EP3374299A1 - Bandpuffer - Google Patents
BandpufferInfo
- Publication number
- EP3374299A1 EP3374299A1 EP16788069.9A EP16788069A EP3374299A1 EP 3374299 A1 EP3374299 A1 EP 3374299A1 EP 16788069 A EP16788069 A EP 16788069A EP 3374299 A1 EP3374299 A1 EP 3374299A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- buffer
- band
- bands
- inlet
- height
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor
- B65G47/46—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points
- B65G47/51—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
- B65G47/5104—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles
- B65G47/5109—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO
- B65G47/5113—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors
- B65G47/5118—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors with variable accumulation capacity
- B65G47/5131—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors with variable accumulation capacity by relative displacement between conveyors or conveyor parts and bridging means therebetween
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G1/00—Storing articles, individually or in orderly arrangement, in warehouses or magazines
- B65G1/02—Storage devices
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor
- B65G47/46—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points
- B65G47/51—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
- B65G47/5104—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles
- B65G47/5109—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/64—Switching conveyors
- B65G47/644—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor
- B65G47/645—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor about a horizontal axis
- B65G47/647—Switching conveyors by a pivoting displacement of the switching conveyor about a horizontal axis the axis being perpendicular to the conveying direction
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
- B65G47/681—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor from distinct, separate conveyor lanes
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
- B65G47/52—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices
- B65G47/68—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor
- B65G47/71—Devices for transferring articles or materials between conveyors i.e. discharging or feeding devices adapted to receive articles arriving in one layer from one conveyor lane and to transfer them in individual layers to more than one conveyor lane or to one broader conveyor lane, or vice versa, e.g. combining the flows of articles conveyed by more than one conveyor the articles being discharged or distributed to several distinct separate conveyors or to a broader conveyor lane
Definitions
- the invention relates to a tape buffer according to the preamble of claim 1.
- belt buffer is understood for the purpose of this description additional conveyor belts, which are inserted in a conveyor line between an incoming and a forth ⁇ ing conveyor belt to allow intermediate storage of subsidized products or to extend the conveyor line targeted.
- Such belt buffers are used, for example, for conveying unpackaged products if the products have to be intermediately stored between production and packaging in the event of disruptions in the packaging area so that overflow or rejects can not occur. This significantly increases the efficiency of the production lines.
- These band buffers are usually designed according to the principle "first-in / first-out” (FIFO).
- a band buffer can also fulfill a cooling function. In biscuit production, this is often the case because the freshly-produced products are still hot straight from the oven and must be gently chilled before they can be packaged.
- the oven must be able to be emptied in the event of a longer disruption in the packaging area, especially in the case of very valuable complex products that can no longer be re-processed.
- the buffer line be designed so that in any case the complete oven length can be moved into the tape buffer.
- the inlet area of the belt buffer is responsible for inspecting the incoming product lines for length, height and distance so that only acceptable products reach the packaging machines. This is usually detected with optical sensors.
- the non akzep ⁇ TableN product lines are removed to prevent further disturbances.
- the requirements for the inlet area are also the zero-pressure formation of product formations. These product formations are usually made with one or more short ribbons. The number and length of these tapes depends on the type, consistency and dimensions of the product and on the feed rate.
- the formations consist of a certain number of product lines, which are clocked up at regular intervals.
- the formations are driven on belts whose length harmonizes with the length of the product formation.
- the band buffer consists of any number of successive buffer bands of the length of a formation or an integer multiple of the formation length.
- buffer bands are usually arranged one above the other.
- the buffering effect is achieved by moving the product formations towards the outlet at a higher speed. Then the formations will be clocked in the outlet area of the buffer in From ⁇ dependence on the packaging speed. Typically, the total packaging performance is 15% to 20% faster than the production output. This allows the buffer level to be emptied during production.
- the formations are usually clocked off again in rows. This series club ⁇ zelung depends on the number of packaging machines, their speed and the type of packaging.
- the invention has for its object to further improve the efficiency and capacity of tape buffers with tapes on several levels.
- Fig. 1 shows a band buffer with three levels between an incoming and an outgoing band
- FIG. 2 shows a band buffer with three levels and three outgoing bands
- FIG. 3 shows a band buffer with three levels, three incoming and three outgoing bands
- Fig. 6 is a plan view of an alternative Ausique ⁇ tion form.
- the band buffer 1 shown in FIG. 1 consists of three mutually superposed planes of band sections, which in turn consist of a plurality of bands 2, 3, 4, 5 arranged one behind the other. It is a modular system in which the individual bands have a length corresponding to the multiple of a product formation. The individual bands are driven individually by means of servomotors 6.
