EP3053865B1 - Dispositif d'assemblage et procede de fonctionnement d'un tel dispositif d'assemblage - Google Patents

Dispositif d'assemblage et procede de fonctionnement d'un tel dispositif d'assemblage Download PDF

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EP3053865B1
EP3053865B1 EP16153863.2A EP16153863A EP3053865B1 EP 3053865 B1 EP3053865 B1 EP 3053865B1 EP 16153863 A EP16153863 A EP 16153863A EP 3053865 B1 EP3053865 B1 EP 3053865B1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of post-press processing. It relates to a merging device according to the preamble of claim 1. It further relates to a method for operating such a merging device.
  • direct mailing has long been known for activities in which advertising leaflets, brochures, flyers, printed sheets and the like., Which were otherwise often attached (inserted) for advertising purposes as supplements of a newspaper, collected by multiple senders to it to make a variety of compilations, each containing a printed product from each sender and in the form of a small stack to the recipient, eg Households, delivered or distributed.
  • a method for combining a first and a second feed stream of printed products which feed streams are conveyed parallel to one another and side by side in a main conveying direction into a merging region. Inner and outer edges of the printed products of both supply streams are aligned parallel to the main conveying direction and inner edge regions facing each other, wherein the printed products of the two feed streams in the union region are pushed towards each other by a displacement transverse to the main conveying direction.
  • the feed streams are conveyed at a same level.
  • the inner edge area of each printed product of the first feed stream is raised and during conveyance through the merging area the printed products of both feed streams are pushed transversely to the main conveying direction while maintaining the orientation of the outer edges, such that an inner edge area of each Printed product of the second feed stream under the raised inner edge region of the printed product of the first feed stream is pushed.
  • a packaging grid is known for grouping selective printing or other products from a variety of available print or other products to create custom packages.
  • the packaging grid includes a plurality of longitudinally extending receiving conveyors each defining a plurality of package receiving areas.
  • a pickup conveyor monitoring device monitors the position of the pickup conveyors.
  • a plurality of gripping conveyors are arranged above the receiving conveyors. Each gripping conveyor comprises a plurality of individual grippers which run in a loop across the receiving conveyors.
  • Each of a plurality of product sources is located adjacent to one of the gripper conveyors to provide them with printed products.
  • a gripper conveyor monitoring device monitors the position of the gripper conveyors.
  • a controller controls the gripper conveyors to release selected printed products into selected receiving conveyor package receiving areas. The controller is operably coupled to the pickup conveyor monitor and the gripper conveyor monitor to determine a match between the positions of the picker package receiving areas and the individual grippers so that a printed product from a single gripper is dispensed into a matching package receiving area.
  • the apparatus comprises a controller adapted to access at least one database of recipients, addresses of these recipients and types of printed materials to be shipped; and at least two primary conveyor lines configured to process printed materials, wherein each comprises at least one feeding device configured to supply printed materials to the primary conveying path, wherein different types of printed materials are supplied to at least two of the primary conveying paths.
  • the device further comprises at least one grouping conveyor track controlled by the control device; a distribution conveyor controlled by the controller; a first transfer means for each primary transfer line which is controlled by the control means for transferring printed materials from the corresponding primary transfer line to the distribution conveyor line; at least one second transmission device for transferring printed materials from the distributor conveyor line to the grouping conveyor line.
  • the controller is configured to initiate transfer of the printed materials to the grouping conveyor line through the first and second transfer devices and through the distributor conveyor line such that the printed materials group in an order that allows grouping by address and / or recipient to arrive on the grouping conveyor line ,
  • the grouping conveyor includes an identification means instructed by the controller to place a destination mark on the printed materials as a function of the database.
  • a print finishing plant for collating and further processing of flat precursors which comprises a collator with a conveyor on which circulates in a closed circuit a plurality of circumferentially arranged behind each other receiving units for receiving precursors to be collected, and at which in at least one collation area in the direction of rotation a plurality of feeders are arranged one behind the other, from which precursors are discharged into the receiving units moving past them on the conveyor track.
