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WO2025061597A1 - Unité de magasin pour machine à emballer, machine à emballer dotée d'une unité de magasin et procédé de chargement d'une unité de magasin - Google Patents

Unité de magasin pour machine à emballer, machine à emballer dotée d'une unité de magasin et procédé de chargement d'une unité de magasin Download PDF

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WO2025061597A1
WO2025061597A1 PCT/EP2024/075732 EP2024075732W WO2025061597A1 WO 2025061597 A1 WO2025061597 A1 WO 2025061597A1 EP 2024075732 W EP2024075732 W EP 2024075732W WO 2025061597 A1 WO2025061597 A1 WO 2025061597A1
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magazine unit
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angular position
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Gabriele Poletti
Marco Ricco'
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Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/12—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core
    • B65H19/126—Lifting, transporting, or inserting the web roll; Removing empty core with both-ends supporting arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H16/00—Unwinding, paying-out webs
    • B65H16/02—Supporting web roll
    • B65H16/06—Supporting web roll both-ends type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B41/00—Supplying or feeding container-forming sheets or wrapping material
    • B65B41/12—Feeding webs from rolls
    • 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
    • B65B9/00—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, e.g. liquids or semiliquids, in flat, folded, or tubular webs of flexible sheet material; Subdividing filled flexible tubes to form packages
    • B65B9/10—Enclosing successive articles, or quantities of material, in preformed tubular webs, or in webs formed into tubes around filling nozzles, e.g. extruded tubular webs
    • B65B9/12—Subdividing filled tubes to form two or more packages by sealing or securing involving displacement of contents
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/413—Supporting web roll
    • B65H2301/4134—Both ends type arrangement
    • B65H2301/41342—Both ends type arrangement shaft transversing the roll
    • B65H2301/41344—Both ends type arrangement shaft transversing the roll the roll being fixed to the shaft (e.g. by clamping)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/41—Winding, unwinding
    • B65H2301/417—Handling or changing web rolls
    • B65H2301/4171—Handling web roll
    • B65H2301/4173—Handling web roll by central portion, e.g. gripping central portion
    • B65H2301/41734—Handling web roll by central portion, e.g. gripping central portion involving rail
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2513/00—Dynamic entities; Timing aspects
    • B65H2513/50—Timing
    • B65H2513/51—Sequence of process
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2801/00—Application field
    • B65H2801/69—Form fill-and-seal machines

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  • MAGAZINE UNIT FOR A PACKAGING MACHINE, PACKAGING MACHINE HAVING A MAGAZINE UNIT AND METHOD FOR LOADING A MAGAZINE UNIT
  • the present invention relates to a magazine unit for a packaging machine, preferentially a packaging machine configured to form packages from a web of packaging material.
  • the present invention also relates to a packaging machine, in particular a packaging machine for producing packages of a pourable product, more particular of a pourable food product, having a magazine unit.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for loading a magazine unit of a packaging machine.
  • liquid or pourable food products such as fruit juice, UHT (ultra-high-temperature treated) milk, wine, tomato sauce, etc.
  • UHT ultra-high-temperature treated milk
  • wine tomato sauce
  • etc. are sold in packages made of sterilized packaging material.
  • a typical example is the parallelepiped-shaped package for liquid or pourable food products known as Tetra Brik Aseptic (registered trademark) , which is made by sealing and folding laminated strip packaging material.
  • the packaging material has a multilayer structure comprising a base layer, e.g. of paper, covered on both sides with layers of heatseal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene.
  • the packaging material also comprises a layer of oxygenbarrier material (an oxygen-barrier layer ) , e . g . an aluminum foil , which is superimposed on a layer of heat-seal plastic material , and is in turn covered with another layer of heatseal plastic material forming the inner face of the package eventually contacting the food product .
  • Packages of this sort are normally produced on fully automatic packaging machines , which advance a web of packaging material through a sterili zation apparatus for sterili zing the web of packaging material at a sterili zation station and to an isolation chamber ( a closed and sterile environment ) in which the sterili zed web of packaging material is maintained and advanced .
