WO2022208226A1 - Operating machine and process for operating an operating machine - Google Patents

Operating machine and process for operating an operating machine Download PDF

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WO2022208226A1
WO2022208226A1 PCT/IB2022/052543 IB2022052543W WO2022208226A1 WO 2022208226 A1 WO2022208226 A1 WO 2022208226A1 IB 2022052543 W IB2022052543 W IB 2022052543W WO 2022208226 A1 WO2022208226 A1 WO 2022208226A1
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Stefano Sarti
Giuliano Gamberini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/322—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing
    • A24C5/323—Transporting cigarettes during manufacturing pneumatically
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/32—Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes; Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
    • A24C5/34—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes
    • A24C5/3418—Examining cigarettes or the rod, e.g. for regulating the feeding of tobacco; Removing defective cigarettes by pneumatic means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24—TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24C—MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
    • A24C5/00—Making cigarettes; Making tipping materials for, or attaching filters or mouthpieces to, cigars or cigarettes
    • A24C5/39—Tobacco feeding devices
    • A24C5/392—Tobacco feeding devices feeding pneumatically

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  • the present invention relates to an operating machine, in particular for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to an operating machine comprising:
  • the opening/closing member of the valve unit is rotationally operated by means of a driving system controlled by the same driving unit which controls the operating member of the machine.
  • the system used is a cam system which makes use of the movement performed by the operating member during its work cycle.
  • the patent applications W00015358A1 and EP2251283A1 illustrate, in fact, systems for operating the opening/closing member of the valve unit which are controlled in synchronism by the same control unit of the machine which performs the movement of the parts of the valve unit using a single drive system, which may be of electrical, hydraulic or mechanical type, and in accordance with the geometry of these parts.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an improved solution compared to the prior art, in particular from the point of view of versatility.
  • the present invention relates moreover to a process according to Claim 9
  • FIG. 1 shows in schematic form an example of an operating machine
  • FIG. 2 shows an air distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the machine described here
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail of the system according to Figure 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows in schematic form a circuit for controlling the air distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the machine described here;
  • FIG. 5 shows some examples of control modes of the air distribution system of the machine described here.
  • the solution described here relates to an operating machine, in particular for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles.
  • the machine described here denoted overall by the reference number 10
  • the machine described here comprises a mobile operating member 2 and a driving unit 4 for driving the operating member 2 according to a predefined work cycle.
  • the member 2 is designed to perform a given operation of the process performed by the operating machine 10. Preferably, this operation is performed directly on the product or on the material treated by the machine and may, for example, consist of an operation of picking up, pushing, folding, cutting, applying material, etc.
  • the operating member 2 is intended to operate in combination with a working fluid, in particular air.
  • the operating member 2 is provided with an external opening 2A for the passage of an air flow.
  • this flow may have an air-jet suction or dispensing function.
  • the operating member 2 may be a pick-up member and through its opening 2A a suction air flow may be generated in order to cause the product or the material to be picked up to adhere to the member 2.
  • the operating member 2 may, for example, be a folding member and a pressurised air jet may be dispensed through its opening 2A in order to keep a portion of a wrapping sheet in the folded condition realized by the folding member, while the latter moves away from the sheet.
  • the operating machine 10 comprises an air distribution system 20 which connects an air source (not shown), with controlled pressure, to the opening 2 A of the operating member 2.
  • the system 20 comprises a valve unit 22, having an inlet 23, which is connected to the air source by means of a duct 24, and an outlet 25, which is connected to the opening 2 A of the operating member 2 by means of a duct 26.
  • the valve unit 22 comprises a base 28, which is formed by a disc having a reference axis I.
  • the inner side 28' of the base 28 has, formed therein, a first opening 31 which is placed in communication with the inlet 23 by means of a series of ducts (not shown) formed in the valve unit, and an opening 32, which is in communication with the outlet 25 via further ducts (not shown) formed in the valve unit.
  • the two openings 31, 32 are positioned on two points spaced from each other along a same circumference, the centre of which coincides with the reference axis I.
