EP2837572A1 - Groupe d'étiquetage destiné à appliquer des étiquettes sur un récipient - Google Patents

Groupe d'étiquetage destiné à appliquer des étiquettes sur un récipient Download PDF

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EP2837572A1
EP2837572A1 EP14170239.9A EP14170239A EP2837572A1 EP 2837572 A1 EP2837572 A1 EP 2837572A1 EP 14170239 A EP14170239 A EP 14170239A EP 2837572 A1 EP2837572 A1 EP 2837572A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip
    • B65C9/1815—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip and transferred by suction means
    • B65C9/1819—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip and transferred by suction means the suction means being a vacuum drum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/08—Label feeding
    • B65C9/18—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls
    • B65C9/1803—Label feeding from strips, e.g. from rolls the labels being cut from a strip
    • B65C2009/1834—Details of cutting means
    • B65C2009/1838—Cutting drum

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  • the invention relates to a labeling unit for applying labels to containers having the features of the preamble of claim 1.
  • a label tape is unwound from a roll by means of an unwinding device and fed to a cutting unit via a tape buffer.
  • the label tape is guided on a cutting roller and cut into individual labels with a cutting edge.
  • the cutting roller on the circumference on a plurality of vacuum openings, via which the labels are sucked by means of a negative pressure to the surface of the cutting roller.
  • the labels are taken over by a vacuum roller (also referred to as gripper cylinder) and attached to the containers.
  • the vacuum roller has at its periphery also a plurality of vacuum openings, by means of which the labels are sucked in and transported safely.
  • the vacuum is generated by a central vacuum pump in the module carriage in a modular labeling.
  • the disadvantage here is that this leads to a negative weight load on the connection of the labeling to the base machine.
  • the vacuum pump is mounted, for example, on a separate stand.
  • a separate stand is costly and this makes the accessibility of the unit difficult.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a labeling unit with a lightweight and cost-effective vacuum supply, which is stable adjustable.
  • the invention solves this problem in a labeling unit for applying labels to containers having the features of the preamble of claim 1 with the features of the characterizing part, according to which the cutting roller has at its periphery a plurality of segments with vacuum openings for sucking the label and the segments each over one in the cutting roller separately formed channel are connected to a vacuum supply, wherein at least one channel is switched on and switched off.
  • the vacuum openings are divided into several segments, which are each connected via a separate channel in the cutting roller with a vacuum supply, it is possible to provide the segments independently with negative pressure. If a segment is now switched on, then its vacuum openings are connected to the vacuum supply and suck the label in the region of the segment. In the area of a deactivated segment, the supply of the vacuum openings is interrupted and consequently the labels are not sucked in this area.
  • the labeling unit can be arranged in a beverage processing plant.
  • the labeling unit may be arranged downstream of a filling installation for filling a product into the containers.
  • the containers may be intended to contain drinks, toiletries, pastes, chemical, biological and / or pharmaceutical products.
  • the containers may be plastic bottles, glass bottles, tubes and / or cans.
  • the labels may be labels that are applied with an adhesive (such as glue).
  • the labels may be blanks of paper or plastic, in particular comprising a print which designates, describes and / or advertises the contents of the containers.
  • the labeling unit may include a gluing station to provide the labels with cold or hot glue.
  • the gluing station can cooperate with the vacuum roller for gluing the labels.
  • the labeling unit may comprise at least one unwinding device to unroll the label tape from at least one roll and feed it to the cutting unit.
  • the unwinding device may comprise at least one holder for the respective roller.
  • the unwinding device may include a splicing device for connecting two label strips of two different ones Rolls include.
  • the labeling unit may comprise a label buffer for compensating supply fluctuations of the label tape.
  • the cutting unit may be formed with driven conveyor rollers for feeding the label strip to the cutting roller.
  • the cutting roller may include counter-cutting edges or surfaces with which the cutting edge cooperates for cutting the label strip.
  • the cutting mechanism may comprise a drum, on the circumference of which at least two cutting edges are arranged, which interact in alternation with the cutting roll via a rotation of the drum.
  • the segments with vacuum openings may form a contiguous part of the circumference of the cutting roller.
  • the vacuum openings may be formed on the cutting roller radially outward.
  • the channel of a segment can be connected to several, in particular all vacuum openings of the segment. It is also conceivable that the separately formed channel comprises a plurality of sub-channels, which are each designed to supply at least one negative pressure opening.
  • the channel may for example have a tree-like structure. Can be switched on and off, that a switching element is integrated into the cutting roller or is arranged separately. The switching element may be configured to switch one or more channels simultaneously. Likewise, the switching element may be configured to simultaneously connect or disconnect a plurality of sub-channels of a segment.
  • the vacuum supply can be a vacuum supply.
  • the vacuum supply may be connected to the cutting roller and to the vacuum roller.
  • the labeling unit may comprise at least one hose and / or at least one branch, with which the negative pressure is distributed to the cutting roller and the vacuum roller.
  • the vacuum supply may include a vacuum pump.
