EP1174345B1 - Machine pour le positionnement de bouteilles, boítes ou récipients analogues - Google Patents

Machine pour le positionnement de bouteilles, boítes ou récipients analogues Download PDF

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EP1174345B1
EP1174345B1 EP01115443A EP01115443A EP1174345B1 EP 1174345 B1 EP1174345 B1 EP 1174345B1 EP 01115443 A EP01115443 A EP 01115443A EP 01115443 A EP01115443 A EP 01115443A EP 1174345 B1 EP1174345 B1 EP 1174345B1
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Siegmar Sindermann
Klaus Krämer
Gisbert Strohn
Gyula Varhaniovsky
Horst Boecker
Winfried Schlüter
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/06—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station
    • B65C9/067—Devices for presenting articles in predetermined attitude or position at labelling station for orienting articles having irregularities, e.g. holes, spots or markings, e.g. labels or imprints, the irregularities or markings being detected
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65C—LABELLING OR TAGGING MACHINES, APPARATUS, OR PROCESSES
    • B65C9/00—Details of labelling machines or apparatus
    • B65C9/02—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station
    • B65C9/04—Devices for moving articles, e.g. containers, past labelling station having means for rotating the articles

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  • the invention relates to a machine according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Machines for treating bottles, cans or similar containers in particular also such circumferential design, in which the treated Containers are arranged on container carriers of a rotating rotor are in various designs and for a variety of purposes known.
  • Labeling machines of circumferential design are also known in which the Container carrier are designed as a turntable and on these turntables standing up containers moved to different treatment positions be, for example, on a labeling unit for the transfer of labels to the Containers, to brushing and pressing stations, etc., with the respective Treatment station according to an alignment of the local container by controlled turning of the turntable takes place.
  • the container to roll these labels around their vertical container axis.
  • a device according to DE 31 37 201 provides also a labeling before, in which the turntable by separately arranged Stepper motors are driven. It is envisaged that the stepper motors be connected by toothed belts with the turntables. The control the stepper motors is carried out by a respective switching unit, with all switching units with a common control unit are connected. Here are the switching units arranged at a relatively great distance from the stepper motors, resulting in high costs in the mechanical manufacturing, assembly and maintenance of a corresponding Device are caused.
  • a device according to DE 31 37 201 is that in case of failure of a turntable first the actual cause of the error must be analyzed, and then subsequently to replace the defective component, resulting in relatively long interruption times arise, which is undesirable in practice.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a machine of the aforementioned type with regard to To simplify design effort and in terms of data transmission.
  • To Solution of this problem is a machine according to claim 1 educated.
  • the machine according to the invention which is for example a labeling machine, stands out i.a. through a simplified and clear structure that it in particular also allows, if necessary, the actuators for the container carrier each with the associated control electronics as a complete assembly exchange. Furthermore, the inventive training allows a very simplified data transmission, for example asynchronous data transmission, especially during operation of the machine.
  • they are more likely treatment-related or -specific control parameters at least partially in the stored respective control and regulating electronics, so that over the preferably as a bus trained data connection in extreme cases during operation of the machine only the current machine parameters to the control units be transmitted.
  • the machine generally designated 1 in the figures serves to treat Containers 2, for example, of bottles and in particular for labeling the Container 2.
  • the machine 1 includes i.a. one about a vertical machine axis VA by means of a Drive 3 rotatably driven rotor 4 with turntable 5, on the circumference in uniform angular intervals distributed around the axis VA container carrier provided are.
  • the containers 2 are the turntables 6 each to a container inlet fed in succession and after treating one after the other Container outlet removed from the turntables 6, as known in the art is.
  • the Treating i. in the present case, the labeling of the container 2.
  • This position or position control of the turntable 6 is u.a. depending on a first Group of control data that considers current machine parameters, such as Rotational speed and angular position of the turntable 5 relative to a Starting position.
  • the position or position control of the turntable 6 by their individual turntable drives 7 is also dependent on parameters or Control data that is freely programmable and e.g. the position of each Turntable 6 on the circumference of the rotor 5, the required orientation of the turntable. 6 and thus the container 2 at a certain treatment position, the required Rotation and / or rotational speed and / or direction of rotation of the turntable 6 and thus the container 2 at a certain treatment position, for example to a labeling station for taking over and / or rolling a label to the Set container, etc.
  • a position sensor 8 For recording the machine parameters (angular position and speed of the Turntable 5) is used a position sensor 8, whose signal output is provided on the rotor 4 and rotates with this rotor.
  • a control panel 9 which e.g. from a computer with input keyboard, screen, etc. is formed and over which a control and programming of the machine 1 is possible.
  • Each turntable drive 7 includes i.a. its own electric drive or Actuator 10, which is a stepping motor in the illustrated embodiment.
  • the Output shaft of the drive motor 10 is in each case with the associated turntable. 6 connected.
  • Each drive motor 10 is associated with a separate position encoder 11, which a dependent of the position of the motor 10 and the turntable 6 actual position or actual position signal supplies.
  • the drive motor 10 and the encoder 11 are the each part of an electronic control unit 12, for each Turntable drive 7 is provided separately, and encapsulated tightly to the outside in a cylindrical housing 13, which at the lower end by a molded bottom and is closed at the upper end by a flange 14 at the turntable 6 is rotatably mounted and also the drive motor 10 with the Encoder 11 and the control unit 12 are attached.
  • each control unit 12 comprises in essentially two assemblies, namely a position control assembly 15 and one of the output signal of this module controlled flow control assembly 16, the in turn drives the drive motor 10.
  • the flow control assembly 16 includes i.a. a trained as a power stage output stage for generating the Drive motor 10 (stepping motor) driving current pulses and a own, internal feedback circuit 16 ', via which a regulation of the output signal (e.g., size and number of current pulses) also depending on Output signal of the position control module 15 takes place.
  • the position control module 15 is for example a microprocessor-based Assembly, which u.a. also memory associated with a microprocessor for programs and contains data.
  • the input of each position control subassembly 15 is connected to a Data connection 17 is connected, which is designed as a data and address bus and via the to the position control modules 15 and to the control and regulating units 12th et al the derived from the position encoder 8 current machine parameters (Angular position and rotational speed of the rotor 4), but also for example about transferred to the panel 9 or an interface entered programs or data
  • the treatment-specific data e.g., orientation of the respective turntable 6 also depending on the current machine data
  • Position control modules 15 for example, the treatment-specific data (e.g., orientation of the respective turntable 6 also depending on the current machine data), and also for storage in the existing storage of Position control modules 15.
  • the data connection 17 is preferably for bidirectional data transmission formed, e.g. for a review of the individual control units 12 stored data.
  • the data connection 17 is furthermore preferably one Data and address bus, such as a bus with electrical lines or a Optical fiber bus.
  • Each control unit 12 forms a control loop with feedback 18, over the corresponding to the actual position of the respective turntable and of The actual signal generated by the encoder 11 with a in the respective position control module 15th formed target signal is compared, so that then by appropriate control the power control assembly 16 and thus the motor 10, a readjustment of the position or angular position or orientation of the turntable 6 to the desired value.
  • the turntable 5 is substantially of a vertical machine axis VA concentrically enclosing ring body 20 formed in which the individual turntable drives 7 provided from above in at the top Openings are used and secured with its flange 14.

