EP3595885B1 - Système de production de rembourrage et procédé de fonctionnement d'un système de production de rembourrage - Google Patents

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EP3595885B1
EP3595885B1 EP18710460.9A EP18710460A EP3595885B1 EP 3595885 B1 EP3595885 B1 EP 3595885B1 EP 18710460 A EP18710460 A EP 18710460A EP 3595885 B1 EP3595885 B1 EP 3595885B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31D5/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D5/0039—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D5/0073—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including pillow forming
    • B31D5/0078—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including pillow forming and filling with a material other than air or gas
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31D5/0039—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles ; Making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31D—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B31B OR B31C
    • B31D2205/00—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles
    • B31D2205/0005—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
    • B31D2205/0011—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads including particular additional operations
    • B31D2205/0047—Feeding, guiding or shaping the material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31D2205/0005—Multiple-step processes for making three-dimensional articles for making dunnage or cushion pads
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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  • the invention relates in general to a cushion preparation system for a logistics center, for example a warehouse or a dispatch hall, and an operating method for a cushion preparation system for conveying upholstered products.
  • a logistics center can be implemented as a pure logistics center for receiving, storing and sending goods. It is also possible to implement a logistics center as part of or directly connected to a manufacturing center, such as a factory, in which products are manufactured that are prepared for dispatch in the logistics center.
  • upholstery products are known in the prior art, for example foamed plastic (Styrofoam), air-filled plastic film cushions or paper cushions.
  • upholstery products such as upholstery cushions, made of paper, in particular made of recycled paper, have the advantage over plastic upholstery products of significantly better environmental compatibility and are therefore generally preferred.
  • US 2005/0178085 A1 relates to a packaging cushion supply system.
  • US 2005/0055987 A1 discloses a system for providing packaging cushions.
  • Sources of cushioning for providing cushioning products are known from, for example EP 2 711167 B1 , EP 2 711 168 B1 and WO 2015 039 756 A1 .
  • EP 2 711 167 B1 relates to a device patented by the applicant for the machine production of a three-dimensional packaging product from a section of a single-ply or multi-ply paper web that is shaped in a predetermined manner.
  • waste paper can be used for the paper web become.
  • the paper web can be pulled off a paper web roll or a paper web leporello stack and from there arrives in the packaging product manufacturing device.
  • the central area of the spiral paper tube is then plastically deformed by means of a pair of embossing wheels, so that a sequence of embossing valleys and embossing mountains are introduced in the longitudinal direction of the tubular paper web section.
  • the paper web is brought into a dimensionally stable, three-dimensional cushion shape which has at least one crumple cavity in order to provide a cushioning and cushioning function.
  • the preforming station is followed by a separating station in the conveying direction, which separates upholstery products of the desired length in the form of upholstery cushions from the preformed paper tube.
  • the upholstery cushions are finally made from the upholstery material manufacturing device according to FIG EP 2 711167 B1 ejected to fill voids in shipping containers with the cushions.
  • each individual packing station is equipped with an upholstery product manufacturing device and has a certain amount of paper web supply, which can be implemented, for example, as a fan-fold stack or as a paper web roll. So that the individual cushion pads are delivered directly from the cushion pad manufacturing device into a shipping container, the manufacturing device is usually attached to the packing station directly above a support surface for shipping containers, for example on a frame.
  • the production device can be operated by packing personnel at the respective packing station in order to produce a desired quantity of cushioned cushions and to eject them into an existing shipping container.
  • the paper web supply can be arranged on the cushion manufacturing device or below or next to the support surface for the shipping container.
  • DE 695 09 535 T2 Another system or machine for producing shock-absorbing elements, which for example converts paper stock or paper material into shock-absorbing material with which the failure probability of packing stations in a logistics center is to be reduced, is known from DE 695 09 535 T2 .
  • DE 695 09 535 T2 describes a network for the manufacture of shock absorbing elements in which two cushion making machines are controlled by a single supervisory control unit to supply cushioning cushions to a single packing station used by an operator. Only a first production machine should be active in order to produce cushions for the operator's packing station while the other machine is at a standstill. According to DE 695 09 535 T2 this active pillow making machine makes a desired quantity of pillow of the desired length and places them on a conveyor system to carry the pillow from the active machine to the packing station. If, for example, the first machine becomes inoperative and therefore inactive due to a paper jam or lack of paper, the second machine takes over its function. Then the cushions are conveyed from the second manufacturing machine to the operator's packing station.
  • the known upholstery manufacturing devices have in common that when equipping a logistics center with numerous packing stations, a considerable investment is required for the operator of the logistics center.
  • the considerable investment outlay is due to the costs, on the one hand, for sufficient storage space not only for the packing stations but also for the respective paper web supplies.
  • the cushion preparation system for a logistics center, for example a warehouse or a shipping hall, comprises a cushion source for preparing cushion products such as cushion cushions, preferably paper cushion cushions, in particular recycled paper cushion cushions.
  • the upholstery products provided by the upholstery source, such as upholstery cushions preferably have a width of 5 cm to 50 cm, in particular 10 cm to 30 cm, preferably a width of about 15 cm, and / or a length of 15 cm to 300 cm, in particular 30 cm cm to 150 cm, preferably 35 cm to 75 cm, particularly preferably 40 cm.
  • upholstery products such as upholstery cushions, in particular made of paper, preferably made of waste paper or recycled paper, preferably have a density between 1 kg / m 3 and 100 kg / m 3 , preferably between 3 kg / m 3 and 30 kg / m 3 , in particular less than 20, preferably less than 10 kg / m 3 , particularly preferably between 5 kg / m 3 and 8 kg / m 3 , for example about 6.8 kg / m 3 .
