EP2004530B1 - Device for handling bobbins of packaging material - Google Patents

Abstract

For supplying machines, namely packaging machines, with web-like packaging material which is present in the form of a reel, a reel store (15) is fitted out with a portal (16), in which the reels (10 . . . 13) are kept on pallets (14). A portal robot (20) with an articulated arm (27) transfers reels (10 . . . 13) as required to winding subassemblies (29 . . . 32) arranged outside the portal (16). From these winding subassemblies, the material webs are transported toward opposite sides, in the direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the portal (16), to the consuming machines.

Description

The invention relates to a device for supplying production machines in connection with the production of cigarette packs or similar packages, in particular for supplying packaging machines, with consumables, namely wound as reels of paper, thin cardboard, foil or tinfoil, the reels within an upright Columns and an upper substantially horizontal frame having portal of a reel storage held on pallets and each a reel by a robot connected to the portal or gantry robot with lifting head each one of several winding units with working pins for receiving a respective reel be fed.

Such a device is known from US 5,209,247 , In this prior art, on the one hand, several pallet spaces and, on the other hand, several associated winding units are arranged in the area of the portal. As a result, the handling of the bobbins can be carried out with a gantry robot, which can be moved on the one hand along upper side rails of the gantry and whose lifting head can be moved up and down in the transverse direction on a robot carrier and beyond. The arrangement of Bobinenstellplätze one hand, and the winding units on the other hand in the portal is disadvantageous for the handling of reels, but especially for the supply and operation of the winding units.

For the individual supply of individual packaging machines with packaging material, in particular reels, it is known to position several pallets directly on the packaging machine. A stationary, movable Lifting conveyor with telescopic arm and lifting head for bobbins takes over this and transfers the bobbins to swivel-mounted pins of the packaging machine ( EP 1 256 538 A2 ). The handling of bobbins and possibly blank stacks directly in the area of the respective packaging machine, including the storage, is complicated and erroneous because of possibly incorrect supply of packaging material. As the closest prior art, the in EP 1157952 A2 disclosed device.

The invention has for its object to make the supply of packaging machines with packaging material, especially with reels, more efficient and reliable.

1. a) die insbesondere mehreren Wickelaggregate befinden sich außerhalb des Portals unmittelbar benachbart zu einer Längsseite desselben,
2. b) der Portalroboter weist einen in horizontaler Ebene schwenkbaren Auslegerarm auf, insbesondere einen Knickarm, an dessen freiem Ende der Hubkopf zum Erfassen einer Bobine angeordnet ist,
3. c) der Auslegerarm bzw. Knickarm ist so bemessen, dass in Verbindung mit dem in Längsrichtung des Portals verfahrbaren Portalroboter eine Bobine von einer Palette aufnehmbar und an jeweils ein zugeordnetes Wickelaggregat außerhalb des Portals überführbar ist

To solve this problem, the device described at the outset is characterized by the following features:

1. a) the particular several winding units are located outside the portal immediately adjacent to a longitudinal side of the same,
2. b) the gantry robot has a cantilever arm pivotable in a horizontal plane, in particular an articulated arm, at the free end of which the lifting head is arranged to engage a bobbin,
3. c) the cantilever arm or articulated arm is dimensioned such that, in conjunction with the gantry robot movable in the longitudinal direction of the gantry, a bobbin can be picked up from a pallet and transferred to a respective associated winding unit outside the gantry

In the invention, the areas of the material store on the one hand and the processing of the bobbins on the other hand spatially separated, so that necessary measures on the winding units are feasible, without entering the area of the portal. Furthermore, by the positioning of the winding units outside the portal, a novel guidance of the webs possible in conjunction with a better arrangement of the packaging machines in relation to the camp or portal.

A special feature are measures for the transfer of fed by a reel bobbins reels to a working pin of a winding unit or a packaging machine. According to the invention, the bobbins are placed on an intermediate conveyor, which allows a transfer to an upright working pin independently of the bobbin conveyor.

Furthermore, the formation of a lifting head for a Bobinenförderer, especially a robot, an inventive feature. This consists in that the lifting head has two retaining devices based on different working methods, namely, on the one hand a transport pin which can be fixed in the center opening of the reel and, on the other hand, a suction member acting on the upper side of the reel, in particular a suction bell. As a result, bobbins with a large diameter and / or a large weight are reliably detectable and manageable.