  • the vacuum supply can be integrated in the labeling unit or arranged separately from it.
  • the vacuum supply of the cutting unit and a vacuum supply of the vacuum roller can be designed as independent vacuum pumps. This allows a particularly easy control of the negative pressure in the cutting roller or in the vacuum roller can be achieved because the supplies of both rolls are not coupled together. As a result, the two independent vacuum pumps can each be made smaller than a central vacuum pump and the weight distribution in the labeling unit can be improved.
  • the segments can be designed as ring segments or ring sectors separated in the axial direction.
  • a certain height of the cutting roller can be supplied with a vacuum which substantially corresponds to the label height. Areas of the cutting roller above and / or below the label are thus not supplied with a negative pressure and consequently is sucked from these segments and no external air to the vacuum supply.
  • certain circumferential regions of the cutting roller can also be separated from the vacuum supply, for example in order to adapt to the supplied area of the label length.
  • the axial direction may be the direction of the axis of the cutting roller.
  • Separate ring segments or ring sectors may mean that the ring segments or ring sectors directly adjoin one another and / or spacer elements are formed therebetween.
  • the ring segments may be in the form of a closed ring and the ring sectors may be in the form of an open ring.
  • the at least one channel may be formed in the cutting roller parallel to its axis at a radial distance. As a result, the channel can be produced particularly cost-effectively as a bore in the cutting roller.
  • At least two channels of different segments may be formed parallel to the axis thereof at a different radial distance.
  • the at least one channel can be switched on and off via a rotatable control disk on the cutting roller. This then the channel especially easy to turn on and off with a rotation of the control disk.
  • the control disk may be formed circular disk-shaped, wherein in different rotational positions of the control disk formed therein supply bores for the negative pressure correspond to the channel or are staggered thereto.
  • control disk can be designed to connect and disconnect several sub-channels of a channel together.
  • the at least one channel can be switched on and off via a respective switching valve.
  • the channels can be switched on and off particularly flexibly independently of each other.
  • the switching valve may be designed to switch on and off several sub-channels of a channel together.
  • the vacuum roller may have a plurality of rings with circumferentially arranged vacuum openings for sucking the label. Through the rings only the required height ranges of the vacuum roller can be connected to the vacuum supply and the intake of outside air outside the label is thereby avoided.
  • the cutter may comprise a transfer roller and the transfer roller may comprise a plurality of rings with circumferentially arranged vacuum openings for sucking the label.
  • a pre-glued label can be cut with its glued side out on the cutting roller and the cut label is then passed on the transfer roller in turn with its glued side out to the vacuum roller.
  • the vacuum openings on the transfer roller it is possible to securely guide the cut label on the transfer roller and then transfer it to the vacuum roller.
  • the rings of the vacuum roller and / or the transfer roller can each be designed to be rotatable individually relative to an inner cylinder for connecting and disconnecting a vacuum supply. Due to the rotation of the respective ring, it is particularly easy to connect and disconnect the vacuum supply for a certain height range.
  • the rings of the vacuum roller and / or the transfer roller may each have vacuum channels which face in a switched-rotational position vacuum channels of the inner cylinder and are arranged offset in a turned-off rotational position.
  • the vacuum channels to supply the vacuum openings in the rings in the switched-rotational position correspond to the corresponding vacuum channels of the inner cylinder.
  • the vacuum supply of the vacuum openings is released in a switched ring.
  • the vacuum channels formed therein may be offset to the corresponding vacuum channels of the inner cylinder, so that the Vacuum supply is interrupted. Due to this design of the rings, it is particularly cost-effective to turn on or off individually suction regions of the vacuum roll and / or the transfer roll.
  • the vacuum channels of the rings and / or the inner cylinder can run radially to the roll axis. As a result, these can be produced particularly cost-effectively with a hole.
  • the invention with claim 15 provides a labeling machine with a transport carousel for transporting the container and with a labeling unit according to at least one of claims 1-14 ready.
  • Rotatable container receptacles can be arranged on the circumference of the transport carousel.
  • the rotatable container receptacles can be designed to rotate, support and / or transport the containers during labeling.
  • FIG. 1 an illustration of an embodiment of a labeling unit 1 is shown in a plan view. It can be seen that the label strip is initially guided alternatively by the two rollers 11 and 12 via the deflection rollers 13 and 14 in the splicing device 15. With the splicing device 15, upon reaching the end of the label strip from one of the two rollers (eg, roller 11), its end may contact the beginning of the label strip from the other Roll (in this example, the roller 12) are glued and thus an endless operation of the labeling unit 1 is possible.
  • the splicing device 15 upon reaching the end of the label strip from one of the two rollers (eg, roller 11), its end may contact the beginning of the label strip from the other Roll (in this example, the roller 12) are glued and thus an endless operation of the labeling unit 1 is possible.
  • the label tape 2a is guided over the label buffer 16 and the guide 17 in the cutting unit 4.
  • the pre-glued side of the label tape 2a is on the side of the arrow K.
  • the label tape 2a is fed by means of the two driven conveyor rollers 8 of the cutting roller 6.
