EP2054306B1 - Method and device for the production of a package made of a plurality of individual packets - Google Patents

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EP2054306B1
EP2054306B1 EP07786206A EP07786206A EP2054306B1 EP 2054306 B1 EP2054306 B1 EP 2054306B1 EP 07786206 A EP07786206 A EP 07786206A EP 07786206 A EP07786206 A EP 07786206A EP 2054306 B1 EP2054306 B1 EP 2054306B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
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    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs

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  • the invention relates to a method for producing a container from a plurality of individual packages, which contain a mineral wool product, in particular in the form of a plate stack or a roll and are provided with a sheath, comprising the steps of: providing the plurality of individual packages, counting a predetermined number of individual packages Collecting the same by means of a collecting device, introducing the counted individual packets into a compression device by means of a gravitational force, compressing the individual packets in the compression device and wrapping them to produce the container.
  • the invention further relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 3.
  • a present in roll form or as a stack of plates mineral wool product is compressed and provided with a sheath.
  • a plurality of individual packages formed in this way are then moved to a stacking device, wherein each individual package is held by pivotable arms, which pivot apart above the stacking device and allow the individual package to be introduced under the action of gravity on the bottom of the stacking device or on a single package already present therein.
  • the stacking device is designed here as a vertically aligned shaft and in this way receives a predetermined number of individual packages.
  • a counter is also provided, which determines whether the desired number of individual packages is present in the stacking device.
  • the EP 0 220 980 A1 also addresses a modified embodiment, according to which the stacking device can not be arranged vertically, in which case conventional feeding means such as pistons driven by cylinders can be provided. However, the operation of the arrangement should be substantially the same as the previously explained.
  • Another disadvantage of the known system is that due to the already achieved large height of the system only a limited number of individual packages stacked and can be connected to a container. If one wanted to increase the container height, for example, by one meter, then in the conventional device, both the compression device and the stacking device would have to be increased by this meter, which is in existing factories in usually not possible. On the other hand, such enlargement of packages is often desired to facilitate subsequent transport.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, a method and apparatus for producing a container from a plurality of individual packages in such a way that the process with greater process reliability can be performed as in the prior art and also in existing manufacturing facilities, a larger number of individual packages can be bound as conventional to a container.
  • the invention thus takes a departure from the conventional vertical collection of the individual packages in a stacking device and now makes them available side by side on a collecting conveyor belt.
  • the overall height of the arrangement can be significantly reduced over the prior art, so that the compression device for receiving a larger number of individual packages than in conventional systems can be made higher in existing production halls.
  • this also reduces the complexity of the system, which has an advantageous effect on the provisioning, production and maintenance costs.
  • Another advantage in this case is that the counted individual packages of a lot are not introduced according to the invention in one go as a unit in the compression device, but individually fed one after the other in this.
  • the individual packages can fall undisturbed into each other in the compression device, so that a mutual influence of individual packages and thus uncontrollable behaviors can be much better avoided.
  • the Einbringvorgang each individual package can be controlled much more precisely than in the prior art, so that here a drastic increase in process reliability can be achieved by the invention.
  • the inventive method is thus significantly less susceptible to interference, requires a lower overall height than the prior art and can also be realized with very little procedural and design effort. Furthermore, this can be achieved with a greater performance of the system.
  • the individual packages introduced into the compression device are lowered stepwise in accordance with the supply cycle of further individual packages.
  • the fall distance of each individual package is generally limited and also designed so that it is the same size for each package. This in turn has an advantageous effect on the process reliability.
  • the risk of tilting mineral wool products in the form of a plate stack is substantially reduced.
  • the individual packages are introduced into a funnel on the compression device.
  • a funnel supports the targeted introduction of a single package in the compression device and exercises for this purpose a steering action.
  • the process reliability can be further increased.
  • this improvement is achieved with surprisingly little design effort.
  • a turnstile provides a reliable means of arranging the individual packages in a suitable manner on the collecting conveyor belt, while at the same time allowing a reliable determination of the number of individual packages deposited on the collecting conveyor belt.
  • the method according to the invention can be controlled particularly well.
  • a device 1 on a turnstile 11 by means of which individual packages 2 are applied to a collecting conveyor belt 12.
  • the turnstile 11 is in this case designed so that it is the incoming from the side of individual packages 2 (see Fig. 4 ) picks up and on the collecting conveyor 12 tilts.
  • the number of moving individual packages 2 at the turnstile 11 is numerically detected.
  • the individual packages 2 have in the present embodiment, a stack of mineral wool plates, which is enclosed by a wrapping film.
  • each sub-band 12 a and 12 b in the Fig. 4 apparent manner consists of a plurality of mutually parallel conveyor belts, which move in the same direction. Laterally thereof, an aligner 12c is also provided, which allows a sufficient axial positioning of the individual packages 2 on the collecting conveyor belt 12.
  • front baffle elements 13 and rear baffle elements 14 are arranged, which are formed like a pin and the Subdivision of arranged on the collecting conveyor belt 12 individual packages 2 serve in packaging lots, and avoid unwanted premature tilting of the individual packages 2 in a hopper 15 to a compression device 16.
  • the front baffle elements 13 serve to control the individual packages 2 directly at the funnel 15, while the rear baffle elements 14, if necessary, avoid the subsequent movement of the individual packages 2 to the counted parcel lot.
  • Fig. 1 shows a first process stage, in which eight individual packages are enumerated on the collecting conveyor belt 12.
  • the hopper 15 is further indicated by dashed lines, as a single package 2 tilts in this course of the process on the front end of the collection conveyor belt 12 into the hopper 15, thereby turns around by about 90 degrees and strikes the underneath wrapped enclosure 3.
  • Fig. 2 the state is shown in which eight individual packages 2 have already been introduced into the compression device 16, while a further eight individual packages 2 are still present on the collecting conveyor belt 12.
  • a counter-holder 17 is arranged at the upper end of the compression device 16, which serves as a counter-stop for a height-adjustable compression table 18 at the lower end of the compression device 16.
  • this Kompressiönstisch 18 is moved to compress the individual packages 2 upwards, as soon as the predetermined number of individual packages 2 is present in the compression device 16. Free Future wrapping film is withdrawn upwardly in a conventional manner to the supply rolls.
  • the open ends of the envelope 3 are combined in a conventional manner by a welding device 19 and welded together.
  • the two welding rods 19a and 19b of the welding device 19 are in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown.
  • a separating cut is further carried out in the region of the welding point with a cutting device (not shown here) integrated in the welding device 19, so that a bundle 4 independent of the film feed results, as is shown in FIG Fig. 5 is shown.
  • the free ends of the two film parts are then also welded together and are above the compression device 16 ready for receiving further individual packages 2.
  • the container 4 is then discharged by lowering the compression table 18 to the subsequent band and possibly fed to a palletizing.
  • the device 1 is designed such that the enclosure 3 is tracked only as far as it is required by the height of a single package 2.
  • Each tipped from the collecting conveyor belt 12 single packet 2 thus falls by the same fall distance through the hopper 15 in the compression device 16 and comes either directly to the enclosure 3, if it is the first single package 2, or to lie on a previous single package 2. Due to the dead weight of each individual package 2 while another piece of the envelope 3 is deducted from the supply roles, so that the already brought into the compression device 16 individual packages 2 sag gradually downward in the direction of compression table 18.
  • a container 4 which can either be stored or delivered in the present form or can also be combined with other such containers 4 into even larger transport units in a manner known per se.
  • the device 1 can be used without structural change directly for roller-shaped mineral wool products.
  • This method step may, for example, also be based on a rolling movement.
  • this process can also be initiated so that the counter-holder 17 initially supports the stretched casing and pivots out of the falling region only after the impact of the first individual packet 2, thus allowing the individual packet 2 to sink into the compression device 16.
  • eight individual packages 2 are further stacked on top of each other, which compared to conventional devices of this type an extension of the stack volume by two packets, ie 25 percent results. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the number of combined with the device according to the invention into a package 4 individual packages 2 may vary depending on the type of mineral wool product and its dimensions. Thus, significantly less or even more all eight individual packages 2 are summarized into a container.