  • a cushion source for providing paper cushion cushions can be implemented, for example, according to a packaging material manufacturing device according to FIG EP 2 711167 B1 , EP 2 711 168 B1 and or WO 2015 039 756 A1 which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
  • the upholstery supply system comprises several packing stations at which containers, in particular shipping containers such as cardboard boxes, boxes, baskets or the like, can be loaded with goods and filled with upholstered products.
  • a packing station can be implemented, for example, by a work surface of a table or the like.
  • the one, preferably single, cushion source is designed to supply the multiple packing stations of the cushion preparation system.
  • a cushioning supply system with several packing stations, preferably two packing stations, four packing stations, six packing stations or more packing stations has no more than two, in particular no more than one cushion source for the preparation of cushioned products.
  • the cushion preparation system according to the invention further comprises a cushion transport system, such as a belt conveyor, for transporting the cushion products from the cushion source to the packing stations.
  • the upholstery transport system preferably a conveyor belt for transporting in particular the upholstery cushions, can preferably be used at a conveying speed between 0.1 m / s and 10 m / s, in particular between 0.5 m / s and 5 m / s, preferably between 1 m / s and 2 m / s, in particular with a conveying speed of about 1.3 m / s.
  • a belt conveyor preferably comprises a fabric belt.
  • the upholstery transport system, in particular the belt conveyor can have a non-slip surface structure and / or a surface structure that is profiled for improved adhesion of upholstered products, in particular upholstered cushions such as paper upholstery cushions.
  • the cushion preparation system requires reduced investment costs in that only a single, common cushion source has to be provided for several packing stations.
  • failures of the upholstery source can be compensated well through the use of a cushioning transport system, so that the probability of failure of the cushioning preparation system is nevertheless very low, so that the operating costs are also easily calculable and can be kept low.
  • the cushion source fails, for example because a paper web supply or the like is exhausted and has to be replaced, or due to In the event of a paper jam, already prepared cushioning products that are still on the cushioning transport system or at the packing stations can initially be used to fill shipping containers with cushioning products without interruption.
  • the cushion source is put back into operation, preferably before a bottleneck occurs at one or more of the packing stations.
  • At least one of the plurality of packing stations has a storage container for receiving a plurality of upholstery products.
  • the multiple packing stations can each have a storage removal container for receiving a large number of upholstery products.
  • a storage container can hold at least 10, at least 20, at least 50 or at least 100 cushioning products.
  • a storage container can hold a maximum of 1000, a maximum of 500, a maximum of 200 or a maximum of 100 cushioning products.
  • a cushion preparation system with storage containers at two or more of the several packing stations, preferably with storage containers at all of the packing stations, can have storage containers of the same size or of different sizes.
  • the cushioning transport system of the cushioning supply system is preferably designed to convey the cushioning products from the cushioning source to the storage removal containers which may be present at the packing stations.
  • a storage container can be, for example, a cubic vessel with one or more openings for loading and / or removing upholstery products into or from the storage container.
  • At least one storage container preferably each of the storage containers, has at least one filling quantity sensor for determining the filling level of the storage container occupied by the upholstery products.
  • a storage container with a filling quantity sensor can preferably continuously determine the actual filling level of the storage container, which is filled with upholstered products.
  • control and / or regulating electronics of the upholstery supply system can monitor the amount of upholstery products present in the upholstery supply system and the production of upholstery products through the source of upholstery and / or the transport of upholstery products to one or more of the packing stations as required.
  • At least one storage container preferably all storage containers each, has at least one or exactly one level sensor to detect whether the filling level of the storage container occupied by cushioned products exceeds a predetermined filling level limit value.
  • a light barrier can be used as the fill level sensor, which is arranged at a predetermined fill level above the bottom of the storage container in order to determine whether the actual fill level is lower than the predetermined fill level at which the sensor, in particular the light barrier, is arranged, or whether the actual fill level exceeds the predetermined fill level of the sensor, in particular the light barrier.
  • at least one storage container has two or more level sensors in order to check whether a predetermined lowest minimum level and a predetermined uppermost level are exceeded.
  • At least one storage container preferably all storage containers, has a loading opening, preferably on the top, for feeding upholstered products from the transport system into the storage container.
  • at least one storage container preferably all storage containers in each case, have a removal opening for removal of a cushioned product by packing personnel, in particular in the horizontal direction.
  • At least one storage container, preferably all storage removal containers in each case preferably has two openings, namely a loading opening and a different removal opening.
  • the removal opening can preferably be arranged between 0.80 m and 2.20 m in height, in particular between hip height and shoulder height, preferably between 1.00 m and 1.70 m above the footprint of the upholstery preparation system, particularly preferably between 1.10 m and 1 , 50 m.
  • a storage container with two different dedicated (loading and unloading) openings is also well suited in combination with a level sensor arranged vertically between the removal opening and the loading opening at a predetermined height to ensure that each storage container is always adequately stocked with cushioned products to guarantee.
  • the cushioning system has a preferably unidirectional main conveyor line, in particular a belt conveyor, as well as at least one deflection device implemented as a switch with a deflection shovel, for feeding upholstered products from the main conveyor line to at least one packing station, in particular to a storage container.
  • a deflection device can preferably be provided for several packing stations, in particular several storage removal containers, or all packing stations, in particular all storage removal containers.
  • the number of deflection devices can be equal to the number of packing stations, in particular the number of storage removal containers, minus one.
  • the deflection device or devices are preferably designed for moving at least one cushioning product transversely to the main direction of movement of the main conveyor strand.
  • At least one deflection device is preferably equipped to deflect at least one cushioning product laterally from the main conveyor line, in particular to push it off.
  • a cushion preparation system can be equipped, for example, with a main conveyor line that supplies several packing stations, each with a storage container.
