Classifications

• • 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
  • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
• • 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
  • B65B19/00—Packaging rod-shaped or tubular articles susceptible to damage by abrasion or pressure, e.g. cigarettes, cigars, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws or welding electrodes
  • B65B19/34—Packaging other rod-shaped articles, e.g. sausages, macaroni, spaghetti, drinking straws, welding electrodes
• • 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
  • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
  • B65B43/12—Feeding flexible bags or carton blanks in flat or collapsed state; Feeding flat bags connected to form a series or chain
  • B65B43/14—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines
  • B65B43/16—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers
  • B65B43/18—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers by suction-operated grippers
  • B65B43/185—Feeding individual bags or carton blanks from piles or magazines by grippers by suction-operated grippers specially adapted for carton blanks
• • 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
  • B65B43/00—Forming, feeding, opening or setting-up containers or receptacles in association with packaging
  • B65B43/42—Feeding or positioning bags, boxes, or cartons in the distended, opened, or set-up state; Feeding preformed rigid containers, e.g. tins, capsules, glass tubes, glasses, to the packaging position; Locating containers or receptacles at the filling position; Supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
  • B65B43/54—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation
  • B65B43/56—Means for supporting containers or receptacles during the filling operation movable stepwise to position container or receptacle for the reception of successive increments of contents
• • 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
  • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
  • B65B5/02—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles
  • B65B5/024—Machines characterised by incorporation of means for making the containers or receptacles for making containers from preformed blanks
• • 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
  • B65B5/00—Packaging individual articles in containers or receptacles, e.g. bags, sacks, boxes, cartons, cans, jars
  • B65B5/06—Packaging groups of articles, the groups being treated as single articles
• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the technical field of automatic machines for the packaging and quality control of tubular articles and subsequent palletisation of the containers.
• Such novel device assembles a plurality of electromechanical devices having an automated process which makes the packaging of tubes in the boxes (number of pieces per row, quantity of rows, etc.) efficient according to the size of the tube to be packaged and then provides for palletising step.
• tubular containers, or tubes must be directed, one by one and with a predetermined orientation, in a straight or carousel conveyor line, suitable for transferring them to a filling station, in which suitable dispensing members fill them with the articles. This is true in the step of filling the tubes, but further stations for controlling possible labelling of the tubes as well as the sealing of the tubes and ejection of any discarded material are provided for “upstream” of the filling station. At the moment there lacks a completely automated process, capable of supplying empty tubes well packed in the boxes which in turn are well positioned on the pallet.
• the object of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine which is faster than known solutions by combining the palletising step thereof.
• W02013018074A1 Apparatus and method for batching, packing and palletizing a granular product.
• W02013018074A1 Apparatus and method for batching, packing and palletizing a granular product.
• W02013018074A1 Apparatus and method for batching, packing and palletizing a granular product.
• W02013018074A1 Apparatus and method for batching, packing and palletizing a granular product.
• W02013018074A1 Apparatus and method for batching, packing and palletizing a granular product
• the technical solution obtained from the invention consists in providing a completely automated packaging, product control and palletising island 200, where in all the steps such device also provides for easy access (after release of the safety guard) from every point in all the process steps.
• the system Being managed by a PLC, the system is capable of generating and storing a detailed report:
• the hardware part of the system containing a plurality of assembl ed devices is designed for a totally automatic format change in order to provide - as a technical advantage - the reduction of manual work by the operator in the vision of the supply chain regarding the manufacture of tubes and their packaging. In this sense, there is easy access to all the control panels provided with appropriate buttons necessary for operation in the control areas.
• the assembly of the plurality of electromechanical devices also comprises a light tower arranged in an area visible from every point of the layout of the assembled system, by means of further light devices positioned on the main control panel.
• safety devices fixed protections and guards for access protected by interlocked safety systems or possible barriers in the access areas of the operator.
• there are various emergency buttons along the perimeter of the system and the anthropomorphic palletiser is automatically deactivated in case of presence not foreseen in the work area.
• Such system comprises a plurality of assembled devices capable of forming the box and the lid, inserting the tubes, depositing the box perfectly ready in an area defined for the subsequent step, i.e. palletising with a supply frequency of two tubes every second approximately.
• the multifunction system and the relative software, developed for the many packaging applications, contain all the key functions for a simple and fast programming, for all the operations carried out directly in the manufacturing process.
• This aspect of seeking more efficient and effective solutions in the tube packaging step represents a technological innovation because it avoids the operator carrying out routine and repetitive operations, i.e. the preparation and control of packagings, the insertion of tubes into prepared boxes and lastly the insertion of packagings, effectively and efficiently positioned on pallets.
• reference numeral 100 is a plan view of a plurality of electromechanical and electronic devices assembled to ensure a sequential series process, comprising:
• the electromechanical device positions the box or the sheets in the working areas so as to ensure the conti nui ty of the process 12;
• a belt 7 conveys the tubes (correct number and position) allowing an easier grip by the electromechanical device
• the electromechanical device 8 transfers - with the aid of a handling device provided with suction cups (to be replaced depending on the sizes) - the tubes by a number such to be filled by rows in the boxes 6;
• a pneumatic plunger 11 transfers the box to the closing area using the lid;
• the present invention reveals a system managed by a PLC that provides for choosing the batch to be produced, in which all the information of processes regarding, as final objective, the automated insertion of the tubes in the appropriate boxes and subsequent palletisation. Furthermore, the configuration of the device allows to limit the overall dimensions thereof and to have, at the same time, a high operating speed, certainly capable of meeting the productivity needs of modem industry 4.0 machines. A further object of the present invention is to provide a packaging machine which is more versatile with respect to known solutions or, in particular, which allows to easily change another box size and/or tube size.
• Such plurality of electromechanical devices process tubes having a diameter of 40 mm, although such size can be varied, and they are designed to work in line with the production machines upstream and downstream of such packaging and palletising island.
• the maximum size of the boxes to be packaged has the following characteristics: 600 mm x 380 mm x 140 mm, also in this case such volume is variable according to the size of the tubes to be packaged and palletised.
• electromechanical devices assembled in a single production process have an acoustic emission below 80 dBA as well as a pneumatic supply of 6 bar and a 400 V50 Htz, three-phase alternating plus neutral and earth-connected electric power supply.
• Such plurality of electromechanical and electrical devices allows to reach, as mentioned above, a supply frequency of approximately two tubes per second.
• a further detail lies in the fact such devices of the i sland are interconnected and, through the continuous exchange of signals, they are made autonomous with each other.

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• Supplying Of Containers To The Packaging Station (AREA)
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