EP3284687B1 - System und verfahren zum automatischen verpacken von artikeln unterschiedlicher grösse und anzahl für den versand - Google Patents

System und verfahren zum automatischen verpacken von artikeln unterschiedlicher grösse und anzahl für den versand Download PDF

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EP3284687B1
EP3284687B1 EP16190898.3A EP16190898A EP3284687B1 EP 3284687 B1 EP3284687 B1 EP 3284687B1 EP 16190898 A EP16190898 A EP 16190898A EP 3284687 B1 EP3284687 B1 EP 3284687B1
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  • the invention relates to a system and a method for automatically packaging items that vary in size and number for shipment.
  • Mail ordering has become a widely used way of buying goods. More and more companies offer virtual department stores, in which the customers can electronically put goods in a shopping cart that later will be transferred by the respective company into a dispatch order, so that in a warehouse a shipment comprising the items ordered (and sometimes additional items such as samples, vouchers, invoices, etc.) can be assembled based on the respective dispatch order.
  • packaging the items to be shipped is still a challenge, in particular when a shipment comprises several items of different sizes and in different quantities.
  • the items to be packaged are provided automatically to a person packaging the items manually.
  • the person selects a suitable box size.
  • the box is a cardboard box that upon packaging is assembled from a corresponding cardboard blank.
  • WO 2014/117817 A1 that allows creating a fully custom sized box, i.e. a box, of which width, length and height are adapted to the respective content of the box.
  • the box is created from a roll or a stack of cardboard by cutting out and creasing a custom sized blank from which then the box is folded automatically.
  • WO 2016/059218 A1 discloses a system and a method for automatically packaging items varying in size and number applying two separate packings, namely an inner packing surrounding the items to be packaged in a first direction, and an outer packing surrounding the inner packing in a second direction, said second direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the inner and the outer packing form a combined package enclosing the package items from all sides.
  • WO 2013/117852 A1 discloses a system and a method for reducing the height of a cardboard box to the apex of the highest item in the box.
  • the terms "height”, “length” and “width” as used herein refer to the usual definitions of the three dimensions of a box having the shape of a rectangular block with a rectangular bottom and two pairs of parallel rectangular sidewalls, wherein
  • length and width can be interchanged.
  • width can be named length (or depth) and vice versa.
  • WO 96/20869 A1 shows a system according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • FR 2987824 A1 teaches a device with a trunk that is arranged with four faces, a frame and a lid, a tab being provided with a notch, a set of cuttings and foldings arranged with a set of lines and a set of pre-folds, the trunk being arranged with a corner that is bound by a color code, the tab being juxtaposed with another tab that is provided with a set of colors, wherein the trunk and the lid are allowed to be folded for providing a set of reduced areas in three dimensions.
  • US 2016/0185475 A1 teaches a converting machine for forming a packing template, which comprises a receiving area configured to receive one or more to-be-packaged items, the one ore more to-be-packaged items having a plurality of outer dimensions including a height, a length and a width disposed between a first outer side wall and an opposing second outer side wall, a converting assembly comprising first and second longitudinal conversion elements, the converting assembly being aligned with the receiving area such that the first and second longitudinal conversion elements can be selectively positioned respectively adjacent to first and second outer side walls of the one or more to-be-packaged items, and means for advancing a sheet material past the first and second longitudinal conversion elements such that one or more longitudinal conversion functions are performed on the sheet material by the first and second longitudinal conversion elements as the sheet material is advanced past the first and second longitudinal conversion elements.
  • US 2015/0360433 A1 teaches automatically processing blanks for forming packaging boxes by employing a feeding conveyor for feeding blank material in a feeding direction from a storage of blank material to a single blank cutting station comprising a blank forming apparatus for cutting and creasing blank material into a blank specifically for forming a blank having a rectangular bottom panel and rectangular corner, side and end panels, and cutting and creasing blank material into the blank is performed during feeding of said blank material in feeding direction.
