TW202044135A - System for automating packaging of varying shipment sets - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for automating packing of varying shipment sets includes a plurality of transporting units for transporting the shipment sets, an order processing unit, a receiving-capturing unit, a cutting unit, a folding unit, a packaging unit, and a printing unit. The order processing unit arranges the transporting units transported by the transporting units forward in an order. The receiving-capturing unit receives the shipment sets in an order according the order processing unit, and captures a packaging information of the shipment set. The cutting unit receives the shipment sets and the packaging information from the receiving-capturing unit, gets a cardboard, disposes the shipment set on the cardboard, and cuts the cardboard. The folding unit folds up the cardboard according to the packaging information of the shipment sets for packaging the shipment sets. The printing unit provides a printing information on the cardboard according to the packaging information.

Description

Automatic carton packaging system

The invention relates to an automatic carton packaging system, in particular to an automatic cutting, folding and packaging cardboard according to different sizes of the goods to be packaged, so as to automatically provide the packaging of the goods to be packaged in a three-dimensional carton.

At present, the packaging of goods after production, due to the different sizes of the goods, usually requires manpower for packaging, and there are fewer automated carton packaging systems.

In addition, in the same workshop, the production lines are distributed in different places. For each production line, a carton packaging system is usually required. As a result, the multi-carton packaging system adds a lot of cost.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an automatic carton packaging system for the shortcomings of the prior art, which can receive various goods to be packaged at the ends of different production lines and provide automated carton packaging.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that the ends of different production lines can be configured more flexibly, the flexibility of expansion is more, and the production and other movements of the workshop are not hindered.

In order to solve the above technical problems, according to one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention, an automatic carton packaging system is provided, which includes a plurality of transport units, each of which transports a cargo to be packaged; a sequential processing unit, which processes the plurality of transport units The transported goods to be packaged go forward in order; a receiving and capturing unit, which receives the goods to be packaged in sequence according to the sequence processing unit, and captures the item information of the goods to be packaged; a cutting unit , Receiving the goods to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit, obtaining a packaging board according to the object information, placing the goods to be packaged on the packaging board, and cutting the Packaging cardboard; a paper folding unit, according to the item information of the goods to be packaged, folds the cut packaging cardboard to cover the goods to be packaged; a packaging unit, which completely wraps the packaging cardboard Goods to be packaged; and a printing unit, according to the object information, providing a printing information on the packaging board.

In order to solve another technical problem to be solved by the present invention, according to one of the technical solutions adopted in the present invention, the transport unit is an automatic vehicle, and the sequence processing unit calculates the automatic vehicle and the receiving The distance between the units is taken, and the receiving and capturing units are arranged to stop in sequence according to the distance of the distance.

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the automatic carton packaging system provided by the present invention can receive various goods to be packaged at the ends of different production lines. Not limited to a single packaging line, it can save costs.

In addition, the technical solution adopted according to another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is that the automatic carrier vehicle is configured to be more flexible to configure the ends of different production lines, has more flexibility, and does not hinder the production and Other moving lines.

In order to further understand the features and technical content of the present invention, please refer to the following detailed description and drawings about the present invention. However, the provided drawings are only for reference and description, and are not used to limit the present invention.

The following are specific examples to illustrate the disclosed embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the content disclosed in this specification. The present invention can be implemented or applied through other different specific embodiments, and various details in this specification can also be modified and changed based on different viewpoints and applications without departing from the concept of the present invention. In addition, the drawings of the present invention are merely schematic illustrations, and are not drawn according to actual dimensions, and are stated in advance. The following embodiments will further describe the related technical content of the present invention in detail, but the disclosed content is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be understood that although terms such as “first”, “second”, and “third” may be used herein to describe various elements or signals, these elements or signals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are mainly used to distinguish one element from another, or one signal from another signal. In addition, the term "or" used in this document may include any one or a combination of more of the associated listed items depending on the actual situation.

