GB2572517A - Sheet material handling apparatus for lifting, transporting and placing planiform articles - Google Patents

Sheet material handling apparatus for lifting, transporting and placing planiform articles Download PDF

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GB2572517A
GB2572517A GB1909942.3A GB201909942A GB2572517A GB 2572517 A GB2572517 A GB 2572517A GB 201909942 A GB201909942 A GB 201909942A GB 2572517 A GB2572517 A GB 2572517A
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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
    • B65H5/00—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
    • B65H5/08—Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by grippers, e.g. suction grippers
    • B65H5/14—Details of grippers; Actuating-mechanisms therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25J—MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
    • B25J15/00—Gripping heads and other end effectors
    • B25J15/06—Gripping heads and other end effectors with vacuum or magnetic holding means
    • B25J15/0616—Gripping heads and other end effectors with vacuum or magnetic holding means with vacuum
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/08—Separating articles from piles using pneumatic force
    • B65H3/0808—Suction grippers
    • B65H3/0883—Construction of suction grippers or their holding devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/02—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
    • B66C1/0237—Multiple lifting units; More than one suction area
    • B66C1/0243—Separate cups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2402/00—Constructional details of the handling apparatus
    • B65H2402/50—Machine elements
    • B65H2402/51—Joints, e.g. riveted or magnetic joints
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/17—Nature of material
    • B65H2701/176—Cardboard
    • B65H2701/1764—Cut-out, single-layer, e.g. flat blanks for boxes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B2/00—Friction-grip releasable fastenings
    • F16B2/005—Means to increase the friction-coefficient
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B43/00—Washers or equivalent devices; Other devices for supporting bolt-heads or nuts

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a sheet material handling apparatus for individually lifting and placing planiform articles (2) and which comprises a suction lifting apparatus (110) with an array of suction lifters (120) each of which comprises a downwardly oriented suction cup (121) provided with a vacuum pressure and being adapted to be placed on a top side (19) of an article to be lifted. An actuation system (8) is configured to move the suction lifting apparatus (110) and a controller (12) is configured to control the operation of the suction lifting apparatus (110) and actuation system (8). A plurality of primary supporting members (46) are spaced apart in parallel and each have at least one primary track (54) that extends in a first substantially horizontal direction (91). A plurality of secondary supporting members (56) are each slideably mounted along the first horizontal direction, each secondary supporting member comprising a secondary track (58) that extends in a second substantially horizontal direction (92) transverse to the first horizontal direction. Each suction lifter comprises a mounting portion (7) by which each suction lifter is slideably mounted to a corresponding one of the secondary tracks, at least one of said mounting portions comprising a clamp between which frictions pads (95, 96) and a resiliently compressible compression member (37) is pressed, and whereby the location in a substantially horizontal plane of each suction cup relative to other suction cups is: a) manually adjustable in the first direction by sliding the mounting portion of the secondary supporting member to which the corresponding suction lifter is mounted in the first direction along said primary track; and b) manually adjustable in the second direction by sliding the mounting portion of said suction lifter to which said suction cup is supported in the second direction along said secondary track.
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GBGB1700549.7A GB201700549D0 (en) 2017-01-12 2017-01-12 Sheet material handling
PCT/IB2018/050215 WO2018130990A1 (en) 2017-01-12 2018-01-12 Sheet material handling apparatus for lifting, transporting and placing planiform articles

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