EP2772445B1 - Portail réglable, dispositif de rétractation avec parois de gaine réglables et procédé de réglage de parois de gaines - Google Patents

Portail réglable, dispositif de rétractation avec parois de gaine réglables et procédé de réglage de parois de gaines Download PDF

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EP2772445B1
EP2772445B1 EP14153751.4A EP14153751A EP2772445B1 EP 2772445 B1 EP2772445 B1 EP 2772445B1 EP 14153751 A EP14153751 A EP 14153751A EP 2772445 B1 EP2772445 B1 EP 2772445B1
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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
    • B65B53/00—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging
    • B65B53/02—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat
    • B65B53/06—Shrinking wrappers, containers, or container covers during or after packaging by heat supplied by gases, e.g. hot-air jets
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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
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to an adjustment portal, a shrinking device with adjustable shaft walls and a method for adjusting shaft walls according to the features of the preambles of claims 1, 9 and 11.
  • the individual processing devices When assembling, assembling and packaging articles and article assemblies, the individual processing devices must often be adapted to the particular product. For example, the width of transport lanes must be adapted to the size and throughput of the respective article or article flow.
  • Automatically adjustable lanes are known in the prior art, which are realized via a central drive, deflection gear and spindles.
  • the empty containers are first produced within an overall plant. These are then filled, if necessary provided with a label, printed or similar. and then packed.
  • the filled beverage containers or similar assembled in the desired number and summarized for example by a packaging means.
  • a preferred packaging means is shrink film, which is shrunk in a shrinking device around the article assembly and holds the articles together in the so-called container.
  • the shrinking device fed in several parallel paths and processed in this.
  • means for introducing the warm air must also be provided, which inject the shrinking medium between the parallel containers.
  • shrink tunnels with movable shaft walls are used for the multi-lane processing. In this case, the shaft walls are driven as required by costly spindle adjustments to the side tunnel wall, if they are not needed.
  • WO 2002/036436 describes the multi-lane processing of containers in a shrink tunnel.
  • movable shaft walls are used, whose Position is adjusted depending on the containers to be processed by lateral displacement in the horizontal direction.
  • positioning rods are provided which extend transversely across the transport path within the shrink tunnel and on which the so-called shaft walls are displaceably arranged.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a simple and cost-effective solution for adapting transport widths for articles or article assemblies.
  • the solution should be universally applicable to various container treatment devices for various components.
  • the invention relates to an adjustment portal for a shrinking device for adjusting at least two shaft walls which can be adjusted to one another in at least one relative position within a shrinking tunnel of the shrinking device.
  • shrinking means such as hot air, introduced and introduced via nozzle openings in the interior of the shrink tunnel.
  • the adjustment portal comprises at least one adjusting device with an adjusting means and at least two adjusting devices.
  • the shaft walls of the shrinking device to be adjusted are each arranged on an adjusting device of the adjustment portal.
  • the adjustment device can be variably positioned along an adjustment path and can be selectively assigned to each of at least one adjustment device by displacement along the adjustment path and brought into operative connection therewith.
  • the adjusting device can be moved again along the adjustment path.
  • the adjusting device takes the adjusting device and arranged on the respective adjusting device component, ie the respective shaft wall, with, whereby this is repositioned.
  • the operative connection between the adjusting device and adjusting device is released.
  • the adjusting device and thus the positioning of the associated shaft wall at the new position via a positive, frictional and / or non-positive connection is fixed in place.
  • the adjustment device can now proceed again freely along the adjustment path and assigned to a further adjustment device with shaft wall and reset its position.
  • the adjustment portal comprises a first drive and a first drive axle.
  • the first drive axle serves to adjust the adjustment means, i. the adjusting device is variably positionable via the first drive of the adjustment portal along an adjustment path of the first drive axle.
  • the adjusting device comprises a second transverse drive for the adjusting means.
  • the adjusting devices are preferably arranged on at least one guide device parallel to the first drive axle or adjustment path.
  • these are guide rails, wherein the adjusting devices are fixed in a first working mode via a positive, frictional and / or non-positive connection fixed thereto.
  • the positive, frictional and / or non-positive connection can continue to adopt a second adjustment mode in which the adjusting devices are displaceable along the guide device.
  • the adjusting devices can be transferred by operative connection with the adjusting means of the adjusting device of the first working mode in the second adjustment mode.
  • the adjusting means are designed as mechanically acting engagement elements, wherein a mechanical operative connection between the adjusting device and the adjusting device can be produced by mechanical engagement in corresponding receiving elements of the adjusting devices.
  • a mechanical operative connection between the adjusting device and the adjusting device can be produced by mechanical engagement in corresponding receiving elements of the adjusting devices.
  • the driving pin is displaced via the transverse drive so that it engages in a receiving device of the setting device.
  • a mechanical operative connection is produced, and in a method of the adjustment device along the adjustment path, the adjustment device is correspondingly displaced on the parallel guide device.
