EP1977871A1 - Dosiermaschine für Korkgranulat zur Herstellung agglomerierter Pfropfen - Google Patents

Dosiermaschine für Korkgranulat zur Herstellung agglomerierter Pfropfen Download PDF

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EP1977871A1
EP1977871A1 EP07425199A EP07425199A EP1977871A1 EP 1977871 A1 EP1977871 A1 EP 1977871A1 EP 07425199 A EP07425199 A EP 07425199A EP 07425199 A EP07425199 A EP 07425199A EP 1977871 A1 EP1977871 A1 EP 1977871A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27N—MANUFACTURE BY DRY PROCESSES OF ARTICLES, WITH OR WITHOUT ORGANIC BINDING AGENTS, MADE FROM PARTICLES OR FIBRES CONSISTING OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC OR LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL
    • B27N5/00—Manufacture of non-flat articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27J—MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
    • B27J5/00—Mechanical working of cork
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B11/00—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses
    • B30B11/02—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space
    • B30B11/14—Presses specially adapted for forming shaped articles from material in particulate or plastic state, e.g. briquetting presses, tabletting presses using a ram exerting pressure on the material in a moulding space co-operating with moulds on a movable carrier other than a turntable or a rotating drum

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  • the present invention relates to the field of cork agglomerate stoppers manufacturing machines. and in particular, the invention concernes a cork granule batching machine for manufacturing agglomerated stoppers.
  • Cork stoppers are manufactured in a variety of ways, according to the quality of the raw materials available.
  • High quality production involves manufacturing stoppers in one piece from a matrix of compact cork obtained directly from the tree bark, while products of lesser quality use agglomerated cork granules obtained from high quality stopper production waste, or from lots that do not possess the required quality for one-piece stoppers. Said granules are bonded with a non-toxic adhesive matrix.
  • agglomerated stoppers For example a certain amount of granules mixed with adhesive, herein referred to as "rod”, can be extruded through an extruder comprising a heated tube, having the same diameter as the stopper to be manufactured, where the adhesive is solidified. A piston pushes the rod towards the extruder exit. This rod is cut to form the stoppers with the required length.
  • the density of the stopper is obviously the same as the density of the "rod", that is, by the amount of granules in the volume that forms the "rod”. This density depends on, to a certain extent, the compression force and the friction of the agglomerate against the walls of the extruder.
  • Another method for agglomerated stopper production involves the introduction of specific batches of granule agglomerate mixed with adhesive into moulds consisting of moulding bushes. The agglomerate with the adhesive is then pressed and successively transferred to an oven for the time required for solidification. After a suitable cooling period, the stopper is extracted from the moulding bush by pushing with a rod-shaped extraction element. The preparation of the correct granule batch to be introduced into the corresponding mould is carried out by batching machines.
  • a commonly known type of batching machine comprises a base frame that supports a box-like casing that extends in a longitudinal direction on a horizontal plane.
  • a slide is arranged at the bottom of the box-like casing.
  • the slide has a longitudinal shape, and on it a plurality of cradles are set, open on the upper side.
  • Said cradles are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction and are conceived to contain the cork granules mixed with adhesive which drop through gravity from a loading hopper located above the box-shaped casing.
  • a plurality of closing elements designed to close the upper side of the cradles. These closing elements are spaced in the same way as the cradles.
  • the slide is attached to an oleodynamic cylinder that allows for a horizontal translation movement from a first position where the cradles are open at the top, to allow the granules to fall into the cradles, to a second position where the cradles are closed by the respective upper closing elements.
  • the slide and the oleodynamic cylinder that allows its horizontal translation are attached to a same structure which can translate vertically by means of another oleodynamic cylinder when the cradles are in the second position, that is, when they are closed by the upper closing elements.
  • the vertical size of the volume of the cradles can be varied from a predetermined load volume of granules (given by the volume of the cradles once moved under the closing elements) to a given granule compacting volume defined with the cradles when they reach the upper end of stroke of the vertical translation, thus forming the correct amount and density of the batch to produce the stopper.
  • the amount of granules must be varied before compacting.
  • the volume of cradles with the load is adjusted by varying the width of the cradles through inserting metal plates between the side walls of the box-shaped casing and the said cradles.
  • the main aim of the present invention is to resolve the problem described in the aforesaid type of batching machine concerning to the adjustment of cradles load volume.
  • an important object of the present invention is to provide a cork granules batching machine for manufacturing agglomerated stoppers that is able to reduce the number of machine stops caused by slide seizure problems.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to provide a cork granules batching machine for manufacturing agglomerated stoppers that is able to reduce the size tolerance around the cradles.
  • Another important object of the present invention is to provide a cork granules batching machine for manufacturing agglomerated stoppers that allows easy adjustment of the cradle load volume.
  • a cork granules batching machine for use in the manufacturing of agglomerated stoppers by means of moulding bushes, is gnerally identified by the numeral 10 and comprises a support frame 11 for a box-shaped casing 12 that is developed in a longitudinal direction in a substantially horizontal orientation.
  • said box-shaped casing 12 has a bottom 13 and two opposite longitudinal sides 14; the upper part of the box-shaped casing being open at the top.
  • a slide 15 is arranged, also developed in a mainly longitudinal direction, whereon a plurality of cradles 16 are set, adapted to contain the cork granules; the cork granules are identified by the numeral 17.
  • Said cradles 16 are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction of the slide 15 and are defined by two vertical side walls 18, and by a bottom 19, in this embodiment having a substantially semi-cylindrical shape with the concave part facing upwards.
  • the slide 15 has a longitudinal base 20 on which a plurality of parallelepiped elements 21 is arranged in a row, equally spaced, and whose opposite facing sides form the side walls 18 of the respective cradles 16.
  • Respective intermediate elements 22 rest on the longitudinal base 20 between said parallelepiped elements 21. The upper ends of said intermediate elements 22 form the said bottoms 19 of the cradles 16.
