EP2107988A2 - Vakuumtrommel - Google Patents
VakuumtrommelInfo
- Publication number
- EP2107988A2 EP2107988A2 EP07856171A EP07856171A EP2107988A2 EP 2107988 A2 EP2107988 A2 EP 2107988A2 EP 07856171 A EP07856171 A EP 07856171A EP 07856171 A EP07856171 A EP 07856171A EP 2107988 A2 EP2107988 A2 EP 2107988A2
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- vacuum
- drum
- sealing surface
- distributor
- drum according
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
- B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
- B65C9/08—Label feeding
- B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
- B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
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- B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
- B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip
- B65C2009/1834—Details of cutting means
- B65C2009/1838—Cutting drum
- B65C2009/1842—Temperature control
Definitions
- the invention relates to a vacuum drum according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Vacuum drums for use in container treatment machines, in particular labeling machines are known and serve as transport drums for the forwarding of labels and / or as cutting drums part of a cutting unit of a labeling unit for processing endless label material.
- the respective vacuum drum is permanently exposed to a vacuum via a rotary or vacuum distributor.
- the rotary and vacuum distributor comprises at least two sealing surfaces, namely a first sealing surface, which are provided on a non-rotating with the vacuum drum or the drum element distributor element and a second sealing surface which rotates with the drum element or is provided on this. Both sealing surfaces abut each other, for example, by a contact force generated by a spring arrangement.
- the sealing surface provided on the drum element is formed by a surface of the drum element basically made of metal, while the non-rotating with the drum element distributor element of the rotary or vacuum distributor as well as the sealing surface formed there made of plastic to frictional losses through this pair of materials metal / plastic to reduce.
- the heating of the drum element causes it to change, for example, the diameter of this element, which affects the operation of the vacuum drum.
- the formation of the vacuum drum as a cutting drum of a cutting unit leads through the frictional heat conditional heating of the drum element to changes in the cutting gap, which has a negative impact on the quality of cut and / or the processing speed.
- the object of the invention is to show a vacuum drum which avoids these disadvantages.
- a vacuum drum according to the patent claim 1 is formed.
- the distributor element which does not rotate with the drum element, and thus also the "first" sealing surface formed on this distributor element consists of a material which is substantially higher than that of the material from which the second sealing surface provided on the rotating drum element is formed
- the distributor element of the rotary and vacuum distributor which does not rotate with the drum element, acts as a heat sink, via which the frictional heat of the rotary and vacuum distributor is dissipated
- the material forming the second sealing surface on the revolving drum element continues to act as a thermal barrier, so that alone already by these measures, a heating, at least excessive heating of the circulating and otherwise made of a metallic material drum element of the vacuum drum is avoided.
- appropriate cooling for example, by cooling rib
- the cooling effect can still be improved on the distributor element of the rotary or vacuum distributor which does not rotate with the drum element.
- active cooling of the distributor element which does not rotate with the drum element takes place with the aid of a cooling medium which circulates and / or flows through this distributor element, for example a steam and / or gaseous cooling medium (eg cooling air) and / or a liquid cooling medium.
- a cooling medium which circulates and / or flows through this distributor element, for example a steam and / or gaseous cooling medium (eg cooling air) and / or a liquid cooling medium.
- the "second" sealing surface provided on the revolving drum element is formed, for example, by an exchangeable distributor element Distribution element then preferably consists of at least two sections or segments, so that thereby a simplified replacement of the second sealing surface forming distributor element is possible.
- FIG. 1 in a schematic representation and in plan view, the labeling of a
- FIG. 2 in perspective partial view of the cutting unit of the labeling of the labeling machine of Figure 1, together with parts of the vacuum or
- Cutting drum; 3 shows a section through the drum element of the vacuum drum and through the
- FIG. 4 shows a section along the line I - I of Figure 3;
- Fig. 5 in an enlarged perspective view of the lower, disc-shaped
- Support element of the vacuum drum or the rotating drum element with partially removed distributor element.
- 1 is a labeling a labeling machine for labeling bottles or similar containers 2 with so-called roll-fed labels 3, which are deducted from a supply roll 4 of an endless, band-shaped label material 3.1 and in a cutting unit 5 of the labeling unit 1 with the respective, for a label 3 required length of the label material 3.1 are cut off.