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  1. Machine pour traiter des bouteilles, boítes ou récipients (2) similaires, comportant un rotor (4) tournant autour d'un axe vertical (VA) de la machine, comportant au moins un porte-récipient (6) prévu sur le rotor (4) ainsi qu'au moins un mécanisme de positionnement (10) prévu individuellement pour le porte-récipient (6), par lequel l'orientation du porte-récipient par rapport au rotor (4) peut être commandée au moyen d'une unité électronique de commande et de régulation, en fonction de paramètres ou de données de commande, l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) du ou des porte-récipients (6) étant prévue directement sur le ou les mécanismes de positionnement (10), caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) et le ou les mécanismes de positionnement (10) sont logés dans un boítier (13) commun et peuvent être échangés en tant qu'ensemble complet.
  2. Machine selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que plusieurs porte-récipients (6) sont prévus sur le rotor (4) répartis autour de l'axe (VA) de la machine et en ce qu'à chaque porte-récipient est affectée sa propre unité de commande et de régulation (12).
  3. Machine selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que les porte-récipients (6) sont des plateaux tournants qui forment chacun une surface d'appui pour le fond des récipients (2).
  4. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le mécanisme de positionnement est un moteur, par exemple un moteur électrique (10) pour la rotation du porte-récipient (6) respectif autour d'un axe (DA) parallèlement à l'axe (VA) de la machine.
  5. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que le mécanisme de positionnement est un moteur de commande pas à pas (10).
  6. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) respective est logée directement sur le moteur (10) dans un boítier commun.
  7. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'à chaque mécanisme de positionnement (10) est affecté son propre capteur ou un transducteur (11) qui fournit à une entrée de l'unité de commande et de régulation (12), un signal correspondant à la position du mécanisme de positionnement ou du porte-récipient (6) respectif.
  8. Machine selon la revendication 7, caractérisée en ce que le transducteur (11) et le mécanisme de positionnement (10) font partie intégrante d'un circuit de régulation formé par l'unité de commande et de régulation (12), dans lequel la commande du mécanisme de positionnement (10) s'effectue en fonction de la valeur réelle du transducteur et d'une valeur de consigne dérivée des paramètres de commande.
  9. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) comporte un étage final pour ensemble de régulation du courant (16) commandant le mécanisme de positionnement (10), avec rétro-couplage (16').
  10. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) comporte un ensemble de régulation de position (15) qui produit un signal de commande pour commander le mécanisme de positionnement (10), en fonction de paramètres de commande ainsi qu'en tenant compte éventuellement d'au moins un signal de capteurs ou de transducteurs (11, 19).
  11. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que l'unité de commande et de régulation (12) comporte au moins son propre circuit de commande assisté par microprocesseur avec au moins une mémoire de données et de programmes.
  12. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'une unité de commande et de régulation (12) respective forme un signal de commande commandant le mécanisme de positionnement (10), par utilisation de paramètres de la machine actuelle, correspondant au moins à la position et/ou à la vitesse du rotor (4), et/ou en fonction de paramètres de commande qui définissent la position et/ou l'orientation et/ou la position angulaire, le sens de rotation, la vitesse de rotation du porte-récipient (6) respectif, de préférence aussi en fonction de la position et/ou de la vitesse de rotation du rotor (4).
  13. Machine selon la revendication 12, caractérisée en ce que les paramètres de commande sont enregistrés au moins en partie dans une mémoire de l'unité de commande et de régulation (12).
  14. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les paramètres actuels de la machine sont dérivés d'au moins un transducteur (8) qui est prévu pour tous les porte-récipients (6) ou pour un groupe de porte-récipient (6).
  15. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les unités de commande et de régulation (12) sont reliées chacune à une liaison de données (17) réalisée en tant que bus.
  16. Machine selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisée par sa réalisation en tant que machine à étiqueter.
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