KR20150017176A - Capping Apparatus and Capping Method for Tube - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a capping apparatus and capping method for a tube, and includes: a tube supply conveyor wherein a head fixated tube is supplied and installed in one side of the base; a cap supply conveyor, wherein the caps are supplied and fixated on the other side of the base; and a capping which couples with the caps by adhering lead seals in accordance to the rotation of the randles while a plurality of randles rotatably fixates on the upper side of the base. Capping time of the tubes and caps can be reduced by supplying and coupling the tubes and caps at the same time and not only can it couple the caps, but the lead seal can also easily adhere by identifying the bad capping of the caps and the faults of the lead seal.

Description

[0001] CAPTING APPARATUS AND CAPPING METHOD FOR TUBE [0002]

The present invention relates to a capping apparatus and a capping method for a tube, and more particularly, to a capping apparatus and a capping method for a tube for fastening a cap to a tube head formed on one side of the tube.

In general, the tube is used as a container for storing contents such as gel or liquid. That is, a cap (lid) is formed on one side of the tube with both ends opened to seal the contents, and the other side is sealed so that the contents are not exposed to the outside.

Therefore, the tube refers to a cylindrical body having a certain length before the contents of the container are filled, and is usually made of a synthetic resin material which is free from deformations in shape.

Such a tube forms a tube having a certain diameter and length in a tube forming apparatus, and the formed tube is sent to a drying apparatus, dried, and then printed on the outer surface of the tube.

The tubes thus printed are formed into a container shape through a series of processes from drying in another drying apparatus to capping the one side.

On the other hand, the present applicant has proposed a "tube head forming apparatus" as Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0056167, a "multi-color silk screen printing apparatus" as Patent Publication No. 10-2003-0056166, a patent document No. 10-2005-0071702 Filed a patent application relating to a tube, such as a "sol type filling device ", and a" tube transfer device " as a utility model registration No. 20-0272468.

For example, a 'tube head forming apparatus' is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

The tube head forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 is configured such that a tube supplied through a tube supply unit is inserted and rotated in a pair of lanes provided at right angles to a rotating member of a ladle rotating unit provided in the main body, Wherein a pair of LANs provided at right angles to the rotary member and a pair of LANs are provided between the pair of LANs, and auxiliary lances are formed in the same shape as the pair of LANs, And a shaping head cooling section for cooling.

The forming head cooling section is constituted by an insert die portion which is reciprocated by a reciprocating member so as to be inserted or separated by a head formed in the tube.

On the other hand, the tube-head forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 discloses an air supply block in which an air hole is formed so that air can be cooled on a discharge port side where a pin is formed so that a cap is fastened.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0136547 (published on December 21, 2011)

However, the tube-head forming apparatus according to the prior art 1 does not disclose a structure for forming a head on a tube and then fastening the cap (lid), and the process of fastening the cap has not been specifically disclosed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a capping apparatus and a capping method for a tube for fastening a cap to a tube in which a head is formed.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a capping device and a capping method for a tube which confirms whether or not the cap is fastened as well as fastening the cap to the head of the tube.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a capping apparatus and a capping method for a tube that adhere a lead seal to a head of a tube.

In order to accomplish the above object, a capping apparatus for a tube according to the present invention comprises: a tube-feeding conveyor which is fixed to one side of a base and to which a head-fixed tube is supplied; And a capping device in which a plurality of LANs are rotatably fixed to the upper portion of the base, and the adhesion of the lead seal and the coupling of the cap are sequentially performed in accordance with the rotation of the LANs.

The capping device may include a tube supply unit for moving the tube to the capping unit at an end of the tube supply conveyor.

The capping device includes a sealing member adhering portion for adhering or fixing the lead seal to the head of the tube, and a cap fastening portion for fastening the cap to the head of the tube to which the lead seal is adhered.

And the sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal punching unit for punching the lead seal to seal the head of the tube.

And the sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal adhering unit for pressing the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube.

And the seal member adhering portion includes a lead seal adhesion confirming unit for confirming whether or not the lead seal is adhered to the head of the tube.

