EP1908590B1 - Procédé de déplacement d'objet et machine d'impression - Google Patents

Procédé de déplacement d'objet et machine d'impression Download PDF

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EP1908590B1
EP1908590B1 EP07291126.6A EP07291126A EP1908590B1 EP 1908590 B1 EP1908590 B1 EP 1908590B1 EP 07291126 A EP07291126 A EP 07291126A EP 1908590 B1 EP1908590 B1 EP 1908590B1
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printing machine
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François Dumenil
Maurice Billet
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Machines Dubuit SAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F17/00—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
    • B41F17/002—Supports of workpieces in machines for printing on hollow articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F15/00—Screen printers
    • B41F15/08—Machines
    • B41F15/0872—Machines for printing on articles having essentially cylindrical surfaces

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  • the invention relates to a transfer device for moving elliptical or cylindrical section objects for printing on a printing machine having a rotary plate with vertical axis of rotation.
  • a transfer device comprising a lifting arm provided with gripping tongs and pivotally mounted at one of its ends about an axis of rotation extending in a horizontal plane inscribed in the plane of removal of the object.
  • the arm is pivotable about the axis of rotation between a loading position in which the arm extends in a vertical direction and an unloading position in which the arm extends in a horizontal direction.
  • Such a device is known to FR 2,775,471 .
  • this transfer device does not allow to arrange the object to be printed in a device for retaining and rotating the object for printing, comprising a base which comprises a vertical bottom and a shape rim complementary to the shape of the base of the object.
  • the object can not be introduced and positioned against the bottom of the base, so as to cooperate with the rim.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a transfer device enabling the object to be printed to be placed in a device for retaining and rotating the object.
  • the object of the invention is
  • the printing machine and the method comprise one or more of the features set forth in the dependent claims.
  • the printing machine 2 comprises a not shown frame, a rotary plate 4 carried by the frame, at least one device 6 for retaining and driving the objects carried by the turntable 4, and processing stations for objects, not shown, arranged around the turntable 4.
  • the turntable 4 is adapted to be rotated about a vertical axis of rotation by drive means 5 to move the objects to be printed from one processing station to another.
  • the drive means 5 comprise a global cam indexer driven via a gear unit by an asynchronous motor or by a servomotor.
  • the treatment stations include, for example, a loading station, represented on the figure 1 , and for example a flame station, one or more printing stations by screen printing or hot stamping, a drying station, a varnishing station and an unloading station identical to the loading station.
  • the retaining and driving assembly 6 comprises a base 12 and a point 18 for retaining the opening 19 of the object, arranged opposite the base 12.
  • the objects 8 are here bottles whose neck forms the opening 19.
  • the base 12 consists of a vertical bottom 14 parallel to the plane defined by X and Z directions represented on the figure 1 , and a flange 16 delimiting a complementary shaped shape to the shape of the base 17 of the bottle 8.
  • the tip 18 is displaceable in the Y direction toward and away from the base 12 in order to axially grip the bottle 8 between the base 12 and the tip 18.
  • the tip 18 is mounted to be displaceable in translation on along two sliding columns 20.
  • the base 12 is adapted to be driven axially in rotation by drive means 22. Unlike the tip, the base 12 is fixed in translation in the direction Y.
  • the objects to be printed 8 are arranged with their axis of revolution disposed horizontally along the normal N2 to the plane of the bottom 17 of the base.
  • the printing machine 2 further comprises a supply conveyor 24 of the printing bottles 8, and a transfer device 26 carried by the frame and adapted to move the bottles 8 of the supply conveyor 24 to the retaining and driving assembly 6.
  • the printing machine 2 further comprises a discharge conveyor of the printed objects, not shown, and a not shown transfer device which ensures the unloading of the printed objects 8 from the retaining and driving assembly 6 towards the conveyor discharge.
  • the supply conveyor 24 comprises a conveyor belt 28 closed in a loop and held between two parallel rolls of reversal, one of which is motorized. On this conveyor, the bottles 8 are arranged successively in alignment, with their axis of revolution arranged in the vertical direction Z, parallel to a normal N1 to the conveyor belt 28.
  • the conveyor belt 28 constitutes a support range of the objects.
  • the transfer device 26 is adapted to take a bottle whose base 17 is supported on the support pad 28, to transfer it to the retaining and driving device 6 by rotating it by a 90 ° angle around an axis parallel to the direction X, and to introduce its base 17 in the base 12.
  • the transfer device 26 comprises a frame 30, a gripping arm 32 carried by the frame 30, and a motor 34 for moving the driving means 36 of the gripping arm 32.
