EP2835314B1 - Verbessertes Verpackungsverfahren - Google Patents

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EP2835314B1
EP2835314B1 EP14175999.3A EP14175999A EP2835314B1 EP 2835314 B1 EP2835314 B1 EP 2835314B1 EP 14175999 A EP14175999 A EP 14175999A EP 2835314 B1 EP2835314 B1 EP 2835314B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/58—Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession
    • B65B11/585—Applying two or more wrappers, e.g. in succession to stacked articles, e.g. pallettised loads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B65B11/025—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders by webs revolving around stationary articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/04—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated
    • B65B11/045—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material the articles being rotated by rotating platforms supporting the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D71/00—Bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport, e.g. portable segregating carrier for plural receptacles such as beer cans or pop bottles; Bales of material
    • B65D71/0088—Palletisable loads, i.e. loads intended to be transported by means of a fork-lift truck

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  • the invention pertains to the technical field of packaging stacked compressible products in a stable manner, in particular packaging disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, which may be pre-packed in e.g. open cartons which are stacked on a pallet.
  • Consumer products such as baby diaper bags are often packed in tray cartons, stacked on pallets, provided with edge protectors and wrapped with stretch film.
  • document WO 1996/041753 A1 discloses a package comprising an array of at least two substantially rectangular flexible packs, each pack comprising flexible articles which have been compressed in a direction of compression to between 20% and 70% of their uncompressed volume encased in a flexible bag, the array comprising four side faces, a top face and a bottom face, a flexible wrapper wrapped around at least a part of the side faces of the array, the wrapper forming a tube having a tube section extending beyond the top face of the area Y, the tube section being folded transversely to the side faces to at least partly cover the top face and attachment means for maintaining the folded-over tube section in its folded over position.
  • EP2199215 A2 discloses a stretch wrapping machine and a device for stretch wrapping products which must breathe during their storage and transport process.
  • the stretch wrapping machine comprises a rotating base configured to support the palletized load and a fixed column next to the rotating base comprising a first reel of an extendable sheet, said first reel being movable along said column.
  • the stretch wrapping machine additionally comprises a second reel of a non-extendable sheet, said second reel being movable along said column.
  • the method of the invention comprises stretch wrapping the load with the extendable sheet to subsequently stretch wrap the load with a layer formed on the inside by the non-extendable sheet and on the outside by the extendable sheet.
  • the invention thereto aims to provide a wrapping that increases the stability of the packages (e.g. baby diaper cartons on pallets) significantly reducing at the same time the need for stretch film and edge protectors.
  • the present invention provides a method for stabilizing a stack of products, preferably pre-packed units comprising discrete stacked products, defined in Claim 1.
  • pre-packed is meant that one or more absorbent articles are packed in a single unit before being stacked.
  • wrapping material is meant a bendable material, preferably a sheet material of which the thickness is smaller, more preferably much smaller than its width or length, such as a sheet, a film or a foil.
  • said wrapping material is capable of being rolled up.
  • the first material and said second material is provided as a banderole.
  • the banderole of said first material comprises a width which is different than, less than a width of said banderole of said second material.
  • banderole or “sleeve” as used herein, is meant a sheet material of essentially constant width, which can be rolled up or rolled off in a direction perpendicular to the width-direction.
  • the second material is different from said first wrapping material.
  • said second material is wrapped around said stack with a tension which is different than a tension which the first material is wrapped around the stack with.
  • the first material is a conventional wrapping material consisting of poly-ethylene, and said second material comprises paper.
  • the first and/or second material is essentially free from an adhesive component such as glue or tape.
  • said first material comprises a low tensile strength and/or high stretching properties, such as a high elasticity.
  • said second material comprises a high tensile strength.
  • said second material comprises a second tensile strength which is substantially greater than a first tensile strength of said first material.
  • said first material and said second material are wrapped jointly around said stack.
  • said wrapping steps are performed subsequently, hereby wrapping said stack in said first material before wrapping said stack in said second material.
  • said wrapping steps are performed at least partially simultaneously.
  • At least one and preferably all of said units are compressible, such as bags, open cartons, closed cartons or shelf-ready boxes.
  • these units may comprise absorbent articles, or such as pre-wrapped set of absorbent articles.
  • three or more wrapping materials are used, such as 3, 4, 5, 6 or more materials. These materials could comprise the first or the second wrapping material, and/or these materials could comprise wrapping materials with physical properties which are different from the first and/or second wrapping material. These materials could comprise different materials than the first and second wrapping materials.
  • Said stack is wrapped in said first material by x turns and said stack is wrapped in said second material by y turns.
  • x is at least two, and preferably smaller than 50, more preferably smaller than 25.
  • y is at least one, more preferably at least two, and smaller than 50, more preferably smaller than 25.
  • x and y can be determined independently in order to increase the stability of the stack.
  • 'turn' as used herein, is meant that a material is wrapped around the stack over a peripherical side surface area which comprises essentially one circumference.
  • the wrapping material's width is smaller the height of the stack, more than one turn is needed to cover the complete peripherical side surface with at least one layer of wrapping material.
  • the apparatus used in the method of the present invention comprises a wrapping mechanism, a first holder for holding a first wrapping material and a second holder for holding a second wrapping material.
  • said wrapping mechanism comprises a turntable, a rotating arm and/or a rotating ring wrapper.
  • said first holder is provided with a first wrapping material and/or said second holder is provided with a second wrapping material.
  • said first holder comprises roll means arranged to allow a first roll of first wrapping material to be rollably mounted on said first holder and/or said second holder comprises roll means arranged to allow a second roll of second wrapping material to be rollably mounted on said second holder.
  • said apparatus comprises three or more holders, such as 3, 4, 5, 6 or more holders, each holding a wrapping material.
  • said apparatus is arranged to perform a method according to the present invention.
  • a peripheral side surface of said products or pre-packed units is covered with at least one layer of said first material and at least one layer of said second material, preferably whereby essentially all peripheral side surfaces of said products or pre-packed units are essentially completely covered with at least one layer of said first material and at least one layer of said second material.
  • peripheral side surface of said products or pre-packed units is meant the side surface of the products or units which, when they are stacked, make up the peripheral surface of the stack, i.e. the surface of the stack which can be seen from the side.
  • said stack comprises the shape of a parallelepiped, a beam, a prism or a cylinder. In an embodiment, said stack comprises a pallet onto which said pre-packed units are stacked.
  • said absorbent articles comprise disposable hygienic products, such as diapers, baby diapers, incontinence diapers, pull-on diaper pants.
  • the present invention concerns a method, an apparatus for stabilizing a stack of products, preferably pre-packed units, preferably said units comprising absorbent articles, as well as a stack comprising pre-packed units which preferably comprise absorbent articles.
  • a compartment refers to one or more than one compartment.
  • the value to which the modifier "about” refers is itself also specifically disclosed.
  • the invention provides a method of stabilizing stacked products by means of two different materials, provided as banderoles.
  • Palletized goods may be, but are not limited thereto, for example baby diapers bags in open cartons.
  • a banderole/sleeve of an unrolled sheet of film 6 from film roll 1 is customary, showing a high degree of elasticity and high resilience.
  • the purpose of the present invention is the stabilization of the stack 5, whereby the individually stacked units or products show a low degree of resistance against deformation, with a high-resilience stretch film, without deforming the units significantly.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide a way of securing cargo, whereby the loosening of individual products from the assembly and their break-out from the cargo securing is prevented.
  • a further purpose of the invention is to provide cargo securing preventing individual units or products from losing their height due to their compressibility.
  • the invention is illustrated in figures 1 and 2 , showing a roll 1 of the first material of a low tensile banderole/sleeve, a roll 2 of a second material of a conventional wrapping film, a turntable 3 of a conventional wrapping machine, a support arm 4 for supporting the roll 1 of the first material and the roll 2 of the second material, a stack 5 of unstable products or pre-packed units of products on a pallet, the width 6 of the conventional wrapping film, the feeding conveyance 7 of second banderole to the package and the width 8 of the banderole/sleeve of the second material.
  • a second material is provided as a banderole or sleeve which can be unrolled from a roll 2 of a wrapping apparatus.
  • the width of the second banderole/sleeve 8 is wide enough to embrace a specific layer of products or pre-packed units of products, or several product layers or unit layers at the same time.
  • a more tensile material e.g. kraft paper
  • the material is then attached to the pallet over a feeding conveyance 7. This material is then clamped between the material and the package.
  • the rotation of the turntable 3, the rotary arm, or the ring causes the material 8 to be taken along. After an arbitrarily determined wrap count, the turntable 3, the rotating arm or the ring stop.
  • the material 8 can then be cut off in a manual or automated manner.
  • the pallet Because of the high tensile strength of the second banderole/sleeve material, the pallet develops an increased resistance to lateral loads such as those occurring due to inertial forces in transportation.

