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WO2020001800A1 - Dispositif de manipulation et/ou de d'emballage et procédé pour emballer des articles - Google Patents

Dispositif de manipulation et/ou de d'emballage et procédé pour emballer des articles Download PDF

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WO2020001800A1
WO2020001800A1 PCT/EP2018/080580 EP2018080580W WO2020001800A1 WO 2020001800 A1 WO2020001800 A1 WO 2020001800A1 EP 2018080580 W EP2018080580 W EP 2018080580W WO 2020001800 A1 WO2020001800 A1 WO 2020001800A1
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articles
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Herbert Spindler
Thomas Stadler
Jens Losert
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Krones Aktiengesellschaft
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Priority to EP18800128.3A priority Critical patent/EP3814237A1/fr
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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
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
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    • B65B21/18—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks
    • B65B21/20—Introducing or removing groups of bottles, for filling or emptying containers in one operation using grippers engaging bottles, e.g. bottle necks with means for varying spacing of bottles
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    • 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
    • B65B43/52—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 using roller-ways or endless conveyors
    • 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
    • B65B5/08—Packaging groups of articles, the articles being individually gripped or guided for transfer to the 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
    • B65B57/00—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices
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    • B65B57/06—Automatic control, checking, warning, or safety devices responsive to absence, presence, abnormal feed, or misplacement of binding or wrapping material, containers, or packages and operating to control, or to stop, the feed of articles or material to be packaged
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/005—Adjustable conveying means
    • 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
    • B65B59/00—Arrangements to enable machines to handle articles of different sizes, to produce packages of different sizes, to vary the contents of packages, to handle different types of packaging material, or to give access for cleaning or maintenance purposes
    • B65B59/02—Arrangements to enable adjustments to be made while the machine is running
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B65G47/26—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
    • B65G47/28—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor
    • B65G47/29—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a single conveyor by temporarily stopping movement

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  • the present invention relates to a handling and / or
  • the invention also relates to a method for transferring articles conveyed in mass flow and / or in series transport into outer packagings which are moved continuously or intermittently along a conveying path, with the features of independent method claim 15.
  • the packaging machines set up for the automated loading of the outer packaging with article groups usually require the outer packaging to stand still for a precise loading, at least for the actual insertion process of the article group.
  • Such a discontinuous assembly naturally has the disadvantage of a comparatively low output, since the conveyance of the outer packaging or boxes has to be stopped again and again in order to insert the articles or containers there with the desired precision.
  • Packaging device and solved by a method for transferring articles transported in mass flow and / or in series transport in continuously or intermittently moving packaging along a conveyor line, which have the features of the respective independent claims. Further advantageous configurations are described by the respective subclaims.
  • the invention proposes, in addition to the method described below, a handling and / or packaging device for repackaging article groups and / or for inserting article groups in overpacks, which have a first conveyor line for transporting a large number of articles in mass flow and / or in row transport in a defined and / or changing conveying direction and a second conveying section located at least in sections near the first conveying section and / or running parallel to it for the successive transport of overpacks, which overpacks for receiving at least one each several articles formed article group are provided and prepared.
  • the packaging generally referred to in the present description context as outer packaging can be formed by various containers which must in principle be suitable for holding the articles, ie at least one article group or several articles inserted together there.
  • the outer packaging can be formed, for example, by cartons, trays, beverage crates, etc. which are open at the top and into which the articles with their at least one controllable gripper head can be inserted from above by means of the handling device explained in detail below. If there is also generalization of articles, then these are mass-flowable piece goods, their further handling and / or their transport and / or dispatch typically takes place by means of outer packaging. So the articles can in particular through containers, beverage containers, bottles, cans or the like. be formed, which can be stacked and / or palletized by means of the outer packaging
  • Packaging units can be summarized.
  • Packaging device a handling device assigned to the conveyor lines and / or movable between the conveyor lines with at least one gripper head which, for the simultaneous pick-up and detection of an article group in each case, from the first conveyor line to its transfer to the second conveyor line and for insertion of the article group into one of the conveyed there Outer packaging is provided and designed. If in the present context of a
  • Handling device is spoken with at least one gripper head, this can be, for example, a gantry robot, a multi-axis robot, a parallel kinematics robot or another suitable handling device, which between the at least two conveyor lines for transferring several articles simultaneously to the
  • Outer packaging can be moved back and forth while being raised and lowered as required.
  • controllable gripper head for the simultaneous picking up of several articles such as beverage containers or bottles, which can be equipped with controllable article grippers such as suction grippers or with controllable gripping tulips or the like with which the articles, Beverage containers or bottles are recorded in their neck or head area and securely held for transfer into the outer packaging and for
  • Beverage containers or bottles can be equipped, for example with a number of articles arranged in a rectangular combination of a total of twenty or twenty-four or more articles, beverage containers or bottles.
  • the gripper head must therefore have a number of normally corresponding to the number of articles to be gripped
  • jointly controllable article grippers which also correspond in their spatial arrangement to one another the arrangement of the articles in the article group or can be adaptable to this arrangement.
  • the handling device can also be equipped with two or three identical gripper heads, which allow a correspondingly larger number of articles to be gripped simultaneously and, for example, in two or three in a row to sell transported packaging.
  • An activatable and / or controllable retention device is assigned to the second conveyor line, on which the outer packaging is conveyed, with the aid of which the at least one outer packaging equipped with articles or to be fitted with articles is at least in phases before and / or during insertion of the article group in relation to the preceding and / or outer packaging already loaded with articles can be retained and / or delayed in relation to the transport speed of the preceding outer packaging.
  • This restraining device which can be activated and / or controlled as required, serves primarily for the exact alignment of the next with articles
  • Handling device which carries with its at least one gripper head the articles picked up by the first conveyor section and is to be placed in the outer packaging provided for this purpose, is essential.
  • the handling and / or packaging device uses the controllable and / or, if necessary, activatable retention device assigned to the second conveying path, which on the one hand the packaging before and / or during can delay their loading with articles, which however On the other hand, it can help to determine the exact position of the respective outer packaging that is in contact with the retention device, as well as the subsequent outer packaging, and thus make it available to the handling device in the interest of an exact positioning and insertion process when loading articles.
  • the restraint device can be equipped with a sensor, in particular with an optical sensor, which can preferably detect whether at the level of the optical sensor in particular, and thus in the area of the outer packaging or box flow, which intervenes as necessary and if necessary, this
  • retarding lifting cylinder or other locking elements of the restraint device is currently an outer packaging or a box or not. Only if the optical sensor detects the absence of an outer packaging or a box and thus a gap in the area of the restraint device, can the locking elements or lifting cylinders of the restraint device be extended into the area of this gap and the empty packaging or boxes still stored in this way.
  • the typical sequence in the targeted creation of a gap between successive outer packaging or boxes provides that after the filling of an outer packaging or a box or after the simultaneous loading of up to three or four outer packaging or boxes with articles or containers, the clamping jaws to the next the following outer packaging or the next empty box that has not yet been loaded with articles or containers, and this outer packaging or this box and all those following it
  • the positioning of the restraint device and the positioning of the clamping jaws which are laterally delivered to the outer packaging or to the box can initially be done relatively roughly, normally by linking the position control on the basis of the position data which moves with the known speed
  • Outer packaging or box stream moving handling device during the loading of the outer packaging or boxes, so that the current position and speed of the first unpacked outer packaging or box in the outer packaging or box stream can be derived relatively accurately and thus the position control for the retention device is available.
  • the restraint device can therefore be moved along the second
  • Conveyor line are moved into the appropriate position, with activated and against the first empty outer packaging or the first empty box that follows the outer packaging or boxes filled with articles or containers, this empty outer packaging or this box as well as all this outer packaging or to hold this packaging or boxes following this box or to delay it in relation to the transport speed of the horizontal conveyor device.
  • the lifting cylinders or the swiveling flaps (depending on the features of the restraint device) can be activated and moved into the outer packaging or box flow.
  • the clamping jaws on the empty outer packaging or on the empty box can then be deactivated again and opened or moved apart, as a result of which they have previously been clamped
  • Horizontal conveyor device at least slightly reduced feed speed of the retaining device continue to be present.
