EP2134609B1 - Procede et dispositif pour former des lots de paquets - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif pour former des lots de paquets Download PDF

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EP2134609B1
EP2134609B1 EP08734832A EP08734832A EP2134609B1 EP 2134609 B1 EP2134609 B1 EP 2134609B1 EP 08734832 A EP08734832 A EP 08734832A EP 08734832 A EP08734832 A EP 08734832A EP 2134609 B1 EP2134609 B1 EP 2134609B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
    • B65B19/28—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines
    • B65B19/32—Control devices for cigarette or cigar packaging machines responsive to incorrect grouping of articles or to incorrect filling of packages
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/02—Supply magazines
    • B65B35/04—Supply magazines with buffer storage devices

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  • the invention relates to a method for handling objects according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for carrying out the method.
  • Such a method for forming groups of packages in connection with the production of packs for cigarettes is the US 2005/0000188 A1 refer to.
  • the packages are transported in pairs through a belt conveyor with spacers along a straight-line package path.
  • a number of packs corresponding to the contents of the bundle pack or of packs lying one above the other in pairs is divided and fed to a lifting punch for upward movement of the pack group.
  • the belt conveyor for feeding the packages consists of two sections.
  • the stroke of the stamp facing portion of the belt conveyor can be raised by pivoting movement, so that the transport is interrupted.
  • packs or pairs of packs can be fed in order to fill in gaps in the transport line that have arisen due to rejected faulty packs.
  • a device designed in this way is not sufficiently powerful because the formation of a complete group of packages must be halted in the case of gaps in the package sequence until the gaps are filled up by subsequently conveyed packages.
  • the invention has for its object to make the formation of groups of articles or packages based on the above-mentioned method safer and to achieve better performance in the completion of groups of packs.
  • a group or sub-group of articles / packs is thus separated from the feed stream, in accordance with the specified number of packing stations, so that any empty spaces are not compensated in this area.
  • the completion of the pack group as contents or partial contents of a bundle pack is decoupled from the continuous feeding of packs, so that the groups can be assembled with greater safety and efficiency.
  • the pack groups formed in the above sense are fed to a group conveyor designed as a group revolver with revolver pockets for each pack group.
  • the exemplary embodiments in the drawings deal with the handling of packs 10, in particular of cigarette packs. These have a cuboid shape with a large front side 11 and rear side 12, with narrow side surfaces 13, 14 and end faces 15. Groups 16 are to be formed from the packs 10, in the present exemplary embodiment such that the complete group 16 consists of ten packs 10, which are formed into two subgroups 17, 18. The group 16 is content of a pack of cigarettes.
  • the packages 10 are successively fed to a grouping station 19 for forming the groups 16 or the subgroups 17, 18.
  • the packages 10 come in particular from a packaging machine, namely from a cellophane maker.
  • the packs 10 are supplied individually and at a distance from each other by a packing conveyor 20 and transferred to a the packs 10 receiving feeder 21.
  • Packing conveyor 20 and feed conveyor 21 are designed so that the packs 10 are transported under pressure or stagnation.
  • the packages 10 are slidably conveyed on a base 22 and transferred from an intermediate conveyor 23 to the feed conveyor 21.
  • the intermediate conveyor 23 consists of flat belts which laterally grip the packs 10, that is to say in the region of the laterally directed end faces 15.
  • the feed conveyor 21 is designed as an endless belt, in particular as a toothed belt. On the outside spacers or transverse webs 24 are attached. The webs 24 limit receptacles or pockets for one pack 10. The spacing of adjacent webs 24 are greater than the dimension of the packs 10 in the conveying direction. The packs 10 rest on the respective rear web 24 to form a front gap. The packages 10 are aligned so that they rest with a large area, namely the front 11 or back 12, on the intermediate conveyor 23 and a conveying run 25 thereof.
  • the preferably continuously driven feed conveyor 21 passes over deflection wheels 26, 27, one of which is driven.
  • the feed conveyor 21 preferably transports the packs 10 continuously into the region of the grouping station 19. Above the transport path defined by the conveying run 25, a discharge wheel 28 with suction holders 29 is arranged. With the help of this organ, any defective packages that have been previously identified can be eliminated.
