EP3628602A1 - Procédé d'emballage de barre d'armature et plateau rectangulaire d'emballage de barre d'armature - Google Patents

Procédé d'emballage de barre d'armature et plateau rectangulaire d'emballage de barre d'armature Download PDF

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EP3628602A1
EP3628602A1 EP18817767.9A EP18817767A EP3628602A1 EP 3628602 A1 EP3628602 A1 EP 3628602A1 EP 18817767 A EP18817767 A EP 18817767A EP 3628602 A1 EP3628602 A1 EP 3628602A1
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Chang Wan Ban
Youn Chul HA
Jun Ki JO
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B65B11/025—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders by webs revolving around stationary articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/02—Wrapping articles or quantities of material, without changing their position during the wrapping operation, e.g. in moulds with hinged folders
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/50—Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging
    • B65B35/52—Stacking one article, or group of articles, upon another before packaging building-up the stack from the bottom
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D61/00—External frames or supports adapted to be assembled around, or applied to, articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B27/00—Bundling particular articles presenting special problems using string, wire, or narrow tape or band; Baling fibrous material, e.g. peat, not otherwise provided for
    • B65B27/10—Bundling rods, sticks, or like elongated objects

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  • the present disclosure relates to a rebar packaging method and a rebar packaging rectangular tray, and more particularly, to a rebar packaging method and a rebar packaging rectangular tray which are for easily loading and storing rebars.
  • rebars are mainly used to form the skeletons of structures in construction or industrial sites for the purpose of mechanical strength enhancement.
  • Such rebars are manufactured in a bar shape or a roll shape having a predetermined length, and then used after bending the rebars in shapes corresponding to the shapes of corresponding structures in construction sites or processing plants.
  • a rebar banding device is usually used.
  • Rebars manufactured using such a banding device are subjected to a process of collecting and packing a plurality of rebars before providing the rebars to customers, and then the packaged rebars are transported to customers.
  • the present disclosure is provided to address the above-mentioned problems, and more particularly, the present disclosure relates to a rebar packaging method and a rebar packaging rectangular tray which are for easily loading and storing rebars.
  • a rebar packaging method of the present disclosure includes: preparing a loading unit including a rectangular tray and a pair of supports detachably provided on the rectangular tray and spaced apart from each other, each of the pair of supports including a center portion seated on an upper surface of the rectangular tray and a side portion bent upward from both ends of the center portion; loading a plurality of rebars across the center portions of the pair of supports which are spaced apart from each other; wrapping the plurality of loaded rebars and sides of the pair of supports with vinyl as one unit; and separating the plurality of rebars and the pair supports, which are wrapped with the vinyl, from the rectangular tray.
  • the pair of supports may be stood on the rectangular tray in an inclined state in which spacing between the pair of supports decreases in a direction toward upper ends of the side portions with the center portions being spaced apart from each other.
  • the plurality of rebars may be stacked up in a state in which the rebars are spaced apart from each other side by side in a horizontal direction.
  • the plurality of rebars may be previously bent in a "U" shape and may be spaced apart from each other side by side in a horizontal direction in an overlapping manner.
  • the plurality of rebars may include bent feet which are bent inward from a "U" shape, and the plurality of rebars may be arranged in an overlapping manner in which each rebar is spaced apart from adjacent rebars such that the bent feet may be not in contact with each other.
  • a rebar packaging rectangular tray of the present disclosure is provided to receive supports for loading rebars thereon, the rebar packaging rectangular tray including:
  • the cradles may include a plurality of cradles arranged adjacent to the seating grooves.
  • supports are mounted on a rectangular tray, and rebars are loaded on the supports and packaged by wrapping the rebars with vinyl. Therefore, the whole processes for loading and storing rebars may be simply performed.
  • the rebar packaging method of the present disclosure includes an operation of preparing a loading unit 100, an operation of loading rebars, an operation of wrapping with vinyl, and a separating operation.
  • the operation of preparing the loading unit 100 is for preparing the loading unit 100 which includes supports 120.
  • the loading unit 100 includes a rectangular tray 110 for loading rebars thereon and the supports 120.
  • the rectangular tray 110 for loading rebars thereon includes a body portion 111, side wall plates 112, and cradles 113.
  • the body portion 111 is shaped like a rectangular flat plate having a pair of left and right sides and a pair of front and rear sides.
  • a plurality of seating grooves 1111 extending in one direction are arranged on an upper surface of the body portion 111.
  • the seating grooves 1111 are apart from each other at regular intervals and extend in a direction parallel with the front and rear sides.
  • the seating grooves 1111 are apart from each other in a front-to-rear direction.
  • each of the seating grooves 1111 is slightly larger than the cross-section of each of the supports 120 such that the supports 120 may be sufficiently inserted in the seating grooves 1111.
  • the positions of the supports 120 may be fixed as the supports 120 are inserted into the seating grooves 1111 and stably seated in the seating grooves 1111.
  • the side wall plates 112 are arranged and stood up along the left and right sides of the body portion 111. Specifically, the side wall plates 112 are configured to protrude upward from the body portion 111 in a state in which the side wall plates 112 are arranged on the left and right sides of the body portion 111.
  • the side wall plates 112 has a function of preventing the supports 120 inserted in the seating grooves 1111 from being moved to the left and right away from the seating grooves 1111.
  • the cradles 113 are provided on the side wall plates 112 to support the supports 120 seated in the seating grooves 1111 such that the supports 120 may be maintained in the seating grooves 1111 in a standing position.