  • This system of the pent-up empty outer packaging or boxes on the activated lifting cylinders or swiveling flaps of the restraint device provides a precise and reliable position and due to the position of the restraint device that can be precisely detected and evaluated by a control system
  • packaging or beverage crates which at the same time can provide the desired positioning specification for the handling device with its gripper heads, which is also required for the desired freedom from errors when operating the machine, so that the articles or containers can be delivered exactly to the correct packaging packaging or boxes moving at a defined conveying speed Bring down or can drop off there.
  • the handling device with the at least one gripper head of the handling and / or packaging device according to the invention is variably controllable and movable between the conveyor lines with the articles and the outer packaging, in particular for receiving groups of articles from the first conveyor line, for transferring them to the second conveyor line, for inserting the Article group in one of the outer packaging transported there, as well as for moving the gripper head back to the mass flow and / or for row transport of the articles on the first conveyor line, in order to subsequently take up further article groups from there.
  • the handling device with the at least one gripper head after picking up an article group from the first conveyor line, at least while inserting the article group into the outer packaging has approximately the same transport speed as the outer packaging moving on the conveyor line parallel to and / or along the second Conveyor path is movable or is moved.
  • the special advantages of the invention come into play, namely the high achievable in this way
  • the handling and / or packaging device each have a plurality of article grippers for each article to be gripped, each gripper head expediently comprising a plurality of jointly controllable article grippers, the number of which corresponds to the article group that can be gripped simultaneously by the gripper head.
  • the article grippers for example, in one
  • Rectangular arrangement can be positioned in the gripper head according to the article groups to be inserted into the outer packaging, it can also be advantageous if at least some of the article grippers or groups of article grippers in the gripper head can be adjusted in their horizontal distances from one another.
  • a common variant therefore provides for article conveyance in row transport, whereby it makes sense to have a number of
  • the articles are expediently transported in four parallel rows on the first conveyor line, normally adjacent rows by so-called.
  • Alley plates are separated from each other. From these, for example, four parallel rows, the gripper head can then simultaneously pick up twenty articles with its appropriately positioned twenty article grippers by picking up five articles from each of the four parallel rows of the first conveyor line, which are conveyed in succession.
  • Packaging device can in particular be provided that the distances of the article grippers or the groups of article grippers in the gripper head during a
  • Conveyor line which comprises several parallel individual rows separated from each other by alley plates, with articles being transported one behind the other without gaps, it is also necessary to bring the article grippers into corresponding positions within the gripper head, With a 4x5 rectangular arrangement of the article grippers in the gripper head, a spacing of the four article gripper rows to be positioned exactly above the rows is necessary in order to compensate for the spacing of the adjacent rows caused by the alley plates.
  • the article grippers of each of the four article gripper rows must also be positioned closer to one another in the direction parallel to the conveying direction of the first conveyor line than the article gripper rows located next to one another in a direction transverse to the conveying direction.
  • the article grippers In the case of outer packaging with dividers, such as can be formed by an open beverage crate, the article grippers must be positioned as precisely as possible above the respective target positions for the articles formed by beverage containers, since the container bottoms otherwise run the risk of being lowered into the beverage crate to collide or to put on the dividers, which can result in a fault in the loading of the crate with the beverage containers.
  • a further aspect can be added, which can make it sensible or necessary to adjust the distance between the individual article grippers in the gripper head.
  • Article grippers from each other may be necessary, for example because of the above
  • a further optional equipment option can further reduce the risk of the articles colliding with the outer packaging edges or edges.
  • Such an equipment option can be formed, for example, by side ramps or bevels which, in the form of foldable or laterally adjustable strips, cover at least the longitudinal edges of the outer packaging or beverage crates and deflect the articles there in the manner of a funnel when lowering into the outer packaging if they are due to otherwise would position them on the edges or edges.
  • Support offers more and / or if the back pressure on the second conveyor line becomes so high during the conveying process that individual outer packaging or boxes could be pushed upwards. It makes sense to keep between the bars folded down or brought into position and the upper edges of the
  • these optional strips can each be articulated so that, if necessary, they can be pivoted about an axis parallel to their longitudinal direction, which means that the outer packaging or boxes underneath can be released upwards for removal if necessary.
  • the optional swivel mechanisms or articulated suspensions for the swiveling ones Strips in order to pivot them upward for removal of the outer packaging or boxes can optionally be coupled with motor drives, for example with electric motors, with pneumatic or with hydraulic drives.
  • Such optional drives enable automatic or semi-automatic swiveling and thus a coupling with a process control for the entire system.
  • a purely passive suspension is also conceivable, which requires the bars to be pivoted manually if they are to be pivoted upward.
  • the swiveling strips can optionally also be formed by simple sheets or the like, since the bevels or ramps mentioned above and serving as an insertion aid for the articles in the outer packaging do not have to be required in all applications .
  • longitudinal sheets which are arranged parallel to the conveying direction of the outer packaging or boxes on both sides at the appropriate positions, fulfill the above-mentioned purpose of the box guide in the same way.
  • Such guide plates or strips are equally suitable to reliably prevent the outer packaging or boxes from rising and to keep them in their intended positions when the gripper moves out of the boxes again and therefore no longer offers additional support and / or if in the course of Conveying process, the dynamic pressure becomes so high that individual boxes could be pushed upwards.
  • strips or guide plates mentioned which can optionally be designed without the ramps, do not necessarily have to be pivotable, but can also optionally be plugged in, displaceable or otherwise fastened, and in this way by moving or removing them Leadership positions can be brought.
  • Retaining device for delaying and / or holding back the empty packaging to be loaded with articles relative to a transport speed of the second conveyor line is formed by foldable barriers, by pivotable flaps, by at least one movable contact bar, run-up bar or the like.
  • insertable barriers are formed.
  • a pair of mutually deliverable lifting cylinders can be provided, which can be advanced against each other in an approximately horizontal direction in order to intervene in the flow of the outer packaging and this in relation to preceding outer packaging and already loaded with articles on the second conveyor line to delay or hold back.
  • the activatable restraint device, the pivotable flaps and / or displaceable lifting cylinders can be moved at least in phases at the transport speed along the conveying path or can be moved with respect to this at a reduced feed speed, as a result of which the outer packaging adjoining it and all the subsequent outer packaging are compared with the transport speed the conveyor line can be delayed.
  • Handling and / or packaging device can be provided that their activatable and / or controllable retaining device for delaying and / or retaining the empty outer packaging and to be equipped with articles comprises at least one pair of clamping jaws that can be set against one another compared to a transport speed of the second conveying path. hydraulically or pneumatically with a horizontal stroke across
  • the pair of mutually adjustable clamping jaws can laterally engage one of the outer packaging in the extended position and this and the subsequent outer packaging of the box or
  • Such a configuration with mutually adjustable clamping jaws can advantageously be coordinated with the pair of mutually adjustable lifting cylinders and / or with the foldable and / or translationally movable barriers and / or the pivotable flaps and / or the at least one movable run-up bar or the like are moved and / or activated, the mutually coordinated movements and / or activations being controllable in particular by sensor signals of at least one sensor detecting the box or outer packaging stream.
  • an advantageous embodiment variant of such a configuration can provide for a particularly exact positioning of the outer packaging, and thus also in connection with the gripper heads, in a phase of inserting the articles into the respective outer packaging provided by the various adjusting elements of the restraint device equipped in this way in a meaningful manner can be combined and coordinated in their positioning movements.
  • the retention device can be controlled, for example, in such a way that the outer packaging moving with the conveying speed of the second conveying path, which has not yet been loaded with articles, is delayed by means of the laterally adjustable clamping jaws and slowed down compared to the conveying speed of the second conveying path.
  • the outer packaging already loaded with articles, which in the direction of transport adjoins the outer packaging which has been detected by means of the clamping jaws and is delayed in this way moves somewhat faster, while at the same time there is a gap between these previously touching
  • This gap can be detected by means of a suitable sensor system, for example by means of an optical sensor which is based on a light barrier principle and which can in particular be assigned to the restraint device or mounted there.
  • the restraining device which can be moved back and forth on longitudinal rails in a direction parallel to the conveying direction of the second conveying path, is made possible in this way by means of an evaluation of the signals of the optical sensor, the actuation of the pair of lifting cylinders which can be adjusted against one another and / or the foldable and / or translatory movable barriers and / or the pivotable Flaps, the movable run-up bar, etc., which are arranged upstream of the pair of mutually adjustable clamping jaws. As soon as it is ensured in this way by the sensor signal evaluation that by activating these retaining elements the rearmost one, which has already been spaced apart by a gap, is not
  • the frontmost outer packaging of the row of outer packaging delayed by means of the clamping jaws can run against the activated lifting cylinders, folding bars, etc., by releasing the clamping jaws that can be adjusted from the side.
