US20040083689A1 - Methods and apparatus for adjustable wrapping - Google Patents

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US20040083689A1
US20040083689A1 US10/286,069 US28606902A US2004083689A1 US 20040083689 A1 US20040083689 A1 US 20040083689A1 US 28606902 A US28606902 A US 28606902A US 2004083689 A1 US2004083689 A1 US 2004083689A1
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Irvan Pazdernik
Richard Schoeneck
Paul Wagner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B11/00—Wrapping, e.g. partially or wholly enclosing, articles or quantities of material, in strips, sheets or blanks, of flexible material
    • B65B11/06—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths
    • B65B11/08—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path
    • B65B11/10—Wrapping articles, or quantities of material, by conveying wrapper and contents in common defined paths in a single straight path to fold the wrappers in tubular form about contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B21/00—Packaging or unpacking of bottles
    • B65B21/24—Enclosing bottles in wrappers
    • B65B21/245—Enclosing bottles in wrappers in flexible wrappers, e.g. foils
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B49/00—Devices for folding or bending wrappers around contents
    • B65B49/10—Folders movable in closed non-circular paths
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
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  • the present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for adjustable wrapping, and particularly to methods and apparatus suitable for wrapping a wide variety of products such as cans, plastic bottles, jars, cartons, bundles, or trays and products having different profiles.
  • the present invention generally relates to apparatus and methods for interactive creation of wrapping profiles which could be utilized with the adjustable wrapping methods and apparatus of the present invention.
  • One type of conventional shrink-wrap machines employed chain drives mounted on both sides of a wrapping platform to drive a wand to wrap a product. These chain drives typically have a track which trap the chain to define a wand path or in other words the line in space created by the wand as it makes a cycle. Because the chain is trapped, adjusting or changing the wand path is difficult. This difficulty limits the size of the products that may be wrapped. This limitation is most severe in the vertical size ranges of the products these machines may wrap.
  • Chain drives also generally have wand paths that are substantially limited to the path of the chain drive. Furthermore, the path of the chain drive is fixed and is not adjustable to products having different product profiles. Because of, the fixed wand path, it cannot be customized to the particular product being wrapped. For example, these drives often cannot wrap products having a relatively large height. On the other hand, fixed path wrapping devices designed to wrap tall objects are subject to ballooning when wrapping lower profile products because of air trapped between the shrink-wrap and the product.
  • chain drives are difficult to accelerate.
  • chain drives are often operated at a constant speed and therefore often employ multiple wands to speed the wrapping process.
  • the product spacing then dictates the length of the center conveying table, which in turn can limit the vertical range of the wrapping device.
  • shrink-wrap machines employed a rotatable driver which rotates dual wand supports diametrically opposite to each other and slideably mounted to a cam track which moves relatives to a cam follower.
  • the position of the cam follower can be adjusted such that the wand path is circular or is elliptical.
  • These drives can wrap products having a relatively large height due to the elliptical wand path, but suffer from similar and other deficiencies as chain drives including but not limited to the inability to be customized from an elliptical path to the particular product being wrapped, difficulty in accelerating, multiple wands, complicated construction and the like.
  • the present invention solves these needs and other problems in the field of product wrapping apparatus and methods by providing, in most preferred aspects, a carrier extending between a rotatably mounted driver and a wrap support which engages and directs a sheet of material around product to be wrapped.
  • the wrap support is moved to different radial spacings from the driver during rotation of the driver to define a path which accommodates the profile of the product to be wrapped by a cam follower mounted to the wand support and movable by rotation of the driver about the axis and by a cam track mounted relative to the axis.
  • a cam track is formed from a plurality of cam segments which can be interchanged to define different shapes for the continuous path of a wrap support which engages and directs a sheet of material around product to be wrapped.
  • the selection of the plurality of cam segments utilized can be based upon the profile of the product to be wrapped.
  • custom wrapping profiles are created by controlling the position of the wrap support based upon the product location and movement data and to accommodate the product profile.