  • a deflecting device is preferably provided for at least one, preferably several of the storage removal containers, in order to divert one or more cushioning products from the main conveyor line into a storage removal container, in particular into a loading opening of the respective storage removal container, preferably on the top. It is clear that a deflecting device can also be used without a storage container, the deflecting device conveying one or more cushioning products from the main conveyor line to the respective packing station.
  • the main conveyor line transports the upholstered products preferably in the horizontal direction at a height of at least 2 m and / or above the at least one storage container, in particular above the loading opening (s) of the storage container (s).
  • the deflecting shovel is designed for at least partially lifting feeding of at least one cushioning product to at least one packing station, the deflecting shovel having a shovel surface which, at least in sections, in particular starting from the lower end of the shovel surface, over at least 1 cm, at least 2 cm, at least 3 cm , and / or at most completely, at most 10 cm or at most 5 cm with respect to the vertical direction, in particular by 5 ° to 45 °, preferably 8 ° to 16 °, for example about 10 °.
  • the deflecting vane is preferably pivotable about a vertical pivot axis, in particular by at most 90 °, the vertical pivot axis preferably extending crookedly next to the main conveyor strand, in particular the belt conveyor.
  • the upholstery supply system has at least one, preferably optical, transport goods sensor assigned to a deflection device, which is set up to determine, in particular upstream of the assigned deflection device, whether at least one upholstery product is at a predetermined point of the upholstery transport system is present or arranged.
  • each deflection device can each have an assigned, preferably optical, transported goods sensor, so that control and / or regulating electronics of the upholstery supply system can control a deflection device specifically for feeding at least one upholstery product from the main conveyor line to a packing station when at least one upholstery product is in the detection area the deflection device to be controlled is located.
  • the main conveyor strand comprises several individually movable transport device sections, such as conveyor belt sections with separate conveyor belts.
  • a plurality of transport device sections are preferably connected in series one behind the other, in particular to form the main conveyor line. It is also conceivable that transport device sections form at least one secondary conveyor line starting from the main conveyor line.
  • a cushioning preparation system with a main conveyor line and at least one secondary conveyor line can, for example, have a deflection device or the like for feeding the cushioning products from the main conveyor line to the secondary conveyor line.
  • a main conveyor line is composed of a plurality of individually movable transport device sections
  • the upholstery supply system can be scaled in a particularly simple manner in order to make an existing upholstery supply system uncomplicated to expand additional packing stations.
  • the use of a main conveyor strand, which is composed of individually movable transport device sections, also simplifies the control of the upholstery supply system, since the transport device can be controlled in sections for the targeted transport of upholstered products to individual packaging stations.
  • a cushion preparation system with deflection devices and transport device sections, a deflection device and a transport device section, such as a conveyor belt section, and optionally a storage container, form a conveyor segment with coordinated control and / or regulation.
  • the upholstery transport system has control and / or regulating electronics for controlling the upholstery transport system and / or the upholstery source.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics can preferably be connected to at least one filling level sensor and / or at least one filling quantity sensor in order to actuate the cushion source and / or the cushioning transport system depending on a determined filling level or a determined filling quantity.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics can be connected to the at least one deflection device in accordance with the signal transmission and, if necessary, with at least one transport goods sensor of the at least one deflection device in order to actuate the deflection device (s).
  • the control and / or regulating electronics are preferably connected to the multiple conveyor segments according to signal transmission, with each conveyor segment having its own decentralized control and / or regulating subunit for controlling local processes, which are controlled by the higher-level control and / or regulating electronics of the upholstery preparation system. or can be regulated.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics of the upholstery supply system can have decentralized control and / or regulation electronics as part of individual conveyor segments.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics are equipped to dispense upholstery products to individual packing stations according to a predetermined prioritization, with the packing station furthest away from the cushioning source being assigned the highest priority and the packing station closest to the cushioning source being assigned the lowest priority.
  • a filling prioritization of the individual packing stations in particular storage removal containers, which increases depending on the distance from the cushion source, it is ensured that all packing stations are always supplied with cushioning products.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics ensure that the packing station with the higher filling prioritization is first filled.
  • This prioritization of the conveyor segments also ensures that cushioning cushions are prevented from being pushed in the conveying direction onto a conveyor segment in which there is no cushioning requirement, so that no cushioning jam occurs at this point.
  • the predetermined prioritization of the respective packing station can be modified depending on the actual filling level in the storage removal container.
  • a storage container can have two filling level sensors, of which a lower one detects an empty or almost empty storage container status, whereas the upper filling level sensor detects a storage container that is at least 50% or at least 75% full.
  • a general need for refilling by the control and / or regulating electronics takes place when the fill level determined by the upper fill level sensor is not reached, and modification by increasing the fill prioritization when the lower fill level sensor detects that the fill level is below the level recorded there.
  • control and / or regulation electronics can have one or more limit values with regard to the measured actual fill quantity or actual fill level in order to determine the refill requirement of the packing station and, if necessary, to modify the fill prioritization of the packing station.
  • control and / or regulation electronics are equipped to control the upholstery source in such a way that, according to operation, there is always at least one upholstery product, preferably several upholstery products, in the Upholstery transport system, especially on the belt conveyor.
  • the cushioning transport system always has a certain buffer quantity of cushioning products in stock, which is present in addition to the cushioning products at the packaging stations, in particular in the storage containers.
  • control and / or regulating electronics are designed to control the upholstery source and the upholstery transport system in such a way that, in particular, exclusively predetermined series of upholstery products are (provided and) transported, with each series is formed from several, preferably two, three, five, seven, nine, ten, twenty or more cushioning products, and a conveying gap, in particular consisting of it, wherein in particular the conveying gap has a length in the conveying direction that is at least as long as at least one cushioning product of the series, in particular the delivery gap is at least as long as the total length of the upholstery products of the series.
