Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
  • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
  • B65C9/0062—Interchangeable modules, e.g. applicator heads with label magazines and glue rollers

Definitions

• the invention relates to a docking module according to the preamble of claim 1 and a labeling machine according to the preamble of claim 1 1.
• Modern labeling machines are often operated by means of an electrical bus system and with electrical energy and with pressurized media such as compressed air, water or the like.
• the docking module provided for docking a labeling unit and for its positioning, electrical communication and pressure medium assemblies are installed on the rear of the frame at suitable points for connecting the docking module and also the docked labeling unit, so that they are in the operating position of the docking module for functional testing and / or actuation or for exchange are not freely accessible.
• the docking module with these modules is complex, since many intermediate and switching states have to be monitored and controlled, e.g. B. on a so-called actuator-sensor level.
• the communication and print medium assemblies are distributed on the rear of the docking module and are difficult to access, so that the docking module has to be detached from the labeling machine and moved away and then reinstalled and readjusted.
• the empty docking module usually has to be separated from the labeling machine. This long-term concept results in the high complexity of the docking module, poor accessibility in the event of service, and very time-consuming replacement of components.
• the invention is based on the object of specifying a docking module of the type mentioned and a labeling machine in which the complexity is significantly reduced, the accessibility in the case of service is significantly improved and the interchangeability of components is simplified.
• the electrical communication and print medium assemblies are easily accessible in or on a side cheek of the frame, even in the operating position of the docking module and when the labeling unit is docked, from outside the labeling machine and from the side Switch positions and switching states of the components can be conveniently and at any time checked, the exchange is easy, and the print medium assembly can be operated manually, for example, without having to remove and / or partially disassemble the docking module.
• installation space is saved by placing the modules on or in the side cheek in the rear area of the docking module. This results in a significant improvement in the complexity of the docking module.
• the frame can stand on the floor and / or be screwed to the machine.
• the labeling machine is characterized by improved complexity and the possibility of switching positions and switching states of components in the docking module conveniently and without dismantling the z. B. to check and / or replace empty docking module on its side cheek, and z. B. to operate the medium assembly, if necessary, by hand.
• the modules are expediently housed in a control cabinet-like structure integrated in the side wall, so that they are protected against dirt and external influences on the one hand, but are easily accessible on the other hand.
• the cabinet-like structure can have a laterally openable or removable, preferably transparent or transparent glass and / or plexiglass or sheet metal cover, which on the one hand protects the assemblies, but on the other hand provides a clear overview, and also detects interference and / or good signals leaves.
• the cover can be lockable.
• a sheet metal or plastic cover can e.g. with partial windows.
• the side cheek has an approximately triangular, widening downward side plate connected to the frame and emerging via the docking station, and a spar is provided along the edge of the side plate and extends outward from the docking station and joins the side plate almost triangular recessed space, in which the modules on the side plate are protected.
• the at least one electrical and / or mechanical switching group and / or control unit can comprise a fieldbus ASI island of an actuator / sensor level (actuator sensor interface) which is used as a standard in modern docking modules.
• a pneumatic valve group for pneumatically actuated components can also be installed in the docking module and the docked labeling unit with at least one distributor block, the magnetically actuated valve group being expediently also operable manually.
• a variant without a bus system can have direct wiring with distributors on the side wall. Height-adjustable feet can be provided on the frame and on the side cheeks in order to be able to set up the docking module on the labeling machine in a stable and precisely positioned manner.
• the docking module could be attached directly to the frame, preferably between two feet, on the rear of the frame facing away from the docking station on cantilevers. The rollers make it easy to move the docking module after separation from the labeling machine if work on the back is required.
• the docking module is usually fixed to the desired position with an attachment structure in the container carousel of the labeling machine, specifically with an attachment structure.
• the mounting structure can have several distributed mounting holes.
• mounting points are provided for optionally attaching another plug holding plate of a manually pluggable special variant and / or retrofit media plug on the outside, preferably adjacent to at least one through opening in the side plate.
• This additional connector holding plate with a special variant or retrofit media connector is attached if the media connector, which is intended to be permanently installed on the docking module, cannot be used and which may even be removed.
• the feed-through opening can be used to lay lines or cables to the retrofit or special variant media connector.
• the functionally necessary connection from the docking module to the docked labeling unit is usually established via plug-in and disconnectable multi-connectors.
