EP1542811B1 - Dispositif pour mesurer la resistance au pliage d'envois plats - Google Patents

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EP1542811B1
EP1542811B1 EP03769221A EP03769221A EP1542811B1 EP 1542811 B1 EP1542811 B1 EP 1542811B1 EP 03769221 A EP03769221 A EP 03769221A EP 03769221 A EP03769221 A EP 03769221A EP 1542811 B1 EP1542811 B1 EP 1542811B1
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Armin Zimmermann
Erich Groegor
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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  • the invention relates to a device for measuring the bending stiffness of flat items in the longitudinal direction, which are transported in a conveying path one behind the other.
  • the mail items pass through a curved section of the conveying path designed as a shroud system, in which the deflection of the mailings is measured. If the items have a low flexural rigidity in the longitudinal direction, they nestle against the deflecting member and there is virtually no deflection. With high longitudinal stiffness, the front and rear parts of the rigid sections are deflected accordingly.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for measuring the flexural rigidity of flat broadcasts in the longitudinal direction, which are transported in a conveying path one behind the other, which measures the bending stiffness in the longitudinal direction of broadcasts of different format and different thickness with high accuracy and the Measurement of the bending stiffness allowed over the length of the shipment.
  • a measuring device connected to the control device for determining the thickness of each transmission is located on the conveying path.
  • the deflecting device in the non-deflected state and / or the bearing points are moved for each shipment before the start of the respective stiffness measurement so that their distance perpendicular to the transport direction approximately corresponds to the respective shipment thickness.
  • control device is designed such that the deflection device remains in the deflected state until the trailing edge has left the rearmost bearing point and the stiffness profile is determined over the length of each transmission. It is also advantageous if the control device is designed in such a way that a rejection signal for this transmission is triggered only when an inadmissible bending stiffness measured beyond a predetermined length is exceeded. As a result, shipments with stiff content of short length can go through the sorting system, since only from a certain length of too stiff content damage to the consignments or sorting machines.
  • the measuring means for determining the size of the deflection of the mail items is conveniently arranged at the level of the movable deflection device.
  • a measuring means for determining the size of the deflection of the mail items at another mailing height and to form the control device in such a way that they can be read by the two measuring means form that detected in the two measuring means unequal deflections a consignment with bound edge and that consignment edge identified as a bound edge to which the measuring means with the lower deflection is closest.
  • the bearing points and the part of the deflecting device which touches the transmissions are designed as rollers.
  • the measuring means for determining the size of the deflection are advantageously designed as distance sensors for non-contact measurement.
  • the mail items 4 are transported in the conveying path in a stationary position, clamped between narrow transport belts 1, 2 of a shroud system.
  • a straight section is the device for measuring the longitudinal stiffness of the mail item. It will the transport belt 2 at two spaced, spatially fixed support rollers 3 for supporting the shipments 4 over its entire height in two sub-belts 2a, 2b split. Between the two support rollers 3, which serve as a bearing point in the measurement, located on the other side of the shroud system, ie on the conveyor belt 1, a movable into the conveying path deflection device 5, which touches the shipments 4 with a roller in the deflection.
  • the roller is moved back and forth by means of an actuator, eg a servomotor.
  • an actuator eg a servomotor.
  • a measuring means 6 for determining the size of the deflection.
  • This measuring device is designed as a laser distance sensor. Since the support rollers 3 are spatially fixed and thus have shipments 4 there a defined position, the conveyor belt 1 is lifted in accordance with the shipment thickness of the support rollers 3.
  • the roller of the deflection device 5 is deflected into the conveying path with a defined constant force and thus the mail item 4 is deflected. This deflection is measured with the laser distance sensor and characterizes the transmission stiffness.
  • a measure of the stiffness of the package can also be determined if, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the mail items 4 are deflected by a constant path, and the force required for this, which is determined in the actuator control, serves as a measure of the mail item stiffness.
  • the constant path is located on a stop 7, a switch whose switching element is actuated by the transmission and thereby shuts off the actuator drive of the deflection device. This ensures that only the force necessary for the transmission deflection is determined.
  • the measurement is carried out until the trailing edge of the mailing 4 has left the rear in the transport direction support roller 3. This gives a corresponding stiffness curve, which can then be better decided whether the respective consignment 4 can be processed trouble-free in a sorting machine.
  • the deflection device 5 with the roller at the end is located on the side of the conveyor belt 1 and the other belt strand is divided into two parts, transport belts 1a and 1b.
  • a baffle 12 which prevents thin broadcasts 4 with low bending stiffness at the relatively high transport speed leave the measuring device to the outside and cause a disturbance.
