EP2414244A1 - Installation and method for packaging components in the form of strips - Google Patents

Installation and method for packaging components in the form of strips

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EP2414244A1
EP2414244A1 EP10716394A EP10716394A EP2414244A1 EP 2414244 A1 EP2414244 A1 EP 2414244A1 EP 10716394 A EP10716394 A EP 10716394A EP 10716394 A EP10716394 A EP 10716394A EP 2414244 A1 EP2414244 A1 EP 2414244A1
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Didier Martin
Pascal Falcoz
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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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/50—Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
    • 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
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/02—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for compressing or compacting articles or materials prior to wrapping or insertion in containers or receptacles

Abstract

An installation for packaging components in the form of strips, each of the components having a through-aperture, while the strips consist of a stack of components, characterized in that it comprises: a stacking device composed of a plurality of pins (4) able to take, by guided sliding, the apertures in the components fitted on a mount plate (5) placed underneath a charging plate (6) provided with perforations opposite the pins fitted on the plate (5) and in which said pins are inserted, free to move translationally vertically, and with a device for manoeuvring the mount (5) translationally vertically. A pressing device composed of a support plate, arranged horizontally above the plate (6) and provided with through-perforations able to take, by sliding freely, the pins (4), held by the mount plate (5), of a printed circuit board on which the vertical compression force of a mechanism is exerted and which is secured to the support plate by means of posts.

Description

INST A LLATION ET PROCEDE DE CON D I TION NEM ENT DE PI ECES SOUS FORME DE BARRETTES INST A LLATION AND METHOD OF CON D I TION NEM ENT OF PIECES IN THE FORM OF BARRETTES
L'invention concerne les outillages de conditionnement des pièces à la sortie des machines de production et, plus particulièrement, u n procédé et une installation de conditionnement sous forme de barrettes de pièces comportant un évidement traversant.The invention relates to the tools for packaging the parts at the output of the production machines and, more particularly, a method and a packaging installation in the form of strips of parts comprising a through recess.
A la sortie des machines de production, par exemple des presses à injecter les thermoplastiques, les pièces, toutes identiques, doivent être conditionnées pou r permettre leur transport vers d 'autres postes où elles seront assemblées, par exemple, avec d 'autres pièces, dans un processus de fabrication .At the output of the production machines, for example thermoplastic injection molding machines, the parts, all identical, must be conditioned to allow their transport to other stations where they will be assembled, for example, with other parts, in a manufacturing process.
Pour réaliser cette fonction, on connaît des machines, notamment les bols vibrants qui assurent le relevage automatique des pièces en vrac. Toutefois Ie relevage est rendu difficile dans Ie cas de pièces qui comportent des formes géométriques complexes et l'enchevêtrement des pièces n'est pas maîtrisable.To achieve this function, we know machines, including vibrating bowls that ensure the automatic lifting of loose parts. However, the lifting is made difficult in the case of parts that have complex geometric shapes and the entanglement of parts is not controllable.
On connaît également des machines d'empilage des pièces comportant un guidage par l 'extérieur de celles-ci . Le guidage se fait au moyen de dispositifs ajourés latéralement ou complètemen t fermés, tels que des puits, gaines ou étuis. Ces dispositifs ne permettent pas de contrôler totalement la chute des pièces dans Ie dispositif de guidage, d!où des risques de retournement ou de mise en biais des pièces, ce qui nécessite l'adjonction de dispositifs de contrôle de la chute et de remise en position des pièces mal arrangées.Also known are stacking machines parts having a guide from the outside thereof. Guiding is done by means of openwork laterally or completely closed, such as wells, sheaths or cases. These devices do not make it possible to completely control the fall of the parts in the guiding device, d ! where there is a risk of turning over or skewing the parts, which necessitates the addition of devices for controlling the fall and restoring poorly arranged parts.
En outre, avec ce type de dispositif, Ia constitution de piles rigides est complexe car elle nécessite de plonger une forme longue à l 'intérieur de chaque dispositif de guidage pour transmettre la pression permettant de serrer les pièces les unes contre les autres . Cette forme, selon sa longueur, est sujette à d éformation et/ ou décen trage par Ic jeu généré par la répétition des mouvements, elle pe ut même casser.In addition, with this type of device, the constitution of rigid piles is complex because it requires to plunge a long form inside each guide device to transmit the pressure to clamp the parts against each other. This shape, depending on its length, is subject to deformation and / or decenation by the game generated by the repetition of the movements, it can even break.
