EP1380509A1 - Procédé pour le centrage d' images sur une enveloppe d'un emballage contenant des produits - Google Patents

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EP1380509A1
EP1380509A1 EP03425454A EP03425454A EP1380509A1 EP 1380509 A1 EP1380509 A1 EP 1380509A1 EP 03425454 A EP03425454 A EP 03425454A EP 03425454 A EP03425454 A EP 03425454A EP 1380509 A1 EP1380509 A1 EP 1380509A1
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Tiziano Gasperini
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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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
    • B65B57/10—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B57/12—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of articles or materials to be packaged and operating to control, or stop, the feed of wrapping materials, containers, or packages
    • 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
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/18—Registering sheets, blanks, or webs

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  • the present invention relates to a method for centring the print on one face of the wrapper of packs of items.
  • the need is known for putting printed information on the pack wrapper, for example marketing or advertising information.
  • the bundles of items are normally packaged in a wrapper made using a sheet of material such as cellophane.
  • the sheet of cellophane is taken from a web which is unwound from a reel, folded into the shape of a tube and sealed longitudinally.
  • the tube obtained in this way is sealed transversally to form a sort of bag designed to receive the bundle of items to be packaged.
  • the wrapper is then closed by sealing and cutting the sheet of cellophane at the back of the items packaged, at the same time forming the base of the wrapper for the subsequent pack.
  • the print is applied to the cellophane web, at suitable intervals, so that it is located on a predetermined face of the wrapper produced.
  • the print may be in any position considered suitable, except, obviously, in the wrapper sealing zone. Often, for example, the print is present on one side of the pack so that it is visible when the packs are arranged on a pallet or stored using other methods.
  • the print applied to the cellophane web may have an error which is reproduced on the pack or the error, for example print which is shifted so that it is early or late relative to the condition initially required, may occur during the packaging steps.
  • the aim of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantage by providing a method which allows the automatic centring of the print on a predetermined face of the wrapper of packs of items.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to provide a method which allows the real time correction of any errors.
  • Yet another aim of the present invention is to provide a method which allows the above-mentioned print centring by means of an operating structure which has a simple design with reliable and versatile operation.
  • the numeral 1 denotes as a whole a machine for packaging items 2 in bundles inside a wrapper 3 produced using a sheet of material such as cellophane.
  • the sheet of cellophane is obtained form a web 30 which is unwound from a reel 31 and engages with a set of tensioning rollers 13.
  • the cellophane web 30 has a set of printed information.
  • Said print includes a reference section (mark) designed to be detected by suitable sensor means 10, for example of the photocell type, located downstream of the reel 31.
  • suitable sensor means 10 for example of the photocell type, located downstream of the reel 31.
  • the signal detected by the sensor means 10 is sent to electronic control means 11.
  • the cellophane web 30 is fed to a folder part 4 with a shaped opening 41 designed to fold the web 30 (see in particular Figure 2) into the shape of a tube.
  • the folder part 4 constitutes a tubular guide 40 with a transversal profile substantially corresponding to the dimensions of the items 2 to be packaged.
  • Longitudinal sealing means 42 are attached to the folder part 4. The sealing means are designed to seal the tube shaped cellophane web 30 closed.
  • the longitudinal seal line of the tube shaped folded web 30 is normally positioned at the centre line of the pack.
  • the items 2 are fed to a lift part 5 which transfers them to a raised position coplanar with the base of the tubular guide 40 of the folder part 4.
  • a pusher part 6, driven by an actuator 60, on a horizontal axis, is designed to move the items 2 in a direction longitudinal to the folder part 4.
  • This movement of the pusher part 6 is controlled, as is better explained below, by detector means 7.
  • the detector means 7 are connected to the electronic control means 11, which suitably control the pusher part 6 actuator 60.
  • the detector means 7 are designed to compare the movement of the pusher part 6 with the machine cycle degrees.
  • transversal sealing means 8 designed to transversally seal the cellophane web 30 folded into the shape of a tube.
  • Cutting means 9 are attached to the sealing means 8 and simultaneously cut the web 30 along a cutting line in the middle of two adjacent seal lines.
  • the method disclosed for centring print on the wrapper 3 of packs of items 2 involves an initial calibration step, with which reference parameters are saved on the control means 11, as explained below.
  • the first operation in the calibration step consists of predetermining the correct centring of a first print in a first wrapper at the wrapping station formed by the folder means 4, which are designed to fold the cellophane web 30 into a tube shape, and by the longitudinal sealing means 42.
  • a manual jog control is used to operate the machine to feed a first bundle of items 2 to the lift part 5, against a panel 15.
  • the lift part 5 moves to its raised position, in which the first bundle 2 is coplanar with the base of the tubular guide 40 of the folder part 4.
  • the cellophane web 30 folded into a tube shape was previously stretched, for example manually, at the shaped opening 41.
  • the tube obtained in this way is sealed transversally by the sealers 8 to form a sort of bag designed to receive the above-mentioned bundle of items 2 to be packaged.
  • the web 30 is fed into the tubular guide 40 until a first print applied to the web 30 is in the desired position, relative to the dimensions of the bundle of items to be packaged. Said print position is upstream of the sealers 8.
  • the first bundle of items 2 transferred to the raised position is then moved longitudinally, by the pusher part 6, into the first partially formed wrapper 3 in the wrapping station consisting of the folder means 4.
  • the forward movement of the pusher part 6 moves the first bundle of items 2 until it is close to the transversal seal which forms the base of the wrapper.
  • the machine parts open the sealers 8 in a suitably synchronised fashion.
  • the detector means 7 acquire the parameters relative to the position of the pusher part 6 (first characteristic position P; see Figure 3A), as well as the corresponding machine cycle degrees.
  • the data is recorded in the control means 11 which, at this point, create a triple link in the memory between the pusher 6 first characteristic position P, the machine cycle degrees and simultaneous detection of the reference section, which correspond to print centring in the wrapper.
  • the second operation in the initial calibration step involves moving the pusher part 6 further forward, again with the jog control, until it reaches the ideal end of stroke point, corresponding to the reference line "Ao" in Figure 4.
  • the sealers 8 move towards one another, closing the first wrapper 3 produced in this way, separated from the tubular web by the simultaneous action of the cutting means 9, and at the same time closing the base of the wrapper designed to receive the next bundle of items 2 (see Figure 1).
  • the pack produced rests on a table 14 at the folder part 4 outfeed, downstream of the sealers 8.
  • the normal automatic cycle for packaging the items 2 can then be started, during which the method disclosed is designed to check the position of the print in each wrapper as they are produced and to intervene with suitable corrections if positioning errors are encountered.
  • the bundles of items 2 to be packaged are transferred from the lift part 5 in the raised position and pushed by the pusher part 6 into the tube shaped cellophane web at the wrapping station.
  • the bundle of items 2 to be packaged drags the cellophane web 30 which is wrapped around it.
  • the pusher part 6 stroke continues until the first position (characteristic P) is reached ( Figure 3A). If the detector means 7 detect the first characteristic position P correctly, it must coincide with the reading of a reference section by the sensor 10. In such cases, the control means 11, verifying a match, issue the actuator 60 command so that the pusher part 6 completes its stroke to the point previously set (reference line "Ao", Figure 4).
  • the deviation of the print position relative to the predetermined position P is detected when the sensor 10 detects the reference section early or late (lines 0+ and 0- in Figure 3) relative to the position in which the pusher part reaches the first characteristic position P.
  • the deviation value is combined with the relative machine cycle degrees, so as to check if it lies within a predetermined "range" in which a correction can be made with a single corrective movement.
  • Said correction is made in real time, intervening to restore the correct position starting with the next pack.
  • Said correction may be applied gradually over several successive packs, so as to avoid unwanted effects on the tension of the wrapper.
  • the photocell sensor 10 is simultaneously adjusted one way or the other (arrow F) to align it with a reference section of a print, after the one centred on the wrapper.
  • the method disclosed achieves the aim of automatically maintaining print centring on a predetermined face of the wrapper of items to be packaged in bundles, within a predetermined tolerance "range".
  • One advantage of the invention is the fact that the above-mentioned print centring, according to the method disclosed, is performed by an operating structure with a simple design and reliable, versatile operation.

