EP2552814A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum transfer von flexiblen, flachen gegenständen - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zum transfer von flexiblen, flachen gegenständenInfo
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- EP2552814A1 EP2552814A1 EP11711438A EP11711438A EP2552814A1 EP 2552814 A1 EP2552814 A1 EP 2552814A1 EP 11711438 A EP11711438 A EP 11711438A EP 11711438 A EP11711438 A EP 11711438A EP 2552814 A1 EP2552814 A1 EP 2552814A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
- B65H5/085—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers by combinations of endless conveyors and grippers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/26—Duplicate, alternate, selective, or coacting feeds
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
- B65H5/36—Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/30—Orientation, displacement, position of the handled material
- B65H2301/32—Orientation of handled material
- B65H2301/323—Hanging
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
- B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
- B65H2301/44—Moving, forwarding, guiding material
- B65H2301/447—Moving, forwarding, guiding material transferring material between transport devices
- B65H2301/4471—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area
- B65H2301/44712—Grippers, e.g. moved in paths enclosing an area carried by chains or bands
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
- B65H2404/60—Other elements in face contact with handled material
- B65H2404/65—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis parallel to face of material and perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. star wheel
- B65H2404/654—Other elements in face contact with handled material rotating around an axis parallel to face of material and perpendicular to transport direction, e.g. star wheel having more than 4 elements
Definitions
- the invention is in the field of conveyor technology and relates to a method for transferring flexible, flat articles, in particular printed products, between a first conveyor and a second conveyor, wherein the second conveyor is a gripper conveyor, comprising the following steps: - conveying articles with the first conveyor along a first conveyor track in a conveying direction,
- Transferring objects from the first conveyor to grippers of the second conveyor in a transfer area by importing the objects into open grippers and closing the grippers, further conveying the objects by the grippers which are moved by the second gripper conveyor along a second conveyor track, the grippers each holding an object edge of the objects, and wherein only objects are transferred from the first conveyor to the second conveyor, which are assigned in the transfer area respectively empty grippers of the second conveyor, so that the empty gripper of the second conveyor are fed with objects, and already equipped with objects, in the transfer area incoming gripper can not be charged with objects.
- the transfer area defines those extended area around a transfer point in which the conveying elements of the two conveyors converge toward the transfer point and subsequently back to the transfer point diverge, wherein in the transfer area, among other things, the alignment of the subsidized objects in preparation for the transfer, the opening and closing of the gripper and the transfer of the items themselves takes place.
- the invention relates to a device for transferring flexible, flat objects, in particular printed products, between a first conveyor and a second conveyor, in particular for carrying out the method according to the invention.
- the device comprises a first conveyor with a first conveyor element moved along a first conveyor track in a conveying direction for feeding the articles into a transfer area.
- the device comprises a second conveyor, wherein the second conveyor is a gripper conveyor with grippers moved along a second gripper conveyor track in a conveying direction, which are mounted on a continuously driven second conveyor member for receiving the objects by gripping an object edge.
- the second conveyor is a gripper conveyor with grippers moved along a second gripper conveyor track in a conveying direction, which are mounted on a continuously driven second conveyor member for receiving the objects by gripping an object edge.
- Such items may be, for example, end products such as newspapers, magazines or brochures, which are e.g. B. from several precursors and a major product in a plug-in device are combined to form a final product, the end products are passed over a first gripper conveyor in a transfer area a second gripper conveyor.
- the second gripper conveyor is designed as a concentricity, in which the gripper repeatedly, ie cyclically pass the transfer area and the transfer area subsequent, the second gripper conveyor associated dispensing device.
- the dispenser cooperates z. B. with a further processing device.
- the objects are delivered, wherein It may happen that individual items can not be delivered for various reasons and are returned to the transfer device via the second conveyor. Instead of simply discharging the returned items, they are kept in circulation, whereby only the empty gripper in the transfer area of the product stream guided to the delivery device is completed again by charging.
- the invention is therefore based on the object, an apparatus and a method for transferring individual flexible, flat objects from a first conveyor in empty gripper an incomplete product stream of a second gripper conveyor to complete the product flow of the second gripper conveyor to propose so produce seamless product flow on the second gripper conveyor. All empty grippers of the second gripper conveyor should be able to be loaded with one object at a time.