Fig. 1

eine Anlage zum Herstellen von Zigarettenpackungen in Draufsicht,

Fig. 2

eine Einzelheit der Anlage gemäß Fig. 1, nämlich ein Material- bzw. Bobinenlager in perspektivischer Darstellung,

Fig. 3

das Lager gemäß Fig. 2 in Frontansicht,

Fig. 4

das Lager gemäß Fig. 2, Fig. 3 in Draufsicht,

Fig. 5

eine Einzelheit des Lagers gemäß Fig. 2 bis Fig. 4 in Frontansicht gemäß Fig .3 bei vergrößertem Maßstab,

Fig. 6

eine Einzelheit einer Station des Lagers, nämlich eines Wickelaggregats in Draufsicht entsprechend Pfeil VI in Fig. 5,

Fig. 7

eine weitere Einzelheit der Station gemäß Fig. 5 in einem Querschnitt in der Schnittebene VII-VII der Fig. 5,

Fig. 8

die Einzelheit gemäß Fig. 7 bei veränderter Position eines Organs,

Fig. 9

eine weitere Einzelheit des Bobinenlagers, nämlich einen Hubkopf eines Bobinenförderers im Vertikalschnitt,

Fig. 10

die Einzelheit gemäß Fig. 9 bei veränderter Relativstellung von Organen des Hubkopfes,

Fig. 11

einen Querschnitt des Hubkopfes gemäß Fig. 10 in Schnittebene XI-XI,

Fig. 12

eine Einzelheit XII des Hubkopfes gemäß Fig. 10 in vergrößertem Maßstab.

Further details of the invention are explained below with reference to the drawings. It shows:

Fig. 1

a plant for producing cigarette packs in plan view,

Fig. 2

a detail of the plant according to Fig. 1 , namely a material or Bobinenlager in perspective view,

Fig. 3

the warehouse according to Fig. 2 in front view,

Fig. 4

the warehouse according to Fig. 2 . Fig. 3 in plan view,

Fig. 5

a detail of the warehouse according to Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 in front view according to Fig. 3 on an enlarged scale,

Fig. 6

a detail of a station of the camp, namely a winding unit in plan view according to arrow VI in Fig. 5 .

Fig. 7

another detail of the station according to Fig. 5 in a cross section in the sectional plane VII-VII of Fig. 5 .

Fig. 8

the detail according to Fig. 7 with a changed position of an organ,

Fig. 9

a further detail of the reel storage, namely a lifting head of a reel bobbin in vertical section,

Fig. 10

the detail according to Fig. 9 with changed relative position of organs of the lifting head,

Fig. 11

a cross section of the lifting head according to Fig. 10 in section plane XI-XI,

Fig. 12

a detail XII of the lifting head according to Fig. 10 on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings, the handling of packaging material in connection with the manufacture of packages is shown. Specifically, it is about the production of cigarette packs in the execution folding box or Hinge Lid Pack. In the manufacture of this classic type of cigarette pack on the one hand prefabricated Blanks and on the other hand processed web-shaped material. In the foreground is the handling of the available as reels 10, 11, 12, 13 material webs. The different bobbins 10..13 in terms of material and size are used to produce different blanks of the packages. The bobbins 10 consist of Stanniolbahnen for an inner wrapping of the package contents (alternatively made of paper). The reels 11 are intended for the production of collars, therefore consist of thin cardboard. The reels 12 are wound webs of paper or foil for wrapping a package bundle (cigarette rod). Finally, the reels 13 consist of wound film webs (with tear thread) for an outer covering of the (individual) packages.

The bobbins 10..13 are provided "sorted" on pallets 14. Each bobbin type is therefore associated with a pallet 14. A complete set of such pallets 14 is kept ready in the area of a reel storage 15. The bobbin bearing 15 is surrounded by a portal 16, that is to say a substantially rectangular or parallelepipedal support step. An upper rectangular frame 17 rests on (four) corner supports 18 and intermediate supports 19 according to static specifications. The rear intermediate supports 19 are arranged at equal intervals, so that the pallets 14 can be fed and positioned in the region of free spaces.

