EP2500276A1 - Verpackungs-und Wiegesystem - Google Patents

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EP2500276A1
EP2500276A1 EP12159615A EP12159615A EP2500276A1 EP 2500276 A1 EP2500276 A1 EP 2500276A1 EP 12159615 A EP12159615 A EP 12159615A EP 12159615 A EP12159615 A EP 12159615A EP 2500276 A1 EP2500276 A1 EP 2500276A1
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weighing
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Susumu Kimoto
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Ishida Co Ltd
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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
    • B65B61/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages
    • B65B61/28—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on sheets, blanks, webs, binding material, containers or packages for discharging completed packages from machines
    • 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
    • B65B1/00—Packaging fluent solid material, e.g. powders, granular or loose fibrous material, loose masses of small articles, in individual containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, or jars
    • B65B1/30—Devices or methods for controlling or determining the quantity or quality or the material fed or filled
    • B65B1/46—Check-weighing of filled containers or receptacles
    • 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
    • B65B35/00—Supplying, feeding, arranging or orientating articles to be packaged
    • B65B35/30—Arranging and feeding articles in groups
    • B65B35/36—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers
    • B65B35/38—Arranging and feeding articles in groups by grippers by suction-operated grippers

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging and weighing system that packages objects and weighs the packaged objects.
  • a preferred embodiment of the present invention is a packaging and weighing system including a packaging machine for packaging an object, and discharging a plurality of packaged objects arranged in a plurality of rows in parallel in a first direction; a rest upon which the plurality of rows of objects discharged in parallel from the packaging machine are placed; a weighing machine having a rest surface arranged in line with the rest in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the weighing machine individually weighing each of the plurality of objects resting on the rest surface; a conveyor for conveying the resting objects in the first direction; and a transporter for transporting the plurality of rows of obj ects resting on the rest one row at a time in sequence to the rest surface, and transporting the rows of obj ects weighed on the weighing machine from the rest surface to the conveyor.
  • Another preferred embodiment of the present invention is a packaging and weighing system, wherein the rest functions as a separator for separating two adjacent objects touching each other in the first direction within the plurality of rows of objects discharged in parallel from the packaging machine.
  • Another preferred embodiment of the present invention is a packaging and weighing system, wherein the weighing machine comprises a number N ( ⁇ 3) of weighing sections having the rest surface, and calculates the weight of obj ects using the total of the partial weights of the objects resting on a number M (wherein 2 ⁇ M ⁇ N) of weighing sections.
  • the weighing machine determines the weight of the objects by totaling the partial weights of the objects to be weighed resting on the plurality of weighing sections, the weighing machine can weigh objects resting upon the rest surface without the need to alter its physical configuration even when the arrangement or size of the obj ects being discharged from the packaging machine varies.
  • suction parts are positioned directly over every gap formed between two adjacent weighing sections of the weighing machine when the second gripper is located directly over the rest surfaces of the weighing machine, it is possible to grip the objects upon the rest surfaces of the weighing machine with the second gripper without changing the configuration of the second gripper even when the arrangement or size of the objects being discharged from the packaging machine varies.
  • processing efficiency is increased because it is possible to transport objects from the rest to the rest surfaces of the weighing machine and from the rest surfaces of the weighing machine to the conveyor simultaneously.
  • the rest 2 is disposed in line with the packaging machine 1 in the X axial direction.
  • the rest 2 is provided with four conveyor belts 20 arranged in a row in the Y axial direction that convey the products 100 resting thereupon in the X axial direction.
  • the four rows of products 100 discharged in parallel from the packaging machine 1 each come to rest upon the four conveyor belts 20.
  • the conveyance speed of the products 100 on the conveyor belts 20 of the rest 2 is set higher than the conveyance speed of the products 100 on the conveyor belts 10 of the packaging machine 1.
  • the conveyance speed of the conveyor belts 20 is thus set faster than the conveyance speed of the conveyor belts 10 in the first embodiment, when four products 100 forming a row in the Y axial direction discharged first simultaneously from the packaging machine 1 come to rest upon the four conveyor belts 20, they are carried away without coming into contact with four products 100 forming a row in the Y axial direction being discharged next from the packaging machine 1 at the same time thanks to the difference in conveyance speeds.
  • the rest 2 functions as a separator that separates two products 100 adjacent in the X axial direction within the four rows of products 100 discharged in parallel from the packaging machine 1. When all of the twelve products 100 that constitute one product unit group come to rest on the rest 2, the four conveyor belts 20 of the rest 2 stop conveying the products 100.
  • Each conveyor belt 20 is controlled by a controller not shown in the drawings.
  • the transport robot 6 has a first gripper 61 that grips the products 100 and a second gripper 62 that also grips the products 100, and uses the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 to transport products 100 on the rest 2 to the rest surface 3 a of the weighing machine 3, and products 100 on the rest surface 3 a to the conveyor 4.
  • the attachment members 61b of the first gripper 61 and the attachment members 62b of the second gripper 62 are linked by a linking part 60.
  • the first gripper 61 and the second gripper 62 move as one.
  • One end each of two arms 63 and 64 are connected to the linking part 60, and the another end of each of the arms 63 and 64 are connected to a driver not shown in the drawings.
  • the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 of the transport robot 6 are capable of moving as one in the Y axial direction, and of moving as one in a direction perpendicular to the X axial direction and the Y axial direction, i.e., the vertical direction.