  • a series is preferably defined in such a way that it begins first in the conveying direction with the multiple cushioning products and has the conveying gap last in the conveying direction. Slight conveying distances can be formed between the upholstery products at the front in the conveying direction, but these are smaller than a conveying gap according to the development, preferably smaller than the length of an individual upholstery product. Since the cushioning products are produced in predetermined series from a predetermined number of cushioning products and a conveying gap from the cushioning source and transported through the cushioning transport system, the cushioning preparation system can be regulated particularly well.
  • control and / or regulating electronics are designed to successively switch the transport device sections on or off, in particular as a function of sensors, preferably as a function of a transport goods sensor.
  • a position is particularly advantageous in connection with the use of conveyor segments.
  • the transported goods sensor can be configured to switch on the transport device section for transporting upholstered products when no cushioned product is detected at the predetermined location of the transported goods sensor.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics can preferably be designed to be a transport device section to switch off the transport of upholstered products if at least one transport goods sensor at the predetermined point for a sufficient period of time of, for example, at least 0.1 second, 0.25 seconds, 0.5 seconds or 1.0 seconds, preferably 0.1 seconds to 0.2 Seconds, at least one cushion is captured.
  • the transport goods sensor preferably detects the first upholstery cushion following a conveying gap and thus in particular the start of a subsequent series of upholstery products.
  • control and / or regulation electronics are designed to switch the deflection device (s) to active or passive, in particular sensor-dependent, preferably dependent on a transported goods sensor.
  • a deflection device can be activated to deflect cushioned products to a packing station when the control and / or regulating electronics have detected that no higher priority, in particular downstream, packing station and / or no downstream cushioning transport system section has a need for refilling.
  • a sensor in particular a transport goods sensor directly upstream and / or downstream of the deflecting device, it can be determined that the deflecting device is only activated when this sensor detects the presence of at least one cushioned product .
  • a sensor for example a fill level sensor, a fill quantity sensor or a transport goods sensor
  • control and / or regulation electronics is designed to control the cushion source in such a way that it then provides the cushion products, in particular produces them when a sensor, such as a level sensor or a The filling level sensor emits a signal that indicates a need for cushioning product.
  • a sensor such as a level sensor or a
  • the filling level sensor emits a signal that indicates a need for cushioning product.
  • the upholstery source can be activated automatically as required.
  • the control and / or regulating electronics are preferably designed to control the upholstery source in such a way that provision, in particular production, of new upholstery products or further upholstery products is stopped when no acute need for upholstery product is determined in the upholstery supply system, for example when the filling quantity or level sensors as well as any existing transport goods sensors, preferably all of them, for the control and / or regulation electronics to indicate that there are sufficient upholstery products in the upholstery supply system.
  • the invention also relates to an operating method for a cushion preparation system, in particular a cushion preparation system as described above, for a logistics center, for example a warehouse or a dispatch hall, for conveying upholstery products from preferably exactly one cushion source to several, in particular four, six, eight, ten or more Packing stations.
  • a cushion preparation system for a logistics center, for example a warehouse or a dispatch hall
  • upholstery products from preferably exactly one cushion source to several, in particular four, six, eight, ten or more Packing stations.
  • at least one upholstery product such as at least one upholstery cushion, in particular made of paper, preferably made of recycled paper or waste paper, is produced, in particular from a starting material that can be present as a roll or fanfold stack, for example.
  • the provided cushioning product is transported, the transport of a cushioning product taking place in such a way that the cushioning product is conveyed from the cushioning source to one of the plurality of packing stations.
  • a cushioning transport system of the cushioning preparation system such as a belt conveyor and, in particular, a soft-type deflecting device, are used.
  • the upholstery product provided is delivered to one of the multiple packing stations. After the delivery to one of the several packing stations, the upholstery product provided can be stored, for example, in a storage container or the like, together with other upholstery product provided according to the operating method according to the invention.
  • the operating method can have a plurality of conveying states, which depends on which of the plurality of packing stations the cushioning product provided by the cushioning source is conveyed to.
  • a switchover logic can be used to switch between the different operating states, which can be implemented, for example, by control and / or regulation electronics of an upholstery supply system.
  • an upholstery product or several upholstery products can be provided by the upholstery source, in particular manufactured, preferably transported by an upholstery transport device and finally transferred to one of the several packing stations depending on the control status of the operating method, depending on the control status of the operating method, with a control logic preferably depending on the The cushioning product requirement of the packing station and / or a particularly predetermined filling prioritization decides which of the packing stations is supplied with one or more cushioning product (s) from the cushioning source via the cushioning transport system.
  • the provision of upholstery products in particular by the upholstery source, always includes series that include several, in particular three, five, nine, 21 or more, upholstery products and preferably a subsequent delivery gap.
  • upholstery products are always provided in a series consisting of several upholstery products and a conveying gap connected in the conveying direction, with no conveying distance or a small conveying distance that is smaller than the conveying gap, in particular less than half the length of a cushioning product, between the upholstered products can.
  • upholstery products in particular upholstery cushions, preferably paper upholstery cushions, in particular recycled paper upholstery cushions or waste paper upholstery cushions, with a width of preferably 5 cm to 50 cm, in particular 10 cm to 30 cm, preferably a width of about 15 cm, and / or a length of 15 cm to 300 cm, in particular 30 cm to 150 cm, preferably 35 cm to 75 cm, particularly preferably 40 cm.
  • the upholstery products can preferably be provided, in particular manufactured, by an upholstery source and / or according to one of the production methods of EP 2 711 167 B1 , EP 2 711 168 B1 and WO 2015 039 756 A1 .
  • a fill level and / or a fill quantity is detected at at least one of the packing stations, in particular at all packing stations, by a sensor such as a fill level sensor and / or a fill quantity sensor.