  • the arriving in the grouping 19 packs 10 are removed from the feed conveyor 21 and merged to form a group 16 or subgroup 17, 18 of closely spaced packages 10.
  • a special organ is provided, namely a preferably also continuously operating lifting conveyor 30. This takes a predetermined number of packs 10 from randomlytrum 25 by lifting movement and passes them the Gruppierstation 19 or an intermediate holder 31st
  • the lifting conveyor 30 is formed in a special way.
  • the lying with their longitudinal extent transverse to the feed conveyor 21 packs 10 have a larger transverse dimension than the width of the feed conveyor 21, so that the packs 10 form a supernatant on both sides.
  • a number of packages 10 is detected on its underside and lifted by the lifting conveyor 30 from the feed conveyor 21, transported to a higher level and at the same time in the conveying direction on.
  • the lifting conveyor 30 has for this purpose two on both sides of the feed conveyor 21 positioned, plate-shaped supporting members 32, 33 which extend in the conveying direction.
  • An upper support edge 34 of both support members 32, 33 detects the packs 10 on the underside.
  • the support edges 34 are bounded at the front end in the conveying direction by a stop 35.
  • the lifting conveyor 30 operates continuously.
  • the support members 32, 33 are rotatably mounted on rotating, crank-like drive pulleys 36, 37, and off-center.
  • the two drive pulleys 36, 37 on one side of the path of movement of the packs 10 are arranged side by side in the conveying direction.
  • Each drive pulley 36, 37 is rotatably connected via transverse support pins 39, 40 with each of the support member 32, 33 arranged on both sides of the movement path of the packs 10.
  • the drive pulleys 36, 37 are continuously driven in rotation via a preferably common shaft 38, in the same direction of rotation. This results in a parallel movement of the support members 32, 33 with a movement component in the conveying direction of the packs 10th
  • the lifted from the feeder 21 packs 10 are lifted by the lifting conveyor 30 in the upward direction to the level of Gruppierstation 19. This extends in the same vertical plane as the feed conveyor 21.
  • the packages 10 are transferred from the lifting conveyor 30 to the intermediate holder 31 which is located in the (horizontal) plane of the grouping station 19.
  • the intermediate holder 31 consists of (two) support elements on both sides of the path of movement of the packages 10. The distance of the support members 32, 33 from each other is less than the dimension of the packages 10 transverse to the conveying direction, so that a supernatant is formed. In this lateral region, the packs 10 are received by the intermediate holder 31.
  • This consists of two extending in the direction of support elements, namely angle-shaped support profiles 41, 42 which carry the packs 10 with a lower leg and also align by an upright leg.
  • the support profiles 41, 42 are arranged on both sides of the packs 10 on pivotable support arms 43, 44.
  • the support profiles 41, 42 are moved from a retracted position at a distance from the movement path of the packs 10 by corresponding pivotal movement in a carrying position ( Fig. 4 ).
  • the packs 10 are now aligned with the grouping station 19, namely on a collecting conveyor for the packs 10 and on a collecting belt 45.
  • the package group 16 and one subgroup 17, 18 assembled and kept ready for removal.
  • the packs 10 held ready on the intermediate holder 31 are transported by a (further) conveyor into the grouping station 19, by a belt conveyor 47.
  • This conveyor belt is arranged above the movement path of the packs 10 or above the intermediate holder 31.
  • the belt conveyor 47 has drivers 48, 49, which at a conveying cycle of the belt conveyor 47 detects the packs 10 lying on the intermediate holder 31 by the carrier 48 located on the upper side and transported by conveying movement completely into the region of the grouping station or on the Collection belt 45 stores.
  • the conveying cycle of the belt conveyor 47 is controlled so that the drivers 48, 49 are in their end positions respectively above and below pulleys of the belt conveyor 47.
  • the packs 10 located on the intermediate holder 31 are pushed together as far as the sealing position (contact of the side surfaces 13, 14) and transported away.
  • the respective driver 48, 49 is located in the region of a lower conveyor run 50.