And the cap fastening part includes a first capping unit for first fastening the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor.

The cap fastening part includes a capping unit for confirming whether the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor is fastened or fastening the first fastened cap again.

The lead seal punching unit includes a first drum on which the lead seal is wound and a second drum on which the lead seal punched on one side of the first drum is wound so that the lead seal is continuously supplied. do.

And a plurality of holes are formed in the LANs.

Wherein the lead seal adhering unit is provided with an air cylinder corresponding to the LANs, the air cylinder being in close contact with the head of the tube inserted in the LANs, pressing the lead seal adhered to the head, And is firmly adhered to the head of the tube.

The lead seal adhesion confirmation unit is provided with an air cylinder corresponding to the LANs, and the air cylinder is provided with a suction hole for sucking the lead seal attached to the LANs at a constant pressure.

A guide member that is movably coupled to the rail so that the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor is moved toward the LANs, a rotating member installed at a lower portion of the LANs to temporarily rotate the LANs, And a control unit.

The capping unit may include a guide member movably coupled to the rail so as to be moved toward the LANs, a holder to which the cap temporarily fastened to the head of the tube is fitted, And a drive motor for rotating the motor.

The cap conveying conveyor includes a hopper in which a plurality of caps are stored, a first conveyor for conveying the cap upward from the hopper, a second conveyor extending a predetermined length above the first conveyor, And an alignment feeder fixed to a lower portion of one end of the alignment feeder and vibrated so that an open one side of the cap is lowered toward the LANs, and a moving pipe body guiding the cap to be supplied to the lower portions of the alignment feeders correspondingly to the LANs. do.

In order to achieve the above object, a capping method for a tube according to the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) sequentially supplying a tube having a head formed on one side of a tube along a tube feeding conveyor; (b) (C) attaching a lead seal to the head of the moved tube; (d) sequentially feeding the cap to the head of the tube along a cap feeding conveyor (E) firstly fastening the cap to the head of the tube, and (f) tightly securing the cap to the head by rotating the cap of the first fastened tube. .

In the step (c), (c1) the lead seal is punched by the lead seal punching unit and adhered to the head of the tube.

After step (c1), (c2) the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube includes pressing the lead seal to be brought into close contact with the tube head by a movable air cylinder in the lead seal bonding unit .

After the step (c2), (c3) the lead seal includes confirming whether or not the lead seal is adhered to the lead seal attached to the tube head by a movable air cylinder in the lead seal adhesion confirming unit .

(C4) after the step (c3), the lead seal adherence confirmation unit determines that the lead seal adherence confirmation unit is in a state in which the air cylinder is moved close to the lead seal, And confirming adhesion of the adhesive layer.

As described above, according to the capping apparatus for a tube according to the present invention, it is possible to shorten the capping time of the tube and the cap by simultaneously supplying and tightening the tube and the cap, and not only the cap but also the lead seal can be easily adhered , Defect inspection of the lead seal, and capping failure of the cap can be confirmed.

According to the capping method for a tube according to the present invention, the lead seal can be adhered and the cap can be fastened by a sequential process, and defective of the lead seal and defective product of cap tightening can be confirmed.

1 is a plan view showing a capping apparatus for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a front view showing a capping device for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a right side view showing a capping apparatus for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an enlarged plan view of Fig.
FIG. 5 is a process diagram for explaining a step for capping a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a capping device for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a capping device for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing a capping device for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of Fig. 1. Fig.

1 to 4, a capping apparatus for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a tube feeding conveyor 10 to which a tube having a fixed head fixed to one side of a base 1 is supplied, A cap feeding conveyor 30 fixed to the other side of the main body 1 and supplied with a cap, a plurality of LANs 101 rotatably fixed to the upper portion of the base 1 are rotated, And includes a sequential capping device (100).

The capping apparatus 100 for a tube according to the present invention includes a lead seal (not shown) for sealing a head in a state in which a head (not shown) is formed at one side of a cylindrical tube (not shown) And then the cap (not shown) is fastened to the head.