  • the adjusting device and the adjusting devices comprise corresponding means by means of which a magnetic operative connection can be established.
  • the adjusting means or the like electromagnetic coils. comprise and the adjustment devices may at least partially have magnetic properties.
  • the electromagnetic coil is activated via the second transverse drive, thereby producing a magnetic operative connection between the adjusting device and the setting device. If the adjusting device is now moved along the adjustment path, then the adjustment device and thus the component is correspondingly displaced on the parallel guide device.
  • the adjustment portal and / or the adjusting device is assigned a control unit, via which the positioning of the adjusting device and / or the adjusting means of the adjusting device can be controlled.
  • the adjustment gantry comprises detection means - for example image capturing or other suitable sensors - with which the position of the adjusting device and / or the adjusting devices can be detected.
  • the determined data can then be transmitted to the control unit, which balances the actual positions of the setting devices with the desired desired positions.
  • the control unit can then control the setting of the desired desired positions of the adjusting devices and thus the desired desired positions of the shaft walls via the adjusting device.
  • the adjustment device may comprise detection means for detecting the position of the adjustment devices.
  • detection means may be provided which check the correct positioning of the adjusting device on an adjusting device, so that a correct operative connection between adjusting means and adjusting device can be ensured.
  • sensors are arranged on the adjusting device and / or on the adjusting devices, which check the correct positioning of the adjusting device on an adjusting device. If these sensors detect a deviation of the actual position of the adjusting device in relation to the setting device, then the position is readjusted accordingly.
  • at least one sensor may be provided above the adjustment path, which monitors the entire adjustment path and thus the positions of the adjusting device and adjusting devices or the correct positioning of the adjusting device on a Adjustment monitored. Based on the determined data can then, if necessary, be intervened by the control corrective.
  • the adjusting device comprises detection means with which the position of the adjusting devices is detected and stored in the control unit.
  • all the shaft walls can be adjusted via the adjustment devices of the adjustment portal.
  • the adjusting device moves the entire adjustment distance, thereby determining the position of all adjusting devices.
  • the data are stored accordingly in a control unit. Does it come during operation, for example, by a collision o.
  • the operating state or operating mode can be restored automatically by means of the adjusting device on the basis of the stored values.
  • an operating platform via which the adjustment of the shaft walls during a product change can be easily realized.
  • the operating platform is correspondingly coupled to the control unit of the adjustment portal and / or the adjusting device.
  • the operator inputs the desired positioning or setting of the shaft walls via the operator platform.
  • the adjusting device is activated and the adjusting devices are adjusted accordingly.
  • the operator enters the new product data, whereupon the necessary adjustment of the shaft walls is calculated and set.
  • the operating platform can be operated, for example, via a touchscreen.
  • a memory function is provided which provides for the automated adjustment of the components for predefined products in certain selectable programs.
  • the adjustment portal comprises at least two guide rails, each with at least two adjusting devices.
  • the guide rails are preferably arranged opposite one another, parallel to the adjustment path of the adjusting device.
  • shaft walls, the container treatment device or the shrinking device are arranged, and second components of the second guide devices of the second guide rail are Container treatment device or the shrinking device arranged.
  • the adjusting means must be able to assume different adjustment positions. In a first working mode, there is no operative connection between the adjusting means of the adjusting device and one of the adjusting devices. In a second adjustment mode, an operative connection between the adjusting device and a first adjusting devices of the first guide rail can be produced.
  • an associated first shaft wall can be adjusted.
  • an operative connection between the adjustment device and a second adjustment device of the second guide rail can be produced.
  • the position of an associated second component can be adjusted.
  • the adjustment of the first shaft walls and the second components takes place independently of each other.
  • the adjusting device in a fourth adjustment simultaneously an operative connection to a first adjustment of the first guide rail and a second adjustment of the second guide rail can be made.
  • the adjustment device in this case two transverse drives are assigned, with which two adjustment means can be activated simultaneously. In this case, a simultaneous adjustment of the first shaft walls and the second components take place.
  • an adjustment portal with two guide rails for example, different components of a container treatment device, in particular a shrinking device, can be adjusted by only a single adjusting device. This means that only two or three drives are needed to set a variable number of different components.
  • An adjustment portal with two guide rails can also be advantageously used in the transition region between two container treatment devices, for example between a transport device and a shrinking device.
  • components of the first container treatment device can be adjusted via the first adjustment devices of the first guide rail and components of the other, second container treatment device can be set with the second adjustment devices of the second guide rail.
  • shaft walls of the first shrinking device can be adjusted via the first adjusting devices of the first guide rail
  • guide rails of the transporting device can be adjusted via the second adjusting devices of the second guide rail, for example.
  • a shrinking device which comprises at least two in their relative position to each other adjustable shaft walls.
  • packaging material is shrunk around articles or article assemblies thereon.