  • Such a coordinated activation and deactivation of the individual control elements of the restraint device has the particular advantage that the packaging can be positioned very precisely with only a small amount of sensor effort in each assembly cycle, by freeing it against the effective barrier by loosening the clamping jaws on the side the
  • This position serves as an initialization for each individual assembly process, since the position data and speed values can be evaluated in a simple manner and made available to the handling device with its gripper heads, which can be found in each of the successive ones
  • Placement cycles enables a precisely fitting placement and insertion movement and control of the gripper heads.
  • Handling device and a corresponding number of gripper heads operated in parallel with article groups. Because the dimensions of the
  • the handling and / or packaging device can provide that it is assigned a detection device for scanning and detecting contour contours and / or a shape of outer packaging to be equipped with articles. in this connection can in particular output signals of the detection device for optimized positioning and adaptability of the at least one gripper head
  • Handling device on an outer packaging deviating from a standard shape and / or contour when it is loaded with articles and / or processed.
  • This optional additional detection device is used to detect the contours of the outer packaging to be filled with articles, which can be used for more precise positioning of the gripper heads.
  • the detection device can in particular be formed by an optical detection device such as a camera or the like, but optionally also by an ultrasound detection device or another type of detection device.
  • the gripper heads or the handling device assigned or mounted there scan the contours of the outer packaging formed, for example, by beverage crates, which may be slightly deformed under certain circumstances, so that their shape or their contour contours do not conform to a standard contour or an expected contour equivalent.
  • beverage crates which may be slightly deformed under certain circumstances, so that their shape or their contour contours do not conform to a standard contour or an expected contour equivalent.
  • individual beverage crates can be slightly curved inwards on their side walls, which can lead to deviations and inaccuracies when equipping the crate when fitting the crate or the outer packaging deformed in this way with items such as beverage containers and thus when positioning the corresponding gripper head above the crate could lead with containers.
  • a detection of the box contours by means of the detection device can be used.
  • the exact positioning by means of the retaining device can also be impaired or not guaranteed to the desired extent. Positioning the gripper heads exactly in the center above the respective crates, with their central position being recognized by the detection device, avoids inaccuracies and problems when loading beverage containers.
  • the restraint device can have a modular structure and can be moved, for example, with the aid of guide rails which expediently run parallel to the second one
  • Conveyor line and can be arranged and run in approximately the same horizontal plane as the second conveyor line on its two sides.
  • Guide rails can be parallel to the second conveyor line or the
  • Horizontal conveyor movable restraint including the depending Equipment arranged on it, such as clamping jaws, locking cylinders, etc., are guided horizontally, so that the outer packaging or beverage crates
  • Restraint device can in particular be formed by a module which can move along the guide rails and which, for example, comprises an electric drive motor which interacts with a belt drive around the module forming the restraint device in the conveying direction of the outer packaging or boxes or
  • the invention proposes in addition to the handling and / or described in various embodiments
  • Packaging device furthermore a method for transferring articles conveyed in mass flow and / or in series transport into outer packagings moved continuously or intermittently along a conveying path, the outer packagings in each case being able to accommodate at least one article group formed from a plurality of articles, at least one article group in each case by means of at least one
  • Horizontal conveying device of the outer packaging moving outer packaging is used, after which the outer packaging is removed, and wherein the at least one with Outer packaging equipped with articles or to be equipped with articles at least in phases before and / or during the insertion of the article group compared to outer packaging that is in front and / or already equipped with articles
  • the method can dispense with the fact that the outer packaging has to come to a standstill during the insertion of the articles, as a result of which a high processing speed and a correspondingly high throughput can be achieved.
  • the gripper head After inserting an article group into an outer packaging, the gripper head is moved back for mass flow and / or row transport of the articles in order to pick up further article groups therefrom.
  • Elongated conveyor sections or deflections in the conveyor sections means and should include, which also includes, for example, T-shaped deflections, curves, etc., along which the articles can be conveyed in order to be finally inserted into the outer packaging by means of the handling device mentioned above.
  • the at least one gripper head of the handling device after receiving an article group, is moved at least at the same transport speed as the outer packaging moved on the conveyor line parallel to and / or along the conveyor line, at least while the article group is being inserted into the outer packaging .
  • the method can provide that several outer packagings can be loaded with respective article groups by means of multi-part gripper heads, the two, three or more gripper heads preferably each having one
  • Handling device coupled or hung on this.
  • each gripper head can comprise a plurality of jointly controllable article grippers, the number of which corresponds to the number of articles of each article group that can be grasped by the gripper head.
  • the number of which corresponds to the number of articles of each article group that can be grasped by the gripper head.
  • Inserting an article group in one of the outer packaging can be adjusted in their horizontal distances from each other.
  • the method can provide that the distances between the article grippers or the groups of article grippers in the gripper head are reduced during a work cycle and / or are variable and, in particular, increased according to the target positions of the articles of an article group within the respective outer packaging.
  • the method according to the invention can also provide that all the outer packaging which is simultaneously equipped with articles is retained at least in phases before and / or during the insertion of the respective article group in relation to preceding and / or outer packaging already equipped with articles and / or to the
  • Transport speed of the leading packaging is delayed.
  • Outer packaging can, for example, be activated and / or controlled
  • Restraint device in particular by means of foldable barriers, by means of pivotable flaps, by means of translationally movable barriers such as retractable and extendable lifting cylinders, by means of at least one movable run-up bar or the like.
  • the method according to the invention can provide, for example, that the empty outer packaging to be equipped with articles is delayed and / or held back with respect to the transport speed of the second conveyor line by means of a pair of mutually deliverable lifting cylinders, the pair of mutually deliverable lifting cylinders engaging in the box flow in the extended position and can slow down and / or withhold the outer packaging relative to the transport speed of the second conveyor line.
  • the method according to the invention can provide that the activatable and / or controllable retention device for delaying and / or retaining the empty outer packaging and to be equipped with articles compared to a transport speed of the second conveyor line includes at least a pair of mutually adjustable clamping jaws, which clamping jaws are in the extended position able to the side of one of the outer packaging
  • sensing sensor can be controlled. In this way, the positions of the outer packaging can be calibrated for each assembly cycle, as has already been described above.
  • the activatable restraint device interacts at least in phases with the
  • Transport speed is moved along the conveyor line or is moved with respect to this at a reduced feed speed, as a result of which the outer packaging adjoining it and all the subsequent outer packaging are delayed in relation to the transport speed of the conveyor line.
  • the method can provide for outline contours and / or a shape of outer packaging to be equipped with articles and the positioning of the at least one gripper head when the outer packaging is equipped with articles to be adapted to an outer packaging that deviates from a standard shape and / or contour.
  • Outer packaging is used so that output signals from the detection device can be used and / or processed for optimized positioning and adaptability of the at least one gripper head of the handling device to an outer packaging that deviates from a standard shape and / or contour when it is loaded with articles.
  • a detection device to be understood as an equipment option can be used to detect the contours of the outer packaging to be equipped with articles, which can advantageously be used for more precise positioning of the gripper heads.
  • the detection device can in particular be an optical one
  • Detection device such as a camera or the like, but optionally also be formed by an ultrasound detection device or a different type of detection device.
  • the essential task of the detection device is to scan the contours of the outer packaging formed, for example, by beverage crates, which under certain circumstances can be slightly deformed, so that their shape or their contour contours do not conform to a standard contour or corresponds to an expected contour.
  • beverage crates on their side walls can be slightly curved inwards, which is what happens when the crate is loaded or the outer packaging is deformed in this way with items such as beverage containers and thus with the
  • a detection of the box contours by means of the detection device can be used.
  • the exact positioning by means of the retaining device can also be impaired or not guaranteed to the desired extent. Positioning the gripper heads exactly in the center above the respective crates, with their central position being recognized by the detection device, avoids inaccuracies and problems when loading beverage containers.
  • FIG. 1 shows, on the basis of a schematic plan view, the basic structure of an embodiment variant of a handling and / or
  • FIG. 2 shows a total of six schematic top views (FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2F) in successive process phases of the loading of beverage crates with beverage containers by means of a first variant of a handling according to the invention - And / or packaging device for repackaging groups of articles, the boxes being moved continuously in a conveying direction.