- the object is achieved by a method which is characterized in that the objects supplied from the second gripper conveyor to the transfer area are supplied by the grippers to the transfer area over at least part of the way along a support means concentricity engaging in the transfer section, and the supplied, and preferably also the objects transferred from the first conveyor to the second gripper conveyor are supported at least in the transfer area via support means coupled to the support means concentricity so that in the transfer area objects of leading grippers do not have trailing grippers or objects of trailing grippers over leading grippers lay and cover these.
- objects are in particular returned items, which z. B. could not be delivered to a transfer area downstream of the dispenser.
- the invention is also quite generally applicable to a patchy product stream supplied to the transfer area by the second gripper conveyor which contains articles which need not necessarily be part of a recirculation operation.
- each gripper of the second gripper conveyor is equipped after the transfer area with one object and the second gripper conveyor has a completed product flow.
- a feeder or device with a first conveyor in the form of a belt conveyor and a second gripper conveyor and with a transfer area between the first and second conveyor is described for example in WO 2009/065 242, which is hereby to belong to the disclosure of the present patent application.
- the first conveyor is preferably also a gripper conveyor.
- the first gripper conveyor has first grippers which convey the objects along the gripper conveying path.
- the objects are held by the first gripper at a first edge of the item.
- the articles are preferably suspended by the first gripper conveyor in the transfer area.
- the objects are transferred in the transfer area corresponding to first grippers on grippers of the second gripper conveyor, hereinafter called second gripper.
- the first grippers are opened, preferably as soon as they are held by the second grippers.
- the second grippers grasp the articles at a second edge of the article opposite the first edge of the article.
- the second gripper of the second gripper conveyor which is conveyed to the transfer area, can, as already mentioned, be empty or equipped with an object.
- the first object edge may e.g. the federal government, i. a folded edge, and the second edge of the flower, i. correspond to the object opposite the collar.
- the arrangement can also be reversed.
- the first and second grippers run clockwise in the transfer area toward each other, so that at the transfer point always a first and second gripper correspond to each other.
- the conveying speed of the first and second grippers may be the same or different.
- article includes in the understanding of this invention, both individual, not further separable products, such as printed products, as well as a plurality of z. B. nested or assembled and separable products. Furthermore, the term “object” is also intended to mean foiled products, in particular foiled printed products, ie products or printed products wrapped in packaging film (eg made of plastic).
- Grippers of the first gripper conveyor which correspond in the subsequent transfer area with each already occupied by returning items gripper of the second gripper conveyor, however, are not loaded with an object and remain empty, so that in the transfer area only objects to the empty gripper of the second gripper Be handed over.
- Vorse illusion which is associated with the first gripper conveyor and this promotes and transfers objects, objects from a feeder or from a storage medium in a further processing means, eg. As a plug-in device, are selectively fed.
- the selective feeding of objects takes place in such a way that objects are provided for acceptance at the transfer point to the first gripper conveyor only for those first grippers which correspond to empty second grippers in the downstream transfer area.
- a second variant only those grippers of the first gripper conveyor are opened in the transfer area, thereby releasing objects for transfer to a second gripper, which respectively correspond to an empty gripper of the second gripper conveyor, so that only objects to the empty gripper of the second gripper conveyor are handed over.
- First gripper which correspond to second grippers, which are already equipped with a returning object, remain closed, however, and their object is not delivered. It can be provided that all first gripper with, respectively an object are fitted, or that they are selectively equipped according to the first variant.
- the method according to the second variant can be carried out in accordance with the method according to the first variant or in combination with the method according to the first variant.
- all first grippers are loaded with an object and objects are selectively withdrawn from those first grippers via an additional ejection device, which in the subsequent transfer region correspond to a second gripper, which already has a gripper returned object is occupied.
- the second gripper conveyor track expediently has a closed circulation path, a so-called concentricity, which repeatedly guides the grippers of the second gripper conveyor past the transfer area as well as on a transfer device connected downstream of the transfer device in a closed conveyor concentricity.
- concentricity a so-called concentricity
- control unit may be provided which, depending on whether an object is dispensed at the dispensing device or does not initiate one, two or all of the following operations:
- the control device is preferably connected both to the dispensing device and to the processing device coupled to the dispensing device.