[First Embodiment]

1, the first embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic carton packaging system, which includes a plurality of transport units 10, a sequence processing unit 20, a receiving and capturing unit 30, a cutting unit 40, and a paper folding unit 50 , A packaging unit 60, a printing unit 70.

The multiple transport units 10 are used to transport a cargo W to be packaged. The transport unit 10 of this embodiment can be a conveyor belt (conveyer belt) conveyor platform, which can be distributed at the ends of different production lines for the operator to place the goods W to be packaged on the conveyor platform. The object information of the goods to be packaged W can be stored in a label T, such as length, width, height, characteristics, and remarks, where the characteristics include fragile, upright, or refrigerated, and the remarks include cushioning materials...etc.

The label T may be a paper label, such as a two-dimensional barcode, and the content of the barcode is read by an optical reading device. The tag T may also be an electronic tag, such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, which records through radio frequency waves. The RFID tag can be used as a data carrier to write information with information and update the tag (TAG). RFID tags (TAG) have encoding capabilities. With RFID readers, the information of the tags (TAG) can be connected to a computer, which can provide inventory management. In addition, RFID tags provide non-contact data connection, and are not restricted by the environment. Even if the items are in a harsh and dirty environment, they can achieve the operation of obtaining data, and they can be read in the same equipment item. And write. Furthermore, one of the advantages of the electronic label is that even after the goods to be packaged W are packaged, they can be read by an electronic reader, and there is no need to remark on the outer carton packaging.

In this embodiment, to deal with the goods to be packaged W transported by multiple transport units 10, preferably, the sequence processing unit 20 is provided, and the sequence processing unit 20 is used to process the goods to be packaged transported by the multiple transport units 10 W goes forward in order. For example, the sequential processing unit is a carousel, which is similar to a baggage carousel or a baggage carousel in an airport. Each of the transport units 10 includes a conveyor belt 11, 13, 15, and the conveyor belts 11, 13, 15 are connected to the sequential processing unit 20. If necessary, a person, a mechanical arm, or a mechanical pushing device can be provided to push the goods W to be packaged from the carousel to the receiving and capturing unit 30. Or, using the existing activated roller belt (activated roller belt), which is equipped with a number of small rolling parts, with the functions of sorting, merging and turning, the goods to be packaged W can be transferred to another conveyor in sequence Belt, and sent to the receiving and capturing unit 30.

The aforementioned receiving and capturing unit 30, the cutting unit 40, the folding unit 50, the packaging unit 60, and the printing unit 70 may be connected to each other by a transmission belt.

The receiving and capturing unit 30 sequentially receives the goods W to be packaged according to the sequence processing unit 20 and extracts the item information of the goods W to be packaged. Specifically, the receiving and capturing unit 30 has a reading device 32 for reading the object information in the tag T of the goods W to be packaged. The way for the reading device 32 to retrieve the object information may be optical reading to read two-dimensional barcodes, or electronic reading to read electronic tags.

In another variation of this embodiment, the receiving and capturing unit 30 can also be equipped with a size scanning device, and at this stage, the size of the goods W to be packaged is scanned, including length, width, and height. In this modified embodiment, the goods W to be packaged may not need to be labeled first, and the size of the goods W to be packaged is obtained by the size scanning device of the receiving and capturing unit 30, and then stored as object information and transmitted to subsequent cutting. Unit 40, or transferred to a computer database.

The cutting unit 40 receives the goods to be packaged W and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit 30, obtains a packaging cardboard (P1, or P2, or P3, etc.) according to the object information, and places it in the place The goods to be packaged W are placed on the packaging cardboard (P1, or P2, or P3... etc.), and the packaging cardboard (P1, or P2, or P3... etc.) is cut. This embodiment is equipped with multiple packaging cardboards P1, P2, P3, each of which has a different size. The cutting unit 40 mainly cuts the packaging cardboard (P1, or P2, or P3... etc.) according to the size of the goods W to be packaged to form six flat cardboards required by the three-dimensional carton. For example, using a computer to calculate the respective sizes of six flat cardboards, using a roller cutter or laser knife to cut the packaging cardboards P1, P2, P3 into six connected flat cardboards. The goods W to be packaged can be placed on one of the cardboards as the bottom surface, four side cardboards are connected around the bottom cardboard, and one of the side cardboards is connected to a top cardboard.