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The invention relates to a method for the production of a package made of a plurality of individual packets (2) comprising a mineral wool product and being provided with a covering, comprising the following steps: providing the individual packets (2), counting a predetermined number of individual packets (2), collecting the same by means of a collection device, supplying the individual packets (2) to a compressing device (16) by means of the effect of gravity, compressing the individual packets (2) within the compressing device (16), and covering the same for the production of the package. The method is characterized in that the counted individual packets (2) are collected next to each other on a collection conveyor (12) and are individually supplied in successive order to the compressing device (16). The invention further relates to a device for the production of such a package and to such a package. Thus, it is achieved that the process can be performed with greater process reliability than according to the prior art, and furthermore a larger number of individual packets than conventionally can be combined into a package at existing production plants.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Gebindes aus einer Mehrzahl von Einzelpaketen, welche ein Mineralwolleprodukt insbesondere in Form eines Plattenstapels oder einer Rolle enthalten und mit einer Umhüllung versehen sind, mit den Schritten: Bereitstellen der Mehrzahl von Einzelpaketen, Abzählen einer vorbestimmten Anzahl von Einzelpaketen, Sammeln derselben mittels einer Sammeleinrichtung, Einbringen der abgezählten Einzelpakete in eine Komprimiereinrichtung mittels Schwerkrafteinwirkung, Komprimieren der Einzelpakete in der Komprimiervorrichtung und Umhüllen derselben zur Herstellung des Gebindes. Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine Vorrichtung gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruches 3.The invention relates to a method for producing a container from a plurality of individual packages, which contain a mineral wool product, in particular in the form of a plate stack or a roll and are provided with a sheath, comprising the steps of: providing the plurality of individual packages, counting a predetermined number of individual packages Collecting the same by means of a collecting device, introducing the counted individual packets into a compression device by means of a gravitational force, compressing the individual packets in the compression device and wrapping them to produce the container. The invention further relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 3.

Es ist bekannt, daß Dämmmaterialien in Gestalt von Mineralwolleprodukten bei begrenzter Masse ein sehr großes Volumen einnehmen. Daher ist der logistische Aufwand für deren Lagerung und Transport groß, so daß hierfür insbesondere im Vergleich zum eigentlichen Wert derartiger Mineralwolleprodukte ein hoher Kostenaufwand zu tragen ist.It is known that insulating materials in the form of mineral wool products occupy a very large volume with limited mass. Therefore, the logistical effort for their storage and transport is large, so that this is particularly in comparison to the actual value of such mineral wool products a high cost to be borne.

In der Praxis ist man daher dazu übergegangen, Mineralwolleprodukte derart zu verpacken, daß sie im komprimierten Zustand innerhalb einer Umhüllung vorliegen. Als Umhüllung dient hier zumeist eine Kunststoffolie, wobei jedoch auch Papier oder dergleichen eingesetzt werden kann. Eine solche Umhüllung stellt in der Praxis zuverlässig sicher, daß das Mineralwolleprodukt seinen komprimierten Zustand beibehält, bis es am Einsatzort ausgepackt wird.In practice, therefore, one has begun to package mineral wool products in such a way that they are present in a compressed state within a sheath. As wrapping serves here mostly a plastic film, but also paper or the like can be used. Such a sheath will in practice reliably ensure that the mineral wool product will maintain its compressed state until it is unpacked at the site of use.

Allerdings sind dem Kompressionsgrad von Mineralwolleprodukten Grenzen gesetzt. Hierbei ist insbesondere zu berücksichtigen, daß durch die während des Zusammendrückens auftretenden Verformungen Fasern oder auch Verbindungsstellen zwischen Fasern brechen können, was sich nachteilig auf die Leistungsmerkmale des Produkts auswirkt. Die Kompression ist daher derart zu steuern, daß sich das Produkt nach dem Auspacken im Wesentlichen bis auf das Ausgangsvolumen zurückstellen kann.However, there are limits to the degree of compression of mineral wool products. It should be noted in particular that can break through the deformations occurring during the compression of fibers or joints between fibers, which adversely affects the performance of the product. The compression should therefore be controlled in such a way that after unpacking the product can essentially return to its original volume.