  • a transfer device is arranged, which transfer collected first sub-collections from the receiving units for further processing, and at least at a further point of the conveyor track or spaced therefrom a merge is arranged, which collected further sub-collections from the receiving units with the first Sub-collections or the first sub-collection merges comprehensive print products into collections.
  • EP 2 397 431 A2 discloses a merge apparatus comprising a collection section with two collection devices arranged in parallel, a further processing section placed behind the collection section with two further processing devices arranged in parallel, and two discharge conveyors arranged between the collection section and the further processing section, for example in the form of revolving chain conveyors with grippers.
  • US2004 / 0218995 A1 discloses a merging device comprising a collecting section with two collecting devices arranged in parallel, a further processing section placed behind the collecting section with two further processing devices arranged in parallel, and a distributing device arranged between the collecting section and the further processing section.
  • a merging device comprising a collecting section with two collecting devices arranged in parallel, a further processing section placed behind the collecting section with two further processing devices arranged in parallel, and a distributing device arranged between the collecting section and the further processing section.
  • the at least one further processing section comprises two processing devices arranged in parallel and operating independently of one another, and the distributing device feeds the collection products coming from the collecting lines optionally to one or both further processing devices.
  • Another embodiment of the merging device according to the invention is characterized in that the collecting lines are designed for synchronous operation.
  • a further embodiment of the merging device according to the invention is characterized in that the distributing device is designed as a switch module, which selectively transfers the collection products coming from the collection lines as product streams into the at least one further processing section.
  • the distributing device can be designed as a switch module, which supplies the collection products coming from the collection lines as product streams either one or both further processing devices.
  • the points module can be designed as a double switch, which can divide the product streams after merging into partial streams.
  • the switch module comprises two sub-modules connected in series
  • a fixing device can be arranged between the sub-modules.
  • Another embodiment of the merging device according to the invention is characterized in that the collecting lines each comprise a circulating conveyor belt, on which in the conveying direction one behind the other a plurality of application stations for supplying the individual products is arranged.
  • a further embodiment of the merging device according to the invention is characterized in that the at least one further processing section comprises, as further processing devices, two fixing devices for fixing the collecting products coming from the collecting lines.
  • the fixing devices provide the individual collecting products with at least one fixing element, in particular with an envelope or adhesive tape.
  • a further processing section is arranged behind the at least one further processing section, which as a further processing devices comprises two stacking devices associated with the fixing devices.
  • the at least two collection lines may be of similar construction and have the same number of application stations. However, the collection lines can also be of different lengths and provided with a different number of landing stations.
  • a method according to the invention for operating a combining device according to the invention is characterized in that first and second collecting products are assembled on the at least two collecting lines and that the first and second collecting products are processed separately in the subsequent at least one further processing section.
  • Another method for operating a merger device is characterized in that on the at least two collection lines first and second collection products are assembled, that the first and second collection products are brought together by means of the distribution device respectively to third collection products, and that in the subsequent at least one further processing section the third collection products are further processed.
  • the third collection products in the distribution device can be divided into sub-streams for further processing.
  • Fig. 1 is shown in plan view from above a first embodiment of a merger device according to the invention.
  • the merging device 10 of the Fig. 1 comprises a collecting section 11 with two mutually mirror-image trained, similarly constructed collecting routes 11a, 11b.
  • the collection lines 11a and 11b which in the Fig. 1 have a conveying direction from left to right, can optionally be connected via a points module 12 with a further processing line, which in the example has a first further processing device 13b and a downstream second processing device 15b, which are interconnected by a conveyor 14b.
  • At the collecting lines 11a, b are in the conveying direction behind a plurality of (fifteen in the example shown) landing stations 19 ( Fig. 4 ) arranged, lay flat the individual printed products on the collection line, which are then combined to form a collection product.