  • a suitable shrinkage means for example hot air, is passed via shaft walls onto the articles or article assemblies and the packaging material, in particular shrink film.
  • an adjustment portal is arranged in each case.
  • the shaft walls adjustable in their position relative to one another are each arranged on an adjusting device of each adjusting portal.
  • the arrangement of two adjustment portals already described in detail takes place in each case in an upper entrance area and in an exit area of the shrinking tunnel of the shrinking device.
  • the shaft walls that are adjustable relative to one another in their position are each arranged on an adjustment device of each adjustment portal. It is preferably provided that the shaft walls are extended beyond the interior of the shrink tunnel, for example via an attached flat steel element or another suitable fastening element. This extension serves as a mounting area for the adjustment portals.
  • the shaft walls are fastened to the adjusting devices of the adjustment portals via the fastening elements or extension areas.
  • the adjustment portals can be arranged in particular outside of the shrink tunnel.
  • the adjustment portals and their components are not exposed to the extreme temperature fluctuations that prevail inside the shrink tunnel.
  • the adjustment portals can be produced cost-effectively, since it is not necessary to pay extra attention to the components used that they must be suitable for extreme temperature and / or humidity fluctuations.
  • the adjustment portals are used to automatically adjust the shaft walls in a product change, in particular to automatically adjust the distance between each adjacent shaft walls to the size and / or shape of the new product.
  • they can additionally serve additional functions during operation.
  • closing or opening of the entry and / or exit regions of the transport path can be provided by further components of the shrinking device.
  • two guide rails with adjusting devices are each other opposite, provided parallel to the adjustment of the adjustment.
  • the adjusting devices on the first guide rail are associated, for example, with the shaft walls and cause their adjustment or positioning during a product change.
  • the adjusters on the second guide rail are associated with curtains in the inlet or outlet area of the shrink tunnel and cause their adjustment during operation, so that the inlet or outlet area is as far as possible closed by the curtains, if just no article or no article compilation in this Area is located. This should at least largely prevent shrinkage from escaping from the interior of the shrink tunnel or that the interior of the shrink tunnel cools, as this has a negative impact on the shrinkage result.
  • the invention relates to the adjustment of the distance between at least two shaft walls within a shrinking tunnel of a shrinking device.
  • the components, in particular the shaft walls, are each arranged on an adjusting device of at least one adjustment portal.
  • the adjustment portal comprises an adjusting device with an adjusting means and the adjusting device is variably positionable along a Verstelluite.
  • the adjustment of the position of a component, in particular a shaft wall, takes place in the steps described below.
  • the adjusting device moves to the actual position of the first adjusting device on which the shaft wall is arranged. This is done by shifting the adjustment along the Verstellux. Subsequently, an operative connection between the adjusting device and the adjusting means of the adjusting device is produced. As a result, the locking of the adjusting device is released on a guide device. When the adjusting device is displaced again along the adjustment path, the adjusting device is entrained by the adjusting device and displaced along the guiding device, which extends parallel to the adjustment path. If the new desired position of the adjusting device is reached, the operative connection between the adjusting device and adjusting means of the adjusting device is released. As a result, the adjusting device is fixed or locked in its new desired position on the adjustment portal. Due to the physical coupling between the component and the setting device is moved by moving the in Active connection with the adjustment device standing displacement and thus repositioning the respective shaft wall causes.
  • a first adjustment portal is associated with a first end region of the shaft walls to be set, and a second adjustment portal is associated with a second end region of the shaft walls.
  • Each of the components to be adjusted is arranged on an adjustment device of the first adjustment portal and on an adjustment device of the second adjustment portal. The adjustment of the positioning of the shaft walls takes place in each case by a simultaneously controlled adjustment of the two adjusting devices on the shaft wall.
  • not only a parallel adjustment of the shaft walls is possible with the arrangement of two Verstellportale to be set well walls.
  • the attachment between shaft wall and adjusting device is not rigid, so that it would also be possible to reposition only one of the end regions of a component or a shaft wall.
  • a shaft wall opposite other tunable shaft walls possible.
  • the position of the shaft walls in the shrink tunnel of a shrinking device can be tracked to the shrinking packaging means, so that the distance between the shaft wall and packaging means along the transport path within a shrink tunnel remains as constant as possible.
  • transport lanes could be set with increasing or decreasing transport width.
  • a so-called learning function or teaching function can be provided. After an initial setting of the positions of all adjusters and shaft walls, the adjustment is moved along the entire Verstellumble. By suitable sensors, which are arranged for example on the adjusting device, the desired positions of all adjusting devices are determined. The determined positioning data are transmitted to an associated control unit and stored there. When the adjustment device is moved along the adjustment path during the current container treatment operation, the actual positions of the adjustment devices are continuously checked and corrected in the event of deviation from the stored desired positions. Alternatively and / or additionally, this teaching function is used in order to restore the initial situation quickly after a fault in the current container treatment operation. In particular, by a crash o.ä. the shaft walls, to be moved.