Um diesen Problemen Rechnung zu tragen, wird häufig eine Kompression in mehreren Stufen durchgeführt, wie dies beispielsweise aus der EP 0 220 980 A1 bekannt ist. Gemäß dieser Schrift wird ein in Rollenform oder als Plattenstapel vorliegendes Mineralwolleprodukt komprimiert und mit einer Umhüllung versehen. Mehrere derart ausgebildete Einzelpakete werden anschließend zu einer Stapeleinrichtung bewegt, wobei jedes Einzelpaket von schwenkbaren Armen gehalten ist, welche über der Stapeleinrichtung auseinander schwenken und ein Einbringen des Einzelpaketes unter Schwerkrafteinwirkung auf den Boden der Stapeleinrichtung bzw. auf ein bereits darin vorliegendes Einzelpaket zulassen. Die Stapeleinrichtung ist hierbei als vertikal ausgerichteter Schacht ausgestaltet und nimmt auf diese Weise eine vorbestimmte Anzahl an Einzelpaketen auf. Hierbei ist ferner eine Zähleinrichtung vorgesehen, welche feststellt, ob die gewünschte Anzahl an Einzelpaketen in der Stapeleinrichtung vorliegt.In order to take these problems into account, compression is often performed in several stages, as for example from the EP 0 220 980 A1 is known. According to this document, a present in roll form or as a stack of plates mineral wool product is compressed and provided with a sheath. A plurality of individual packages formed in this way are then moved to a stacking device, wherein each individual package is held by pivotable arms, which pivot apart above the stacking device and allow the individual package to be introduced under the action of gravity on the bottom of the stacking device or on a single package already present therein. The stacking device is designed here as a vertically aligned shaft and in this way receives a predetermined number of individual packages. In this case, a counter is also provided, which determines whether the desired number of individual packages is present in the stacking device.

Wenn diese Bedingung erfüllt ist, schwenken untere Auflagerarme der Stapeleinrichtung zur Seite weg und sämtliche in der Stapeleinrichtung enthaltene Einzelpakete fallen in einem Zuge gemeinsam aufgrund Schwerkrafteinwirkung auf eine Umhüllungsfolie, welche unter der Stapeleinrichtung gespannt ist. Bedingt durch das Eigengewicht der gesammelten Einzelpakete wird die Umhüllungsfolie dabei von beidseits angeordneten Bereitstellungsrollen abgezogen und das Los an Einzelpaketen gleitet zusammen mit der Umhüllung in eine darunter angeordnete, vertikal ausgerichtete Komprimiereinrichtung.When this condition is met, lower support arms of the stacker pivot away to the side and all of the individual packages contained in the stacker fall together in unison due to the action of gravity on a wrapping film stretched under the stacker. Due to the weight of the collected individual packages, the wrapping film is removed from both sides arranged supply roles and the lot of individual packages slides together with the envelope in a arranged underneath, vertically aligned compression device.

Sobald der Paketstapel auf den Boden der Komprimiereinrichtung ruht, schließen sich obere Anschläge und ein Bodenteil der Kompressionseinrichtung verfährt zur Verdichtung des Mineralwollematerials nach oben. Die hierbei freigegebene Lose in der Umhüllungsfolie wird automatisch auf die Bereitstellungsrollen zurückgezogen. Anschließend wird die Umhüllung am oberen Ende dadurch geschlossen, daß seitlich angeordnete Schweißstäbe aufeinander zu bewegt werden, ein Verschweißen der beiden Folienteile am oberen Ende des Gebindes durchführen und ein Trennschnitt im Bereich der Schweißstelle ausgeführt wird. Die Einzelpakete liegen damit in komprimierten Zustand innerhalb der Umhüllung vor und bilden so das Gebinde. Die von den Bereitstellungsrollen abgezogenen Folienteile sind dabei zugleich an ihren freien Enden wieder verschweißt, so daß sie zur Aufnahme des nächsten Paketstapels aus der Stapeleinrichtung geeignet sind. Das so ausgebildete Gebinde wird anschließend weiter transportiert und kann auch mit weiteren Gebinden zu größeren Transporteinheiten gestapelt und verbunden werden, um den weiteren Transport zu vereinfachen.As soon as the stack of parcels rests on the bottom of the compression device, upper stops close and a bottom part of the compression device moves upward to compact the mineral wool material. The released lots in the wrapping film are automatically pulled back onto the supply rolls. Subsequently, the envelope at the upper end is closed by laterally arranged welding rods are moved toward each other, perform a welding of the two film parts at the upper end of the container and a separating cut is carried out in the weld area. The individual packages are thus in compressed state within the envelope and thus form the container. The withdrawn from the supply rolls film parts are at the same time welded again at their free ends, so that they are suitable for receiving the next stack of packages from the stacking device. The thus formed container is then transported further and can also be stacked and connected with other containers to larger transport units in order to facilitate further transport.

Die EP 0 220 980 A1 spricht ferner eine abgewandelte Ausführungsform an, gemäß der die Stapeleinrichtung auch nicht vertikal angeordnet sein kann, wobei dann herkömmliche Aufgabemittel wie von Zylindern angetriebene Stempel vorgesehen sein können. Dabei soll die Arbeitsweise der Anordnung jedoch im Wesentlichen dieselbe wie die zuvor erläuterte sein.The EP 0 220 980 A1 also addresses a modified embodiment, according to which the stacking device can not be arranged vertically, in which case conventional feeding means such as pistons driven by cylinders can be provided. However, the operation of the arrangement should be substantially the same as the previously explained.