  • the web of packaging material is folded and sealed longitudinally at a tube forming station to form a tube having a longitudinal seam portion, the tube being further fed along a vertical advancing direction .
  • the tube is filled with a pourable product , in particular a pourable food product , and is transversally sealed and subsequently cut along equally spaced transversal cross sections within a package forming apparatus of the packaging machine during advancement along the vertical advancing direction .
  • Pillow packages are so obtained, each pillow package having a longitudinal sealing band, a top transversal sealing band and a bottom transversal sealing band .
  • a typical packaging machine comprises a magazine unit for hosting the web of packaging material , a conveying device for advancing the web of packaging material along a web advancement path and the tube formed from the web of packaging material along a tube advancement path, the sterili zing apparatus for sterili zing the web of packaging material prior to its formation into the tube , a tube forming and sealing device at least partially arranged within the isolation chamber and being configured to form the tube from the advancing web of packaging material and to longitudinally seal the tube , a filling device for filling the tube with the pourable product and the package forming apparatus adapted to form, transversally seal and cut individual packages from the tube of packaging material .
  • a typical magazine unit comprises at least one support device configured to carry a spindle carrying a wound-up web of packaging material .
  • each support device comprises a pair of housing seats , each of which holding an end portion of the spindle .
  • each housing seat can be controlled between a receiving configuration in which the spindle is inserted into or removed from the respective housing seats , and an operative configuration in which the spindle is secured to , i . e . cannot exit from, the respective housing seats .
  • an operator needs to guide the spindle into the respective housing seats , which are set in the respective receiving configurations .
  • the operator must close the magazine unit and only then the operator can remotely set the housing seats in the operative configurations . Then, the operator can newly open the magazine unit so as to prepare the web of packaging material wound around the respective spindle .
  • a magazine unit comprises two support devices .
  • One of the support devices supports the spindle that holds the web of packaging material in use and the other support device supports the spindle that holds the web of packaging material that needs to be spliced to the web of packaging material in use before the web of packaging material in use is completely exhausted .
  • Figure 1 is a schematic view of a packaging machine for packaging a pourable product , with parts removed for clarity;
  • Figure 2 is a lateral view of a portion of the packaging machine of Figure 1 , with parts removed for clarity;
  • Figures 3a to 3c are enlarged lateral view of a detail of the portion of Figure 2, with parts removed for clarity;
  • FIG. 4 shows a further detail of the portion of Figure 2, with parts removed for clarity.
  • Number 1 indicates as a whole a packaging machine for producing sealed packages 2 of a pourable product, in particular a pourable food product, such as milk, milk drinks, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, fruit juice, wine, tomato sauce, emulsions, beverages containing pulp, salt, sugar, etc .
  • a pourable food product such as milk, milk drinks, yoghurt, yoghurt drinks, fruit juice, wine, tomato sauce, emulsions, beverages containing pulp, salt, sugar, etc .
  • packaging machine 1 may be configured to produce packages 2 from a web of packaging material 3, preferentially a web of multilayer packaging material.
  • web of packaging material 3 may have heat seal properties (i.e. portions of the multilayer packaging material can be sealed to one another) .
  • web of packaging material 3 may comprise at least one layer of fibrous material, such as e.g. paper or cardboard, and at least two layers of heatseal plastic material, e.g. polyethylene, interposing the layer of fibrous material in between one another. Preferentially, one of these two layers of heat-seal plastic material may define the inner face of packages 2 contacting the pourable product.
  • web of packaging material 3 may also comprise a layer of gas- and light-barrier material , e . g . aluminum foil or ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film, preferentially being arranged between one of the layers of the heat-seal plastic material and the layer of fibrous material .
  • gas- and light-barrier material e. g . aluminum foil or ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) film
  • web of packaging material 3 may also comprise a further layer of heat-seal plastic material being interposed between the layer of gas- and light-barrier material and the layer of fibrous material .
  • packaging machine 1 may be configured to produce packages 2 by forming a tube 4 from web of packaging material 3 , longitudinally sealing tube 4 , filling tube 4 with the pourable product and to transversally seal , and preferentially transversally cut tube 4 .