  • Control and / or regulation electronics can compare the recorded fill level and / or the recorded fill quantity of the at least one packing station with at least one threshold value in order to determine a storage container-specific requirement, which can be referred to as a refill requirement or a cushioned product requirement.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics can in particular cause the upholstery source to provide a quantity of upholstery products corresponding to the determined requirement.
  • the delivery of upholstered products to one of the plurality of packing stations can take place according to a predetermined prioritization.
  • the packing station furthest from the cushioning source is preferably assigned the highest priority and the packing station closest to the cushioning source is assigned the lowest priority.
  • the transport of the at least one upholstery product takes place with a main conveyor line consisting of a plurality of segments.
  • the individual segments are preferably driven individually, independently of one another, with each individual segment being able to be driven or stand still independently of any other segment.
  • a single conveyor segment can follow depending on the status of the immediately following packing station, depending on the status of a directly downstream conveyor segment and / or a measurement status of a conveyed goods sensor related to the respective conveyor segment.
  • Each individual conveyor segment preferably has a cushioning transport system section, such as a belt conveyor section, for conveying cushioned products in the main conveying direction, as well as a controllable deflection device with which at least one cushioned product can be delivered from the cushioning transport system section to one of the several packing stations, for example by the deflecting device being soft around a pivot axis is pivoted in order to move at least one cushioned product from the cushioning transport system to the packing station, in particular in the manner of a shovel.
  • a cushioning transport system section such as a belt conveyor section
  • a controllable deflection device with which at least one cushioned product can be delivered from the cushioning transport system section to one of the several packing stations, for example by the deflecting device being soft around a pivot axis is pivoted in order to move at least one cushioned product from the cushioning transport system to the packing station, in particular in the manner of a shovel.
  • the control of the conveyor segment can, for example, take place in such a way that the upholstery product transport system sections are operated for upholstery product transport as long as a conveyed goods sensor determines that, in particular, for the duration of a predetermined measuring period of, for example, one second, two seconds, three seconds or longer, not at a predetermined point permanent presence of upholstery products or an upholstery product is recorded. Furthermore, the control can take place in such a way that the conveyor segment is operated to convey upholstery products as long as the conveyor segment immediately downstream is not standing still.
  • the deflection device of the conveyor segment can be activated to deliver cushioning products to the immediately following packing station, in particular the delivery to the immediately adjacent packing station only takes place when the conveyor segment immediately following the conveyor segment downstream is at a standstill or shows no need for cushioning product downstream.
  • a conveyor segment can be controlled by a conveyor segment-specific control and / or electronic subunit or by a central control and / or regulating electronics of the cushioning preparation system.
  • the delivery of at least one upholstery product to a packing station comprises that at least one upholstery product from a deflection device, such as a switch or the like, is brought from the cushion transport system to the respective packing station.
  • a deflection device such as a switch or the like
  • the dispensing takes place by lifting at least one cushioning product, preferably the cushioning product of a cushioning product series, from the cushioning transport system in such a way that the at least one cushioning product falls into a storage container of the respective packing station.
  • the storage container of the upholstery transport system which can be a conveyor belt, is assigned to the immediately adjacent packing station.
  • the deflection device can be actuated depending on a sensor device, in particular actively (for delivering at least one cushioning product to a packing station) or passively (for leaving at least one cushioning product on the cushioning transport system), which sensor device is switchable relative to the deflection device in the upstream direction the cushioning transport system detects the presence of at least one cushioning product.
  • the invention also relates to an upholstery supply system as described above with at least one upholstery product, preferably a plurality of upholstery products, in particular paper upholstery cushions, preferably recycled paper or waste paper upholstery cushions.
  • the upholstery supply system according to the invention can preferably be designed to carry out the operating method according to the invention and the operating method according to the invention is preferably carried out according to the functions of the cushioning system according to the invention.
  • a cushion preparation system according to the invention is generally provided with the reference number 1 in the figures.
  • the upholstery supply system is the main component a cushion source 3, a cushion transport system 5 and several packing stations 101, 201, 301 and x01.
  • the number of four packing stations shown in the figures is preferred, but a cushion preparation system 1 according to the invention can in principle also have any other number of at least two, at least six, at least ten or more packing stations.
  • the packing stations 101, 201, 301, x01 are each part of an individual conveyor segment 100, 200, 300 or x00.
  • the individual conveyor segments 100, 200, 300 and x00 can be designed essentially the same.
  • the components of the conveyor segments 100, 200, 300 and x00 are identified with three-digit reference numbers, the first digit denoting the respective conveyor segment and the two last digits the respective conveyor segment component.
  • similar reference symbols are used for the same or similar conveyor segment components.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic plan view of an empty upholstery supply system 1 without upholstery cushions or other upholstery products.
  • the in Fig. 1 The situation shown in the illustration can occur, for example, when the upholstery supply system has been installed for the first time and has not yet been put into operation.
  • the cushion preparation system 1 has a cushion source 3, which is implemented as a device for producing cushion cushions 7, in particular from paper.
  • the cushion source 3 can be fed, for example, from a paper web leporello stack or a paper web roll with a flat paper web, which is reshaped by the cushion source 3 into individual paper cushions 7.
  • the cushion source 3 is arranged at the upstream end of a cushion transport system 5 in order to provide the cushion transport system 5 with cushion cushions 7 for transport, that is to say in particular to eject them.
  • the upholstery transport system 5 is composed of several (here: four) conveyor belt sections 111, 211, 311 and x11 arranged one behind the other, which preferably only convey upholstery products 7 unidirectionally in one direction from the upholstery source 3 to the packing stations 101, 201, 301 and x01 can.
  • Each packing station 101, 201, 301 and x01 is assigned a storage removal container 103, 203, 303, x03, the volume of which can accommodate numerous cushions 7.