In addition, the tube is molded in a tube forming apparatus (not shown), dried through a drying apparatus, and then printed in a printing apparatus. In the tube thus printed, the head formed by the tube head forming apparatus is fused and integrally molded.

In the present invention, the head of the tube is a portion that is thicker and harder than the tube. That is, the head of the tube refers to a hole-formed portion in which the filled contents are extruded from a container as a final product. In the present invention, the lead seal refers to a sealing paper or the like adhered to the hole of the head so that the contents inside the container do not flow out to the outside. As such a sealing paper, gold foil paper or silver foil paper is used.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, since the cap is fastened to the tube integrally formed with the head, a detailed description of the molding apparatus and the molding method of the cap (the lid of the container)

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a capping apparatus for tubes according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1, which shows a tube feeding conveyor 10 to which a tube with a head is fed, a cap feeding conveyor 30, Are shown.

3 is a right side view of Fig. 2, in which the cap feeding conveyor 30 is not shown. This is to show that the cap transferred from the cap supply conveyor 30 is fed through the alignment feeder 34.

The base 1 supports the capping device 100 and a driving motor (not shown) for rotating the lanes 101 of the capping device 100 is installed on the bottom surface of the base 1. The base 1 is provided with a seal member adhering portion for confirming the punching, adhesion and adhesion of a lead seal (not shown) according to the rotation of the LAN 101, Thereby supporting the cap fastening portion to be fastened.

In the capping apparatus 100, a series of processes for punching the lead seal and fastening the cap are performed. The capping device 100 mainly includes a sealing material adhering portion for adhering the lead seal and a cap fastening portion for fastening the cap to the head to which the lead seal is adhered.

The sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal punching unit 110 for punching the lead seal to be adhered to the head of the tube, a lead seal bonding unit 120 for pressurizing the bonded lead seal so as to firmly adhere thereto, And a lead seal adhesion confirmation unit (130).

In addition, the cap fastening part includes a first capping unit 150 for first fastening the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor 30 to the head, and a second capping unit 160 for fastening the cap to the head by rotating the cap .

The tube feeding conveyor 10 conveys a tube integrally formed with the head in the tube head forming apparatus to one side of the tube formed in the tube forming apparatus. That is, the tube is integrally formed with the head and is conveyed by the tube feeding conveyor 10.

The tube feeding conveyor 10 is fixed to one side of the base 1. It is preferable that the tube feeding conveyor 10 use a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor so that the tubes are conveyed while maintaining a constant interval. Further, at the end of the tube feeding conveyor 10, a tube feeding unit 20 for moving the tube to the capping device 100 is fixed.

The tubing supply unit 20 rotates the tube by the air cylinder (not shown) installed at one side of the shoe while rotating the rotator (not shown) and the shooter (not shown) . (Not shown) of the tube supply unit 20 and the shooter (not shown) rotates in the same manner, and the air cylinder of the shooter reciprocates the tube dropped on the rotating body. Therefore, the tube falls on the rotating body, is seated in the groove, and the air cylinder of the shooter advances and moves the tube placed in the groove to the lane 101.

Since the present invention relates to a capping device, a detailed description of the tube supply unit 20 will be omitted.

On the other side of the base 1, a cap feeding conveyor 30 is provided. The cap feeding conveyor 30 includes a hopper 31 in which a cap molded in a cap forming apparatus (not shown) is stored, a first conveyor (not shown) for moving the cap discharged from the hopper 31 to an upper side of the capping apparatus 100 A second conveyor 33 for conveying the cap from the first conveyor 32 to the alignment feeder 34 and a second conveyor 33 for conveying the cap from the first conveyor 32 to the alignment feeder 34 such that the open face of the cap supplied from the second conveyor 33 is lowered towards the lantern 101 And a movable pipe 35 to which a cap is vertically fixed between the aligning feeder 34 and the aligner feeder 34 and the LANs 101.

The cap is conveyed from the hopper 31 along the first conveyor 32 and the second conveyor 33 into the alignment feeder 34 and the cap on the alignment feeder 34 is vibrated by the vibrating one side of the cap, (101) and is supplied to the moving pipe (35).