  • the adjusting device is moved along the adjustment path and determines the deviations between the respective actual position and the respective desired position of the individual adjusting devices or associated shaft walls.
  • the correct nominal position of the individual adjusting devices is automatically restored by the adjusting device.
  • the initial setting of the positions of all adjustment device or all the adjustment devices associated shaft walls can be made manually.
  • the teaching function facilitates a reproducible restoration of a manually set initial state.
  • the information can be assigned to a specific product. If the same product is to be processed again, the adjustment of the components, in particular of the shaft walls, can now be carried out directly automatically based on the stored data.
  • the innovation describes a universal Verstellportal, which can be used in particular for the adjustment or positioning of shaft walls in a shrink tunnel of a shrinking device.
  • the adjustment portal can also be used for the setting of guide rails of transport devices for container transport, for packers, etc.
  • an adjustment portal can also be arranged on other container treatment devices, for example on devices for producing the containers, such as blow molding machines, on devices for filling and closing the containers, etc., and there effect the adjustment of components.
  • a container treatment device could be a device for assembling containers and packaging these compilations o.ä. be.
  • the adjustment portal is designed so that it can be easily adapted to different container treatment devices and thus used to set different container treatment devices.
  • the adjustment portal can be easily and quickly arranged on the respective container treatment device.
  • the components to be adjusted are fastened to corresponding adjustment devices of the adjustment portal. It is therefore not necessary to adapt the adjusting device to the respective components to be adjusted, since in each case an operative connection between the adjusting device and adjusting device is produced and there is never a direct connection between the adjusting device and the component to be adjusted.
  • the adjustment portal for example, at the shrink tunnel offers a cost-effective Alternative to the manual adjustment of shaft walls, since the effort for ergonomics and operability with manual adjustment by an operator is eliminated.
  • when using an adjustment portal can reduce the changeover times of machinery and machine associations.
  • the costs for an adjustment portal are low. Both with container transport, with the packer and / or with the shrink tunnel, etc., a high level of automation can be achieved by using one or more adjustment gantries.
  • the selected settings can be quickly and easily reproduced by appropriately storing the position data of the adjusting devices, and thus a desired state or an original state can be easily restored.
  • the adjustment portal is therefore also inexpensive to use in various applications or on different container treatment devices, since the number of setting devices is not limited.
  • the adjustment of the adjustment portal is configured according to the number of adjusters and guide rails with adjusters via a software accordingly.
  • the actual position of the existing adjusting devices is determined, for example, by sensors. Subsequently, the adjustment devices are positioned according to the new product specifications.
  • the sensory position detection scan function also serves to initialize after a crash, power loss, or other malfunction.
  • stepper motors As drives preferably inexpensive stepper motors are used.
  • an electrical adjustment axis is provided as a single drive with stepper motor per Verstellportal and an electric transverse axis with stepper motor for the adjustment.
  • other suitable drives in particular servo motors, etc., can also be used.
  • use of magnemotion drives i. a magnetically driven method of adjusting and / or adjusting devices is conceivable. This is particularly advantageous, since thus a wireless control is possible.
  • FIG 1A shows a plan view of a first embodiment of a Verstellportals 1, 1 a according to the invention.
  • the adjustment portal 1, 1a comprises an adjusting device 10, which is designed in particular as an adjusting slide 12.
  • the adjusting device 10 is arranged so as to be able to slide on two guide rails 14 on an axis 17 driven by a first drive 16.
  • the lateral sliding movement S of Verstellschlittens 12 is over the length of the guide rails 14 and the adjusting section 18 along the drive axis 17 laterally delimiting stop elements 19, limited.
  • the adjusting device 10 comprises a second transverse drive 20 and at least one adjusting means 22 coupled thereto (cf. Figures 1 B, 1 C ).
  • the assemblies to be adjusted 30 are shaft walls 33 of a shrinking device 50 (see. FIGS. 6A to 6E ). These are mounted on adjusters 40.
  • the adjusting devices 40 are, in particular, guide carriages 42, which are displaceably arranged on a guide rail 44.
  • the guide rail 44 is arranged parallel to the drive axle 18.
  • FIG. 1B and FIG. 1C show detailed views of an adjacently to an adjusting device 40 arranged adjusting 10.
  • the adjusting means 22 which is in particular designed as a driving pin 24, an operative connection, whereby the respective adjusting device 40 in an adjustment VM (see. FIG. 2B ) is transferred, in which an adjustment of the position of the positioned on the adjusting device 40 shaft wall 33, is possible.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B The mode of action of a first embodiment of an adjusting means 22 is shown schematically in the FIGS. 2A and 2B shown.
  • the adjusting carriage 12 comprises a driving pin 24 as displacement means.
  • the latter is positioned directly adjacent to a guide carriage 42 (cf. FIGS. 1 ).
  • the driven by the second transverse drive 20 driving pin 24 can now engage in a corresponding receiving device 46 of the guide carriage 42.
