on the one hand and to the handling and transport device on the other hand at the same time. While a recording of the portioning of the punching machine is filled with foil boards, at the same time a portioned board stack can be taken over by the handling and transport device and fed to a transport magazine, so that overall less time is required for the packaging process.

Eine besonders vorteilhafte, bevorzugte Ausführungsform sieht vor, dass die Portioniereinrichtung als vierarmiger Drehstern mit in Drehrichtung um etwa 90° versetzt zueinander angeordneten Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen ausgebildet ist und dass die Platinenausgabe der Stanzmaschine und die in Übernahmeposition befindliche Handling- und Transporteinrichtung um etwa 90° zueinander versetzt angeordnet sind. Dadurch sind in Umlaufrichtung des Drehsternes nur kurze Schaltwege beim Weiterdrehen der Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen von der Platinenausgabe der Stanzmaschine zu der Entnahmestelle bei der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung vorhanden und dadurch entsprechend kürzere Wechselzeiten.A particularly advantageous, preferred embodiment sees before that the portioning device as a four-armed rotating star arranged offset in the direction of rotation by about 90 ° to each other Board stack recordings is formed and that the Board output of the punching machine and in takeover position located handling and transport device by about 90 ° are arranged offset from each other. As a result, are in the direction of rotation the rotary star only short switching paths Continue rotating the board stack recordings from the board output the punching machine to the removal point in the handling and transport device present and thereby accordingly shorter changeover times.

Nach einer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung sind im Zuförderbereich von Folien-Platinen oder dergleichen Flachteilen von der Stanzmaschine zu der oder den Aufnahmen der Portioniereinrichtung eingreifende Trennmesser zum Abteilen von Platinenstapeln vorgesehen. Damit ist auf einfache Weise eine exakte Portionierung der Platinenstapel möglich, indem die Trennmesser zum Beispiel nach einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von Stanzungen in die Platinenzuführung eingreifen und damit den vorgesehenen Platinenstapel abteilen.According to one embodiment of the invention are in Zuförderbereich of foil boards or the like flat parts of the punching machine to the or the recordings of the portioning device engaging separating knife for dividing Board stacks provided. This is a simple way exact portioning of the board stacks possible by the Cutting knife, for example, after a predetermined number of Engage punching in the board feed and thus the Divide the provided board stack.

Zweckmäßigerweise weist die Handling- und Transporteinrichtung wenigstens einen Greifer zum Erfassen von Platinenstapeln auf, der zumindest in Hubrichtung sowie in einer Querrichtung dazu positionierbar ist. Mit dem Greifer können die Platinenstapel aus den Aufnahmen der Portioniereinrichtung entnommen und den Transportmagazinen zugeführt werden.Conveniently, the handling and transport device at least one gripper for detecting stacks of boards on, at least in the stroke direction and in a Transverse direction can be positioned. With the gripper can the stacks of boards from the shots of the portioning device removed and fed to the transport magazines become.

Zusätzliche Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den weiteren Unteransprüchen aufgeführt.
Nachstehend ist die Erfindung mit ihren wesentlichen Einzelheiten anhand der Zeichnungen noch näher erläutert. Additional embodiments of the invention are set forth in the further subclaims.
The invention with its essential details with reference to the drawings is explained in more detail below.

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eine Seitenansicht einer Verpackungseinrichtung mit zugeordneter Stanzmaschine und
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a side view of a packaging device with associated punching machine and
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Eine in den Figuren gezeigte Verpackungseinrichtung 1 weist im wesentlichen eine Portioniereinrichtung 2, eine Handling- und Transporteinrichtung 3 sowie eine Fördereinrichtung 4 zum Zufördern und Abfördern von Transportmagazinen 5 auf. Der Verpackungseinrichtung 1 und dabei insbesondere der Portioniereinrichtung 2 ist eine Stanzmaschine 6 zugeordnet, mittels der Folienplatinen aus einer Folienbahn 7 ausgestanzt und der Portioniereinrichtung 2 zugeführt werden. Mit der Verpackungseinrichtung 1 werden diese Folienplatinen mit einer vorgebbaren Anzahl von Platinen gestapelt und diese Stapel dann in die Transportmagazine 5 als Verpackungseinheiten eingefüllt. Dieser Verpackungsvorgang erfolgt automatisiert durch die erfindungsgemäße Verpackungseinrichtung 1.A packaging device 1 shown in the figures has essentially a portioning device 2, a handling and transport device 3 and a conveyor 4 for Supplying and removing transport magazines 5 on. Of the Packaging device 1 and in particular the portioning device 2 is associated with a punching machine 6, punched out of a film web 7 by means of the film boards and the portioning device 2 are supplied. With the Packaging device 1, these film boards with stacked a predetermined number of boards and these Stack then in the transport magazines 5 as packaging units filled. This packaging process is automated by the packaging device according to the invention 1.