- the control device continuously collects information about operating conditions in the processing device and controls the dispensing device based on the time-dependent determined operating states such that depending on the determined operating state in each case an object is delivered to the processing device or not.
- the flat and flexible objects are preferably supplied to the transfer region in a substantially suspended manner by the first gripper conveyor.
- the objects returned by the second gripper conveyor to the transfer area by means of second grippers are preferably fed to the transfer area along a support means concentricity in a curved path with a vertical component from below, ie with an upward component against the force of gravity.
- the second conveyor track can, but does not necessarily have to lead directly over the support center concentricity, but can also run independently of this.
- the second conveyor track does not necessarily have to be curved in the direction of the transfer area. So z. B. be provided that the first conveyor track curves into the transfer area, while the second conveyor track is substantially rectilinear.
- the support center concentricity preferably extends to the transfer area even in this embodiment in a curved path.
- the support means are fed in a curved path from bottom to top against gravity to the transfer area.
- the first gripper are moved in a first conveying direction relative to the associated second grippers that one held by a respective first gripper object is inserted into the open gripper jaw of the associated second gripper and taken by this, before he vom first gripper is released.
- the first and second grippers are preferably guided at least in the transfer area isochronous to each other.
- the objects are preferably supported in a development of the invention via coupled to the support center concentricity support means such that the objects have a substantially vertical orientation relative to the curved path.
- the support means are expediently supporting elements which are designed and arranged such that the objects held by first grippers are guided in each case between two support elements or two support element pairs to the gripper mouth of the corresponding second gripper until the respective object is introduced into the associated gripper jaw and taken by subsequent closure of the gripper at its second edge object becomes.
- the support elements on the support center concentricity are preferably guided such that they are introduced to the transfer area continuously and in a controlled manner between the conveyed objects of the first gripper conveyor and intermesh and exit the transfer area also continuously and controlled from the product flow on the second gripper conveyor be led out.
- the support elements on the support center concentricity are preferably guided in such a way that they are introduced continuously and in a controlled manner into the stream of returned objects, in particular intermeshing between articles fed back one after the other.
- the insertion and removal is done expedient comparatively slowly.
- the first gripper conveyor track has a closed circulation path which repeatedly guides the grippers of the first gripper conveyor in a closed conveyor concentricity at the transfer area and at at least one transfer device upstream of the transfer area.
- the first grippers are loaded with objects at the transfer device.
- objects are provided for acceptance only to those first grippers which in the transfer area correspond to empty second grippers, whereas those first grippers which correspond to second grippers already equipped with returning products in the transfer area do not have an article ready for takeover is provided.
- Another object of the present invention is a device, in particular for carrying out the inventive method, which is characterized in that the second gripper conveyor is associated with an engaging in the transfer area Stitzstoff concentricity, and are coupled to the support means concentricity supporting elements, which together are designed and arranged with the support center concentricity such that the objects held in the grippers and supplied to the transfer area, and preferably also those of the first Conveyor transferred to the second gripper conveyor objects are supported at least in the transfer area, so that objects from leading grippers can not put on trailing grippers or objects of trailing grippers not over leading gripper.
- the first conveyor is also preferably a gripper conveyor with first grippers.
- the first grippers are mounted analogously to the grippers of the second gripper conveyor on the first conveyor member.
- the latter is preferably driven continuously.
- the first gripper conveyor is associated with a ⁇ ffhungsapparat for opening the first gripper in the transfer area.
- a transfer device is assigned to the first gripper conveyor, which is connected upstream of the transfer area in the conveying direction, and on which first gripper can be equipped with objects.
- the control system is in operative connection with the pre-section of the processing system upstream of the first gripper conveyor and acts on it so that only those first grippers are each loaded with an object at the transfer device, which in each case in the subsequent transfer area interacting with an empty gripper of the second gripper conveyor corresponding.
- objects from a feeder or from a storage medium in a further processing device for.
- a plug-in device are selectively fed.
- the control system is in operative connection with the opening apparatus and acts on it in such a way that in the transfer area only those first grippers are opened for the purpose of releasing the conveyed objects, which are each assigned to an empty gripper of the second gripper conveyor.
- the device according to the second Variant can be performed alternatively to the device according to the first variant or in combination with the device according to the first variant.