  • the cradles 113 have an approximately rectangular parallelepiped shape to perform a function of supporting the supports 120 while maintaining the supports 120 in an inclined state.
  • the supports 120 have inclined surfaces such that the supports 113 may be maintained in an inclined state with the inclined surfaces in contact with the cradles 113.
  • the cradles 113 may be arranged adjacent to the seating grooves 1111 to support the supports 120 seated in the seating grooves 1111.
  • the supports 120 include: center portions 121 configured to be seated in the seating grooves 1111 of the rectangular tray 110; and side portions 122 that are bent at ends of the center portions 121 and extend upward. Upper ends of the side portions 122 are bent outward.
  • the supports 120 include a metallic material and may preferably include a material having relatively high rigidity.
  • the supports 120 are provided as a pair, and the pair of supports 120 are seated on the rectangular tray 110. Specifically, the supports 120 are inserted into the seating grooves 1111 in a state in which the center portions 121 are spaced apart from each other, and are stood on the rectangular tray 110 in an inclined state in which the spacing between the supports 120 decreases in a direction toward upper ends of the side portions 122. In this case, the side portions 122 of the supports 120 are in contact with the inclined surfaces of the cradles 113 such that the inclined state of the supports 120 may be maintained.
  • the upper ends of the side portions 122 of the supports 120 may be bound together using a binding material (e.g., an iron strap) to maintain the state in which the supports 120 are seated on the rectangular tray 110.
  • a binding material e.g., an iron strap
  • the rebars 200 are loaded in such a manner that the rebars 200 cross the center portions 121 of the supports 120 which are spaced apart from each other. That is, the rebars 200 are loaded on upper portions of the supports 120 seated in the seating grooves 1111.
  • the rebars 200 are previously bent in a "U" shape, and center portions 121 of the rebars 200 may be placed on the supports 120 which are provided as a pair.
  • the rebars 200 are arranged in such a manner that the rebars 200 are spaced apart from each other side by side in a horizontal direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG.
  • the rebars 200 are spaced apart at predetermined intervals in an overlapping manner.
  • the rebars 200 having a "U" shape are arranged symmetrically and alternately such that a portion of one rebar 200 may be placed inside another rebar 200 to increase the number of rebars 200 arranged in a narrow space.
  • the loading of the rebars 200 may be performed by an automated facility. That is, after bending the rebars 200 in a "U" shape using a bending machine, a robot (not shown) may pick up the rebars 200 that has been manufactured using the bending machine and may place the rebars 200 at a designated position. Transfer of the rebars 200 by the robot is performed according to preset values that are previously input. In this case, the rebars 200 are arranged in the same manner as the lowermost layer of rebars 200 shown in FIG. 3 and are stacked up on the lowermost layer such that a large number of rebars 200 may be stacked up as shown in FIG. 4 .
  • a robot system upon receiving information about the lengths of rebars according to the shapes of the rebars, a robot system automatically analyzes loading patterns, selects an appropriate arrangement pattern according to the analysis, and loads the rebars on the rectangular tray 110 in an optimal arrangement.
  • the rebars 200 and the supports 120 are wrapped with vinyl 300 as one unit. Specifically, after the rebars 200 are stacked in a predetermined arrangement inside the supports 120, the rebars 200 and sides of the supports 120 are wrapped with the vinyl 300 to fix the rebars 200 to the inside of the supports 120.
  • a separate wrapping machine (not shown) may be used. That is, while the wrapping machine rotates around the rebars 200 and the supports 120, the wrapping machine may wrap the rebars 200 and the supports 120 with the vinyl 300 as one unit as shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the separating operation is for separating the rebars 200 and the rebars 200, which are bound together as one use by using the vinyl 300, from the rectangular tray 110. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 , the supports 120 seated in the seating grooves 1111 are moved upward to separate the supports 120 from the seating grooves 1111. At this time, the rebars 200 are separated from the rectangular tray 110 together with the supports 120 in a state in which the rebars 200 are supported on the center portions 121 of the supports 120 and the sides of the rebars 200 are wrapped with the vinyl 300. After the separating operation, the rebars 200 and the supports 120 may be moved to a storage location or delivered to a customer requiring the rebars 200.
  • a label attaching operation in which a label (not shown) describing information such as specifications or dimensions of the rebars 200 is attached to the vinyl 300 may be performed before the separating operation.
  • the label attaching operation may be performed after the separating operation.
  • the rebar packaging method of the present disclosure it is possible to easily load various rebars 200 and then packaging the rebars 200, and thus the time required for loading and packaging may be reduced.
  • various types of rebars 200 may be maximally loaded in a narrow area, and thus a space necessary for loading rebars 200 may be reduced.
  • rebars 200 are arranged in the rectangular tray 110 , but this is a non-limiting example. That is, as shown in FIGS. 7A to 8D , rebars 200 may be arranged in various forms.
  • ten, eight, seven, or six rebars 200 may be horizontally arranged on the rectangular tray 110.
  • the rebars 200 having a "U" shape may be arranged in a zigzag form according to the size of the rebars 200 such that the rebars 200 may be arranged side by side at slight intervals for dense arrangement in a given space.
  • FIGS. 8A to 8D it is also possible to horizontally arrange five, four, three, or two rebars 200 in various forms.
  • bent feet 200a which are bent inward are provided on ends of the rebars 200, and the rebars 200 are arranged in an overlapping manner in which each rebar 200 is spaced apart from adjacent rebars 200 such that the bent feet 200a are not in contact with each other.
  • rebars are not limited to the shapes described above, and examples of rebars include a rebar 201 having a stirrup shape as shown in FIG. 9A , a rebar 202 having a cap bar shape as shown in FIG. 9B , and rebars 203 and 204 having a hoop shape as shown in FIGS.
  • rebars are not limited to those described above, and design changes for various shapes and arrangements are also possible.

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