EP2452881A1 - Appareil d'enroulement vertical pour conditionner des charges de palettes avec des films de matériau plastique de différentes hauteurs - Google Patents

Appareil d'enroulement vertical pour conditionner des charges de palettes avec des films de matériau plastique de différentes hauteurs Download PDF

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EP2452881A1
EP2452881A1 EP11188317A EP11188317A EP2452881A1 EP 2452881 A1 EP2452881 A1 EP 2452881A1 EP 11188317 A EP11188317 A EP 11188317A EP 11188317 A EP11188317 A EP 11188317A EP 2452881 A1 EP2452881 A1 EP 2452881A1
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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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/026—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs the webs forming a curtain
    • 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
    • B65B59/001—Arrangements to enable adjustments related to the product to be packaged
    • 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
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/02—Plurality of alternative input or output lines or plurality of alternative packaging units on the same packaging line for improving machine flexibility

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  • the present invention concerns an improved, vertical winding apparatus for the packaging of pallet-stacked loads. More precisely, it is an apparatus which allows to package stacks of products which arrive in sequence at a packaging station, but which have sizes which may differ greatly from one another, and which hence require the use of different-height films of plastic material, suited precisely to the sizes of the products to be packaged.
  • the prior art already proposes a packaging procedure which provides to cover the lateral surface of a pallettised load with a plastic material film, keeping the winding film vertical and applying the film while the load is going through the machine. More in particular, according to the prior art, two webs of wrapping film - of a height substantially equivalent to that of the load - are kept on a vertical plane and supplied starting from two respective, opposite reels, arranged at the sides of the load running path with their own axis vertical, i.e.
  • two vertical joining lines are preferably performed by welding, between which a vertical cut is carried out to severe the packaging just formed on a load from the "curtain" which is left formed for the packaging which will be formed on the subsequent load.
  • Wrapping machines of this type are known from documents FR-2,212,263 in the name of THIMON or EP-1,174,343 or US-6,474,051 in the name of MSK-Verpackung.
  • this technique provides the execution of a welding both on the front and on the rear of a load to be packaged, it can be used very well in the case of use of different-height wrapping films - each time suited to the height of the load to be packaged - provided a change of reels is scheduled in the phase of changing over from packaging a load of a first size to packaging a subsequent load of a very different size from the first one.
  • An apparatus capable of performing this change of reels and the corresponding film welding and cutting operations is disclosed in Italian patent no. 1,356,529 in the name of the same Applicant, the contents of which are hereby entirely recomprised by reference, for a better understanding of the invention.
  • the packaging machine disclosed in this patent employs a pair of transport carts for packaging film reels, arranged on both sides of the transport line of the pallet loads, and capable of carrying each time a pair of supply reels of identical size in correspondence of the packaging station.
  • a first solution with rectilinear carts and a second solution with revolving carts are provided; in the following description reference is made to a revolving cart, but it is clear that the teaching of the present invention applies to any other type of cart.
  • a vertical winding apparatus for the packaging of pallet loads progressing sequentially along a transport path, to a packaging station arranged transversally to said transport path, of the type comprising two carts for supporting a respective group of vertical-axis reels of plastic film of different quality/heights (i.e different nature), said carts being arranged at the two sides of the transport path and being apt to carry a pair of reels of equal quality/height, according to choice, in correspondence of said packaging station, as well as a pair of carrying means arranged in said packaging station and each one moving from a position next to one of said support carts to a central welding position and vice versa, each one of said carrying means being apt to accompany in said movement one edge of the film of said pair of reels, wherein it furthermore comprises, associated with each reel:
  • said guiding and detecting means comprise a rocker arm, carrying at the free end thereof a dancer roll acting as deflector means of the film, said rocker arm oscillating under the thrust, on one side, of a tensioning spring and, on the other side, of the traction of the film which unwinds or winds back up on the reel.
  • said dancer roll can take up two extreme positions, the exceeding of which produces a control signal for said tensioning assembly.
  • the deflection path of said film on said dancer roll comprises at least a first portion, between reel and roll, and at least a second portion, between roll and said gripper, said two portions forming a flattened-S-shaped path.
  • the deflection path of said film on said dancer roll comprises at least a third portion, between the exit from the reel and a stationary deflector roll, which precedes the portion towards the dancer roll in the progression direction of the film to the load to be packaged.
  • said roll driven in rotation is mounted swinging between a position away from the reel and a position in friction contact against the peripheral surface of the reel.
  • Said roll driven in rotation is preferably mounted on a rocker arm so as to be brought in contact with the peripheral surface of the reel, when it is necessary to reduce film tension, or to be moved away from said reel surface, respectively, when it is necessary to increase film tension.
  • said tensioning assembly can be operative in an equivalent manner both in a first rotation direction of the reel, during film supply, and in a second, opposite direction, during the rewinding of the reel.
  • the packaging apparatus having changeable reels according to the present invention is of the type as the one shown in Italian patent no. 1,356,529 . It is a packaging apparatus, arranged transversally to a transport line Y-Y of a series of loads C, provided with a pair of reel-supporting carts TR, TR', having a revolving arrangement.