  • the frame 30 comprises a support plate 38 and a plate 40 forming the base of the frame 30, the plate 40 being fixed to the support plate 38 by one of its longitudinal sides 41, so that the main face of the plate 40 is extended perpendicular to the main face of the support plate 38.
  • the support plate 38 has a generally rectangular shape and has a vertical extension 44 disposed opposite the plate 40.
  • the support plate 38 separates a front side 45 and a rear side 47 of the transfer device 26.
  • the frame 30 further comprises a beam 46 extending in the Y direction and fixed at the edge of the rear face 47 of the support plate 38, and two spacers 48 and 50 each attached to one end of the beam 46 and to a 42 side of the tray 40 opposite its ends.
  • the frame 30 further comprises a hollow holding beam 54 attached to the rear face 47 of the extension 44 and to the beam 46.
  • the holding beam 54 extends in the Z direction, above the beam 46.
  • the gripping arm 32 illustrated on the figures 4 and 5 , comprises a bracket 56, two support bars 58, 60 fixed along the longitudinal edges of the bracket 56, and two pairs 62, 64 of grip grippers slidably mounted along the support bars 58 and 60.
  • the console 56 has a parallelepipedal general shape having a main face, on which the support bars 58 and 60 are fixed, and an opposite main face, on which a device 68 for actuating pairs of clamps is mounted.
  • the gripping arm 32 further comprises a spacer 72 of triangular shape, one side of which is fixed to the lateral side of the bracket 56.
  • the motor 34 is able to drive in translation in the Y direction a carriage 74 shown on the figures 1 , 2 and 4 .
  • the drive means 36 comprise two guide rails 76,78 of the carriage 74 extending in the Y direction, a toothed wheel 80 and a rack 82 with which the gear wheel 80 is engaged.
  • the guide rails 76 and 78 illustrated on the figure 2 , are fixed to the right of each other, one to the beam 46 and the other to the plate 40.
  • the toothed wheel 80 has an axis of rotation A-A.
  • the rack 82 is fixed to the plate 40 parallel to the rails 76 and 78.
  • the drive means 36 further comprise a plate 84 supporting a groove 86, and a roller 88 having a shape adapted to cooperate with the groove 86.
  • the plate 84 is integral with the rear face of the toothed wheel 80.
  • the groove 86 comprises a first guide portion 90 eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation A-A of the wheel 80, and a second guide portion 92 close to the axis of rotation of the wheel 80.
  • the first guide portion 90 has a profile obtained by purity so that the gripping arm 32 has an arcuate trajectory tangent to the normal N2 to the bottom plane 14 of the base.
  • the second portion 92 has a profile corresponding to a cycloidal movement.
  • the second groove portion 92 has a length of 1/3 to 1/2 of the total length of the groove 86.
  • the roller 88 illustrated on Figures 5 to 9 , is fixed on the front face of the spacer 48 facing the rear face of the gear wheel 80.
  • the rack 82 extends over a length equal to the perimeter of the gear wheel 80 at which the length of the second portion 92 of the groove is subtracted.
  • the drive means 36 further comprise a shaft 94, one end of which is fixed to the center of the toothed wheel 80 parallel to the axis of rotation A-A, and a rotatable support 96 integral with the other end of the shaft 94.
  • the shaft 94 is able to be rotated by the carriage 74 during the displacement thereof along the guide rails 76 and 78.
  • the carriage 74 comprises a bearing 97 traversed by the shaft 94.
  • the rotatable support 96 extends in a plane parallel to the plane of the toothed wheel 80. It is adapted to pivot about the axis of rotation A-A of the toothed wheel 80.
  • the drive means 36 finally comprise a connecting rod 98, one end 100 of which is connected to a front face 104 of the rotary support 96, a slide 104 linked to the other end 106 of the connecting rod and a slide 110 for guiding the slide 104 .
  • the slide 110 is fixed to the front face 45 of the support plate 38. It extends over the extension 44 in the Z direction.
  • the slide 110 extends over a length substantially equal to the diameter of the toothed wheel 80, plus the length of the connecting rod 98.
  • the end 100 of the connecting rod is fixed to the rotary support 96 at a distance from the axis of rotation A-A equal to the pitch radius of the toothed wheel 80.
  • the connecting rod 98 is fixed over part of its length to one side of the spacer 72 of the gripper arm 32 to drive it in motion.
  • the rod 98 has a length equal to the perimeter of the toothed wheel 80, plus the length of the first groove portion 90, divided by 2 .