To handle or transport the bobbins 10..13 is a bobbin conveyor, namely a gantry robot 20. This is designed and arranged in a special way. An upright robot column 21 is the same on the portal 16 in the longitudinal direction. The gantry robot 20 is arranged eccentrically, namely on a lateral side member 22 of the frame 17. On this inside a special rail 23 is attached to or on a drive of the gantry robot 20 back and forth, by a stationary servo motor 24th ,

At the robot column 21, a hoist 25 is moved up and down, also by motor drive. At the hoist 25, a structure for a lifting head 26 is attached. The structure consists of a pivotable in a horizontal plane support arm for the lifting head, in the embodiment as articulated arm 27 with an approximately central joint. The lifting head 26 is therefore movable up and down and in the horizontal plane due to the pivoting of the articulated arm 27 and the additional movement component through the joint in an exact position on each to be handled reel 10..13 alignable. The portal 16 is provided at the bottom, with distance from the ground, with a extending over three sides of the portal 16 supporting structure to increase the stability. The gantry robot or its robot column 21 is supported with the lower area on a longitudinal profile 28 of the portal 16.

The bobbins 10. 13 held ready in the bobbin rack 15 are to be transferred from the gantry robot 20 to consumption machines. These are winding units 29, 30, 31, 32. These devices, also referred to as splicers, are used to pull off the material webs from the respective reels 10..13 and to feed the webs directly to the respective packaging machines. Each winding unit 29..32 has at least two brackets for bobbins 10..13, namely transversely projecting, horizontally directed working pins 33, 34. These occur in each case in a central opening 35 of the reel 10..13. The center opening 35 is usually formed by a sleeve-shaped, cylindrical Bobinenkem 36, on which the respective material web is wound. Each wrapping unit 29..32 is accordingly equipped with an active bobbin and a reserve bob. In order to connect the respective new reel to the running web, each reel assembly 29..32 is provided with a Spliceorgan 37. A special feature is that all winding units 29..32 are positioned outside the portal 16, in parallel alignment along one longitudinal side.

The winding units 29... 32 are positioned outside of the reel rack 15 or outside the portal 16 in such a way that access in the area of the front side and the rear side is possible without entering the area of the portal 16. Furthermore, the relative position in conjunction with the dimensioning and movability of the gantry robot 20 is selected so that the lifting head 26 can detect each bobbin 10..13 in the region of the portal 16 and can pass it to the respective winding unit 29..32. Conveniently, the pallets 14 are positioned immediately adjacent to the reel-winding unit 29..32 receiving the relevant bobbins 10..13.

A special feature is the transfer of the bobbins 10..13 from the Bobinenförderer or from the lifting head 26 to a pin or working pin 33, 34 of the respective material processing device. The two working pins 33, 34 of each winding unit 29..32 are pivotally mounted, namely between a horizontal working position ( Fig. 8 ) and an upright receiving position tiltable. The two pins 33, 34 of each winding assembly 29..32 are independently movable and each mounted on a shaft 38 for the pivoting movements. Drive and pivot bearings are located within a housing 39 with an opening extending at a corner 40 for the passage of the working pins 33, 34 during the end positions and during the pivoting movement.

The bobbins 10..13 are supplied to the winding units 29..32 as required and in each case to a working pin 33, 34 in an upright position ( Fig. 7 ) to hand over. For this purpose, each working pin 33, 34 associated with an intermediate conveyor for the bobbins 10..13. This takes over the reel 10..13 from the lifting head 26 and passes them to the respective upright working pins 33, 34. The intermediate conveyor is designed so that after transfer of the reel 10..13 to the working pin 33, 34 this pivots in the horizontal working position can be without interference from the separately movable intermediate conveyor. This is preferably formed as a support plate 41 and arranged substantially centrally above the working pin 33, 34. Each support plate 41 is independently movable, namely raised and lowered. The support plate 41 is therefore mounted on a lifting device, in the present case on (two) lifting rods 42, which are up and down, for example, by a pressure medium cylinder.

The respective reel 10..13 is stored by the lifting head 26 on the appropriate support plate 41 in an upper receiving position ( Fig. 5 ). To transfer to an upright working pin 33, 34, the support plate 41 is lowered. A central opening in the support plate 41, namely a in the direction of pivotal movement of the working pin 33, 34 open slot 43, allows the transmission of the reel 10..13 on the working pin 33, 34 due to the lowering movement. The working pin 33, 34 enters into the center opening 35 of the reel 10..13.

