EP2102084A1 - Procédé et dispositif de transport de produits plans - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de transport de produits plans

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EP2102084A1
EP2102084A1 EP07855659A EP07855659A EP2102084A1 EP 2102084 A1 EP2102084 A1 EP 2102084A1 EP 07855659 A EP07855659 A EP 07855659A EP 07855659 A EP07855659 A EP 07855659A EP 2102084 A1 EP2102084 A1 EP 2102084A1
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products
offset
gripper
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Hans Ulrich Stauber
Konrad Auf Der Maur
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Ferag AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6609—Advancing articles in overlapping streams forming an overlapping stream
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/6672—Advancing articles in overlapping streams dividing an overlapping stream into two or more streams
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/66—Advancing articles in overlapping streams
    • B65H29/669—Advancing articles in overlapping streams ending an overlapping stream
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/422—Handling piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/4224—Gripping piles, sets or stacks of articles
    • B65H2301/42244—Sets in which articles are offset to each other
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/444—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream
    • B65H2301/4447—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream multiple streams
    • B65H2301/44472—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream multiple streams superposed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
    • B65H2301/444—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream
    • B65H2301/4447—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream multiple streams
    • B65H2301/44474—Stream of articles in shingled formation, overlapping stream multiple streams interfolded

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  • the invention is in the field of conveying technology for flat products, in particular in the field of processing of printed products. It relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus for carrying out the method according to claim 18.
  • Gripper conveyors still have difficulties to cope with the above-mentioned subsidies. Often, however, it is desirable to promote the products with a gripper conveyor, as such allows a more precise, defined handling and is more suitable for overcoming longer distances at high speeds than a belt conveyor.
  • a gripper conveyor also makes this possible Separating the products, for example for the insertion of additional products, attachment of address labels or also to effect a formation change of an original scale formation. The latter is of particular interest if an existing scale formation does not have the configuration suitable for further processing, eg leading edges below instead of above, folding edges trailing instead of leading.
  • EP-A 0 936 169 it is known to convert a simple scale flow by a deflection transversely to its conveying direction into a shingled stream, in which two products each lie overlapping each other. In each case, two products initially required in succession lie side by side in the outflowing scale formation, the initially leading edge being oriented laterally. The pairs are separated in the sequence, in turn being attacked at the supernatants. In turn, two scale flows with half capacity are created.
  • EP-A 1 321 410 or EP-A 0 330 868 it is known that a gripper of a gripper conveyor takes two products together and demands. The products have an offset in a direction transverse to the gripped edge direction.
  • EP-A 1 321 410 describes that the products, which are first gripped in pairs, are transferred individually into grippers of a further-conveying conveyor. This would have to have the original capacity again, which is not practicable with the high volumes mentioned above.
  • the invention has for its object to provide such a delivery method and a device suitable for its implementation device at your disposal.
  • a product group consisting of at least two products is gripped jointly by a gripper of a gripper conveyor and conveyed in a conveying direction. It is usually around in the - A -
  • Top view rectangular products where all product edges are parallel to each other or perpendicular to each other.
  • the gripper collects the products together, so that all products are kept.
  • the product edge closest to the gripper is called a gripped product edge.
  • at least one of the products within the product group is displaced relative to the other product (s) of the product group in an offset direction such that in the offset direction product regions of the respective outer products protrude beyond the respective other products.
  • These product areas are also referred to below as supernatants.
  • the offset direction corresponds to the direction of the gripped product edge. It runs preferably, but not necessarily, perpendicular to the conveying direction of the gripper conveyor.
  • folded products these are preferably shifted in the direction of the folded edge against each other, in multi-folded products in the direction of the outermost fold.
  • the folded edge is preferred, but not necessary, gripped by the gripper. In this variant of the invention, therefore, the folded edge defines the offset direction.
  • the inventive apparatus for carrying out the method comprises a feed device for feeding products and a gripper conveyor, which is capable of each take a product group and promote so that each at least one of the products of a product group compared to the other products of the product group in the direction of taken Product edge or the folded edge is offset.
