EP0365470A2 - Dispositif de raccordement de l'extrémité terminale d'une bande avec le début d'une autre bande - Google Patents

Dispositif de raccordement de l'extrémité terminale d'une bande avec le début d'une autre bande Download PDF

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EP0365470A2
EP0365470A2 EP89810699A EP89810699A EP0365470A2 EP 0365470 A2 EP0365470 A2 EP 0365470A2 EP 89810699 A EP89810699 A EP 89810699A EP 89810699 A EP89810699 A EP 89810699A EP 0365470 A2 EP0365470 A2 EP 0365470A2
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Horst Loewenthal
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1857—Support arrangement of web rolls
    • B65H19/1873—Support arrangement of web rolls with two stationary roll supports carrying alternately the replacement and the expiring roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1842—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web standing splicing, i.e. the expiring web being stationary during splicing contact
    • B65H19/1852—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web standing splicing, i.e. the expiring web being stationary during splicing contact taking place at a distance from the replacement roll
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H23/00—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs
    • B65H23/04—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally
    • B65H23/18—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
    • B65H23/188—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in connection with running-web
    • B65H23/1882—Registering, tensioning, smoothing or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web in connection with running-web and controlling longitudinal register of web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/46—Splicing
    • B65H2301/463—Splicing splicing means, i.e. means by which a web end is bound to another web end
    • B65H2301/4634—Heat seal splice

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  • the present invention relates to a device for connecting the end of a band to the beginning of another band according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Devices of this type are used in packaging machines in order to connect the end of a wrapping material strip running from a supply roll to the beginning of a wrapping material strip running from a second supply roll while maintaining predetermined distances from centering marks applied to the wrapping materials.
  • the invention has for its object to improve a device of the type mentioned in such a way that a precisely centered splicing is possible, even with high machine performance.
  • the packaging machine according to FIG. 1 is provided with a first supply roll 1, from which a tape or a film 2 is unwound, via a roll system 3, a splicing roll 4, a guide roll 5, a drive roll 6, a film storage roll 7 and two further guide rolls 8 and 9 is fed to a folding box 10 by pulling the film 2 formed into a tube through a roller feed 11.
  • a loading device 12 In front of the folding box 10 there is a loading device 12, through which the goods to be packaged are introduced into the film tube, which is closed at regular intervals by a transverse heater 13, at the exit of which an outlet device 14 is provided in order to remove the packaged and closed goods.
  • the roller feed 11 is driven by the drive or motor 31 of a first servo device 15 and the drive roller 6 by the drive or motor 41 of a second servo device device 16 driven.
  • the servo devices 15 and 16 are connected to a processor, not shown in the figure. They can be constructed similarly and each have an amplifier 32 or 42, a tachometer 33 or 43 and an angle sensor 34 or 44.
  • a splicer device 21 is provided, which presses the splicer rollers 4 and 20 against one another in order to connect the end of the film 2 to the beginning of the film 18, and the film storage roller 7 is movably integrated into a device 22 via a rocker arm 71 to be able to change the length of the film loop.
  • buttons 23 to 29 are also provided for various control and monitoring purposes.
  • the packaging machine according to FIG. 1 works as follows:
  • the film limit switch 23 detects the point in time at which the end of the film 2 passes a certain point in the roller system and supplies a signal a to the processor which, on the basis of this signal and other parameters, generates a control signal Vas for the servo device 16 by the speed v of the motor 41 normalized according to that in FIG. 2 shown function v (t) to change.
  • the speeds are the two Parts of the film the same.
  • FIG. 4 shows the equivalent circuit diagram 45 of the processor for the normal operation of the servo devices 15 (master) and 16 (slave).
  • the processor performs the following operations:
  • p and q are parameters with the dimension s ⁇ 1.
  • FIG. 5 shows the equivalent circuit diagram of the processor for the special case of speed reduction for the splicing process.
  • the processor causes the following operations to be performed:
  • the sum of the signal da and the output signal V'as of a multiplier 52 is formed in an adding circuit 55, in which a multiplication of the output signals z and v of the circuit 51 or the device 15 takes place.
  • the output signal Vas of the circuit 55 is fed to the device 16, which also supplies the signal va.
  • FIG. 7 the elements 2, 4, 20, 23 and 27 of FIG. 1 are again shown schematically and some marks of the film 2 are numbered 0, 1, 2, ... 10.
  • the distance LV between the sensor point A of the membrane switch 23 and the splice point B between the splice rollers 4 and 20 and the distance LM between the point B and the sensor point C of the button 27 is given by the geometry of the system.
  • the button 23 therefore recognizes the end of the film at point A and accordingly emits the signal a.
  • the button 27 constantly monitors the marks and generates a signal b when a mark passes.
  • the summand LR is chosen at discretion, for example smaller than a brand section.
  • the processor first determines the number of entire mark sections on the path x thus defined, which results in the current position of mark 1; it then calculates both the number of marks up to the beginning of the speed reduction and the corresponding phase shift of the motor 41, which is done with the aid of the signal va (FIG. 1), as well as the number of marks up to the splice torque and the corresponding phase shift of the motor 41.
  • the distance DB corresponds to two and a half mark sections, for example, and the speed reduction begins when the mark 1 passes the point D.
  • the splicing moment at which the end of the prepared film 18 (FIG. 1) is connected to the leading end of the old film 2 corresponds to the passage of the mark 1 at point B, at which the speed of the film is zero for a moment .
  • the splicing according to this method can also be set in such a way that the trigger length is determined by determining the distance between two centering marks, which can be carried out, for example, by the interaction of an optical button and an incremental encoder, a trigger length corresponding to the centering mark distance.
  • first and / or the second motor can be DC servomotors with a tachometer generator and incremental encoder as well as AC servomotors with a resolver, for example, which are very dynamic and provide information about the absolute angle.
  • Other drives can also be used otherwise.
  • the integration which is carried out by the integrator 49 of the equivalent circuit diagram according to FIG. 4, or the subtraction, which is carried out by the subtractor 48, actually takes place physically in the device 22.

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  • Controlling Rewinding, Feeding, Winding, Or Abnormalities Of Webs (AREA)
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