• the at least one multicoupling of the docking station of the docking module is expediently, preferably exchangeably, attached to a height-adjustable slide of a slide assembly in the docking station.
• The can be used for service or exchange purposes Tilt the carriage assembly forward relative to the frame after loosening the retaining elements. This can be useful, for example, when replacing slide guides from the front.
• the carriage is coupled via a fork head and a thru axle to an actuator, preferably a piston rod of a pneumatic cylinder, with which the carriage for connecting and disconnecting the multi-couplings of the docking module with multi-couplings of the docked labeling unit is moved relative to the docking station.
• the clevis has a z. B. a fork head axis rotatable, fuse, which is adjustable between a securing position and a release position of the thru-axle, to replace the actuator after removing the thru-axle, without having to dismantle the slide assembly.
• cover plates that can be removed from the frame serve for service / replacement from the front of the docking module.
• a front / side removable torque arm provided under the geared motor, a front / side removable torque arm.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a rotary labeling machine shown as a non-limiting example with attached docking modules carrying labeling units,
• FIG. 2 is a perspective view, obliquely from the front, of a docking module
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rear of the docking module
• FIG. 4 is a rear view of a labeling machine attachment structure of the docking module
• 5 shows a partially supplemented embodiment of the docking module in a view from the rear
• 6 is a side view of part of the docking module to illustrate the concentrated placement of electrical communication and pressure medium assemblies in a side wall
• FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective section of the front of the docking module with a docking station
• FIG. 9 is a front view of an area of the docking station with the carriage assembly.
• Fig. 1 shows a schematic representation of a plan view of a rotary module labeling machine M with a container carousel 1, to which several attachment positions 2 are peripherally assigned, each for a docking module A for optionally docking a labeling unit E.
• the docking module A shown in FIG. 2 has a frame 3 with side cheeks 4a, 4b projecting forward.
• a height-adjustable docking station S can be moved on guides 32 in frame 3.
• the actuator 5 of the docking station S is a geared motor 6 with a screw spindle 7.
• a removable torque support 49 is provided within the geared motor 4 and is screwed to the outside of the side plates 11 of the side cheeks 4a, 4b.
• the actuator 5 could be a pneumatic cylinder (not shown).
• the upper end of the screw 7 is z. B. covered.
• the labeling unit E can indeed have a weight of more than one ton.
• Each side cheek 4a, 4b comprises the side plate 11 fastened to the frame 3 with a triangular shape, which widens downward and projects forward to the side of the docking station S.
• a spar 12 can be installed, which reaches outwards and, together with the side plate 3, delimits a recessed installation space 13 here of approximately triangular shape, in which at least one electrical and / or mechanical switching group and / or control unit 14 is concentrated is housed.
• the space 13 is expediently designed in the manner of a control cabinet with a cover 15.
• the cover 15 can made of glass or plexiglass, be transparent or see-through, or alternatively include a sheet metal or plastic housing.
• the side cheeks 4a, 4b support z. B. in the embodiment shown with front feet 9 on the floor, which are adjustable in height. Furthermore, z. B. provided on the frame 3 rear height adjustable feet 10.
• the docking station S there are two centering cones 8 arranged at the same height for the labeling unit E, which can be centered on the centering cones 8 with corresponding receptacles (not shown) and then raised to the desired operating position by means of the actuator 5.
• two multi-couplings K1, K2 are provided in the docking station S for operating and control media, at the same height and with an intermediate distance on both sides of the screw spindle 7.
• the multi-coupling K1 is, for example, an electrical multipole coupling, while the multi-coupling K2, for example, is a pressure medium Clutch is.
• the multi-couplings K1, K2 are moved with another actuator (not shown in FIG. 2) (see 35 in FIGS.
• a labeling machine mounting structure 16 in the form of an angled plate is installed on the back of the frame 3, which has a plurality of distributed mounting holes 17, for example for the optional and universal mounting of the docking module A at different mounting positions 2 of a labeling machine M. It is here a plurality of differently positioned mounting bores 17 are provided in order to be able to take different mounting conditions into account with one and the same mounting structure 16.
• Fig. 3 for. B. between the feet 10 (if present) on the rear of the frame 3 on frame-fixed arms 18 mounted rollers 19 shown, which can be used for easy movement of the dismantled docking module A on the floor, for. B. after the feet 10 have been adjusted or removed accordingly.
• a pipeline 20 is installed in the cables, lines and. The like. Protected housed and connected to a permanently installed media plug 21 which can be connected to the labeling machine.