- control system is in operative connection with an ejection device on the first gripper conveyor and acts on it in such a way that at the ejection device targeted by those first grippers, which correspond to a second gripper in the subsequent transfer area, which is already occupied by a returning item, items are removed.
- the discharge device is arranged between the transfer device and the transfer area.
- the second gripper conveyor further includes a closing device for closing the second gripper in the transfer area.
- the empty second grippers preferably already run open into the transfer area, while the loaded grippers are appropriately closed in the transfer area.
- the locking device is not switched and triggers a closing mechanism for all grippers, regardless of whether they are open or closed, and accordingly, only with the open grippers, a closing process effectively takes place.
- the returned items are therefore held in the transfer area consistently clamping and therefore can not change their position.
- the second grippers are opened in or in front of the transfer area by a corresponding actuating device, these being preferably selectively opened via the control device, i. only the empty second grippers are opened.
- the second gripper conveyor is preferably associated with a support means concentricity, wherein the second gripper at least over a partial distance along the Stützsch- concentricity with weg josdem from the support center concentricity gripper jaw the Transfer area can be fed.
- the support center concentricity are assigned to projecting support elements, which cause the objects held in the second grippers to be supported in such a way that objects of leading second grippers do not lay over trailing second grippers in the transfer area and render them inaccessible for the transfer of an object.
- the partial section can also correspond only to a tangential guidance of the second gripper conveyor track along the supporting means concentricity.
- the second grippers particularly preferably run at least over a partial section with outwardly facing gripper jaw in a curved conveying direction along the support means concentricity and are fed with a vertical component from below to the transfer area.
- the directions of movement of the support elements and the second gripper are preferably in a plane.
- the support elements move at least over a partial section in the transfer region preferably in the same direction and preferably also parallel to the second grippers. They also run with the second gripper preferably clock-synchronous. For this purpose, the rotary body is moved to the second conveyor member isochronous speed.
- the support elements are preferably support elements which are coupled to a concentric member of the support means concentricity and are oriented such that they and thus the supported objects have a substantially radial, ie vertical orientation relative to the conveyor track or curved path of the second grippers in the transfer region. wherein at least a portion of the mouth opening of the opened second gripper in the transfer area is in each case between two support panels in an open to the outside sector.
- the support elements thereby act as a transfer aid by the objects from the first gripper conveyor can be inserted into open sectors, each with empty second gripper.
- the support elements are preferably sheet-like elements, such. B. Panels, which are able to support the objects surface. The support elements are guided by the concentricity member in a closed circulation track.
- the support elements or the concentricity member are preferably driven by the second drive, which also drives the second conveying member.
- the support elements or the rotary member can also be driven indirectly, namely by the second conveying member itself.
- the support elements may be made of metal, in particular of light metal, such as. As aluminum, or plastic, in particular be made of a fiber-reinforced plastic.
- the support elements are preferably attached to a circular conveyor or rotary body, over which at least partially the orbit of the second gripper leads.
- the support elements are on the circumference of the circular concentricity member, which z. B.
- the orientation of the support elements relative to the circular concentricity member is adjustable via a corresponding guide means, in particular via a slotted guide provided on the concentricity member or cooperating with the concentricity member, from a radial to an approximately or completely tangential orientation.
- the support panels Since the second gripper conveying path leads away from the circular concentric member toward the end of the transfer region, the support panels must be guided towards the end of the transfer region, ie until after transfer of the objects from a radial to an increasingly tangential position on the rotary member, so that they are opposite the second conveyor track U2 maintain a substantially radial or vertical orientation. It is important that the support panels even further support the objects already handed over to the second gripper after the transfer over a defined distance, so that these items do not due to gravity, place it over the second trailing grippers at the transfer point.
- a support panel is provided on both sides of the gripper, which form a pair.
- the Stauerpanelcrue can z. B. attached to two spaced and interconnected discs.
- the concentricity of the proppant circulation need not be circular.
- the concentricity can z. B. also oval, elliptical, or kidney-shaped.
- the support panels are preferably not on rigid conveyor organs, such as wheels or discs, but via flexible conveyor members, such as conveyor chains or conveyor belts, out.
- the flexible conveying member, on which the support panels are mounted is preferably guided over circular deflecting members.
