TWI810642B - Rotary multi-station production system - Google Patents

Abstract

A rotary multi-station production system, applied for producing bottled products, includes a conveyor device, a plurality of working devices, and a control device. The conveyor device has a base and a rotary table rotatably disposed on the base. The rotary table is applied for conveying a container. The working devices are disposed in sequence along the periphery of the rotary table. The working devices are applied for carrying out corresponding manufacturing procedures on the container. The control device is coupled with the conveyor device and each working device for controlling them. With such configuration, the present invention has the working devices center on the conveyor device along the periphery of the conveyor device, and conveys the container through the rotary table, thereby reducing the construction space required for the entire production line and lowering the cost of space.

Description

Rotary multi-station production system

The invention relates to a production system, in particular to a rotary multi-station production system.

Bottled products such as alcohol bottles or bottled hypochlorous acid water are traditionally manufactured through multi-station production lines. That is to say, the bottled product starts from the preform at the very beginning, and goes through the processing procedures of blowing station, filling station, capping station and labeling station in order to complete the manufacture of bottled products.

However, in a traditional multi-station production line, each workstation requires a corresponding machine for processing, and the overall production line is arranged linearly, resulting in a large construction space and high cost for the entire production line. Moreover, each workstation needs corresponding personnel to operate the machine and monitor the processing status of the machine, resulting in increased labor costs.

Furthermore, the line change work of each workstation is done manually, resulting in low transportation efficiency of the entire production line, and the distance between adjacent workstations is far away, so the line change process is likely to cause pollution and reduce product quality. quality.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention discloses a rotary multi-station production system, which changes the installation position of each working device to center on the conveying device, surrounds the conveying device, and transports the container through the turntable, so as to This achieves the purpose of reducing the construction space of the entire production line and reducing space costs.

To achieve the above purpose, an embodiment of the present invention provides a rotary multi-station production system for producing a bottled product. The rotary multi-station production system includes a conveying device, a plurality of working devices and a control device. The conveying device has a base and a turntable. The turntable rotates on the base. The turntable has a material inlet, a material outlet and multiple clamping units. On one side of the feeding place, the gripping unit is arranged at equal intervals along the periphery of the turntable, and the gripping unit moves with the turntable. The gripping unit is used to transport a container along the periphery of the turntable from the feeding place to the outlet The material place; the working devices are arranged along the periphery of the turntable in order from the feeding place to the material discharging place, and each working device carries out a corresponding manufacturing process for the container; the control device is coupled to the conveying device and each working device, and the control device It is used to control the working status of the conveying device and each working device.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it further includes a feeding device, the feeding device is connected to a blowing device and the feeding place, the blowing device manufactures a preform into a container through the blowing step, and passes through the feeding device Transport the container to the infeed.

In another embodiment of the present invention, it further includes a discharge device, the discharge device is connected to a labeling printing device and a discharge place, the discharge device transports the container to the labeling printing device, and the labeling printing device passes the container Label printing steps, manufactured into bottled products.

In this way, the present invention changes the installation position of each working device to center on the conveying device, surround the periphery of the conveying device, and transport the container through the turntable, so as to reduce the construction space of the entire production line. Reduce space costs.

Furthermore, the present invention solves the problem of remote work stations and troublesome manual line change through the interconnected feeding device, conveying device, and discharging device, so that the entire production line presents continuous automatic transportation from preforms to finished products. In order to improve the overall delivery efficiency and reduce the probability of product contamination.

For ease of description, the present invention expresses in the central thought in the above-mentioned creation content column, expresses with specific embodiment hereby. The various objects in the embodiments are drawn according to the scale suitable for illustration and description, rather than according to the scale of the actual components, and are described first.

Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 4, which discloses a rotary multi-station production system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to produce a bottled product (not shown in the figure), and the rotary multi-station production system 100 includes a conveyor A device 10 , a plurality of working devices 20 and a control device 30 . Wherein, the rotary multi-station production system 100 further includes a feeding device 40 and a discharging device 50 . The feeding device 40 is connected to a bottle blowing device (not shown in the figure), and the bottle blowing device is used to process a preform (not shown in the figure) into a container 200 through a bottle blowing step, and the container 200 has a The opening 201 is used to transport the container 200 to the conveying device 10 through the feeding device 40 .

The conveying device 10 has a base 11 and a turntable 12 , and the turntable 12 is rotatably arranged on the base 11 . The turntable 12 has a material inlet 121, a material outlet 122 and multiple clamping units 123. The material inlet 121 is set on one side of the turntable 12; The clamping units 123 are arranged at equal intervals along the periphery of the turntable 12 , and the clamping units 123 move along with the turntable 12 . The clamping unit 123 is used for transporting the container 200 along the periphery of the turntable 12 from the input point 121 to the output point 122 .