• the media connector 21 is mounted with a connector holding plate 22 on the rear of the frame 3. 3 shows again the in the side wall 4a z. B. behind the (removed here) cover 15 installed electrical and / or mechanical switching group and / or control unit 14.
• FIG. 4 belonging to FIG. 3, shows the add-on structure 16 on the frame 3 as an angled plate with cheeks 23.
• the cheeks 23 of the add-on structure 16 several pairs of mounting points 24 are provided at different heights and different inclined positions, which can be used to mount the connector holding plate 22 can be used in different assembly situations, with a connector length of the connector 21 for all conveyor belt heights occurring in practice of conveyor belts, e.g. B. 47 in Fig. 1, on labeling machines M.
• Fig. 5 illustrates an optional additional equipment of the docking module A, which may also have the media connector 21 on the back.
• 1 1 mounting holes 25 are provided on the side wall 4b in the side plate thereof for a connector holding plate 27, on which a dog-type additional connector 28 is fastened, which can be used in the case of special variants or when retrofitting the docking module A also in this special case to be able to use.
• FIG. 6 is a side view of the side cheek 4a and shows, as a non-limiting example, an ASI island 29 (actuator-sensor interface), e.g. B. a bus system, and a valve assembly 30 with here z. B. two pneumatic valves (expediently solenoid valves), which can also be operated manually on rotary knobs 31.
• An associated and connected distributor block 32 can also be placed in the installation space 13.
• the centering cone 8 In the front view of the docking station S in Fig. 7, the centering cone 8 can be clearly seen, which are displaceable with the docking station S on the guides 32 and from the actuator 5, here the gear motor 6 and the screw 7, when docking the labeling unit E and to it Height adjustment are movable. Between the centering cones 8, the two multi-couplings K1, K2 are attached to a slide 36 of a slide structure at the same height. Each multi-coupling K1, K2 has a cover 33 which can be adjusted between a sealing closed position, as shown, and an open position (not shown), specifically by means of a movement control 34 designed as a metal profile with control curves 65 (FIG. 9), here for one Cover 33.
• the metal profiles 34 are fixed in the docking station S, for example interchangeably screwed, and act solely on the cover 33 of the multi-couplings K1, K2 by the relative movement of the slide 36 with the actuator 35 (for example a pneumatic cylinder) in the docking station S. a that this when establishing the plug connection with the multi-couplings of the docked labeling unit E are automatically brought into their open positions without a separate actuator being required for the lid actuation.
• FIG. 8 shows an area on the back of a holding plate 37 in the docking station S, at which the actuator 35, here a pneumatic cylinder with a piston rod 38, is installed and supported in a stationary manner.
• the piston rod 38 of the pneumatic cylinder as an actuator 35 is coupled via a fork head 39 and a thru axle 40 to a boom 43 which is attached to the carriage 36.
• the clevis 39 has a fuse 41, for. B. on a sleeve 42, which between the shown securing position of the thru axle 40 and a z. B. can be rotated clockwise by 90 ° forward release position about the piston rod axis 38 to conveniently separate the piston rod 38 from the slide 36 after removing the thru axle 40 and remove the pneumatic cylinder.
• FIG. 9 illustrates the slide assembly with the slide 36, the actuator 35 and the movement controls 34 on the holding plate 37 in the better representation because the components of the docking module S have been removed.
• the slide 36 is guided vertically on guides 44 on the holding plate 37 and has mounting holes 46 for example for the multi-coupling K2, which is removed in FIG. 9.
• the slide assembly with the slide 36 can be tilted forward relative to the holding plate 37 after loosening indicated fastening elements, for example for exchanging the guides 44.
• All components of the docking module A can be changed and / or serviced from the front of the docking module A.
• the valves of the valve assembly 30 can be operated manually, and switching positions or switching states can also be checked on the ASI island of the communication assembly 29.
• Seals contained in the covers 33 of the multi-couplings K1, K2 can be easily changed by moving the multi-couplings upwards by hand or with the actuator 35 and opening the covers.
• the multi-couplings K1 and K2 can also be released, removed and replaced from the front. Roles arranged on the covers 33, interacting with the control cams 45 of the movement controls 34 in FIG.
• the docking module A is compact with reduced complexity and is designed to be extremely user-friendly, especially for checking switching states, for service cases or for exchanging components, for which the docking module can remain on the machine in almost all cases.

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