- Such a circular deflection member is z. B. arranged in the transfer area. About this is preferably also partially circumferentially guided the orbit of the second gripper.
- the described embodiment of the support center concentricity is not necessarily limited to devices with a first gripper conveyor, but can also find use in devices having differently shaped first conveyor.
- the transfer device on the first gripper conveyor can be assigned a plug-in device, in particular a plug-in drum.
- a main product and one or more precursors of storage media fed to the inserter and assembled into a final product fed to the inserter and assembled into a final product.
- the plug-in device the main product is opened and the subsequently fed precursors are inserted into the main product.
- the transfer device the end products are subsequently transferred to first gripper of the first gripper conveyor.
- the second gripper conveyor track expediently has a closed circulation path, wherein the grippers of the second gripper conveyor can be guided past the transfer area and past a discharge device connected downstream of the transfer area in a closed conveyor concentricity. At the dispenser objects are issued by second grippers.
- FIG. 1 shows a side view of a first and second gripper conveyor in the transfer area
- FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the first and second gripper conveyor in the transfer area according to FIG. 1;
- FIG. an enlarged side view of the second gripper conveyor in the transfer area according to FIG. 1;
- Fig. 4 a schematic representation of a processing plant with a first and a second gripper conveyor and a transfer and delivery device.
- the device according to FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 comprises a first gripper conveyor 10, driven by a first drive 5, with first grippers 12, which are attached to a conveying member 16, in this case a conveyor chain, sketched in FIG are and are moved in a conveying direction FL.
- a guide member 17 here a guide rail or a conveyor channel, the spatial position of the conveyor member 16 and thus the first gripper conveyor track Ul is defined.
- the first gripper 12 are here conventional gripper with two approximately equally long gripper jaws 18, 19, which can assume an open position and a clamping position. However, another gripper design is also conceivable.
- the first grippers 12 are opened by an opening apparatus 15 at an opening position Sl.
- the opening process of the gripper through the opening apparatus 15 can be carried out selectively via the control device 40 (second method variant, not shown). According to the first method variant shown in FIG. 4, however, a selective activation of the opening apparatus 15 can be dispensed with and it can be provided that all first grippers 12 are opened.
- the first gripper conveyor track Ul extends according to FIG. 1 mainly horizontally to the transfer area T. Further, the conveyor track Ul extends with a directional component against the gravitational force G obliquely upward from the transfer area T addition. However, the first gripper conveyor track can also be guided from another direction into or out of the transfer area T. Thus, the gripper conveyor track Ul z. B. also lead obliquely down into the transfer area T.
- the first grippers 12 convey articles 1 from an upstream process in a suspended position.
- the objects 1 are each at their held first object edge 3, and the opposite second object edges 4 point in the direction of gravity G down.
- the device further comprises a second gripper conveyor 20 with second grippers 22, which are mounted on a second conveyor 26 sketched in FIG. 2, in this case a conveyor chain, and are moved in the conveying direction F2.
- a guide member 27 here a guide rail or a conveyor channel
- the second gripper 22 also have two gripper jaws 28, 29, the position of which can be changed relative to each other by means of a closing device 25 from an open position to a closed position.
- the empty second gripper 22 already open in the transfer area T, while the equipped with returning items gripper 22 are closed.
- the gripper 22 can also be designed differently here.
- the closing apparatus 25 closes the previously open, empty and now an object receiving second gripper 22 at a closing point S2. On the already closed second gripper 22 of the closing apparatus 25 exerts no effect.
- the ⁇ ffhungsapparat 15 is operated in coordination with the closing apparatus 25, so that a respective first gripper 12 is opened by the ⁇ ffhungsapparat 15 only when the associated second gripper 22, which detects the object 1 from the first gripper 12 and takes over, by the second trigger apparatus 25th already closed.
- the second gripper conveyor track U2 has, in the conveying direction F2, a curved path section K towards the transfer area T, with an upwardly directed movement component against the force of gravity G. Following the transfer area T, the second gripper conveyor track runs obliquely downward with a movement component Gravity direction G or horizontal.
- the conveyor paths U1, U2 of the two gripper conveyors 10, 20 approach each other at the entrance of the transfer area T so far that one of a first gripper 12 An object 1 held on its first edge 3 can be gripped by a second gripper 22 corresponding to the first gripper 12 on its opposite second edge 4. In this way, a controlled transfer of items 1 takes place.
