EP3034417B1 - Folieneinschlag mit einer einzelnen Walze - Google Patents

Folieneinschlag mit einer einzelnen Walze Download PDF

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EP3034417B1
EP3034417B1 EP14199505.0A EP14199505A EP3034417B1 EP 3034417 B1 EP3034417 B1 EP 3034417B1 EP 14199505 A EP14199505 A EP 14199505A EP 3034417 B1 EP3034417 B1 EP 3034417B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/02—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs
    • B65B9/026—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material between opposed webs the webs forming a curtain
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • 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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/18—Registering sheets, blanks, or webs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/04—Customised on demand packaging by determining a specific characteristic, e.g. shape or height, of articles or material to be packaged and selecting, creating or adapting a packaging accordingly, e.g. making a carton starting from web material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
    • B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
    • B65B51/14—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B59/02—Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running

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  • This invention relates to wrapping a product with heat shrinkable film by pushing the product into a curtain of film while wrapping the article from a single roll and achieving print registration.
  • the prior art shows in figure 1 an upper roll 4 having an upper film 5 bonded to a lower film 6 on lower roll 7 to create a film curtain.
  • the upper film is usually a short piece of film.
  • a portion of the bonded film rests on a bucket 2 attached to conveyor 3.
  • a product 12 is placed on the film resting on the bucket 2.
  • the bucket 3 is pushed into a curtain of film.
  • the upper film does not move.
  • the lower film is pulled over product to wrap the product with the movement of the bucket conveyor.
  • a seal bar seals the film at the back of the article.
  • the seal bar simultaneously cuts the film and seals the film together on both sides of the cut. This creates a new curtain and seals the film wrap around the article.
  • the upper roll is pulled a few millimeters to allow an unsealed sealed surface for cutting and sealing the next product on the bucket conveyor.
  • the films used in the prior art did not require print registration.
  • EP 0,160,347 A2 represents the closest prior art that includes a photo sensor to ensure that the film is pulled from the roll to a position so that the print on the film is in the correct position.
  • the objective of this invention is to register the printed film using the film on a single roll on the product. This is achieved by using a sensor that can read a mark on the film in order to insure that a predetermined length of film is pulled off a roll and the printed portion of the film is in registration with the product.
  • the marks on the film establish the amount of film needed to wrap the product.
  • a sensor such as a photo sensor reads the mark and determines whether the proper length of the film has been pulled off the roll. When the amount of film pulled of the roll does not coincided with sensor reading, the distance between where the product stops and the sealing bar is varied. This allows the length of the film to be adjusted until the sensor readings and the length of the film coincides.
  • the print will be by an apparatus in accordance with claim 1, and a process in accordance with claim 6.
  • the product is properly registered with the product position of the product. If the sensor reads the mark too soon the product will stop closer to the sealing bar. If the sensor reading is late, the product is stopped further away from the sealing bar. After wrapping, the product is sent though a conventional heat shrinkable tunnel that heat shrinks the film.
  • An objective of the invention is using a pusher plate to push the product from one dead plate through the curtain of film to another dead plate.
  • Another objective of this invention is to use a conveyor to push the product through the curtain of film onto a transfer belt
  • FIGS 2 and 3 show an upper roll film 10.
  • the lower roll film is usually has a short waste heat shrinkable film that is sealed to the upper roll film.
  • a pusher 11 pushes the product 12 resting on dead plate 13 through the curtain onto a dead plate 14 .
  • the lower film is held in a substantially fixed position while the upper film wraps the product. Substantially fixed would allow a small amount of the film to move when the product is pushed.
  • the preferred mode is to keep the film from moving.
  • the sealing bar 8 seals and cuts the film so that a new curtain is created for the next product.
  • the lower film roller pulls the film from the upper roll a few millimeters to allow for an unsealed sealed surface for cutting and sealing the next product on the dead plate.
  • the lower film can be held stationary using pinch rollers. The position of upper roll film and the lower roll film can be interchanged.
  • the length of the stroke is controlled by a sensor reading registration marks on the film. This is done by entering the length and width of the product in a computer. This will allow the computer to establish a minimum stroke which is smaller than the stroke needed from the pitch of the registration marks.
  • a photo sensor reads the registration marks. If the registration mark is not read before the end of the stroke, the stroke of the pusher will be gradually increased until the registration mark coincides with the stroke of the pusher. If the registered mark is read before the end of the stroke, the stroke will be gradually decreased until the registration mark coincided with the stroke of the pusher.
  • the stroke adjusts the position of the product with respect to the sealing bar thereby changing the length of the film used for wrapping. Tension of the film can be controlled by increasing the amount of film pulled by the lower waste film roller.
  • Figure 4 shows product 12 on a conveyor being pushed on to conveyor 15 through a curtain of film 16 onto transfer belt.
  • Lower film roll 7 is held in a stationary position while upper film roll allows the film to wrap the product.
  • the film from the lower film roll is held under a tension by a dancing bar.
  • the dancing bar moves to allow more slack so that the film from the lower roll moves under the product.
  • the dancing bar moves to its original position. During the wrapping the length of film from the lower roll does not have to change during wrapping
  • the photo sensor 9 reads a mark on the film that locates the position of the print registration. The sensing of the mark determines the where the product stops on the transfer belt before the sealing bar seals and cuts the curtain of film. If the sensor reading is to soon the product on the transfer belt will stops closer to the sealing bar. If the sensor reading is late, the product will stop further away from the sealing bar.