  • the packages 10 are conveyed by the belt conveyor 47 against a group stop 51.
  • a special feature is that with the help of this can be positioned in different positions group stop 51, the entire group 16 or subgroup 17, 18 in the Gruppierstation 19 can be put together, even if due to incomplete supply of packages 10, the number of in the Grouping 19 introduced packs 10 does not correspond to the number of a group or subgroup.
  • the incoming packs 10 run against the group stop 50, which is positioned due to controlled movement so that on the side of the supplied packs 10 a series of seals is formed, namely up to a group or subgroup.
  • the respective position of the group stop 51 is controlled by controlling the supplied packages 10.
  • the feed conveyor 21 is scanned contactlessly with respect to the complete occupation of packages by corresponding sensors 52. In the absence of packages empty spaces 53 are detected in the region of the feed conveyor 21 and thereafter the group stop 51 is controlled with respect to the position. In the embodiment according to Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is therefore the group stop 51 in the grouping station 19 positioned so that the three supplied packages 10 are recorded in position correct position.
  • missing packages 10 are fed separately to the grouping station 19, filling the space on the opposite side of the group stop 51.
  • the packages 10 to be supplemented are taken from a storage 54.
  • the memory 54 is advantageously arranged on the side opposite the feed conveyor 21 side of the grouping station 19, here in the same vertical plane.
  • the packages 10 are therefore transported exclusively with a vertical offset, but otherwise along a continuous conveying direction.
  • the memory 54 consists of a storage belt 55 whose upper strand 56 accommodates stored packs 10 in the horizontal plane of the grouping station 19 and the collection belt 45 respectively.
  • the packs 10 to be supplemented are removed from the accumulator 54 against the conveying direction of the feed conveyor 21 45 fed, in particular slidably pushed and stored on this.
  • the number of packs 10 supplemented from the store 54 corresponds to the demand on the basis of the finding of vacant or empty spaces 53.
  • the packs 10 supplied by means of feed conveyors 21 or by means of belt conveyors 47 and packs 10 supplemented from the store 54 are at about the same time as the grouping station 19 or the collecting belt 45 fed from opposite directions, in each case until it rests against the group stop 51 positioned in accordance with the supply of packages 10 by the belt conveyor 47.
  • the packs 10 removed from the grouping station 19 are first picked up by an intermediate conveyor, namely a transfer turret 58.
  • the latter is mounted intermittently rotatingly adjacent to the grouping station 19 with an axis of rotation directed parallel to the conveying direction of the packs 10 in the region of the feed conveyor 21.
  • the transfer turret 58 is formed in a special way, namely, consists of two lateral support disks 59, 60. These are by cross-connections, namely connected by cross bars 61, 62 to a structural unit with each other, which is rotatable cyclically via a centric Revolverwelle 63. Between the support disks 59, 60 pockets 64, 65 are arranged, in the present embodiment, two diametrically opposed pockets 64, 65 which are each intended to receive a complete group 16 of two superimposed sub-groups 17, 18 are determined.
  • the pockets 64, 65 are arranged as a separate unit between the support disks 59, 60.
  • Each pocket 64, 65 consists of top wall 66 and bottom wall 67 and side walls 68, 69.
  • the pockets 64, 65 are open.
  • the side walls 68, 69 are rotatably connected to the support disks 59, 60, via pivot pins 70.
  • Important is the rotational movement of the pockets relative to the transfer turret 58 and to the support disks 59, 60 such that the pockets 64, 65 with top wall 66th and bottom wall 67 are always directed horizontally.
  • the pockets 64, 65 thus perform a translational movement.
  • the packs 10 and the subgroups 17, 18 are introduced in two steps in each of the grouping station 19 facing pocket 65.
  • a first position Fig. 8 . Fig. 9
  • the second subgroup 18 is inserted into the pocket, under storage on the subgroup 17.
  • the exact position of the packs 10 and subgroups 17, 18th in the respective pocket 64, 65 is determined by stops, in the present case by a single, pivotally mounted (stationary) pocket stop 71. This limits the pocket 64, 65 at the insertion side ( Fig. 9 ).
