EP0994033A1 - Modulare Herstellungsmaschine - Google Patents

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EP0994033A1
EP0994033A1 EP99120331A EP99120331A EP0994033A1 EP 0994033 A1 EP0994033 A1 EP 0994033A1 EP 99120331 A EP99120331 A EP 99120331A EP 99120331 A EP99120331 A EP 99120331A EP 0994033 A1 EP0994033 A1 EP 0994033A1
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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
    • 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
    • B65B65/00—Details peculiar to packaging machines and not otherwise provided for; Arrangements of such details
    • B65B65/003—Packaging lines, e.g. general layout
    • 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
    • B65B59/04—Machines constructed with readily-detachable units or assemblies, e.g. to facilitate maintenance

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  • the invention relates to a modular making machine, in particular a machine for processing tobacco and/or for packaging of tobacco products, such as cigarettes or similar, comprising a bed formed by a plurality of base modules placed side by side and eventually aligned with each other as well as fixed to each other preferably in a removable manner, at least one working unit or at least part of a working unit being mounted on each of at least some of these base modules, and at least one trough being provided, so called wireway, preferably in part tubular and that extends itself along the base modules and is designed to contain electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar, to connect at least some working units with each other and/or with other parts of the machine and/or installation, in which the machine is integrated, such as supply units, drive units, control units and others, and the said wireway is formed by segments each associated with and fixed to a base module and connected to each other preferably in a removable manner.
  • the modular making machines of this type are the subject of collateral patent applications of the sameoxy and have besides the advantage that their assembly is easier, more flexible, faster and less costly, in that at least a large part of the working units or of their parts can be pre-assembled on the respective base modules, in substance already in their correct condition of work and reciprocal co-operation, whereby, after assembly of the machine by placing side by side and reciprocal fixing of the base modules, the working units will be automatically in their correct relative positions of work and co-operation and require eventually only small corrections and adjustments of position due to possible tolerances.
  • the present invention aims at achieving a still easier and faster assembly of the modular making machine of the above-mentioned type.
  • each of at least some of the individual segments of the wireway or wireways is equipped with at least one branch for the passage of at least one part of the electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar, that connect the working unit or units mounted on the respective base module, with other parts of the machine and/or parts of the installation, in which the machine is integrated.
  • the working unit or units of each module of the machine can be connected with other parts of the machine or of the installation , in which the machine is integrated, such as supply and/or control units, each by at least one branch of the associated segment of the wireway, avoiding to have the cables and/or the pipelines for the fluids of the working units of all modules of the machine pass through a common, single branch of the wireway, that facilitates and speeds up the individual and independent assembly, the disassembly and re-assembly of the different modules of the machine.
  • the machine is integrated, such as supply and/or control units, each by at least one branch of the associated segment of the wireway, avoiding to have the cables and/or the pipelines for the fluids of the working units of all modules of the machine pass through a common, single branch of the wireway, that facilitates and speeds up the individual and independent assembly, the disassembly and re-assembly of the different modules of the machine.
  • the above-mentioned feature of the machine furthermore forms the bases for a further advantageous perfectioning according to the invention that consists in the fact that each of at least some modules of the machine can be equipped , already prior to the assembly of the machine, with the electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar, necessary for connecting the working unit or units mounted on the respective base module with other parts of the machine or installation, in which the machine is integrated, such as supply and/or drive units, and the said cables and/or pipelines are passed through the branch or branches of the segment or segments of the wireways, fixed to the corresponding base module.
  • the electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar, already connected to the working unit or units mounted on the base module and designed to connect to one ore more working units mounted on other base modules are made to come out at one or both ends of the segment of the wireway or wireways fixed on the respective base module and are connected with the corresponding electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar, housed in the segments of the wireway or wireways fixed on the adjacent base modules.
  • individual “wiring" in advance of the individual modules of the machine by means of the branch or branches of the respective segments of the wireway or wireways of each module greatly facilitates and speeds up the fitting together and assembly of the modular making machine on site of installation.
  • the Fig. 1 illustrates in perspective a modular making machine according to the invention.
  • Fig.s 2, 3, and 4 illustrate separately in perspective the frameworks of the working units mounted on the individual modules of the bed of the modular making machine according to Fig. 1.
  • the modular making machine illustrated is a machine for processing tobacco, and in particular a machine for packaging of cigarettes, and is formed by a plurality of modules placed side by side.
  • the bed 1 of the machine is formed by a corresponding plurality of base modules 101, 201, 301, that are placed side by side fixed in a removable manner to each other and are made in preference in such a manner, to form a flat and substantially horizontal table.
  • the fixing in a removable manner of the single modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 to each other can be made in any suitable manner, for example by means of screws, possibly in combination with means of reciprocal positioning, such as dowel pins engaging in centering holes.
  • Working units or part of working units are mounted and fixed on the modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 of the machine that are indicated schematically with at least one part of their framework and illustrated and described in more detail, as they can greatly vary.
  • the frameworks of the different working units eventually form a flat and substantially horizontal table, as can be clearly seen from the drawings.
  • the modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 of the machine placed side by to each other and therefore also the corresponding modules of the machine itself, are aligned in a row, but without a limiting arrangement because of this, as any other reciprocal arrangement of said modules is possible.
  • the machine is equipped with two troughs 3, so called wireways, designed to contain the lines (electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar) that connect the different working units to each other and/or to other parts, for example with supply , drive units and control cabinets, or similar, of the modular machine and/or of the installation, in which the modular machine itself is integrated.
  • the two wireways 3 are made tubular, each with a rectangular cross-section, and are placed side by side to each other and extend themselves in correspondence to the rear side of the machine in the longitudinal direction of the row of modules placed side by side and aligned.
  • the pair of tubular wireways 3 is formed by individual segments 103, 203, 303 that are each associated with a module 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 and are each fixed to the respective modules, while they are connected to each other in a removable manner, with any suitable means, as for example by means of mating flanged couplings.
  • Each tubular wireway 3 of each segment 103, 203 303 of the pair of wireways 3-3 is equipped, for example on its top side, with a branch 133, 233, 333, in form, for example of an elbow.
  • each module of the machine prior to assembling the machine on site of installation, each module of the machine is pre-assembled and made ready in the factory, in which the machine itself is manufactured.
  • one or more working units, or parts of working units are mounted and fixed, already arranged in their position of work and reciprocal co-operation.
  • the working unit or units mounted on each module 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 are connected with their respective electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids, or similar.
  • the electrical cables and/or pipelines for fluids designed to connect the working unit or units of each module 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 with other parts of the machine and/or installation, in which the machine is integrated, for example supply and/or drive units, or similar, are passed through and made to come out, individually and separately for each module of the machine, through the branches 133, 233, 333 of the segment 103, 203, 303 of the pair of tubular wireways 3-3, associated with the respective module 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1.
  • the elctrical cables and/or the pipelins for fluids designed to connect the working unit or units of each module 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 with one or more working units mounted on other modules of the bed 1, are instead housed in the segment 103, 203, 303 of the pair of troughs 3-3 associated with the respective module 101, 201, 301 of the bed and are taken up to one or to both ends of the said segment 103, 203, 303 itself.
  • the modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1 are placed side by side to each other and fixed in a preset order, and the different working units or parts of working units, pro-assembled on the modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1, find themselves automatically in their correct position of work and of reciprocal co-operation, and require eventually only small corrections of positioning, due to tolerances.
  • the electrical cables and/or the pipelines for fluids, or similar, already preassembled in the branches 133, 233, 333 of the segments 103, 203, 303 of the pair of wireways 3-3, are connected - for example by means of respective connectors and couplings already pre-arranged - with the supply and/or drive units, or similar, thus linking to these units separately and individually the different working units mounted on the modules 101, 201, 301 of the bed 1.
  • the position of at least one branch 133, 233, 333 of at least one segment 103, 203, 303 of at least one tubular wireway 3-3 can be pre-selected and changed at pleasure within certain limits, to adapt to the conditions if need be.
  • the segments 103, 203, 303 of the pair of tubular wireways 3-3 are provided two or more different openings, each set apart for the connector of one branch 133, 233, 333 and normally closed by removable covers.
  • the branch 133, 233, 333 is mounted and fixed, preferably in a removable manner, on the opening of the desired connector and - according to the circumstances - the most suitable, which for this purpose is opened by removing the respective cover.
  • the invention is not limited to the executive forms described and illustrated, but can be amply varied and modified, above all constructively, without abandoning the informative principle described above and claimed hereafter.