In addition, since the first conveyor 32 is inclined to convey the cap to the second conveyor 33, it is needless to say that the protrusion 32a or the like for supporting the cap at regular intervals is formed on the belt conveyor.

On one side of the base 1, a tube discharge conveyor 40 for discharging a tube having a cap fastened by the capping device 100 is provided. The tube discharge conveyor 40 can also be a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor so that the tube can be stably conveyed.

The capping device 100 is provided with a plurality of lanterns 101 (not shown) on the outer side of a rotating member (not shown) having a predetermined diameter, by attaching a lead seal (not shown) ) Are fixed at the same angle. A plurality of holes 102 are formed in each of the LANs 101 and a hose (not shown) connected to an air supply device (not shown) is connected to the LANs 101.

The air supply device is connected to each of the LANs 101, and the hose is connected in parallel to the sealing member adhering portion and the cap fastening portion. This is to stably hold the tube fitted to the LANDEL 101 and to discharge it by air during the discharge of the tube.

Air is blown out so that the hole 102 of the LAN 101 discharges the bad tube that the cap is not fastened to, as well as the cap tightened tube is discharged to the tube discharge conveyor 40. In addition, the LANs 101 are two pairs.

The sealing member adhering portion of the capping apparatus 100 is composed of a lead seal punching unit 110, a lead seal bonding unit 120 and a lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130. The lead seal punching unit 110 is provided with a lead seal punching unit 110, And a drum is provided for supplying the lead seal at a predetermined distance.

The drum includes a first drum 111 around which a sealing paper is wound and a second drum 112 around which a sealing paper unwound from the first drum 111 is wound. An adhesive is applied to one surface of the sealing paper wound on the first drum 111, that is, the surface of the tube which is adhered to the head of the tube.

A sealing paper to be bonded such as a gold foil or a silver foil can be freely selected and used on the head of the tube.

The lead seal punching unit 110 is provided with an air cylinder 113 for punching a sealing paper sheet. The sealing member wound around the first drum 111 passes through the lead seal punching unit 110 and the lander 101, (112).

That is, the sealing material is punched by the air cylinder 113 of the lead seal punching unit 110, and the punched lead seal is bonded to the head of the tube. On the other hand, the lead seal indicates a sealing paper punched out of the sealing paper with a diameter larger than the head opening of the tube.

On the other hand, the LANs 101 of the capping device 100 are sequentially rotated while the punched lead seal is adhered to the tube head.

The ladle 101 to which the lead seal is adhered is rotated toward the lead seal bonding unit 120 side. The lead seal bonding unit 120 presses the lead seal so that the lead seal adhered to the tube head is more strongly adhered.

The air cylinder 121 provided in the lead seal bonding unit 120 advances toward the lane 101 and presses the lead seal adhered to the tube head. As a result, the lead seal is more strongly adhered to the tube head.

The lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130 is provided with a reciprocating air cylinder 131 and a suction hole 132 is formed in the air cylinder 131 so as to suck outside air. The lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130 is for confirming whether or not the lead seal adhered to the tube head is strongly adhered.

That is, the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130 sucks air through the suction hole 132 in a state in which the air cylinder 131 is moved toward the LAN 101. Therefore, the lead seal strongly adhered to the tube head remains adhered to the tube head, and the poorly adhered lead seal is removed from the tube head.

Thus, the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130 can confirm whether or not the lead seal is adhered.

In the cap fastening portion of the capping device 100, the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor 30 is fastened to the head of the tube. The caps fed from the cap feeding conveyor 30 are fed into the aligning feeder 34 through the first conveyor 32 and the second conveyer 33 to the first capping unit 150 of the cap fastening part. The cap inserted into the alignment feeder 34 is lowered by vibration so that the open face of the cap is aligned with the head of the tube facing the head and facing the LAN 101 along the travel pipe 35.

