EP4180343A1 - Procédé et syst?me pour emballer des articles - Google Patents

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EP4180343A1
EP4180343A1 EP21207767.1A EP21207767A EP4180343A1 EP 4180343 A1 EP4180343 A1 EP 4180343A1 EP 21207767 A EP21207767 A EP 21207767A EP 4180343 A1 EP4180343 A1 EP 4180343A1
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Gabriele Sablone
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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
    • 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
    • B65B35/10—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles
    • B65B35/24—Feeding, e.g. conveying, single articles by endless belts or chains
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65B35/56—Orientating, i.e. changing the attitude of, articles, e.g. of non-uniform cross-section
    • B65B35/58—Turning articles by positively-acting means, e.g. to present labelled portions in uppermost position
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • B65B65/006—Multiple parallel packaging lines
    • 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
    • B65B2210/00—Specific aspects of the packaging machine
    • B65B2210/02—Plurality of alternative input or output lines or plurality of alternative packaging units on the same packaging line for improving machine flexibility

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  • the present invention relates in general to packaging of consumer products.
  • the invention was developed in particular in view of packaging sanitary article, in particular absorbent sanitary articles, such as: diapers, training pants, absorbent sanitary products for incontinent adults, sanitary napkins, panty liners, etc.
  • Sanitary articles are usually packaged in boxes or flexible bags containing a fixed number of articles, usually grouped in one or stacks.
  • the sanitary articles may be packaged individually in envelope-shaped wrappers formed by sheets of paper or plastic material.
  • Modern machines for manufacturing sanitary articles have extremely high production speeds, in the order of 800-1200 pieces/1'. At the exit of the manufacturing machines, the sanitary articles are output in a single line.
  • stationary flow dividers are provided when there is the need to split a single-line flow of articles into a dual-line flow.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a method and a system for packaging articles which overcomes the problems of the prior art.
  • numeral 10 indicates a system for packaging articles.
  • the system 10 receives from a manufacturing machine 12 a single-line flow of articles A aligned to each other in a direction X and moving in the same direction.
  • the system 10 is configured for splitting the single-line flow of moving articles A into a dual-line flow made of articles A moving along two transversely spaced lines.
  • the system 10 comprises two packaging machines 14 which are feed by the dual-line flow of articles A.
  • the system 10 comprises a first conveyor 16 which receives the single-line flow of moving articles A from the manufacturing machine 12.
  • the first conveyor 16 may be configured to accelerate the articles A in the direction X, so as to space from each other the articles A in the moving direction X.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a rotation unit 17 configured for rotating the articles A so that two articles of each pair of adjacent articles A are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction Y orthogonal to the moving direction X.
  • the rotation unit 17 comprises a spacing wheel 18 rotating about an axis of rotation 20.
  • the spacing wheel 18 comprises a plurality of gripping pads 22 configured for gripping the articles A.
  • the gripping pads 22 may be provided with holes pneumatically connected to a source of sub-atmospheric pressure to retain the articles A by suction.
  • the gripping pads 22 rotate about respective axes oriented radially with respect to the axis of rotation 20 of the spacing wheel 18 so as to space from each other the articles A of each pair of adjacent articles A in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation 20 of the spacing wheel 18.
  • each gripping pad 22 is configured to grip a pair of adjacent articles A aligned to each other in the moving direction X.
  • Each gripping pad 22 rotates 90° about a respective radial axis B, so as to distance the two articles A in a direction Y transverse to the moving direction X.
  • the articles A are arranged in a dual line flow of articles A moving in the direction X.
  • the pair of articles A of the dual line flow are aligned to each other in the transverse direction Y.
  • each gripping pad 22 is configured to grip a single article A.
  • the gripping pads 22 adjacent to each other rotate 180° in the same direction about respective radial axes placed on opposite sides of a central plane, so as to distance each pair of adjacent articles A in a direction Y transverse to the moving direction X.
  • the articles A are arranged in a dual line flow moving in the direction X.
  • the pair of articles A of the dual line flow may be aligned to each other in the transverse direction Y.
  • the apparatus 10 may comprise a transfer wheel 24 configured for taking the articles A from the first conveyor 16 and for transferring the articles A to the spacing wheel 18.
  • the spacing wheel 18 receives the articles A from the transfer wheel 24 in a single-line flow.
  • the apparatus 10 may comprise a second conveyor 26 which receives the articles A from the spacing wheel 18 in a dual-line flow.
  • the second conveyor 26 may comprise two opposite conveyor belts which retain between them the moving articles A.
  • the second conveyor 26 may be provided with holes pneumatically connected to a source of sub-atmospheric pressure, to retain the articles A by suction.
  • the apparatus 10 may comprise a group forming device 28 configured for forming groups of articles 30 for each of the dual-lines of moving articles A.
  • the group forming device 28 may comprise a transfer wheel 32 which receives the dual-line flow of articles A from the second conveyor 26 and transfers the articles A to a group-forming wheel 34.
  • the group-forming wheel 34 may comprise a plurality of compartments 36 in which the articles A coming from the transfer wheel 32 are stacked to form groups of articles 30, each containing a predetermined number of articles A.
  • the group-forming wheel 34 forms a dual-line flow of groups of articles 30, which are then transferred to an output conveyor 38 which feeds the dual line flow of groups of articles 30 to the two packaging machines 14.
  • Figure 4 shows a possible embodiment of a method for packaging articles A.
  • the articles A at the output of a manufacturing machine move in a direction X aligned to each other in a single line 40.
  • the articles A may be spaced apart from each other in the moving direction X. After the spacing, the articles A may be longitudinally spaced from each other by a pitch P.
  • the articles A of each pair of adjacent articles A are rotated jointly by 90°, so that the two articles of each pair are spaced apart from each other in a transverse direction Y orthogonal to the moving direction X.
  • the transverse spacing P between the two articles of each pair is equal to the longitudinal spacing P between adjacent articles moving in the single line 40.
  • the articles A may be stacked in groups of products 30 moving along the two parallel lines 42, 44.
  • the groups of products 30 of each of the parallel lines 42, 44 may be transversally aligned to the groups of products 30 of the other of the parallel lines 42, 44.
  • Figure 5 shows another possible embodiment of a method for packaging articles A.
  • the elements corresponding to those previously disclosed are indicated by the same reference numbers.
  • the articles A at the output of a manufacturing machine move in a direction X aligned to each other in a single line 40.
  • the articles A may be spaced apart from each other in the moving direction X by a pitch P.
  • each article A is rotated individually by 180°.
  • the articles A adjacent to each other rotate by 180° about respective axes placed on opposite sides of a central plane, so as to distance the articles of each pair of adjacent articles A in a direction Y transverse to the moving direction X.
  • the transverse spacing P between the two articles of each pair may be equal to or different from the longitudinal spacing P between adjacent articles moving in the single line 40.
  • the articles A move in the direction X along two parallel lines 42, 44.
  • the articles A may be stacked in groups of products 30 moving along the two parallel lines 42, 44.
  • the groups of products 30 of each of the parallel lines 42, 44 may be transversally aligned to the groups of products 30 of the other of the parallel lines 42, 44.