En fin de processus, le dégagement et l'extraction des piles pressées est également complexe, soit il faut dégager du 5 plateau support tous les dispositifs de guidage, de contrôle et de remise en position, soit il faut amener au-dessus de cet ensemble technique très complexe un dispositif permettant d'extraire, par le haut, chaque pile de chaque dispositif de guidage.At the end of the process, the release and extraction of the pressed piles is also complex, either the support plate must be cleared of all the guiding, control and repositioning devices, or it must be brought above this assembly. very complex technique a device for extracting, from above, each stack of each guide device.
I O On conçoi t q u 'u n tel outillage soit complexe et donc onéreux et qu 'à chaque étape du processus il soit sujet à des dysfonctionnements qui augmentent et le temps et le coût dudit processus.It is conceivable that such a tooling is complex and therefore expensive and that at each stage of the process it is subject to increasing malfunctions and the time and cost of said process.
Le but de l' invention est donc de proposer u ne machine5 permettant l 'empilage des pièces et la constitution simultanée d'un grand nombre de barrettes solides, d e façon simple et parfaitement fiable.The object of the invention is therefore to propose a machine 5 allowing the stacking of parts and the simultaneous constitution of a large number of solid bars in a simple and perfectly reliable manner.
A cet effet, l 'un des objets de l'invention est une installation de conditionnement sous forme de barrettes de0 pièces comportant un évidement traversant. Cette installation comporte :For this purpose, one of the objects of the invention is a packaging installation in the form of strips of parts comprising a through recess. This installation comprises:
LJn dispositif d 'em pilage composé d 'une pluralité de broches aptes à recevoir, à coulissement guidé, les évidements des pièces, montées, de façon amovible, dans une plaque5 support placée au -dessous d'un plateau de chargement pourvu de perçages en face des broches montées sur le support et dans lesquels sont engagées, libres en translation verticale, lesdites broches et un dispositif de manœuvre en translation verticale du support. 0 - Un système de guidage en translation axiale du dispositif d 'empilage vers le dispositif de pressage, et inversement, dans le cas ou la zone de chargement est différente de la zone de pressage.A piling device composed of a plurality of pins adapted to receive, guidedly guided, the recesses of the parts, removably mounted in a support plate placed under a loading tray provided with bores. face of the pins mounted on the support and in which are engaged, free in vertical translation, said pins and a device for maneuvering in vertical translation of the support. 0 - A guide system in axial translation of the stacking device to the pressing device, and vice versa, in the case where the loading zone is different from the pressing zone.
- Un dispositif de pressage composé d 'une plaque d'appui,5 disposée horizontalement au-dessus du plateau de chargement, munie de perçages tra versa nt aptes à recevoir, à cou l issemeπt l ibre, les broches portées par la plaque support, d ' u ne platine sur laquelle s'exerce la force de compression verticale fournie par un mécanisme approprié et qui est rendue solid aire de la plaque d 'appui au moyen de colonnes.- A pressing device consisting of a support plate, 5 disposed horizontally above the plateau of loading, provided with perforations tra versa nt adapted to receive, iss liliber liber, the pins carried by the support plate, u u platinum on which is exerted the vertical compression force provided by a suitable mechanism and which is solidified surface of the backing plate by means of columns.
Selon d'autres caractéristiques avantageuses de l' invention :According to other advantageous features of the invention:
La section des broches est calculée pour s'adapter à la forme de l 'évidement in térieur de la pièce à conditionner en assurant une chute guidée et sa ns obstacle de lad ite pièce le long de la broche.The section of the spindles is calculated to fit the shape of the internal recess of the workpiece to be conditioned by ensuring a guided fall and its obstacle of the workpiece along the spindle.
En variante, les broches sont constituées d'un dispositif comportant au moins deux tiges, dimensionnées au diamètre et en écartement en fonction de la forme de l 'évidement intérieur de la pièce à conditionner, fixées en partie basse dans Ia plaque support et avantageusement reliées entre el les au sommet pour maintenir leur écartement et assurer la rigidité de l 'ensemble.Alternatively, the pins consist of a device comprising at least two rods, dimensioned to the diameter and spacing according to the shape of the inner recess of the piece to be conditioned, fixed in the lower part in the support plate and advantageously connected between them at the top to maintain their spacing and ensure the rigidity of the whole.
- La plaque support du dispositif d 'empilage porte des colonnes engagées, libres en translation, dans le plateau de chargement pour gu ider le mouvement de translation verticale de la plaqu e su pport et des broches par rapport audit plateau,- The support plate of the stacking device carries columns, free in translation, in the loading plate to gu ide the vertical translation movement of the plate sur pport and pins relative to said plate,
- La plaque d' appui du d ispositif de pressage comporte des perçages traversant aptes à recevoir, à coulissement libre, les colonnes portées par la plaque support.The support plate of the pressing device comprises through holes able to receive, with free sliding, the columns carried by the support plate.