Diese Verfahrensweise zur Herstellung eines Gebindes wie auch die entsprechende Vorrichtung sind seit vielen Jahren im praktischen Einsatz und haben sich durchaus bewährt. Allerdings erfordert die entsprechende Anlage einen relativ großen Aufstellungsraum in einer Fertigungshalle und läßt sich insbesondere nur in sehr hohen Hallen einsetzen, da die Positionierung der aufrecht ausgerichteten Stapeleinrichtung über der ebenfalls aufrecht ausgerichteten Kompressionseinrichtung eine erhebliche Bauhöhe bedingt. Eine solche Anlage läßt sich daher nicht an beliebigen Standorten realisieren.This procedure for the production of a container as well as the corresponding device have been in practical use for many years and have proven to be quite useful. However, the corresponding system requires a relatively large installation space in a production hall and can be used in particular only in very high halls, since the positioning of the upright stacking device on the also upright compression device requires a considerable height. Such a system can therefore not be realized at any location.

Ein weiterer Nachteil der bekannten Anlage liegt darin, daß bedingt durch die bereits erreichte große Bauhöhe des Systems nur eine begrenzte Anzahl von Einzelpaketen übereinander gestapelt und zu einem Gebinde verbunden werden kann. Wollte man die Gebindehöhe beispielsweise um einen Meter vergrößern, so müßte bei der herkömmlichen Vorrichtung sowohl die Kompressionseinrichtung als auch die Stapeleinrichtung jeweils um diesen Meter erhöht werden, was in bestehenden Fabrikhallen in der Regel nicht möglich ist. Andererseits ist eine derartige Vergrößerung von Gebinden häufig gewünscht, um den nachfolgenden Transport zu vereinfachen.Another disadvantage of the known system is that due to the already achieved large height of the system only a limited number of individual packages stacked and can be connected to a container. If one wanted to increase the container height, for example, by one meter, then in the conventional device, both the compression device and the stacking device would have to be increased by this meter, which is in existing factories in usually not possible. On the other hand, such enlargement of packages is often desired to facilitate subsequent transport.

Ferner wird zunehmend dazu übergegangen, Mineralwolleprodukte in höherem Maße zu verdichten, so daß auch ohne Dimensionsänderung des fertigen Gebindes eine größere Anzahl von Einzelpaketen grundsätzlich miteinander verbunden werden könnte. Die bestehenden Stapel- und Komprimiervorrichtungen sind jedoch hinsichtlich ihrer Aufnahmehöhe begrenzt und somit hierfür nicht ausgelegt. Ferner sind sie aus den genannten Gründen auch nicht entsprechend erweiterbar.Furthermore, it is increasingly being used to densify mineral wool products to a greater extent, so that even without dimensional change of the finished container, a larger number of individual packages could in principle be interconnected. However, the existing stacking and compression devices are limited in their receiving height and thus not designed for this purpose. Furthermore, they are not suitable for the reasons mentioned expandable.

Ein weiterer Nachteil des bisherigen Systems liegt in seiner Störungsanfälligkeit. Wie Überlegungen im Zuge der vorliegenden Erfindung ergeben haben, ist dies insbesondere dadurch bedingt, daß der gesamte Stapel an Einzelpaketen in einem Zuge auf die Kompressionseinrichtung herabfällt, dort zunächst auf die Umhüllungsfolie trifft und anschließend im abgebremsten Zustand in die Kompressionseinrichtung eintritt. Aufgrund der federelastischen Eigenschaften von komprimierten Mineralwolleprodukten ist es hier zuweilen zu nicht berechenbaren Effekten gekommen, welche zu einer Vereinzelung und insbesondere bei Produkten mit Plattenstapeln zu einem Verkanten einzelner Pakete in der Kompressionseinrichtung geführt haben. Dann war unter Umständen ein manueller Eingriff in die Anlage erforderlich.Another disadvantage of the previous system is its susceptibility to interference. As considerations have emerged in the course of the present invention, this is due in particular to the fact that the entire stack of individual packages falls in one go onto the compression device, first encounters the wrapping film and then enters the compression device in the decelerated state. Due to the elastic properties of compressed mineral wool products, unpredictable effects have occasionally resulted here, which have led to singling and, in particular for products with plate stacks, to tilting of individual packages in the compression device. Then a manual intervention in the system might be necessary.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines Gebindes aus einer Mehrzahl von Einzelpaketen derart weiterzubilden, daß der Vorgang mit größerer Prozesssicherheit als im Stand der Technik durchgeführt werden kann und zudem in bestehenden Fertigungsstätten auch eine größere Anzahl von Einzelpaketen als herkömmlich zu einem Gebinde gebunden werden können.The invention is therefore based on the object, a method and apparatus for producing a container from a plurality of individual packages in such a way that the process with greater process reliability can be performed as in the prior art and also in existing manufacturing facilities, a larger number of individual packages can be bound as conventional to a container.

Diese Aufgabe wird verfahrenstechnisch durch die Merkmale des Anspruches 1 gelöst.This object is procedurally achieved by the features of claim 1.

Die Erfindung nimmt somit Abkehr von der herkömmlichen vertikalen Aufsammlung der Einzelpakete in einer Stapeleinrichtung und stellt diese nun nebeneinander vorliegend auf einem Sammelförderband bereit. Damit läßt sich die gesamte Bauhöhe der Anordnung deutlich gegenüber dem Stand der Technik verringern, so daß die Komprimiereinrichtung zur Aufnahme einer größeren Anzahl von Einzelpaketen als in herkömmlichen Anlagen auch in bestehenden Produktionshallen höher ausgebildet werden kann. Zudem reduziert sich hiermit auch die Komplexität der Anlage, was sich vorteilhaft auf die Bereitstellungs-, Produktions- und Instandhaltungskosten auswirkt.The invention thus takes a departure from the conventional vertical collection of the individual packages in a stacking device and now makes them available side by side on a collecting conveyor belt. Thus, the overall height of the arrangement can be significantly reduced over the prior art, so that the compression device for receiving a larger number of individual packages than in conventional systems can be made higher in existing production halls. In addition, this also reduces the complexity of the system, which has an advantageous effect on the provisioning, production and maintenance costs.