- the conveyor paths U1, U2 run towards each other at the entrance of the transfer area T with decreasing distance and then run in the transfer area T over a certain distance section up to the closing point S2 of the second gripper 22, preferably substantially parallel to one another. Output of the transfer area T, the two conveyor paths Ul, U2 run apart again.
- the two gripper conveyors 10, 20 are here part of a higher-level processing plant (see also Fig. 4).
- the second gripper conveyor 20 comprises a support means concentricity 50, via which the second grippers 22 are conveyed upwards in a curved, concave path section K towards the conveying path U1 of the first gripper conveyor 10 against the force of gravity G up to the transfer area T.
- the support center concentricity contains a cross-sectionally circular concentric member 52, via which the second conveying member 26 or guide member 27 is guided at least partially.
- At the circular concentric member 52 are projecting or projecting from the periphery support panels 51 are movably mounted, which are guided on the rotary body 52 in a circular orbit W.
- the support panels 51 are rotatably mounted peripherally on the circumference of the circular concentricity member 52 via a rotation axis and via first, attached to the axis of rotation spring elements 57, z. B. Torsion springs, biased in Drehrichrung. In this way, the support panels 51 can be moved from a radially oriented position to a nearly or completely tangential position relative to the circular concentric member 52.
- the rotary member 52 is rotatably supported about a central axis 70 and moves the support panels 51 in a circular concentric about the central axis 70th
- a lever arm 54 is fixed to the support panel 51, which is in operative connection with its free Hebelarmende 55 with respect to the rotating concentricity member 52 in regular operation stationary link guide 53.
- a guided over a slotted guide 53 roller 56 rotatably mounted.
- the slotted guide 53 causes depending on the desired orientation of the support panels in a certain position on the circumference of the concentricity member 52 raising and lowering the respective Hebelarmendes 55 when the support panels 51 and thus the lever arm 54 together with the circular concentricity member 52 is rotated about the axis 70 and about the slotted guide 53 are guided.
- raising and lowering the Hebelarmenden 55 a rotation of the respective support panel 51 is carried out about its axis of rotation 59 against a force exerted by the spring member 57 restoring force and thus causes the alignment of the support panel 51 against the concentricity member 51 and the conveyor track U2.
- the slide guide 53 itself is on a corresponding second spring element 58, here one, on the slide guide 53 a restoring force exerting spring, spring mounted or suspended, such that an acting on the support panel 51 and transmitted via the lever arm 54 on the slide guide 53, excessive Force, z.
- a shock or shock for the purpose of protection of the mechanical components to evade the slide guide 53 leads.
- Such an excessive force on the support panels 51 and thus on the slotted guide 53 may be caused for example by a material accumulation occurring in the transfer area T.
- a jam occurs when, for example, more objects 1 are supplied by the first grippers 12 than can be removed by the second grippers 22, as is described, for example, in US Pat. B. occurs at a standstill of the second gripper conveyor 20.
- the items 1 delivered in the transfer area T by the first grippers 12 but not guided away by the second grippers 22 are deposited between the support panels 51 and exert increasing pressure on them.
- the support panels 51 which in their current position one through the Control linkage 53 have predetermined, basically immovable alignment, can now give thanks to the resilient bearing 53 Kulissenschreibung the pressure and dodge by the slide guide 53 is moved over the transmitted from the lever arm 54 pressure force from its desired position against the restoring force of the second spring element 58. As soon as the excessive force decreases, the restoring force exerted by the second spring element 58 ensures that the link guide 53 and thus the support panels 51 are returned to their desired position.
- this alternative device on the control link 53 is not a mandatory feature of this embodiment. As shown in Fig.
- the support center concentricity 50 on both sides of the second gripper conveyor track U2 each have a corresponding concentricity member 52 with pairwise support panels 51, which are interconnected via a common axis 70 transversely to the conveyor track U2 and to the conveying direction F2.
- the two concentric members 52 preferably contain mirror-symmetrically formed discs and further each contain the same components, such as support panels 51, first and second spring elements 57, 58, lever arms 54 and a control link 53.
- the two concentric members 52 are rigidly connected to each other in the axial direction but rotatable together and be through the second. Drive 6 driven synchronously.