The intermediate conveyor or the support plate 41 is lowered so far relative to the working pin 33, 34 until the reel 10..13 system receives a stop on the working pin 33, 34, namely at a cross-sectional enlargement or on a collar 44. This is so attached so that the bobbin takes on the exact working position on the pin when resting against this stop. The intermediate conveyor or the support plate 41 is now released due to continued movement of the reel, namely by downward movement ( Fig. 7 , dash-dotted lines). Now the working pin 33, 34 is moved with Bobine in the horizontal working position, wherein the working pin 33, 34 is moved over the open side of the slot 43 from the region of the support plate 41. This can then be moved back into the upper output or receiving position. The loading of the winding units 29..32 can therefore be independent of the position of the working pins 33, 34, so that a particularly efficient material supply is provided.

The positioning of the winding units 29..32 outside the portal 16 allows unwinding of the webs of the bobbins 10..13 without deflection "corner" directly towards consumption machines, namely packaging machines. The material webs are conveyed by the respective reel 10..13 coming in an upright plane and then deflected by means of guide rollers 45 in a horizontal conveying plane. The guide rollers 45 assigned to each track are arranged in staggered positions, so that the tracks can be transported away in height according to offset horizontal planes ( Fig. 2 . Fig. 3 ).

Due to the aforementioned direction of movement of the material webs, a special positioning of the packaging machines in relation to the reel bearing 15 or portal 16 is possible (lay-out). As in particular from Fig. 1 can be seen, material-consuming machines on both sides of the portal 16 and the series of winding units 29..32 are arranged. In the present example, on one side of the reel-bed storage 15, there is positioned a packaging machine for manufacturing the cigarette packages, namely an HL-packer 46 for the production of hinged lid packs. According to the usual structure of this type of packing two webs of material are fed to the HL-packer 46. A relatively narrow collar web 47 of thin cardboard is drawn off from the reel 11 in the region of the (first) reel assembly 29 and runs along a lower conveying plane. Furthermore, a Stanniolbahn 48 is guided to the HL-packer 46, in the upper level, starting from the (second) winding unit 30 with the reels 10. The tracks 47, 48 reach due to the relative position directly to the processing units of the HL Packers 46.

Blanks for this type of package are usually made outside the packaging line and delivered as pallet stacks. A separate stacking station 49 processed this packaging material by the blank stacks are placed on a stack conveyor 50 and transported to the HL-packer 46. This is equipped in the usual way with a blank magazine, which takes over the blank stacks for singling and transfer to a folding turret.

Coming from the HL-packer 46, the finished cigarette packs are fed to 15 further packing machines, bypassing the reel bearing 15, by a packing conveyor 51 arranged in a U-shaped plan view. This is designed as an overhead conveyor and transports the packs to a packing machine for the outer casing, viz to a cello packer 52. This attaches a film outer wrap to the packages coming from the HL packer 46. The packages thus completed are transferred to a subsequent container packer 53 for the production of packs of packages, so-called cigarette rods. For this purpose, a group of packages is wrapped in a container blank made of paper or foil by the packer 53.

The latter packers 52, 53, the winding units 31, 32 are assigned. Their material webs are conveyed in to the winding units 29, 30 opposite direction. In a lower level, a film web 54, which are deducted from the (film) reels 13 of the peripheral winding unit 32 runs. This film web 54 leads to the cello packer 52. In the area of the winding unit 31, the reels 12 are kept ready for the container wrapping. A film or paper web 55 leads from a deflection roller 45 coming in a plane above the film web 54 to the packer 53 and is thereby conveyed above the cello packer 52.

Another special feature is the design of the hoist 25 and the lifting head 26 for handling, namely for lifting and transporting bobbins with a center opening 35. The lifting head 26 attached to a lifting mechanism, here on an articulated arm 27, has a center opening 35 entering Pin, namely a transport or support pin 78 which is clamped within the middle opening 35 and within the bobbin core 36 by clamping members. The cylindrical pin 78 is formed as a hollow body with an annular or cylindrical shell 56. This is slightly smaller in outer diameter than the central opening 35. The jacket 56 is connected to an upper support piece, namely with a top plate 57. This is at one with the boom or articulated arm 27 attached supporting structure attached. Within the trunnion 78 extendable clamping members are mounted in the transverse or radial direction, namely jaws 60. Several, in the present case, five web-like jaws 60 are at equal distances from each other in the circumferential direction of the pin 78 distributed ( Fig. 11 ). In clamping position, the jaws 60 lie with their outer surfaces on the Bobinenkem 36 at.