  • FIG. 3 shows a total of six schematic top views (FIGS. 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E and 3F) in successive process phases the loading of beverage crates with beverage containers by means of a further variant of the handling according to the invention - And / or packaging device for repackaging groups of articles, the boxes being moved continuously in a conveying direction.
  • FIG. 4 shows a total of five schematic side views (FIGS. 4A, 4B,
  • FIG. 5 shows a total of five schematic side views (FIGS. 5A, 5B,
  • FIG. 6 shows in four perspective detailed views (FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D) optional equipment and design variants of the handling and / or packaging device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 7 shows in two schematic views (side view FIG. 7A and top view FIG. 7B) an optional further equipment variant of the invention
  • Handling and / or packaging device which is equipped with a detection device for detecting the contours of the outer packaging to be equipped with articles.
  • FIG. 8 shows a total of three schematic views (FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C) of an embodiment variant of the handling and / or
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic top view of an embodiment variant of the handling and / or packaging device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows a total of four schematic perspective and detailed views (FIGS. 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D) of sections of conveyor lines and of parts of a handling device of an embodiment variant of the handling and / or packaging device according to the invention.
  • the handling and / or packaging device according to the invention and the method according to the invention can be configured and do not represent a final limitation.
  • FIG. 1 The schematic plan view of FIG. 1 is only intended to illustrate the basic structure of a handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention, which is used for the outer packaging of article groups, which in the exemplary embodiment described below is achieved by transferring beverage containers into beverage crates serving as outer packaging for receiving a defined one on the top side Number of regularly arranged or appropriately grouped beverage containers is to be illustrated.
  • Packaging device 10 comprises a first conveyor section 12 for transporting a plurality of upright articles 13, here formed by upright beverage containers 14 (see in detail FIGS. 2A to 2F in this regard), which in mass flow and / or row transport in a defined conveying direction 16 leading to the device 10 are transported.
  • the device 10 comprises a second conveyor line 18 located near the aji of the first conveyor line 12 and, in the exemplary embodiment shown, running parallel to this, for the successive transportation of outer packaging 19 in the form of beverage crates 20, which as outer packaging 19 each hold at least one of several articles 13 or
  • Beverage containers 14 formed article group are provided and prepared (see also FIGS. 2A to 2F and FIGS. 3A to 3D).
  • the outer packaging 19 formed by the beverage crates 20 are also moved on the second conveying path 18 to the device 10 in the same conveying direction 16 as the articles 13 formed by the beverage containers 14 on the first conveying path 12
  • this parallel alignment of the two conveyor lines 12 and 18 to one another is not absolutely imperative, but can also vary in practice if necessary, so that non-parallel conveying directions 16 of the two conveyor lines 12 and 18 for the articles 13 or beverage containers 14 or for the outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20 are also conceivable and manageable.
  • the handling and / or packaging device 10 shown comprises a handling device 22, which is spatially and functionally assigned to the two conveyor sections 12 and 18, with a gripper head 24 or with a plurality of gripper heads 24 which can be controlled in parallel, and which, for the simultaneous recording and detection of a respective article group each existing gripper head 24 from the first conveyor line 12 and for its transfer to the second conveyor line 18 within the device 10 and for inserting the article group, i. H. the group of beverage containers 14, into one of the outer packaging 19 or
  • Beverage crates 20 are provided.
  • the handling device 22, indicated only schematically in FIG. 1, with at least one gripper head 24 or with a plurality of gripper heads 24 which can be moved and controlled approximately synchronously, can, for example, by a gantry robot, a multi-axis robot, a parallel kinematics robot or another suitable handling device 22 can be formed, the gripper head 24 or the gripper heads 24 of which between the two conveyor sections 12 and 18 for transferring simultaneously several articles 13 or beverage containers 14 to those moving in the parallel conveying direction 16
  • Outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20 moved back and forth and at the same time can be raised and lowered as required.
  • Handling device 22 located controllable gripper head 24 or the plurality of gripper heads 24 serve the simultaneous reception of several articles 13,
  • the gripper head 24 or the gripper heads 24 are equipped with controllable suction grippers or with controllable gripping tulips or the like, with which the articles 13, beverage containers 14 or bottles are gripped in their neck or head area and for the transfer and the approximately vertical
  • beverage crates 20 Inserting into the open top packaging 19 beverage crates 20 can be held securely and can be reliably released for placement in the packaging 19 provided for this purpose or in the beverage box 20 provided for this purpose.
  • an outer packaging 19 or a beverage crate 20 can be equipped at the same time with a defined number of articles 13, beverage containers 14 or bottles, for example with a number in a rectangular combination arranged beverage containers 14 out of a total of twenty or twenty-four or more beverage containers 14 or bottles.
  • the handling device 22 can preferably also be equipped with two or three identical gripper heads 24, which allow a correspondingly larger number of articles 13 or beverage containers 14 to be gripped simultaneously and, for example, to be placed in two or three outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20 transported one behind the other.
  • FIG. 1 also shows the second conveying path 18 which leads out of the device 10 in the conveying direction 16 to the right or continues in the conveying direction 16, the conveying direction 16 thereof for conveying away the beverage crates 20 equipped with beverage containers 14 for their further Handling such as palletizing is unchanged.
  • the section of the second conveyor line 18 leading out of the device 10 to the right is its continuation, since the beverage crates 20 are not removed or removed from the second conveyor line 18 when they are equipped with beverage containers 14.
  • FIGS. 2A to 2F illustrate in detail the first embodiment variant of the device 10 described in FIG. 1 only in its most important funding principles
  • FIGS. 2A to 2F illustrate the use of a first variant of a handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention for repackaging article groups, while FIGS. 3A to 3F explained below illustrate the use of a second variant of the handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention ,
  • the containers 14 initially conveyed in the mass flow 26 are gradually divided and brought together on their conveying path by means of vertically standing alley plates 32 into rows of containers 14 which are regularly transported one behind the other.
  • the containers 14 conveyed in the mass flow 26 in the conveying direction 16 are displaced in this way or pushed into the alleys provided for them and thus divided into a total of four parallel rows 34 of containers 14 conveyed one behind the other without any spacing. From this total of four parallel rows 34 can thus be dimensioned and matched to the number of rows Gripper heads 24 of the handling device 22 each have five containers 14 removed for each box 20, so that each group 15 for a box 20 comprises a total of twenty containers 14 in a 4x5 rectangle grouping 15.
  • Second horizontal conveyor 36 which forms the conveyor section 12 and forms the second conveyor section 18, the beverage crates 20 to be filled or to be filled with containers 14 are conveyed in the same conveying direction 16 and, like the containers 14, are conveyed into the engagement and / or takeover area 30 of the handling device 22 , where each of these boxes 20 is equipped with a container group 15 of a total of twenty containers 14. While the containers 14 are conveyed in the mass flow 26, the second horizontal conveyor 36 transports them
  • the outer packaging 19 formed by the beverage crates 20 is also on the second
  • Horizontal conveying device 36 of the second conveying path 18 moves in the same conveying direction 16 to the engagement and / or takeover area 30 of the device 10 as the articles 13 formed by the beverage containers 14 on the first
  • the handling device 22 which operates in the engagement and / or takeover area 30 of the handling and / or packaging device 10 and oscillates between the conveying paths 12 and 18, comprises a total of three gripper heads 24 which can be controlled in parallel and which serve for the simultaneous picking up and detection of a total of three article groups 15 with twenty each
  • Beverage containers 14 (here in a 4x5 rectangular arrangement) are able to capture them on the first horizontal conveyor 28, lift them out of the rows 34 and pick them up, transfer them from the first conveyor section 12 to the second conveyor section 18 and from there in each case at the top into the beverage crates 20 that are ready or at low speed on the second horizontal conveyor 36.
  • the gripper heads 24 of the handling device can be suspended movably in three axes on a gantry robot, as a result of which the gripper heads 24 between the two conveyor lines 12 and 18 for transferring several beverage containers at the same time 14 to the outer packaging 19 or moved in the parallel conveying direction 16
  • the gripper heads 24 are preferably equipped with controllable suction pads or with controllable gripping tulips or the like, with which the beverage containers 14 or bottles are grasped in their neck or head area and for them Transfer and the almost vertical insertion into the open ones
  • Outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20 can be securely held and reliably released for placement in the beverage crate 20 provided for this purpose.