  • a feed device for feeding products and a gripper conveyor, which is capable of each take a product group and promote so that each at least one of the products of a product group compared to the other products of the product group in the direction of taken Product edge or the folded edge is offset.
  • DE-A 292 2450 discloses such a device.
  • the invention makes it possible to easily double or even multiply the delivery rate of known gripper requestors by gripping groups of products together by a gripper.
  • the products can also be moved precisely and in a controlled manner over longer distances.
  • the products within the group are arranged so that the edges of at least two products are aligned flush with each other.
  • one of these edges is the gripped product edge.
  • the products thus assume a defined spatial position and can be kept particularly reliable.
  • the protrusions projecting beyond the region where the products completely overlap each other on the product pairs or groups allow the products to be easily separated again by attacking the supernatants and moving with a movement component in the direction of displacement. This preferably takes place after the products have been deposited in dandruff formation or as individual pairs or groups on a conveyor belt. In this case, a formation can be produced which is adapted to the requirements of a further processing process.
  • a separation step can be carried out, for example, as described in DE-A 2417614, CH 634 530 or EP-A 0 936 169. This results in two shingled streams, each with half the original capacity.
  • a removal device is preferably provided for this purpose, which is capable of taking over the products from the gripper conveyor and conveying them in an outgoing scale flow in a removal direction.
  • the removal device preferably comprises holding means which engage the projections, hold them and perform a movement with a component of movement in the direction of displacement.
  • the products within a product group may be identical or different, in particular also have different format. It may be, for example to trade several newspapers or signatures or to have a newspaper with additional deposits.
  • the products can be unfolded; However, printed products are usually folded products. In this case, the offset direction preferably coincides with the direction of the folded edge. If a product is folded several times, "folded edge” is understood to mean the last folded edge that has been applied in the event that several products of a product group are folded, the folded edges preferably, but not necessarily in the same direction.
  • a gripper grips two or more product pairs whose gripped product edges are aligned with each other, so that the products largely overlap one another, or are offset relative to each other transversely to the direction of offset.
  • Such a product group can be taken over in a particularly simple manner from an incoming scale formation and also transferred again into an expiring scale formation.
  • the invention makes it possible to exploit the fact that rotary printing machines often already design folded products as pairs of products consisting of two products staggered in the offset direction, folded into one another and aligned with respect to the folded edges. A separation step immediately after the printing press can therefore be dispensed with by virtue of these product pairs being transferred directly into the gripper according to the invention.
  • the process according to the invention can also be used in those cases in which the product groups described have been prepared in another way.
  • the products to be acquired can be arranged in a scale formation, which by unwinding from one to Caching used winding arises.
  • product pairs are arranged in a scale formation, wherein the product pairs consist of two successive or nested products.
  • the products are conveyed in an imbricated formation to the gripper conveyor.
  • the scale formation already consists of product groups, which in a further step are transferred to a gripper, e.g. from the above mentioned pairs of nested products with a given scale spacing.
  • the product groups can be made while promoting a simple scale formation.
  • the method according to EP-A 0 936 169 is suitable, i. Production of product pairs from a shingled stream consisting of simple products.
  • a scale formation of product pairs with a regular scale spacing there is a scale formation of product pairs with a regular scale spacing.
  • product groups which are each transferred to a gripper.
  • a flake formation is produced, which consists of such product groups of two or more pairs of products, wherein the product groups have a regular scale spacing with each other.
  • the product pairs may be congruent or differentiated, ie with an offset, one on top of another, wherein the offset is greater than or equal to zero and less than the scale spacing.
  • units with more than two products can also be arranged in the manner described.
  • a shingled stream of overlapping product groups is prepared, for example, as described in EP-A 00139 20 or EP-A 1 321 410 for simple products.