  • each package 2 may comprise at least a first transversal sealing band arranged at a first end of package 2 , and preferentially also a second transversal sealing band arranged at a second end of package 2 opposite to the first end .
  • packaging machine 1 may comprise :
  • a conveying device 13 configured to advance web of packaging material 3 along a web advancement path P .
  • conveying device 13 may be configured to advance web of packaging material 3 to a tube forming station, at which, in use , web of packaging material 3 is formed into tube 4 .
  • Conveying device 13 may also be configured to advance tube 4 along a tube advancement path Q .
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise :
  • a tube forming and sealing device 15 configured to form tube 4 from the , in use , advancing web of packaging material 3 and to longitudinally seal tube 4 , preferentially at the tube forming station;
  • package forming unit 17 configured to transversally seal , and preferentially to transversally cut tube 4 for obtaining semi- finali zed packs , preferentially package pouches .
  • package forming unit 17 may also be configured to form tube 4 .
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise an isolation chamber 18 , preferentially delimiting an inner environment 19 from an outer environment 20 .
  • inner environment 19 may be a sterile environment , preferably containing a controlled atmosphere .
  • tube forming and sealing device 15 may be at least partially arranged within and configured to fold and longitudinally seal tube 4 within isolation chamber 18 , preferentially inner environment 19 .
  • packaging machine 1 may also comprise a sterili zing unit configured to sterili ze the , in use , advancing web of packaging material 3 , preferentially the sterili zation unit being arranged upstream of tube forming and sealing device 15 along web advancement path P and/or downstream of host station 12 .
  • a sterili zing unit configured to sterili ze the , in use , advancing web of packaging material 3 , preferentially the sterili zation unit being arranged upstream of tube forming and sealing device 15 along web advancement path P and/or downstream of host station 12 .
  • conveying device 13 may be configured to advance tube 4 and any intermediates of tube 4 along tube advancement path Q, preferentially from tube forming and sealing device 15 to and/or at least partially within package forming unit 17 .
  • any configuration of web of packaging material 3 is meant prior to obtaining the tube structure and after folding of web of packaging material 3 by tube forming and sealing device 15 has started .
  • the intermediates of tube 4 are a result of the gradual folding of web of packaging material 3 so as to obtain tube 4 , preferentially by overlapping the ( longitudinal ) edges of web of packaging material 3 with one another .
  • tube forming and sealing device 15 may be arranged such that tube 4 may have a vertical orientation .
  • filling device 16 may comprise a filling pipe being configured to direct , in use , the pourable product into tube 4 .
  • the filling pipe may, in use , be at least partially placed within tube 4 for feeding, in use , the pourable product into tube 4 .
  • package forming unit 17 may comprise a plurality of operative devices , each one configured to manipulate , preferentially to at least partially form, to at least transversally seal and to transversally cut , tube 4 for obtaining packages 2 .
  • magazine unit 10 may be arranged upstream of isolation chamber 18 and/or tube forming and sealing device 15 and/or packaging forming unit 17 .
  • magazine unit 10 comprises one or more support devices 25 , each one configured to rotatably carry at least one reel 11 .
  • each reel 11 more precisely the respective web of packaging material 3 , is illustrated as a transparent element so as to show ( i . e . allow the reader to see ) portions of magazine unit 10 .
  • each reel 11 more precisely the respective web of packaging material 3 , is not transparent .
  • Magazine unit 10 may comprise at least two support devices 25 , arranged next to one another . More speci fically, support devices 25 are arranged such to allow for arranging reels 11 within magazine unit 10 in parallel and next to one another .
  • each reel 11 may comprise a spindle 26 and web of packaging material 3 being wound about spindle 26 .
  • spindle 26 may extend along a center axis .
  • spindle 26 may comprise a first end portion 27 and a second end portion (not visible ) opposite to first end portion 27 .
  • each spindle 26 may comprise a clamping group 29 ( only partially shown) configured to clamp reel 11 on spindle 26 .