  • Container 14 in the four adjacent rows 34 provides.
  • the contact bar 38 also ensures that the containers 14 are positioned, which are subsequently to be taken over by the handling device 22 with its three gripper heads 24 (cf. FIG. 2B in this regard) and are transferred into the next beverage crates 20 that are being brought up should (see Figures 2C and 2D).
  • the second conveyor section 18, on the second horizontal conveyor device 36 of which the beverage crates 20 are conveyed, is a controllable and, if necessary, activatable or deactivatable restraint device 40 in the form of two pivotable flaps 42 and laterally adjacent to the pivotable flaps 42
  • Beverage box 20 assigned clamp jaws 44, with the help of which the respective front beverage box 20 and the subsequent adjoining boxes 20 at least in phases before and / or during the insertion of the
  • Container group can be held back from preceding and / or beverage crates 20 already loaded with containers 14 and / or can be decelerated compared to the transport speed of the preceding beverage crates 20.
  • the pivotable flaps 42 assigned to the second conveyor section 18 as well as the clamping jaws 44 coupled to this in their position are in the conveying direction 16 or counter to this Movable direction, so that the beverages 14 to be equipped
  • Beverage crates 20 can be retained compared to the crates 20 that are already equipped with containers 14, but do not have to be delayed to a standstill. Rather, it is provided according to the present invention that the handling device 22 with the through the gripper heads 24 from the first
  • Conveyor path 12 received beverage containers 14 at least during the insertion of the container 14 into the provided beverage crates 20 at approximately the same transport speed as the crates 20 moved on the second conveyor path 18 is or can be moved parallel to and / or along the conveyor path 18, so that by the constantly moving beverage crates 20, even during their loading with containers 14, can achieve significantly higher loading capacities when inserting the containers 14 into the crates 20 than was previously the case when the crates were stationary and only to be accelerated and moved again after insertion.
  • Horizontal conveyor 36 following further boxes 20 are held back by the pivotable flaps 42 and the clamping jaws 44 acting laterally on the front box 20 and / or are moved at a lower conveying speed than the boxes already filled with containers 14, which point to the left on the
  • handling device 22 is located directly above the foremost three boxes 20, which abut restraint device 40.
  • Beverage containers 14 are equipped, the pivotable flaps 42 of the retaining device 40 movable about vertical axes open and let the filled beverage crates 20 pass in the conveying direction 16, while the controllable ones
  • Clamping jaws 44 delay and hold back the next box 20 (see FIG. 2B).
  • the contact bar 38 continues in the conveying direction 16 and allows the rows 34 with beverage containers 14 adjacent to it to follow in order to bring them back into the correct take-over position for pick-up by the gripper heads 24, which is shown in FIG. 2E.
  • leading boxes provides that the clamping jaws 44 are first opened in order to let the first box 20 thereby released and all the boxes 20 connected thereafter run against the pivotable flaps 42 brought into the blocking position (according to FIGS. 2C and 2D) , which can also ensure the desired exact length of the gap thus created to the leading boxes 20.
  • FIG. 2D again shows the insertion of the containers 14 into the available boxes 20, while FIG. 2E allows the boxes 20 equipped with containers 14 to pass in the conveying direction 16 when the restraint device 40 is deactivated and the pivotable flaps 42 are opened and the jaws 44 are moved apart.
  • the gripper heads 24 are already in their take-over position above the first horizontal conveyor 28 and can accommodate further groups of containers, which they form according to FIG. 2F
  • Transport speed is moved in the conveying direction 16 along the second conveying path 18 or is moved with respect to the latter at a reduced feed speed, as a result of which the beverage crates 20 lying thereon and all of them adjoin it
  • subsequent beverage crates 20 are at least slightly decelerable relative to the transport speed of the conveyor line 18. While the boxes 20 continue to be conveyed at a reduced transport speed, they are loaded with containers 14 by the gripper heads 24 moving at the same speed in the conveying direction 16, without this causing irregularities in the filling of the boxes.
  • FIGS. 3A to 3F illustrate, using a second embodiment variant of the device 10, which is only described in its principles in FIG. 1, again in detail the successive process steps in the assembly of conveyed continuously in series
  • FIGS. 3A to 3F illustrate the use of an alternative second variant of the handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention for repackaging article groups, which, however, differs only slightly from the first variant shown in FIGS. 2A to 2F.
  • the containers 14 are in turn conveyed in the mass flow 26 and divided and brought together by means of the vertical alley plates 32 into four rows 34 of containers 14 which are conveyed regularly one behind the other. From this total of four parallel rows 34, the gripper heads 24 become the
  • Handling device 22 removed five containers 14 for each box 20 and inserted there.
  • the beverage crates 20 to be filled with containers 14 are conveyed up and, like the containers 14, into the engagement and / or takeover area 30 the handling device 22 is conveyed, where each of these boxes 20 is equipped with container groups 15 for a total of twenty containers 14 each.
  • Packaging device 10 which operates and oscillates between conveyor sections 12 and 18, in turn, three handling devices which can be controlled in parallel
  • Gripper heads 24 which, for the simultaneous pick-up and picking up of a total of three article groups 15, each with twenty beverage containers 14 (here in a 4x5 rectangular arrangement), are able to pick them up on the first horizontal conveyor device 28, lift them out of the rows 34 and pick them up, to transfer them from the first conveyor section 12 to the second conveyor section 18 and to insert them there from above into the beverage crates 20 which are ready or are being transported at low speed on the second horizontal conveyor device 36.
  • Gripper heads 24 are preferably the same as already described with reference to FIGS. 2A to 2F.
  • Container 14 in the four adjacent rows 34 provides.
  • the contact bar 38 also ensures, by slowly moving in the conveying direction 16, that the containers 14 are positioned, which are subsequently to be taken over by the handling device 22 with its three gripper heads 24 (cf. FIG. 3B in this regard) and are transferred into the next beverage crates 20 that are being brought up should (see FIGS. 3C and 3D).
  • the second conveyor section 18, on the second horizontal conveyor 36 of which the beverage crates 20 are conveyed, is the controllable and, if necessary, activatable or deactivatable restraint device 40 in the form of two mutually deliverable lifting cylinders 43 (instead of the pivotable flaps 42 in the first
  • Embodiment of Fig. 2 which can form an opening and closing barrier for the boxes 20, as well as laterally at the front of the
  • the lifting cylinders 43 assigned to the second conveyor section 18, which can be set against one another in the horizontal adjustment or movement plane and transversely to the conveying direction 16, and the clamping jaws 44 coupled with this in their position are movable in the conveying direction 16 or counter to this direction , so that the beverage crates 20 to be filled with beverage containers 14 can be retained compared to the crates 20 already equipped with containers 14, but do not have to be delayed to a standstill. Rather, it is provided according to the present invention that the handling device 22 with the through the gripper heads 24 from the first
  • Conveyor path 12 received beverage containers 14 at least during the
  • FIG. 3A shows how the beverage crate 20 lying against the mutually advanced lifting cylinders 43 and all the other crates 20 following the second horizontal conveyor 36 are held back by the reciprocating lifting cylinders 43 and / or with less
  • Conveying speed are moved as the boxes already filled with containers 14, which are moved to the left on the second horizontal conveyor 36.
  • the gripper heads 24 of the handling device 22 are in this phase
  • Beverage containers 14 are equipped, open around perpendicular to the conveying direction 16 Oriented axes of movement movable lifting cylinder 43 of the restraint device 40 and let the filled beverage crates 20 pass in the conveying direction 16, while the controllable clamping jaws 44 for the delay and the retention of the
  • assigned system bar 38 moves in the conveying direction 16 and has in
  • FIG. 3B shows the takeover of three further container groups 15, each with twenty containers 14, by the three gripper heads 24 on the first conveyor section 12,
  • FIG. 3C illustrates their transfer to those available on the second conveyor section 18 and by means of the retaining device 40 the preceding boxes 20 delayed beverage crates 20, which in turn are equipped with the beverage containers 14 according to FIG. 3D.
  • the abutment bar 38 continues in the conveying direction 16 and allows the rows 34 with beverage containers 14 adjoining it to follow, in order to bring them back into the correct take-over position for pick-up by the gripper heads 24, which is shown in FIG. 3E.