The lowered cap is stably placed in the first capping unit 150 and the cap is stably placed in the groove (not shown) of the guide member 151 moved along the rail (not shown) of the first capping unit 150 . The grooves of the guide member 151 are provided with a plurality of guide members 151 having different diameters of the grooves so that caps having different diameters are placed.

 The cap placed on the guide member 151 comes into contact with the head of the tube as the guide member 151 moves. The movement of the guide member 151 is moved by the air cylinder. At this time, the LAN 101 is temporarily rotated, and by the temporary rotation of the LAN 101, the cap is partially fastened to the head of the tube.

On the other hand, the second capping unit 160 includes a guide member 161 moved along the rail, a holder 162 for holding the cap, and a driving motor (not shown) for rotating the holder 162.

The guide member 161 is moved along the rail by an air cylinder (not shown), a drive motor is fixed to the upper portion of the guide member 161, and the holder 162 is moved toward the front surface of the drive motor, Is fixed.

Between the second capping unit 160 of the capping device 100 and the tube discharge conveyor 40, a defective discharge unit 165 for discharging a tube in which the cap is not normally fastened is provided.

The poor discharge unit 165 may include an inclined pedestal or the like in which the tube separated from the LAN 101 is transferred to the outside of the capping apparatus 100. That is, in the defective discharge unit 165, a tube having poor adhesion of the lead seal or poor cap tightness is discharged. The tube discharge is discharged by the air ejected through the hole 102 of the LAN 101.

In addition, the adhesion of the lead seal and the tube in which the cap is normally fastened are rotated by the tube discharge conveyor 40 by the rotation of the LAN 101, and then the air is ejected through the hole 102 of the LAN 101, And is discharged to the conveyor 40.

FIG. 5 is a process diagram for explaining a step for capping a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 5, a capping method for a tube according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

The tube of the present invention is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape having a predetermined length in a tube forming apparatus, and the head formed by the tube head forming apparatus is integrally formed on one side of the tube. The head-shaped tube is conveyed along the tube feeding conveyor 10 fixed to one side of the base 1.

The tube-feeding conveyor 10 is a chain conveyor or a roller conveyor, and the tubes are sequentially supplied at regular intervals (S10).

The tube having the head formed therein is moved to the LAN 101 of the capping device 100 by the tube feeding unit 20 installed at the end of the tube feeding conveyor 10 (S20). Since the two lanes 101 of the capping apparatus 100 are formed as a pair, the tube supply unit 20 moves the two tubes simultaneously.

Meanwhile, the LANs 101 of the capping device 100 are rotated at a constant speed. The LAN 101 is rotated by a rotating means (not shown) provided on the bottom surface of the base 1 of the capping apparatus 100.

In this manner, the reel 101 is rotated in a state where the tube is fitted, and the lead seal is first bonded to the tube at the sealing material adhering portion, and then the cap is fastened at the cap fastening portion.

The LAN seal 101 is rotated toward the lead seal punching unit 110 and the lead seal is attached to the head of the tube in the lead seal punching unit 110 (S30). A sealing sheet such as a foil paper or a silver foil is wound around the first drum 111 of the lead seal punching unit 110. The sealing sheet is passed from the first drum 111 through the front surface of the air cylinder 113 to the second drum 112 And is fixed to be wound.

The pneumatic cylinder 113 of the lead seal punching unit 110 advances and the pneumatic cylinder 113 is pushed forward to punch a part of the sealing paper. And adhered to the head of the tube.

At this time, the sealing punch is sequentially punched by the spaced distances of the pair of the LANs 101. When the punching is performed by the spaced distance of the LANs 101, the second drum 112 moves the sealing paper to the distance (That is, the length in which punching has been completed). This is so that the lead seal is continuously supplied to the tube moved by the two LANs 101. [

The LANs 101 are then rotated toward the lead seal bonding unit 120. The lead seal bonding unit 120 advances the air cylinder 121 toward the LANs 101. [

This air cylinder 121 presses (pushes) the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube to adhere to the head with a stronger adhesive force. This is to increase the adhesive strength of the lead seal, as well as to make the adhesive state better, thereby reducing the adhesion failure of the lead seal.