Von weiterem Vorteil ist hierbei zudem, daß die abgezählten Einzelpakete eines Loses erfindungsgemäß nicht in einem Zuge als eine Einheit in die Komprimiereinrichtung eingebracht, sondern einzeln nacheinander in diese zugeführt werden. Damit können die Einzelpakete unbeeinträchtigt voneinander in die Komprimiereinrichtung fallen, so daß ein wechselseitiger Einfluß einzelner Pakete und damit unkontrollierbare Verhaltensweisen wesentlich besser vermieden werden können. Insbesondere läßt sich auch der Einbringvorgang jedes einzelnen Einzelpakets wesentlich exakter als im Stand der Technik steuern, so daß hier eine drastische Erhöhung der Prozeßsicherheit durch die Erfindung erzielbar ist.Another advantage in this case is that the counted individual packages of a lot are not introduced according to the invention in one go as a unit in the compression device, but individually fed one after the other in this. Thus, the individual packages can fall undisturbed into each other in the compression device, so that a mutual influence of individual packages and thus uncontrollable behaviors can be much better avoided. In particular, the Einbringvorgang each individual package can be controlled much more precisely than in the prior art, so that here a drastic increase in process reliability can be achieved by the invention.

Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren ist somit insgesamt deutlich weniger störungsanfällig, erfordert eine geringere Bauhöhe als der Stand der Technik und läßt sich zudem mit sehr geringem verfahrenstechnischen und konstruktivem Aufwand realisieren. Ferner läßt sich damit eine größere Leistungsfähigkeit des Systems erzielen.The inventive method is thus significantly less susceptible to interference, requires a lower overall height than the prior art and can also be realized with very little procedural and design effort. Furthermore, this can be achieved with a greater performance of the system.

Ferner ist es vorgesehen, daß die in die Komprimiereinrichtung eingebrachten Einzelpakete schrittweise entsprechend dem Zuführtakt weiterer Einzelpakete abgesenkt werden. Damit wird die Fallstrecke jedes Einzelpaketes generell begrenzt und zudem so gestaltet, daß sie für jedes Paket gleich groß ist. Dies wirkt sich wiederum vorteilhaft auf die Prozeßsicherheit aus. Insbesondere ist die Gefahr eines Verkantens bei Mineralwolleprodukten in Form eines Plattenstapels wesentlich reduziert.Furthermore, it is provided that the individual packages introduced into the compression device are lowered stepwise in accordance with the supply cycle of further individual packages. Thus, the fall distance of each individual package is generally limited and also designed so that it is the same size for each package. This in turn has an advantageous effect on the process reliability. In particular, the risk of tilting mineral wool products in the form of a plate stack is substantially reduced.

Ferner hat es sich als von Vorteil erwiesen, daß die Einzelpakete in einen Trichter an der Komprimiereinrichtung eingebracht werden. Ein derartiger Trichter unterstützt die gezielte Einführung eines Einzelpaketes in die Komprimiereinrichtung und übt hierzu eine Lenkwirkung aus. Damit läßt sich die Prozeßsicherheit weiter erhöhen. Gleichzeitig wird diese Verbesserung mit erstaunlich geringem konstruktiven Aufwand erzielt.Furthermore, it has proven to be advantageous that the individual packages are introduced into a funnel on the compression device. Such a funnel supports the targeted introduction of a single package in the compression device and exercises for this purpose a steering action. Thus, the process reliability can be further increased. At the same time, this improvement is achieved with surprisingly little design effort.

Bei den Einzelpaketen mit Mineralwolleproduken in Form eines Plattenstapels hat es sich als vorteilhaft erwiesen, daß die Einzelpakete in aufgerichteter Weise, d. h. mit einer schmalen Seitenfläche aufliegend, auf dem Sammelförderband gesammelt werden. Auf diese Weise läßt sich insbesondere der Einbringvorgang der Einzelpakete in die Komprimiereinrichtung besonders gut steuern, vor allem wenn dieser Einbringvorgang mit einer Abkippbewegung um ca. 90° verbunden ist, bei der die Einzelpakete dann wieder auf einer Großfläche zu liegen kommen. Mehrere derart mit ihren Großflächen übereinander gestapelte Einzelpakete bilden dabei den gewünschten Stapel zur Herstellung des Gebindes. Das Verfahren läßt sich somit durch eine solche Maßnahme besonders zuverlässig und mit geringem Aufwand gestalten. Eine vorteilhafte Weiterbildung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens ist Gegenstand des abhängigen Anspruchs 2.In the individual packages with mineral wool products in the form of a stack of plates, it has proven to be advantageous that the individual packages are collected in an upright manner, ie resting with a narrow side surface, on the collecting conveyor. In this way, in particular the introduction process of the individual packages in the compression device can be controlled particularly well, especially if this introduction process is associated with a Abkippbewegung by about 90 °, at which the individual packages then come to rest on a large area. Several such stacked with their large surfaces individual packages form the desired stack for the production of the container. The method can thus be designed by such a measure particularly reliable and with little effort. An advantageous development of the method according to the invention is the subject of the dependent claim 2.

Von Vorteil ist es, wenn das Abzählen einer vorbestimmten Anzahl von Einzelpaketen mittels einem Drehkreuz ausgeführt wird. Ein solches Drehkreuz bietet bei geringem konstruktiven Aufwand eine zuverlässige Möglichkeit, um die Einzelpakete in geeigneter Weise auf dem Sammelförderband anzuordnen und läßt zugleich eine zuverlässige Bestimmung der Anzahl von auf dem Sammelförderband abgelegten Einzelpaketen zu. Damit läßt sich das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren besonders gut steuern.It is advantageous if the counting of a predetermined number of individual packages is carried out by means of a turnstile. Such a turnstile provides a reliable means of arranging the individual packages in a suitable manner on the collecting conveyor belt, while at the same time allowing a reliable determination of the number of individual packages deposited on the collecting conveyor belt. Thus, the method according to the invention can be controlled particularly well.

