EP2336037A1 - Dispositif et procédé d'emballage par groupes d'objets - Google Patents

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EP2336037A1
EP2336037A1 EP10188974A EP10188974A EP2336037A1 EP 2336037 A1 EP2336037 A1 EP 2336037A1 EP 10188974 A EP10188974 A EP 10188974A EP 10188974 A EP10188974 A EP 10188974A EP 2336037 A1 EP2336037 A1 EP 2336037A1
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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
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • 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
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/24—Enclosing bottles in wrappers
    • B65B21/245—Enclosing bottles in wrappers in flexible wrappers, e.g. foils
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/003—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the packaging material
    • 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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages
    • B65B61/06—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for severing webs, or for separating joined packages by cutting

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  • the present invention relates to a device for packaging items in groups.
  • the device has a conveyor which moves the grouped together objects in a transport direction spaced through the device.
  • the device can be supplied with a first packaging material and a second packaging material for the objects grouped into groups.
  • the first packaging material and the second packaging material differ in their functionality.
  • the invention relates to a method for groupwise packaging of articles.
  • the German Utility Model DE 200 06 465 U1 discloses a machine for packaging items in groups.
  • the items to be packed may be z. B. to bottles, cans or the like.
  • the grouped objects are transported through the device.
  • a pad is first provided, which forms the floor for the grouped objects.
  • a wrapping film is made available to the objects parked on the documents. With this wrapping film you reach one entire hold of the pad and the items parked on the pad.
  • the documents are made available to the device in prefabricated size or shape. For this purpose, the documents are stored in a magazine.
  • the German patent application DE 102 01 386 A1 discloses a shrink wrap package.
  • products such as bottles, cans, jars, ect. grouped into product groups.
  • the product groups are wrapped in a film section that starts at the bottom of the product groups and is wrapped around them.
  • a further film layer may be provided which acts to support the underside of the product group.
  • the European patent EP 0 573 944 B1 discloses a wrapping material feeding and cutting apparatus in an article wrapping machine. From a gradually fed continuous belt of the packaging material, a sheet required for packaging the articles is cut by a cutter.
  • German patent application DE 102 07 472 A1 discloses an apparatus and method for producing packages.
  • the device is used to produce printed paper or cardboard packaging with a security mark.
  • a security marking is applied with at least one laser on at least one side of a moving web of paper or cardboard.
  • the material removed by the laser is collected.
  • the marked and cleaned material web is divided into bows.
  • at least one side of the sheet is printed.
  • the cutting out, or punching a blank for the packaging is done.
  • German patent application DE 33 40 408 A1 discloses an apparatus for wrapping objects.
  • the blank required for the wrapping of the articles is cut off from a material web which is conveyed past a cutting knife at a constant conveying speed.
  • the U.S. Patent 3,777,445 discloses an apparatus and method for spreading canned articles.
  • the boxes, in which the cans are packed, are cut open so that the cartons have the shape of a tray. After the cans have been divided, the tray is wrapped with the foil material along with the cans to make the package ready for shipping.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device for group-wise packaging of objects, with which a large number of objects, or grouped together objects can be packed regardless of the shape and type of objects without major changeover.
  • the items to be packaged are grouped together and transported by a conveyor through the apparatus which packages the items in groups.
  • a first packaging means and a second packaging means are provided for the packaging of the grouped objects.
  • the first packaging means and the second packaging means are supplied in a corresponding manner to the groups to be packaged of the assembled objects.
  • the first packaging material and the second packaging material differ in their functionality.
  • the first packaging material and the second packaging material is provided in each case on a correspondingly designed role as a supply available.
  • the first packaging material is moved from the roll to the articles to be packaged, which move on a correspondingly shaped conveyor through the device.
  • the second packaging material is also transported with a correspondingly formed transport path to the objects to be packaged.
  • the first transport path and the second transport path are each assigned a first separation device or a second separation device.
  • first separation device and the second separating device it is possible to assemble the packaging material withdrawn from the roll in accordance with the packaging requirements.
  • the packaging material is thus manufactured according to shape and size.
  • the separating device can be designed as a knife, as a laser cutting device or as a punch. With the first or second separating device can thus be separated from the strip-shaped material, which is withdrawn from a roll, a packaging material required for the packaging in terms of size and shape.
  • the device is also associated with a control and regulation unit, with which the first separation device and the second separation device are connected. By means of the control and regulating unit, the different shapes or sizes and types of the first and the second packaging material can be adjusted.
  • the control unit is associated with a control panel, by means of the input with respect to the shape or size of the first, or second packaging material can be made. A user inputs, via the control panel, the appropriate parameters for the grouped items and the sizes or shapes of the first and second packaging materials needed for the package.
  • the control panel can be designed for simplicity as a touch screen.
  • the first packaging material used in the device according to the invention serves as a support for each group of assembled objects.
  • the second packaging material is ultimately an envelope for the overlay and the overlay of articles.
  • the first and the second packaging material may consist of a polymer material. It is also conceivable that the first packaging material consist of a cardboard material and the second packaging material of a polymer material. It is of particular advantage if the polymer material of the second packaging material is a shrinkable film.
  • the first roll for the first packaging material may also be associated with a first supply roll.
  • the second roll for the second packaging material may also be associated with a second supply roll.
