JP2005534310A - Arrangement of equipment for the manufacture and packaging of cigarettes and corresponding equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention comprises a cigarette having at least one cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20), in particular a distribution unit (11), a strand unit (12), a filter production unit (20) and / or a filter mounting unit (13). The invention relates to an apparatus (60-65) for cigarette production and packaging comprising a machine (10) and a packaging machine (9) for packaging cigarettes into boxes, bundles, cartons and / or pallets. The present invention is distinguished by the fact that the packaging machine (9) and the at least one cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20) are arranged in an essentially straight line.

Description

  The invention relates to a cigarette machine having at least one cigarette machine unit, in particular a distribution unit, a strand unit, a filter production unit and / or a filter mounting unit, and for packaging cigarettes into boxes, bundles, cartons and / or pallets. And an apparatus for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes.

  The invention further relates to the arrangement of such a device.

From patent document 1, the production and packaging line of cigarettes is known. The cigarette making machine and the packaging machine are arranged in a square cell. The material supply in this case takes place via an independent area on one side of the cell.
German Patent No. 40 18 266

  In contrast, the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus of this kind for the production and packaging of cigarettes that has as little area requirement as possible and that simplifies the supply or operation.

  The object is to cigarette machines with at least one cigarette machine unit, in particular a distribution unit, a strand unit, a filter production unit and / or a filter mounting unit, and for packaging cigarettes into boxes, bundles, cartons and / or pallets. In a device for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes having a packaging machine, the packaging machine and the at least one cigarette machine unit are arranged in an essentially straight line.

  With the device according to the invention, the area requirement of the device is minimized.

  Within the framework of the present invention, the packaging machine can, for example, arrange a color in a cigarette block constituting unit that can also be equipped with, for example, an interior paper of a cigarette block having, for example, silver paper, and a block provided with the interior paper. Color mounting unit, Blanket unit that folds and bonds the blanket around the block, Film packaging unit that can bring the film around the already folded and adhered cigarette package, Bar that can package cigarette packaging rod A pack unit and one or more packaging units such as a bar packaging unit that wraps the manufactured cigarette bar with, for example, polypropylene film. The cigarette machine is, for example, a distribution unit that supplies and optionally sorts tobacco, in particular distributes it to a plurality of tobacco rods, a strand unit that wraps tobacco strands with cigarette paper, for example a filter production unit that produces filters from filter tows, and It has at least one cigarette machine unit, such as a filter mounting unit. Corresponding packaging units and cigarette machine units are known per se. For example, a cigarette machine of the type “Protos” from Hauni Maschinenbau AG has a distribution unit, a strand unit and, in the case of Hauni Maschinenbau AG, a filter mounting unit sold under the name “Max”. Applicant's "Chronos" packaging machine has a block building unit, a collar mounting unit, a blanket unit and a film packaging unit. Chronos can be expanded with corresponding bar pack units and bar packaging units. In front of the “Protos” tobacco distribution unit, a filter production unit comprising known units “AF” and “KDF” can be arranged upstream in the feed direction. The unit “AF” is used to produce a filter strand from the filter tow, and the unit “KDF” is used to wind this filter strand with filter paper. Corresponding filter production units or filter production machines are also sold by Hauni Maschinenbau AG and are recognized by those skilled in the art.

  If the filter mounting unit is arranged in an essentially straight line with a packaging machine, a further space-saving variant of the invention is given. In addition, if the strand unit is arranged in an essentially straight line with the packaging machine and the filter mounting unit, a smaller area requirement is required. Finally, a minimum area requirement is required if all cigarette machine units and packaging machines of a cigarette machine are arranged in an essentially straight line.

  In a preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention, it is possible to operate the device exclusively from the first side of the device, in particular from the second side which is arranged to be located facing the first side, It is configured to supply the packaging material to the device. This preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention minimizes the operating costs of the operator and further optimizes the required amount of space required in the finishing place for cigarettes and cigarette packages. Films, collars, blankets are used within the framework of the present invention as packaging materials for the packaging machine unit, where the collars and blankets can be pre-cut or present in the form of bobbins. Can be cut. The packaging material is preferably arranged in the bobbin and is supplied to the packaging unit from the second side. Logistics regarding the supply of packaging material is automatically performed via the loader and material handling station. The corresponding packaging material stock is replenished by a portal robot as described in Patent Document 1. If the equipment is supplied exclusively from the second side, it is possible to save the way when storing the packaging material, so that the stock posture can be formed very effectively and in a short time. Can do. Preferably, from the second side, it is possible to supply at least a portion of the material necessary for cigarette manufacture to the cigarette machine unit. The materials necessary for making cigarettes are in particular tobacco, filter tow, filter paper, cigarette paper and coating paper. A particularly preferred form of the invention occurs when the cigarette device is fed from above and another cigarette machine unit is fed from the second side.