  • a device 23 for loading the cork granules 17 from a the above into the cradles 16 is positioned above the box-shaped casing 12 in direct communication with the interior of the same casing 12.
  • said loading device 23 comprises a hopper 24 positioned with the discharge opening over the upper opening of the box-shaped casing 11; commonly known granule mixing means (not shown in the figures) are associated to said hopper 24 that allow for an uniform distribution of the product.
  • a plurality of closing elements 25 for the cradles 16 is fixed on the box-shaped casing 12, spaced in the same way as the cradles. These closing elements 25 close the cradles 16 when these are set in a specific position, as will be described in more detail below.
  • said upper closing elements 25 have a semicylindrical shape with the concave part facing downwards.
  • the machine 10 also comprises a first means of relative translation 26 for the cradles 16 in a substantially horizontal direction, in relation to the closing elements 25, to run from a first position (visible in figure 1 ) wherein the cradles 16 are open at the top to receive the cork granules from the hopper, to a second position (visible in the figures 2 and 3 ) where the same cradles are closed by the upper closing elements 25.
  • a first position visible in figure 1
  • the cradles 16 are open at the top to receive the cork granules from the hopper
  • a second position visible in the figures 2 and 3
  • the first means of relative translation 26 comprise a translation actuator 27, such as an oleodynamic cylinder, attached with its own liner to a support plane 28 and with the actuation rod fixed to one end of the slide 15, the said slide being slidable along said support plane 28.
  • a translation actuator 27 such as an oleodynamic cylinder
  • the machine 10 comprises a second relative translation means 29 for the cradles 16 in a substantially vertical direction in relation to the closing elements 25 to run from said second position to a third compacting position (visible in figure 4 ).
  • Said second means of relative translation 29 are able to vertically vary the volume of the cradles 16 from a predetermined load volume of granules, defined when the cradles are in the second position, to a given volume of compacted granules defined when the cradles are in the third position.
  • the second means of relative translation 29 comprise a translation actuator 30 such as an oleodynamic cylinder whose liner 30a is fixed to the support frame 11 and an end 30b of the vertical actuation rod is attached to the support plane 28 of the slide 15.
  • the cradles When the cradles are in the first position, that is when the upper closing elements 25 are centred on the parallelepipeds 21 of the slide 15, the granules from the hopper 24 fill the cradles 16 (because they are open at the top).
  • the load volume of the cradles 16 is defined by the space delimited by the side walls 18 and the bottom 19 of the cradles and by the upper closing elements 25 when the slide 15 has been moved to the second position.
  • the width of the upper closing elements 25 is basically the same as the distance between the side walls 18 of the cradles.
  • the slide 15 is moved upwards through the second means of vertical translation 29, so that the bottom 19 of the cradles 16 approaches the upper closing elements 25, this resulting in a compacting action on the cork granules 17. That corresponds to a variation of the load volume until the compacted volume defined in the third position is reached.
  • the machine also comprises adjustment means 32 for the predetermined load volume defined between each cradle 16 and the corresponding upper closing element 25, in order to adjust the amount of granules present in each batch.
  • said adjustment means 32 comprise means for varying the height of the load volume, that is, means that can vary the relative vertical position of the bottom 19 in relation to the side walls 18 of the cradle 16 before the machine is started up.
  • said means for varying the height of the load volume comprise one or more plates 33 (three are shown in the figures purely as an example) of a given thickness inserted between the longitudinal base 20 and the intermediate elements 22 (that define the bottom 19 of the cradles 16) to provide for a discrete adjustment.
  • one or more plates 33 must be removed manually, whereas one or more plates must be added to lower the height of the volume; the maximum height of the load volume is obtained when no plates are present.
  • the actuation rod of the translation actuator 30 has a first end 30b attached to the support plane 28 of the slide 15 and a second end 30c, projecting from the side of the liner 30a opposite the side from which projects the first end 30b, on which a vertical end of stroke abutment 34 is fixed.
  • the means for varying the height of the load volume comprise further plates 35 of a given thickness, in number and thickness equal to those positioned between the longitudinal base 20 and the intermediate elements 22; said further plates 35 inserted between said end of stroke abutment 34 and the liner 30a of the translator actuator 30; a variation in the number of the plates 33 under the intermediate elements 22 must correspond to an equal variation of the further plates 35 between the end of stroke abutment 34 and the liner 30a.
  • the adjustment of the load volume of cradles obtained by varying the relative vertical position of the bottom in relation to the walls, allows for an optimized dimensioning of the cradles and slide so that it is possible to perform a coupling between the box-shaped casing 12 and the slide 15 with sufficiently narrow lateral tolerances to prevent the penetration of the cork granules which would lead to machine seizure.
  • a threaded element can replace the plates, screwed into a corresponding vertical hole formed in the longitudinal base, and presenting a support head for a respective intermediate element; by screwing said threaded element, the head will be translated vertically and therefore also the intermediate element on which the bottom is defined, thus obtaining a continuous adjustment instead of a discrete adjustment.
  • the load volume adjustment can be obtained only manually when the machine is stopped.
  • the longitudinal base on which the cradles are positioned can be structured in a manner to internally house an element that transversally connects all the intermediate elements with the bottom, which is connected cinematically with automatic vertical translation means, that can be of any type, oleodynamic, pneumatic, or electromechanical.
  • automatic vertical translation means that can be of any type, oleodynamic, pneumatic, or electromechanical.
  • first and second means of translation described in the example above can comprise elements of different type and structure, such as pneumatic or electromechanical actuators.
  • the example described relates to a cork granules batching machine to be used in processes for manufacturing agglomerated stoppers by means of moulding bushes.
  • the same inventive concept is also advantageously applicable on batching machines for preparing the "rods" of cork granules for manufacturing stoppers through extrusion, as described in the introduction in relation to known art.
  • cork granules batching machine thus conceived can be subjected to numerous modifications and variants while remaining within the scope of the invention; furthermore, all details can be replaced by other technically equivalent elements, while remaining within the protective scope of said invention.