  • the driving pin 24 is perpendicular to the direction of movement S of the adjusting slide 12 by the transverse drive 20 (see. FIGS. 1 ) in the direction of the guide carriage 42 and engages in the receiving device 46 a.
  • the driving pin 24 is removed from the receiving device 46 by returning in the direction of the adjusting slide 12 so that the operative connection between the adjusting slide 12 and the guide slide 42 is canceled the guide carriage 42 is again fixed by a positive, frictionally and / or non-positive connection to the guide rail 44 and is in the so-called working mode AM.
  • working mode AM in particular, the position of the component is defined defined.
  • FIG. 3A shows a view of an adjustment portal 1 b from above
  • FIG. 3B shows a representation of an adjustment portal 1 b from the front
  • Figures 3C and 3D show different perspective views of the adjustment portal 1 b.
  • FIG. 3E shows an embodiment of a setting device 40a with positive-locking operative connection
  • FIG. 3F shows a side view of an adjusting device 10b between two adjusting devices 40-1 and 40-2.
  • first guide rails 44-1 are provided for first adjustment devices 40-1.
  • second guide rails 44-2 are provided for second adjusting devices 40-2, which are likewise arranged substantially opposite to the drive axle 17 and the guide rails 14, the first guide rail 44-1.
  • the guide rails 44-1, 44-2 for the adjusting devices 40-1, 40-2 can be arranged above the guide rails 14 for the adjusting means 10b.
  • the guide rails 44-1, 44-2 for the adjusting devices 40-1, 40-2 may be arranged below or at the same height of the guide rails 14 for the adjusting means 10b (cf. Figures 3C, 3D ).
  • the first adjusting devices 40-1 serve to adjust the first components, while the second adjusting devices 40-2 serve to adjust further components.
  • Such an adjustment portal 1b can, for example, on a shrinking device 50 according to FIG. 6 be advantageously used to adjust the distances between shaft walls 33 by means of the first adjusting devices 40-1.
  • the adjusting device 10b can operate both the first adjusting devices 40-1 and the second adjusting devices 40-2, it is provided that the adjusting device 10b comprises two adjusting means 22-1 and 22-2 arranged substantially opposite one another, which in particular respectively act as driving elements 24 -1 and 24-2 are formed.
  • the transverse drive 20b must then instead of two positions (working mode AM and adjustment mode VM cf. Figures 2 ), designed for three positions.
  • each an adjustment portal 1, 1 b is arranged in an initial region and in an end region of the component in order to ensure a smooth adjustment (see. FIGS. 6 ).
  • FIG. 3E shows an embodiment of an adjustment device 40a.
  • the adjusting device 40a On the guide rail 14 for the adjusting means 10b are on both sides along the adjustment path 18 (see. FIG. 1 )
  • the adjusting device 40a comprises a corresponding second sawtooth profile 41, which in the working mode AM positively engages in the first sawtooth profile 15 * of the profile rails 15.
  • the positive connection between the first and the second sawtooth profile 15 *, 41 is canceled and the adjustment device 40b can be moved along its guide rail 44.
  • FIGS. 4A and 4B show representations of another embodiment of an adjustment 10c.
  • the transverse drive 20c in particular comprises a first shaft 90, which is set in rotation R by the transverse drive 20c.
  • a first gear 92 is arranged on the first shaft 90.
  • the adjusting device 10c comprises a second shaft 94 with a second gear 96, wherein the first and the second gear 94, 96 are engaged with each other.
  • the second gear 96 is arranged on the adjusting means 22, that upon rotation of the drive shaft 90, the rotational movement R is transmitted via the first gear 92 to the second gear 96 and the second shaft 94.
  • the rotational movement of the second gear 96 is transmitted to the adjusting means 22 that performs a linear movement L.
  • the adjusting means 22 in a first direction L1 orthogonal to the sliding movement direction S of the adjusting device 10c (see. Figures 1A . 3A, 3B ) or in a direction opposite to the first direction L2.
  • the first free end 25 of the adjusting means 22 can be positioned in the receiving device 46-1 of the adjusting device 40-1.
  • the second free end 26 of the adjusting means 22 is positioned in the receiving device 46-2 of the adjusting device 40-2.
  • Figures 5 schematically illustrate the arrangement of an adjustment 10d between two adjustment devices 40-1 and 40-2 and show the selective engagement of a common adjustment means 22d in a respective receiving device 46-1, 46-2 of the adjusting devices 40-1, 40-2.
  • the adjusting means 22d comprises a first free end 25 and a second free end 26. By positioning one of the free ends 25, 26 in a receiving device 46-1, 46-2 of the adjusting devices 40-1, 40-2 becomes the adjustment mode VM of each setting enabled.