  In order to achieve optimized space utilization in cigarette production and packaging fields, according to the invention, the arrangement of the device according to the invention described in the preceding paragraph is provided exclusively for the supply of packaging material to the device. Or at least two adjacent devices are spaced so that a corridor provided exclusively for the operation of the device is formed between the devices. The arrangement according to the invention of the device according to the invention provides either a short path for supplying the device or a short path for operating the device. Furthermore, it is possible to use the optimum place or area. Spacing is understood within the framework of the present invention as a sense of transverse direction, especially for the essentially straight lines of the device.

  Preferably, a corridor provided exclusively for the supply of packaging material to the device and / or exclusively for the operation of the device is formed along an essentially straight line. In this way, a number of devices are arranged such that adjacent devices are spaced apart. Due to the preferred formation of the arrangement according to the invention, a further improved utilization of the area planned for the device is possible. An arrangement that allows a quicker supply or operation on the basis of a lesser path to go has a corridor constructed along an essentially straight line by spacing between the devices, in which case The corridor continues with a device adjacent in the direction of this line.

  The invention will be described below on the basis of embodiments associated with the drawings without limiting the general inventive idea. For all details according to the invention not described in detail in the text, reference is made explicitly to the drawings.

  In the following drawings, the same elements are given the same reference numerals, and therefore, the respective elements will not be introduced again.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of a cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60 according to the present invention. The cigarette manufacturing and packaging apparatus 60 includes a packaging machine 9 and a cigarette machine 10. The cigarette machine 10 has a conventional tobacco distributor 11 and is known from DE 36 19 579. Within this dispensing unit 11, the tobacco is, for example, sorted in order to be subsequently individualized and finally fed to two suction strand conveyors on which tobacco strands are formed. Downstream of the tobacco distributor 11, a strand unit 12 is provided, in which the configured series of tobacco strands are shaped for cigarettes and wound with cigarette paper. . Cigarette paper is taken from a cigarette paper stock 21, which in this example can consist of cigarette paper bobbins. A material handling station 41 is provided to allow regular removal. A loader 31 is used to refill the cigarette paper stock 21. The production of cigarette strands is described, for example, in EP 0 582 136 of Hauni Maschinenbau AG. In this document, a formatting device for making a cigarette shape is also illustrated.

  A filter mounting unit 13 is provided downstream of the strand unit, and in order to be continuously wound and coated with the coating paper by this filter mounting unit, the double-length filter element is , Transported between two cigarette sticks wrapped in cigarette paper. Subsequently, the double use length filter element is cut in the center, thus creating a finished filter cigarette. The filter mounting unit 13 is provided with a coated paper stock 22 supplied at a material handling station 42 of the filter mounting unit 13. To load the coated paper stock 22, a loader 32 is provided. The cigarette machine 10 has a tobacco distributor 11, a strand unit 12 and a filter mounting unit 13. A packaging machine 9 is disposed downstream of the cigarette machine 10, and this packaging machine is composed of six units in this embodiment. These units are a block constituting unit 14, a color mounting unit 15, a blanket unit 16, a film packaging unit 17, a strand pack unit 18 and a strand packaging unit 19. Less or more units can also be provided in the packaging machine 9.

  Within the block construction unit 14, blocks are first constructed from the desired number of filter cigarettes, and these blocks are then wrapped with interior paper, for example aluminum foil. For this purpose, an interior paper stock 23 supplied at the material handling station 43 of the block constituent unit is provided. In order to replenish the interior paper stock 23, a loader 33 is provided. Subsequently, a color mounting unit 15 for setting the color above or below the block provided with the interior paper is provided. In this embodiment, the color mounting unit 15 includes a color stock 24 that exists in the form of a bobbin. Corresponding color material, such as cardboard, is drawn from the bobbin by the material handling station 44, cut into a corresponding color shape, and in some cases pre-embossed to provide a fold line. To replenish the color stock 24, a loader 34 is provided.

  The wrapped cigarette block with the collar is then fed to the blanket unit 16, in which the cigarette packaging blanket is folded around the cigarette block with the collar and bonded accordingly. . The blanket is used by the material handling station 45 from the blanket stock 25. The blanket stock 25 is also refilled accordingly via the loader 35. Subsequently, the cigarette package reaches the film packaging unit 17, in which, for example, a transparent polypropylene film is wound around the cigarette package. The film packaging unit 17 is provided with an exterior paper stock 26, and this exterior paper stock is supplied by a material handling station 46 of the film packaging unit 17. The armor paper stock 26 is replenished by a loader 36. Subsequently, the cigarette package with the outer paper is arranged in a group of 2 × 5 cigarette packages, for example, and is provided with a blanket folded to form a bar. This is done in the stick pack unit 18. A bar blanket stock 27 is attached to the bar pack unit. The bar blanket is supplied from the bar blanket stock 27 by the material handling station 47 of the bar pack unit 18. The bar blanket stock 27 is replenished by a loader 37.