  • the valve unit 22 comprises an opening/closing member 34, which is formed by a disc mounted rotatably on the base 28, about the reference axis I.
  • the inner side 34' of the opening/closing member 34 is located directly in contact with the inner side 28' of the base 28.
  • the inner side 34' of the opening/closing member 34 has, formed therein, a cavity 36 which extends longitudinally along the same circumference on which the two openings 31, 32 are located, along a circle arc section defining an angle b ⁇
  • the cavity 36 is designed to place in communication with each other the two openings 31, 32 and therefore the inlet 23 and the outlet 25, when it is superimposed - at least partially - on the two openings 31, 32 simultaneously.
  • Figures 5 shows an example of a cycle of the air flow formed in the valve unit 22.
  • the curve 100 represents the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 over time.
  • the curve 100' represents the progression of the air flow over time, corresponding to the rotational movement according to the curve 100.
  • the progression 100' consists of a wave characterized by the sections 100'A, 100'B, 100'C and by a period Tl.
  • the section 100' A is a section representing an increase in the air flow and corresponds to a time interval during which the cavity 36 already superimposed on the opening 32 starts to be positioned over the opening 31 as well and does so in an increasing manner, owing to the continuous rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34, until it reaches a condition in which the cavity 34 is completely superimposed on the opening 31.
  • the section 100'B is a section where the air flow remains constant and corresponds to a time interval during which the cavity 34 remains completely superimposed on the two openings 31, 32 simultaneously.
  • the section 100’C is a section representing a decrease in air flow and corresponds to a time interval during which the degree of superimposition of the cavity 34 with the opening 32 starts to decrease and does so symmetrically with the section 100'A, until it reaches a zero value.
  • the curve defined by the sections 100'A, 100'B, 100'C is repeated for each rotation of the opening/closing member 34 according to the period Tl.
  • the machine 10 comprises a driving unit 50 designed for the rotational operation of the opening/closing member 34.
  • the unit 50 may be for example an electric motor.
  • the machine 10 further comprises a control unit 60 for controlling the driving unit 50 depending on an operating parameter of the work cycle of the operating member 2 so as to define a predetermined phase between the air work cycle and the work cycle of the operating member 2.
  • the phase indicated may be selected depending on the operating conditions of the machine or depending on the type of application, so that the machine is able to adapt, also instantaneously, the air flow cycle depending on the requirements.
  • the machine 10 comprises a sensor 61 for detecting data indicating the position and/or the speed of the operating member 2, and a sensor 62 for detecting data indicating the position and/or the speed of the opening. closing member 34.
  • the control unit 60 comprises a block 64 configured to determine a correction value A6 of the angular speed of the opening/closing member 34 depending on the data supplied by the sensors 61, 62.
  • the control unit 60 further comprises a block 66 configured to drive an inverter 67 which powers the electric motor 50 depending on a reference speed value R and the value A0 determined by the block 64.
  • this shows a curve 110 representing the work cycle of the operating member 2.
  • the curve 100' of the air flow cycle is situated in a phase f ⁇ with respect to the curve 110 of the work cycle of the operating member 2.
  • the curve 101 represents instead the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 for providing an air flow cycle according to the curve 10 G which, with respect to the curve 110 of the work cycle of the operating member 2, is situated in a phase f2 greater than the phase f 1.
  • phase f2 results in a delay in the air flow start and end times.
  • the curve 102 represents the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 by means of which an air flow cycle according to the curve 102' is defined, said cycle being characterized in that it has a section 102' A greater than the section 100'A of the curve 100' namely in that it determines a greater duration of the air flow in its maximum flow condition.
  • the opening/closing member 34 may also be stopped in a condition where the air flow is interrupted for example in order to cancel entirely the air flow cycle for one or more work cycles of the operating member 2.
  • it is possible to create partial or throttled air flows for example by controlling the opening/closing member 34 so as to perform not a complete and continuous rotational movement, but small oscillating movements between a condition where there is zero flow, and a condition where there is a partial flow (namely a condition where the cavity 34 is superimposed on one of the two openings 31, 32 only partially).