  • a set of power and control wiring with a general J shape ( figure 3 ) is fixed to the front face 45 of the support plate 38.
  • Dust protection curtains 114 are mounted in longitudinal rails on the front face 45 of the frame.
  • the printing machine 2 further comprises a control unit 115 able to control the drive means 5 of the turntable and the drive motor 34 of the gripping arm 32.
  • the control unit 115 is able to temporally manage the displacement of the turntable 4 and the actuation of the motor 34 so that the movement of the gripping arm 32 is synchronized with the rotational movement of the turntable 4.
  • control unit 115 is able to control the motor 34 and the drive means 5 so that the gripping arm 32 arrives at the end of the removal stroke of the object on the retaining device. drive 6, when the holding and driving device 6 is located at the right of the support surface 28.
  • the control unit is also able to control the actuating device 68 of the grippers 62, 64 to control the opening and closing of each pair of grippers 62, 64 each time the gripper arm 32 is in position. end-of-stroke for gripping the object disposed on the support surface and releasing the object in the holding and driving device 6.
  • the turntable 4 is adapted to pivot about its axis of rotation to dispose the device of retaining and driving 6 carried by it facing the supply conveyor 24.
  • the conveyor belt 28 moves to bring the bottle 8 to the end of the supply conveyor 24.
  • the drive means of the transfer device are represented on the figure 6 .
  • the carriage 74, the toothed wheel 80 and the first end 100 of the connecting rod are disposed at one end of the frame 30 adjacent to the spacer 50 and the motor 34.
  • the other end 106 of the connecting rod is in a low position close to the
  • the support bars 58, 60 of the grip grippers 62, 64 are disposed vertically close to the bottle 8.
  • the actuating device 68 is implemented so that the pairs of clamps 62, 64 enclose the bottle 8.
  • the drive carriage 74 is moved to the other end of the frame 30 in the direction of the spacer 48.
  • the gear wheel 80 is rotated counterclockwise on the rack 82, so that that the end 100 of the rod is rotated about the axis AA.
  • the slide 104 moves on the slide 110 in the Z direction.
  • the end 100 of the rod is driven in a cycloidal motion.
  • the end 106 of the rod is driven in displacement in a vertical translational movement.
  • the gripping arm 32 is moved in a complex movement resulting from the combination of movements of the ends 100 and 106 of the rod made simultaneously.
  • the bottle 8 is first raised to disengage the conveyor 24, then the bottle is rotated to bring its axis of revolution in the horizontal direction Y.
  • the neck 19 is raised to move the bottle 8 away from the support pad 28 at the beginning of the trajectory 116 of the neck 19. Simultaneously, the base 17 of the bottle pivots from the beginning of the trajectory 118 of the base 17.
  • the trajectory 116 of the neck 19 of the bottle and the trajectory 118 of its base 17 intersect as visible on the figures 1 and 10 .
  • the base 17 passes before the neck 19 by the cross point 119.
  • the roller 88 enters the second portion 92 of the groove 86 at the axis of rotation AA and is guided by the groove 86.
  • the slide 104 moves on the slide 110 in the direction opposite to the Z direction.
  • end 100 is displaced in a movement imposed by the second portion 92 of the groove, which has a profile corresponding to the cycloidal movement imposed during the transfer step by the toothed wheel 80 and the rack 82.
  • the end 100 of the rod is moved according to a movement imposed by the first portion 90 of the groove.
  • the toothed wheel 80 is no longer carried by the rack 82.
  • the slide 104 moves on the slideway 110 in the direction opposite to the Z direction.
  • the movement of the end 100 of the connecting rod is deflected to force the arm gripping 32 trajectories 116,118 to introduce the base 17 of the bottle in the base.
  • the trajectory of the base 17 of the object has a curved portion having a point of inflection 120 in its portion 121 approaching the base 12, and comprises both a component according to the normal N1 to the range of support 28 and a component according to the normal N2 at the bottom 14 of the base.
  • the trajectory 118 of the base 17 has an arcuate portion 122 tangent to the normal N2, to introduce the base 17 in the base.
  • the rotary plate of the printing machine can be positioned at the same height as the conveyor belt of the conveyor or at any other height chosen, regardless of the length of the object to be printed.
  • the transfer device comprises a tilting lifting arm, whose length is a function of the length of the object to be printed.
  • the rotating plate carrying the devices for retaining and driving objects is positioned at a distance of high height, which requires a high weight frame and makes maintenance operations difficult on the printing stations arranged above the turntable.

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