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Citations (7)

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US4523671A (en) * 1983-06-21 1985-06-18 Paper Converting Machine Company Apparatus for multiple lane stacking
US5988354A (en) * 1996-09-17 1999-11-23 Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A S.P.A. Product conveying unit
US6520314B1 (en) * 2002-01-30 2003-02-18 Samuel O. Seiling Apparatus for arranging packaged bakery goods for shipment
US9750645B2 (en) * 2012-11-16 2017-09-05 Gdm S.P.A. Method and machine for making absorbent sanitary articles
US20200079596A1 (en) * 2017-04-26 2020-03-12 Robert Bosch Gmbh Apparatus and method for transporting products, in particular for packaging machines
US20200361648A1 (en) * 2017-12-06 2020-11-19 Optima Nonwovens Gmbh Method and device for packaging sanitary articles
WO2021053456A1 (fr) * 2019-09-17 2021-03-25 Fameccanica.Data S.P.A. Installation de conditionnement pour groupes d'articles absorbants hygiéniques, appareil de transport et procédés associés

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4523671A (en) * 1983-06-21 1985-06-18 Paper Converting Machine Company Apparatus for multiple lane stacking
US5988354A (en) * 1996-09-17 1999-11-23 Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A S.P.A. Product conveying unit
US6520314B1 (en) * 2002-01-30 2003-02-18 Samuel O. Seiling Apparatus for arranging packaged bakery goods for shipment
US9750645B2 (en) * 2012-11-16 2017-09-05 Gdm S.P.A. Method and machine for making absorbent sanitary articles
US20200079596A1 (en) * 2017-04-26 2020-03-12 Robert Bosch Gmbh Apparatus and method for transporting products, in particular for packaging machines
US20200361648A1 (en) * 2017-12-06 2020-11-19 Optima Nonwovens Gmbh Method and device for packaging sanitary articles
WO2021053456A1 (fr) * 2019-09-17 2021-03-25 Fameccanica.Data S.P.A. Installation de conditionnement pour groupes d'articles absorbants hygiéniques, appareil de transport et procédés associés

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