  • This operating mode may be advantageously used in applications where it is not necessary to limit the flowrate and/or the pressure of the air flow supplied, for example in order to exert an action which is delicate and not vigorous, such as that for flattening out a wrapping sheet.

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Abstract

An operating machine (10), in particular for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles, is described, said machine comprising: - at least one mobile operating member (2) and a first driving unit (4) for driving the operating member (2) according to a work cycle of the operating member; - an air-distribution system (20) for connecting a controlled-pressure air source to an opening (2A) provided on the operating member (2) for passage of an air flow, for example for an air-jet suction or dispensing function; the system comprising a valve unit (22) comprising an inlet (23) connected to the source and an outlet (25) connected to the opening (2A), and an opening/closing member (34), which is rotatable about a rotation axis (I), for placing in communication or interrupting communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) according to a work cycle of the air, as a result of its rotation about the rotation axis (I). The machine is characterized in that it comprises a second driving unit (50) for rotationally driving the opening/closing member (34) and a control unit (60) for controlling the second driving unit (50) depending on an operating parameter of the work cycle of the operating member (2) so as to define a predetermined phase (ϕ1, ϕ2) between the air work cycle and the work cycle of the operating member (2).

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"Operating machine and process for operating an operating machine"
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Field of the invention
The present invention relates to an operating machine, in particular for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to an operating machine comprising:
- at least one mobile operating member and a first driving unit for driving the operating member according to a work cycle of the operating member; - an air-distribution system for connecting a controlled-pressure air source to an opening provided on the operating member for passage of an air flow, for example for an air-jet suction or dispensing function; the system comprising a valve unit comprising an inlet connected to the source and an outlet connected to the opening, and an opening/closing member, which is rotatable about a rotation axis, for placing in communication or interrupting communication between the inlet and the outlet according to a work cycle of the air, as a result of its rotation about the rotation axis.
In known operating machines of the type indicated above, the opening/closing member of the valve unit is rotationally operated by means of a driving system controlled by the same driving unit which controls the operating member of the machine.
Usually, the system used is a cam system which makes use of the movement performed by the operating member during its work cycle. The patent applications W00015358A1 and EP2251283A1 illustrate, in fact, systems for operating the opening/closing member of the valve unit which are controlled in synchronism by the same control unit of the machine which performs the movement of the parts of the valve unit using a single drive system, which may be of electrical, hydraulic or mechanical type, and in accordance with the geometry of these parts. In this context, the object of the present invention is to provide an improved solution compared to the prior art, in particular from the point of view of versatility.
This object is achieved by means of an operating machine having the characteristic features of Claim 1.
The present invention relates moreover to a process according to Claim 9
The claims form an integral part of the teaching provided here.
Brief description of the drawings
Further characteristic features and advantages of the invention will become clear from the description which follows with reference to the attached drawings provided merely by way of a non-limiting example in which:
- Figure 1 shows in schematic form an example of an operating machine;
- Figure 2 shows an air distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the machine described here;
- Figure 3 shows a detail of the system according to Figure 2;
- Figure 4 shows in schematic form a circuit for controlling the air distribution system according to a preferred embodiment of the machine described here;
- Figure 5 shows some examples of control modes of the air distribution system of the machine described here.
The description below shows various specific details aimed at providing a fuller understanding of the embodiments. The embodiments may be realized without one or more of the specific details, or using other methods, components or materials, etc. In other cases, known structures, materials or operations are not shown or described in detail so that various aspects of the embodiment may be clearly understood.
The references used here are used solely for convenience and do not define therefore the scope of protection or the range of the embodiments.