  • FIGS. 1a-h show various examples of product groups of several products
  • Fig. Li-m Examples of a flake formation consisting of several product groups
  • FIG. 2a shows an apparatus for carrying out the conveying method according to the invention, two products each being gripped by a gripper
  • Fig. 2b-e different possibilities for the arrangement of the products within a gripper in a view in the offset direction in a method according to Fig. 2a;
  • 3a shows an apparatus for carrying out the conveying method according to the invention, wherein in each case four products are gripped by a gripper;
  • FIG. 3b-e different possibilities for the arrangement of the products within a gripper in a view in the direction of offset in a method according to FIG. 3 a;
  • 5a + b show a further example for carrying out the process according to the invention in plan view or side view, wherein in each case two products are taken over from an imbricated formation consisting of two superimposed partial imbricated flows;
  • FIG. 5c shows a modification of the method according to FIG. 5a + b;
  • Fig. 6a + b, 7a + b further examples for carrying out the inventive method in plan or side view, each four products are taken from a scale formation consisting of two superimposed partial imbricated flows;
  • FIG. 8 shows a modification of the method according to FIG. 6a + b or 7a + b;
  • FIG. 1a-h show by way of example different product groups 100 in the form of product pairs 30, 30 '(FIG. 1a-f) or pairs of pairs (FIG. 1g + h), which are transported together by the conveying method according to the invention by a gripper.
  • These are groups 100 of two two-dimensional products 10, 10 ', 20, 20' with a rectangular basic shape in a defined spatial relationship to one another, ie with a minimum amount of overlap in an overlapping region 32 (shown hatched).
  • the product edges run parallel to each other.
  • one of the product edges 12, 22 of the products 10, 20 is located in spatial proximity to the gripper, which preferably acts in the overlapping region 32.
  • This product edge 12, 22, 12 ', 22' is also referred to as gripped product edge.
  • the products may have an offset s perpendicular to the offset direction A within the product group 100 (FIG. 1a).
  • two product pairs 30, 30 ' (alternatively or in addition to the offset within the pair) there can be an offset s' perpendicular to the offset direction A between them (FIG. 1 g, 1 h).
  • Fig. Ia shows in plan view the most general case of a product group 100 in the form of a pair 30 with two products 10, 20 which are folded or unfolded.
  • a product 10, 10 ', 20, 20' of a product group 100 is folded and has a folded edge 13, 13 ', 23, 23', which here with the gripped edge 12, 12 ', 22nd , 22 'matches.
  • the folded edges 13, 13 ', 23, 23' are preferably parallel to one another.
  • the offset s within a pair is often zero, especially when the products are aligned at their fold edges 13, 13 ', 23, 23'.
  • a product pair 30 of two nested products 10, 20 approximately the same size are shown, the gripped edges 12, 22 which correspond to the folding edges 13, 23, are aligned with each other.
  • protrusions 14, 24 are formed here approximately the same width d or d '.
  • Such a product group is produced, for example, by a rotary printing machine, such as e.g. in DE-A 2417614 or CH 634 530 described.
  • 1 c shows a product group 100 of two folded products 10, 20 of approximately the same size, which lie on one another with a lateral offset d, d 'in the offset direction A.
  • Such a product group can, for example, analogous to in the EP-A 0 936 169 or by merging two shingled streams.
  • Id and Ie show a further product group 100 with products 10, 20 of unequal size.
  • Fig. If substantially corresponds to Fig. Ib with the difference that the inner product 20 is not folded.
  • the non-folded product 20 could also rest on the folded product 10 analogously to FIG.
  • Fig. Ig and Ih show product groups 100, each consisting of two product pairs 30, 30 '.
  • the product pairs 30, 30 ' correspond to FIG. 1 b and lie at an offset of the width s' perpendicular to the offset direction A.
  • the product pairs 30, 30 ' substantially correspond to Fig. Ic with the difference that the gripped edges 12, 22, 12', 22 'within a pair by the amount s are spaced from each other.
  • the offset s, s' can also have the high zero (see FIGS. Hatched again, the overlap region 32 is drawn, in which the grippers preferably attack. For separation is attacked at the lateral projections 14, 14 ', 24, 24'.