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DE602007008059T DE602007008059D1 (de) 2007-04-04 2007-04-04 Dosiermaschine für Korkgranulat zur Herstellung agglomerierter Pfropfen
EP07425199A EP1977871B1 (de) 2007-04-04 2007-04-04 Dosiermaschine für Korkgranulat zur Herstellung agglomerierter Pfropfen
AT07425199T ATE475520T1 (de) 2007-04-04 2007-04-04 Dosiermaschine für korkgranulat zur herstellung agglomerierter pfropfen
PT07425199T PT1977871E (pt) 2007-04-04 2007-04-04 Máquina doseadora para grânulos de cortiça para a produção de rolhas aglomeradas
ES07425199T ES2349319T3 (es) 2007-04-04 2007-04-04 Máquina de dosificación para gránulos de corcho para la fabricación de tapones aglomerados.

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CN101544007A (zh) * 2009-02-20 2009-09-30 宋树建 一种木塞加工设备
EP2179828A1 (de) * 2008-10-23 2010-04-28 Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp. Säulenförmiger Kork, Verfahren zur Herstellung von säulenförmigen Kork und Formvorrichtung zur Herstellung von säulenförmigen Kork
ITUA20162476A1 (it) * 2016-04-11 2017-10-11 Meacci S R L Apparecchiatura di stampaggio per la realizzazione di tappi in agglomerato di sughero

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EP2179828A1 (de) * 2008-10-23 2010-04-28 Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp. Säulenförmiger Kork, Verfahren zur Herstellung von säulenförmigen Kork und Formvorrichtung zur Herstellung von säulenförmigen Kork
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ITUA20162476A1 (it) * 2016-04-11 2017-10-11 Meacci S R L Apparecchiatura di stampaggio per la realizzazione di tappi in agglomerato di sughero
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