EP1590246A1 - Dispositif et procede pour fixer des films de fermeture sur des elements de versement situes sur des emballages composites - Google Patents

Dispositif et procede pour fixer des films de fermeture sur des elements de versement situes sur des emballages composites

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EP1590246A1
EP1590246A1 EP04763777A EP04763777A EP1590246A1 EP 1590246 A1 EP1590246 A1 EP 1590246A1 EP 04763777 A EP04763777 A EP 04763777A EP 04763777 A EP04763777 A EP 04763777A EP 1590246 A1 EP1590246 A1 EP 1590246A1
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closure
transport
welding
clamping
pouring
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EP1590246B1 (fr
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Michael Heil
Thomas Vetten
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SIG Services AG
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SIG Technology AG
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/18—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements
    • B65B61/184—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for making package-opening or unpacking elements by applying tabs over discharge openings, e.g. over discharge openings defined by tear or score lines
    • 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
    • B65B7/2807—Feeding closures
    • 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
    • B65B7/2842—Securing closures on containers
    • B65B7/2878—Securing closures on containers by heat-sealing

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for attaching closure foils to pouring elements arranged on composite packages, in particular beverage packages.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a device and a method of the type mentioned above and with which it is possible to fasten closure films reliably and quickly to pouring elements arranged on the composite packages during the production process of composite packages.
  • this object is achieved by a device with a clock conveyor for conveying the closure films, with a feeder, with a welding device and with a
  • Transport device for transporting the composite packages, wherein the welding device is arranged above the transport device, wherein the feed device has at least one clamping device for receiving the closure films and is movably arranged between a receiving position and a welding position and wherein the receiving position of the clock conveyor and the welding device facing the transport device.
  • the clamping device With the clock conveyor, the closure films are separated and conveyed to the feeder.
  • the clamping device provided thereon each holds a sealing film, which is transferred in the receiving position of the clock conveyor to the clamping device. Thereafter, the sealing film is brought by the movement of the feeder in the welding position.
  • the transport device are with Pouring elements provided composite packages also transported in the region of the welding position, so that it is then possible to attach the sporadic sealing film by means of the welding device to the spout.
  • the clamping device releases the sealing foil and the feeder can move back to the receiving position to receive another sealing foil for the next pouring element.
  • the clock conveyor device allows a separation of the optionally continuously supplied closure films.
  • the clamping device which is provided on the feed device, the closure film can be supplied in a defined position of the pouring element, so that the position which occupies the sealing film after fastening, is clearly defined.
  • the clamping device extends in the welding position in the direction of the central axis of the opening of the pouring elements arranged on the composite packings and parallel thereto. This ensures that the closure films are mounted at right angles to the opening plane projecting and thus do not interfere with the subsequent sterilization and filling.
  • the feed device has a lever arm, which is pivotable about an axis and at whose free end facing away from the axis, the clamping device is arranged. This is made possible by a simple pivoting movement that the Clamping device can take both the receiving position and the welding position.
  • the axis is preferably arranged at right angles to the transport direction of the composite packages and in a plane parallel to the transport plane.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the feed device has a plurality of lever arms rotatably connected to the axis, which are arranged in a star shape. It is thereby achieved that during the feeding of already recorded closure foils to the welding position further closure foils can be transferred to the clamping devices, so that a higher cycle rate can be achieved when fastening the closure foils.
  • the clamping devices are designed such that jaws are provided, which are movable back and forth between a closed and an open position, wherein this further preferably takes place pneumatically.
  • lever arms in the region of the clamping devices have a centering mandrel with which the pouring element can be positioned relative to the closure film during fastening. This ensures that the sealing film is fastened in a precisely defined position relative to the pouring element. If a cutting device is provided between the clock conveying device and the feeding device, the closing films can be conveyed as a belt from the roller by the clock conveying device and the separating of the closing films takes place only by means of the cutting device after they have been fixed in the clamping device.
  • a further teaching of the invention provides that the punch conveyor is preceded by a punching device, so that the strip material for the sealing film within the device according to the invention can be adapted to the desired shape.
  • any strip material can be used.
  • the transport device is designed in such a way that it can be used to transport composite packages with pouring elements arranged on top in an upright position. This makes it possible to fasten the closure foils directly before sterilizing and subsequently filling the composite packages, so that the fastened closure foils are exposed to the risk of damage only for a short period of time.
  • the transport device is a rail for parallel alignment and feeding the Spout and the closure films. The rail avoids contact of the closure foils with the pouring element during feeding, which could also damage the closure foils.
  • a sensor for detecting a pouring element arriving at the transport device In order to be able to control the movement of the transport device and that of the feed device as a function of one another, in a further embodiment of the invention it is provided to provide a sensor for detecting a pouring element arriving at the transport device.
  • the clock conveying means has two conveying rollers arranged parallel to each other. On the one hand, this enables accurate positioning of the strip material and, on the other hand, represents little constructional effort.
  • the strip material used is preferably aluminum foil.