  • the transport robot 6 moves the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 along the Y axial direction so that the first gripper 61 is positioned directly above the first row of products 100 of the product unit group, lowers the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62, and simultaneously grips the first row of three products 100 using the three suction parts 61a of the first gripper 61.
  • the transport robot 6 raises the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 with the first gripper 61 gripping the products 100, and moves the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 along the Y axial direction so that the first gripper 61 is positioned directly over the weighing section 30. Then, as shown in FIG. 5 , the transport robot 6 lowers the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 and places each of the three products 100 being gripped by the first gripper 61 onto the three weighing sections 30. Thus, the plurality of products 100 in the first row of the product unit group on the rest 2 are placed simultaneously on the rest surface 3a of the weighing machine 3. When the products 100 has been placed thereupon, each weighing section 30 begins calculating the weight of the products 100.
  • the transport robot 6 lowers the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62, places each of the three products 100 being gripped by the first gripper 61 onto the three weighing sections 30, and places the three products 100 being gripped by the second gripper 62 onto the conveyor 4.
  • the second row of three products 100 on the rest 2 is placed upon the rest surface 3 a of the weighing machine 3, and the first row of three products 100 on the rest surface 3a is placed onto the conveyor 4.
  • the conveyor 4 conveys the three products 100 in a serial manner in the X axial direction.
  • the transport robot 6 raises the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 with both the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 gripping the products 100, and moves the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 along the Y axial direction so that the first gripper 61 is positioned directly over the weighing sections 30 and the second gripper 62 is positioned directly over the conveyor 4.
  • the transport robot 6 then lowers the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62, places each of the three products 100 being gripped by the first gripper 61 onto the three weighing sections 30, and places the three products 100 being gripped by the second gripper 62 onto the conveyor 4.
  • the third row of three products 100 on the rest 2 is placed upon the rest surface 3 a of the weighing machine 3, and the second row of three products 100 on the rest surface 3a is placed onto the conveyor 4.
  • the first row of three products 100 that had been placed upon the conveyor 4 have all been conveyed to a conveyor belt 50 of the subsequent processing device 5, the second row of three products 100 can be placed upon the conveyor 4 without issue.
  • the transport robot 6 raises the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 gripping no product 100, and moves the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 along the Y axial direction so that the first gripper 61 is positioned directly over the fourth row of products 100 on the rest 2.
  • the transport robot 6 then lowers the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62, and simultaneously grips the fourth row of three products 100 using the three suction parts 61a of the first gripper 61.
  • the transport robot 6, which functions as a transporter for transporting the products 100, grips the products 100 on the rest 2 using the first gripper 61, grips the products 100 on the rest surface 3a of the weighing machine 3 using the second gripper 62, and conveys the products 100 gripped by the first gripper 61 and second gripper 62 to the rest surface 3a and the conveyor 4, respectively. It is thus possible to move products 100 from the rest 2 to the rest surface 3a of the weighing machine 3 and from the rest surface 3a to the conveyor 4 in tandem. Processing efficiency is thus improved.
  • FIG 22 is a side view of the relative positions of the plurality of suction parts 62a of the second gripper 62 and the plurality of weighing sections 30 when the second gripper 62 are positioned directly over the plurality of weighing sections 30.
  • the relative positions of the plurality of suction parts 61a of the first gripper 61 and the plurality of weighing sections 30 when the first gripper 61 is positioned directly over the plurality of weighing sections 30 are also as shown in FIG 22 .
  • the weighing machine 3 is provided with at least three weighing sections 30, it is possible to use a plurality of types of deep drawing die without the need to modify the physical configuration of the weighing machine 3.
  • a deep drawing die such that the product 100 is of a size such that one unit rests upon two weighing sections 30, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 23 , can be used, and a deep drawing die such that the product 100 is of a size such that one unit rests upon three weighing sections 30 can be used.
  • the suction parts 62a are positioned directly over all the gaps 30b between two adjacent weighing sections 30 of the weighing machine 3 when the second gripper 62 is positioned directly over the plurality of weighing sections 30 in the second embodiment, it is possible to grip each product 100 on the rest surface 3a of the weighing machine 3 with the second gripper 62 without the need to change the configuration of the second gripper 62, even when changes are made to the arrangement of the products 100 in the product unit group or to the size of the product 100.
  • the first gripper 61 of the transport robot 6 grips and transports the products 100 from the first row of products 100 in order through the fourth row of the product unit group on the rest 2 one row at a time to the rest surface 3a of the weighing machine 3, and the pusher 65 pushes the row of products 100 on the rest surface 3a to the conveyor 4.
  • the plurality of products 100 discharged in parallel from the packaging machine 1 are conveyed serially to the subsequent conveyor 4.
  • the processing device 5 following the conveyor 4 to process the products 100 one unit at a time.
  • the transport robot 6 simultaneously grips the first row of three products 100 with the first gripper 61, and places each of the three products 100 upon the three weighing sections 30.
  • each weighing section 30 begins calculating the weight of the products 100.
  • the transport robot 6 moves the first gripper 61 gripping no product 100 and the pusher 65 towards the rest 2, and simultaneously grips the fourth row of three products 100 on the rest 2 with the first gripper 61.

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