Gemäß einem weiteren Aspekt der vorliegenden Erfindung wird eine Vorrichtung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 3 bereitgestellt.According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device having the features of claim 3.

Mit dieser Vorrichtung werden analog die oben anhand dem Verfahren erläuterten Vorteile erzielt. Darüber hinaus lassen sich durch die abhängigen Ansprüche 4 oder 5 auch die entsprechenden Weiterbildungen realisieren, welche ebenfalls mit den dargelegten Vorteilen verbunden sind.With this device, the advantages explained above with reference to the method are achieved analogously. In addition, can be realized by the dependent claims 4 or 5, the corresponding developments, which are also associated with the stated advantages.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend in Ausführungsformen anhand der Figuren der Zeichnung näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

Fig. 1
eine schematische Seitenansicht der wesentlichen Bestandteile einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung in einer ersten Verfahrensstufe;
Fig. 2
eine gegenüber Fig. 1 abgewandelte Darstellung, gemäß welcher ein Stapel Einzelpakete in die Kompressionseinrichtung eingefüllt ist;
Fig. 3
eine gegenüber den Fig. 1 und 2 nochmals abgewandelte Darstellung, gemäß welcher der Kompressionstisch zur Herstellung der Kompression im Paketstapel nach oben verfahren ist;
Fig. 4
eine schematische Draufsicht auf die Vorrichtung gemäß der Figuren 1 bis 3; und
Fig. 5
ein Gebinde, welches mit der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung hergestellt ist.
The invention will be explained in more detail in embodiments with reference to the figures of the drawing. It shows:
Fig. 1
a schematic side view of the essential components of a device according to the invention in a first process stage;
Fig. 2
one opposite Fig. 1 modified representation, according to which a stack of individual packets is filled in the compression device;
Fig. 3
one opposite the Fig. 1 and 2 again modified representation, according to which the compression table is moved to produce the compression in the package stack upwards;
Fig. 4
a schematic plan view of the device according to the FIGS. 1 to 3 ; and
Fig. 5
a container which is produced with the device according to the invention.

Gemäß der Darstellung in Figuren 1 bis 4 weist eine Vorrichtung 1 ein Drehkreuz 11 auf, mittels welchem Einzelpakete 2 auf ein Sammelförderband 12 aufgebracht werden. Das Drehkreuz 11 ist hierbei so ausgebildet, daß es die von der Seite ankommenden Einzelpakete 2 (vergleiche Fig. 4) aufgreift und auf das Sammelförderband 12 aufkippt. Dabei wird die Anzahl der bewegten Einzelpakete 2 am Drehkreuz 11 numerisch erfaßt. Die Einzelpakete 2 weisen in der vorliegenden Ausführungsform einen Stapel von Mineralwolleplatten auf, welcher von einer Umhüllungsfolie umschlossen ist.As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 a device 1 on a turnstile 11, by means of which individual packages 2 are applied to a collecting conveyor belt 12. The turnstile 11 is in this case designed so that it is the incoming from the side of individual packages 2 (see Fig. 4 ) picks up and on the collecting conveyor 12 tilts. The number of moving individual packages 2 at the turnstile 11 is numerically detected. The individual packages 2 have in the present embodiment, a stack of mineral wool plates, which is enclosed by a wrapping film.

Das Sammelförderband 12 ist in der vorliegenden Ausführungsform zweiteilig ausgebildet, wobei jedes Teilband 12a und 12b in der aus Fig. 4 ersichtlichen Weise aus einer Mehrzahl parallel zueinander angeordneter Fördergurte besteht, welche sich gleichgerichtet bewegen. Seitlich hiervon ist ferner ein Ausrichter 12c vorgesehen, der eine hinreichende axiale Positionierung der Einzelpakete 2 auf dem Sammelförderband 12 erlaubt.The collecting conveyor 12 is formed in two parts in the present embodiment, each sub-band 12 a and 12 b in the Fig. 4 apparent manner consists of a plurality of mutually parallel conveyor belts, which move in the same direction. Laterally thereof, an aligner 12c is also provided, which allows a sufficient axial positioning of the individual packages 2 on the collecting conveyor belt 12.

Im Bereich des Sammelförderbandes 12 sind ferner vordere Stauelemente 13 sowie hintere Stauelemente 14 angeordnet, welche stiftartig ausgebildet sind und zur Unterteilung der auf dem Sammelförderband 12 angeordneten Einzelpakete 2 in Verpackungslose dienen, sowie ein unerwünschtes vorzeitiges Abkippen der Einzelpakete 2 in einen Trichter 15 an einer Komprimiereinrichtung 16 vermeiden. Die vorderen Stauelemente 13 dienen hierbei der Steuerung der Einzelpakete 2 direkt am Trichter 15, während die hinteren Stauelemente 14 erforderlichenfalls das Nachrücken nachfolgend der Einzelpakete 2 zum abgezählten Paketlos vermeiden.In the region of the collecting conveyor belt 12 also front baffle elements 13 and rear baffle elements 14 are arranged, which are formed like a pin and the Subdivision of arranged on the collecting conveyor belt 12 individual packages 2 serve in packaging lots, and avoid unwanted premature tilting of the individual packages 2 in a hopper 15 to a compression device 16. The front baffle elements 13 serve to control the individual packages 2 directly at the funnel 15, while the rear baffle elements 14, if necessary, avoid the subsequent movement of the individual packages 2 to the counted parcel lot.

Im Bereich des oberen Endes der Komprimiereinrichtung 16 sowie unter dem Trichter 15 erfolgt ferner die Zuführung einer Umhüllung 3, welche in bekannter Weise von zwei seitlichen, hier nicht gezeigten Bereitstellungsrollen abgezogen wird. Das untere Ende dieser beiden Folienteile ist dabei miteinander verschweißt, so daß die in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 eingebrachten Einzelpakete 2 während des Zuführvorgangs weiterer Einzelpakete 2 von drei Seiten durch die Umhüllung 3 umgriffen sind.In the region of the upper end of the compression device 16 and below the hopper 15, the supply of a sheath 3, which is withdrawn in a known manner from two lateral, not shown supply roles. The lower end of these two film parts is welded together, so that the introduced into the compression device 16 individual packages 2 are encompassed by the enclosure 3 during the feeding of further individual packages 2 from three sides.