As mentioned above, the solution described here relates to an operating machine, in particular for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles. With reference to Figure 1, in general the machine described here, denoted overall by the reference number 10, comprises a mobile operating member 2 and a driving unit 4 for driving the operating member 2 according to a predefined work cycle. The member 2 is designed to perform a given operation of the process performed by the operating machine 10. Preferably, this operation is performed directly on the product or on the material treated by the machine and may, for example, consist of an operation of picking up, pushing, folding, cutting, applying material, etc. The operating member 2 is intended to operate in combination with a working fluid, in particular air. For this purpose, the operating member 2 is provided with an external opening 2A for the passage of an air flow. For example, this flow may have an air-jet suction or dispensing function.
For example, the operating member 2 may be a pick-up member and through its opening 2A a suction air flow may be generated in order to cause the product or the material to be picked up to adhere to the member 2.
In a different application, the operating member 2 may, for example, be a folding member and a pressurised air jet may be dispensed through its opening 2A in order to keep a portion of a wrapping sheet in the folded condition realized by the folding member, while the latter moves away from the sheet.
In any case, it should be noted that the type of operation performed by the operating member 2 and by the air flow which passes through its opening 2A is not relevant here and must not be regarded as limiting in any way the solution presented here, for the reasons which will become clear below.
The operating machine 10 comprises an air distribution system 20 which connects an air source (not shown), with controlled pressure, to the opening 2 A of the operating member 2. With reference to Figure 2, the system 20 comprises a valve unit 22, having an inlet 23, which is connected to the air source by means of a duct 24, and an outlet 25, which is connected to the opening 2 A of the operating member 2 by means of a duct 26.
The valve unit 22 comprises a base 28, which is formed by a disc having a reference axis I. The inner side 28' of the base 28 has, formed therein, a first opening 31 which is placed in communication with the inlet 23 by means of a series of ducts (not shown) formed in the valve unit, and an opening 32, which is in communication with the outlet 25 via further ducts (not shown) formed in the valve unit.
The two openings 31, 32 are positioned on two points spaced from each other along a same circumference, the centre of which coincides with the reference axis I.
The valve unit 22 comprises an opening/closing member 34, which is formed by a disc mounted rotatably on the base 28, about the reference axis I. In particular, the inner side 34' of the opening/closing member 34 is located directly in contact with the inner side 28' of the base 28. The inner side 34' of the opening/closing member 34 has, formed therein, a cavity 36 which extends longitudinally along the same circumference on which the two openings 31, 32 are located, along a circle arc section defining an angle b·
The cavity 36 is designed to place in communication with each other the two openings 31, 32 and therefore the inlet 23 and the outlet 25, when it is superimposed - at least partially - on the two openings 31, 32 simultaneously.
Therefore, during the rotation of the opening/closing member 34 about the reference axis I, a cyclical progression of the air flow occurs through the valve unit 22 and the opening 2A of the operating member 2 depending precisely on the angular position of the cavity 34 with respect to the two openings 31, 32.
Figures 5 shows an example of a cycle of the air flow formed in the valve unit 22.
The curve 100 represents the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 over time.
The curve 100' represents the progression of the air flow over time, corresponding to the rotational movement according to the curve 100.
As shown in schematic form, the progression 100' consists of a wave characterized by the sections 100'A, 100'B, 100'C and by a period Tl.
The section 100' A is a section representing an increase in the air flow and corresponds to a time interval during which the cavity 36 already superimposed on the opening 32 starts to be positioned over the opening 31 as well and does so in an increasing manner, owing to the continuous rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34, until it reaches a condition in which the cavity 34 is completely superimposed on the opening 31. The section 100'B is a section where the air flow remains constant and corresponds to a time interval during which the cavity 34 remains completely superimposed on the two openings 31, 32 simultaneously.
The section 100’C is a section representing a decrease in air flow and corresponds to a time interval during which the degree of superimposition of the cavity 34 with the opening 32 starts to decrease and does so symmetrically with the section 100'A, until it reaches a zero value.
The curve defined by the sections 100'A, 100'B, 100'C is repeated for each rotation of the opening/closing member 34 according to the period Tl.
According to an important characteristic feature of the solution described here, the machine 10 comprises a driving unit 50 designed for the rotational operation of the opening/closing member 34. The unit 50 may be for example an electric motor.
