EP1473234B1 - Dispositif d'empaquetage pour le conditionnement de piles d'articles plats - Google Patents

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EP1473234B1
EP1473234B1 EP04010276A EP04010276A EP1473234B1 EP 1473234 B1 EP1473234 B1 EP 1473234B1 EP 04010276 A EP04010276 A EP 04010276A EP 04010276 A EP04010276 A EP 04010276A EP 1473234 B1 EP1473234 B1 EP 1473234B1
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Lothar Popp
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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
    • B65B35/46—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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/36—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
    • 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 the stacked packaging of flat parts, with a punching machine for punching the flat parts of a film web and with a portioning device for forming flat parts stacking.
  • punching machines For the production of flat parts such as in particular film boards, which can serve as sealable on container cap, punching machines are used, which punch out of a film web corresponding contoured boards. These punched-out blanks are then filled into cup-like transport magazines and thus supplied to an end user, for example a dairy, who uses the foil blanks to close, for example, yoghurt pots.
  • the transport magazines with the foil boards contained therein are used for this purpose in a filling and packaging machine.
  • a device for feeding blister strips to a cartoning machine.
  • the punching of blister strips 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 Studentsubrotors another conveyor belt and supplied with this the cartoning machine.
  • a device for filling tubular containers with a stack of disc-shaped products, in particular potato chips is known.
  • a continuously delivered product strand of potato chips or similar products is first dammed up by means of a pick-up tray so that the products are set up.
  • the collection tray is then moved into an intermediate container and thus introduced the end of the product strand in this intermediate container.
  • a separating blade With the help of a separating blade, a stack of potato chips is separated within the intermediate container.
  • the device comprises a turntable on which four axes of rotation are provided for rotatably supporting intermediate containers.
  • the intermediate containers By rotating the turntable, the intermediate containers can be transported from the first station where they are filled to a second station where a transfer of the product stack to a container to be filled takes place.
  • the filled intermediate container is simultaneously rotated about its axis of rotation and thus turned the product stack.
  • an evacuation conveyor in the form of another turntable with holding elements for to be filled, one-sided closed with a film and a lid container is provided.
  • One of these containers is in each case filled in axially aligned with the filled intermediate container position with the product stack by this is pushed by means of a pusher from the intermediate container into the container. The container is then closed by a bottom.
  • This device for the turning process and the filling of a product stack is relatively expensive and not intended for punching and packaging of flat parts.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a packaging device of the type mentioned, by means of the automated flat parts such as foil blanks can be transported in batches from a punching machine to transport magazines, this packaging process should also meet high hygiene requirements. In addition, the cost of the packaging device should be substantially reduced.
  • the portioning device at least one alternately of the punching machine or a handling and transport device assignable receptacle for blank stacks, that the punching machine has at least one die opening, that a receptacle of the portioning device for stamped flat parts in the direction of escape to the die opening is positionable, that the feeding of the stamped flat parts of the die takes place in the recording by the punching process, that between the die and the insertable insertable knife for dividing board stacks with a predeterminable number of flat parts is present, and that the handling and transport device is arranged between the provided transport magazines and the portioning, for converting the stacks of boards from the portioning device in the transport magazines.
  • the flat parts forming Foliendeckel or the like can be transported fully automatically and without manual contact of the punching machine in the magazines, at the same time a batchwise portioning is made with an accurate number of flat parts.
  • the time-independent, automatic availability of the automatically operating packaging device also constitutes a further significant advantage, which is of importance, inter alia, for the workflow.
  • the planned arrangement of punching machine and portioning the effort is significantly reduced.
  • the portioning can 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.
  • the portioning device is designed as a four-armed rotating star offset in the direction of rotation by about 90 ° to each other arranged platinum stacks and that the board output of the punching machine and located in the transfer position handling and transport device by about 90 ° to each other are arranged offset.
  • the handling and transport device has at least one gripper for detecting stacks of boards, which can be positioned at least in the stroke direction and in a transverse direction. With the gripper, the Board stack removed from the recordings of the portioning and fed to the transport magazines.
  • a packaging device 1 shown in the figures essentially has a portioning device 2, a handling and transport device 3 and a conveying device 4 for feeding and discharging transport magazines 5.
  • the packaging device 1 and in particular the portioning device 2 is associated with a punching machine 6, punched out by means of the foil blanks from a film web 7 and the portioning device 2 are supplied.
  • these film boards are stacked with a predetermined number of boards and then these stacks filled in the transport magazines 5 as packaging units. This packaging process is automated by the packaging device 1 according to the invention.
  • the foil boards or the like flat parts, receptacles 9 of the portioning device 2 are respectively fed by the punching process.
  • the recordings are dimensioned so that a stack with a certain number of foil boards, for example 1000 pieces per stack, can be recorded.
  • 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 about an axis 11 according to the arrow Pf 1 in Fig. 1 rotatably, so that the outer openings 12 of the platinum stacks receptacles 9 successively positioned in the direction of escape to the die opening of the punching machine 6 and then the offset by 90 ° to arranged 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 °. 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.
  • 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. By moving the two jaws a stacks of boards is taken and removed from the receptacle 9.