- interconnected concentric members 52 may also be a circular cylindrical concentric member (not shown) may be provided, which extends transversely to the second conveyor track U2, and which at both ends, each side of the conveyor track U2 arranged in pairs extending supporting panels with corresponding Having facilities such as link guide, spring elements or lever arms as described above.
- the conveyor track U2 is here z. B. in the middle of the lateral surface of the cylindrical concentric member 52 is arranged.
- the support panels 51 each have a front, flat support surface 90 and a rear support surface 93, which are provided with one or more openings 91.
- the front support surfaces 90 are reinforced on their back each with a professional mechanism-like reinforcing structure 92, which z. B. has a curvature and a curved rear support surface 93 is formed.
- the reinforcing structure 92 serves to prevent the deflection of the support panels by the weight of the articles.
- the curved reinforcing structure 92 serves as an import aid for introducing the objects 1 in the gripper jaw 23 of the second gripper 2.
- the fachwerkartige structure of the reinforcing structure 92 and the front support surfaces 90 based on a weight and material optimization.
- the support panels described above can also be designed differently.
- a Anschlagbow 71 may be provided which ensures that the objects 1 with their second edge 4 only a defined depth b in the jaw opening 23 of the second gripper 22 are inserted.
- the stop guide 71 may be a stationary guide plate arranged laterally of the conveyor track U2 or the second gripper 22 with a leading edge 72 directed against the free ends of the gripper jaws 28, 29 of the second gripper 22. It can also be provided that on both sides of the conveyor track U2 each such guide plate is attached.
- the second gripper conveyor 20 may be further equipped with a lowering device 80, which allows the second gripper conveyor 20 at least in the transfer area T relative to the first gripper conveyor 10 in the direction of gravity G to lower. That is to say, the lowering device 80 permits, in particular, the lowering of the support means concentricity 50 and thus of the conveying member 26 guided in the transfer region T about the support means concentricity 50 with its second grippers 22 and the support panel 51.
- the lowering device 80 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, preferably in the vicinity of the support center concentricity 50, and particularly preferably mounted on the support center concentricity 50 itself.
- the second gripper conveyor 20 may, for. B.
- the lowering device 80 hydraulically, pneumatically or mechanically lowered and raised.
- the lowering device 80 has at least one hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder 81 and corresponding hydraulic or pneumatic lines.
- the lowering device 80 on both sides of the second gripper conveyor track U2 each have a hydraulic or pneumatic unit with corresponding hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders 81 which are transverse to the second conveyor track U2, z. B. are rigidly connected via corresponding struts.
- a mechanical lowering device can, for. B. a rotary spindle (not shown) provide, along which the lowering or lifting of the device takes place.
- the lowering device 80 serves to adapt the transfer region T to different formats of the conveyed objects 1 (change of the distance between the first and second grippers 12, 22 in the transfer region).
- the lowering device 80 allows the decoupling of the product streams. This is useful when the promoted with the first gripper conveyor 10 items 1 z.
- a decoupling of the product streams by means of lowering device 80 is also indicated when an accident occurs, in order to prevent a possible product accumulation and thereby avoid damage to the system.
- the description of the support means concentricity with the associated support panels is not limited to the specific embodiments shown in the figures, even if the associated explanations relate to the corresponding embodiments with the accompanying figures.
- the support means concentricity described finds particular application regardless of the in The figures described the figures of the first gripper conveyor, the second guide member and the second gripper, as well as independent of the presence of a lowering device, a stop guide or other constructive features shown in the drawings .. The same applies to the lowering device, the Ajizzi arrangement and on the concrete execution of the support panels to.
- the fourth shows a processing installation 2 with a device according to the invention comprising a first gripper conveyor 10 and a second gripper conveyor 20 adjoining the first gripper conveyor 10 and a transfer area T.
- the first gripper conveyor 10 is assigned a pre-section 7 , which processes articles and transfers them via a transfer device 67 to the first gripper conveyor 10.
- the pre-section 7 is part of the processing unit 2 and contains, inter alia, a collection drum 60.
- the insertion drum 60 is transferred from a wound storage medium 62, a main product and opened. For this purpose, the main products are supplied from the storage medium 62 to a ply 63 and cyclically transferred to the insertion drum 60.