  • Fig. 1 shows a device according to the invention, schematically in partially sectioned side view and
  • Fig. 2 shows the device according to the invention, schematically in front view.
  • the device according to the invention has a frame, not shown, wherein on the frame in the upper part an only schematically indicated punching device 3 is arranged.
  • the punching device 3 has a punching plate 4 and a stamping block 5 arranged thereunder.
  • punching cylinder By means not shown punching cylinder, the punching plate 4 can be pressed onto the punching block 5.
  • a strip material 6 is passed over guide rollers 1 and 2 between the punching plate 4 and the punching block 5, from which by means of the punching device 2 a sealing foil strip 7 is punched out, which consists of still interconnected closure foils 8, as clearly apparent from Fig. 2.
  • the closure film strip 7 is fed via deflection rollers 9 and 10 to a clock conveyor 11, wherein the clock conveyor 11 is disposed below the punching device 3 and the guide rollers 9 and 10.
  • the clock conveyor 11 has a motor 12 and two driven therefrom conveyor rollers 13 and 14.
  • the sealing film band 7 is passed between the first conveying roller 13 and the second conveying roller 14. With actuation of the motor 12, the sealing film strip 7 is further conveyed by the rollers 13, 14 formed as a pair of conveying rollers.
  • the feeding device 15 has lever arms 16, which are fastened in star-shaped fashion respectively with one end to a common axis of rotation 17.
  • clamping means 18 At the free ends of the lever arms 16 clamping means 18 (Fig. 4) are arranged.
  • the clamping devices 18 can be rotated by rotation about the rotation axis 17 from a receiving position 19 in the region of the clock conveyor 11 into a welding position 20 in the region of the transport device 39.
  • the clamping devices 18 have jaws 21 with clamping jaw tips 22 which are moved by a pneumatic cylinder 23, with this clamping device 18, the separated closure films 8 are added. In this case, the part of the sealing film 8, which is to be welded to a pouring element A, projects beyond the jaw tip 22.
  • centering mandrels 24 which dip in arranged on composite packages P pouring elements A and for fixing the position of the pouring elements A in a welding position 20 and at the same time serve as a counter holder for a welding device 25, wherein the welding device 25 consists essentially of a weldable head 27 which can be actuated and heated by a cylinder 26.
  • the feeder 15 also has a drive 28 in the form of a stepping motor 28, by means of which a V-belt 29, the star wheel consisting of the star-shaped lever arms 16 is set in intermittent rotation.
  • a cutting device 30 is arranged, which comprises a pneumatic cylinder 31 and a cutting blade 32.
  • a closing film 8 located between the clamping jaw 21 and the upper lever arm 16 is separated from the sealing film band 7 located above it.
  • a transport device 33 which is indicated only schematically, for the composite packages P, wherein the composite packages P are arranged standing in the transport device 33 and have an already applied pouring element A on their upper side. The distance of the pouring elements A to the individual composite packages P in the
  • Transport device 33 is adapted to the distance between the centering pins 24 of two adjacent lever arms 16.
  • the transport device 33 and the feed device 15 are arranged in such a way to each other that the clamping device 18 in the welding position 20th extends at right angles to the opening plane of the pouring elements A arranged on the transport device 33. By centering mandrels 24 on each clamping device 18 it is ensured that these and the pouring elements A are congruent in the welding position 20.
  • a rail 34 which serves the composite packages P and in particular the point on the pouring elements A, to which the closure sheets 8 are to be welded, as well as also Align along the rail 34 moving closure films 8 in proper position to each other.
  • the transport device 33 also has a sensor 35, which is generally used to detect arriving at the transport device 33 packs P with Ausg cordelmenten A. Should it happen that no package P comes or a pack P is transported without pouring A into the welding station, so the feeder 15 is stopped due to a signal from the sensor 35.
  • the closure film 8 is fixed perpendicular to the opening, which then takes place taking place sterilizing and filling the composite package 40, since the sealing film remains in the vertical position.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closing Of Containers (AREA)
  • Making Paper Articles (AREA)
  • Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé pour fixer des films de fermeture sur des éléments de versement (A) situés sur des emballages composites (P). Ce dispositif comprend un système de transfert cyclique (11) qui est conçu pour transférer les films de fermeture (8), un système d'alimentation (15), un système de soudage (25) et un système de transport (33) qui est conçu pour transporter les emballages composites (P). Afin d'obtenir un processus de production fiable et rapide, le système de soudage (25) est situé au-dessus du système de transport (33), le système d'alimentation (15) présente au moins un système de serrage (18) permettant de recevoir les films de fermeture (8) et peut se déplacer entre une position de réception (19) et une position de soudage (20), et la position de réception (19) fait face au système de transfert cyclique (11) et le système de soudage (25) fait face au système de transport (33).
EP04763777A 2003-08-08 2004-08-04 Dispositif et procede pour fixer des films de fermeture sur des elements de versement situes sur des emballages composites Expired - Lifetime EP1590246B1 (fr)

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PL04763777T PL1590246T3 (pl) 2003-08-08 2004-08-04 Urządzenie i sposób mocowania folii zamykających na elementach wylewowych, umieszczonych na opakowaniach kompozytowych

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DE10336788A DE10336788A1 (de) 2003-08-08 2003-08-08 Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Befestigen von Verschlussfolien an auf Verbundpackungen angeordneten Ausgiesselementen
DE10336788 2003-08-08
PCT/EP2004/008726 WO2005016758A1 (fr) 2003-08-08 2004-08-04 Dispositif et procede pour fixer des films de fermeture sur des elements de versement situes sur des emballages composites

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CN (1) CN1756697A (fr)
AR (1) AR045334A1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE344180T1 (fr)
DE (2) DE10336788A1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2276330T3 (fr)
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ES2276330T3 (es) 2007-06-16
WO2005016758A1 (fr) 2005-02-24
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CN1756697A (zh) 2006-04-05
PL1590246T3 (pl) 2007-03-30
EP1590246B1 (fr) 2006-11-02
US7412813B2 (en) 2008-08-19
ATE344180T1 (de) 2006-11-15
RU2005135656A (ru) 2006-08-27

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