  • WO 2013/071073 A1 teaches a system that converts sheet material into packaging templates includes a converting assembly that performs conversion functions, such as cutting, on the sheet material as the sheet material moves through the converting machine in a first direction.
  • conversion functions such as cutting
  • One or more longhead converting tools perform conversion functions on the sheet material in a first direction
  • a crosshead converting tool performs conversion functions on the sheet material in a second direction in order to create packaging templates.
  • placing the items in a pre-folded box having the usual rectangular block shape with a bottom and four sidewalls and being open only towards the top usually requires gripping and lifting the items over one of the sidewalls, which in particular in cases, in which a huge variety of items of different shapes and sizes needs to be packaged, can be difficult to automate.
  • Fig. 1 shows a pre-folded box 10 that is open towards two sides, namely in this view towards the top and towards the front, while the box is closed towards four sides, namely towards the bottom, towards the back and towards the left and the right.
  • the bottom is formed by a bottom panel 12, the left and right sides are formed by two side panels 14 and 16, and the back side is formed by two first corner panels 18 and 20 and a first so-called end panel, which in this view is covered by the first corner panels 18 and 20.
  • Fig. 2 shows a cardboard blank 22 for forming a box according to Fig. 1 .
  • the first end panel 24 can be seen.
  • side panels are just used to easily distinguish the different panels and that apparently in the completely folded state (as shown e.g. in Fig. 7 ) the panels form a box that has a bottom and four side walls.
  • Fig. 3 shows a different perspective of the pre-folded box 10 according to Fig. 1 in a situation, in which some items 26, 28, 30, 32 and 34 have been placed in the box.
  • the pre-folded box is then adapted to the dimensions of the arrangement of items in the box by shortening the panels forming the box as will now be described.
  • Fig. 4 shows the situation, in which the bottom panel 12 and the side panels 14 and 16 of the box 10 have been shortened by cutting.
  • the amount of shortening is adapted to the space needed by the items placed in the pre-folded box and in some cases the panels may not be shortened at all.
  • Fig. 5 shows the box 10 according to Fig. 4 , in which crease lines 36, 38 and 40 have been introduced into the side panels 14 and 16 respectively the bottom panel 12, such that the end portions of the side panels 14 and 16 now define second corner panels 42 and 44, and the end portion of the bottom panel 12 defines a second end panel 46. Cuts 48 and 50 have been introduced along the borderlines between the second corner panels 42 and 44 and the second end panel 46 in order to allow folding. This cutting can be done by the same cutting unit which also shortened the side panels 14 and 16 and the bottom panel 12 or by a separate unit. The cutting as well as the shortening can obviously be done prior to, parallel to or after introducing the crease line 36, 38 and 40.
  • Fig. 6 shows the box 10 according to Fig. 5 in a situation, in which the second corner panels 42 and 44 have been folded inwards around the crease lines (36 and 38 in Fig. 5 ) to close the open side of the box.
  • glue can be applied to the second end panel 46 on the side facing the second corner panels 42 and 44 and/or on to the second corner panels 42 and 44 on the side facing the second end panel 46.
  • Fig. 7 shows the box 10 according to Fig. 6 in a situation, when the second end panel 46 has been folded around the respective crease line (40 in Fig. 5 ) against the second corner panels 42 and 44. The box may then be closed by a lid.
  • a cutting unit is provided that allows also shortening the height of the box.
  • Such cutting unit may be the same cutting unit that is used for shortening the bottom panel 12 and the side panels 14 and 16 as described above, or may be separate cutting means.
  • Fig. 8 shows the box 10 according to Fig. 7 , in which the height of the box has been shortened either to match or to be slightly greater than the maximum height of the arrangement of items in the box, which in this example is defined by the cylindrical items 30 and 32.
  • the height of the box is defined by the length of the respective erected panels in the direction from the bottom panel to the open top of the box. Accordingly, width of the box is defined by the length of the bottom panel in the direction from one side panel 14 to the other side panel 16, and length of the box is defined by the length of the bottom panel in the direction from one end panel 22 to the other end panel 46.