  • the adjusting means 22d can be displaced via the transverse drive 20d in the direction of the first adjusting device 40-1, so that the first free end 25 of the adjusting means 22d engages the receiving device 46-1 of the first adjusting device 40-1 and these in the first adjustment mode VM1 transferred (cf. FIG. 5B ). If the adjustment device 10d is now moved along the adjustment axis 18 (cf. Figures 3 ), the first adjusting device 40-1 is accordingly taken along, and thus the component (not shown) arranged on the first adjusting device 40-1 is moved to a new desired position. According to FIG.
  • the adjusting means 22d will be displaced in the direction of the second adjusting device 40-2 via the transverse drive 20d, so that the second free end 26 of the adjusting means 22d engages the receiving device 46-2 of the second setting device 40-2 and transfers them into the second adjustment mode VM2 , If the adjustment device 10d is now moved along the adjustment axis 18 (cf. Figures 3 ), the second adjusting device 40-2 is taken along accordingly and thus the component (not shown) arranged on the second adjusting device 40-2 is moved to a new desired position.
  • the adjusting device comprises two transverse drives and two independently controllable driver, so that a simultaneous entrainment of the first and second adjusting device is possible, if they can be adjusted or should be simultaneously.
  • FIG. 6A shows the arrangement of two Verstellportale 1e-1 and 1 e-2 on a shrinking device 50 with shrink tunnel 51.
  • Articles, in particular beverage containers, bottles 52, cans or the like. are put together in article groups and wrapped with shrink film 54. These arrangements are also referred to as article assemblies or containers 56.
  • the containers 56 are fed in the transport direction TR on a conveyor belt 58 to the shrink tunnel of the shrinking device 50.
  • the shrink tunnel heating means (not shown) are arranged, which act on the container 56 with shrink, for example, with hot air, whereby the shrink film 54 shrinks around the bottle 52.
  • After the bundles 56 have passed through the shrink tunnel they are cooled with cold air 62 by fans 60 arranged above the conveyor 58.
  • the heating means are in particular at least two shaft walls which limit the width of the at least one transport path.
  • FIG. 6B shows a double-sided adjustment portal 1e, analogous to the adjustment portal 1b according to Figures 3 and FIG. 6C shows a detailed view of the adjusting means 10b arranged on an adjusting device 40-1 according to FIGS Figures 3 ,
  • fastening means 37 for fastening shaft walls 33 (see. FIGS. 6D, 6E ) arranged.
  • curtains of the inlet or outlet region 70, 72 of the shrinking device 50 (cf. FIG. 6A ) can be arranged.
  • the curtains are intended to prevent shrinkage material from escaping from the interior of the shrinking tunnel 51 of the shrinking device 50.
  • the relative position of the curtains to one another in particular the size of the inlet or outlet opening in the inlet or outlet region 70, 72 of the shrinking device 50 can be regulated depending on the product.
  • FIG. 6D shows the arrangement of two mutually adjustable in position bay walls 33-1, 33-2 between two Verstellportalen 1 e-1 and 1 e-2 and in particular the attachment of the shaft walls 33-1, 33-2 to the attachment means 37 of the Verstellportale 1 e -1, 1 e-2.
  • FIG. 6E shows a corresponding side view. The following is a general description of the interaction of the adjustment portals 1 e-1 and 1 e-2. For a better understanding of the components described is on the FIGS. 1 and 3 and their description referenced.
  • the shrink tunnel inlet area 70 (cf. FIG.
  • the shaft walls 33-1, 33-2 are extended in their upper region upwards and outwards and fastened via the fastening means 37 to the adjusting devices 40-1 of the adjustment portals 1 e-1 and 1 e-2.
  • the respective shaft wall 33-1, 33-2 is arranged in its initial region on an adjustment device 40-1 of the first adjustment portal 1 e-1.
  • the respective shaft wall 33 is in her End region arranged on an adjusting 40-1 of the second Verstellportals 1 e-2.
  • the adjusting devices 10b of the two adjustment portals 1 e-1 and 1 e-2 are coupled to one another via a control unit 80.
  • the adjustment devices 10b of the two adjustment portals 1e-1 and 1e-2 simultaneously approach the adjustment devices 40-1 associated with each shaft wall 33-1, 33-2 and move them to a new desired position.
  • the respective shaft wall 33-1, 33-2 is preferably adjusted simultaneously in its start and end regions, in particular first the shaft wall 33 -1 is displaced parallel to the transport direction TR of the conveyor belt 58. Subsequently, the at least one second shaft wall 33-2 can also be repositioned via the jointly controlled adjustment devices 10b of the two adjustment portals 1e-1 and 1e2.
  • each adjustment portal 1e-1 and 1 e-2 each comprise a first drive 16 for the drive axle of the adjusting devices 10b and in each case a second transverse drive 20b for the adjusting means of the adjusting devices 10b.
  • the number of drives required in particular does not depend on the number of shaft walls 33 to be set.
  • the adjustment portals 1e-1 and 1 e-2 can be used according to the present embodiment, both in shrinking devices 50 with one-lane processing, comprising only two so-called outer shaft walls with each of the interior facing outflow surfaces for the shrink.