Le dispositif de pressage comporte des colonnes de guidage de Ia plaque d 'appui traversant, libres en translation, ladite plaque. Un peigne est disposé au v oisi nage d u disposi tif d'empilage et entraîné en transl ation perpend iculairement a u déplacement du pla teau de chargement pour rassembler les barrettes et les diriger vers une table de stockage adjacente audit plateau .The pressing device comprises guide columns of the traversing support plate, free in translation, said plate. A comb is disposed at the stacking device and translates perpendicularly to the movement of the loading plate to gather the webs and direct them to a storage table adjacent to said platen.
Enfin, l'invention a encore pour objet un procédé de conditionnement pour la mise en œu vre de l 'insta llation qui comporte les étapes suivantes :Finally, another subject of the invention is a packaging method for implementing the insta llation which comprises the following steps:
- Aménagement, en sortie des outils de fabrication, des pièces à conditionner au dessus du d ispositif d'empilage, engagement de l'évidement de chacune des pièces sur une des broches de façon à toujours présenter, à leur réception sur la table de chargemen t, une face identique sur Ie dessus de la pile ainsi formée.- Arrangement, at the output of the manufacturing tools, the parts to be packaged above the stacking device, engagement of the recess of each of the parts on one of the pins so as to always present, upon receipt on the loading table t, an identical face on the top of the stack thus formed.
Transport des broches chargées de piles des pièces au- dessous du dispositif de pressage et compression des piles par ledit dispositif avec une force suffisante pour rendre les pièces de chaque pile solidai res les unes des autres de façon à former une barrette solide.Transporting the battery-loaded pins from the parts below the pressing device and compressing the batteries by said device with sufficient force to make the parts of each cell solid with each other so as to form a solid bar.
Retrait du plateau de chargement de la zone de pressage. Retrait du dispositif d'empila ge pour libérer les barrettes. Rassemblement des barrettes pour les diriger vers une table de stockage adjacente au plateau .Removing the loading tray from the pressing zone. Removing the stacking device to release the bars. Gathering the strips to direct them to a storage table adjacent to the tray.
En variante du procédé, on effectue une ou plusieurs phases intermédiaires de pressage afin de consolider les piles en cours d'élaboration, et rendre homogène la pression de pressage.As a variant of the process, one or more intermediate pressing phases are carried out in order to consolidate the cells being produced, and to make the pressing pressure homogeneous.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront clairement à la lecture de Ia description ci-après, donnée à titre indicatif en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :Other features and advantages of the invention will become clear from reading the description below, given for information with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
- La figure 1 est une vue de la face supérieure d'un exemple de pièce à conditionner, ~ La figure 2 est u ne vue de la face inférieure de la même pièce,FIG. 1 is a view of the upper face of an example of a part to be packaged, ~ Figure 2 is a view of the underside of the same room,
- La figure 3 est une v ue de l'install ation selon l'invention en position de chargement des pièces - La figure 4 est une vue analogue à la figure 3 en position de pressage des pièces,FIG. 3 is a view of the installation according to the invention in the loading position of the parts. FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 in the pressing position of the parts.
- La figure 5 est une vue de côté de l'installation, en position de pressage des pièces,FIG. 5 is a side view of the installation, in the pressing position of the parts,
- La figure 6 est une vue en coupe axia le d u système de chargement des pièces,FIG. 6 is an axial sectional view of the part loading system,
- La figure 7 est une vue en coupe axiale d u système de pressage, en phase de pressage des pièces,FIG. 7 is a view in axial section of the pressing system, in the pressing phase of the pieces,
- La figure 8 est une vue anal ogue à la figure 7, en phase d'amenée des pièces, - La figure 9 est une vue de dessus de l 'install ation.FIG. 8 is a view analogous to FIG. 7, in the phase of feeding the pieces, FIG. 9 is a view from above of the installation.
A titre d 'exemple, les figures 1 et 2 représentent, respectivement les vues de la face su périeure et de la face inférieure, d' u ne pièce (1 ) réalisée par injection et conditionnée par l'appareil selon l'invention . Cette pièce comporte un év idement (2) de forme géométrique complexe pratiqué dans toute l 'épaisseu r de celle-ci . On conçoit que de telles pièces doiven t être conditionnées de façon ordonnée à la sortie de la presse d 'injection afin d 'éviter leur enchevêtrement .By way of example, FIGS. 1 and 2 show respectively the views of the upper face and the lower face of a part (1) produced by injection and conditioned by the apparatus according to the invention. This piece comprises a év idement (2) of complex geometric shape practiced throughout the thicker r thereof. It is conceivable that such parts should be packaged in an orderly manner at the outlet of the injection molding machine in order to avoid their entanglement.