  • the subgroups 17, 18 are positioned in staggered position within the pocket 64, 65 (shown at the pocket 64 in FIG Fig. 8 . Fig. 9 ).
  • the offset relative position of the subgroups 17, 18 also results from kinematic specifications when inserting the packs 10 into the pockets 64, 65 in two insertion strokes.
  • a transversely movable slider 72 is provided, which has a certain, predetermined insertion position. Due to the relative positions of the pockets 64, 65 when receiving the packs 10, the second subgroup 18 can not be completely inserted into the respective pocket 64, 65.
  • the end position of the packs is determined by the pocket stop 71, namely by the effect of a projecting in the insertion of the subgroup 18 in the pocket 64, 65 protrusion.
  • the slider 72 is formed in a special way, namely, has an elongated, web-like slide head, the respective subgroup 17, 18 from the Gruppierstation 19, namely from the collecting belt 45, abschiebt. Since the group stop 51 can assume different positions depending on the composition of the group or subgroup, the slider head 73 slot-like recesses 74 which are arranged in the range of possible positions of the group stop 51, such that during the Abschubterrorism the stop 51 by the respective the position associated recess 74 can pass. The slider 72 and the slider head 73 is moved along a particular movement path 75, with a horizontal insertion path and an overlying arcuate return path.
  • the sub-groups 17, 18 are pushed out of the pocket 64, 65 together in the region of a grouping station 19 opposite Ausschubstation 76, by a pusher 77 which is driven back and forth by a rotary drive 78, such that the group 16 from the pocket 64, 65 is ejected, transported along a conveying path and then inserted into a pocket of the folding turret 57 with the aid of a prepared blank 79.
  • the pocket 64, 65 or the top wall 66 thereof is provided with a slot 80 for the passage of the ejector 77 or a support arm thereof.
  • the conveying elements involved in the handling of the packs 10 are aligned in a common vertical longitudinal plane or positioned on both sides of this (imaginary) longitudinal center plane.
  • the feed conveyor 21 is arranged so that the conveying plane, namely the conveying strand 25, the height is below the level of Gruppierstation 19 and the collection belt 45 with conveying strand 46.
  • the final phase of the transport of the packages 10 through the belt conveyor 47 and the supply of packages 10 from the memory 54 take place in the same horizontal plane in opposite directions of conveyance.
  • the packages 10 are slidingly slid onto the collection belt 45.
  • the storage belt 55 has at least one catch 90 whose position in the region of the upper run 56 corresponds to the number of packs 10 in the storage 54.
  • the driver 90 is a stop for the packs 10 in the region of the memory 54 or on the storage belt 55.
  • the driver 90 is moved with the storage belt 55 in accordance with the stored packages 10.
  • a deflection unit 81 is formed, which allows an immediate transition of the storage belt 55 in the collecting belt 45. Both endless organs are guided over the common deflection unit 81.
  • This has a main shaft 82 which is rotatably mounted in support walls 83, 84 of a machine frame or a frame wall 85.
  • deflecting pulleys 86, 87 are arranged for narrow single straps, which together form the storage belt 55. Accordingly, two spaced apart individual stops are provided, which together form the common carrier 90 for the packs 10 in the memory 54 due to matching position.
  • a rotatable deflecting body 88 is rotatably supported for the collecting belt 45, such that the deflecting body 88 is rotatable independently of the drive of the storage belt 55 to an independent movement of the collection belt 45th to allow with the group stop 51.
  • a special feature is the handling of packages and groups with the described or a similarly trained device. This function is based on the graphs in Fig. 11, Fig. 12 and Fig. 13 explained.
  • the packs 10 are transported in the region of the feed, that is, in particular on the feed conveyor 21, in a predetermined relative position at a distance from each other. In the absence of packages 10 each creates an empty space 53, which runs along without changing the transport formation.
  • the packs 10 are detected, in particular by sensors 52 Fig. 12 represented, the number n of packages 10 in the region of a test track X and a sub-section Y is detected.
  • the test section X corresponds to a number of recordings or pockets of the feed conveyor 21 corresponding to the number of a group 16.