- a precursor of the insertion drum 60 is fed via a further layer actuator 61 and inserted into the main product.
- a plurality of such precursors can be fed to the insertion drum via respective respective position actuators and inserted into the respective main product (not shown).
- the Lagentakter 61, 63 have the task, if necessary, to separate from a memory supplied items or products and timed feed into the processing plant.
- the objects 1, also called end product, formed from the intermediate product and the main product are transferred to the first grippers 12 of a first gripper conveyor 10 and conveyed in the conveying direction F1.
- first grippers 12 In the transfer area T, objects 1 are transferred from first grippers 12 to second grippers (not shown in FIG. 4) of the second gripper conveyor 20.
- an opening device 15 is provided, which causes the opening of first grippers 12.
- the first gripper conveyor 10 has a closed orbit, in which the grippers 12 are repeatedly guided past the transfer device 67 and the transfer area T.
- the objects 1 taken over by the second grippers 22 in the transfer area T are fed in the conveying direction F2 to a delivery device 30, which is arranged on the second gripper conveyor 20, and transferred to the same for further processing.
- the embodiment of the support center concentricity 47 shown in FIG. 4 shows a non-circular orbit W.
- the support panels 51 are guided here via a flexible conveying element 48, such as conveyor chain, in an approximately elliptical orbit W.
- the flexible conveyor member 48 itself, on which the support panels 51 are mounted, is guided over circular deflecting members 49a, 49b, of which one of these circular deflecting members 49a is arranged in the transfer region T.
- the circular form refers to a cross-sectional view through the concentricity or deflection element.
- the radial or tangential orientation of the support panels 51 relative to the deflecting member 49a, 49b and the conveying member 48 can also be controlled via a corresponding KuHssen entry here.
- the processing plant 2 according to FIG. 4 instead of the support means concentricity 47 shown can also provide a centering means for concentricity according to FIGS. 1 to 3. That is, the configuration of the backup center run can be considered independent of the design of the remaining device parts
- a dispensing device 30 is provided, to which grippers of the second gripper conveyor 20 transfer articles 1.
- the dispensing device 30 cooperates with a processing device 31.
- the second gripper conveyor 20 likewise has a closed circulation path, in which the grippers 22 are repeatedly guided past the transfer region T and the delivery device 30.
- a gripper 22 of the second gripper conveyor 20 its object 1 on the dispenser 30th does not hand over or can not hand over, but continues to promote.
- the returned articles ⁇ therefore pass through the transfer region T and are then repeatedly supplied to the delivery device 30. This process is repeated until the object in question can be dispensed to the dispenser 30. . ⁇ . ⁇ ⁇ ⁇
- a controller 40 as part of the processing equipment 2 controls the dispensing of the articles at the dispenser 30.
- the controller 40 sends control signals via a communication line 64 to the dispenser 30 for the purpose of initiating dispensing or non-dispensing of the articles.
- the object in question 1 is kept in the concentricity of the second gripper conveyor 20 and returned to the transfer area T.
- the control commands via a delivery or non-delivery of the articles 1 to the delivery device 30 can be based on operating states which are determined at the processing plant 31 and transmitted to the control device 40 via a communication line 65.
- the control device 40 sends control signals via the communication lines 66a, 66b to the position actuators 61, 63, which cause no preproduct or main product to be fed into the conveying path at a specific point in time.
- the termination of this gap is chosen so that that first gripper 12 of the first gripper conveyor 10 coincides in the transfer region of the insertion drum 60 with this gap (and therefore can not hold a final product), which coincides in the transfer area T with the occupied second gripper 22, which the undelivered main product ⁇ promotes.
- control device 40 uses corresponding control commands to ensure that when a final product 1 is delivered to the dispenser 30, the position actuators 61, 63 of the pre-section 7 arrive at a specific time Feed product into the processing system 2, such that those first gripper 12, which corresponds to the corresponding empty second gripper 22 in the transfer area T, is fed to the transfer device 67 with a new end product 1.
- the communication lines may be wired or wireless.
- first and second gripper conveyors 10, 20 and in particular the transfer region T according to FIG. 4 may also be designed differently than described in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.
- the gripper conveyors described in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 and the associated method can also be used in processing plants other than those described in FIG. 4.
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