Fig. 1 zeigt eine erste Verfahrensstufe, in welcher acht Einzelpakete auf das Sammelförderband 12 aufgezählt sind. Im Trichter 15 ist ferner strichliert angedeutet, wie ein Einzelpaket 2 in diesem Zuge des Verfahrens über das vordere Ende des Sammelförderbandes 12 in den Trichter 15 hinein abkippt, sich dabei um ca. 90 Grad umlegt und auf die darunter aufgespannte Umhüllung 3 trifft. Fig. 1 shows a first process stage, in which eight individual packages are enumerated on the collecting conveyor belt 12. In the hopper 15 is further indicated by dashed lines, as a single package 2 tilts in this course of the process on the front end of the collection conveyor belt 12 into the hopper 15, thereby turns around by about 90 degrees and strikes the underneath wrapped enclosure 3.

In Fig. 2 ist der Zustand gezeigt, in welchem bereits acht Einzelpakete 2 in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 eingebracht sind, während weitere acht Einzelpakete 2 noch in Bereitstellung auf dem Sammelförderband 12 vorliegen.In Fig. 2 the state is shown in which eight individual packages 2 have already been introduced into the compression device 16, while a further eight individual packages 2 are still present on the collecting conveyor belt 12.

Wie aus den Fig. 2 und 3 ferner erkennbar ist, ist am oberen Ende der Komprimiereinrichtung 16 ein Gegenhalter 17 angeordnet, welcher als Gegenanschlag für einen in der Höhe verstellbaren Kompressionstisch 18 am unteren Ende der Komprimiereinrichtung 16 dient. Wie aus Fig. 3 erkennbar ist, wird dieser Kompressiönstisch 18 zur Verdichtung der Einzelpakete 2 nach oben bewegt, sobald die vorbestimmte Anzahl an Einzelpaketen 2 in der Komprimiereinrichtung 16 vorliegt. Dabei frei werdende Umhüllungsfolie wird in an sich herkömmlicher Weise nach oben zu den Bereitstellungsrollen zurückgezogen.Like from the Fig. 2 and 3 can also be seen, a counter-holder 17 is arranged at the upper end of the compression device 16, which serves as a counter-stop for a height-adjustable compression table 18 at the lower end of the compression device 16. How out Fig. 3 can be seen, this Kompressiönstisch 18 is moved to compress the individual packages 2 upwards, as soon as the predetermined number of individual packages 2 is present in the compression device 16. Free Future wrapping film is withdrawn upwardly in a conventional manner to the supply rolls.

Anschließend werden die offenen Enden der Umhüllung 3 in ebenfalls an sich bekannter Weise durch eine Schweißeinrichtung 19 zusammengeführt und miteinander verschweißt. Die beiden Schweißstäbe 19a und 19b der Schweißeinrichtung 19 sind in den Fig. 1 bis 3 gezeigt. Nach dem Verschweißen der Umhüllung wird im Bereich der Schweißstelle ferner ein Trennschnitt mit einer hier nicht gezeigten, in der Schweißeinrichtung 19 integrierten Schneideeinrichtung durchgeführt, so daß sich ein von der Folienzuführung unabhängiges Gebinde 4 ergibt, wie es in Fig. 5 gezeigt ist. Die freien Enden der beiden Folienteile sind dann ebenfalls miteinander verschweißt und liegen über der Komprimiereinrichtung 16 bereit zur Aufnahme weiterer Einzelpakete 2. Das Gebinde 4 wird dann durch Absenken des Kompressionstisches 18 auf das nachfolgende Band ausgefördert und ggf. einer Palettierung zugeführt.Subsequently, the open ends of the envelope 3 are combined in a conventional manner by a welding device 19 and welded together. The two welding rods 19a and 19b of the welding device 19 are in the Fig. 1 to 3 shown. After welding the envelope, a separating cut is further carried out in the region of the welding point with a cutting device (not shown here) integrated in the welding device 19, so that a bundle 4 independent of the film feed results, as is shown in FIG Fig. 5 is shown. The free ends of the two film parts are then also welded together and are above the compression device 16 ready for receiving further individual packages 2. The container 4 is then discharged by lowering the compression table 18 to the subsequent band and possibly fed to a palletizing.

Die Vorrichtung 1 ist dabei derart ausgebildet, daß die Umhüllung 3 jeweils nur soweit nachgeführt wird, als es durch die Höhe eines Einzelpaketes 2 erforderlich ist. Jedes vom Sammelförderband 12 abgekippte Einzelpaket 2 fällt somit um die gleiche Fallstrecke durch den Trichter 15 in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 und kommt dabei entweder direkt an der Umhüllung 3, wenn es sich um das erste Einzelpaket 2 handelt, oder auf einem vorangegangenen Einzelpaket 2 zu liegen. Aufgrund des Eigengewichts jedes Einzelpakets 2 wird dabei jeweils ein weiteres Stück der Umhüllung 3 von den Bereitstellungsrollen abgezogen, so daß die bereits in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 gebrachten Einzelpakete 2 schrittweise nach unten in Richtung Kompressionstisch 18 absacken.The device 1 is designed such that the enclosure 3 is tracked only as far as it is required by the height of a single package 2. Each tipped from the collecting conveyor belt 12 single packet 2 thus falls by the same fall distance through the hopper 15 in the compression device 16 and comes either directly to the enclosure 3, if it is the first single package 2, or to lie on a previous single package 2. Due to the dead weight of each individual package 2 while another piece of the envelope 3 is deducted from the supply roles, so that the already brought into the compression device 16 individual packages 2 sag gradually downward in the direction of compression table 18.