L'installation, telle qu 'on l 'a représentée sur les figures 3 et 4, comporte deux zones de travail montées sur un bâti (3) commun.The installation, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, comprises two working zones mounted on a common frame (3).
La zone (A) est dévolue au chargement des pièces en piles verticales et la zone (B) à la formation des barrettes.Zone (A) is devoted to the loading of the pieces in vertical piles and zone (B) to the formation of the bars.
La zone (A) de chargement est composée, comme on le voi t mieux sur la figure (3, 4 et 6), de broches (4) su r lesquelles sont destinées à s'empiler les pièces {!). Pa r conséquent, Ia section de ces broches est déterminée par ia forme de i 'évidement intérieur (2) de la pièce (1 ) . La forme de la section correspond au périmètre de cet évidement diminu é d 'u n retrait fonction de l'épaisseur de la pièce et réd uit à son ex pression la plus simple possible.The area (A) of loading is composed, as is best seen in Figure (3, 4 and 6), pins (4) su r which are intended to stack the pieces {!). Therefore, the section of these pins is determined by the shape of the inner recess (2) of the workpiece (1). The shape of the section corresponds to the perimeter of this recess reduced by a shrinkage function of the thickness of the piece and reduced to its simplest possible ex pression.
Pour cela on détermine les points de contact nécessaires au guidage de la pièce lors de sa chute le long de la broche et on élimine les parties de la forme intérieu re pouvant provoquer une accroche . La forme de la section définitive de la broche est alors réduite à partir des seu ls points minimaux retenus.For this purpose, the points of contact necessary for guiding the workpiece during its fall along the spindle are determined and the parts of the inner shape which can cause a catch are eliminated. The shape of the definitive section of the spindle is then reduced from the minimum points selected.
Les broches (4) sont montées, avantageusement de façon amovible, dans une plaque support (5) dans laquelle elles sont disposées en ligne et en rangées . La plaque (5) est placée au- dessous d 'un pla teau (6) pou rvu de perçages en face des broches montées sur ladite plaque et dans lesquels sont engagées, libres en translation verticale, lesdites broches. Le fait de monter les broches de façon amovible permet à l'utilisateur de monter d'autre type de broches pour l'empilage d'autres pièces de formes différentes.The pins (4) are mounted, advantageously removably, in a support plate (5) in which they are arranged in line and in rows. The plate (5) is placed below a plate (6) for drilling holes in front of the pins mounted on said plate and in which are engaged, free in vertical translation, said pins. Removably mounting the pins allows the user to mount other types of pins for stacking other pieces of different shapes.
Avantageusement, le nombre de broches portées par la plaque support est égal au nombre de pièces réalisées en une seu le opération par la machine de production. Par exempl e, ce nombre correspond à cel ui des emprei ntes du moule d 'injection.Advantageously, the number of pins carried by the support plate is equal to the number of parts produced in one operation by the production machine. For example, this number corresponds to that of the impressions of the injection mold.
La plaque support (5) porte encore des colonnes (7) engagées, libres en translation, dans le platea u (6) et destinées à guider le mouvement de translation verticale de la plaque (5) et des broches (4) par rapport à ce plateau .The support plate (5) still carries columns (7) engaged, free in translation, in the plate (u) and intended to guide the vertical translation movement of the plate (5) and the pins (4) relative to this plateau.
Le mou vement de translation vertical de Ia plaque (5) est assuré par un mécanisme approprié, par exemple un vérin (8) .The vertical translational movement of the plate (5) is provided by a suitable mechanism, for example a jack (8).
Comme on peu t le voir plus particulièrement à la figure 6, sur chacun des deux bords latéraux inférieurs du plateau (6) est enco re fixé un profile (9) en U renversé coopérant a vec un rail (10) monté su r le bâti (3) pour constituer un système de gu idage en translation axiale du plateau (6) de la zone (A) de chargement vers la zone (B) de mise en forme des barrettes, et inversement.As can be seen more particularly in FIG. 6, on each of the two lower lateral edges of the plate (6) is still fixed a profile (9) inverted U cooperating with a rail (10) mounted on r the frame (3) to form a gu idage system in axial translation of the plate (6) of the zone (A) of loading to the zone (B) for formatting the bars, and vice versa.
Comme cela est illustré à la figure 7, Ia zone (B) est composée d 'une plaque (11 ) de pressage disposée horizontalement au-dessus du plateau (6) lorsque celui-ci est amené dans la zone (B), de colonnes de guidage (12) traversant la plaque (11 ) à travers des conduits (13) d' un vérin (14) dont l 'effort de pressage est transmis par u ne platine (15) à la plaque (11 ) au moyen de colonnes (16) .As illustrated in FIG. 7, the zone (B) is composed of a pressing plate (11) arranged horizontally above the plate (6) when it is brought into the zone (B), of columns guide (12) passing through the plate (11) through conduits (13) of a jack (14) whose pressing force is transmitted by a plate (15) to the plate (11) by means of columns (16).