  • data is contained in a controller for multiple product profiles, and a graphical user interface may be used to create additional wrapping profiles or modify an existing wrapping profile to accommodate product profiles.
  • FIG. 1 shows a partial perspective view of a wrapping apparatus utilizing preferred methods according to the preferred teachings of the present invention, with portions of the apparatus removed to show details of the construction of one preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow chart of a process that may be employed to create a wrapping profile using the wrapping apparatus of FIG. 1.
  • a conveyor system provides for transport of products through the wrapping apparatus 10 .
  • the conveyor system includes a first conveyor 14 , a platform conveyor 18 and a second conveyor 22 .
  • the conveyor system is arranged to transport the product 26 in a generally linear fashion over the first conveyor 14 , the platform conveyor 18 and the second conveyor 22 .
  • Each conveyor is separated by a narrow gap from an adjacent conveyor.
  • the conveyors may each comprise an endless belt.
  • the first conveyor 14 transports the products 26 for deposit onto a platform 30 defined by and including the platform conveyor 18 .
  • the platform conveyor 18 transports the products 26 across the platform 30 of the adjustable wrapping apparatus 10 for wrapping, with the products 26 being transported having an outline when viewed from the side or in a vertical plane perpendicular to the platform conveyor 18 and parallel to the transport direction of the platform conveyor 18 or in other words a product profile.
  • the platform conveyor 18 then deposits the products 26 onto the second conveyor 22 .
  • the second conveyor 22 transports the products 26 for further processing. For example, the second conveyor 22 may move the product 26 to a heat tunnel to complete shrink-wrapping.
  • a single conveyor drive 34 may provide motive force for the platform conveyor 18 , first conveyor 14 and second conveyor 22 .
  • each conveyor 14 , 18 , and 22 may be separately driven.
  • the conveyor drive 34 may comprise a servomotor.
  • the conveyor drive 34 may comprise a stepping motor.
  • the conveyor system employs a single conveyor drive 34 and may be mounted along the second conveyor 22 .
  • the conveyor drive 34 can engage a series of cogs 38 and a timing belt 42 to drive the conveyor system.
  • alternate methods of driving the conveyors 14 , 18 and 22 may be used without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the adjustable wrapping apparatus 10 includes a wrapping mechanism 46 .
  • a beam 50 traverses the platform 30 laterally across the conveying direction of the platform conveyor 18 .
  • First and second cylindrical collars 54 are mounted to the beam 50 on opposite sides of the platform conveyor 18 and define a wrapping mechanism axis 58 also extending laterally across the conveying direction of the platform conveyor 18 .
  • a driver 62 is rotatably mounted on each of the cylindrical collars 54 for rotation about the wrapping mechanism axis 58 . Suitable provisions rotate the drivers 62 on the cylindrical collars 54 .
  • a shaft 66 is rotatably mounted to the beam 50 generally parallel to and spaced from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • the drivers 62 are in a rotatable relationship to the shaft 66 , such as may be done by timing belts 70 extending around pulleys on the drivers 62 and the shaft 66 .
  • the shaft 66 is itself in a rotatable relationship to a drive mechanism 74 .
  • the drive mechanism 74 is mounted to the beam 50 generally parallel to and spaced from the shaft 66 .
  • the drive mechanism 74 rotates the shaft 66 , as may be done by a timing belt 72 extending around pulleys on shaft 66 and drive mechanism 74 .
  • the rotational movement is transferred from the drive mechanism 74 to the shaft 66 through timing belt 72 , and from the shaft 66 to the drivers 62 through timing belts 70 . Movement of the drive mechanism 74 thus causes rotation of the drivers 62 around each respective cylindrical collar 54 .
  • a carrier 78 is mounted to each of the drivers 62 .
  • the carriers 78 are disposed generally perpendicularly to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 , though the carriers 78 may be offset from an intersecting perpendicular relationship to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 to accommodate the width of the cylindrical collars 54 .
