EP4545461A1 - Streifenrückpralldämpfer und verpackungsmaschine - Google Patents

Streifenrückpralldämpfer und verpackungsmaschine Download PDF

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EP4545461A1
EP4545461A1 EP24206554.8A EP24206554A EP4545461A1 EP 4545461 A1 EP4545461 A1 EP 4545461A1 EP 24206554 A EP24206554 A EP 24206554A EP 4545461 A1 EP4545461 A1 EP 4545461A1
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strip
roller
packaging material
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absorber
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Riccardo CASELLI
Stefano DAVOLI
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Tetra Laval Holdings and Finance SA
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/16—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by weighted or spring-pressed movable bars or rollers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/69—Form fill-and-seal machines

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  • the present invention relates to a strip rebound absorber and a packaging machine comprising the strip rebound absorber.
  • the invention is applicable in packaging machines for producing packages.
  • these types of packages are manufactured using fully automated packaging apparatuses.
  • These apparatuses typically shape the packaging material into a tube form and then fill it with the pourable product under strictly aseptic conditions. Subsequently, the material is folded and cut to create individually sealed packages.
  • the packaging material itself exhibits a multilayered structure, which typically includes a core layer comprising materials like paper or cardboard. This core layer is enveloped on both sides with layers of heat-sealing plastic materials, such as polyethylene.
  • this packaging apparatus there is a packaging material web coil and a plastic strip coil which need to be joined together for producing the sealed packages and the plastic strip is joined to the packaging material web so as to be inside the package, i.e. in contact with the product.
  • the sealing occurs in two steps.
  • a first longitudinal portion of the plastic strip is overlapped to a first longitudinal portion of packaging material web and then both portions are welded together.
  • a second longitudinal potion of the plastic strip is overlapped to a second longitudinal portion of packaging material web, different from the first portion, and the two portions are sealed together by means of a longitudinal sealing forming the tube structure.
  • Sealing is typically accomplished through induction heating or hot air techniques. Insufficient tensioning of the strip may result in strip sealing misalignment that might cause improper adhesion to the packaging material web.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to address the aforementioned need by providing a strip rebound absorber and a packaging machine comprising the strip rebound absorber that minimizes a strip tensioning fluctuation ensuring a more effective application of a strip to material web packaging compared to known solutions.
  • the strip rebound absorber In case of strip tension variations such as sudden peaks or decreases, as a consequence of machine behaviors or external disturbances, the strip rebound absorber is able to absorb the fluctuations.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a strip rebound absorber in a packaging machine that reduces the production of defective packages, consequently minimizing waste and material wastage.
  • the invention concerns a strip rebound absorber 1 (for maintaining the tensioning of a strip S).
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 comprises a first roller 2 rotatable around a first axis A2.
  • the first roller 2 has a first receiving portion 3 for receiving the strip S.
  • the first roller 2 is movable between a first position P1 and a second position P2.
  • the strip rebound absorber may work at any position between P1, P2.
  • the first roller 2 can occupy a working position P3 (illustrated in figure 2 ) located between the first position P1 and the second position P2.
  • a standard working position may be defined as third position P3.
  • the third position P3 may be substantially median with respect to the first and second positions P1, P2.
  • the strip rebound absorber works in the position P3, with the possibility to filter tension variations (drop and increase).
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 comprises an elastic element 5.
  • the elastic element 5 is operatively coupled, directly or indirectly, with the first roller 2.
  • the elastic element 5 and the first roller 2 are connected in a way that allows them to cooperate or mutually influence each other to perform a specific operation or function.
  • the elastic element 5 is configured for moving, as a reaction to a variation of a tensional state of the strip upstream the first roller 2 according to a direction D1 of feeding of the strip S, between at least a first configuration 5A, wherein the first roller 2 is in the first position P1, and a second configuration 5B, wherein the first roller 2 is in the second position P2.
  • the elastic element 5 reacts to the tension variation of the strip S.
  • the position P1 can be reached if a tensioning occurs; similarly, for de-tensioning, the system responds by compensating the downstream increment, transitioning from configuration P3 to P1.
  • the first roller 2 moves towards the second position P2 in cases where the strip upstream of the first roller 2 experiences a reduction in tension, it becomes feasible to rectify the tensional variation by halting the propagation of de-tensioning downstream of the first roller 2.
  • the strip has a first tensional state downstream the first roller 2.
  • the first roller 2 moves towards the second position P2 thanks to the movement of the elastic element 5 towards the second configuration 5B.
  • the elastic element 5 is a spring 10.
  • the spring 10 is a linear spring.
  • the spring 10 is preloaded for rebound.
  • the spring 10 has been tensioned (i.e. extended with respect to its home or zero potential energy position) prior to its actual intended use in such a way that it stores potential energy, which will be released when the spring is allowed to return to its original state.
  • the preload ensures that the spring starts in a tensioned state, ready to exert a force in the opposite direction when released.
  • the spring 10 has a first end 11 and a second end 12.
  • the second end 12 of the spring 10 can be fixed to a frame F.
  • the spring 10 When the first roller 2 is in the first position P1 the spring 10 has a first length L1 and when the first roller 2 is in the second position P2 the spring 10 has a second length L2.
  • the second length L2 is shorter than the length L1.