- the labels 3 thus obtained are transferred to the containers 2 via a labeling and transfer drum 6, which are moved past the labeling unit 1 on a rotor 7 of the labeling machine revolving around a vertical machine axis, and are applied to the containers 2.
- the directions of rotation of the rotor 7 and the transfer drum 6 are indicated by the arrows A and B respectively.
- the label material 3 is withdrawn from the supply roll 4 by means of conveyor rollers 8 synchronously with the rotational movement of the rotor 7 and fed to the cutting unit 5.
- This consists, inter alia, of a cutting or vacuum drum 9, the drum element or its 10 are driven circumferentially during labeling around their vertical drum axis, in opposite directions to the transfer drum 6 (arrow C).
- the drum element 10 On the circular cylindrical peripheral surface 10.1, the drum element 10 has at least one cutting drum knife 11, which is oriented with its cutting edge parallel or substantially parallel to the drum axis of the vacuum drum 9 and the counter knife 12 is assigned to a blade shaft 13, so that every full rotation of the drum element 10th by the interaction of the knife 11 and 12, a length 3 forming a label is separated from the label material 3.1 and then temporarily transferred to the transfer drum 6 on the peripheral surface 10.1 of the drum member 10 by vacuum.
- FIGS 2-5 show more in detail the vacuum drum 9. It consists u.a. from a drum carrier 14, which is part of the drum element 10 and is mounted rotatably about the vertical axis in an upper circuit board 15 and a lower circuit board 16 of a support structure 17.
- the drum support 14 in turn consists of an upper and lower circular disc-shaped or plate-like support member 18 and a wall-formed spacer and support member 19 which is connected to a drive shaft 20 of the drum member 10 so that the axis of the drive shaft 20 in the median plane between the two larger surface sides 19.1 of the wall-type spacer 19 and these surface sides 19.1 of the spacer 19 have the same distance from the axis of the shaft 20.
- the narrower surface sides 19.2 of the wall-like spacer are parallel to the axis of the shaft 20 and have in the illustrated embodiment in each case the same distance from this axis.
- the upper and lower support plates 18 are connected to the lower or upper, respectively radially to the axis of the shaft 20 extending side 19.3 of the spacer 19.
- On the drum carrier 14, a plurality of segments 21 are provided between the upper and lower support plate 18, which form the circular cylindrical peripheral surface 10.1 of the drum element 10.
- the segments 21 are in terms of their shape sub-segments of a wall of a hollow cylinder and each have vacuum channels 22 which open with vacuum openings 23 on the outer surface of the segments 21 and formed by these outer or peripheral surface 10.1 of the drum element 10.
- a knife 1 1 supporting male connector 24 is attached. Outside the male connector 24, the entire circumferential surface 10. 1 is formed by the segments 21 adjoining the male connector 24 and also adjacent to each other.
- a rotary distributor 25 is provided, in the illustrated embodiment of a substantially annular, the drive shaft 20 concentrically enclosing vacuum or rotary distributor element 26 and from a drum side, ie at the bottom Carrier plate 18 provided, also annular distributor element 27 consists.
- compression springs 28 which is not co-rotating with the drum member 10 distributor element 26 with an upper ring or sealing surface 26.1 against a lower annular or sealing surface 27.1 of Distributor element 27 on. Both sealing surfaces 26.1 and 27.1 are each planar and lie in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the drive shaft 20th
- a groove-shaped vacuum channel 29 is formed in the angular range of the rotary movement of the drum element 10, in which the labels 3 are held to overflow or transfer, which communicates with the external vacuum source via a vacuum connection 29.1 and at the sealing surface 26.1 is open.
- the distributor element 27 is provided with a multiplicity of openings 30, which are arranged such that a connection between the vacuum channel 29 and the vacuum channels 22 is respectively achieved through these openings.
- the distributor element 27 which is designed as a replaceable wear part, is sectioned, i. this annular distributor element 27 consists of two identically formed sections or segments 27a and 27b, which are connected to one another in a form-fitting manner at their ends by linking and thereby complement each other to form the annular distributor element 27.
- lugs 31 which protrude radially beyond the peripheral surface of the support plate 18 and engage in recesses 32 on the inside of the distributor element 27 and by additional fasteners 33, the distributor element 27 in particular rotatably with the support plate 18 and thus with the drum element 10 connected.