  • the gripper 15 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, that is, the gripper transfers a stack of boards from a receptacle 9 directly into a transport magazine. 5
  • Fig. 1 is still a blank stack turning device 24 to the right of the gripper 15 can be seen by means of which the taken from the gripper from the receptacles 9 stack placed in a designated position and can then be inserted into this in the transport magazines 5. This may be necessary if the film boards are printed on one side and this print must have a certain orientation and position relative to the transport magazines 5.
  • the complete portioning device 2 can be pivoted laterally about a pivot joint 25, as can be clearly seen in FIG. In a pivoted position, the punching machine 6 is easily accessible from the die side.
  • the effort in the packaging device 1 according to the invention is considerably reduced, since the filling of the board stack shots 9 takes place by the punching movement and while a portioning is made by by a certain number of punching operations with the cutting blades 16 is divided.
  • the separating knife 16 also serve as closure elements for the die during the implementation of the stack.

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  1. Dispositif d'emballage pour le conditionnement en piles d'articles plats, comportant une machine de découpe (6) pour découper des articles plats dans une bande de film (7) et comportant un dispositif de portionnement (2) pour former des piles d'articles plats, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement comporte au moins une unité de réception (9) pour des piles de flans, apte à être associée alternativement à la machine de découpe (6) ou à un dispositif de manutention et transport (3), en ce que la machine de découpe (6) comporte au moins une ouverture pour matrice de découpage, en ce qu'une unité de réception du dispositif de portionnement (2) pour des articles plats découpés peut être positionnée en alignement avec l'ouverture pour matrice de découpage, en ce que l'acheminement des articles plats découpés depuis la matrice de découpage (8) jusque dans l'unité de réception (9) est effectué par le processus de découpe, en ce qu'une lame de séparation (16) pouvant être introduite entre la matrice de découpage et l'unité de réception est disponible pour séparer les piles contenant un nombre prédéfinissable d'articles plats, et en ce que le dispositif de manutention et de transport (3) est agencé entre les magasins de transport (5) mis à disposition et le dispositif de portionnement (2) en vue de transférer la pile de flans depuis le dispositif de positionnement (2) dans les magasins de transport (5).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement (2) comporte deux unités de réception des piles de flans (9), qui sont disposées en particulier face à face et qui peuvent être associées simultanément, d'une part, à la machine de découpe (6) et, d'autre part, au dispositif de manutention et de transport (3).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement (2) est monté de manière à pouvoir tourner et, moyennant une rotation, peut être associé avec ses unités de réception des piles de flans (9) au choix à la machine de découpe (6) ou au dispositif de manutention et de transport (3).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement (2) comporte respectivement plusieurs unités de réception (9), disposées les unes à côté des autres, de préférence en étant décalées latéralement, destinées à recevoir simultanément des flans sortant de la machine de découpe (6) et en ce qu'une unité de réception est associée à chaque ouverture pour matrice de découpage.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement (2) est réalisé sous forme de carrousel (10) à quatre bras avec des unités de réception (9), montées les unes par rapport aux autres en étant décalées de 90° environ dans le sens de rotation et en ce que l'unité de distribution des flans de la machine de découpe (6) et le dispositif de manutention et de transport (3) situé en position de transfert sont agencés en étant décalés de 90° environ l'un par rapport à l'autre.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de portionnement (2) réalisé sous forme de carrousel (10) est relié à un dispositif de désaccouplement pour écarter le carrousel (10) de l'unité de distribution des flans de la machine de découpe avant une rotation supplémentaire.
  7. Dispositif selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de distribution des flans de la machine de découpe (6) est agencée sur une unité de réception (9), située en position horizontale, et l'unité de distribution des piles de flans du dispositif de portionnement (2) est agencée dans la position de transfert en étant dirigée vers le haut vers le dispositif de manutention et de transport (3).
  8. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de manutention et de transport (3) comporte au moins un organe de préhension (15), qui est destiné à saisir les piles de flans et qui peut être positionné à cet effet au moins dans la direction de levage, ainsi que dans une direction transversale.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de préhension (15) peut être positionné successivement au niveau des unités de réception des piles de flans (9) du dispositif de portionnement (2), en ce que l'organe de préhension (15) comporte un support de serrage (18) avec des mâchoires de serrage (19, 19a), pouvant être déplacées l'une par rapport à l'autre et destinées à solliciter les faces frontales d'une pile de flans, et en ce que des fentes d'engagement (20) latérales pour le support de serrage sont prévues au niveau de chaque unité de réception.
  10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un dispositif de transport (4) pour acheminer et évacuer des magasins de transport (5), en particulier en forme de godets, et en ce qu'il est prévu de préférence au moins une bande transporteuse (21, 22) pour former le dispositif de transport.
  11. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un dispositif de transfert (23), qui est destiné à réceptionner les magasins de transport (5) vides venant d'un convoyeur d'admission (21), est destiné à positionner les magasins de transport dans la position de remplissage et est destiné à déposer les magasins de transport remplis sur un convoyeur d'évacuation (22).
  12. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un dispositif de retournement des piles de flans (24), monté dans la trajectoire de transport entre les unités de réception des piles de flans (9) du dispositif de portionnement (2) et les magasins de transport (5) à remplir.
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