  • the adjustment gantries 1 e-1 and 1 e-2 can also be used in shrinking devices 50 with multi-lane processing, which additionally comprise so-called inner shaft walls, each having two opposite outflow surfaces for the shrinking means, each of the outflow surfaces each an inner region of the shrinking device and each facing a transport path for the respective products.
  • the adjustment gantries 1 e-1 and 1 e-2 respectively comprise correspondingly more adjustment devices 40-1.
  • the adjustment portals 1e-1 and 1e-2 are preferably arranged outside the shrinking tunnel 51 of the shrinking device 50. Only the additional extension elements or the special attachment means 37 of the adjustment portals 1 e-1, 1 e-2 protrude at least partially into the shrink tunnel 51. According to an alternative embodiment, the adjustment portals 1 e-1, 1 e-2 can be arranged within the shrink tunnel. In this case, in the construction is on it Ensure that the components used are suitable for the temperature fluctuations occurring in the shrink tunnel 51.

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  1. Portail réglable (1) pour un dispositif de rétraction (50) avec tunnel de rétraction (51) pour régler la position relative d'au moins deux parois de gaine (33) du dispositif de rétraction (50),
    le portail réglable (1) comprenant au moins un dispositif de réglage (10) avec un moyen de réglage (22) et au moins deux dispositifs d'ajustage (40), une paroi de gaine (33) étant disposée sur chacun des au moins deux dispositifs d'ajustage (40), de telle sorte que la position de la paroi de gaine et la position de chaque dispositif d'ajustage (40) sont réglables en commun, le dispositif de réglage (10) pouvant être mis en position variable sur une distance de réglage (18),
    le dispositif de réglage (10) pouvant être attribué de manière sélective et respectivement à un des au moins deux dispositifs d'ajustage (40) et pouvant être mis en interaction avec celui-ci,
    le dispositif d'ajustage (40) pouvant être amené dans une nouvelle position sur la distance de réglage (18), grâce aux procédés du dispositif de réglage (10), en même temps que la paroi de gaine (33) agencée sur le dispositif d'ajustage (40) lors d'une interaction entre le dispositif d'ajustage (40) et le moyen de réglage (22) du dispositif de réglage (10),
    l'interaction entre le dispositif de réglage (10) et le dispositif d'ajustage (40) pouvant être annulée une fois qu'est atteinte une nouvelle position de consigne de la paroi de gaine (33), et
    le dispositif de réglage (10) étant mobile librement sur cette distance de réglage (18) lorsque l'interaction est annulée.
  2. Portail réglable (1) selon la revendication 1, ledit dispositif de réglage (10) étant de position variable sur ladite distance de réglage (18) au moyen d'un premier mécanisme d'entraînement (16) dudit portail réglable (1) et ledit dispositif de réglage (10) comprenant un deuxième mécanisme d'entraînement (20) pour ledit moyen de réglage (22).
  3. Portail réglable (1) selon la revendication 1 ou 2, lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) étant agencés sur au moins un dispositif de guidage (44) parallèlement à ladite distance de réglage (18).
  4. Portail réglable (1) selon la revendication 3, lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) étant agencés, dans un premier mode de travail (AM), à un emplacement fixe sur ledit dispositif de guidage (44) et lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) pouvant, dans un deuxième mode de réglage (VM), être déplacés sur ledit dispositif de guidage (44), lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) pouvant être transférés, par interaction avec ledit moyen de réglage (22) dudit dispositif de réglage (10), du premier mode de travail (AM) dans le deuxième mode de réglage (VM).
  5. Portail réglable (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, les moyens de réglage (22) étant des éléments d'accrochage (24), l'accrochage dans des éléments récepteurs (46) correspondant desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) permettant de réaliser une interaction mécanique entre dispositif d'ajustage (40) et dispositif de réglage (10), ou ledit moyen de réglage (22) comprenant au moins une bobine électromagnétique et lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) présentant au moins dans certaines zones des propriétés magnétiques, l'activation dudit moyen de réglage (22) permettant de réaliser une interaction magnétique avec le dispositif de réglage (40) disposé à proximité.
  6. Portail réglable (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, une unité de commande (80) étant attribuée audit portail réglable (1) et/ou audit dispositif de réglage (10), par laquelle le positionnement dudit dispositif de réglage (10) et/ou ledit moyen de réglage (22) dudit dispositif de réglage (10) peuvent être commandés.
  7. Portail réglable (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, ledit portail réglable (1) comprenant des moyens de détection pour détecter la position dudit dispositif de réglage (10) et/ou desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) et/ou ledit dispositif de réglage (10) comprenant des moyens de détection pour détecter la position desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40).