The machine 10 further comprises a control unit 60 for controlling the driving unit 50 depending on an operating parameter of the work cycle of the operating member 2 so as to define a predetermined phase between the air work cycle and the work cycle of the operating member 2.
The phase indicated may be selected depending on the operating conditions of the machine or depending on the type of application, so that the machine is able to adapt, also instantaneously, the air flow cycle depending on the requirements.
In one or more preferred embodiments, such as that shown (Figure 4), the machine 10 comprises a sensor 61 for detecting data indicating the position and/or the speed of the operating member 2, and a sensor 62 for detecting data indicating the position and/or the speed of the opening. closing member 34.
The control unit 60 comprises a block 64 configured to determine a correction value A6 of the angular speed of the opening/closing member 34 depending on the data supplied by the sensors 61, 62. The control unit 60 further comprises a block 66 configured to drive an inverter 67 which powers the electric motor 50 depending on a reference speed value R and the value A0 determined by the block 64.
Referring again to Figure 5, this shows a curve 110 representing the work cycle of the operating member 2.
The curve 100' of the air flow cycle is situated in a phase f ΐ with respect to the curve 110 of the work cycle of the operating member 2.
Still with reference to Figure 5, the curve 101 represents instead the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 for providing an air flow cycle according to the curve 10 G which, with respect to the curve 110 of the work cycle of the operating member 2, is situated in a phase f2 greater than the phase f 1.
With respect to the phase f 1, the phase f2 results in a delay in the air flow start and end times.
Owing to the electric motor 50, not only is it possible to vary the phase of the air flow cycle in relation to the work cycle of the operating member, but it is also possible to vary the form of the curve namely the progression of the air flow.
In this connection, still with reference to Figure 5, the curve 102 represents the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 by means of which an air flow cycle according to the curve 102' is defined, said cycle being characterized in that it has a section 102' A greater than the section 100'A of the curve 100' namely in that it determines a greater duration of the air flow in its maximum flow condition.
With reference to the curve 102, it will be noted that this result is obtained by means of a slowing down of the rotational movement of the opening/closing member 34 when the cavity 36 is in the position totally superimposed on both of the two openings 31, 32.
In general, it will be understood that by accelerating and/or decelerating the rotation of the opening/closing member 34 it is possible to vary freely the start and end instants of the air flow as well as the progression of the air flow.
In some applications, the opening/closing member 34 may also be stopped in a condition where the air flow is interrupted for example in order to cancel entirely the air flow cycle for one or more work cycles of the operating member 2. Moreover, in further applications, it is possible to create partial or throttled air flows, for example by controlling the opening/closing member 34 so as to perform not a complete and continuous rotational movement, but small oscillating movements between a condition where there is zero flow, and a condition where there is a partial flow (namely a condition where the cavity 34 is superimposed on one of the two openings 31, 32 only partially).
This operating mode may be advantageously used in applications where it is not necessary to limit the flowrate and/or the pressure of the air flow supplied, for example in order to exert an action which is delicate and not vigorous, such as that for flattening out a wrapping sheet.
Obviously, without altering the principle of the invention, the embodiments and the constructional details may vary, even greatly, with respect to that illustrated here purely by way of a non-limiting example, without thereby departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the accompanying claims.

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1. Operating machine (10), particularly for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles, comprising: - at least one mobile operating member (2) and a first driving unit (4) for driving the operating member (2) according to a work cycle of the operating member;
- an air-distribution system (20) for connecting a controlled-pressure air source to an opening (2A) provided on the operating member (2) for passage of an air flow, for example for an air-jet suction or dispensing function; the system comprising a valve unit (22) comprising an inlet (23) connected to the source and an outlet (25) connected to the opening (2A), and an opening/closing member (34), which is rotatable about a rotation axis (I), for placing in communication or interrupting communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) according to a work cycle of the air, as a result of its rotation about the rotation axis (I), said machine being characterized in that it comprises a second driving unit (50) for driving the rotation of the opening/closing member (34) and a control unit (60) for controlling the second driving unit (50) depending on an operating parameter of the work cycle of the operating member (2) so as to define a predetermined phase (f 1, f2) between the air work cycle and the work cycle of the operating member (2).