  • the same or a different cutting unit e.g. a laser cutting unit
  • a different cutting unit can be used that is used for shortening the end panel 12 and the side panels 14 and 16 as described in conjunction with Fig. 4 respectively for introducing the cuts 48 and 50. It is obvious that the shortening of the panels defining the height of the box can be done prior to, parallel to or after shortening the second corner panels and the bottom panel as described in conjunction with Fig. 4 .
  • Fig. 9 shows the box 10 according to Fig. 8 after a lid 52 has been placed on the open top of the box in order to close the box.
  • the lid 52 has four flaps, of which only two, namely flaps 54 and 56, are visible in Fig. 9 .
  • the flaps may be glued to the respective panels of the box, i.e. the flap 54 may be glued to the second end panel 46 respectively the flap 56 may be glued to the side panel 16.
  • Fig. 10 shows a box according to Fig. 4 and a thin plate 58 that is used instead of or additionally to the crease lines shown in Fig. 5 for facilitating folding the end portions of the side panels 14 and 16 into second corner panels 42 and 44, and the end portion of the bottom panel 12 into a second end panel 46, once cuts have been introduced along the borderlines between the second corner panels 42, 44 and the second end panel 46 in order to allow folding.
  • Plate 58 has approximately the width of the open front of the box 10 formed between the side panels 14 and 16 and the bottom panel 12 and is placed in the box against the items in the box.
  • plate 58 has a width slightly less than the width of the pre-folded box 10.
  • the second corner panels 42, 44 and the second end panel 46 can then be formed by folding the respective end portions of the side panels 14 and 16 respectively the end portion of the bottom panel 12 around the respective edges 60, 62, 64 of the plate 58.
  • plate 58 functions as a fold blade. When using such plate, it may, depending in particular on the characteristics of the cardboard used, not be necessary to indent crease lines.
  • Plate 58 also facilitates keeping the items in the box 10 and can also support the second corner panels 42 and 44 from inside the box in case they are glued to the second end panel 46, which would then be pressed against them from outside the box.
  • the plate 58 will be a thin and stiff metal plate.
  • plate 58 comprises two handles 66 for positioning it automatically or manually.
  • plate 58 is positioned in the box by moving it along a path that ensures that items in the box are not jammed between the plate and e.g. the bottom panel, e.g. by inserting the plate from the open side such that its main surfaces run substantially parallel to the first end panel and moving it towards the first end panel.
  • the plate may follow different insertion paths.
  • the plate can be retracted once the corner panels 42, 44 and, optionally, also the second end panel 46 have been folded.
  • first corner panels and the second corner panels each have a length corresponding to the half of the width of the bottom panel 12, such that the free ends of the respective corner panels abut against each other, it is obvious that the corner panels may overlap or may form a gap between them.
  • crease lines shown in Fig. 5 are arranged such that the thickness of the cardboard, in particular corrugated cardboard, which is used for the box, is taken into account, so that the crease lines defining the second corner panels are in a slightly different plane than the crease line defining the second end panel in order to allow that all three panels may form a right angel with the respective panel, from which they are folded.
  • corner panels and the end panels are glued together, it is as well possible to use other means for fixing and stabilising the box, i.e. attaching the respective panels to each other by means of self-adhesive tape or the like.
  • the invention has the great advantage that blanks of a standard shape respectively standard pre-formed boxes can be used to form a huge variety of different sized boxes such that advantageously not a lot of different boxes have to be kept in stock at a packaging company.
  • the invention advantageously allows adjusting at least the length (or, depending on the view, the width) of a box in order to fit optimal to the arrangement of items to be packaged in the box.
  • the height of the box can be adjusted.
  • box forming unit may produce pre-folded boxes on-site.
  • box forming unit may even be adapted to form custom sized pre-folded boxes from cardboard blanks or from cardboard continuously fed to the box forming unit from a stack of zig-zag-folded corrugated cardboard, such that all dimensions of the boxes can be varied as needed.