  • leading boxes provides that the clamping jaws 44 are first opened in order to let the first box 20 thereby released and all the boxes 20 connected thereafter run against the lifting cylinders 43 (according to FIGS. 3C and 3D) that have been brought into the blocking position, which can also provide the desired exact length of the gap to the leading boxes 20 that is created in this way.
  • 3D again shows the insertion of the container 14 as a complete one
  • the gripper heads 24 are already in their take-over position above the first horizontal conveyor 28 and can take up further groups of containers which, according to FIG can transfer delayed boxes 20 through the restraint device 40 in order to use them there (cf. FIG. 3D and FIG. 3A).
  • the transition from the process phase according to FIG. 3E to the following process phase according to FIG. 3F in turn provides that the boxes 20 which have been conveyed in order to produce the desired gap to the preceding boxes already equipped with containers 14 can initially pass with the jaws 44 open in order to counteract the to be brought into the blocking position of the lifting cylinder 43 (cf. FIG. 3F), after which the clamping jaws 44 are moved against each other for the subsequent process phases in order to hold the box 20 clamped between them.
  • the activatable restraint device 40 at least in phases with the
  • Conveying 20 further conveying speed, the boxes 20 are loaded with containers 14 by the gripper heads 24 moving at the same speed in the conveying direction 16, without this causing irregularities in the filling of the boxes.
  • lifting cylinders 43 that can be set against each other (cf. the second embodiment of the device 10 according to FIGS. 3A to 3F) and those that can be set against each other
  • Clamping jaws 44 if necessary and in the interest of accelerated loading of the beverage crates 20 with container groups 15, can be released into the crates 20 that are already available and delayed by means of the retaining device 40 during the insertion process, because as soon as the containers 14 are a bit into the crates 20 that are ready are lowered, the containers 14 largely slide into the respective intended positions by themselves and can hardly be used incorrectly, so that the boxes are released immediately after the container 14 is released from the gripper heads 24 and can move on.
  • the schematic side views of FIGS. 4A to 4E illustrate the actuation of the pivotable flaps 42 (see FIGS. 2A to 2F) or the lifting cylinders 43 that can be moved against one another (see FIGS.
  • Conveying direction 16 with a transport speed or v 2 Conveying direction 16 with a transport speed or v 2 .
  • FIG. 4A illustrates the boxes 20 abutting the active restraint device 40, while at the same time the feed movement of the
  • Handling device 22 is synchronized with the gripper heads 24 to the feed speed of the boxes 20.
  • the transport speed v- ⁇ a front portion of the second horizontal conveyor 36, which also the
  • Restraint device 40 with the mutually deliverable lifting cylinders 43 and the clamping jaws 44 is smaller than the transport speed v 2 of a rear section of the horizontal conveyor device 36.
  • the conveyed on the two sections of the horizontal conveyor device 36, which are each formed here by endlessly rotating conveyor belts Boxes 20 are all adjacent to one another, since the transport speed v 2 of the rear section is greater than the transport speed v- ⁇ of the front section (conveying direction 16 is from right to left), so that the boxes 20 can be stowed on the restraint device 40.
  • the side jaws 44 are as shown in FIG. 4A
  • FIG. 4B shows how the boxes 20 have moved further to the left in the conveying direction 16, while at the same time the containers 14 are inserted into the foremost three boxes 20 by the gripper heads 24, which here only schematically points vertically downward Arrows is indicated.
  • the transport speed of the front portion of the horizontal conveyor 36, which also the Restraint device 40 with the mutually deliverable lifting cylinders 43 and the clamping jaws 44 is still lower than the transport speed v 2 of the rear section of the horizontal conveyor device 36, so that the boxes 20 are still stowed on the active restraint device 40.
  • the lateral clamping jaws 44 are also deactivated in the process phase shown in FIG. 4B, which in turn is indicated by the broken lines of the clamping jaws 44.
  • FIGS. 4C and 4D illustrate how the front three boxes 20 equipped with containers 14 are located on the front section of FIG.
  • Horizontal conveyor 36 is moved further and distanced from the following boxes 20.
  • the front three boxes 20, which have been filled with containers 14 can be distanced in the manner shown (cf. FIG. 4D), the
  • Horizontal conveyor 36 increases so that the rear boxes 20 moved thereon are conveyed somewhat more slowly than the front three boxes 20.
  • the restraint device 40 is swiveled by pivoting the pivotable flaps 42 (see also FIGS. 2B and 2E) or by moving the lifting cylinders 43 out of the conveying path of the
  • Beverage crates 20 (see also FIGS. 3B and 3E) and thereby partially deactivated, while the lateral clamping jaws 44 are activated in the process phase shown in FIG. 4C and retain the crate 20 which they clamped, so that the crate 20 and those connected to it Boxes 20 cannot follow the leading boxes 20 when the flaps 42 are open or the lifting cylinders 43 have moved apart.
  • the deactivated lifting cylinders 43 are due to the weaker ruling or
  • FIG. 4D shows a subsequent process phase, in which the front three boxes 20 equipped with containers 14 move further on the front section of the horizontal conveyor device 36 and the subsequent boxes 20 with the retention device 40 activated by means of the activated lifting cylinders 43 be held back.
  • the lateral clamping jaws 44 are deactivated again in the process phase shown in FIG. 4D, which is indicated by the broken lines of the clamping jaws 44.
  • Section of the horizontal conveyor 36 is again smaller than that
  • FIG. 4E finally shows a subsequent process phase, in which the restraint device 40, which is formed from the pivotable flaps 42 (FIG. 2) or the lifting cylinders 43 (FIG. 3) and the clamping jaws 44, at one speed v 3 is accelerated from the first, corresponding to Fig. 4D retained boxes 20 in the conveying direction 16, said strip rate v 3 of the retention device 40 must be greater than the conveying speed v 2 of the horizontal conveyor 36. the thus separated from the retaining means 40 boxes 20 may thus in Following with the respective
  • Conveying speed v- ⁇ or v 2 of the corresponding horizontal conveyor 36 can be moved. It goes without saying that at least the clamping jaws 44 must be open in this process phase, but also the pivotable flaps 42 or lifting cylinders 43, depending on which variant is to be used here.
  • FIGS. 5A to 5E illustrate the actuation of the pivotable flaps 42 (see FIGS. 2A to 2F) or the lifting cylinders 43 that can be moved against one another (see FIGS. 3A to 3F), which form the controllable restraint device 40, using a second embodiment variant , and, if necessary and in coordination with the respective control of the flaps 42 or lifting cylinders 43, the clamping jaws 44 which can be placed laterally on the boxes 20 during the loading processes of the boxes 20 with beverage containers 14 by the gripper heads 24 of the handling device 22 while simultaneously promoting the boxes 20 in
  • Sections of the horizontal conveyor 36 of the second conveyor section 18 can also optionally be replaced by a single horizontal conveyor 36, but this is not shown here.
  • the transport speed of the front portion of the second horizontal conveyor 36 which also the
  • Transport speed v 2 of the rear section of the horizontal conveying device 36 Transport speed v 2 of the rear section of the horizontal conveying device 36.
  • the two sections of the horizontal conveying device 36 shown can thus be mentally replaced by a single longer section.
  • the boxes 20 conveyed on the two sections of the horizontal conveyor 36 which are each formed here by endlessly circulating conveyor belts, lie against one another without gaps and are accumulated because the feed speed v 4 of the restraint device 40 is slightly lower than the transport speeds Vi and v 2 of the horizontal conveyor device 36 (conveying direction 16 is from right to left), so that the boxes 20 by this speed difference on the
  • Restraint device 40 can be pent up.
  • the lateral clamping jaws 44 are deactivated in the process phase shown in FIG. 5A, which is indicated by the broken lines of the clamping jaws 44.
  • FIG. 5B shows how the boxes 20 have moved further to the left in the conveying direction 16, while at the same time the containers 14 are inserted into the foremost three boxes 20 by the gripper heads 24, which is shown only schematically here is indicated by arrows pointing vertically downwards.