As shown in Figures 1 to 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the conveying device 10 further includes a rotating unit (not shown in the figure) and a rotating unit 13; the gripping unit 123 has a gripping portion 123a and an actuating portion 123b; the rotation unit 13 has an input portion 131 , a rotation portion 132 and an output portion 133 . The rotating unit is arranged between the base 11 and the turntable 12, the turntable 12 is rotated on the turning unit, and the turning unit is coupled to the control device 30, and the control device 30 can control the turning unit so that the control turntable 12 rotations.

The rotating unit 13 is arranged between the feeding part 121 and a working device 20 thereof, the output part 133 is arranged on the side of the input part 131 away from the feeding part 121, and the rotating part 132 is arranged between the input part 131 and the output part 133; The clamping part 123a is rotatably disposed on the actuating part 123b. When the actuating part 123b travels from the input part 131 to the rotating part 132, the clamping part 123a can rotate and make the opening 201 face down; when the actuating part 123b travels from the rotating part 132 to the output part 133, the clamping part 123a Return to the initial state, and let the opening 201 face up.

Wherein, the rotating unit can be a motor, the rotating unit 13 can be a U-shaped track or a gripper, the turntable 12 is disc-shaped, and the distance between each clamping unit 123 is one-sixteenth of the arc length. The distance between the point 121 and the discharge point 122 is 1/4 of the arc length, but not limited thereto, and the aforementioned distance can also be adjusted according to the needs of users.

The working device 20 is arranged in sequence along the periphery of the turntable 12 from the material inlet 121 to the material outlet 122 , and the working device 20 is used to perform a corresponding manufacturing process on the container 200 . As shown in Figures 1 to 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, the working device 20 includes an air washing device 21, a filling device 22, a capping device 23 and a cap locking device 24, the air washing device 21, the filling device 22. The cap placing device 23 and the cap locking device 24 are sequentially arranged on the periphery of the turntable 12 from the feeding place 121 to the discharging place 122, and carry out corresponding manufacturing procedures on the container 200.

Wherein, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4 , the air washing device 21 is arranged on the base 11 , and the air washing device 21 has a nozzle 211 ; the rotating unit 13 is arranged on the base 11 corresponding to the air washing device 21 . When the moving part 123b travels from the input part 131 to the rotating part 132, the clamping part 123a can rotate and make the opening 201 face down, so that the nozzle 211 can blow out the dust in the container 200. The air washing device 21 can be a static eliminator, but not limited thereto. After the nozzle 211 cleans the inside of the container 200, the actuating part 123b will move from the rotating part 132 to the output part 133, and the clamping part 123a will return to the initial state, and let the opening 201 face up, so that the clamping unit 123 will The container 200 is brought to the filling device 22 and the corresponding manufacturing process continues.

The filling device 22 is arranged on the base 11, and the filling device 22 is used to fill a filler (not shown) in the container 200; the cover device 23 is used to cover a cover 202 on the opening 201; The device 24 has a locking cover part 241 , the locking cover part 241 is perpendicular to the clamping unit 123 , and the locking cover part 241 can tighten the cover body 202 . Each working device 20 is arranged in order with every eighth of the arc length from the feeding place 121 to the discharging place 122, along the periphery of the turntable 12, but not limited thereto, each working device 20 The separation distance can also be adjusted according to user needs.

The control device 30 is coupled to the conveying device 10 and each working device 20 , and the control device 30 is used to control the working states of the conveying device 10 and the working devices 20 . Wherein, the control device 30 controls the rotation time of the turntable 12 and the residence time of the container 200 in each working device 20 . Furthermore, the control device 30 can control whether each working device 20 performs the manufacturing process on the container 200 according to the needs of the user. For example, when the user only needs to manufacture empty bottles, the user can control the filling device 22 to stop through the control device 30 In operation, when the container 200 is transported to the position of the filling device 22 through the conveying device 10 , the filling device 22 will not fill the container 200 with the filler.

The feeding device 40 is connected to the bottle blowing device and the feeding place 121 , and is coupled to the control device 30 . The bottle blowing device is used to blow the preform into a container 200 , and deliver the container 200 to the feeding place 121 through the feeding device 40 . Wherein, the feeding device 40 may be a conveyor belt, but not limited thereto.

The discharging device 50 is connected with a label printing device 60 and the discharging place 122 , and is coupled to the control device 30 . After the container 200 passes through the manufacturing process of each working device 20, it can be transported to the labeling and printing device 60 through the discharge device 50, so that the container 200 can go through the labeling and printing step through the labeling and printing device 60 to complete the manufacture of the bottled product.

In this way, the present invention changes the setting position of each working device 20 to center on the conveying device 10, surround it around the periphery of the conveying device 10, and transport the container 200 through the turntable 12, so as to achieve the whole production line The construction space is reduced and the space cost is reduced.