  • the items in the box may be arranged manually or automatically in the box.
  • the dimensions of the arrangement may be measured e.g. by a laser measuring unit or may be calculated from data known about the arrangement and/or the single items in the arrangement. It may be foreseen that a central control unit calculates an optimal arrangement of the items to be packaged and either controls a placing unit for automatically arranging the items or displays the optimal arrangement via a screen to a person manually arranging the items in the box.
  • the cardboard box may be held such that the bottom panel is slightly inclined downwards from the open end towards the first end panel, ensuring that gravity forces the arrangement against the end panel and at least one of the respective side panels.
  • the respective pre-fold box may even be used for assembling the items to be shipped, i.e. the box can be placed on a trolley used by an order picker to pick up the items of an order from a storage.
  • the trolley could advantageously also be adapted to hold the pre-folded box slightly inclined such that items placed in the box cannot fall out of the open end of the box.

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  1. System zum automatischen Verpacken von Artikeln (26, 28, 30, 32, 34), die in Größe und Anzahl variieren, für den Versand, umfassend
    - eine Packstation zum Halten einer vorgefalteten Pappschachtel (10) zur Aufnahme eines oder mehrerer zu verpackenden/verpackender Artikel(s) (26, 28, 30, 32, 34), wobei die vorgefaltete Pappschachtel (10) eine Bodenplatte (12), zwei Seitenplatten (14, 16) und eine erste Endplatte (24) aufweist, wobei die erste Endplatte (24) mit jeder der Seitenplatten (14, 16) verbunden ist, die Seitenplatten (14, 16) und die Endplatte (24) aus der Bodenplatte (12) aufgerichtet sind, um eine Schachtel (10) mit einer offenen Oberseite und einer offenen Seite zu bilden, die Bodenplatte (12) einen Endabschnitt aufweist, der dazu vorgesehen ist, eine zweite Endplatte (46) zu bilden, und jede Seitenplatte (14, 16) einen Endabschnitt aufweist, der dazu vorgesehen ist, eine Eckplatte (42, 44) zu bilden,
    gekennzeichnet durch Mittel zum automatischen Verpacken von Artikeln, einschließlich
    - mindestens einer Schneideeinheit, die dazu ausgelegt ist, Schnitte (48, 50) zwischen den Endabschnitten der Seitenplatten (14, 16), die zur Bildung der genannten Eckplatten (42, 44) bestimmt sind, und dem Endabschnitt der Bodenplatte (12), die zur Bildung der zweiten Endplatte (46) bestimmt ist, einzubringen und die Endabschnitte der Seitenplatten (14, 16) und des Endabschnitts der Bodenplatte (12) der vorgefalteten Schachtel (10) einstellbar zu kürzen, und
    - mindestens einer Falteinheit zum Falten der Eckplatten (42, 44) und der zweiten Endplatte (46), um die genannte offene Seite der Schachtel (10) zu schließen.
  2. System nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Schachtelbildungseinheit zum Herstellen vorgefalteter Schachteln (10) umfasst, die jeweils eine Bodenplatte (12), zwei Seitenplatten (14, 16) und eine erste Endplatte (24) aufweisen, wobei die erste Endplatte (24) mit jeder der Seitenplatten (14, 16) verbunden ist, wobei die Seitenplatten (14, 16) und die Endplatte (24) aus der Bodenplatte (12) aufgerichtet werden, um eine Schachtel (10) mit einer offenen Oberseite und einer offenen Seite aus Kartonzuschnitten zu bilden.
  3. System nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Deckelaufsetzeinheit zum Aufsetzen eines Deckels (52) auf die vollständig gefaltete Schachtel (10) umfasst.
  4. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Packstation dazu ausgelegt ist, die vorgefaltete Schachtel (10) so zu halten, dass die Bodenplatte (12) vom offenen Ende aus leicht nach unten zur ersten Endplatte (24) hin geneigt ist.