  • the partial route Y corresponds to the number of packs 10 for a subgroup 17, 18.
  • a pack 10 is to be supplemented from the store 54, specifically during the formation of the first subgroup 17.
  • the (four) packages 10 of the test section Y are conveyed in a corresponding position against the group stop 51, while preferably a package 10 is simultaneously conveyed from the memory 54 against the other side of the group impact 51.
  • this example requires Fig. 11 no supplementation of packages 10 from the memory 54.
  • the memory 54 is charged in the same way as the grouping station 19.
  • the function of the grouping station 19 is switched off to form the groups or subgroups.
  • Packages 10 are taken over by the feed conveyor 21 in the manner described, conveyed through the Gruppierstation 19 into the memory 54.
  • the packs 10 are thereby slidably conveyed over the collecting belt 45 and received and transported in the region of the storage 54 by the storage belt 55.
  • the collection belt 45 is adjusted with the group stop 51 so that the group stop 51 does not interfere with the transport of the packages 10 to the store 54 (see FIG Fig. 7 ).
  • the number of packs 10 in the memory 54 may be arbitrary.
  • the store 54 is designed for a maximum stock of packs 10 which is smaller by a pack 10 than the number of packs 10 of a group 16 (stock A) or a subgroup 17, 18 (part B).
  • the store 54 contains up to nine packs 10. If, in the extreme case, the feed conveyor 21 has nine empty spaces 53 in the region of the test line X, the corresponding total content of the store 54, ie the stock A, is formed of group 16.
  • the composition of the groups is designed to form (two) subgroups 17, 18 in successive steps.
  • the empty spaces 53 are determined in the region of the test section X and with regard to the assignment to the subgroup 17, 18 in the area of the subsection Y. Accordingly, the stock A of packs 10 in the memory 54 of the complete group 16 and a subset B of a single subgroup 17, 18th assigned. If, due to exceptional circumstances, ten successive empty spaces 53 are detected in the area of the feed conveyor 21, grouping is not carried out and preferably the machine is switched on for checking.
  • the controller is further designed so that after detecting the number of empty spaces 53 in the test section X or the section Y of the feed conveyor 21, a comparison with the inventory of packs 10 in the memory 54. If a sufficient number is available to complete a group 16 or subset 17, 18 in the memory 54, the formation of the group or subset is initiated. If, however, the number of packages 10 in the memory 54 is not sufficient to form a group 16 or at least one subgroup 17, 18, the process of group formation is in the described manner disabled and packs 10 of the test section X or at least 10 packs Branch Y are conveyed to the memory 54.
  • the above check is performed permanently. Before the formation of a group 16 or subgroup 17, 18, it is checked in each case whether the inventory in the memory 54 is sufficient, for example, to determine empty spaces 53 identified, ie to complete missing packages 10 for a group or subgroup. If the supply of packages 10 is not sufficient, the memory is first filled up in the manner described before the next step for group formation is carried out.
  • the package 54 may be supplied to the package 54 in other ways, for example by hand or by machine via a replenishment tower 89. This is located directly in the region of the transition from the store 54 to the grouping station 19, to the side of the storage tape 55 each lower pack 10 can be pushed out of the Nachlegeturm 89 through a slide 91 through a side opening 92 below and stored on the storage belt 55 and the upper strand 56.
  • the device for handling the packs 10 may alternatively also be designed such that the incoming packs 10 are removed from the feed conveyor 21 by being pushed off in a horizontal plane, that is to say by sideways sliding off. This is possible, for example, with a comb-like guide member, which runs along with it during the continuous movement of the feed conveyor 21 and causes the Abschub via a transverse movement component.
  • the pusher is dimensioned so that the number of deported packs 10 for a group 16 or subgroup 17, 18 are determined.
  • the feed conveyor 21 is in this alternative same level provided a level for merging the packs 10.
  • the incoming packages 10 may, as described, be detected by the belt conveyor 47 or similar conveyor and conveyed to the grouping station 19. This can be designed in the same way as in the described embodiment.