  • the deflected shipments 4 arrive at the second transport belt 19 of the belt strand 1, which is guided over two deflection rollers 9, 10 and forms an inlet region, in which the deflected shipments 4 are guided again into the cover belt system with the transport belts 1, 2 arranged close to one another ,
  • the magnitude of the deflection of the mailings 4 is also measured with a corresponding measuring means 6 (laser distance sensor), which is located opposite the roller of the deflection device 5 between the support roller 8 and the guide roller 10 at the level of the roller of the deflection device 5.
  • a plurality of programs 4 consists of periodicals with bound edges. These bonded edges have a higher flexural rigidity than the rest of the magazine. The information about the position of the bound edge (bottom or top) is important for further processing.
  • a further corresponding measuring means 13 is arranged just above the base plate 14 directly under the first measuring means for determining the size of the deflection (FIG. 8).
  • both measuring means 6,13 laser distance sensors
  • the upper measuring means 6 registers a lower deflection than the lower measuring means 13, which is as recognizable a shipment 4 with overhead bound edge. If the deflection is approximately the same at both measuring means 6, 13, no bound edge is present.

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  1. Dispositif de mesure dans la direction longitudinale de la résistance au pliage d'envois plats qui sont transportés les uns derrière les autres dans une voie de transport, dispositif qui a sur la voie de transport dans un tronçon rectiligne un ou deux emplacements (3 ou 8, 11) de stockage l'un derrière l'autre dans la direction de transport et, avant l'emplacement (3) de stockage arrière dans la direction de transport et derrière l'emplacement (3) de stockage avant dans la direction de transport, un dispositif (5) de déviation dans la voie de transport, qui en lui est à peu près perpendiculaire et qui est destiné à plier les envois (4), et qui a un capteur détectant les bords des envois pour le déclenchement de l'opération de mesure, ainsi qu'un moyen (6) de mesure pour déterminer la valeur de la déviation des envois (4) et/ou un moyen de mesure pour déterminer la valeur de la force de déviation et un dispositif de commande pour commander le dispositif de déviation ainsi que pour exploiter les signaux du capteur et du moyen de mesure de façon à ce que la valeur de la déviation des envois (4), pour une force de déviation constante fixée, ou la valeur de la force de déviation, pour une déviation toujours la même du dispositif (5) de déviation, serve de mesure de la résistance au pliage, le dispositif de commande étant en outre constitué de telle façon que le dispositif (5) de déviation est, pour plier les envois (4), déplacé dans la voie de transport dès que le bord respectif avant de l'envoi a atteint l'emplacement (3) de stockage le plus en avant dans la direction de transport ou, s'il n'y a qu'un emplacement (8, 11) de stockage, le dispositif (5) de déviation reste dans l'état dévié au maximum jusqu'à ce que le bord arrière de l'envoi a quitté l'emplacement (3) de stockage le plus en arrière et dans lequel il se trouve sur la voie de transport un dispositif de mesure, qui est raccordé au dispositif de commande et qui est destiné à déterminer l'épaisseur de chaque envoi (4) et le dispositif (5) de déviation à l'état non dévié et/ou les emplacements (3, 8) de stockage sont déplacés pour chaque envoi (4) avant le début de la mesure respective de résistance de façon à ce que sa distance perpendiculairement à la direction de transport corresponde à peu près à l'épaisseur respective de l'envoi.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel le dispositif de commande est constitué de façon à ce que le dispositif (5) de déviation reste à l'état dévié jusqu'à ce que le bord arrière de l'envoi a quitté l'emplacement (3) de stockage le plus en arrière et qu'une courbe correspondante de résistance a été déterminée.
  3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 2, dans lequel le dispositif de commande est constitué de telle façon qu'un signal de tri de cet envoi (4) n'est déclenché que pour une résistance au pliage inadmissible mesurée au-delà d'une longueur fixée.
  4. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel le dispositif de mesure pour la détermination de la valeur de la déviation des envois (4) est disposé au niveau du dispositif (5) de déviation mobile.
  5. Dispositif suivant la revendication 4, dans lequel en plus un moyen (13) de mesure de détermination de la valeur de la déviation des envois (4) est disposé à un autre niveau de l'envoi et le dispositif de commande est constitué de telle façon qu'il détecte, pour des déviations inégales déterminées par les deux moyens (6, 13) de mesure un envoi ayant un bord relié et identifie chaque bord d'envoi en tant que bord relié dont le moyen (6 ou 13) de mesure, ayant la déviation la plus petite, est le plus proche.
  6. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel les emplacements (3, 8) de stockage et la partie du dispositif (5) de déviation, qui touche les envois (4), sont constitués sous la forme de rouleaux.
  7. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel les moyens (6, 13) de mesure pour la détermination de la valeur de la déviation sont réalisés sous la forme de capteurs de distance.
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