Von der Matrize 8 der Stanzmaschine 6 werden jeweils durch den Stanzvorgang die Folien-Platinen oder dergleichen Flachteile, Aufnahmen 9 der Portioniereinrichtung 2 zugeführt. Die Aufnahmen sind so bemessen, dass ein Stapel mit einer bestimmten Anzahl von Folien-Platinen, beispielsweise 1000 Stück pro Stapel, aufgenommen werden können.From the die 8 of the punching machine 6 are each through the punching process, the foil boards or the like flat parts, Receivers 9 of the portioning device 2 supplied. The Shoots are sized to hold a stack with a specific Number of foil boards, for example 1000 Pieces per stack, can be included.

Im Ausführungsbeispiel ist die Portioniereinrichtung 2 als vierarmiger Drehstern 10 mit in Drehrichtung um etwa 90° versetzt zueinander angeordneten Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen 9 ausgebildet.
Der Drehstern 10 ist um eine Achse 11 gemäß dem Pfeil Pf 1 in Fig. 1 drehbar, so dass die äußeren Öffnungen 12 der Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen 9 nacheinander in Fluchtrichtung zu der Matrizenöffnung der Stanzmaschine 6 positioniert und anschließend der um 90° dazu versetzt angeordneten Handling- und Transporteinrichtung 3 zugeordnet werden können.
Wie gut in Fig. 2 erkennbar, weist jeder Arm 13 des Drehsternes 10 mehrere, im Ausführungsbeispiel fünf nebeneinander und vorzugsweise auch seitlich versetzt angeordnete Aufnahmen 9 auf. Die Folienbahn 7 ist so breit, dass gleichzeitig in einem Stanzvorgang entsprechend der Anzahl der Aufnahmen 9 Platinen ausgestanzt und den Aufnahmen 9 zugeführt werden können.In the exemplary embodiment, the portioning device 2 is designed as a four-armed rotating star 10 with plate stack receptacles 9 arranged offset in the direction of rotation by approximately 90 ° to one another.
The rotary star 10 is rotatable about an axis 11 according to the arrow Pf 1 in Fig. 1, so that the outer openings 12 of the board stack shots 9 successively positioned in the direction of escape to the die opening of the punching machine 6 and then arranged offset by 90 ° to handling - And transport device 3 can be assigned.
As can readily be seen in FIG. 2, each arm 13 of the rotating star 10 has a plurality of receptacles 9, which are arranged next to one another and preferably laterally offset in the exemplary embodiment. The film web 7 is so wide that at the same time stamped in a punching operation corresponding to the number of shots 9 boards and the recordings 9 can be supplied.