  • the first packaging material required for packaging the grouped articles and the required second packaging material are first of all assembled on a control panel by a user in terms of shape and size.
  • the first packaging material with the first separator and the second packaging material are processed with the second separator.
  • the ready-made first packaging material is fed to a conveyor for the groups to be packaged such that the ready-made first packaging material serves as a support for the groups of objects to be packaged.
  • the preformed second packaging material is also supplied to the conveyor for the groups to be packaged so that the finished second packaging material is placed as an envelope, around the support and on the support groups to be packaged.
  • the first packaging material and the second packaging material are provided as a continuous material from a first roll, or from a second roll.
  • the first or the second packaging material is assembled with regard to the shape and / or size required for the packaging of the groups.
  • the control panel used for the assembly is designed as a touch screen. The parameters required for the assembly of the first or second packaging material can be entered via this touchscreen.
  • the first packaging material and the second packaging material is supplied from a roll.
  • the blank, or the packaging of the first packaging material and the second packaging material is done with a corresponding separator within the device.
  • the first packaging material which forms the support for the grouped together objects, could be designed to stabilize wider and on both sides overhanging. Thus, you get pads that have a U-shape. These pads are biased by the subsequent shrinking operation of the second packaging material wrapped around the overlay and around the overlay of articles on the overlay. The shrinkage process also increases the stability of the container.
  • a particular advantage of the device according to the invention or of the method according to the invention is that lower costs are incurred due to the unnecessary pre-assembly of the first packaging material and of the second packaging material. Also, the workload of the operator on the apparatus for group-wise packaging of articles is reduced because a large amount of the first packaging material, or second packaging material is available on the rollers.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows the structure of the device 1 according to the invention for groupwise packaging of objects 3.
  • the objects to be packaged 3 are grouped together in 2.
  • the objects 3 which have been assembled into groups 2 are transported by the device 1 according to the invention by means of a conveyor 5 in the transporting direction T.
  • the packaged groups 2, a first packaging material 11 and a second packaging material 12 are supplied.
  • the first packaging material 11 is provided by a first roller 13 as a continuous material.
  • the second packaging material 12 is provided by a second roller 14 as a continuous material.
  • the first roller 13 can also be assigned a supply roll 13 V.
  • the second roller 14 is assigned a supply roll 14 V. With the supply rolls 13 V and 14 V it is possible to carry out a quick exchange if the existing on the active roll 13 or 14 roll material is running low. Thus, a large interruption of the packaging process due to conversion steps of the packaging machine can be avoided.
  • the first packaging material 11 is fed to the conveyor 5 via a first transport path 15.
  • the second packaging material 12 is fed to the conveyor via a second transport path 16.
  • the first transport path 15 is associated with a first separator 17. With the first separating device 17, the packaging material 11 required for the packaging of the grouped objects 3 can be produced from the roll material in terms of size and shape.
  • the second transport path 16 is associated with a second separating device 18, with which the second packaging material 12 can be assembled in terms of size and shape for the packaging of the objects 3 grouped into groups 2.
  • the device 1 according to the invention is associated with a control and regulation unit 20.
  • the control and regulation unit 20 is connected to the first separator 17 and to the second separator 18, so that via the control and regulating unit 20, the first separator 17 and the second separator 18 is adjusted accordingly, so that the first packaging material 11 and the second Packaging material 12 is assembled according to the requirements.
  • the material for producing the first and second packaging materials 11 and 12 is provided on each of a roll 13 or 14, respectively.
  • the material on the respective rollers 13 or 14 is not made up. This means that the material has to be adapted to the size and shape of the group 2 to be packaged.
  • the first and second packaging materials 11 or 12 are provided with the first separator 17 or the second separator 18, for example, to suit the requirement for a stable package.
  • the control unit 20 is associated with a control panel 21, via which an operator enters the appropriate parameters, so that the first packaging material 11 and the second packaging material 12 can be assembled accordingly by the first separation unit 17, and second separation unit 18.
  • the first packaging material 11 forms the support 24 for each group 2 of assembled objects 3.
  • the first packaging material 11 assembled according to the packaging requirements is in each case supplied to a corresponding group 2.
  • the group 2 is thus on the support 24.
  • each one on the support 24 positioned group 2 the required for the packaging second prefabricated packaging material 12 is supplied.
  • the second packaging material 12 is wrapped around the support 24 and located on the support 24 Group 2.
  • a shrink tunnel (not shown) can furthermore follow the device 1 according to the invention, in which the second packaging material 12 can be shrunk onto the support and the group.
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a group 2 of objects 3, which are placed on the support 24 on the first packaging material 11.
  • the support 24 forms a stabilization or support of the objects located on the support 24 3.
  • the support 24 may be made of a stable polymer material or of cardboard material. It is also conceivable that the support 24 is initially formed as a blank and is formed in the course of the device 1 into a U-shaped tray, within which the objects 3 are located.
  • FIG. 3 shows a side view of objects 3, which are placed on the support 24.
  • the objects located on the support 24 are surrounded by an envelope 25 from the correspondingly prepared second packaging material 12.
  • the envelope 25 may, for. B. be made of a shrink film, which are located after a shrinking process closely to the support 24, or on the support 24 Objects 3 creates and thus forms a stable and secure transport packaging.
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