2. Machine according to Claim 1, wherein said control unit (60) is configured to control the second driving unit (50) so as to vary the rotation speed of the opening/closing member (34) depending on the position and/or the speed of the operating member (2).
3. Machine according to Claim 1, wherein said control unit (60) is configured to receive data indicating a required predetermined phase.
4. Machine according to Claim 1, wherein said control unit (60) is configured to control the second driving unit (50) so as to accelerate and/or decelerate the rotation of the opening/closing member (34) in order to obtain a given start instant and/or a given end instant of the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) of the valve unit (22).
5. Machine according to Claim 1, wherein said control unit (60) is configured to control the second driving unit (50) so as to stop the opening/closing member (34) in a condition in which the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) is interrupted, depending on a command signal for cancelling a work cycle of the air.
6. Machine according to Claim 1, wherein said control unit (60) is configured to control the second driving unit (50) so as to stop the opening/closing member (34) in a condition in which the opening/closing member (34) opens partially or completely the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) of the valve unit (22), depending on a command signal for decreasing the air flow rate of the air or a command signal for a prolonged air flow.
7. Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the valve unit (22) comprises a base (28) on which the opening/closing member (34) is mounted rotatably about the axis of rotation (I), wherein the base (28) has, formed therein, a first opening (31), which is in communication with the inlet (23) of the valve unit (22), and a second opening (32) which is in communication with the outlet (25) of the valve unit (22), and wherein the first opening (31) and the second opening (32) are arranged in respective positions along a same circumference around the axis of rotation (I) of the opening/closing member (34), and the opening/closing member (34) comprises a cavity (36) which extends along the same circumference and places in communication the first opening (31) and the second opening (32) for a given angular range of the rotation of the opening/closing member (34).
8. Machine according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a first sensor (61) for detecting data indicating the position or the speed of the operating member (2), and a second sensor (62) for detecting data indicating the position or the speed of the opening/closing member (34).
9. Process for operating an operating machine (10), particularly for handling and/or treating and/or working a product or a material for making smoking articles or packages containing smoking articles, said machine (10) comprising:
- at least one mobile operating member (2) and a first driving unit (4) for driving the operating member (2) according to a work cycle of the operating member;
- an air-distribution system (20) for connecting a controlled-pressure air source to an opening (2A) provided on the operating member (2) for passage of an air flow, for example for an air-jet suction or dispensing function; the system comprising a valve unit (22) comprising an inlet (23) connected to the source and an outlet (25) connected to the opening (2A), and an opening/closing member (34), which is rotatable about a rotation axis (I), for placing in communication or interrupting communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) according to a work cycle of the air, as a result of its rotation about the rotation axis (I), said process including:
- by means of a second driving unit (50), driving the rotation of the opening/closing member (34) depending on an operating parameter of the work cycle of the operating member (2) so as to define a predetermined phase (fΐ, f2) between the air work cycle and the work cycle of the operating member.
10. Process according to Claim 9, comprising: by means of the second driving unit (50), varying the rotation speed of the opening/closing member (34) depending on the position and/or the speed of the operating member (2).
11. Process according to Claim 9, comprising: by means of the second driving unit (50), accelerating and/or decelerating the rotation of the opening/closing member (34) so as to obtain a given start instant and/or a given end instant of the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) of the valve unit (22).
12. Process according to Claim 9, comprising:
- receiving a command signal for cancelling a work cycle of the air; and - stopping the opening/closing member (34) in a condition in which the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) is interrupted.
13. Process according to Claim 9, comprising:
- receiving a command signal for decreasing the flow rate of the air flow or a command signal for a prolonged air flow; and - stopping the opening/closing member (34) in a condition in which the opening/closing member (34) opens partially or completely the communication between the inlet (23) and the outlet (25) of the valve unit (22).
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