La plaque (1 1 ) comporte des perçages traversants (17 et 18) a ptes à recevoir, à coulissement libre, respectivement, les broches 4 et les colonnes (7), portées par la plaque support (5) .The plate (1 1) has through holes (17 and 18) to receive, free sliding, respectively, the pins 4 and the columns (7), carried by the support plate (5).
On précisera que la hauteur des colonnes (16) est calculée pour empêcher le contact des broches (4) avec Ia platine (15) durant l 'opération de pressage .It will be specified that the height of the columns (16) is calculated to prevent contact of the pins (4) with the platen (15) during the pressing operation.
On va maintenant exposer, en liaison avec la description ci-dessus, le processus permettant de mettre en œu vre l'installation.We will now expose, in connection with the description above, the process for implementing the installation.
En sortie des ou tils de fabrication, les pièces (1 ) sont amenées, soit manuellement, soit à l'aide d 'un dispositif robotisé (non représenté) au-dessus de la zone (A), engagées sur les broches (4) et reçues sur le plateau de chargement (6), de façon à toujours présenter une face (19) identique sur Ie dessus de la pile.At the output of the manufacturing tools, the parts (1) are brought, either manually or with the aid of a robotic device (not shown) above the zone (A), engaged on the pins (4). and received on the loading tray (6), so as to always have an identical face (19) on the top of the stack.
A la fin du chargement des broches (figure 6), le plateau (6) portant lesdites broches, est transporté par translation des profilés (9) sur les rails (1 0), au-dessous d u dispositif de pressage de la zone (B) .At the end of the loading of the pins (FIG. 6), the plate (6) bearing said pins is transported by translation of the profiles (9) on the rails (1 0), below the pressing device of the zone (B). ).
De préférence, les pièces comportent des moyens de clipsage permettant de les assembler les unes avec les autres, par pressage . Comme représenté su r les figures 1 et 2, l 'une des faces (1 9) des pièces (1 ) porte, par exemple, des ergots (20) en sail lie a lors que la face opposée (21 ) comporte des creux (22) conformés pour recevoir les ergots (20) .Preferably, the parts comprise clipping means for assembling them with each other, by pressing. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one of the faces (1 9) of the parts (1) bears, for example, lugs (20) in line with each other when the opposite face (21) has depressions ( 22) shaped to receive the lugs (20).
Ainsi qu'on l 'a exposé plus haut, les pièces sont chargées sur les broches, Ia même face (19) de chaque pièce étant toujours sur Ie dessus de la pile de sorte qu 'elle se trouve en contact avec la face (21 ) de la pièce immédiatement su périeure, ce qui met les ergots (20) qu'elle porte au contact des creux (22) de ladite pièce supérieu re,As discussed above, the pieces are loaded onto the pins, the same face (19) of each piece always being on the top of the stack so that it is in contact with the face (21). ) of the piece immediately above, which puts the lugs (20) it carries in contact with the recesses (22) of said upper part,
La platine de pressage (15), commandée par le vérin (14), provoque la descente de la plaque d'appui (11 ) guidée par les colonnes de guidage (12) sur les broches (4) (figu re 7) de sorte que la plaque (1 1 ) vient au contact des pièces (1 ) et, grâce à l'effort de pressage exercé sur celles-ci assure l 'engagement des ergots (20) dans les creux (22). Tou tes les pièces constituant la pile de chaqu e broche (4) sont ainsi rendues solidaires les unes des autres (figure 8) et forment une ba rrette (23) aisément manipulable .The pressing plate (15), controlled by the jack (14), causes the lowering plate (11) guided by the guide columns (12) to be lowered onto the pins (4) (FIG. 7) so that that the plate (1 1) comes into contact with the parts (1) and, thanks to the pressing force exerted on them ensures the engagement of the lugs (20) in the recesses (22). All parts constituting the stack of each spindle (4) are thus secured to each other (Figure 8) and form a bar (23) easily manipulated.