  Subsequently, the cigarette bar reaches into the bar packaging unit 19, in which, for example, a transparent polypropylene film is wound around the bar. For this reason, a stick armor paper stock 28 is provided. The armor paper material is supplied by the material handling station 48 of the bar packaging unit 19. The bar jacket paper stock 28 is replenished by a loader 38.

  In FIG. 1, yet another tobacco inlet 52 is illustrated, which implies the inflow of tobacco from above in the tobacco distributor 11.

  FIG. 2 shows another cigarette manufacturing and packaging apparatus 61 according to the present invention. The difference with respect to FIG. 1 is that the tobacco distributor 11 is not arranged in a straight line with the packaging machine 9, but intersects this line. For this reason, in the line having the packaging machine 9, two units of the cigarette machine 10, that is, the strand unit 12 and the filter mounting unit 13 are arranged. However, all stocks of cigarette machines are arranged directly in cigarette machines and packaging machines in an essentially straight line.

  FIG. 3 shows a schematic plan view of a cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 62 according to the present invention. This embodiment essentially corresponds to the embodiment of FIG. Another filter production unit 20 is only arranged in front of the tobacco distributor 11. The filter manufacturing unit 20 manufactures a rod-shaped filter from the filter tow disposed in the filter tow stock 50. For this purpose, the filter tow is first supplied to the filter tow transfer device by the filter tow extractor 51 and then transferred to an endless filter strand, with filter paper in a known manner in a certain format. It is done. The endless filter strand is then cut into filter pieces of the desired length. The filter paper is used from the filter paper stock 29 to the material handling station 49 of the filter manufacturing unit 20. Filter paper stock 29 is replenished by loader 39.

  In the case of the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 62, in this embodiment all units of the cigarette machine, which also includes the filter manufacturing unit 20, and all units of the packaging machine 9 are arranged in an essentially straight line.

  FIG. 4 illustrates another inventive embodiment of a cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 63, in which a portion of the filter manufacturing unit 20 is essential to the essentially straight line of another unit. In general, they are arranged at an angle of 90 °. This angled unit is the well-known unit AF of Hauni Maschinenbau AG. This unit continues from Hauni Maschinenbau AG's KDF unit, which in this example lies in a line that is essentially straight relative to another unit.

  The elements shown in broken lines in FIGS. 1 to 4 should imply doors that can be opened and closed to handle the device accordingly.

  FIG. 5 shows a plan view for the arrangement of six cigarette manufacturing and packaging devices 60 according to the invention according to FIG. This arrangement according to the invention requires very little space or area requirement in the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60. In addition, the operation of the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60 is simplified, and ultimately the loading or supply of materials necessary for the production of packaging material or cigarettes to the device is simplified.

  The devices 60 according to the present invention are arranged such that the operating side 70 of the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60 is adjacent and the supply side 71 is adjacent. Thereby, the operation passage 73 and the supply passage 72 are generated. In this embodiment, the two operation passages 73 are arranged so as to be aligned, and the two supply passages 72 are aligned. The operator now needs to move only within one operating passage 73 in order to be able to see two or even four cigarette manufacturing and packaging devices 60 at a glance. A corresponding automatic machine or robot for feeding the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60 moves only in the feed passage 72, so the path taken to feed the device can be minimized, Thus, in some cases, only a few supply robots or automated machines can be found even if the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60 has the same output.

  Between the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 60, in the embodiment according to FIG. 5, another intermediate passage 74 is provided, which is the essential part of the arrangement of the cigarette machine 10 and the packaging machine 9 unit. It is provided in a transverse direction with respect to a straight line.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic plan view for the arrangement of the device according to the invention of the six cigarette production and packaging devices 61 according to FIG. Even in this case, corresponding operation passages 73 and intermediate passages 74 are formed. The same applies to FIG. 7, which is a schematic plan view for the arrangement according to the invention of the cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 62 according to FIG.

  Accordingly, FIG. 8 shows another arrangement according to the invention of the six cigarette production and packaging devices 63 according to FIG. Also in this embodiment, a preferable operation passage 73 and supply passage 72 are obtained. The arrangement according to the invention according to FIGS. 6 and 8 requires very little area. The arrangement according to the invention according to FIGS. 5 and 7 requires even less area.