In addition, the automatic carton packaging system of this embodiment may further include a buffer material belt B connected to the cutting unit 40, and the cutting unit 40 further depends on the content of the object information. Bring in the cushioning material B, which is placed between the goods to be packaged W and the packaging cardboard. The buffer material B can be an air column buffer packaging material developed by the applicant, or other bubble buffer packaging materials.

The paper folding unit 50 folds the cut packaging cardboard according to the item information of the goods W to be packaged to cover the goods W to be packaged. For example, the paper folding unit 50 can use rollers or pressing rods to respectively bend the four side cardboards into a vertical shape, and then bend the top cardboard to be parallel to the bottom cardboard to form a three-dimensional cardboard box.

The packaging unit 60 completely wraps the packaging cardboard on the goods W to be packaged. The packaging unit 60 is mainly glued and fixed, for example, glue is applied to the edges of six flat cardboards so that the flat cardboards can be glued and fixed to each other.

The printing unit 70 provides printing information on the packaging board according to the object information of the goods W to be packaged, which can be identified during transportation. A feasible embodiment, for example, can print the recipient's information on the packaging cardboard according to the content of the electronic label.

[Second Embodiment]

Referring to Figure 2, the second embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic carton packaging system. The main difference from the first embodiment is that the transport unit 10 is an automatic carrier vehicle 12, 14, 16, and the sequential processing The unit calculates the distance between the automatic vehicle 12, 14, 16 and the receiving and capturing unit 30, and arranges the receiving and capturing unit 30 to stop in sequence according to the distance. The advantage of this embodiment is that the automatic carrier vehicles 12, 14, 16 can be more flexibly arranged at different locations in the production workshop, without the need to configure a conveyor belt.

The automatic transport vehicles 12 and 14 of this embodiment may be a planned wire route, for example, a guiding device attached to the ground for the automatic transport vehicles 12 and 14 to sense to move forward. This implementation mode can be similar to the pre-operation of the first embodiment. The operator places the goods W to be packaged in the automatic transport vehicles 12 and 14, and the goods W to be packaged are pre-labeled with a label T and store the goods W to be packaged. Object information, such as length, width, height, characteristics, and remarks, where characteristics include fragile, upright, or refrigerated, and the remarks include cushioning materials... etc. The label T can be a paper label or an electronic label.

2 and 3, the automatic vehicle 16 of this embodiment may include a measurement module that includes a height measurement unit 164 and an area measurement unit 162, and is stored in the Object information. The area measuring unit 162 may be an LED matrix, which uses the principle of light emission and reflection to detect the bottom area and size of the goods W to be packaged. The height measuring unit 164 can also detect the height of the goods W to be packaged in an optical manner, using the principle of light emission and reflection. Preferably, the automatic carrier vehicle 16 can be equipped with a wireless transmitting and receiving unit inside, and the transmitting and receiving unit sends the measurement information of the measurement module 16 to the receiving and capturing unit 30. In addition, the measurement module 16 of this embodiment further includes a weight measurement unit, which can be disposed in the area measurement unit 162.

The transmitting and receiving unit can also provide a position information to the receiving and capturing unit 30, so that the distance between the automatic vehicle 12, 14, 16 and the receiving and capturing unit 30 can be obtained. In this embodiment, the sequence processing unit may be configured in the receiving and capturing unit 30, and by obtaining the distance between the automatic carrier vehicles 12, 14, 16 and the receiving and capturing unit 30, the automatic carrier is controlled separately. The order in which the vehicles 12, 14, 16 arrive at the receiving and capturing unit 30.