  • the two cutting edges 5 are arranged on the drum 51, which rotates in the opposite direction to the cutting roller 6.
  • the cutting roller 6 comprises at the cutting positions corresponding counter cutting edges or surfaces (not shown here), which cooperate with the cutting edges 5 and thus cut the label tape 2a into individual labels 2b.
  • the conflicting labels 2b are then sucked with a negative pressure to the cutting roller 6 and transported safely.
  • the cutting roller 6 has at its periphery a plurality of segments with vacuum openings, which are each connected via a channel to the vacuum supply 18. The exact structure of the cutting roller 6 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B described.
  • the labels 2b are transferred to the transfer roller 7, which has several rings with circumferentially arranged vacuum openings for sucking the label 2b for safe transport. From there, the labels 2b are transferred to the vacuum roller 9 and transported to the container 3 and applied there.
  • the labeling unit 1 comprises a vacuum supply 19, which is independent of the vacuum supply 18 of the cutting unit 4.
  • Both the vacuum supply 18 and the vacuum supply 19 each comprise a separate vacuum pump.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B is the cutting roller 6 of the labeling unit 1 from the FIG. 1 in a perspective view and in a sectional view shown in more detail.
  • the cutting roller 6 consists essentially of a hollow cylinder 65 which is rotatably mounted at the two ends 67a and 67b about the axis A.
  • the cutting roller 6 is driven at the lower end 67b via a driver such as an electric motor (not shown).
  • a plurality of channels 63a are arranged at the same distance from the axis A, which supply respective different segments 61a with negative pressure.
  • a plurality of channels 63 b are formed, each supplying different segments 61 b with negative pressure.
  • the supply holes 64a and 64b are formed for connecting and disconnecting the channels 63a and 63b, respectively.
  • the supply holes 64a in the control disk 66 correspond to the corresponding channels 63a when the vacuum supply is turned on.
  • the supply holes 64a are staggered to the corresponding channels 63a in the turned-off rotational position and the vacuum supply is thus interrupted. The same applies to the feed bores 64b and the channels 63b.
  • the vacuum supply for the vacuum openings 62a can be switched on and off independently of the vacuum openings 62b.
  • the channels 63a can be blocked if only narrow labels 2b have to be transported in the lower region of the cutting roller 6.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B is an illustration of the transfer roller 7 from the FIG. 1 to see in a perspective view and in a sectional view. All below in relation to the FIGS. 3A and 3B mentioned features are individually or in combination on the structure of the vacuum roller 9 of the labeling unit 1 in FIG. 1 transferable, since it is constructed with respect to the suction of the labels 2b as well as the transfer roller 7.
  • the vacuum roller 9 rings and an inner cylinder which correspond to the rings 71 a - 71 i and the inner cylinder 75 of the transfer roller 7 with respect to their features and functions.
  • the transfer roller 7 is rotatably mounted at the lower end 76 about the axis B and is driven by a drive, not shown here.
  • the transfer roller 7 has an inner cylinder 75 in which a supply channel 73 for supplying the vacuum openings 72a - 72l is formed. Further, in the inner cylinder 75 on the outer circumference, the vacuum passages 77a and 77b are formed, which extend radially inwardly from the outer surface of the inner cylinder 75 to the supply passage 73.
  • the rings 71a - 71l are arranged, which are individually rotatable relative to the inner cylinder 75.
  • the rings 71 a - 71 l for example, with a screw, are locked in the various rotational positions.
  • the rings 71 e - 71i are rotated into an engaged rotational position, so that the vacuum channels 78 in the rings 71 e - 71 i correspond to corresponding vacuum channels 77 b of the inner cylinder 75. Consequently, the label 2b is sucked in this area by the transfer roller 7 over the entire label height.
  • the rings 71 a - 71 d, 71k and 71l are rotated relative to the inner cylinder 75, that their vacuum channels (not visible here) are arranged offset to the vacuum channels 77 a of the inner cylinder 75 and thus they are in a disengaged rotational position. Consequently, the vacuum supply of the vacuum openings 72a - 72d, 72k and 72l is blocked and there is no view of the label 2b in this area. As a result, outside of the label 2b no external air is sucked into the vacuum or vacuum supply and their performance is not reduced.
  • the vacuum pumps of the vacuum supply 18 or of the vacuum supply 19 can be made particularly small and thus cost-effective and lightweight.
  • FIG. 1 shown that the vacuum supply 18 of the cutting unit 4 and the vacuum supply 19 of the vacuum roller 9 are formed as independent vacuum pumps. This allows a particularly favorable weight distribution of the labeling unit 1 is achieved and also the vacuum / vacuum supply of the Cutting unit 4 and the vacuum roller 9 are particularly easy to control, since they can not affect each other.
  • Labeling unit 1 shown particularly well protected against the suction of foreign air through the vacuum or vacuum openings and the vacuum pumps can be made particularly inexpensive and easy.
  • the labeling unit 1 can also be controlled particularly easily, since the supply of the cutting unit 4 and the vacuum cylinder 9 is independent of each other.

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