  • a paper cushion 7 can, for example, have a width of 10 cm to 30 cm, a length of 30 cm to 150 cm and a density between 3 kg / m 3 or 30 kg / m 3 .
  • An upholstery cushion 7 is particularly preferably approximately 15 cm wide and approximately 40 cm long a density of approximately 6.8 kg / m 3 , the density being defined in relation to a reference volume according to a cuboid that fully encompasses the respective upholstery cushion 7, at least partially, in a touching contact surrounding the outer sides of the cushion.
  • a storage container 103, 203, 303, x03 can preferably hold 20 to 200 upholstery cushions 7, in particular according to the preferred dimensions.
  • each storage container 103, 203, 303, x03 is equipped with a filling level sensor 105, 205, 305 or x05.
  • the fill level sensor 105 can be used to detect whether the associated storage container 103 contains a sufficient amount of cushion 7, so that the filling level of the storage container 103 occupied by the cushion 7 is filled with cushion 7 up to a predetermined fill level.
  • the filling level sensor 105 preferably detects whether upholstery cushions 7 are arranged at a predetermined filling level in the upper half, in particular in the upper third, preferably the upper quarter of the storage container 103.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics 9 of the cushioning preparation system 1 registers that there is a need for cushioning product in the storage container 103 at the packing station 101.
  • a horizontally aligned light barrier for example, can be provided as the fill level sensor 105.
  • Other measurement methods are also conceivable.
  • a filling level sensor (not shown) can detect the weight of the cushioning cushions in a storage container in order to determine whether the total weight of cushioning cushions 7 in a storage removal container 103 is above a filling weight threshold value or not.
  • the cushion cushions 7 are conveyed from the cushion source 3 to the storage containers 103, 203, 303 and x03 of the packing station 101, 201, 301 or x01 with the aid of conveyor belt sections 111, 211, 311 arranged one behind the other. x11.
  • On each of the conveyor belt sections 111, 211, 311, x11 there is a switch 107, 207, 307 or x07 for deflecting at least one cushion 7 from the respective conveyor belt section 111, 211, 311 or x11 in a storage container 103, 203 arranged immediately adjacent to it , 303 or x03 are provided.
  • the associated switch 107 can be moved from its in Figure 1 shown passive position, in which the switch allows upholstery cushions 7 to pass unhindered on the transport conveyor belt section 111 assigned to it, move into an active position (not shown) in which the switch 107 deflects the upholstery cushion 7 moved by the conveyor belt section 111 in such a way that it laterally from the conveyor belt section 111 down into an opening at the top of the storage container 103 fall.
  • a transport goods sensor 109 is preferably arranged upstream of the conveying stream, ie in the conveying direction F, in front of the switch 107, which sensor detects whether or not at least one cushion 7 is arranged on the conveyor belt section 111 at this point.
  • an individually controllable conveyor segment 100 (or 200, 300 or xoo) is formed which has a transport device section in the form of a conveyor belt section 111, a deflection device in the form of a switch 107 and a storage container 103 as well possibly includes a segment-specific control and / or regulation electronics subunit (not shown).
  • each conveyor segment 100 (or 200, 300, x00) can form an individually controllable and / or regulatable cushion preparation system subgroup.
  • FIG. 2a, 2b and 2c is illustrated how, based on the cushion preparation systems 1 shown in FIG Figure 1 is shown in an operating state in which it is completely empty of upholstery cushions 7 or other upholstery products, is filled.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics 9 are set up in such a way that when filling the storage removal containers 103, 203, 303 and x03 of the individual packing stations 101, 201, 301 or x01, a filling prioritization is taken into account, according to which, in principle, the from the cushion source 3 the most distant packing station, here x01, enjoys the highest filling priority.
  • the packing station 101 arranged next to the cushion source 3 in the conveying direction F is correspondingly assigned the lowest filling priority.
  • the upholstery supply system 1 can be equipped with at least one emergency stop switch for switching off the upholstery supply system 1. If an emergency condition occurs, the cushioning delivery system 1 can again carry out an initialization process, as with regard to the Figures 1 , 2a to 2c , 3 and 4 is described, since in an emergency in As a rule, the upholstery supply system 1 should be largely filtered with upholstery products, so that this re-initialization usually takes place very quickly after an emergency, since a complete filling of the storage container 103, 203, 303 to x03 will not be absolutely necessary.
  • the Packstation x01 furthest from the cushion source enjoys the highest filling priority.
  • the upholstery cushions 7 are transported with the highest filling priority for the fastest possible filling of the storage removal container x03 of the packing station x01.
  • the control and / or regulation electronics 9 of the upholstery supply system 1 activate the upholstery source 3 in order to produce upholstery cushions 7.
  • the upholstery cushions 7 are transferred from the upholstery source 3 to the transport system 5 in such a way that upholstery series 11 are always conveyed along the upholstery transport system 5, which are composed of a predetermined number of upholstery cushions 7 and an adjoining conveying gap 13 for the sake of the Figures 2a to 2c the production series or upholstery series 11 is shown as consisting of three upholstery cushions 7 and an adjoining conveying gap 13, it being possible for there to be small conveying distances between the upholstery cushions 7.
  • the conveying gap 13 extends from the last upholstery cushion 7 of the series 11 in the conveying direction F to the next following first upholstery cushion of the subsequent series 11.
  • a production and conveyance of upholstery cushions 7 in series 11 can be implemented, for example, in that the first conveyor belt section 111 directly adjacent to the upholstery source 3 in conveying direction F moves continuously in conveying direction F, while the upholstery source 3 initially receives the predetermined number of upholstery cushions 7 in a series 11 provides, so preferably generates and ejects, and then pauses briefly. It is also conceivable that the paper source 3 is operated at a continuous ejection speed and the conveying speed of the first conveyor belt section 111 varies in such a way that product series 11 consisting of a predetermined amount of cushion 7 and a conveying gap 13 are formed.