In addition, the LANs 101 are rotated toward the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130. When the LANDEL 101 is rotated by the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130, the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130 confirms whether or not the lead seal is adhered.

The air cylinder 131 of the lead seal adherence confirmation unit 130 is advanced to a position close to the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube and the air cylinder 131 is passed through the suction hole 132 at a position close to the lead seal Air is sucked in.

Thus, in the lead seal adhesion confirmation unit 130, the lead seal is pulled by the suction force of the air. Therefore, when the lead seal is weakly adhered to the head, the lead seal is separated from the head of the tube by the suction force of the air.

When the presence or absence of the adhesion of the lead seal is confirmed, the lead seal adhesion at the sealing material adhering portion is completed.

On the other side of the base 1, a cap feeding conveyor 30 is provided. The cap supplying conveyor 30 sequentially supplies the cap (S40).

That is, the cap is discharged from the hopper 31, conveyed by the first conveyor 32 to the second conveyor 33, and conveyed by the second conveyor 33 to the alignment feeder 34.

The alignment feeder 34 is conventional in that the cap placed in the alignment injector is aligned with the opening of the cap facing the head of the tube by the oscillation of the alignment feeder. The cap thus aligned is lowered along the moving pipe 35, and the lowered cap is seated in the first capping unit 150.

The guide member 151 of the first capping unit 150 is then moved along a rail (not shown) so as to be brought into contact with the tip of the lane 101. In this state, the lane 101 is rotated to fasten the cap to the head (S50).

At this time, the head and the cap are temporarily fastened. That is, the capping device 100 reduces the number of revolutions or the rotation angle of the LAN 101, and a part of the cap is fastened to the head. This is because the cap is placed on the guide member 151 of the first capping unit 150, which is not fixed to the first capping unit 150, so that the cap and the head can not be tightened at a time. That is, although the tube is fixed to the LANs 101, since the caps can move freely, they can not be completely fastened.

Accordingly, in the first capping unit 150, a portion of the cap is fastened to the head by rotating the tube fixed to the LAN 101.

The LAN 101 is rotated by the second capping unit 160 and the second capping unit 160 secondarily fastens the cap to the head (S60).

In such a second capping unit 160, the holder 162 is inserted into the cap while the guide member 161 is moved along the rail. Thus, the cap is held in the inner surface of the holder, and the holder 162 is rotated by the rotation of the driving motor.

Accordingly, the tube remains fixed to the LANs 101, and the cap is fastened to the head by the rotation of the holder 162.

The tube to which the cap is fastened is rotated by the bad discharge unit 165 by the rotation of the LAN 101. When the adhesion failure of the lead seal or the failure of fastening the cap occurs, the capping apparatus 100 moves to the defective discharge unit 165 To discharge the tube.

The discharge of such a tube allows high-pressure air to be blown into the hole 102 of the LAN 101, thereby discharging the tube in a defective state.

In addition, the tube in which the cap is normally fastened is rotated by the tube discharge conveyor 40 as the LAND 101 is rotated, and the tube is discharged therefrom.

Meanwhile, the capping apparatus 100 of the present invention is characterized in that the capping apparatus 100 of the present invention rotates while the tube having the head is sandwiched between the lanes 101, while adhering the lead seal, pressing the lead seal, confirming adhesion of the lead seal, And the second tightening process proceeds sequentially.

In other words, the LANs 101 are rotated to fasten the lead seal and the cap by the respective units.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1: Base 10: Conveyor for tube feeding
20: tube supply unit 30: cap feed conveyor
31: hopper 32: first conveyor
33: second conveyor 34: alignment feeder
35: moving pipe body 40: tube discharge conveyor
100: capping apparatus 101:
102: Hole 110: Lead seal punching unit
111: first drum 112: second drum
113: Air cylinder 120: Lead seal bonding unit
121: Air cylinder 130: Lead seal adhesion confirmation unit
131: Air cylinder 132: Suction hole
150: first capping unit 151: guide member
160: second capping unit 161: guide member
162: Holder

Claims (20)