  • Fig. 1-m show various examples of an arrangement of the products in a flake formation, in particular, but not necessarily, for the purpose of converting groups of several products into grippers.
  • the imbricated formation consists of product groups 100, each comprising two product pairs 30, 30 ', each with two products 10, 10', 20, 20 '.
  • the scale spacing a between two consecutive groups is constant.
  • This formation was preferably produced from a simple flake formation consisting of product pairs with the same spacing, for example by the process according to EP-A 0013920.
  • Ik corresponds to Fig. Ii with the difference that the product pairs 30, 30 'within a product group 100 offset by an offset s' in the conveying direction Fl (see Fig. Ig).
  • the scale formation according to FIG. 11 is a simple scale formation with scale spacing a from product pairs 30 which are constructed according to FIG. 1c.
  • FIG. 1 i corresponds to FIG. 1 i with the difference that in each case two pairs 30, 30 'designed according to FIG. 1 c lie on one another.
  • the dandruff formations shown can not only be used as incoming formation by the method according to the invention, but can also be produced as a discontinuous formation after being deposited by the grippers.
  • Fig. 2a shows schematically a device for carrying out the erf ⁇ ndungsgefflessen conveying method. It comprises a gripper conveyor with a plurality of grippers 42, which are moved along a conveying path 44. It further comprises a feed device 50 and a removal device 60. Both are presently equipped with a conveyor belt 52, 62 and designed to the products 10, 20 combined into product pairs 30 in one incoming or expiring imbricated formation S, S 'in a supply or removal direction Fl, F3 to promote.
  • the individually controllable grippers 42 of the gripper conveyor 40 take over the product pairs 30 in a conventional manner from the incoming imbricated formation S and place them in the outgoing imbricated formation S 'on the conveyor belt 62 of the removal device 60 from.
  • steps can be performed.
  • a removal device 60 for example, a Stapelbüdungsmodul or other means may be provided for post-processing.
  • the incoming scale formation S already consists of product pairs 30, which are constructed, for example, as in FIGS. La-c or Ie, i. with a lateral offset into each other or each other, whereby lateral projections 14, 24 are formed.
  • the product pairs 30 have constant scale spacings a.
  • the offset direction A is oriented perpendicular to the feed direction Fl.
  • the folded edges 13, 23 are up here and in Zu rawcardi Fl front and should be taken from the gripper.
  • the grippers 42 grasp the product pairs 30 in each case in the region of the folding edges 13, 23.
  • the opening and closing movement is controlled, for example, in a manner known per se by control gates.
  • the gripper conveyor 40 By the gripper conveyor 40, the product pairs 30 are suspended here in a further conveying direction F2 promoted, the gripper mouth facing down.
  • the grippers 42 may also have an orientation in or against the further conveying direction F2.
  • the folding edges 13, 23 opposite edges of the products 10, 20 may hang freely or be supported by means not shown here.
  • the product pairs 30 In the outgoing scale formation S ', the product pairs 30 have a scale spacing a', which may be identical to or different from the original scale spacing a.
  • the orientation of the product pairs 30 in the outgoing imbricated formation S ' corresponds to that of the incoming imbricated formation S. However, in principle any formations can be produced, for example trailing fold edges.
  • FIG. 2b-e show examples of product groups or pairs 100, 30 during transport in the grippers 42 according to FIG. 2a in a view in the offset direction A.
  • the projections 14, 24 are therefore not visible.
  • the gripper 42 engages in each case in the overlapping region 32 (see Fig. La-e).
  • a product pair 30 is conveyed, which is constructed as in Fig. Ib or Id.
  • a product pair 30 is conveyed, which is constructed as in Fig. Ic.
  • a product pair 30 is conveyed, which is constructed as in Fig. If.
  • Fig. 2e a product pair 30 is conveyed, which is constructed as in Fig. Ic with the difference that one of the products 20 is not folded.
  • Fig. 3a shows the device of Fig. 2a in carrying out a variant of the inventive conveying method, in which a product group 100 of four products 10, 10 ', 20, 20' (or two product pairs 30, 30 ') of a Gripper 42 is taken.