  Another arrangement according to the invention according to FIG. 9 shows four cigarette manufacturing and packaging devices 64 which are different from the cigarette manufacturing and packaging devices 60-63 described in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the packaging stock or material stock for producing tobacco is not arranged directly adjacent to the unit of the packaging machine and cigarette machine, but at intervals. . In this embodiment, the supply of the corresponding material takes place via a supply line 40 which is present on the operator's head or under the operator. In this embodiment, the two supply passages 72 are arranged so as to be aligned with each other between corresponding stocks. This allows a very quick and effective refilling of the stock with a corresponding automatic machine or robot. For the operator, an operating passage 73 is provided for each cigarette manufacturing and packaging device 64, from which easy access to the operating side 70 of the cigarette machine and the packaging machine is provided. Within the supply passage 72, two supply sides 71 can each be handled.

  The arrangement according to FIG. 9 also allows a very effective utilization of the space provided or the area used.

  The connection of individual cigarette machine units 11, 12, 13, 20 and packaging machine units or packaging machine parts 14-19, which can also have intermediate storage for fully or partially finished products, is known logistic It can be done through the system. Logistic systems known per se are mass flow systems, reservoir systems or Schragensysteme. However, optimal use of the installation surface is obtained when the devices are directly connected to each other, if this is possible, without intermediate switching of the corresponding logistic components or logistic systems.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic plan view for an apparatus according to the invention for producing and packaging cigarettes. Fig. 4 shows a schematic plan view for another apparatus according to the invention. Fig. 4 shows a schematic plan view for a device according to the third invention. Fig. 2 shows a schematic plan view for another alternative device according to the invention. Fig. 2 shows a schematic plan view for the arrangement of the device according to the invention. Fig. 4 shows a schematic plan view for another arrangement of the device according to the invention. Figure 3 shows a schematic plan view for a third arrangement of the device according to the invention. Fig. 4 shows a schematic plan view for another arrangement of the device according to the invention. Fig. 4 shows a schematic plan view for another arrangement of the device according to the invention.

Explanation of symbols

9 Packaging Machine 10 Cigarette Machine 11 Cigarette Distributor 12 Strand Unit 13 Filter Mounting Unit 14 Block Configuration Unit 15 Color Mounting Unit 16 Blanket Unit 17 Film Packaging Unit 18 Strand Pack Unit 19 Strand Packaging Unit 20 Filter Production Unit 21 Cigarette Paper Stock 22 Coating Paper stock 23 Inner paper stock 24 Color stock 25 Blanket stock 26 Outer paper stock 27 Bar blanket stock 28 Bar outer paper stock 29 Filter paper stock 31-39 Loading device 40 Supply line 41-49 Material handling station 50 Filter tow stock 51 Filter tow Extractor 52 Tobacco inlet 60-65 Cigarette manufacturing and packaging Equipment 70 operation side 71 supply side 72 supply passage 73 operation passage 74 intermediate passage

Claims (10)

Cigarette machine (10) having at least one cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20), in particular a distribution unit (11), a strand unit (12), a filter production unit (20) and / or a filter mounting unit (13). And an apparatus (60-65) for producing and packaging cigarettes, comprising a packaging machine (9) for packaging cigarettes into boxes, bundles, cartons and / or pallets,
A device characterized in that the packaging machine (9) and at least one cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20) are arranged in an essentially straight line.   2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the filter mounting unit (13) is arranged in an essentially straight line with the packaging machine (9).   The strand unit (12) is additionally arranged in an essentially straight line with a packaging machine (9) and a filter mounting unit (13). apparatus.   4. The cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20) and the packaging machine (9) of the cigarette machine (10) are arranged in an essentially straight line. Equipment.   Exclusively from the first side (70) of the device (60-65), the operation of the device (60-65) is also arranged in particular facing the first side (70). Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the supply of packaging material from the second side (71) to the device (60-65) takes place.   6. The cigarette machine unit (11-13, 20) can be fed from the second side (71) to the cigarette machine unit (11, 20) at least a portion of the material required for cigarette manufacture. Equipment.   6. The cigarette device (60-65) is fed from above and the other cigarette machine unit (12, 13, 20) is fed from the second side (71). 6. The apparatus according to 6.   Corridors (72, 73) provided exclusively for the supply of packaging material to the device (60-65) or exclusively for operation of the device (60-65) are provided in the device (60-65). The device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two adjacent devices (60-61) are spaced apart so as to be formed between (60-61) arrangement.   Corridors (72, 73) which are provided exclusively for the supply of packaging material to the device (60-65) or exclusively for the operation of the device (60-65) are essentially straight. A number of devices (60-65) are arranged such that each adjacent device (60-65) is spaced apart as formed along the line. The arrangement described in 1.   A corridor (72, 73) constructed along an essentially straight line by spacing between the devices (60-65) is continued by the device (60-65) adjacent in the direction of this line The arrangement according to claim 9.

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