  • carriers 78 are linear elements and are formed by first and second shafts slideably received in driver 62 parallel to one another on opposite sides of the wrapping mechanism axis 58 and by a crossbar 90 joining the first and second shafts.
  • the carriers 78 may have a slideable attachment to the drivers 62 , allowing the carriers 78 to generally move in a radial direction relative to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • the carriers 78 have attached at one end a cam follower or guide 82 and a wrap support 86 .
  • the crossbar 90 mounts the guide 82 relative to and moveable with the wrap support 86 .
  • wrap support 86 is in the form of a single wand that extends between crossbars 90 on opposite sides of the apparatus 10 .
  • the wrap support 86 may be offset in a radial direction from the guide 82 relative to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 . This allows the wrap support 86 to have a greater radial spacing from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 than the guide 82 . Rotation of the drivers 62 thus causes movement of the carriers 78 , guides 82 , and the wrap support 86 about the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • Suitable provisions are provided according to the preferred teachings of the present invention to provide for radial movement of the wrap support 86 toward and away from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • This allows the wrap support 86 to have different radial spacings from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 during movement in a continuous path 94 about the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • the different radial spacings of the wrap support 86 during movement about the wrapping mechanism axis 58 allows the wrap support 86 to follow the path 94 corresponding to the wrap path for the product 26 .
  • Various methods can be employed to provide for the different radial spacings of the wrap support 86 during rotation about wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • the slideable attachment of the carriers 78 to the drivers 62 allows movement of the carriers 78 in a radial direction relative to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 and the drivers 62 .
  • extension of the wrap support 86 is accomplished through a slideable attachment of the carrier 78 to the wrap support 86 .
  • Other ways of allowing extension and retraction of the wrap support 86 may also be employed without departing from the scope of the invention, such as a telescoping shaft, a rack and pinion drive, a motor driven system or robotic arms with two pivoting movements.
  • first and second cam tracks 98 guide the movement of the wrap support 86 along the path 94 .
  • the first cam track 98 is mounted relative to the wrapping mechanism axis 58 by securement on the first cylindrical collar 54 in the preferred form shown.
  • a second cam track 98 is mounted parallel to the first cam track 98 on the second cylindrical collar 54 .
  • Each cam track 98 shown in the preferred form are adjustable and are formed from two or more segments and in the preferred form includes an upper segment 102 interchangeable with a lower segment 106 .
  • the upper segment 102 of cam track 98 corresponds to the path 94 vertically above the platform 30 while the lower segment 106 of cam track 98 corresponds to the path 94 vertically below the platform 30 , with the interchangeable upper segment 102 being formed as a single component in the form shown.
  • Cam hold-downs 108 removably secure the upper segment 102 with the lower segment 106 in the form shown.
  • the lower segments 106 are attached to a frame 110 , with the cylindrical collars 54 being supported by the frame 110 which then supports the beam 50 and the platform conveyor 18 . Conveyors 14 and 22 may be supported by the frame 110 .
  • the guides 82 engage the cam tracks 98 .
  • the guides 82 move relative to and follow the cam tracks 98 .
  • the radial spacing of the guides 82 from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 follows the radial spacing of that portion of the cam tracks 98 from the wrapping mechanism axis 58 to accommodate the profile of the product 26 .
  • the engagement of the guides 82 with the cam tracks 98 thus causes the wrap support 86 to follow the path 94 of a shape corresponding to the cam tracks 98 .
  • the cam tracks 98 may be advantageously designed to compel movement of the wrap support 86 around the wrapping mechanism axis 58 along the path 94 corresponding to the profile of the product 26 .
  • the upper segment 102 may be easily exchanged with alternative upper segments 102 .
  • Each upper segment 102 may correspond to and substantially match a preselected product profile. In this preferred embodiment, accommodation to products 26 having widely varying profiles may thus be easily accomplished by exchanging cam segments 102 .