  • the incoming scale formation S is initially constructed as shown in Fig. 2a from product pairs 30, 30 'with a constant scale spacing a.
  • delay means 54 the scale distances a are changed, so that the products are pushed together into groups 100 of two or more product pairs 30, 30 '.
  • two product pairs 30, 30 'are assigned to each group the product pairs 30, 30' can be different but also identical).
  • a pair of products 30 has a reduced distance al, which may also be zero, for the following product pair 30 ', as well as for the leading product pair 30' an increased distance a2 (a1 + a2 corresponds to FIG Scale distance a).
  • the mentioned delay means 54 is, for example, a stop which is clocked introduced into the scale flow S and the product pairs 30, 30 'collapses when running on it.
  • other mechanisms are also possible in order to transfer two or more product pairs 30, 30 'into a gripper 42. It is also possible for the product groups 100 to be formed by them only by the gripper 42 itself, without the product pairs 30, 30 'having previously been pushed together (see, for example, FIG. 5b).
  • the gripper 42 engages in each case two product pairs 30, 30 'in the region of the leading edges 12, 22, 12', 22 ', which here correspond to the folded edges 13, 23, 13', 23 '.
  • the product pairs 30, 30 ' have in the gripper 42 an offset s perpendicular to the offset direction A to each other, which may correspond to the distance al, but need not.
  • the offset a can also be zero.
  • the grippers 42 place the product pairs 30, 30 'in groups on the conveyor belt 62 of the Wegf ⁇ rder issued 60.
  • the leaking imbricated formation may already have a constant shed distance a 'at the time of depositing, e.g. corresponds to the offset s'.
  • alternate scale spacings can be made and maintained, or later made uniform.
  • FIG. 3b-e show examples of product groups 100, each consisting of two product pairs 30, 30 ', during transport in the grippers 42 of the device according to FIG. 3a in a view in the offset direction A.
  • the product pairs 30, 30' each have one Offset s perpendicular to the offset direction A.
  • FIG. 3b two product pairs 30, 30 'are held in accordance with FIG.
  • Fig. 3d and 3e correspond to Fig. 3b and 3c with the difference that in each case one of the products 20, 20 'of the product pair 30, 30' is not folded.
  • a separating device 70 comprises two groups of holding elements 72, 74, which are each movable along a first or second movement path 76, 78. These holding elements 72, 74 are able to engage the lateral projections 14, 24 and to pull the products 10, 20 apart during transport in the conveying direction F3 by a component of movement transverse to the direction of offset A.
  • moving holding elements 72, 74 may also be continuous bands or stationary conveyor rollers present.
  • a construction as in DE-A 2417614, CH 634 530 or EP-A 0 936 169, to which reference is expressly made, may be used.
  • FIG. 5a + b show another example for carrying out the inventive method in plan or side view.
  • An incoming scale formation S consists of two partial scale streams Sl, S2, each with the same scale spacing a, which lie on a conveyor belt 52 one above the other.
  • the partial scale flows S1, S2 consist of first and second products 10, 20, which may be folded, but need not.
  • the products 10, 20 may also comprise partial products (not shown here, but see FIG. 6b).
  • the later taken leading edges 13, 23 of the products 10, 20 are each on the leading product. They define a transverse to Zuureraum Fl lying Offset direction A.
  • a gripper 42 in each case grips two products from the resulting imbricated formation S, a product 10 from the upper part of the product and a product 20 from the lower part of the imbricated stream S1 or S2 being detected. Because of the offset d of the partial imbricated flows S 1, S 2, a product pair 30 is formed in the gripper 42, in which the individual products 10, 20 lie on one another and are also offset from each other by the amount d.
  • the product pair 30 corresponds e.g. Fig. Ic.
  • the partial imbricated currents S1, S2 can also be phase-shifted, so that a product pair with an offset d in the edge direction and an offset s transversely thereto is formed (FIG. 1a, FIG. 5c).