  • magazine unit 10 may comprise an inlet opening configured to allow for the introduction of reels 11 into magazine unit 10 . Additionally, the inlet opening may allow for the removal of an exhausted reel 11 from magazine unit 10 .
  • the inlet opening may have a si ze allowing for an operator to at least partially enter magazine unit 10 .
  • magazine unit 10 may comprise a door movable between an open position in which the door opens the inlet opening and a closed position in which the door closes the inlet opening .
  • each support device 25 comprises :
  • each pair may be arranged side-by-side and may be distanced from the inlet opening . Even more speci fically, each pair of housing seats 30 may be distanced from one another along a first direction DI .
  • Each pair of housing seats 30 may rotatably carry the respective spindle 26 ( for rotatably carrying the respective reel 11 ) .
  • each spindle 26 ( and therewith also the respective reel 11 ) may be rotatable about the respective center axis , when being placed within the respective housing seats 30 .
  • second direction D2 may be transversal , more speci fically ( substantially) perpendicular to , first direction DI .
  • one housing seat 30 of each pair may be configured to receive the respective first end portion 27 and the other housing seat 30 of the respective pair may be configured to receive the respective second end portion .
  • the respective housing seats 30 of each pair may be configured to arrange the respective spindle 26 along a hori zontal direction .
  • respective guide rails 32 of each pair 31 may be arranged side-by-side .
  • each guide rail 32 may extend to one respective housing seat 30 .
  • each pair 31 of guide rails 32 may be configured to guide the respective spindle 26 to , and in particular also into , the respective pair of housing seats 30 .
  • each guide rail 32 may extend from the respective inlet opening to the respective housing seat 30 .
  • one guide rail 32 of each pair 31 may be configured to be engaged by the respective first end portion 27 and the other guide rail 32 of the respective pair 31 may be configured to be engaged by the respective second end portion .
  • the respective spindle 26 is placed on the respective guide rails 32 and is rolled over the respective guide rails 32 towards and to the respective housing seats 30 .
  • Each housing seat 30 is controllable in :
  • housing seat 30 is configured to receive a respective end portion ( first end portion 27 or second end portion) of spindle 26 ; and a closed configuration ( see Figure 3C ) in which housing seat 30 is fully closed and configured to lock the respective end portion ( first end portion 27 or second end portion) of the respective spindle 26 within the respective housing seat 30 .
  • each housing seat 30 is controllable in a respective intermediate configuration ( distinct from the open configuration and the closed configuration) in which the housing seat is only partially closed, and in particular configured to impede the respective end portion (first end portion 27 or second end portion) of the respective spindle 26 to return onto the respective guide rail 32 .
  • packaging machine 1 and/or magazine unit 10 may comprise a control unit configured to at least control housing seats 30 between the respective opening configurations , intermediate configurations and closed configurations .
  • control unit may be configured to move the housing seats 30 at first from the respective open configuration to the respective intermediate configuration and then from the respective intermediate configuration to the respective closed configuration .
  • control unit may be configured to control housing seats 30 directly from the closed configuration to the open configuration or, alternatively, from the closed configuration to the intermediate configuration and then to the open configuration .
  • control unit may be configured to simultaneously move the respective housing seats 30 of the respective pair from the respective open configurations to the respective intermediate configurations and from the respective intermediate configurations to the respective closed configurations .
  • control unit may be configured to control housing seats 30 from the respective intermediate configurations to the respective closed configurations only in the case that the door of magazine unit 10 is in the closed position .
  • magazine unit 10 may further comprise one or more actuation devices 33 , such as a linear motor, configured to control housing seats 30 between the respective open configurations , the respective intermediate configurations and the respective closed configurations .
  • actuation devices 33 such as a linear motor
  • magazine unit 10 comprises one respective actuation device 33 for each housing seat 30 and each actuation device 33 may be coupled to the respective housing seat 30 .
  • control unit may be operatively connected to each actuation device 33 and may be configured to selectively control actuation devices 33 so as to control housing seats 30 .