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Le but de l'invention est de former des lots de paquets (10), notamment de paquets de cigarettes, lors de la préparation de lots de paquets. A cet effet, les paquets (10) sont acheminés sans pression, c'est-à-dire à distance les uns des autres, jusqu'à un poste de regroupement (19). Un certain nombre de paquets (10) est repris par un transporteur d'amenée (21) en fonction du lot à former et est acheminé jusqu'au poste de regroupement (19) en continuant dans la direction de transport. Dans la mesure où des espaces vides (53) se forment lors de l'amenée des paquets (10), les paquets (10) du poste de regroupement sont acheminés à partir d'un dispositif de stockage (54).

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  1. Procédé pour manipuler des objets conjointement avec la formation de lots de ces objets, en particulier pour manipuler des paquets (10) conjointement avec la formation de lots de paquets (16, 17, 18), les objets ou les paquets (10) étant acheminés dans au moins une rangée de transport continue d'un convoyeur d'amenée (21) avec des espacements entre les objets ou les paquets (10) et éventuellement avec des places vides (53) dues à l'absence d'objets ou de paquets (10) à un poste de mise en lots (19), et un lot d'objets ou un lot de paquets (16, 17, 18) étant séparé et évacué de la rangée de transport continue, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les objets ou les paquets (10) d'une portion partielle (X, Y) de la rangée de transport sont séparés sous forme d'unité et transférés au poste de mise en lots (19),
    b) l'unité séparée de la rangée de transport est associée à un nombre prédéfini de positions des objets ou des paquets (10) à l'intérieur de la rangée de transport, de telle sorte que dans le cas de places vides éventuelles (53) dans la région de la portion partielle (X, Y), un plus petit nombre correspondant d'objets ou de paquets (10) soit transféré au poste de mise en lot (19),
    c) le nombre des objets ou paquets (10) à transférer ou transférés en tant qu'unité au poste de mise en lots (19) est détecté par des capteurs (52),
    d) dans le cas d'objets ou de paquets (10) manquants, le nombre constaté d'objets ou de paquets (10) manquants est acheminé depuis un dispositif de stockage (54) en vue de former un lot complet (16, 17, 18) dans la région du poste de mise en lots (19),
    e) le poste de mise en lots (19) est formé dans le prolongement de la direction de transport de la rangée de transport continue des paquets (10) à la suite du convoyeur d'amenée (21) et le dispositif de stockage (54) est formé sur le côté du poste de mise en lots (19) opposé, par rapport à la rangée de transport continue, notamment sous la forme d'une rangée de réserve continue de paquets (10), des paquets étant transportés en vue de compléter les lots (16, 17, 18) dans le poste de mise en lots (19) dans la direction de transport opposée à la direction de transport de la rangée de transport.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que des paquets (10), en vue de former un lot (16, 17, 18), sont soulevés du convoyeur d'amenée (21) et sont introduits dans un plan au-dessus du plan de transport du convoyeur d'amenée (21), mais dans le même plan vertical, dans le poste de mise en lots (19).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le nombre des paquets (10) ou l'occupation des places de paquets dans la région du convoyeur d'amenée (21) sont contrôlés, notamment le long d'une section de contrôle (X) et/ou le long d'une section partielle (Y), et en ce qu'ensuite l'on commande l'acheminement des paquets (10) à partir du dispositif de stockage (54) en vue de former un lot (16) ou un lot partiel (17, 18).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) le dispositif de stockage (54) est rempli au besoin de paquets (10) de la rangée de transport ou de paquets (10) acheminés depuis le convoyeur d'amenée (21), notamment de telle sorte que le contenu du dispositif de stockage (54) soit contrôlé et complété lorsque le nombre de paquets (10) dans le dispositif de stockage (54) est plus faible que le nombre de paquets (10) requis pour compléter un groupe (16) ou un groupe partiel (17, 18),
    b) le dispositif de stockage (54) est de préférence rempli de telle sorte que lorsque l'on constate une sous-occupation, le poste de mise en lots (19) soit mis hors service et que des paquets (10) arrivant par le biais du convoyeur d'amenée (21) soient transportés à travers le poste de mise en lots (19) dans le dispositif de stockage (54).