  • the motion of the spring 10 causes the motion of the first roller between the first position P1 and the second position P2.
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 may comprise a rod 6 pivotable around a second axis A6.
  • the rod 6 has a first end 6A and a second end 6B, opposite to each other.
  • the first roller 2 is fixed to the rod 6.
  • the first roller 2 is fixed to the first end 6A of the rod 6.
  • the elastic element 5 is operatively coupled with the rod 6, preferably at a second end 6B of the rod opposite to the first end 6A.
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 comprises first coupling means M1 for coupling the rod 6 with the first roller 2.
  • the first coupling means M1 comprises a first bolt 20.
  • the elastic element 5 is coupled to the second end 6B of rod 6.
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 comprises second coupling means M2 for coupling the second end 6B of the rod with the elastic element 5.
  • the second coupling means M2 may comprises a bolt or a pin.
  • the second coupling means M2 comprises a second bolt 30 and the first end 11 of the spring 10 can be wound around the bolt 30. As shown in figure 1 , when the elastic element 5 is in the first configuration 5A, the rod is in a position P4.
  • the rod 6 In the case the strip S is correctly tensioned, the rod 6 is in a standard working position P6 to which the rod 6 tends to return.
  • the standard working position P6 is placed between the position P4 and the position P5.
  • the rod 6 and the roller 2 oscillates around the respective working position P6 for the rod 6 and P3 for the roller 2.
  • the position of the roller 2 oscillates around a working position P3.
  • the rod 6 moves from the standard working position P6 to the correction position P5, pivoting around the second axis A6 according to a first rod rotation verse R1.
  • the rod 6 moves from the correction position P5 to the standard working position P6, pivoting around the second axis A6 according to a second rod rotation verse R2, opposite of the first rotation verse R1.
  • the first rod rotation verse R1 is a contraclockwise clock verse and the second rod rotation verse R2 is a clockwise verse.
  • the strip rebound absorber 1 comprises a second roller 7 rotatable around a third axis A7.
  • the second roller 7 has a second receiving portion 8 for receiving the strip S.
  • the second roller 7 is arranged downstream of the first roller according to the direction D1 of feeding of the strip.
  • the second roller 7 is positioned at a fixed distance with respect to the first roller 2.
  • the second roller 7 is fixed to the frame F.
  • the first roller 2 moves with respect to the second roller 7.
  • the first roller 2 has a first lateral face 2A and the second roller 7 has a second lateral face 7A.
  • the first lateral face 2A is preferably coplanar to the second lateral face 7A.
  • the rod 6 is pivotable around a shaft and the second roller 7 is (pivotally) coupled to the shaft.
  • the shaft is part of the frame F.
  • the pivoting of the rod 6 is independent from the pivoting of the second roller 7.
  • the second roller 7 is free from actuating forces and it rotates only due to movement of the strip S thereon.
  • the second axis A6 coincides with the third axis A7.
  • the second roller 7 is coaxial with the rod 6.
  • the strip rebound absorber comprises at least a limiting element 9A, 9B for limiting the movement of the first roller 2 between the first position P1 and the second position P2.
  • the at least one limiting element comprises a first limiting element 9A is configured for limiting the movement of the first roller 2 along a direction of movement (preferably anticlockwise) from the first position P1 to the second position P2.
  • the at least one limiting element comprises a second limiting element 9B is configured for limiting the movement of the first roller 2 along a direction of movement (preferably clockwise) from the second position P2 to the first position P1.
  • the limiting elements prevent spring yielding.
  • the at least one limiting element 9A, 9B is configured for limiting a rotation of the rod 6.
  • the first limiting 9A element is configured for limiting a rotation of the rod 6 according to the first rotation verse R1.
  • the second limiting 9B element is configured for limiting a rotation of the rod 6 according to the second rotation verse R2.
  • the first limiting 9A element is a first pin.
  • the second limiting 9B element is a second pin.
  • the first limiting 9A element ensures that the spring 10 keeps a slight pretensioning so that the spring 10 does not completely discharge.
  • the second limiting 9B element ensures that the spring 10 does not exceed the maximum allowable working length, avoiding going beyond the yield load.
  • the invention concerns a packaging machine 100 comprising:
  • the buffer 102 is a gravity dancer collecting the unrolled strip S of the coil 101.
  • the buffer 102 may be configured to maintain a predetermined speed of the strip S downstream of the buffer 102 with respect to the strip advancement direction, e.g. during a splice event.
  • the buffer 102 sets the tension to which the strip S is subjected, e.g. during events during operation of the packaging machine.
  • the packaging machine 100 comprises a coil or reel 110 of packaging material M.
  • the packaging machine 100 may comprise a sealing device 103, arranged downstream of the coil of packaging material 110 and downstream of a buffer 102 according to the direction D1 of feeding of the strip.
  • the sealing device 103 is configured to join the strip S to the packaging material M identifying a packaging material web W.
  • the strip S can be sealed to the packaging material M, e.g. by induction heating or via hot air jet.
  • the packaging machine 100 may comprise a sterilisation device 104, arranged downstream of the sealing device 103 according to a direction D2 of feeding of the packaging material web.
  • the sterilisation device 104 is configured to sterilize the packaging material web W.
  • the packaging machine 100 may comprise a folding, sealing and filling station 105, arranged downstream of the sterilisation device 104 according to a direction D2 of feeding of the packaging material web W.
  • the folding, sealing and filling station 105 comprises means for folding and sealing the packaging material web W into a tube, and filling with a product the tube.
  • the packaging machine 100 may comprise a transversal sealing and cutting station, arranged downstream of the folding, sealing and filling station 105 according to a direction D2 of feeding of the packaging material web or tube, comprising transversal sealing and cutting means configured for splitting the tube into a plurality of packages P.