  • the first further processing device 13b is a fixing device which fixes collection products supplied by the collecting lines 11a, b by folding over with at least one belt or at least one further printed product for further handling.
  • the second further processing device 15b here is a stacking device, which summarizes the collected collected products in stacks and in the form of a package pallet 16 'ready for shipping.
  • the switch module 12 which is arranged between the collection lines 11a, b and the further processing devices, can assume and perform various functions. On the one hand, it can combine the collective products of both collection lines into a third collective product. This can be done continuously for all collected products. However, it is also conceivable to combine only selected collection products of one collection route with selected collection products of the other collection route. It can also optionally transport the collected products only one collection line for further processing, if the other collection route is not in operation or pauses.
  • Fig. 2 is shown in plan view from above a second embodiment of a merger device according to the invention, which allows even more modes.
  • the merging device 10 'of Fig. 2 comprises two mutually mirror-image formed, similarly constructed production lines 11a, 13a, 14a and 15a and 11b, 13b, 14b and 15b, which communicate with each other at one point by a point module 12 with each other.
  • Both production lines are each subdivided into a collection section 11, a first further processing section 13 and a second further processing section 15.
  • the two further processing sections 13 and 15 of the two production lines 11a, 13a, 14a and 15a and 11b, 13b, 14b and 15b are respectively connected by a conveyor 14a and 14b.
  • the two closely juxtaposed circulating conveyor belts 17 (FIGS. Fig. 2 ) or comparable conveyors such as cam chains comprise, on which, for example, at regular intervals compartments or storage positions are defined in which the individual printed products can be stored for collecting.
  • the conveyor belts 17 lead the compartments or depositing positions past the application stations 19 which are arranged one behind the other in the conveying direction, where they are in each case conveyed by a feed device 18 (FIG. Fig. 4 ) a predetermined print product is supplied. If a single compartment has been moved past all the (active) docking stations 19, the printed products fed to the docking stations 19 - as already described above - have merged into a collecting product, which can then be fed to the subsequent further processing.
  • the feed devices 18 may be, for example, comparatively simple singler, which from the outside of an operator, the respective printed product in batches from a package pallet 16 (FIG. Fig. 4 ), and then separating the printed products by peeling off the stack and place flat on the conveyor belt of the associated collection section 11a, b.
  • Both collection lines 11a and 11b at their ends independently of each other, but coordinated with each other from collected products whose further processing is then determined by the selectable operating position of the subsequent points module 12.
  • the points module 12 links the outputs in the manner of a switch the two collection lines 11a and 11b.
  • three different points are possible: In the first point setting the collected products of the lower collection section 11a are added up to the collection products of the upper collection section 11b, so that from these two collection products, a third collection product is produced, which is further processed as a collection product.
  • the collected products of the lower collection section 11a and the upper collection section 11b are fed separately to the further processing and further processed there separately.
  • the collected products of the upper collection section 11b are added downward to the collection products of the lower collection section 11a, so that a fourth collection product is produced from these two collection products, which is further processed as a collection product.
  • the switch position can remain constant for a sequence of collection products, but can also be selectively changed or switched during operation to produce alternately different collection products.
  • the further processing of the collected products in the further processing section 13 in separate further processing devices 13a and 13b in turn comprises the fixing of the formed collecting products with an envelope, in particular in the form of a folded further printed product, or an adhesive tape (Tapefix) as a fixing element, wherein the fixing elements are fed from the outside in batches to the device or are withdrawn from a roll ( Fig. 5 ).
  • an adhesive tape Tapefix
  • the fixed collection products are conveyed via two separate conveyors 14a and 14b to stacking devices 15a and 15b, where the final packaging (binding, wrapping with foils, palletising, etc.) is carried out.
  • the merging device 10 "comprises a point module 12, which is designed as a double switch with two sub-modules 12a and 12b arranged one behind the other.
  • Such an operating mode makes sense, for example, if the stacking devices 15a and 15b allow only limited stacking heights. By dividing into partial streams then both stacking devices 15a and 15b can be utilized evenly without being limited by the stack height.