  5. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que la section de contrôle (X) et/ou la section partielle (Y) et simultanément, le dispositif de stockage (54) sont contrôlés, et soit le poste de mise en lots étant alimenté exclusivement en paquets (10) du convoyeur d'amenée ou en paquets (10) du convoyeur d'amenée (21) d'une part et en paquets (10) du dispositif de stockage (54) d'autre part, soit le poste de mise en lots (19) étant mis hors service en vue du transport de paquets (10) dans le dispositif de stockage (54).
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que pour la formation d'un lot (16) à partir de deux lots partiels (17, 18) disposés l'un au-dessus de l'autre, ceux-ci sont introduits, par déplacement transversal hors du poste de mise en lots (19) les uns derrière les autres, dans une cavité commune (64, 65) d'un convoyeur intermédiaire, notamment d'une tourelle de transfert (58), un premier lot partiel (17) étant d'abord introduit dans la cavité (64, 65) pour former une couche inférieure de paquets (10) et ensuite le deuxième lot partiel (18) étant introduit dans la cavité en le déposant sur le premier lot partiel (17) introduit en premier.
  7. Dispositif pour manipuler des objets conjointement avec la formation de lots de ces objets, en particulier conjointement avec la formation de lots (16, 17, 18) de paquets (10) lors de la fabrication de paquets d'emballages, les paquets (10) pouvant être acheminés par un convoyeur d'amenée (21) notamment en mouvement continu dans une rangée de transport continue à un poste de mise en lots (19), en vue de former un lot (16) ou des lots partiels (17, 18) du paquet d'emballages, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les paquets (10) sont disposés sans contact dans la région du convoyeur d'amenée (21), notamment par des nervures (24) du convoyeur d'amenée (21) avec un espacement correspondant les uns des autres,
    b) des paquets (10) d'une portion partielle du convoyeur d'amenée (21), à savoir dans la région d'une section de contrôle (X) ou d'une section partielle (Y) peuvent être enlevés du convoyeur d'amenée (21) par un convoyeur de liaison, en particulier par un convoyeur de levage (30), et peuvent être transportés en poursuivant le mouvement de transport à un plan situé plus haut, à savoir le plan du poste de mise en lots (19),
    c) l'occupation des places de paquets peut être contrôlée dans la région du convoyeur d'amenée (21), notamment entre les nervures (24), le long d'une section de contrôle (X) et/ou d'une section partielle (Y),
    d) les paquets (10) acheminés par le convoyeur de levage (30) peuvent être introduits par un autre convoyeur, notamment par un convoyeur à courroie (47), avec des dispositifs d'entraînement (48, 49), dans le prolongement de la direction de déplacement dans le poste de mise en lots (19) pour former le lot (16) ou le lot partiel (17, 18),
    e) des paquets (10) provenant d'un dispositif de stockage (54) peuvent être acheminés de manière séparée au poste de mise en lots (19) en fonction de la constatation de places vides (53), de telle sorte qu'un nombre de paquets (10) correspondant au lot (16) ou au lot partiel (17, 18) soit présent dans la région du poste de mise en lots (19), et
    f) le dispositif de stockage (54) est formé du côté du poste de mise en lots (19) opposé aux convoyeur d'amenée (21).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que les paquets (10) enlevés du convoyeur d'amenée (21) peuvent être déposés sur un support intermédiaire, notamment sur un support intermédiaire (31) présentant des organes porteurs latéraux (32, 33), dont les organes porteurs (32, 33) s'étendent dans le plan du poste de mise en lots (19), les paquets (10) maintenus prêts par le support intermédiaire (31) pouvant être déchargés des organes porteurs (32, 33) par le convoyeur à courroie (47) et introduits dans le poste de mise en lots (19).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) le dispositif de stockage (54) est disposé du côté du poste de mise en lots (19) opposé au convoyeur d'amenée (21) ou au support intermédiaire (31), de préférence dans la réalisation avec une bande de stockage (55), qui s'étend dans le même plan vertical que le convoyeur d'amenée (21),
    b) un plan de stockage des paquets (10) s'étend dans la région du dispositif de stockage (54), notamment un tronçon supérieur d'une bande de stockage (55), de préférence dans le plan du poste de mise en lots (19) ou d'un appui pour les paquets (10) dans la région du poste de mise en lots (19).