Nachdem die Aufnahmen 9 eines Drehstern-Armes 13 mit Folien-Platinen in vorgebbarer Anzahl befüllt sind, wird der Drehstern 10 um 90° weitergedreht. Dazu wird zunächst der gesamte Drehstern soweit von der Matrize 8 abgerückt, dass eine freie Drehung möglich ist. Diese Ausrückbewegung erfolgt mit Hilfe eines Hubzylinders 14.
Vor dem Abrücken des Drehsternes 10 von der Matrize 8 wird der in der jeweiligen Aufnahme 9 befindliche Platinenstapel von den in der Matrize 8 nachrückenden Platinen abgeteilt, indem zwischen Matrize 8 und den Öffnungen 12 der Aufnahmen 9 Trennmesser 16 mit Hilfe von Hubzylindern 17 eingefahren werden. Nach dem Einfahren der Trennmesser 16 werden die in den Matrizen 8 der Stanzmaschine 6 befindlichen Folien-Platinen zurückgehalten, bis sich der nachfolgende Drehstern-Arm 13 in Füllposition, d.h. fluchtend zu den Matrizenöffnungen befindet. In dieser Lage werden dann die Trennmesser wieder zurückgezogen, so dass die Aufnahmen 9 mit Folien-Platinen befüllt werden können.
Befindet sich der Drehstern-Arm 13 mit den mit Platinen befüllten Aufnahmen 9 in Obenstellung bei der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung 3, so werden die in den Aufnahmen 9 befindlichen Platinenstapel nacheinander mit Hilfe eines Greifers 15 entnommen und in bereitgestellte Transportmagazine 5 umgesetzt.
Die beiden gleichzeitig ablaufenden Arbeitsgänge, nämlich einerseits das Befüllen der der Stanzmaschine 6 zugeordneten Reihe von Aufnahmen 9 und andererseits das nacheinander erfolgende Entnehmen der Platinen aus den bei der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung 3 positionierten Aufnahmen 9 sind bezüglich der Taktzeit durch das parallele Befüllen und das serielle Entnehmen aneinander angepasst.After the receptacles 9 of a rotating star arm 13 are filled with foil boards in a predetermined number, the rotary star 10 is further rotated by 90 °. For this purpose, the entire rotary star is moved so far from the die 8, that a free rotation is possible. This release movement takes place with the aid of a lifting cylinder 14.
Before moving off the rotating star 10 of the die 8 located in the respective receptacle 9 board stack is divided by the advancing in the die 8 boards by 9 die blade 16 are retracted by means of lifting cylinders 17 between the die 8 and the openings 12 of the receptacles. After retraction of the cutting blade 16 located in the dies 8 of the punching machine 6 foil blanks are retained until the subsequent rotating star arm 13 in filling position, that is aligned with the die openings. In this position, the separating blades are then withdrawn, so that the recordings 9 can be filled with foil boards.
If the rotary star arm 13 with the receptacles 9 filled with blanks is in the up position in the handling and transport device 3, the blanks in the receptacles 9 are successively removed with the aid of a gripper 15 and converted into provided transport magazines 5.
The two simultaneous operations, namely the one hand, the filling of the punching machine 6 associated series of recordings 9 and on the other hand successively removing the boards from the positioned at the handling and transport device 3 recordings 9 are with respect to the cycle time by the parallel filling and the serial Removed adapted to each other.

Der Greifer 15 weist einen Klemmhalter 18 mit relativ zueinander verstellbaren Klemmbacken 19, 19a zur Beaufschlagung der Stirnseiten eines Platinenstapels auf. Wie gut in Fig. 2 erkennbar, sind bei den Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen 9 Seitenschlitze 20 vorgesehen, in die die Klemmbacken 19, 19a des Klemmhalters 18 ober- und unterhalb eines Platinenstapels eingreifen können. Durch Zusammenfahren der beiden Klemmbacken wird ein Platinenstapel ergriffen und aus der Aufnahme 9 herausgenommen.
Zum Positionieren des Greifers 15 ist dieser mit Hilfe der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung 3 in drei Achsen bewegbar, so dass ein ergriffener Platinenstapel in ein bereitgestelltes leeres Transportmagazin 5 umgesetzt werden kann. Dies kann gegebenenfalls direkt erfolgen, d.h der Greifer übergibt ein Platinenstapel von einer Aufnahme 9 direkt in ein Transportmagazin 5.
Es besteht aber auch die Möglichkeit, dass bei der in Fig. 2 gezeigten Anordnung einer Fördereinrichtung 4 mit zwei Zuförderbändern 21 und zwei parallel dazu verlaufenden Abförderbändern 22 eine Umsetzeinrichtung 23 vorgesehen ist, mittels der leere Transportmagazine 5 von den Zuförderbändern 21 aufgenommen, angehoben und nach dem Befüllen mit Folienstapeln durch den Greifer 15 auf die Abförderbänder 22 umgesetzt werden.The gripper 15 has a clamping holder 18 with relatively adjustable clamping jaws 19, 19a for acting on the end faces of a board stack. As can readily be seen in FIG. 2, side slots 20 are provided in the board stack receptacles, into which the clamping jaws 19, 19a of the clamping holder 18 can engage above and below a stack of boards. By moving the two jaws a stacks of boards is taken and removed from the receptacle 9.
In order to position the gripper 15, it can be moved in three axes with the aid of the handling and transport device 3, so that a gripped stack of boards can be converted into a provided empty transport magazine 5. This can optionally be done directly, ie the gripper transfers a stack of boards from a receptacle 9 directly into a transport magazine. 5
However, there is also the possibility that in the arrangement of a conveyor 4 shown in Fig. 2 with two feed belts 21 and two parallel discharge belts 22, a transfer device 23 is provided by means of the empty transport magazines 5 received by the feed belts 21, raised and after the filling with film stacks are converted by the gripper 15 on the discharge belts 22.