  • the transport of upholstery cushions 7 in series 11 consisting of a predetermined number of upholstery cushions, a conveying gap 13 and possibly small conveying distances 7 between the upholstery cushions ensures that no compression pressure occurs between successive upholstery cushions 7 in the conveying direction F, which would lead to deformation of the upholstery cushions 7 could lead in the sense of compression, which would result in a deteriorated cushioning effect of the upholstery cushions 7.
  • the deflector x07 of the conveyor segment x00 is brought into its active position, so that it conveys the cushion 7 from the conveyor belt section x11 into the supply container x03.
  • the upholstery cushions 7 in series 11, which have several upholstery cushions 7 and a conveying gap 13 it can be ensured that the path of a switch is always free of cushioning, so that when the switch is moved from the inactive to the active deflection position, no cushioning product is between the switch and the conveyor belt section can be pinched.
  • the storage container x03 is filled until the filling level sensor x05 of the storage container x03 detects that the cushioned cushions 7 received in the storage container x03 have reached or exceeded a predetermined number of cushioned cushions.
  • the reaching of the predetermined amount of cushioned cushions can be detected by a filling level sensor x05 with a horizontal light barrier at a predetermined filling level.
  • the transported goods sensor x09 of the conveyor belt section x11 is arranged directly upstream of the diverter x07 in order to detect whether at this point there is at least one cushion 7 or no cushion 7, i.e. a conveyor gap 13.
  • the diverter x07 is passed through the Control and / or regulation electronics 9 of the upholstery supply system or, for example, a control and / or regulation electronics subunit of the conveyor belt section x11 held in the active switch position at least as long as the transported goods sensor x09 detects the presence of an upholstery cushion 7.
  • the detected presence of an upholstery cushion 7 is preferably carried out with a particularly predetermined time tolerance, so that the conveying intervals between the upholstery cushions 7 of a series 11 are ignored.
  • the filling level sensor x05 detects that the predetermined filling level has been reached or exceeded, and then preferably a first cushion 7 following a conveying gap 13 is detected with the transported goods sensor x09 ( Figure 2c ), the conveying movement of the conveyor belt section x11 can preferably be stopped.
  • the packing station (here: 301) can be filled with the next highest filling priority.
  • the conveyor components (conveyor belt section 311 and switch 307) of the conveyor segment are controlled depending in particular on the fill level sensor 305 and / or the transported goods sensor 309 300 corresponding to the above with regard to the Figures 2a to 2c control of the components of the conveyor segment x00 described for filling its storage container x03. In this way, the conveyor segments 100, 200, 300 and x00 can be served with upholstery cushions 7 one after the other according to their respective filling prioritization.
  • FIG. 3 The filling of the storage removal container 303 is shown in Figure 3 shown, the filling of the storage removal container 303 of the packing station 301 in Figure 3 is shown in the state that the storage removal container x03 of the packing station x01 in Figure 2a Has.
  • Figure 10 shows a perspective view of a storage container Figure 7 . Upstream of the conveyor segment 300, the remaining conveyor belt section x11 is at a standstill (or the remaining conveyor belt sections, if there are more conveyor segments, not shown; not shown in detail).
  • the switch x07 or the switches of conveyor segments upstream of the conveyor segment 300 can be either in the active or passive state in the present preferred embodiment of a cushioning supply system, since the deflecting devices implemented as switches, as long as the respective conveyor belt section is at a standstill, do not focus on the Cushion cushions act if the area of influence of the respective deflection device or switch is limited to a delivery gap in this state.
  • the turnouts are preferably in their passive state, so that control errors can be avoided.
  • the deflecting device of a conveying segment at the rear in the conveying flow device (here: x00) can preferably always be in the active deflecting state.
  • the switch x07 of the rearmost conveyor segment x00 can in this respect also be implemented in a positionally rigid manner and restricted to an active position.
  • a further (not shown) packing station with a storage container is arranged downstream in the conveying direction F on the end of the last conveyor belt section x11.
  • the active or passive position of the switch x07 of the last conveyor segment xoo decides whether upholstery cushions 7 are conveyed from the last conveyor belt section x11 with active switch x07 into the storage container x03 of the depicted last conveyor segment xoo, or if the switch x07 is in a passive position into the storage container of a further packing station (not shown).
  • Figure 4 shows a cushion preparation system 1 completely filled with cushion cushions 7, in which no cushion requirement is recorded in any of the storage containers 103, 203, 303, x03 and on any of the conveyor belt sections 111, 211, 311 or x11.
  • the conveyor belt sections 111, 211, 311 and x11 of the cushion transport system 5 are at a standstill.
  • the switches 107, 207, 307 and x07 can be in their passive position.
  • the filling level sensors 105, 205, 305 and x05 of the storage removal containers all detect a maximum filling level of cushioned cushions 7 in the storage removal containers which is above the nominal filling level.
  • Each of the transported goods sensors 109, 209, 309 and x09 each detect a cushion 7.
  • Figure 5a shows the cushion preparation system 1 according to the invention in an operating state at the packing station 201 of the second conveyor segment 200, in which a cushion requirement is recorded.
  • the level sensor 205 detects that the current actual level of the cushion 7 has fallen below the predetermined target level.
  • FIG Figure 5a The filling of the storage container 203 of the second packing station 201 by activating the switch 207 and the first two conveyor belt sections 111, 211 is shown in FIG Figure 5a pictured.
  • the level sensor 205 of the storage container 203 detects that the cushion cushions 7 in the storage container 203 have reached or exceeded the predetermined fill level.
  • the conveyor belt sections 111 and 211 continue to move to convey series 11 of cushion pads 7.
  • the transported goods sensor 209 of the second conveyor segment 201 detects in the in Figure 5b A funding gap 13 shown in the state.