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  1. Dispositif de regroupement (10, 10', 10''), notamment de produits d'impression tels que des prospectus, des dépliants ou similaires, comprenant un tronçon de collecte (11), avec au moins deux trajets de collecte (11a, b) disposés à la parallèle et travaillant indépendamment les uns des autres sur lesquels chaque fois une pluralité de produits sont alimentés ensemble et son solidarisés en étant superposés en un produit collecté, comprenant par ailleurs au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13, 15) placé derrière le tronçon de collecte (11), avec au moins un dispositif de traitement ultérieur (13a, b ; 15a, b), caractérisé en ce qu'entre le tronçon de collecte (11) et l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13, 15) est disposé un dispositif de distribution (12), lequel amène les produits collectés arrivant des trajets de collecte (11a, b), au choix vers l'au moins un dispositif de traitement ultérieur (13a, b ; 15a, b), l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13, 15) comprenant deux dispositifs de traitement ultérieur (13a, b ; 15a, b) disposés en parallèle et travaillant indépendamment les uns des autres et en ce que le dispositif de distribution (12) amène les produits collectés arrivant des trajets de collecte (11a, b), au choix vers l'un ou les deux dispositifs de traitement ultérieur (13a, b ; 15a, b), le dispositif de distribution étant conçu sous la forme d'un module d'aiguillage (12), lequel amène les produits collectés arrivant des trajets de collecte (11a, b) au choix vers l'un ou les deux dispositifs de traitement ultérieur (13a, b ; 15a, b).
  2. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les trajets de collecte (11a, b) sont conçus pour un fonctionnement synchrone.
  3. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le module d'aiguillage (12) est conçu sous la forme d'un double-aiguillage (12a, 12b), lequel est apte, après un regroupement à distribuer les flux de produits en flux partiels.
  4. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le module d'aiguillage (12) comprend deux modules partiels (12a, 12b), montés l'un derrière l'autre et en ce qu'entre les modules partiels (12a, 12b) est disposé un dispositif de fixation.
  5. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les trajets collecteurs (11a, b) comprennent chacun une bande de convoyage (17) continue, dans laquelle dans la direction de convoyage est disposée une pluralité de postes d'accostage (19), l'un derrière l'autre pour amener les produits individuels.
  6. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13) comprend en tant que dispositifs de traitement ultérieur deux dispositifs de fixation (13a, b) destinés à fixer les produits collectés arrivant des trajets de collecte (11a, b).
  7. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que les dispositifs de fixation (13a, b) munissent les produits collectés individuels d'au moins un élément de fixation, notamment d'une enveloppe ou d'un ruban adhésif.
  8. Dispositif de regroupement selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que derrière l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13) est placé un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (15) supplémentaire, lequel en tant que dispositifs de traitement ultérieur comprend deux dispositifs d'empilage (15a, b) associés aux dispositifs de fixation (13a, b).
  9. Procédé destiné à faire fonctionner un dispositif de regroupement selon l'une quelconques des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que sur les au moins deux trajets collecteurs, des premiers et des deuxièmes produits collectés sont rassemblés et en ce les premiers et deuxièmes produits collectés sont traités ultérieurement de manière séparée dans l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13, 15) consécutif.
  10. Procédé destiné à faire fonctionner un dispositif de regroupement selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que sur les au moins deux tronçons collecteurs (11a, b), des premiers et des deuxièmes produits collectés sont rassemblés, en ce qu'au moyen du dispositif de distribution (12), les premiers et deuxièmes produits collectés sont chaque fois regroupés en troisièmes produits collectés et en ce que dans l'au moins un tronçon de traitement ultérieur (13, 15) consécutif, les troisièmes produits collectés sont traités ultérieurement.
  11. Procédé selon la revendication 10, caractérisé en ce que les troisièmes produits collectés sont divisés en flux partiels dans le dispositif de distribution (12), pour traitement ultérieur.
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