  8. Portail réglable (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, le portail réglable (1) comprenant aux moins deux rails de guidage (44-1, 44-2) avec chacune au moins deux dispositifs d'ajustage (40-1, 40-2) en face l'un de l'autre, parallèlement à ladite distance de réglage (18) dudit dispositif de réglage (10), des premières parois de gaine (33) du dispositif de traitement des récipients étant disposées au niveau des premiers dispositifs d'ajustage (40-1) du premier rail de guidage (44-1) et des deuxièmes pièces de construction (30) dudit dispositif de rétraction (50) étant disposées au niveau des deuxièmes dispositifs d'ajustage (40-2) du deuxième rail de guidage (44-2).
  9. Dispositif de rétraction (50) avec un tunnel de rétraction (51) avec au moins deux parois de gaine (33) réglables dans leur position relative l'une par rapport à l'autre, des moyens de rétraction pouvant être dirigés vers un espace intérieur du tunnel de rétraction (51) en passant par lesdites parois de gaine (33), caractérisé en ce qu'un portail réglable (1 e-1, 1 e-2) est agencé respectivement selon les revendications 1 à 8 sur lesdites parois de gaine (33) dans une première zone de début (70) et dans une deuxième zone de fin (72) des pièces de construction réglables (30), lesdites parois de gaine (33) réglables dans leur position les unes par rapport aux autres étant disposées au niveau de chacun desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) de chaque portail réglable (1 e-1, 1e-2).
  10. Dispositif de rétraction (50) selon la revendication 9, lesdites parois de gaine (33) comprenant, dans la première zone d'entrée (70) et dans la deuxième zone de sortie (72) dudit tunnel de rétraction (51) au moins dans une partie supérieure, une zone de fixation (37) à laquelle est agencé respectivement un portail réglable (1 e-1, 1 e-2) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, les portails réglables (1 e-1, 1 e-2) étant disposés à l'extérieur dudit tunnel de rétraction (51).
  11. Procédé de réglage d'au moins deux parois de gaine (33), réglables dans au moins une position relative l'une par rapport à l'autre, d'un tunnel de rétraction (51) d'un dispositif de rétraction (50), lesdites parois de gaine (33) étant disposées chacune sur un dispositif d'ajustage (40) d'au moins un portail réglable (1), ledit portail réglable (1) comprenant un dispositif de réglage (10) avec un moyen de réglage (22), ledit dispositif de réglage (10) pouvant être mis dans une position variable sur une distance de réglage (18), le réglage de la position d'une paroi de gaine (33) se réalisant selon les étapes suivantes :
    • Avancement jusqu'à la position effective dudit dispositif d'ajustage (40) attribué à la paroi de gaine (33) par un déplacement dudit dispositif de réglage (10) sur ladite distance de réglage (18) ;
    • Mise en oeuvre d'une interaction entre ledit dispositif d'ajustage (40) et le moyen de réglage (22) dudit dispositif de réglage (10) ;
    • Emmènement dudit dispositif d'ajustage (40) vers une nouvelle position de consigne par déplacement dudit dispositif de réglage (10) sur ladite distance de réglage (18) ;
    • Rupture de l'interaction entre dispositif d'ajustage (40) et moyen de réglage (22) dudit dispositif de réglage (10).
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, la rupture de l'interaction entre dispositif d'ajustage (40) et moyen de réglage (22) dudit dispositif de réglage (10) permettant de fixer ou de bloquer sur ledit portail réglable (1) la position dudit dispositif d'ajustage (40) voire de ladite paroi de gaine attribuée (33).
  13. Procédé selon la revendication 11 ou 12, un premier portail réglable (1-1) étant respectivement attribué à une première zone de fin (70) desdites parois de gaine (33) et un deuxième portail réglable (1e-2) étant respectivement attribué à une deuxième zone de fin (72) desdites parois de gaine (33) et chaque paroi de gaine (33) étant disposée sur un dispositif d'ajustage (40-1) du premier portail réglable (1e-1) et sur un dispositif d'ajustage (40-2) du deuxième portail réglable (1e-2), et le réglage de la mise en position de ladite paroi de gaine (33) s'effectuant par un réglage commandé en parallèle des deux dispositifs d'ajustage (40-1, 40-2) sur ladite paroi de gaine (33).
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 11 à 13,
    • le dispositif de réglage (10) étant déplacé sur la totalité de ladite distance de réglage (18) passé le premier réglage des positions de tous lesdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) et parois de gaine (33) ;
    • alors que les positions de consigne de la totalité desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) sont déterminées ;
    • les données de positionnement sont envoyées à une unité de commande attribuée (80) et enregistrées ;
    • lors du déplacement dudit dispositif de réglage (10) sur ladite distance de réglage (18) en mode de rétraction en marche, les positions effectives desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) sont contrôlées en continu et corrigées dès qu'elles divergent des positions de consigne enregistrées, ou
    • après une panne dans la marche du traitement des récipients, les positions de consigne desdits dispositifs d'ajustage (40) sont rétablies de manière automatique par ledit dispositif de réglage (10).
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