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  1. Vorrichtung zum Einwickeln eines Produkts (12) mit einer Wärmeschrumpffolie von einer einzelnen Rolle und zum Beibehalten eines Druckregisters, umfassend:
    eine erste Rolle (4) mit Wärmeschrumpffolie (10);
    eine zweite Rolle (7) mit einer Folie (6);
    Mittel zum Schieben des Produkts (12) in einen Vorhang aus Folie, während das Produkt (12) durch Abwickeln der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) von der ersten Rolle (4) eingewickelt wird, während die Folie (6) auf der zweiten Rolle (7) in einer im Wesentlichen stationären Position gehalten wird, während das Produkt (12) mit der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) von der ersten Rolle (4) eingewickelt wird;
    Mittel (9) zum Abtasten einer Registermarke auf der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) um sicherzustellen, dass eine vorbestimmte Folienlänge von der ersten Rolle (4) abgezogen wird, sodass ein bedruckter Abschnitt der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) in Register mit dem Produkt (12) ist;
    Mittel (8) zum gleichzeitigen Schneiden der Folie (10) und Versiegeln der Folie aneinander auf beiden Seiten des Schnitts, wodurch ein Folienvorhang geschaffen wird;
    Mittel zum Abziehen der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) von der ersten Rolle (4) nach Schneiden und Versiegeln der Folie, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung weiter ein Mittel (11) zum Erreichen eines Druckregisters durch Einstellen der Länge der Folie umfasst, wenn die Ablesung von dem Mittel (9) zum Abtasten nicht mit der Länge der Wärmeschrumpffolie (10) übereinstimmt, die von der ersten Rolle (4) abgezogen wird, indem der Abstand zwischen dem Mittel (8) zum Schneiden und Versiegeln der Folie variiert wird, und wobei das Produkt (12) vor dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie (10) beruhend auf dem Abtasten der Registermarke anhält.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Mittel zum Erreichen des Druckregisters einen Schieber (11) mit einem variablen Hub aufweist, der das Produkt (12), das auf einer Abstellplatte (13) ruht, durch einen Folienvorhang auf eine andere Abstellplatte (14) schiebt, wobei der Hub des Schiebers (11) den Abstand zwischen dem Produkt (12) und dem Mittel (8) zum Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie vor dem Versiegeln variieren kann.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Mittel zum Schieben des Produkts (12) von einem Förderer (15) durch einen Folienvorhang einen Förderer aufweist, der das Produkt durch den Folienvorhang auf einen Umsetzförderer schiebt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Folie (6) von der zweiten Rolle (7) eine Ausgleichsstange hat, die es der Folie (6) von der zweiten Rolle (7) ermöglicht, sich unter das Produkt (12) zu bewegen, um die Spannung während des Umsetzen des Produkts (12) vom Förderer (15) auf den Umsetzförderer zu reduzieren.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Mittel zum Abtasten ein Fotosensor (9) ist.
  6. Verfahren zum Einwickeln eines Produkts (12) mit einer Wärmeschrumpffolie von einer einzelnen Rolle, umfassend:
    Bereitstellen einer ersten Rolle (4) mit Wärmeschrumpffolie (10);
    Bereitstellen einer zweiten Rolle (7) mit einer Folie (6);
    Abtasten von Registermarken auf der Folie, um die Folienlänge zu bestimmen, die notwendig ist, um das Produkt (12) einzuwickeln, um das Druckregister zu erreichen;
    Schieben des Produkts (12) in einen Vorhang aus Folie, während das Produkt (12) durch Abwickeln der Folie von der ersten Folie eingewickelt wird, während die zweite Rolle (7) mit Folie in einer im Wesentlichen stationären Position gehalten wird, während das Produkt (12) von der Folie von der ersten Rolle (4) eingewickelt wird;
    gleichzeitiges Schneiden der Folie und Versiegeln der Folie aneinander auf beiden Seiten des Schnitts, wodurch ein Folienvorhang geschaffen wird;
    Abziehen der Folie von der ersten Rolle (4) nach Schneiden und Versiegeln der Folie;
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren weiter ein Einstellen der Länge der Folie umfasst, wenn die Registermarke nicht mit der Länge der von der ersten Rolle (4) abgezogenen Folie übereinstimmt, indem der Abstand zwischen dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie variiert wird, und wobei das Produkt (12) vor dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie anhält, sodass die Länge der Folie mit der Registermarke übereinstimmt, wodurch das Druckregister erreicht wird.
  7. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, wobei die Einstellung des Abstands zwischen dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie und wobei das Produkt (12) vor dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie anhält, ein Schieben des Produkts (12), das auf einer Abstellplatte (14) ruht, mit einem Schieber (11), der einen variablen Hub hat, durch einen Folienvorhang auf eine andere Abstellplatte enthält, wobei der Hub des Schiebers (11) den Abstand zwischen dem Produkt (12) und dem Versiegeln und Schneiden der Folie vor dem Versiegeln festlegt.
  8. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, wobei das Produkt von einem Förderer durch einen Folienvorhang auf einen Umsetzförderer geschoben wird.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 6, aufweisend den Schritt des Eingebens der Länge und Breite des Produkts (12) in einen Computer, um einen minimalen Hub festzulegen, der kleiner als der Hub ist, der von der Teilung der Registermarken notwendig ist.
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