In Fig. 5 ist beispielhaft ein derartiges Gebinde 4 gezeigt, welches entweder in der vorliegenden Form gelagert bzw. ausgeliefert oder auch in ebenfalls an sich bekannter Weise mit weiteren derartigen Gebinden 4 zu noch größeren Transporteinheiten zusammengefaßt werden kann.In Fig. 5 By way of example, such a container 4 is shown, which can either be stored or delivered in the present form or can also be combined with other such containers 4 into even larger transport units in a manner known per se.

Die Erfindung läßt neben der aufgezeigten Ausführungsform weitere Gestaltungsansätze zu.In addition to the embodiment shown, the invention allows for further design approaches.

So läßt sich die Vorrichtung 1 ohne konstruktive Änderung unmittelbar auch für rollenförmige Mineralwolleprodukte anwenden.Thus, the device 1 can be used without structural change directly for roller-shaped mineral wool products.

Insofern ist es auch nicht erforderlich, daß das Einbringen der abgezählten Einzelpakete in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 durch eine Abkippbewegung erfolgt. Es kann diesem Verfahrensschritt bspw. auch eine Rollbewegung zu Grunde liegen.In this respect, it is also not necessary that the introduction of the counted individual packages in the compression device 16 takes place by a Abkippbewegung. This method step may, for example, also be based on a rolling movement.

Andererseits kann dieser Vorgang auch so eingeleitet werden, daß der Gegenhalter 17 die gespannte Umhüllung zunächst unterstützt und erst nach dem Auftreffen des ersten Einzelpakets 2 aus dem Fallbereich heraus schwenkt und so ein Absinken des Einzelpakets 2 in die Komprimiereinrichtung 16 erlaubt.On the other hand, this process can also be initiated so that the counter-holder 17 initially supports the stretched casing and pivots out of the falling region only after the impact of the first individual packet 2, thus allowing the individual packet 2 to sink into the compression device 16.

Ferner ist es auch möglich, die vorbestimmte Anzahl von Einzelpaketen durch andere Zählmittel als durch das Drehkreuz 11 zu bestimmen. Bspw. können hierzu Lichtschranken oder dergleichen eingesetzt werden.Furthermore, it is also possible to determine the predetermined number of individual packets by other counting means than by the turnstile 11. For example. For this purpose, light barriers or the like can be used.

Im gezeigten Ausführungsbeispiel werden ferner acht Einzelpakete 2 übereinander gestapelt, was gegenüber herkömmlichen Vorrichtungen dieser Art eine Erweiterung des Stapelvolumens um zwei Pakete, also 25 Prozent ergibt. Dennoch ist festzuhalten, daß die Anzahl der mit der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung zu einem Gebinde 4 zusammengefaßten Einzelpakete 2 je nach Art des Mineralwolleprodukts sowie dessen Dimensionen variieren kann. Somit sind auch deutlich weniger oder auch mehr alls acht Einzelpakete 2 zu einem Gebinde zusammenfassbar.In the embodiment shown, eight individual packages 2 are further stacked on top of each other, which compared to conventional devices of this type an extension of the stack volume by two packets, ie 25 percent results. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the number of combined with the device according to the invention into a package 4 individual packages 2 may vary depending on the type of mineral wool product and its dimensions. Thus, significantly less or even more all eight individual packages 2 are summarized into a container.

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  1. Method for the production of a package (4) made of a plurality of individual packets (2) which comprise a mineral wool product in the form of a stack of sheets or a roll and are provided with a covering, having the steps:
    providing the plurality of individual packets (2),
    counting out a predetermined number of individual packets (2),
    collecting the same by means of a collecting device,
    introducing the counted-out individual packets (2) into a compressing device (16) by means of the effect of gravity,
    compressing the individual packets (2) in the compressing device (16), and
    covering the same in order to produce the package (4),
    characterised in that
    the counted-out individual packets (2) are collected, present adjacent to each other, on a collecting conveyor belt (12),
    the counted-out individual packets (2) are introduced, individually in succession, directly into a funnel (15) on the compressing device (16),
    in that the individual packets (2) with mineral wool products, if they are present in the form of a stack of sheets, are collected on the collecting conveyor belt (12) in an upright manner, i.e. lying with a narrow side surface, and are tilted over by approx. 90° into the compressing device (16) or, if they are present in the form of a roll, are introduced into the compressing device by means of a rolling movement, and
    in that the individual packets (2) introduced into the compressing device (16) are lowered stepwise corresponding to the supply cycle of further individual packets (2).
  2. Method according to claim 1, characterised in that counting-out of a predetermined number of individual packets (2) is implemented by means of a turnstile (11).
  3. Device (1) for the production of a package (4) made of a plurality of individual packets (2) which comprise a mineral wool product in the form of a stack of sheets or a roll and are provided with a covering, having
    a device for providing the plurality of individual packets (2),
    a counting device for counting out a predetermined number of individual packets (2),
    a collecting device for collecting the counted-out individual packets (2), and
    a compressing device (16) into which the collected individual packets (2) can be introduced due to the effect of gravity, the collected individual packets (2) being compressed in the compressing device (16) and provided with a covering (3),
    characterised in that
    the collecting device is a collecting conveyor belt (12), on which the counted-out individual packets (2) can be collected, present adjacent to each other, such that they can be introduced, individually in succession, directly into a funnel (15) which is disposed at the entrance of the compressing device (16),
    in that the collecting conveyor belt (12) is assigned to an entrance of the compressing device (16) such that the counted-out individual packets (2) can be introduced into the compressing device (16) by means of a tilting movement, if the individual packets (2) are present in the form of a stack of sheets, or by a rolling movement if the individual packets are present in the form of a roll, and
    in that the compressing device (16) is configured such that the individual packets (2) which are introduced herein can be lowered stepwise corresponding to the supply cycle of further individual packets (2).
  4. Device according to claim 3, characterised in that the counting device is configured as a turnstile (11).
  5. Device according to claim 4, in which individual packets (2) with mineral wool products are present in the form of a stack of sheets, characterised in that the turnstile (11) is disposed such that it arranges the individual packets (2) on the collecting conveyor belt (12) in an upright manner, i.e. lying with a narrow side surface.
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