In Fig. 1 ist noch eine Platinenstapel-Wendevorrichtung 24 rechts neben dem Greifer 15 erkennbar, mittels der die von dem Greifer aus den Aufnahmen 9 entnommenen Stapel in eine vorgesehene Lage gebracht und in dieser dann in die Transportmagazine 5 eingesetzt werden können. Dies kann erforderlich sein, wenn die Folien-Platinen einseitig bedruckt sind und dieser Bedruck eine bestimmte Ausrichtung und Lage relativ zu den Transportmagazinen 5 aufweisen muss.In Fig. 1 is still a sinker turning device 24th recognizable to the right of the gripper 15, by means of the of the gripper from the receptacles 9 taken stack in a provided position and in this then in the transport magazines 5 can be used. This may be required be, if the foil boards are printed on one side and this print a certain orientation and location relative must have to the transport magazines 5.

Für Wartungszwecke ist die komplette Portioniereinrichtung 2 um ein Schwenkgelenk 25 seitlich aufschwenkbar, wie dies gut in Fig. 2 erkennbar ist. In aufgeschwenkter Lage ist die Stanzmaschine 6 von der Matrizenseite gut zugänglich.For maintenance purposes, the complete portioning device is 2 swung around a pivot joint 25 laterally, as well can be seen in Fig. 2. In a swung position is the Punching machine 6 easily accessible from the die side.

Insgesamt ist der Aufwand bei der erfindungsgemäßen Verpackungseinrichtung 1 erheblich reduziert, da das Befüllen der Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen 9 durch die Stanzbewegung erfolgt und dabei auch gleich ein Portionieren vorgenommen wird, indem nach einer bestimmten Anzahl von Stanzvorgängen mit den Trennmessern 16 abgeteilt wird. Die Trennmesser 16 dienen dabei auch noch als Verschlusselemente für die Matrize beim Umsetzen der Stapel.Overall, the effort in the packaging device according to the invention 1 significantly reduced, since the filling the board pile shots 9 takes place by the punching movement and at the same time a portioning done is done by after a certain number of punching operations is divided with the cutting blades 16. The separating knife 16 serve as closure elements for the die when moving the pile.