  • Those skilled in the art will recognize that other arrangements of the adjustable cam track 98 are possible, such as three or more cam segments, or the use of a lower segment 106 which does not define a set route in the continuous path 94 without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • a sensor 118 detects the leading edge of a product 26 as it moves toward the platform 30 and may comprise a photo eye. In an alternate embodiment, the sensor 118 may comprise a mechanical trigger. In a preferred form, the sensor 118 is disposed to detect products 26 prior to transfer to the platform conveyor 18 . The sensor 118 is mounted along one side of the first conveyor 14 and directs a beam of light to the opposite side of the first conveyor 14 across the conveying direction of the first conveyor 14 . The sensor 118 detects the leading edge of the product 26 when the product 26 breaks the beam.
  • the product location can be detected in other manners such as when the apparatus 10 of the present invention is integrated into with other packaging equipment which can provide product location and movement data for use by apparatus 10 .
  • the senor 118 , the conveyor drive 34 and the drive mechanism 74 are connected to separate tracking encoders 122 to provide location and movement data.
  • the tracking encoders 122 use the location and movement data to track the position of the product 26 and the position of the wrapping mechanism 46 .
  • the tracking encoders 122 then pass data representing the location and speed of the product 26 to a controller 126 for coordinating the wrapping motion.
  • the controller 126 can coordinate the motion of the wrapping mechanism 46 with the motion of the product 26 to create a wrapping profile by adjusting the speed of various components of the wrapping apparatus 46 .
  • the controller 126 initiates the wrapping process by receiving location information from the tracking encoders 122 and activates the wrapping mechanism 46 according to a stored wrapping profile.
  • the controller 126 can further be connected to a graphical user interface 130 .
  • the graphical user interface 130 may, in one preferred form, edit and display a wrapping profile.
  • an Allen Bradley Control Logix PLC may serve as the controller 126 .
  • detection of a product 26 to be wrapped triggers activation of the drive mechanism 74 and the wrapping mechanism 46 .
  • the drive mechanism 74 provides for movement of a wand system, comprising the drivers 62 , the carriers 78 , the guides 82 , the wrap support 86 and the crossbar 90 , around the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • a wand system comprising the drivers 62 , the carriers 78 , the guides 82 , the wrap support 86 and the crossbar 90 , around the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • engagement of the guides 82 with the cam tracks 98 causes extension of the wrap support 86 so as to follow the path 94 of a shape corresponding to the cam tracks 98 .
  • the extension and retraction of the wrap support 86 provides for movement of the wrap support 86 along the path 94 while being driven by the driver 62 about the wrapping mechanism axis 58 .
  • the path 94 corresponds to the shape of the cam tracks 98 that are advantageously chosen according to the profile of the product 26 . Different paths 94 may be selected by employment of different upper segments 102 corresponding to the profiles of different products 26 .
  • the wrapping path 94 can either be circular, elliptical, or trapezoidal, depending on product and size range.
  • the type of the product 26 may vary in size and shape, requiring different wrapping profiles.
  • the wrapping profile generally describes a motion that accomplishes the wrapping of the product 26 or in other words the coordination of wand position versus product position for the product 26 being wrapped and having a product profile.
  • the sensor 118 detects the approach of a product 26 .
  • the controller 126 computes a desired wand system speed to position the wrap support 86 at a preselected location and speed relative to the platform 30 to begin wrapping.
  • the wrap support 86 engages a film 134 .
  • the engagement of the wrap support 86 with the film 134 at the gap between the first conveyor 14 and the platform conveyor 18 begins the wrapping profile.
  • a film drive may feed the film 134 onto platform conveyor 18 from below the conveyor 14 .
  • the controller 126 may advantageously drive the wand system so that the wrap support 86 impacts the film 134 at a desired speed, and specifically slow enough when engaging the film 134 to prevent pulling the film 134 from under the product 26 .
  • the wrap profile of the wrapping mechanism 46 continues by the movement of the wrap support 86 through the wrapping profile of the product 26 .
  • the movement of the wrap support 86 pulls the film 134 over the product 26 at a desired height and speed.