  • Each of these carts TR and TR' consists of a rotating platform, on the periphery of which is mounted a group of film reels B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B1', B2', B3', B4', B5', respectively, mounted freely rotating on vertical-axis pins 1, each reel differing from the others by the height or quality of the plastic packaging material film.
  • These revolving carts TR, TR' are capable of carrying - in correspondence of the packaging station defined by line X - each time a desired supply reel in front of the operative line through which the load to be packaged is going to pass.
  • a load C to be packaged progresses in the direction shown by arrow F along a path schematised by line Y-Y to reach the proximity of a packaging station schematised by transversal line X-X and by a pair of transport carriers P and P'.
  • the transport carts are shown here in a home position, but they are mounted so as to be able to slide along line X-X, one transversally to line Y-Y, in the direction of the other and vice versa, in the way better described in the above-mentioned Italian patent no. 1,356,529 .
  • the support spindles 1 of reels B are mounted, adjustable in position, on carrier arms 2 (seen better in fig. 2 ), integral with rotating supports TR and TR', respectively, and radially arranged with respect to the centre thereof.
  • Carrier arms 2 form, together with second arms 2' arranged square-like, a support also for a manoeuvring arm 4, oscillating around a vertical axis 4'.
  • a tensioning spring (not shown) is associated, which tends to cause the arm to oscillate in a clockwise direction (with respect to the plane of the drawing), with a determined thrust bias, which may be adjusted in a manner known per se.
  • arm 4 carries a dancer roll 3, which represents a transmission and tensioning roll of film 5 unwound from reel B1.
  • This film unwinds tangentially from reel B1, i.e. in a direction corresponding to an anti-clockwise rotation of the reel. Unwinding from reel B1, film 5 runs on a first, stationary deflector roll 3a, then on dancer roll 3, and finally from said roll to a transmission gripper S.
  • This transmission gripper S is mounted at the end of arm 2' in a releasable manner, so that it can be taken from carrier P - in the way described in the above-mentioned patent no. 1,356,529 - and drawn, together with the initial edge of the packaging film, towards the centre of the packaging station, represented by longitudinal axis Y-Y.
  • a motor-driven roll 6 is arranged upstream of the displacement line of carriers P and P', arranged in correspondence of both rotating supports TR and TR' and in correspondence of the position taken up by the operating reel. Said roll, together with its driving motor 6a, is mounted on a support arm 7, in turn swinging about a fixed vertical pin 8.
  • An actuation piston 9 is capable of controlling - through a motion transmission known per se - the oscillation of arm 7 about the vertical axis of pin 8.
  • Motor-driven roll 6 can thereby be caused to oscillate between a home position (shown by continuous lines in fig. 2 ) and a work position (shown by discontinuous lines), wherein it is in contact with the peripheral surface of reel B1, for the function better described in the following.
  • motor-driven roll 6 - having its rotating axis vertically oriented - is of a height equivalent to the height of the shortest reel to be used in the machine and it is coated with high-friction material, for example elastomeric material or rubber.
  • the motor-driven, rubber roll 6, thus shaped, is hence highly effective both in maintaining the terminal edge of the film adherent to the reel - without letting it slip downwards under its own weight - and in assisting the rotation of the reel when necessary, so as to reduce traction stress during the operation.
  • This tensioning spring is such that, whatever the position of dancer roll 3, ranging between the limit positions of the oscillation thereof about rotation centre 1 (position 3, home position, and position 3' in maximum tension conditions), film 5 is kept tensioned with a force sufficient to prevent an accidental downward slipping thereof.
  • This is a fundamental condition - as stated also in the preliminary remarks - to always guarantee a correct packaging operation.
  • reel B1 - firstly piston 9 is activated, which brings motor-driven roll 6 in close contact with the peripheral surface of reel B1. Immediately afterwards said reel-braking means are deactivated and the drawing step of film 5 is started with the displacement of gripper S to the centre of transport line Y-Y.
  • motor-driven roll 6 is actuated - in a clockwise direction, to control the rotation of the reel in an anticlockwise direction - so as to cause reel B1 to rotate, always acting on the periphery thereof, i.e. where the peripheral velocity of the reel equals the unwinding velocity of film 5 in correspondence of gripper S.
  • control of motor-driven roll 6 acts directly on the actual velocity of film supply, which would not be possible if one acted on a motorisation integral with the spindle of reel B1.
  • the control of motor-driven roll 6 is proportional to the tension detected in film 5, so as to accelerate the rotation of the reel if the tension in the film increases excessively and, vice versa, reducing the unwinding velocity when the tension drops below the preset levels.
  • the tension level in film 5 is detected by means of the same dancer roll 3, the oscillation of which is opposed by spring means.
  • motor-driven roll 6 is correspondingly driven with a certain rotation velocity, to impart an unwinding force peripherally to reel B1.
  • rubber roll 6 is caused to rotate always at the same velocity and with the same torque and the supply control is achieved by moving roll 6 closer to/away from the reel B1 by means of a driven piston 9, resulting in a change of applied pressure of roll 6 on reel B1. That is, when dancer roll 3 exceeds threshold positions of admissible minimum tension and of admissible maximum tension, motor-driven roll 6 is detached or urged against the reel periphery, respectively, by means of piston 9.
  • This operation mode runs for the entire time in which the packaging on load C is performed with the film coming from reel B1.
  • reel replacement is required - because the incoming load C is of a size not fitting to the height of the film of reel B1 - gripper S is brought back onto the support 2' thereof and the exceeding film is rewound at the same time.
  • motorisation spindle of reel B1 is caused to rotate backwards, i.e. in a clockwise direction, to rewind the film on reel B1.
  • motor-driven roll 6 is caused to rotate in the same direction as before and urge intermittently on the film at the reel periphery, to keep the film at another, predetermined tension T", generally lower than tension T', but in any case sufficient to ensure a rewinding of the film without accidental downward slipping.