Furthermore, the present invention solves the problem of remote work stations and troublesome manual line changes in the past through the interconnected feeding device 40, conveying device 10, and discharging device 50, so that the entire production line presents a continuous process from the preform to the finished product. Automated transportation to improve overall delivery efficiency and reduce the chance of product contamination.

Although the present invention has been described in terms of a preferred embodiment, those skilled in the art can make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The above-mentioned embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All modifications or changes that do not violate the spirit of the present invention belong to the patent scope of the present invention.

100:Rotary multi-station production system 200:Container 201: Opening 202: Cover 10: Conveyor 11: Base 12:Turntable 121:Infeed 122: Outlet 123: Clamping unit 123a: Gripping part 123b: Actuating part 13:Rotary unit 131:Input unit 132:Rotation Department 133:Output Department 20:Working device 21:Air washing device 211: Nozzle 22: Filling device 23: Cap putting device 24: Cap locking device 241:Lock cover 30:Control device 40:Infeed device 60: Label printing device

[FIG. 1] is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a rotary multi-station production system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Fig. 2] is another perspective view of the rotary multi-station production system of the embodiment of the present invention. [ Fig. 3 ] is a schematic top view of a rotary multi-station production system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [FIG. 4] is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of a rotary multi-station production system according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to show that the clamping unit can be rotated when the clamping unit is transported to the position of the air washing device.

100:Rotary multi-station production system 200:Container 201: Opening 202: Cover 10: Conveyor 11: Base 12:Turntable 121:Infeed 123:Clamping unit                                                                                                                                                     20:Working device 21:Air washing device 211: Nozzle 22: Filling device 23: Cap putting device 24: Cap locking device 241:Lock cover 30:Control device 40:Infeed device 60: Label printing device

Claims (8)

A rotary multi-station production system, which is used to produce a bottled product, the rotary multi-station production system includes: a conveying device, which has a base and a turntable, the turntable is installed on the base, and the turntable has a A feeding place, a feeding place and a plurality of gripping units, the feeding place is set on one side of the turntable, the discharging place is set on the side of the turntable different from the feeding place, and the gripping units are arranged along the The periphery of the turntable is arranged at equal intervals, and the gripping units move with the turntable, and the gripping units are used to transport a container along the periphery of the turntable from the inlet to the outlet; A plurality of working devices are arranged in sequence along the periphery of the turntable from the inlet to the outlet, and each of the working devices performs a corresponding manufacturing process on the container, wherein the working devices include a gas Washing device, a filling device, a capping device and a cap locking device, the air washing device, the filling device, the capping device and the cap locking device are from the inlet to the outlet, in order It is arranged on the periphery of the turntable, and performs the corresponding manufacturing process on the container; and a control device, which is coupled to the conveying device and each of the working devices, and the control device is used to control the conveying device and each of the working devices The working state of the device; wherein, the conveying device further includes a rotating unit, the rotating unit is arranged on the base corresponding to the air washing device, and the container has an opening. When the clamping units transport the container to the air When washing the device, the rotating unit can rotate the clamping units so that the opening faces downward, so that the air washing device can clean the inside of the container. After the air washing device cleans the inside of the container, the rotating The unit restores the clamping units to the original state, so that the opening faces upward. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 1, wherein the rotary unit has an input part, a rotary part and an output part, the output part is arranged on one side of the input part, and the rotary part Located between the input part and the output part, each clamping unit has a clamping part and an actuating part, the clamping part is rotatably arranged on the actuating part, the air washing device has a nozzle, and when the actuating part When walking from the input part to the rotating part, the clamping part can be rotated, and the opening is made to face down, so that the nozzle cleans the inside of the container, and the nozzle cleans the inside of the container, and the actuating part Just continue to walk to this output part, make this clamping part return to original state, and allow this opening upwards. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 1, wherein the cap placing device can place a cap on the container, the cap locking device has a cap locking part, and the cap locking part is perpendicular to each of the clamping units Set, the cover locking part can screw the cover body tightly. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 1 further includes a feeding device connected to a blowing device and the feeding place, and the blowing device blows a preform to produce Form the container, and transport the container to the feeding place through the feeding device. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 1 further includes a discharge device connected to a labeling printing device and the discharge place, and the discharge device transports the container to the labeling printing device The labeling and printing device manufactures the bottled product through a labeling and printing step on the container. The rotary multi-station production system according to claim 2, wherein the turntable is disc-shaped, and the rotary unit is a U-shaped track. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 6, wherein, the distance between each of the clamping units is one-sixteenth of the arc length, and the working devices are sequentially divided into one-eighth of the arc length , from the inlet to the outlet, arranged along the periphery of the turntable. The rotary multi-station production system as described in claim 6, wherein, the distance between the inlet and outlet is 1/4 of the arc length.