  • the feed speed v 4 of the restraint device 40 with the reciprocally actuated lifting cylinders 43 and the clamping jaws 44 opened here is still slightly smaller than that
  • the speed of movement v 5 of the handling device 22 with the at least one gripper head 24 parallel to the conveying direction 16 corresponds exactly to that during the insertion process of the containers indicated in FIG. 5B
  • the side jaws 44 are also shown in Figure 5B
  • 5C and 5D illustrate how the front three boxes 20 equipped with containers 14 on the horizontal conveyor 36
  • Restraint device 40 ensures that the box 20 gripped by the delivered clamping jaws 44 and the boxes 20 adjoining and pent up there are conveyed somewhat more slowly than the front three boxes 20, which are already equipped with containers 14.
  • the deactivated lifting cylinders 43 are due to the weaker ruling or
  • FIG. 5D shows a subsequent process phase, in which the front three boxes 20 equipped with containers 14 are moved further on the front section of the horizontal conveyor device 36 and the following boxes 20 are held back by the now activated lifting cylinders 43 when the retaining device 40 is activated.
  • the lateral clamping jaws 44 are deactivated again in the process phase shown in FIG. 5D, which is indicated by the broken lines of the clamping jaws 44.
  • the feed rate v 4 the
  • Restraint device 40 is again lower than the transport speed or v 2 of the horizontal conveyor device 36, as a result of which the boxes 20 to be filled with containers 14 are accumulated on the active restraint device 40.
  • Restraint device 40 is to be explained in more detail with reference to the schematic representations of FIGS. 6A to 6D.
  • FIG. 5E finally shows a subsequent process phase in which the restraint device 40, which is formed from the pivotable flaps 42 (FIG. 2) or the lifting cylinders 43 (FIG. 3) and the clamping jaws 44, has a detachment speed v 3 is accelerated from the first, corresponding to FIG. 5D retained boxes 20 in the conveying direction 16, said strip rate v 3 of the retention device 40 must be larger v- than the conveying speed ⁇ and v 2 of the horizontal conveyor 36.
  • Conveying speed or v 2 of the divided or one-piece horizontal conveyor 36 can be moved on.
  • Figures 6B, 6C and 6D are also an optional equipment and Embodiment variant of the handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention, which is shown only partially in the drawing, is illustrated.
  • FIG. 6B, 6C and 6D is also an optional equipment and Embodiment variant of the handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention, which is shown only partially in the drawing, is illustrated.
  • Conveying direction 16 can be seen.
  • Conveyor path 18 runs a guide rail 48 for the horizontal guidance of the restraint device 40, which is movable parallel to the second conveying path 18 or the horizontal conveying device 36 and with which the beverage crates 20 can be dammed up and retained as required (see FIGS. 2A to 5E).
  • the restraint device 40 is formed here by a module which can be moved along the guide rail 48 and which comprises an electric drive motor 50 which interacts with a belt drive 52, around which the
  • Restraining device 40 module to move in the conveying direction 16 of the boxes 20 or opposite to the conveying direction 16.
  • Such a guide rail 48 with associated belt drive 52 and the same module is located
  • FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D can also be seen in detail in the illustrations of FIGS. 6A, 6B, 6C and 6D, the right-hand lifting cylinder 43 of the two mutually adjustable lifting cylinders 43, which can be extended transversely to the conveying direction 16, in order in this way to support the adjacent ones Beverage crate 20
  • both the lifting cylinders 43, which are adjustable in the horizontal direction transversely to the conveying direction 16, and the clamping jaws 44, which can be adjusted parallel to this, that is to say also in the horizontal direction transversely to the conveying direction 16, can, for example, be designed as pneumatic modules which are adjusted by means of a controllable compressed air supply, that is to say extended and retracted can be, which has the advantage of a high adjustment speed with sufficiently high clamping forces. If necessary, several boxes 20 can thus be moved along the
  • Guide rail 48 movable restraint 40 are retained, however, do not have to be delayed to a standstill.
  • the beverage crate 20 lying against the mutually advanced lifting cylinders 43 and all the other crates 20 following on the second horizontal conveyor 36 can be restrained and / or moved at a lower conveying speed by the reciprocally actuated lifting cylinders 43 and the clamping jaws 44 that act laterally on the crate 20 at the front than the boxes (not shown) which have already been filled with containers 14 and which are moved further on the horizontal conveyor device 36.
  • FIG. 6B clearly shows the right lifting cylinder 43 seen in the conveying direction 16
  • FIG. 6C particularly shows the right clamping jaw 44.
  • FIG. 6D also shows the guide rail 48 and the module of the restraint device 40 which is displaceably mounted thereon from the other side, which can be regarded as the opposite module of the illustration in FIG. 6A, since the lifting cylinder 43 and the clamping jaw 44 are also located is in a symmetrical arrangement to the module shown there.
  • Restraint device 40 are described in detail, which can be used for all of the previously described variants according to FIGS. 1 to 5E and which can each be contained there.
  • the restraint device 40 serves primarily for the exact alignment of the outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20 to be filled next with articles 13 or containers 14 and also for the respective re-calibration of the handling device 22 in order to coordinate the exact positions of the handling device 22 with their gripper head 24 or their Gripper heads 24 and the outer packaging 19 or boxes 20 to be fitted with articles 13 or containers 14.
  • the outer packaging 19 or boxes 20 are normally transported in an uninterrupted product stream on the second conveyor line 18 and, after being equipped with articles 13 or containers 14, are also transported on the second conveyor line 18 and are fed to a further treatment such as palletizing, the problem can arise that the positions of the outer packaging 19 or boxes 20 currently to be loaded are not detected or recognized with the desired precision and are therefore possibly not exactly known.
  • the exact position of at least the outer packaging 19 or boxes 20 to be loaded is for an exact positioning of the handling device 22 which, with its at least one gripper head 24, carries the articles 13 or containers 14 received by the first conveying path 12 and in the outer packaging 19 provided for this or boxes 20 should be essential.
  • the handling variant 22 of the handling and / or packaging device shown uses the one associated with the second conveyor section 18 in relation to or above the outer packaging 19 that is normally conveyed on during the loading with articles 13 and does not have to use complex sensors with optical image evaluation or other detection algorithms Controllable and / or, if necessary, activatable retention device 40, which on the one hand can delay the outer packaging 19 before and / or during its loading with articles 13, but which on the other hand can contribute to the exact position of the respective outer packaging 19 which is in contact with the retaining device 40 , as well as the subsequent packaging 19 and thus the
  • Handling device 22 in the interest of an exact positioning
  • Conveying speed of the outer packaging 19 can define, in particular is lower than the feed speed of the second conveyor device 36, since the retaining device 40 the outer packaging 19, which is currently to be loaded with articles 13, compared to the feed speed of the second
  • Horizontal conveyor 36 can brake.
  • 6D shows an optical sensor 54 which is arranged on the actuator of the lifting cylinder 43 and which can detect whether the lifting cylinder 43 intervenes at the level of the optical sensor 54 and thus in the region of the lifting packaging or box flow on both sides and possibly delays it of the restraint device 40 is currently a box 20 or not. Only when the absence of a box 20 and thus a gap in the area of the restraint device 40 is detected by the optical sensor 54, can the lifting cylinders 43 be extended into the area of this gap and the still empty boxes 20 can thus be stowed.
  • the typical sequence in the targeted creation of a gap between successive boxes 20 in accordance with FIGS. 4C to 4E and 5C to 5E provides that after the loading of a box 20 or the simultaneous loading of up to three or four boxes 20 with articles 13 or containers 14 (cf. FIGS. 4B and 5B) first the clamping jaws 44 are placed on the next empty box 20, which has not yet been equipped with articles 13 or containers 14, and this box 20 and all the boxes 20 following it are held and are thus dammed up while the boxes 20 filled with articles 13 or containers 14 are moved away in the conveying direction 16 due to the somewhat faster feed speed of the horizontal conveyor device 36 and a gap is generated after them.
  • the positioning of the restraint device 40 and the positioning of the clamping jaws 44 on the side of the box 20 can initially be done relatively roughly, normally by linking the position control along the
  • Position control for the restraint 40 is available. By means of the drive motor 50, the restraint 40 can therefore on each side of the
  • Box currents on the second conveyor line 18 are each moved along the guide rails 48 into the appropriate position, with activated and against the first empty box 20, which follows the boxes 20 loaded with articles 13 or containers 14, the clamping jaws 44 that have been driven, to hold this empty box 20 and all boxes 20 following this box 20 or to the horizontal conveyor 36 in relation to the transport speed v / ⁇ or v 2 delay.