A tube feed conveyor fixed to one side of the base and supplied with a tube whose head is fixed,
A cap supplying conveyor fixed to the other side of the base and supplied with a cap,
And a capping device in which a plurality of LANs are rotatably fixed on the base, and the adhesion of the lead seal and the coupling of the cap are sequentially performed in accordance with the rotation of the LANs. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the capping device includes a tube supply unit for moving the tube to the capping unit at an end of the tube supply conveyor. The method according to claim 1,
The capping device includes a sealing material adhering portion for adhering or fixing the lead seal to the head of the tube,
And a cap fastening part for fastening the cap to the head of the tube to which the lead seal is adhered. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal punching unit for punching the lead seal to seal the head of the tube. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal adhering unit for pressing the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the sealing material adhering portion includes a lead seal adherence confirmation unit for confirming whether or not the lead seal is adhered to the head of the tube. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the cap fastening portion includes a first capping unit for first fastening the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the cap fastening part comprises a capping unit for confirming whether or not the cap supplied from the cap feeding conveyor is fastened or fastening the first fastened cap again. 5. The method of claim 4,
The lead seal punching unit includes a first drum on which the lead seal is wound and a second drum on which the lead seal punched on one side of the first drum is wound so that the lead seal is continuously supplied. A capping device for the tube. The method of claim 3,
And a plurality of holes are formed in the LANs. 6. The method of claim 5,
The lead seal bonding unit is provided with an air cylinder corresponding to the LANs,
Wherein the air cylinder is closely attached to the head of the tube inserted in the LANs and presses the lead seal attached to the head so that the lead seal is firmly adhered to the head of the tube. The method according to claim 6,
The lead seal adhesion confirmation unit is provided with an air cylinder corresponding to the LANs,
Wherein the air cylinder is provided with a suction hole for sucking the lead seal attached to the LANs at a predetermined pressure. 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the first capping unit includes a guide member movably coupled to the rail so that the cap supplied from the cap supply conveyor is moved toward the LANs,
And rotating means provided below the LANs for temporarily rotating the LANs. 9. The method of claim 8,
The second capping unit includes a guide member movably coupled to the rail to be moved toward the LANs,
A holder in which the cap temporarily fastened to the head of the tube is fitted,
And a driving motor fixed to one side of the holder to rotate the rotating member. The method of claim 3,
The cap feeding conveyor includes a hopper in which a plurality of caps are stored,
A first conveyor for conveying the cap, which is discharged from the hopper,
A second conveyor extending above the first conveyor by a predetermined length,
An alignment feeder fixed to a lower portion of one end of the second conveyor and vibrated so that an open side of the cap descends toward the LANs,
And a moving pipe that guides the cap to be supplied to the lower portion of the sorting feeder so as to be correspondingly provided to the at least one of the plurality of lanes. (a) sequentially supplying a tube having a head on one side of the tube along a tube feeding conveyor,
(b) moving the supplied tube to the lanes of the capping device,
(c) bonding the lead seal to the head of the moved tube,
(d) sequentially feeding along the cap feeding conveyor such that the cap is fastened to the head of the tube,
(e) first fastening the cap to the head of the tube,
(f) tightly securing the cap to the head by rotating the cap of the first fastened tube. 17. The method of claim 16,
And (c) in the step (c), the lead seal is punched by the lead seal punching unit and adhered to the head of the tube. 18. The method of claim 17,
After step (c1), (c2) the lead seal adhered to the head of the tube includes pressing the lead seal to be brought into close contact with the tube head by a movable air cylinder in the lead seal bonding unit Wherein the capping method comprises the steps of: 19. The method of claim 18,
After the step (c2), (c3) the lead seal includes confirming whether or not the lead seal is adhered to the lead seal attached to the tube head by a movable air cylinder in the lead seal adhesion confirming unit Wherein the capping method comprises the steps of: 20. The method of claim 19,
(C4) after the step (c3), the lead seal adherence confirmation unit determines that the lead seal adherence confirmation unit is in a state in which the air cylinder is moved close to the lead seal, And confirming adhesion of the tube.

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