The multiple jaws 60 is assigned a common actuator within the pin 78. It is a clamping cone 61, which is arranged centrally within the shell 56 movable. The clamping cone 61 has an upwardly converging, ie obliquely directed clamping surface 62 against which the clamping jaws 60 rest with correspondingly inclined mating surfaces 63. By upward movement of the centrally disposed clamping cone 61, the jaws 60 are moved together in the radial direction outwards into the clamping position by the action of clamping surfaces 62 and mating surfaces 63. The jaws 60 thereby pass through slot-like recesses 64 in the journal or in the shell 56. The clamping cone 61 is associated with an actuator, namely a centrally above or on the top plate 57 arranged pressure medium cylinder 65 (Kurzhubzylinder). This is connected via a piston rod with the clamping cone 61 and controllable for up and down movements of the clamping cone 61. The (five) clamping jaws 60 positioned at equal angular distances from one another are connected to the clamping cone 61 while ensuring the relative movement, in particular by means of the dovetail guide 77.

The pin or trunnion 78 realizes a weight-dependent clamping force reinforcement on the jaws 60. For this purpose, the jacket 56 is connected under elastic pressure as a separate workpiece (indirectly) with the top plate 57. In the shell 56, a plurality of spaced apart support pins 66 is guided in corresponding holes. These are firmly connected to the top plate 57. The shell 56 rests on springs 67 which are supported on a lower end stop 68 of each support pin 66. With increased downward load on the shell 56 this is moved under compression of the springs 67 relative to the top plate 57 downwards. Since the relative position of the clamping cone 61 remains unchanged, the downward movement of the jacket 56 causes an increase in pressure in the region of the surfaces 62, 63 and thus an increase in the clamping force, triggered by the weight of the reel.

Another special feature is the design of the lifting head 26 with a second, independent lifting means. It is a suction member, namely an annular suction cup 69. This consists of a downwardly open hollow body, which is placed on top of the handled reel 10..13. The suction bell 69 is fixed by means of negative pressure on the bobbin. For this purpose, the suction cup 69 is formed as an annular hollow body. An interior 70 is connected to a suction line 71, which leads to a vacuum source. In order to produce a sufficient negative pressure in the interior 70, a plurality, at least two such suction lines 71 are provided. The dimension of the annular suction cup 69 is selected so that a downwardly directed suction opening 72 with a partial region also covers the bobbin core 36 (FIG. Fig. 9 ).

The suction cup 69 is movable up and down as an additional lifting means relative to the support pin 78. For this purpose, the suction cup 69 is connected via a connection 73 to a guide piece 74. This is on a rod, namely on the support rod 59, up and abverschiebbar entraining the suction cup 69. This can be fixed in any relative position to the support pin 78, by a clamping member 75. It is a clamping cartridge, which means Compressed air can be fixed on a counter organ. The compressed air is supplied via a line 76. The clamping member 75 is mounted on the support rod 58 and fixed to this in any position, whereby a corresponding position of the suction cup 69 is determined.

When using the thus formed combined lifting head 26 of the pin 78 is inserted into the central opening 35, preferably down to a lower area ( Fig. 10 ). In this position, the jaws 60 are extended to fix the pin 78. The suction cup 69 is relaxed at clamping member 75 on the top of the reel ( Fig. 9 ). In the continued insertion movement of the pin 78, the guide piece 74 slides on the support rod 59 in the downward direction. When the pin 78 has reached the clamping position and is fixed, the clamping member 75 is actuated and thus the suction cup 69 is fixed in the position for detecting the reel 10..13 by means of suction, ie in the installation position according to Fig. 10 , Now, the suction cup 69 is subjected to negative pressure, so that when lifting the reel 10..13 carrying capacity both within of the bobbin core 36 as well as on the top of the bobbin is transmitted. The lifting head 26 designed in this way can be used for bobbins in any lifting devices.