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DE724943C (de) * 1941-05-16 1942-09-10 Monforts Fa A Vorrichtung zum spannungslosen Zufuehren einer Stoffbahn zur Messwalze einer Laengenmessmaschine
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US5825374A (en) * 1997-03-12 1998-10-20 Raster Graphics, Inc. Apparatus and method for advancing a web
EP2704948A1 (de) * 2011-05-06 2014-03-12 Robert Bosch GmbH Schlauchbeutelmaschine und verfahren zum betreiben einer schlauchbeutelmaschine
US20150328909A1 (en) * 2014-05-19 2015-11-19 Seiko Epson Corporation Media conveyance device, printer, and control method of a printer
EP3632826A1 (de) * 2018-10-04 2020-04-08 ISHIDA CO., Ltd. Beutelherstellungs- und verpackungsmaschine

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DE724943C (de) * 1941-05-16 1942-09-10 Monforts Fa A Vorrichtung zum spannungslosen Zufuehren einer Stoffbahn zur Messwalze einer Laengenmessmaschine
US5176334A (en) * 1990-06-15 1993-01-05 Stahlkontor Maschinenabau Gmbh Apparatus for maintaining a tension in an elongated continuously advanced flexible element
US5445337A (en) * 1993-02-26 1995-08-29 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Tape recorder having integral tension pole and impedance roller
US5825374A (en) * 1997-03-12 1998-10-20 Raster Graphics, Inc. Apparatus and method for advancing a web
EP2704948A1 (de) * 2011-05-06 2014-03-12 Robert Bosch GmbH Schlauchbeutelmaschine und verfahren zum betreiben einer schlauchbeutelmaschine
US20150328909A1 (en) * 2014-05-19 2015-11-19 Seiko Epson Corporation Media conveyance device, printer, and control method of a printer
EP3632826A1 (de) * 2018-10-04 2020-04-08 ISHIDA CO., Ltd. Beutelherstellungs- und verpackungsmaschine

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