- the band buffer 1 is interposed between an incoming from the production line 7 and one to a packaging plant sauce ⁇ Henden band. 8
- the transfer edges of the input-side bands 2, which take over the products from the incoming band 7, are height-adjustable, as indicated by the arrow 9. In this way it is possible the products di ⁇ rectly to bring ie without the interposition of a switch on the input side bands 2 of the band buffer.
- the incoming products are loaded to the lower level of the tape buffer.
- the Expertga ⁇ bekanten the bands 5, which pass the products to the outgoing band are also adjustable in height, as indicated by the arrow 10. In the position shown, the products are delivered from the middle level to the packaging.
- An advantage of the direct transfer without switch consists DA rin that the height-adjustable bands are actively used as a buffer belts, so that the same length of tape ⁇ buffer a higher capacity or, conversely, a gewünsch ⁇ te capacity with a smaller overall length is achieved. Another advantage is that there is a cost savings by eliminating the switches.
- FIGS. 2-6 only the upper one of the similar bands of the modular system is provided with reference numerals.
- the inlet region of the tape buffer is as ge shows ⁇ in Fig. 3, just as easily possible to process a plurality of superimposed lie ⁇ constricting levels with incoming product lines, due to the height adjustment of the input and output side bands in many different combinations ,
- an often required ejection function shown in FIG. 5 can also be integrated. If defective products are detected at the product entrance, the belts 2 are raised and the defective products are simply removed. Due to the modular structure of this tape buffer the most different layout requirements can be covered. In addition to the classic in-line arrangement, it is also possible, as shown in FIG. 6, to cover very different space requirements by the use of curved belts. Here, it should be noted that the settlement of the alignments being dimensioned so that one or more complete Pro ⁇ duktformationen can be placed thereon.
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- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
- Auxiliary Devices For And Details Of Packaging Control (AREA)
- Warehouses Or Storage Devices (AREA)
- Attitude Control For Articles On Conveyors (AREA)
- Intermediate Stations On Conveyors (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CH01638/15A CH711737A1 (de) | 2015-11-11 | 2015-11-11 | Bandpuffer. |
PCT/EP2016/075634 WO2017080812A1 (de) | 2015-11-11 | 2016-10-25 | Bandpuffer |
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EP3374299A1 true EP3374299A1 (de) | 2018-09-19 |
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Family Applications (1)
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EP16788069.9A Pending EP3374299A1 (de) | 2015-11-11 | 2016-10-25 | Bandpuffer |
Country Status (5)
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US (1) | US10427887B2 (de) |
EP (1) | EP3374299A1 (de) |
BR (1) | BR112018009420A8 (de) |
CH (1) | CH711737A1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO2017080812A1 (de) |
Families Citing this family (6)
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EP3802381B1 (de) * | 2018-05-24 | 2023-07-12 | Sg2C | Anlage zur produktflussregulierung |
FR3081454B1 (fr) * | 2018-05-24 | 2021-03-19 | Sg2C | Installation de regulation de flux de produits |
DE102018131398A1 (de) * | 2018-12-07 | 2020-06-10 | Transnorm System Gmbh | Vertikale Weiche für eine Förderanlage |
CH716991A2 (de) * | 2019-12-23 | 2021-06-30 | Rotzinger Ag | Speicherauslauf für Produkte aus einem Zwischenspeicher. |
CH718123A1 (de) * | 2020-12-02 | 2022-06-15 | Rotzinger Ag | Produktfördereinrichtung mit Bandpuffer. |
EP4324771A1 (de) * | 2022-08-17 | 2024-02-21 | Rotzinger AG | Bandpuffer für eine produktfördereinrichtung |
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CH621305A5 (de) * | 1978-06-05 | 1981-01-30 | Sapal Plieuses Automatiques | |
CH659232A5 (de) * | 1983-01-14 | 1987-01-15 | Grapha Holding Ag | Vorrichtung zum wenden von aus druckbogen bestehenden teilschuppen. |
JPH0266020A (ja) * | 1988-08-31 | 1990-03-06 | Eidai Co Ltd | 塗膜乾燥のため塗装化粧板を乾燥装置へ搬入する方法およびその方法に使用される化粧板搬入装置 |
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- 2016-10-25 EP EP16788069.9A patent/EP3374299A1/de active Pending
- 2016-10-25 BR BR112018009420A patent/BR112018009420A8/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2016-10-25 US US15/774,431 patent/US10427887B2/en active Active
- 2016-10-25 WO PCT/EP2016/075634 patent/WO2017080812A1/de active Application Filing
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WO2017080812A1 (de) | 2017-05-18 |
US10427887B2 (en) | 2019-10-01 |
BR112018009420A8 (pt) | 2019-02-26 |
BR112018009420A2 (pt) | 2018-11-13 |
CH711737A1 (de) | 2017-05-15 |
US20180305137A1 (en) | 2018-10-25 |
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