The following units of this embodiment, the receiving and capturing unit 30, the cutting unit 40, the paper folding unit 50, the packaging unit 60, and the printing unit 70, may be the same as those described in the first embodiment, and will not be repeated.

[Beneficial effects of the embodiment]

One of the beneficial effects of the present invention is that the automatic carton packaging system provided by the present invention can receive various goods W to be packaged at the ends of different production lines. Not limited to a single packaging line, it can save costs. In addition, the automatic carrier vehicle configured in the second embodiment can more flexibly configure the ends of different production lines, has greater flexibility, and does not hinder the production and other movement lines in the workshop.

The content disclosed above is only a preferred and feasible embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the scope of the patent application of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent technical changes made using the description and schematic content of the present invention are included in the application of the present invention. Within the scope of the patent.

10: Transport unit 11, 13, 15: conveyor belt 12, 14, 16: automatic carrier 162: Area measurement unit 164: height measuring unit 20: Sequential processing unit 30: Receive and capture unit 32: Reading device 40: Cutting unit 50: Origami unit 60: Package unit 70: Printing unit W: Goods to be packed T: label P1, P2, P3: packaging cardboard B: Cushioning material

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic carton packaging system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an automatic carton packaging system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a top view of an automatic carrying vehicle according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

10: Transport unit

11, 13, 15: conveyor belt

20: Sequential processing unit

30: Receive and capture unit

32: Reading device

40: Cutting unit

50: Origami unit

60: Package unit

70: Printing unit

W: Goods to be packed

T: label

P1, P2, P3: packaging cardboard

B: Cushioning material

Claims (9)

An automatic carton packaging system, including: Multiple transport units, each transporting a cargo to be packaged; A sequential processing unit for processing the goods to be packaged transported by the multiple transport units in the order of priority; A receiving and capturing unit, receiving the goods to be packaged in sequence according to the sequence processing unit, and capturing the item information of the goods to be packaged; A cutting unit that receives the goods to be packaged and the object information obtained by the receiving and capturing unit, obtains a packaging board according to the object information, and places the goods to be packaged on the packaging board, and Cutting the packaging cardboard; A paper folding unit, according to the item information of the goods to be packaged, folds the cut packaging cardboard to cover the goods to be packaged; A packaging unit that completely wraps the packaging cardboard on the goods to be packaged; and A printing unit provides printing information on the packaging cardboard according to the object information. According to the automatic carton packaging system described in item 1 of the patent application, the transport unit is a conveyor belt, the conveyor belt is connected to the sequential processing unit, and the sequential processing unit is a carousel. The automatic carton packaging system described in the first item of the patent application, wherein the receiving and capturing unit has a reading device, the object information is stored in a label, and the reading device scans the goods to be packed The label. The automatic carton packaging system described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the label record includes the length, width, height, characteristics and remarks of the goods to be packaged, wherein the characteristics include fragility, upright, or cold storage, The remarks include cushioning materials. The automatic carton packaging system described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the tag is a radio frequency identification tag, which is recorded through radio frequency waves. The automatic carton packaging system described in item 1 of the scope of patent application further includes a buffer material belt connected to the cutting unit, and the cutting unit further brings in according to the content of the object information The cushioning material is placed between the goods to be packaged and the packaging cardboard. The automatic carton packaging system as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the transport unit is an automatic carrier, and the sequence processing unit calculates the distance between the automatic carrier and the receiving and capturing unit, and Arrange to park the receiving and capturing units in sequence according to the distance. The automatic carton packaging system described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the automatic carrier vehicle includes a measurement module and a transmitting and receiving unit, and the measurement module includes a height measurement unit and an area measurement unit The measurement unit is stored in the object information, and the transmitting and receiving unit sends the measurement information of the measurement module to the receiving and capturing unit. The automatic carton packaging system described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the measurement module further includes a weight measurement unit.

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