- the fasteners 33 are, for example, resilient detents which engage in corresponding detent grooves which are formed on the inside of the annular distributor element 27.
- the distributor element 27 With the top side or with a planing annular or sealing surface 27.2 there, the distributor element 27 bears tightly against the underside of the drum segments 21, so that via the rotary or vacuum distributor 25 there is a tight vacuum connection to the vacuum channels 22 in the segments 21.
- the distributor element 27 is designed so that it protrudes with its lower side or with the annular or sealing surface 27.1 there over the lower side, in particular also of the support plate 18, so that the distributor element 26 rests exclusively against the distributor element 27 and between the underside of the support plate 18 and the top of the distributor element 26, a gap 34 is formed.
- This communicates with a the axis of the drive shaft 20 concentrically enclosing and formed in the distributor element 26 channel 35 and also with a drive shaft directly enclosing channel 36 (annular gap) in connection.
- the on the support plate 18 facing the top of the Distributor element 27 open channel 35 is connected via a connection 37 with a source of a gaseous cooling medium, for example, for cooling air.
- the gap 34 and the channels 35 and 36 form a flow path for a cooling medium, which passes through the port 37 in the channel 35 and then redistributed with appropriate cooling in particular of the rotary or Va ku 5 and the abutting distributor element 26 and 27 from the Channel 35 and the gap 34 flows into the channel or annular gap 26, from which the cooling medium passes for additional cooling of the distributor element 26 on its underside 26.2 in a space 38 below the distributor element.
- the distributor element 26 is provided on its underside with cooling fins extending into the space 38, as indicated in FIG. 3 by 39. Further cooling ribs are provided, for example, on the peripheral surface of the distributor element 26, as indicated in FIG. 3 at 40.
- the support plate 18, the spacer 19, the segments 21, the male connector 24, etc. are made of a suitable metal.
- the distributor element 26 forms and represents an independent, replaceable component is made of plastic or other material, which has good friction properties as a friction partner of the distributor element 26, but has a reduced thermal conductivity.
- the distributor element 26, however, is made of metal or another material with high conductivity.
- the distributor element 27 Due to the two-part design of the distributor element 27 an exchange of this distributor element is possible, if necessary, without the need for disassembly of the vacuum drum or elements of this drum is necessary.
- the replacement of the distributor element 27 can be effected in a simple manner in that the distributor element 26 is pressed down against the action of the springs 28, then the distributor element 27 is likewise drawn down from the carrier plate 18 and removed after the parts have been divided into the sections 27a and 27b , Conversely, the introduction of the exchanged distributor element 27, i. by inserting the sections 27a and 27b into the space between the lowered distributor element 26 and the drum element 10, by connecting the sections 27a and 27b, by pushing and latching the distributor element
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- Labeling Devices (AREA)
- Feeding Of Articles By Means Other Than Belts Or Rollers (AREA)
- Treatment Of Fiber Materials (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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DE102006051898A DE102006051898A1 (de) | 2006-10-31 | 2006-10-31 | Vakuumtrommel |
PCT/EP2007/009370 WO2008052731A2 (de) | 2006-10-31 | 2007-10-29 | Vakuumtrommel |
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EP2107988A2 true EP2107988A2 (de) | 2009-10-14 |
EP2107988B1 EP2107988B1 (de) | 2014-07-02 |
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US (1) | US8156716B2 (de) |
EP (1) | EP2107988B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JP2010523407A (de) |
CN (1) | CN101990512A (de) |
BR (1) | BRPI0708028A2 (de) |
DE (1) | DE102006051898A1 (de) |
MX (1) | MX2008009656A (de) |
WO (1) | WO2008052731A2 (de) |
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US8156716B2 (en) | 2012-04-17 |
DE102006051898A1 (de) | 2008-05-08 |
WO2008052731A2 (de) | 2008-05-08 |
BRPI0708028A2 (pt) | 2011-05-17 |
JP2010523407A (ja) | 2010-07-15 |
MX2008009656A (es) | 2008-11-18 |
US20090260712A1 (en) | 2009-10-22 |
CN101990512A (zh) | 2011-03-23 |
EP2107988B1 (de) | 2014-07-02 |
WO2008052731A3 (de) | 2011-06-03 |
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