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EP03425454A 2002-07-12 2003-07-10 Procédé pour le centrage d' images sur une enveloppe d'un emballage contenant des produits Expired - Lifetime EP1380509B1 (fr)

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IT2002BO000448A ITBO20020448A1 (it) 2002-07-12 2002-07-12 Metodo per la centratura della stampa sull'involucro di confezioni diarticoli
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GB903693A (en) * 1959-11-27 1962-08-15 Globe Roofing Products Co Inc Wrapping machine
EP0348065A1 (fr) * 1988-06-20 1989-12-27 Hayssen Manufacturing Company Système et procédé pour le contrôle d'un dispositif de scellage d'emballages
EP0699583A1 (fr) * 1994-08-17 1996-03-06 Fuji Machinery Co., Ltd. Machine horizontale pour la fabrication, le remplissage et le scellage d'emballages ainsi que le procédé de commande de la dite machine
EP0761546A1 (fr) * 1995-09-11 1997-03-12 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Appareil de positionnement d'une bande

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB903693A (en) * 1959-11-27 1962-08-15 Globe Roofing Products Co Inc Wrapping machine
EP0348065A1 (fr) * 1988-06-20 1989-12-27 Hayssen Manufacturing Company Système et procédé pour le contrôle d'un dispositif de scellage d'emballages
EP0699583A1 (fr) * 1994-08-17 1996-03-06 Fuji Machinery Co., Ltd. Machine horizontale pour la fabrication, le remplissage et le scellage d'emballages ainsi que le procédé de commande de la dite machine
EP0761546A1 (fr) * 1995-09-11 1997-03-12 Shikoku Kakoki Co., Ltd. Appareil de positionnement d'une bande

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