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EP2572999A1 (fr) 2011-09-22 2013-03-27 OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE S.p.A. Appareil d'emballage par rideau vertical avec alimentateur multiformat
CN110053812A (zh) * 2019-04-25 2019-07-26 中国地质大学（武汉） 一种包装膜放膜及输送装置
CN116575100A (zh) * 2023-05-17 2023-08-11 无锡鼎亚电子材料有限公司 超导料带表面处理系统

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FR2212263A1 (fr) 1972-12-28 1974-07-26 Thimon Hubert
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US6474051B1 (en) 1999-02-19 2002-11-05 Msk-Verpackungs-Systeme Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung Apparatus for wrapping a stacked-goods unit with a shrink-foil wrap
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US1356529A (en) 1919-08-08 1920-10-26 Jones Frank Beet-loading machine
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FR2212263A1 (fr) 1972-12-28 1974-07-26 Thimon Hubert
US6474051B1 (en) 1999-02-19 2002-11-05 Msk-Verpackungs-Systeme Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung Apparatus for wrapping a stacked-goods unit with a shrink-foil wrap
EP1174343A1 (fr) 2000-07-10 2002-01-23 Msk-Verpackungs-Systeme Gesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung Dispositif pou banderoler une unité de marchandise
WO2003086866A1 (fr) * 2002-04-15 2003-10-23 Optima Filling And Packaging Machines Gmbh Dispositif permettant d'envelopper des marchandises dans un materiau d'emballage
IT1356529B1 (it) 2004-06-24 2005-12-25 Sestese Off Mec Procedimento ed apparecchiatura per realizzare un imballaggio con pellicole di materiale plastico di diverse altezze

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EP2572999A1 (fr) 2011-09-22 2013-03-27 OFFICINA MECCANICA SESTESE S.p.A. Appareil d'emballage par rideau vertical avec alimentateur multiformat
CN110053812A (zh) * 2019-04-25 2019-07-26 中国地质大学（武汉） 一种包装膜放膜及输送装置
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CN116575100A (zh) * 2023-05-17 2023-08-11 无锡鼎亚电子材料有限公司 超导料带表面处理系统
CN116575100B (zh) * 2023-05-17 2023-10-20 无锡鼎亚电子材料有限公司 超导料带表面处理系统

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