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  1. Verfahren zum Stabilisieren eines Stapels aus vorgepackten komprimierbaren Einheiten, einzelne gestapelte Produkte umfassend, die aus absorbierenden Einwegartikeln, wie beispielsweise Windeln, ausgewählt sind, die Schritte des Einwickeln des Stapels in ein erstes Einwickelmaterial und Einwickeln des Stapels in ein zweites Einwickelmaterial umfassend, wobei das zweite Einwickelmaterial andere physikalische Eigenschaften als das erste Einwickelmaterial umfasst, wobei das erste Einwickelmaterial eine Folie ist, die Polyethylen umfasst, und wobei das zweite Einwickelmaterial Papier umfasst, wobei das Einwickeln ohne wesentliches Verformen der Einheiten ausgeführt wird, wobei der Stapel x Runden in das erste Material eingewickelt wird und der Stapel y Runden in das zweite Einwickelmaterial gewickelt wird und wobei x mindestens zwei ist und wobei y mindestens eins ist und wobei das erste und das zweite Einwickelmaterial als eine Banderole bereitgestellt ist und wobei die Banderole aus dem ersten Einwickelmaterial eine Breite (6) umfasst, die kleiner als die Breite (8) der Banderole aus dem zweiten Einwickelmaterial ist.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das erste und/oder das zweite Material im Wesentlichen frei von einer Klebstoffkomponente ist/sind, wie beispielsweise Leim oder Klebeband.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 2, wobei das erste Material eine geringe Dehnungsfestigkeit umfasst, wie beispielsweise eine hohe Elastizität, und/oder wobei das zweite Material eine hohe Dehnungsfestigkeit aufweist.
  4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, wobei das zweite Material eine zweite Dehnungsfestigkeit umfasst, die im Wesentlichen größer als eine erste Dehnungsfestigkeit des ersten Materials ist.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, wobei das erste Material und das zweite Material gemeinsam um den Stapel gewickelt werden oder wobei die Wickelschritte zumindest teilweise gleichzeitig ausgeführt werden.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, wobei die Einheiten Beutel, offene Kartons, geschlossene Kartons oder regalfertige Schachteln sind.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, wobei drei oder mehr Einwickelmaterialien verwendet werden, wie beispielsweise 3, 4, 5, 6, oder mehr Materialien.
  8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, wobei der Stapel x Runden in das erste Material eingewickelt wird, wobei x kleiner als 50 ist, und wobei der Stapel y Runden in das zweite Material gewickelt wird, wobei y kleiner als 50 ist.
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