  • each housing seat 30 may be rotatable around a respective rotation axis C .
  • each housing seat 30 may be arranged in a first angular position ( see Figure 3A) , a second angular position ( see Figure 3B ) and a third angular position ( see Figure 3C ) with respect to the respective rotation axis C when being controlled in, respectively, the respective open configuration, the respective intermediate configuration and the respective closed configuration .
  • each second angular position is di f ferent from the respective first angular position and each third angular position is di f ferent from the respective first angular position and the respective second angular position .
  • each actuation device 33 may be configured to rotate the respective housing seat ( s ) 30 in an angular direction from the respective first angular position to the respective second angular position and from the respective second angular position to the respective third angular position .
  • Each second angular position is interposed between the respective first angular position and the respective third angular position with respect to the angular direction .
  • each guide rail 32 may have a guide surface 34 configured to support spindle 26 , more speci fically one of the respective first end portion 27 and the respective second end portion .
  • Each guide surface 34 extend from a first terminal portion 35 to a second terminal portion 36 .
  • each second terminal portion 36 may be adj acent to one respective housing seat 30 .
  • each first terminal portion 35 may be positioned adj acently to the inlet opening .
  • each housing seat 30 may comprise a housing channel 40 .
  • each housing seat 30 in particular the respective housing channel 40 , may comprise an inlet aperture 41 configured to allow for introducing the respective end portion of spindle 26 into and discharging the respective end portion of spindle 26 from the respective housing seat 30 , in particular the respective housing channel 40 .
  • housing channel 40 is angularly movable about the respective rotation axis C . More speci fically, housing channel 40 can be selectively positioned in the respective first angular position, the respective second angular position and the respective third angular position by operation of actuation device 33 .
  • each housing channel 40 may comprise an engagement surface 42 configured to guide the respective spindle 26 , in particular the respective first end portion 27 or the respective second end portion into housing channel 40 and out of housing channel 40 .
  • each inlet aperture 41 and/or each engagement surface 42 and the respective second terminal portion 36 may be aligned with respect to one another with the respective housing seat 30 being in the open configuration ( see Figure 3A) and may be unaligned with respect to one another with the respective housing seat 30 being in the respective intermediate configuration ( see Figure 3B ) and in the respective closed configuration ( see Figure 3C ) .
  • each engagement surface 42 may be flush with the respective guide surface 34 with the respective housing seat 30 being in the open configuration ( see Figure 3A) .
  • each housing seat 30 and the respective guide rail 32 may be separated from one another by means of a respective edge 43 originating from positioning of housing seat 30 in the respective intermediate configuration ( see Figure 3B ) .
  • each edge 43 may be substantially defined by controlling the respective housing seat 30 in the respective intermediate configuration .
  • each housing channel 40 may comprise an abutment surface 44 opposite to the respective inlet aperture 41 and the respective end portion (first end portion 27 or second end portion) of the respective spindle 26 abuts against the abutment surface 44 when being arranged in housing seat 30 .
  • magazine unit 10 may also comprise a pair of support structures 45 , each support structure 45 being configured to carry, in particular to rotatably carry, one respective housing seat 30 .
  • each support structure 45 may comprise a housing space and the respective housing seat 30 being rotatably movable within the respective housing space .
  • each support structure 45 may compri se a plurality of bearing elements 47 ( e . g . ball elements or roller elements or the like ) arranged within the respective housing space and carrying the respective housing seat 30 .
  • bearing elements 47 e . g . ball elements or roller elements or the like
  • each support structure 45 may al so comprise a wall 48 , in particular at least partially delimiting the respective housing space .
  • each wall 48 may be arranged and/or designed such to close the respective inlet aperture 41 with the respective housing seat 30 being in the respective closed configuration .
  • wall 48 guarantees that the respective end portion of spindle 26 cannot exit through the respective inlet aperture 41 .
  • each wall 48 may be arranged and/or designed such to partially close the respective inlet aperture 41 with the respective housing seat 30 being in the respective intermediate configuration .