  • Retention device 40 with respect to the transport speed v ⁇ and v 2 of the horizontal conveyor detects 36 a gap on the leading end, with articles 13 or beverage containers 14 fitted box 20, the lift cylinder 43 or the pivotable flaps 42 may be activated (according to specification of the retention device 40) and be driven into the box stream 20.
  • the clamping jaws 44 on the empty box 20 can then be deactivated again and opened or moved apart, as a result of which the previously clamped box 20 and all the following boxes 20 pent up thereon by the advancing movement of the horizontal conveyor device 36 in contact with the activated lifting cylinders 43 or the pivotable flaps 42 come and there opposite
  • Transport speed v- ⁇ or v 2 of the horizontal conveyor device 36 at least slightly reduced feed speed v 4 of the restraint device 40 are still present.
  • FIG. 7 shows in two schematic views an optional further equipment variant of the handling and / or
  • Packaging device 10 which here has an additional detection device 46 for detecting the contours of the outer packaging 19 to be equipped with articles 13 Is provided.
  • the schematic side view of FIG. 7A and the schematic top view of FIG. 7B illustrate the detection device 46, which is preferably arranged on the handling device 22, in particular by an optical device
  • Detection device 46 such as a camera or the like, but can optionally also be formed by an ultrasound detection device or another type of detection device.
  • the essential task of the gripper heads 24 or the handling device 22 which is expediently assigned or mounted there
  • Detection device 46 consists in scanning the contours through the
  • Beverage crates 20 formed packaging 19, which can occasionally be slightly deformed, as indicated by the top view of FIG. 7B. There is the rear one
  • Beverage crate 20 of three crates 20 conveyed one behind the other in conveying direction 16 on its side wall facing the middle crate 20 is slightly arched inwards, which is what happens when the crate 20 is loaded with beverage containers 14 and thus in the
  • the box contours can be detected by means of the
  • Serve detection device 46 In the case of a plurality of boxes 20 which are transported one behind the other and which have such or a similar contour deviation, the exact positioning by means of the retaining device 40 (cf. FIGS. 2 to 5) cannot be guaranteed. Positioning the gripper heads 24 exactly in the middle above the respective boxes 20, their central position being recognized by the detection device 46, avoids inaccuracies and problems when loading them
  • FIGS. 8A, 8B and 8C show a possible embodiment of a part of a handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention, in which the handling device 22 has a total of six gripper heads 24 which can be moved simultaneously and synchronously with one another for simultaneously loading six beverage crates 20 each a container group 15 comprises. Each of these six can be gripped simultaneously by a gripper head 24
  • Container groups 15 (see the side view of FIG. 8B) have a total of twenty
  • Beverage containers 14, which can be accommodated in the gripper head 24 by means of the article grippers 25 and inserted into the beverage crates 20 conveyed on the second horizontal conveyor device 36.
  • the beverage containers 14 are arranged in five parallel rows 34 on the first horizontal conveyor 28 of the first
  • Conveying path 12 is conveyed into the detection area of the handling device 22, as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 8A and 8C.
  • Packaging device 10 arranged input terminal 58 can
  • Machine control programs can be activated or influenced, or other / other information can be displayed to a user.
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic plan view of an embodiment variant of the handling and / or packaging device 10 according to the invention, with the first conveyor line 12 with the multiple rows in the detection area of FIG. 9
  • Handling device 22 brought beverage containers 14 parallel to the second conveyor section 18 with the also in the detection area of the
  • Handling device 22 runs towards empty beverage crates 20.
  • the conveying direction 16a in which the beverage containers 14 are conveyed in multi-row transport, runs opposite to the conveying direction 16b, with which the loaded boxes 20 are transported out of the device 10.
  • the first conveying direction 16a of the beverage containers 14 to be inserted into the boxes 20 runs from right to left in the plan view of FIG. 9, while the second conveying direction 16b of the boxes 20 to be equipped with the containers 14 runs parallel to it from left to right.
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 show a schematic perspective view of sections of the conveyor lines 12 and 18 as well as parts of the handling device 22 of the embodiment variant of the invention shown in FIGS. 8 and 9
  • Handling and / or packaging device 10 Also there is the one with a total of six that can be moved and controlled simultaneously and approximately synchronously
  • Gripper heads 24 equipped handling device 22 recognizable, which is in the process of being in the process of taking, with its article grippers 25, for example formed by suction grippers or the like, a total of 120 beverage containers 14 from the five parallel rows 34 in order to insert them into empty beverage crates 20 which are conveyed up on the second horizontal conveying device 36 in the second conveying direction 16b.
  • FIGS 10A to 10D also leave another optional
  • Outer packaging or box flow on the second conveyor line 18 is used, but also is suitable for reducing the risk of collision of the articles 13 or beverage containers 14 with the upper side box or outer packaging edges or edges.
  • this equipment option is formed by lateral ramps or bevels 60 located on both sides at the edge of the outer packaging or box flow and at the upper lateral edges of the boxes 20, which inclines at least that
  • the lateral ramps or bevels 60 are located on mutually facing sides of a pair of pivotable strips 62, which are located on both sides of the conveying path of the conveying path 18, so that they at least the longitudinal edges of the Cover outer packaging 19 or beverage crates 20.
  • pivotable strips 62 can be pivoted upwards by their articulated suspension 64 in order to be able to lift the boxes 20 upwards from the horizontal conveyor 36 in the event of faults.
  • the schematic arrows in FIG. 10C which are identified by the reference number 66, illustrate the optional swiveling or folding possibility with which the two strips 62 each by means of their articulated suspensions 64 in a manner one to their own
  • pivotable strips 62 in order to pivot them upward in the direction of arrow 66 for removal of the boxes 20, can optionally be coupled with motor drives, for example with electric motors, with pneumatic or with hydraulic drives.
  • motor drives for example with electric motors, with pneumatic or with hydraulic drives.
  • Such optional drives enable automatic or semi-automatic swiveling and thus a coupling with a process control for the entire system.
  • a purely passive suspension is also conceivable, which requires the bars 62 to be pivoted manually if they are to be pivoted upward in the direction of the arrow 66.
  • the pivoting strips 62 have the particular advantage that they are the
  • the pivotable strips 62 can optionally also be formed by simple sheets (not shown), since the bevels or side ramps 60 shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D do not have to be necessary in all applications.
  • Such longitudinal sheets which are arranged parallel to the conveying direction of the boxes 20 on both sides at the positions as shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D, fulfill the above-mentioned purpose of the box guide in the same way.
  • Such guide plates or strips are equally suitable to reliably prevent the boxes 20 from rising and to keep them in their positions shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D when the gripper moves out of the boxes 20 again and therefore no longer offers additional support and / or if the back pressure becomes so high in the course of the conveying process that individual boxes 20 could be pushed upwards.
  • strips 62 shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D or the guide plates (not shown here), which can optionally be designed without the ramps 60 shown, do not necessarily have to be pivotable, but can also optionally be plugged in, moved or otherwise Can be fastened in this way and can be brought by moving or removing them from their management positions.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de manipulation et/ou d'emballage (10) et un procédé pour emballer des groupes d'articles. Le dispositif (10) comprend une première voie de transport (12) pour le transport d'une pluralité d'articles (13) dans un flux massique (26) et/ou dans le cadre d'un transport continu dans une direction de transport (16) définie, et une seconde voie de transport (18) qui s'étend à proximité de la première voie de transport (12) et/ou parallèlement à celle-ci et sert au transport successif d'emballages (19) qui sont conçus et préparés pour recevoir respectivement au moins un groupe d'articles constitué par plusieurs articles (13). Le dispositif (10) comprend par ailleurs un système de manipulation (22) associé aux voies de transport (12, 18), comprenant au moins une tête de préhension (24) qui est disposée et conçue pour recevoir et détecter simultanément respectivement un groupe d'articles provenant de la première voie de transport (12), le transférer à la seconde voie de transport (18) et insérer le groupe d'articles dans l'un des emballages (19) transportés au même emplacement. À la seconde voie de transport (18) est associé un dispositif de retenue (40) activable et/ou commandable avec lequel l'au moins un emballage (19) doté d'articles (13) peut être maintenu au moins par phases avant et/ou pendant l'insertion du groupe d'articles vis-à-vis d'emballages (19) précédents et/ou déjà remplis d'articles (13) et/ou peut être ralenti vis-à-vis de la vitesse de transport des emballages (19) précédents.
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