  • the switch x07 has a pivot shaft 21 in order to rotate the switch about its pivot axis S, in particular between the inactive and the active position.
  • the lower flag section is angled for lifting the upholstery cushions 7, in particular by approximately 10 °.
  • the upper flag section 27 extends without inclination to the vertical direction.
  • the height of the flag 23 attached to the pivot shaft 21 can be between 10 cm and 30 cm and is preferably about 20 cm.
  • the lower, angled flag section 25 extends in the vertical direction over one to 10 cm, preferably less than 5 cm, in particular about 4 cm.
  • the length of the flag 23 of a switch x07 in the conveying direction F is preferably between 20 cm and 60 cm, in particular approximately 40 cm.
  • the flag length is preferably at least 1.5x, in particular at least 2x as large as the width of the conveyor belt x11, from which the switch x07 is intended to deflect the cushion 7.
  • the lower, angled flag section 25 can alternatively also be designed to be curved and / or is at least half as high as the height of an upholstered cushion 7.

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  1. Système de production de rembourrage (1) pour un centre de logistique, comprenant une source de rembourrage (3) destinée à mettre à disposition des produits de rembourrage, plusieurs postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), au niveau desquels des conteneurs peuvent être chargés de marchandises et remplis de produits de rembourrage, et
    un système de transport de rembourrage (5) destiné à transporter les produits de rembourrage de la source de rembourrage (3) vers les postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), l'une source de rembourrage (3) étant conçue pour alimenter la pluralité de postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), le système de transport de rembourrage (5) comportant une ligne principale de convoyage et au moins un dispositif de déviation pour l'alimentation d'au moins un produit de rembourrage de la ligne principale de convoyage vers au moins un poste d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de déviation est réalisé sous la forme d'un aiguillage (107, 207, 307, x07) avec une pale déflectrice qui est conçue pour l'alimentation au moins partiellement en élévation d'au moins un produit de rembourrage vers au moins un poste d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01).
  2. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins l'un des postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01) comporte un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01), destiné à reprendre une pluralité de produits de rembourrage.
  3. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) comporte au moins un capteur de quantité de remplissage, destiné à déterminer le niveau de remplissage occupé par les produits de rembourrage dans le conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) et/ou en ce qu'au moins un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) comporte au moins un capteur de niveau de remplissage (105, 205, 305, x05), destiné à détecter si le niveau de remplissage occupé par des produits de rembourrage dans le conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) dépasse une valeur limite prédéterminée de niveau de remplissage.
  4. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) comporte une ouverture de chargement, pour l'alimentation de produits de rembourrage du système de transport dans le conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) ou en ce qu'au moins un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01) comporte une ouverture de prélèvement, pour le prélèvement en direction horizontale d'un produit de rembourrage par du personnel dédié à l'emballage.
  5. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de transport de rembourrage (5) comporte un convoyeur à courroie.
  6. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la ligne principale de convoyage transporte les produits de rembourrage à une hauteur d'au moins 2 m et/ou au-dessus de l'au moins un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01).
  7. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pale déflectrice est mobile en rotation autour d'un axe de pivotement (S) vertical.
  8. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que la ligne principale de convoyage comporte plusieurs tronçons de dispositif de transport, mobiles individuellement.
  9. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le système de production de rembourrage (1) comporte un système électronique de commande et/ou de régulation (9), destiné à commander le système de transport de rembourrage (5) et/ou la source de rembourrage (3).
  10. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le système électronique de commande et/ou de régulation (9) est conçu pour commuter le(s) dispositif(s) de déviation en mode actif ou passif.
  11. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 9 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le système électronique de commande et/ou de régulation (9) est conçu pour activer la source de rembourrage (3) de sorte à mettre à disposition les produits de rembourrage lorsqu'un capteur délivre un signal indiquant un besoin de produit de rembourrage.
  12. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la pale déflectrice présente une surface de pale, qui est coudée au moins par endroits par rapport à la direction verticale et/ou qui est susceptible de pivoter autour d'un axe de pivotement vertical.
  13. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'aiguillage (107, 207, 307, x07) comporte un arbre de pivotement (21), destiné à faire tourner l'aiguillage autour de son axe de pivotement S, sur l'arbre de pivotement (21) étant placé de manière solidaire en rotation un drapeau (23) qui comporte un segment inférieur (25) et un segment supérieur (27) plat, le segment inférieur (25) de drapeau étant coudé par rapport à l'axe de pivotement S qui s'étend en direction verticale, pour relever les coussins de rembourrage (7).
  14. Système de production de rembourrage (1) selon la revendication 13, caractérisé en ce que le segment inférieur (25) de drapeau est coudé d'environ 10° par rapport à l'axe de pivotement S qui s'étend en direction verticale et/ou en ce que le segment supérieur (27) de drapeau s'étend sans inclinaison dans la direction verticale.
  15. Procédé opérationnel d'un système de production de rembourrage (1) destiné à un centre de logistique, pour convoyer des produits de rembourrage d'une source de rembourrage (3) vers plusieurs postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), comprenant
    a) la mise à disposition d'au moins un produit de rembourrage,
    b) le transport du produit de rembourrage mis à disposition par un système de transport de rembourrage (5), et
    c) la distribution du produit de rembourrage mis à disposition à l'un des plusieurs postes d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01),
    la distribution incluant qu'au moins un produit de rembourrage soit amené par un dispositif de déviation du système de transport de rembourrage (5) vers un poste d'emballage (101, 201, 301, x01), caractérisé en ce que la distribution s'effectue en ce qu'au moins un produit de rembourrage est relevé par le système de transport de rembourrage (5) de telle sorte que l'au moins un produit de rembourrage tombe dans un conteneur de prélèvement de réserve (101, 201, 301, x01).
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