  5. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine zentrale Steuereinheit umfasst, die eine mögliche Anordnung des oder der zu verpackenden Artikel(s) (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) berechnet, die unter vorgegebenen Kriterien wie Volumen und/oder Stabilität der fertig gefalteten Schachtel (10) optimiert ist.
  6. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es eine Schneideeinheit zum einstellbaren Kürzen der die Höhe der Schachtel (10) definierenden Platten umfasst.
  7. System nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es mindestens eine Falzeinheit zum Einbringen einer Falzlinie (40) in die Bodenplatte (12) zur Definition der zweiten Endplatte (46) und/oder zum Einbringen einer Falzlinie (36, 38) in jede Seitenplatte (14, 16) zur Definition der jeweiligen Eckplatte (42, 44) umfasst.
  8. Verfahren zum Verpacken von Artikeln (26, 28, 30, 32, 34), die in Größe und Anzahl variieren, für den Versand, umfassend die folgenden Schritte:
    - Anordnen eines oder mehrerer Artikel(s) (26, 28, 30, 32, 34), der/die in einer vorgefalteten Pappschachtel (10) zu verpacken sind, wobei die vorgefaltete Pappschachtel (10) eine Bodenplatte (12), zwei Seitenplatten (14, 16) und eine erste Endplatte (24) aufweist, wobei die erste Endplatte (24) mit jeder der Seitenplatten (14, 16) verbunden ist, die Seitenplatten (14, 16) und die Endplatte (24) aus der Bodenplatte (12) aufgerichtet sind, um eine Schachtel (10) mit einer offenen Oberseite und einer offenen Seite zu bilden, die Bodenplatte (12) einen Endabschnitt aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, eine zweite Endplatte (46) zu bilden, und jede Seitenplatte (14, 16) einen Endabschnitt aufweist, der dazu bestimmt ist, eine Eckplatte (42, 44) zu bilden,
    gekennzeichnet durch automatisierte Schritte des
    - bedarfsweisen Kürzens der Endabschnitte der Seitenplatte (14, 16) und des Endabschnitts der Bodenplatte (12) der vorgefalteten Schachtel (10) in Abhängigkeit von den Abmessungen der Anordnung des einen oder der mehreren Artikel(s) (26, 28, 30, 32, 34),
    - Einbringens von Schnitten (48, 50) zwischen den Endabschnitten der Seitenplatten (14, 16), die dazu bestimmt sind, die Eckplatten (42, 44) zu bilden, und dem Endabschnitt der Bodenplatte (12), der dazu bestimmt ist, die zweite Endplatte (46) zu bilden, und
    - Faltens der Eckplatten (42, 44) und der zweiten Endplatte (46), um die offene Seite der Schachtel (10) zu schließen.
  9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Schritt des Auftragens von Klebstoff auf die zweite Endplatte (46) und/oder auf die Eckplatten (42, 44) vor dem Falten selbiger umfasst.
  10. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8 oder 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Schritt des Bestimmens der Höhe und/oder der Länge einer Anordnung von Artikeln (26, 28, 30, 32, 34) umfasst, die auf der Bodenplatte (12) vor dem Kürzen der Platten angeordnet sind.
  11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Schritt des Kürzens der Platten umfasst, die die Höhe der Schachtel (10) definieren.
  12. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es einen Schritt des Einbringens einer Falzlinie (40) in die Bodenplatte (12) zur Definition der zweiten Endplatte (46) und/oder des Einbringens einer Falzlinie (36, 38) in jede Seitenplatte (14, 16) zur Definition der jeweiligen Eckplatte (42, 44) umfasst.
  13. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 8 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es die Schritte umfasst des
    - Platzierens einer Platte (58) im Inneren der Schachtel (10) an der offenen Seite gegen den/die Artikel (26, 28, 30, 32, 34), der/die in der Schachtel (10) platziert ist (sind), bevor die Eckplatten (42, 44) und die zweite Endplatte (46) gefaltet werden, und
    - Zurückziehen der Platte (58), nachdem die Eckplatten (42, 44) nach innen gefaltet worden sind.
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