A la fin du processu s de formation des barrettes, l'ensemble constitué par Ie plateau (6) et la plaque support (5) est amené dans la zone (A), pu is le vérin (8) entraîne vers le bas la plaque (5) portant les broches (4) et les colonnes de gu ida ge (7) . Dans l e même temps, l 'ensemble de pressage est entraîné vers le haut par le vérin (14) libérant le plateau (6) sur lequel restent uniquement les barrettes (23) prêtes à être amenées vers le poste suivant.At the end of the formation process of the bars, the assembly constituted by the plate (6) and the support plate (5) is brought into the zone (A), or the cylinder (8) leads down the plate (5) carrying the pins (4) and guiding columns (7). At the same time, the pressing assembly is driven upwards by the jack (14) releasing the plate (6) on which only the bars (23) remaining to be brought to the next station remain.
Un peigne (24) muni d'au moins deux ailes latérales (25) et entraîné en translation par un vérin (26), perpendiculairement au déplacement du plateau (6), rassemble les barrettes (23) pour les diriger vers une table de stockage (27) adjacente au plateau .A comb (24) provided with at least two lateral wings (25) and driven in translation by a jack (26), perpendicular to the displacement of the plate (6), collects the bars (23) to direct them to a storage table (27) adjacent to the tray.
De préférence, cette table est équipée de rainures (28) pour guider les barrettes en translation. A vanta geu sement les rain u res se resserrent dans le sens d 'a vancement d u peigne pour former un goulot qui permet u n rassemblement des barrettes dans le sens transversal .Preferably, this table is equipped with grooves (28) for guiding the bars in translation. As a matter of fact, the grooves are narrowed in the direction of advancement of the comb to form a neck which allows the bars to meet in the transverse direction.
En fin de parcours, les barrettes sont serrées les unes contre les au tres en blocs compacts aptes à être recouverts d'un film de cond itionnement ou d 'un carton d'emballage.At the end of the course, the bars are clamped against each other in compact blocks able to be covered with a condi- tioning film or a packaging board.
La force de pressage exercée sur les piles pour attacher les pièces entre elles est calculée pour permettre ensuite de les détacher, soit manuellement, soit au moyen d' un distributeur au tomatique .The pressing force exerted on the piles to fasten the pieces together is calculated to then be able to detach them either manually or by means of a tomatic distributor.
Ai nsi/ le procédé et l'installation que l'on vient de décri re permettent l 'empilage par gravité su r une grande ha u teur de pièces identiqu es, notamment à forme géométrique complexe comportant un vide central traversant, et leur conditionnement en barrettes solidaires et homogènes. Ils permettent également le mai ntien des piles en cours de constitu tion et la maîtrise du positionnement de chaque nou velle pièce empilée.The process and the installation described above enable gravity stacking to be carried out on a large surface of identical pieces, in particular with a complex geometrical shape comprising a central through-hole, and their conditioning in solid and homogeneous bars. They also allow the maintenance of batteries in process of constitution and the control of the positioning of each new stacked part.
L' instal lation apporte une grande précision dans le positionnement des pièces et dans la répartition de la force de pressage. II en découle une plus grande constance dans la qual ité des barrettes ce qu i procure un avantage pour leur utilisation, no tamment avec un appareil à distribution au tomatique .The instal lation brings a great precision in the positioning of the parts and in the distribution of the pressing force. This results in a greater constancy in the quality of the bars which gives an advantage for their use, especially with a dispensing machine in tomatic.
On a bien compris que les broches (4) permettant de maintenir les pièces lors de leur descente ont une section adaptée à la découpe traversante de la pièce, toutefois elles sont montées de façon amovible dans la plaque support (5), ce qui permet d'adapter facilement l'installation à plusieurs types de pièces.It is understood that the pins (4) for holding the parts during their descent have a section adapted to the through cut of the workpiece, however they are mounted removably in the support plate (5), which allows easily adapt the installation to several types of rooms.
Le système de guidage permet d 'u tiliser des broches de hauteur importante tout en préservant leur rigidité et la précision d e leur positionnement au point haut, les broches ne subissant aucune contrainte mécanique. Ceci assure donc un centrage pa rfait par ra pport aux pièces présentées pa r la main de préhension d u robot de chargement.The guide system makes it possible to use pins of high height while preserving their rigidity and the precision of their positioning at the high point, the pins being subjected to no mechanical stress. This ensures a centering by rail to the parts presented by the gripping hand of the loading robot.
En ou tre, le recours à une plaque de pressage à travers laquelle passe les broches permet d'exercer une pression précise sur les piles.In addition, the use of a pressing plate through which the pins pass makes it possible to exert precise pressure on the batteries.
Ces propriétés qui éliminent les problèmes de casse ou d'usure dus au décentrage sont essentielles pour le bon fonctionnement et la longév ité de l'outillageThese properties which eliminate the problems of breakage or wear due to off-centering are essential for the proper functioning and longevity of the tooling
Bien évidemment l'invention n'est pas limi tée a u mode de réalisation particu lier qui vient d'être décrit/ elle comprend tous les équiva lents techniques de ces moyens ainsi que leurs combinaisons.Obviously the invention is not limi ted to the embodiment particu link which has just been described / she understands all slow equiva techniques such means as well as combinations thereof.