  • the wrapping motion can be profiled to control the tail of film 134 better.
  • the wrap profile of the wrapping mechanism 46 completes as the wrap support 86 proceeds through the gap between the platform conveyor 18 and the second conveyor 22 .
  • the controller 126 then computes a desired speed for the wand system through the nonwrap sequence using the position of the next product 26 to be wrapped. For example, if the products 26 are closely spaced, the travel of the wand system below the platform 30 must be extremely fast.
  • the controller 126 employs a single segment cubic spline to compute the desired wand system motion using the position of the platform conveyor 18 as an input and the position of the wrap support 86 as the output.
  • the features of the adjustable wrapping methods and apparatus of the invention overcome obstacles to efficient wrapping.
  • the single wand system of the most preferred form of the present invention allows for variable spacing of products 26 with dynamic adjustment of the wrapping procedures, whereas double wand systems often require a controlled spacing, as one wrap begins as the preceding wrap ends.
  • multiple wand systems could be employed in random spacings between product situations where only one wand is in its wrap profile at a time while the others are in its nonwrap profile such as by lowering the axis 58 below the platform conveyor 18 .
  • wrapping may be customized to each product 26 to minimize the height of the wrapping path to decrease the amount of air forced under the film 134 as it encloses the product 26 .
  • variable radial movement of the wrap support 86 allows for wrapping of products 26 through a large vertical size range.
  • dynamic computation of the wand system speed allows for adaptation of wand system speed to the film drive speed. This provides for feeding the film 134 as the wrapping mechanism 46 pulls the film 134 , allowing for a film drive without storage or a buffer zone. Also, wand overload and associated reset parts required on conventional wrapping machines can be eliminated.
  • the present invention further includes a process to create a wrapping profile which can be utilized in the apparatus 10 of the present invention.
  • the process begins in step 200 by moving the product 26 to a predetermined position.
  • the sensor 118 can be used to detect the product 26 upon loading onto the platform 30 .
  • the location of the product 26 can be accurately tracked by its respective tracking encoder 122 and the controller 126 .
  • the product 26 is jogged to a desired location and the wand system is moved to a desired position, with these positions being recorded such as 1 by pressing a “teach” button to define a cam point in a second step 210 .
  • the controller 126 stores the cam point, which includes the position of the product 26 and of the wrap support 86 . This is repeated as long as more cam points are desired in a third step 220 . This creates a series of cam points. The series of cam points are used to create a custom wrapping profile in a fourth step 230 . The custom wrapping profile may also include a desired wrapping speed for the wand system. The custom wrapping profile may then be stored in the memory of the controller 126 in a fifth step 240 . The controller 126 also provides for storage of wrapping profiles of multiple products. A graphical user interface 130 may be used to display and edit the custom wrapping profiles in a sixth step 250 .
  • movement of the wrap support 86 occurs as the result of rotation of driver 62 about the axis 58 . It should be appreciated that such an arrangement creates a clean appearance, has considerably fewer components, is lighter, is not as subject to wear, and is easier to accelerate with less force than prior chain drives of prior wrapping machines. Further, cam track 98 of the most preferred form may be smaller than the path 94 of the wrap support 86 as compared to a chain drive which requires the chain carrying the wands to be larger than the path of the wands.
  • apparatus 10 of the most preferred form includes the combination of several, unique features believed to obtain synergistic results
  • wrapping apparatus could be constructed according to the teachings of the present invention including such features singly or in other combinations.
  • the rotational drive for wrap support 86 could be utilized with a nonvariable wrap profile or with other manners of extending and retracting the wrap support 86 according to the teachings of the present invention.
  • the adjustable cam track 98 could be utilized according to the teachings of the present invention with other driving manners including chain drives.
  • the methods for controlling the wrap operation could be utilized to eliminate random timing infeed systems according to the preferred teachings of the present invention with other types of wrap support drives and/or other manners of allowing adjustment of the wand path.

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