The illustrated and described device or system is suitable for analog conversion and adaptation for the production of other types of packages, especially cigarette packs, such as soft packs or packs of the type shell and slide. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS 10 (Collar) Bobine 46 HL-Packer 11 (Tinfoil) Bobine 47 collar Bahn 12 (Bar) Bobine 48 tinfoil 13 (Film) Bobine 49 stacking station 14 palette 50 stackers 15 Bobinenlager 51 pack conveyor 16 portal 52 Cello packer 17 frame 53 container packer 18 Corner column 54 sheet 19 intermediate support 55 paper web 20 gantry robot 56 coat 21 robots column 57 headstock 22 longitudinal beams 58 supporting rod 23 running rail 59 supporting rod 24 servomotor 60 jaw 25 hoist 61 clamping cone 26 lifting head 62 clamping surface 27 articulated 63 counter surface 28 longitudinal profile 64 recess 29 winding unit 65 Pressure cylinder 30 winding unit 66 support bolts 31 winding unit 67 feather 32 winding unit 68 end stop 33 working journals 69 suction cup 34 working journals 70 inner space 35 center opening 71 suction 36 reel core 72 suction opening 37 Spliceorgan 73 connection 38 wave 74 guide piece 39 casing 75 clamping member 40 opening 76 management 41 support plate 77 dovetail guide 42 lifting rod 78 supporting journal 43 Long hole 44 Federation 45 deflecting

Claims (15)

1. An apparatus for supplying production machines associated with the production of cigarette packs or similar packs, in particular for supplying packaging machines, with consumable material, namely webs of paper, thin cardboard, film or tinfoil which are wound in the form of reels (10, 11, 12, 13), it being the case that the reels (10..13) are kept on pallets (14) within a portal (16) which has upright supports (18, 19) and a top, essentially horizontal frame (17) and forms part of a reel store (15), and a respective reel (10..13) can be fed by a robot or portal robot (20), which is connected to the portal (16) and has a lifting head (26), to a respective one of a plurality of winding subassemblies (29..32) with operating spindles (33, 34) for receiving a respective reel (10..13), characterized by the following features:

   a) the in particular plurality of winding subassemblies (29..32) are located outside the portal (16), directly adjacent to a longitudinal side of the same,

   b) the portal robot (20) has an extension arm, in particular an articulated arm (27), which can be pivoted in a horizontal plane and at the free end of which is arranged the lifting head (26) for gripping a reel (10..13),

   c) the extension arm or articulated arm (27) is dimensioned such that, in conjunction with the portal robot (20), which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the portal (16), a reel (10..13) can be received from a pallet (14) and transferred to in each case one associated winding subassembly (29..32) outside the portal (16).
2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the extension arm or articulated arm (27) can be moved up and down on an upright robot column (21), and the robot column (21) can be displaced on a longitudinal carrier (22), which is directed toward the winding subassemblies (29..32) and forms part of the portal (16), in the direction of the longitudinal carrier (22), preferably while being supported on a bottom longitudinal profile (28).
3. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one pallet (14) with reels (10..13) for each winding subassembly (29..32), preferably four pallets (14), each loaded with a single type of reel (10..13), for four winding subassemblies (29..32), is or are arranged in the region of the reel store (15) or of the portal (16), the pallets (14) preferably being arranged adjacent to the associated winding subassemblies (29..32).
4. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that, in the region of the winding subassemblies (29..32), material webs can be conveyed away from the reels (10..13) in the direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the portal (16), in particular in groups or in pairs in each case in opposite directions, it preferably being possible for the material webs to be conveyed by the winding subassemblies (29..32), or the operating spindles (33, 34) of the same, first of all in an upright plane and then, on account of deflection in the region of the deflecting roller (45), in a horizontal plane and webs which are transported in the same direction in each case being guided in conveying planes which are located one above the other.
5. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that, for the production of packs with a separately made blank, in particular for the production of cigarette packs of the hinge-lid-box type, a separate material store for stacks of blanks is arranged adjacent to a hinge-lid packer (46) and has a stacking station (49) for transferring stacks of blanks to the hinge-lid packer (46), it being possible for the packs which are produced by the hinge-lid packer (46) to be fed by a pack conveyor (51) outside the region of the reel store (15), preferably overhead, to a cellophane packer (52).
6. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that by means of a reel conveyor, in particular by the portal robot (20) or by a lifting head (26) arranged on the extension arm of the portal robot (20), the reels (10..13) can be set down on a movable intermediate carrier in the region of one of the winding subassemblies (29..32) or the like and can be fed from the intermediate carrier to an associated operating spindle (33, 34).
7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized in that each winding subassembly (29..32) has two spaced-apart operating spindles (33. 34) which are directed horizontally in the operating position and are intended for a respective reel (10..13), it being possible for the operating spindles (33, 34) to be pivoted independently of one another about a horizontal axis from the horizontal operating position into an upright receiving position in order to receive a reel (10..13) from the intermediate carrier.
8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the intermediate carrier for a respective reel (10..13) comprises a carrying mechanism, in particular a carrying plate (41 which can be moved up and down, it being the case that, by virtue of the intermediate carrier or of the carrying plate (41) being moved downward, the reel (10..13) set down on the intermediate carrier or on the carrying plate (41) can be transferred on the upright operating spindle (33, 34), and the intermediate carrier or the carrying plate (41) can then be moved out of the region of the carrying spindle (33, 34) such that the latter can be pivoted, with the reel (10..13), into the horizontal operating position, in particular with the intermediate carrier or the carrying plate (41) having an opening, preferably a slot (43) which corresponds with the central opening (35) in a reel (10..13) and is open in the direction of the pivoting movement of an operating spindle (33, 34).
9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the reel (10..13) can be set down by the intermediate carrier or the carrying plate (41), by way of downward movement, on a protrusion or a collar (44) of the operating spindle (33, 34) in accordance with the operating position of the reel (10..13), and the carrying plate (41) can then be moved further downward such that the reel (10..13) rests exclusively on the operating spindle (33, 34), it being the case that, once the operating spindle (33, 34) has moved into the operating position, the carrying plate (41) returns, by way of upward movement, into a top, receiving position for a reel (10..13).
10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized by the following features:

    a) the reel conveyor, in particular the articulated arm (27) of the portal robot (20), has a lifting head (26) with a downwardly directed transporting or carrying spindle (78) for entering into a central opening (35) in a reel (10..13),

    b) the transporting or carrying spindle (78) is provided, for the purpose of fixing the transporting or carrying spindle (78), with transversely or radially movable clamping jaws (60) which can be moved radially outward by an actuating mechanism, in particular by a bracing cone (61) which can be moved up and down, with bracing surfaces (62) and mating surfaces (63) interacting.

    c) a plurality of crosspiece-like clamping jaws (60) are arranged at equal angular intervals from one another along the circumference of the carrying spindle (78) and can jointly be subjected to the action of the central bracing cone (61).
11. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the clamping jaws (60) are connected to the bracing cone (61) in a form-fitting manner, but such that they can be moved relative to one another, in particular via a dovetail connection (77) which is directed obliquely in a manner corresponding to the bracing surfaces (62) and mating surfaces (63).
12. The apparatus as claimed in claim 10 or one of the further claims, characterized by the following features:

    a) the carrying spindle (78) essentially comprises a cylindrical lateral surface (56),

    b) the lateral surface (56) can be moved up and down relative to a carrying part of the carrying spindle (78), in particular relative to a top, transversely directed carrying or head plate (57),

    c) the clamping jaws (60) are connected to the lateral surface (56), in particular are mounted in a radially displaceable manner in a respective aperture (64) in the lateral surface (56),

    d) on account of being subjected to loading by a reel (10), the lateral surface (56) can be moved downward with the clamping jaws (60) relative to the bracing cone (61), in which case the bracing forces are increased by the clamping jaws (60).
13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the lateral surface (56), which is designed in the form of a sleeve, is connected to the head plate (57) of the carrying spindle (78) via axis-parallel and/or upright carrying bolts (66), the lateral surface (56) being supported elastically on springs (67), which are arranged on the carrying bolts (66), and being pushed against the head plate (57) in the starting position.
14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or one of the further claims, characterized by the following features:

    a) a lifting head (26) of a reel conveyor, in particular of a portal robot (20), has a transporting or carrying spindle (78) for entering into a central opening (35) of the reel (10..13),

    b) as a further carrying mechanism for gripping and retaining the reel (10..13), the lifting head (26) has a pneumatic lifting mechanism, in particular a suction bell (69), which can be fixed by means of negative pressure on a top side of the reel (10..13).

    c) the suction bell (69) is preferably of annular design in order to grip a reel (10..13) in a region concentric to the central opening (35) and, in particular, directly adjacent to this opening.
15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 14 or one of the further claims, characterized in that the suction bell (69) is mounted on the lifting head (26) such that it can be adjusted relative to the carrying spindle (78), in particular on an upright guiding or carrying rod (58), which serves as a connection between the reel conveyor, or an extension arm of the same, and the carrying spindle (78), such that the suction bell (69) can be fixed in any desired position relative to the carrying spindle (78), preferably with the suction bell (69) being connected to a clamping mechanism (75), or a pneumatically activatable clamping cartridge, in order for the position of the suction bell (69) to be fixed in a controllable manner by virtue of the clamping mechanism being arrested.

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