  • FIGS. 6a, 7a show in side view (FIG. 6a, 7a) or top view (FIG. 6b, 7b) further examples of a method according to the invention, in which the incoming scale formation S consists of two superimposed partial scale streams S1, S2 exists.
  • the partial scale flows S1, S2 each consist of several product units of here schematically two partial products, wherein the product units have a constant scale spacing a between one another.
  • FIGS. 6b, 7b show two variants of how the partial scale flows S1, S2 can look in order to achieve the target according to the invention, in the grippers 42 a product group 100 with a lateral offset of at least two products across to convert the direction A of the gripped edges.
  • the side view Fig. 6a, 7a is the same for both variants.
  • the product units each consist of two subproducts 10a, 10b and 20a, 20b which lie on one another without offset and can each be identified with a product 10, 20 from the above examples.
  • the resulting products 10, 20 are arranged in separate part-scale streams S 1, S 2 and superimposed with a lateral offset d.
  • a gripper 42 engages in each case two products 10, 20, consisting of said partial products 10a, 10b and 20a, 20b.
  • the partial products 10a, 10b from the upper partial scale flow S1 thus have an offset d to the partial products 20a, 20b from the lower partial scale flow S2, so that overall a product group 100 having the desired properties is produced.
  • the product units consist of product pairs 30, 30 ', each with two products 10, 20, 10', 20, which already have an offset d between them.
  • the product pairs 30, 30 ' are e.g. as shown in Fig. La-f designed.
  • the partial scale flows S1, S2 are placed here without lateral offset.
  • FIGS. 6b and 7b can also be combined, for example, by placing the partial imbricated streams S1, S2 on top of one another with an additional lateral offset.
  • only one product or more than two products may be present in one product unit; furthermore, the number of products per unit of product in the partial shingled streams need not be equal.
  • FIG. 8 shows, analogously to FIG. 5c, the formation of a product group 100 in which an additional offset s is produced transversely to the offset direction A between each two products by producing a phase shift of the variable s between the partial scale streams S1, S2.
  • more than two partial scale flows with a constant scale spacing a can be superimposed on product groups 100 jointly grasped by a gripper 42 and consisting of more than two or more than four products.
  • FIG. 9 shows schematically another example for producing an outflowing scale formation S ', which can be transported on by a removal device 60.
  • an outgoing part-scale flow S1 ' has already been formed, which consists of individual product pairs 30'.
  • the first partial scale flow Sl ' may have any origin, e.g. come out of a wrap.
  • the product groups shown can also be promoted by other funding, which allow a controlled and defined moving.
  • a belt conveyor in question which preferably clamps the products between two bands, preferably in imbricated formation.
  • the products can also be clamped on a running edge in the conveying direction.
  • the offset of the products of a product group or pair is preferably transverse to the gripped edge, i. transverse to the conveying direction.

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L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif pour le transport de produits plans (10, 10', 20, 20'), en particulier de produits d'imprimerie. Un groupe de produits (100) comprenant au moins deux produits (10, 10', 20, 20') est saisi dans la zone d'un bord de produit (12, 12', 22, 22') par une pince (42) d'un transporteur à pince (40) et transporté dans une direction de transport (F2). Selon l'invention, au moins un des produits (10, 10', 20, 20') est déplacé dans un sens de déplacement (A) défini par le bord du produit (12, 12', 22, 22') saisi, contre le ou les autres produits (10, 10', 20, 20') du groupe de produits (100), de façon à former un dépassement (14, 24) respectivement dans le sens de déplacement (A). Un premier dépassement (14) est associé à au moins un produit déplacé (10, 10', 20, 20') et un second dépassement (24) est associé au(x) autre(s) produit(s) (10, 10', 20, 20') du groupe de produits (100). L'invention permet d'augmenter de manière simple la capacité de transport de transporteurs à pince et permet, le cas échéant, une séparation ultérieure simple des produits saisis en groupes.
EP07855659A 2006-12-22 2007-12-06 Procédé et dispositif de transport de produits plans Withdrawn EP2102084A1 (fr)

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