  • control unit may be configured to control each housing seat 30 after having received the respective end portion ( either first end portion 27 or second end portion) of the respective spindle 26 from the open configuration to the intermediate configuration and afterwards from the intermediate configuration to the closed configuration .
  • control unit may be configured to control each housing seat 30 from the respective intermediate configuration to the closed configuration only with the door of magazine unit 10 being closed .
  • packaging machine 1 forms packages 2 f illed with the pourable product .
  • conveying device 13 advances web of packaging material 3 from magazine unit 10 , preferentially to host station 12 .
  • conveying device advances web of packaging material 3 from host station 7 to forming station 10 at which web of packaging material 3 is formed into tube 4 .
  • Conveying device 13 further advances tube 4 along tube advancement path Q to package forming unit 17 .
  • filling device 16 fills tube 4 with the pourable product .
  • web of packaging material 3 is sterili zed at the sterili zation station .
  • Package forming unit 13 forms and transversally seals tube 4 and, preferentially, also transversally cuts tube 4 so as to obtain packages 2 .
  • each reel 11 gets exhausted .
  • a new web of packaging material 3 is spliced to web of packaging material 3 in use .
  • a method for loading spindle 26 carrying wound-up web of packaging material 3 into magaz ine unit 10 comprises the steps of : a . ) providing housing seats 30 being in the open configurations ; b . ) placing spindle 26 on one pair 31 of guide rails 32 ; c.) guiding spindle 26 along guide rails 32, more specifically the respective guide surfaces 34, and into the respective housing seats 30, more specifically into the respective housing channels 40; d.) moving housing seats 30 from the open configurations to the intermediate configurations; and e.) moving the housing seats from the intermediate configurations to the closed configurations.
  • step a. the control unit commands actuation device (s) 33 so as to set the respective housing seats 30 in the respective first angular positions.
  • housing seats 30 rotate about respective rotation axes C.
  • control unit commands actuation device (s) 33 so as to set the respective housing seats 30 in the respective second angular positions.
  • control unit commands actuation device (s) 33 so as to set the respective housing seats 30 in the respective third angular positions.
  • the step e.) may only be executed in the case that the door of magazine unit 10 is in a closed position .
  • magazine unit 10 The advantages of magazine unit 10 according to the present invention will be clear from the foregoing description .
  • the loading of spindles 26 into magazine unit 10 is facilitated by additionally mitigating the risk of inj uries .
  • a technical operator does not need to leave magazine unit 10 while housing seats 30 move from the respective open configurations to the respective intermediate configurations as pos itioning housing seats 30 in the intermediate configuration is safe .
  • the technical operator can prepare spindle 26 and the respective web of packaging material 3 , e . g . for a splicing process .

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L'invention concerne une unité de magasin (10) pour machine d'emballage (1) comprenant une ouverture d'entrée configurée pour permettre l'introduction d'une bobine (11) ayant une broche (26) portant une bande enroulée de matériau d'emballage (3) dans l'unité de magasin (10), au moins une paire de sièges de boîtier (30) configurés pour supporter de manière rotative la broche (26) portant la bande enroulée de matériau d'emballage (3), les sièges de boîtier (30) respectifs étant agencés côte à côte et à distance de l'ouverture d'entrée, chaque siège de boîtier (30) pouvant être commandé dans une configuration ouverte dans laquelle le siège de boîtier (30) est configuré pour recevoir une partie d'extrémité (27) respective de la broche (26), une configuration fermée dans laquelle le siège de boîtier (30) est complètement fermé et configuré pour verrouiller la partie d'extrémité (27) respective de la broche (26) à l'intérieur du siège de boîtier (30) et une configuration intermédiaire dans laquelle le siège de boîtier (30) n'est que partiellement fermé.
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US5186408A (en) * 1990-05-14 1993-02-16 Mirek Planeta Machine for winding elongated strips on an axle mounted core
EP3517467A1 (fr) * 2018-01-29 2019-07-31 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. Unité de magazine destinée à une machine d'emballage, machine d'emballage comportant une unité de magazine et procédé pour charger une unité de magazine

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