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IT1998SV000055A IT1305416B1 (it) 1998-10-14 1998-10-14 Macchina operatrice modulare.

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EP3053838A1 (de) * 2015-02-05 2016-08-10 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) Modulare vorrichtung zum verpacken von zigaretten oder zigaretten- packungen
CN120270616A (zh) * 2025-05-12 2025-07-08 金动力智能科技（深圳）有限公司 柔性智能制造装置

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DE4131800A1 (de) * 1991-09-24 1993-03-25 Krempel August Soehne Verpackungsmaschine
EP0826602A1 (de) * 1996-07-31 1998-03-04 Gerhard Schubert GmbH Moduläre Verpackungsmaschine

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DE4131800A1 (de) * 1991-09-24 1993-03-25 Krempel August Soehne Verpackungsmaschine
EP0826602A1 (de) * 1996-07-31 1998-03-04 Gerhard Schubert GmbH Moduläre Verpackungsmaschine

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EP3053838A1 (de) * 2015-02-05 2016-08-10 Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co. KG) Modulare vorrichtung zum verpacken von zigaretten oder zigaretten- packungen
CN105857689A (zh) * 2015-02-05 2016-08-17 佛克有限及两合公司 用于打包香烟或香烟包装的模块化设备
CN120270616A (zh) * 2025-05-12 2025-07-08 金动力智能科技（深圳）有限公司 柔性智能制造装置

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