C'est ainsi, par exemple, que les pièces peu vent être assemblées entre elles par pincement élastique, agrafage ou tout système d 'attache pouvant être mis en œuvre par une pression adaptée et désolidarisée ultérieurement.Thus, for example, the parts can be assembled together by elastic pinching, stapling or any fastening system that can be implemented by a suitable pressure and subsequently disconnected.
En variante, le peigne (24) peu t être muni de dents espacées d 'un interval le sensiblement égal à la largeur des barrettes de façon à former au tant de rangées qu'il y a d'intervalles lors de leur collecte.Alternatively, the comb (24) may be provided with teeth spaced at an interval substantially equal to the width of the bars so as to form in so many rows that there are intervals during their collection.
Dans un a utre mode de réalisation, les broches sont constituées d'u n dispositif comportant au moins deux tiges dimensionnées en diamètre et en écartement de façon à constituer un guide interne le long duquel les pièces glissent verticalement, par gravité, pour créer l'empilage. Ces tiges sont fixées en partie basse dans la plaque support et reliées entre elles au sommet pour maintenir leur écartement et assurer la rigidité de l 'ensemble.In another embodiment, the pins consist of a device comprising at least two rods dimensioned in diameter and spacing so as to constitute an internal guide along which the pieces slide vertically, by gravity, to create the stacking. These rods are fixed at the bottom in the support plate and interconnected at the top to maintain their spacing and ensure the rigidity of the assembly.
Afin de consolider et d 'homogénéiser la pression de serrage des empilages en cours d 'élaboration, il est également possible de prévoir une ou plusieurs phases intermédiaires de pressage effectuée(s), éventuellement, à pression inférieure à celle utilisée pour l 'opération finale de formation des barrettes. Seion une variante de réalisation, on pourrait concevoir un dispositif selon lequel la zone de chargement (A) serait confondue avec la zone de pressage (B). In order to consolidate and to homogenize the clamping pressure of the stacks during processing, it is also possible to provide one or more intermediate pressing phases carried out, if necessary, at a pressure lower than that used for the final operation. of formation of the bars. Seion an alternative embodiment, one could conceive a device according to which the loading zone (A) would be confused with the pressing zone (B).

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1. Installation de conditionnement sous forme de barrettes (23) de pièces (1) chacune des pièces comportant un évidement (2) traversant, tandis que les barrettes sont constituées par un empilage de pièces caractérisée en ce qu'elle comporte :1. Packaging installation in the form of bars (23) of parts (1) each of the parts having a recess (2) through, while the bars are constituted by a stack of parts characterized in that it comprises:
Un dispositif d'empilage composé d'une pluralité de broches (4) aptes à recevoir, à coulissement guidé, les évidement (2) des pièces (1), montées, sur une plaque support (5) placée au-dessous d'un plateau de chargement (6) pourvu de perçages en face des broches montées sur la plaque (5) et dans lesquels sont engagées, libres en translation verticale, lesdites broches et d'un dispositif (8) de manoeuvre en translation verticale du support (5). - Un dispositif de pressage composé d'une plaque d'appui (11), disposée horizontalement au-dessus du plateau (6), munie de perçages traversant (17) aptes à recevoir, à coulissement libre, les broches (4) portées par la plaque support (5), d'une platine (15) sur laquelle s'exerce la force de compression verticale fournie par un mécanisme (14) et qui est rendue solidaire de la plaque d'appui (11) au moyen de colonnes (16).A stacking device consisting of a plurality of pins (4) adapted to receive, guided sliding, the recesses (2) of the pieces (1), mounted on a support plate (5) placed below a loading platform (6) provided with holes in front of the pins mounted on the plate (5) and in which are engaged, free in vertical translation, said pins and a device (8) for maneuvering in vertical translation of the support (5). ). - A pressing device consisting of a support plate (11), arranged horizontally above the plate (6), provided with through holes (17) adapted to receive, with free sliding, the pins (4) carried by the support plate (5), a plate (15) on which the vertical compression force provided by a mechanism (14) is exerted and which is secured to the support plate (11) by means of columns ( 16).
2. Installation de conditionnement selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que la plaque support (5) du dispositif d'empilage porte des colonnes (7) engagées, libres en translation, dans le plateau (6) pour guider le mouvement de translation verticale de la plaque (5) et des broches (4) par rapport au plateau (6). 2. Packaging installation according to claim 1, characterized in that the support plate (5) of the stacking device carries columns (7) engaged, free in translation, in the plate (6) to guide the vertical translation movement. of the plate (5) and the pins (4) with respect to the plate (6).
3. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la plaque d'appui (11) du dispositif de pressage comporte des perçages traversant (18) aptes à recevoir, à coulissement libre, les colonnes (7) portées par la plaque support (5).3. Packaging installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support plate (11) of the pressing device comprises through holes (18) adapted to receive, free sliding, the columns (7) carried by the support plate (5).
4. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le dispositif de pressage comporte des piliers (12) de guidage de la plaque d'appui (11) traversant, libres en translation.4. Packaging installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pressing device comprises pillars (12) for guiding the support plate (11) through, free translation.
5. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que Ia section des broches (4) est calculée dans ses formes et dans ses dimensions à Ia forme de l'évidement intérieur (2) des pièces (1) à conditionner en assurant une chute guidée et sans obstacle de ladite pièce le long de la broche.5. Packaging installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the section of the pins (4) is calculated in its shape and dimensions in the form of the internal recess (2) of the parts (1) to conditioning by ensuring a guided and unobstructed fall of said piece along the spindle.
6. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisée en ce que les broches sont constituées d'un dispositif comportant au moins deux tiges, dimensionnées en diamètre et en écartement en fonction de la forme de l'évidement intérieur de la pièce à conditionner, fixées en partie basse dans la plaque support (5) et reliées entre elles au sommet pour maintenir leur écartement et assurer la rigidité de l'ensemble6. Packaging installation according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the pins consist of a device comprising at least two rods, dimensioned in diameter and spacing according to the shape of the inner recess. of the piece to be conditioned, fixed in the lower part in the support plate (5) and interconnected at the top to maintain their spacing and ensure the rigidity of the whole
7. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'un peigne (24) est disposé au voisinage du dispositif d'empilage et entraîné en translation perpendiculairement au déplacement du plateau (6) pour rassembler les barrettes (23) et les diriger vers une table de stockage (27) adjacente audit plateau.7. Packaging installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a comb (24) is disposed in the vicinity of the stacking device and driven in translation perpendicular to the displacement of the plate (6) to collect the bars (23). ) and direct them to a storage table (27) adjacent to said tray.
8. Installation de conditionnement selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un système de guidage (9, 10) en translation axiale du dispositif d'empilage vers le dispositif de pressage et inversement. 8. Packaging installation according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a guide system (9, 10) in axial translation of the stacking device to the pressing device and vice versa.
9. Pièces destinées à être conditionnées en barrette par l'installation selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisées en ce qu'elles comportent des moyens de clipsage permettant de les assembler l'une avec l'autre, lors du pressage.9. Parts intended to be packaged in bars by the installation according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that they comprise clipping means for assembling them with each other, during pressing.
10. Procédé de conditionnement pour la mise en œuvre de l'installation selon les revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte les étapes suivantes :10. A method of packaging for the implementation of the installation according to the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
Aménagement, en sortie des outils de fabrication, des pièces (1) au-dessus du dispositif d'empilage (4, 5, 6), engagement de l'évidemment (2) de chacune des pièces (1) sur une des broches (4) de façon à toujours présenter, à leur réception sur la table de chargement (6), une face (19) identique sur Ie dessus de la pile ainsi formée, - Transport des broches chargées de piles des pièces au- dessous du dispositif de pressage (11, 15, 16) et compression des piles par ledit dispositif avec une force suffisante pour rendre les pièces de chaque pile solidaires les unes des autres de façon à former une barrette (23) solide. - Retrait des broches (4) et de l'ensemble de pressage pour libérer les barrettes (23).Arrangement, at the outlet of the production tools, of the parts (1) above the stacking device (4, 5, 6), engagement of the recess (2) of each of the parts (1) on one of the pins ( 4) so as to always have, on their reception on the loading table (6), an identical face (19) on the top of the stack thus formed, - Transport of the battery-loaded pins of the parts below the device of pressing (11, 15, 16) and compressing the batteries by said device with a force sufficient to make the parts of each stack integral with each other so as to form a bar (23) solid. - Removing the pins (4) and the pressing assembly to release the bars (23).
- Retrait du plateau de chargement (6) de la zone de pressage. Rassemblement des barrettes (23) pour les diriger vers une table de stockage (27) adjacente au plateau.- Removing the loading tray (6) from the pressing zone. Assembling the strips (23) to direct them to a storage table (27) adjacent to the tray.
11. Procédé de conditionnement selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que l'on effectue une ou plusieurs phases intermédiaires de pressage afin de consolider les piles en cours d'élaboration. 11. A method of packaging according to claim 10, characterized in that one or more intermediate pressing phases are carried out in order to consolidate the cells being produced.
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