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Verpackungseinrichtung zum Verpacken von Flachteilen in Magazine, insbesondere zum stapelweisen Verpacken von ausgestanzten Folien-Platinen in Transportmagazine, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einer Stanzmaschine (6) oder dergleichen eine Portioniereinrichtung (2) zum Stapeln der einzelnen Flachteile zu Stapeln mit vorgebbarer Anzahl von Flachteilen zugeordnet ist und dass zwischen bereitgestellten Transportmagazinen (5) und der Portioniereinrichtung (2) eine Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) zum Umsetzen der Platinenstapel von der Portioniereinrichtung (2) in die Transportmagazine (5) vorgesehen ist.Packaging device for packaging flat parts in magazines, in particular for the stacked packaging of punched foil boards in transport magazines, characterized in that a punching machine (6) or the like a portioning device (2) for stacking the individual flat parts is assigned to stacks with predetermined number of flat parts and that between the provided transport magazines (5) and the portioning device (2) is provided a handling and transport device (3) for converting the stacks of boards from the portioning device (2) into the transport magazines (5). Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Portioniereinrichtung (2) wenigstens eine wechselweise der Stanzmaschine (6) oder der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) zuordenbare Aufnahme (9) für Platinenstapel aufweist.Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the portioning device (2) has at least one alternately the punching machine (6) or the handling and transport device (3) assignable receptacle (9) for board stack. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Portioniereinrichtung (2) zwei insbesondere gegenüberliegende Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen (9) aufweist, die gleichzeitig einerseits der Stanzmaschine (6) und andererseits der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) zuordenbar sind.Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the portioning device (2) has two, in particular opposite, stacking plate receptacles (9) which can be assigned simultaneously to the punching machine (6) and to the handling and transport device (3). Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Portioniereinrichtung (2) drehbar gelagert ist und mit ihren Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen (9) durch Drehung wahlweise der Stanzmaschine (6) oder der Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) zuordenbar sind.Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the portioning device (2) is rotatably mounted and can be assigned with their board stack recordings (9) by rotation optionally the punching machine (6) or the handling and transport device (3). Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Portioniereinrichtung (2) jeweils mehrere nebeneinander, vorzugsweise seitlich versetzt angeordnete Aufnahmen (9) aufweist zur gleichzeitigen Befüllung mit Platinen von der Stanzmaschine und dass jeder Matrizenöffnung der Stanzmaschine (6) eine Aufnahme zugeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the portioning device (2) each have a plurality of juxtaposed, preferably laterally offset receptacles (9) for simultaneous filling with boards of the punching machine and that each die opening of the punching machine (6) has a receptacle assigned. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Portioniereinrichtung (2) als vierarmiger Drehstern (10) mit in Drehrichtung um etwa 90°versetzt zueinander angeordneten Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen (9) ausgebildet ist und dass die Platinenausgabe der Stanzmaschine (6) und die in Übernahmeposition befindliche Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) um etwa 90° zueinander versetzt angeordnet sind.Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the portioning device (2) is formed as a four-armed rotary star (10) offset in the direction of rotation by about 90 ° to each other arranged stacking plate receptacles (9) and that the board output of the punching machine (6 ) and the handling and transport device (3) located in the transfer position are offset by approximately 90 ° from one another. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die als Drehstern (10) ausgebildete Portioniereinrichtung (2) mit einer Ausrückvorrichtung zum Beabstanden des Drehsterns (10) von der Platinenausgabe der Stanzmaschine vor einer Weiterdrehung verbunden ist.Device according to Claim 6, characterized in that the portioning device (2) designed as a rotating star (10) is connected to a disengaging device for spacing the rotary star (10) from the blank output of the punching machine before a further rotation. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass im Zuförderbereich von Folien-Platinen oder dergleichen Flachteilen von der Stanzmaschine oder dergleichen zu der oder den Aufnahmen (9) der Portioniereinrichtung (2) eingreifende Trennmesser (16) zum Abteilen von Platinenstapeln vorgesehen sind. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that in the Zuförderbereich of foil blanks or the like flat parts of the punching machine or the like to the or the receptacles (9) of the portioning device (2) engaging separating knife (16) provided for dividing platinum stacks are. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 6 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Platinenausgabe der Stanzmaschine (6) an einer in horizontaler Lage befindlichen Aufnahme (9) und die Platinenstapel-Ausgabe der Portioniereinrichtung (2) in Übernahmeposition nach oben zur Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) weisend angeordnet ist.Device according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the board output of the punching machine (6) located on a horizontally located receptacle (9) and the blank stack output of the portioning device (2) in takeover position up to the handling and transport device ( 3) is arranged facing. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Handling- und Transporteinrichtung (3) wenigstens einen Greifer (15) zum Erfassen von Platinenstapeln aufweist, der zumindest in Hubrichtung sowie in einer Querrichtung dazu positionierbar ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the handling and transport device (3) has at least one gripper (15) for detecting platinum stacks, which can be positioned at least in the stroke direction and in a transverse direction thereto. Einrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Greifer (15) nacheinander bei den Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen (9) der Portioniereinrichtung (2) positionierbar ist, dass der Greifer (15) einen Klemmhalter (18) mit relativ zueinander verstellbaren Klemmbacken (19,19a) zur Beaufschlagung der Stirnseiten eines Platinenstapels aufweist und dass bei jeder Aufnahme seitliche Eingreifschlitze (20) für den Klemmhalter vorgesehen sind.Device according to claim 10, characterized in that the gripper (15) can be positioned one after the other at the board stack receptacles (9) of the portioning device (2), that the gripper (15) has a clamping holder (18) with clamping jaws (19, 19a) for acting on the end faces of a board stack and that are provided with each recording lateral engagement slots (20) for the clamp holder. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Fördereinrichtung (4) zum Zufördern und Abfördern von insbesondere becherartigen Transportmagazinen (5) vorgesehen ist und dass vorzugsweise wenigstens ein Förderband (21,22) als Fördereinrichtung vorgesehen ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that a conveyor (4) for feeding and discharging of particular cup-like transport magazines (5) is provided and that preferably at least one conveyor belt (21,22) is provided as a conveyor. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Umsetzeinrichtung (23) zum Aufnehmen leerer Transportmagazine (5) von einem Zuförderer (21), zum Positionieren der Transportmagazine in Befüllstellung und zum Absetzen der befüllten Transportmagazine auf einem Abförderer (22) vorgesehen ist.Device according to one of Claims 1 to 12, characterized in that a transfer device (23) for receiving empty transport magazines (5) from a feed conveyor (21), for positioning the transport magazines in the filling position and for depositing the filled transport magazines on a discharge conveyor (22). is provided. Einrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass im Transportweg zwischen den Platinenstapel-Aufnahmen (9) der Portioniereinrichtung (2) und den zu befüllenden Transportmagazinen (5) eine Platinenstapel-Wendevorrichtung (24) vorgesehen ist.Device according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that in the transport path between the platinum stacks receptacles (9) of the portioning device (2) and the transport magazines to be filled (5) a blank stack turning device (24) is provided.
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