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 8 ou 9, caractérisé en ce que le convoyeur de levage (30) se compose de deux organes porteurs (32, 33) (en forme de plaques) montés des deux côtés de la bande de déplacement des paquets (10), notamment des deux côtés du convoyeur d'amenée (21), lesquels organes porteurs sont entraînés par une transmission à parallélogramme tournant en continu le long d'une bande de déplacement avec une composante de levage et une composante de transport dans la direction du poste de mise en lots (19).
  11. Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les paquets (10) maintenus prêts sur le support intermédiaire (31) dans le plan du poste de mise en lot (19) peuvent être saisis par un convoyeur, notamment par un convoyeur à courroie (47) disposé au-dessus des paquets (10), avec au moins deux dispositifs d'entraînement (48, 49), peuvent être rassemblés en surmontant les espacements et peuvent être transportés dans le poste de mise en lots, notamment en les déposant sur une courroie collectrice (45).
  12. Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) les paquets (10) peuvent être orientés dans la région du poste de mise en lots (19) contre une butée de lots (51), qui peut être déplacée et positionnée à l'intérieur du poste de mise en lots (19) de telle sorte que les paquets (10) acheminés par le convoyeur d'amenée (21) et éventuellement des paquets (10) provenant du dispositif de stockage (54) soient orientés dans le poste de mise en lots (19) en vue de former un lot ordonné (16) ou un lot partiel (17, 18),
    b) de préférence le lot (16) ou le lot partiel (17, 18) peut être sorti du poste de mise en lots (19) par un poussoir (72) déplaçable transversalement, une tête de poussoir (73) étant réalisée sous forme de peigne et présentant des évidements (74), qui correspondent aux positions possibles de la butée de lots (51) du poste de mise en lots (19).
  13. Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que les lots (16) ou les lots partiels (17, 18) peuvent être acheminés depuis le poste de mise en lots (19) dans la direction transversale jusqu'à un convoyeur intermédiaire, de préférence une tourelle de transfert (58) à rotation cadencée, avec des cavités (64, 65) pour recevoir un lot (16) ou deux lots partiels superposés (17, 18).
  14. Dispositif selon la revendication 13 ou selon l'une quelconque des autres revendications, caractérisé en ce que la tourelle de transfert (58) présente plusieurs cavités (64, 65), notamment deux cavités, qui peuvent être déplacées l'une après l'autre par rotation de la tourelle de transfert (58) dans un poste de réception à côté du poste de mise en lots (19), les cavités (64, 65) ouvertes au niveau de deux côtés opposés recevant, dans une première position de réception, un premier lot partiel (17) et dans une deuxième position de réception décalée, le deuxième lot partiel (18), déposé sur le premier lot partiel (17), de préférence par introduction des lots partiels (17, 18) au moyen du poussoir (72).
  15. Dispositif selon la revendication 13 ou 14, caractérisé par les caractéristiques suivantes :
    a) la tourelle de transfert (58) peut tourner avec un axe de rotation orienté parallèlement à la direction de transport des paquets (10) dans la région du convoyeur d'amenée (21),
    b) les cavités (64, 65) de la tourelle de transfert (58), lors de la rotation de cette dernière, peuvent tourner par rapport à la tourelle de transfert (58), de telle sorte que les cavités (64, 65) effectuent un mouvement de translation global du fait du mouvement relatif,
    c) les lots (16) de paquets (10), constitués des lots partiels (17, 18), peuvent être sortis de la cavité respective (64, 65) dans une position de sortie, de préférence diamétralement opposée à la position de garniture dans la région du poste de mise en lots (19), par un dispositif de sortie (77), et peuvent être introduits notamment dans une tourelle de pliage (57) en vue d'appliquer au moins une pièce découpée (79) en tant qu'enveloppement des lots (16).
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