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    Device and transfer method to transfer flexible containers. Transfer device for transferring flexible containers from picking positions to delivery positions, said picking positions being aligned with each other in the transfer direction and adjacent, and said delivery positions being misaligned with each other in said transfer direction and not adjacent, and also introducing a separation between the flexible containers transferred in successive batches, having the characteristic of having at least two clamps mounted on at least two moving carriages that move parallel in the direction of transfer, and in the direction of production when they transfer flexible containers, and all or all but one of the clamps are also mounted on a transverse guide that allows their displacement in a transverse direction perpendicular to the direction of translation. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)
    公开号:ES2539202A1
    申请号:ES201331899
    申请日:2013-12-23
    公开日:2015-06-26
    发明作者:Enric Marti Roche；Francisco Mora Flores
    申请人:Mespack SL；
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    专利说明:

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    P201331899
    12-23-2013 DESCRIPTION
    DEVICE AND TRANSFER METHOD TO TRANSFER FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
    Technical field
    The present invention relates generally to a transfer device and method for transferring flexible packages from one row of packages to two or more rows of packages in an automatic packaging machine, and more particularly to a transfer device for transferring empty flexible packages, which are supplied by a packaging forming unit or a preformed packaging supply unit that supplies flexible packages aligned in a horizontal direction of production, forming a horizontal row of empty and aligned flexible containers, arranged vertically.
    State of the art
    Document EP12380022 (MESPACK) describes a transfer device for transferring flexible packages, from a row of packages supplied by a packaging formation unit, to a packaging unit provided with at least two production lines. To achieve this transfer, it uses at least two clamps, each mounted on a set of carriages and guides arranged on the three axes of coordinates X, Y, Z, which gives each clamp three degrees of freedom to be able to grab a flexible container of a collection position, and deliver it to a delivery position arranged in another position that does not share any such X, Y or Z coordinates.
    For actuation and guidance of all the clamps they use several actuators and a follower connected to a cam, which causes a movement of two clamps in a horizontal direction X, but in two opposite directions, when moving said clamps in a vertical direction Z. Said displacement generated by the follower and the cam is the one that allows the containers to be separated from each other a predetermined distance at the same time as they are raised, in addition said displacement in the direction of horizontal X, but in opposite directions, causes at least half of The flexible containers move in a direction opposite to the direction of production, going backwards.
    The displacement of the different flexible packages in a transverse direction Y is carried out by means of actuators, this displacement being the product of a different mechanism independent of the mechanism that separates the flexible packages a predetermined distance.
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    This embodiment suffers from a high mechanical complication, by requiring that all the clamps move simultaneously and in a coordinated manner in the three coordinate axes, in addition to being difficult to adapt or adjust to vary the size or position of the flexible packages.
    Document ES2255444B1 (VOLPACK) anticipates a flexible packaging transfer device that delivers flexible packages with a predetermined separation distance between them, but the possibility of delivering flexible packaging collected from a single supply line to two production lines is not contemplated. .
    The antecedent ES2098169B1 (Battle) also anticipates a flexible container transfer device configured to raise and rotate the containers 90 °, to deliver them to a single production line, leaving the flexible packages mutually parallel. This embodiment also does not contemplate the possibility of delivering flexible packages to two production lines.
    WO9633094A1 (BOSSAR) describes a device according to which the flexible packages supplied continuously are individualized by cutting means, held by lifting clamps, and raised to a filling carousel, during the lifting operation, the lifting clamps they have non-parallel paths, which allows, upon reaching said filling carousel, the flexible packages are separated a predetermined distance. This embodiment, in addition to feeding a single production line, only allows a mechanical regulation of the separation between the flexible packages, and this adjustment cannot be made by programmable means.
    Brief Description of the Invention
    The present invention describes a device and a transfer method for transferring empty flexible containers, in the form of bags of heat-sealable material, from collection positions to delivery positions.
    The present transfer device receives, in the collection positions, a supply of empty flexible containers provided by a supply device, which positions in the said collection positions, in a horizontal direction and in a direction of production, a single row horizontal of empty and aligned aligned flexible containers, arranged vertically with at least one filling opening in its upper half, the respective vertical sealing joints being adjacent.
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    In a preferred embodiment, said supply device is a packaging forming unit, capable of producing flexible packages by folding, heat welding and cutting a flexible plastic sheet. In an alternative embodiment said supply device supplies preformed containers.
    In said delivery positions there is at least one conveyor device, which removes the flexible containers deposited in said delivery positions by the transfer device. Said delivery positions are at least two and said at least one conveyor device feeds at least two production lines. Optionally, said conveyor device consists of at least one conveyor for each delivery position, and can also introduce a vertical displacement to said flexible containers, in the event that the height of the production lines does not match the height of the position of delivery.
    In this way, the transfer device is able to collect the containers of two collection positions of a single supply line, and deliver them in two delivery positions of two parallel production lines, allowing to increase the production rate, or allowing that a single packaging forming unit can simultaneously supply empty flexible packages to two production lines of, for example, two different products.
    According to a preferred embodiment, the delivery device provides the flexible packages joined together, in which case when the flexible packages are in the collection positions, a cutting device individualizes them to allow the transfer device to transport them separately, said Individualization of the flexible packages can occur after the holding of the packages, and before their transfer.
    The transfer device is made up of at least two tweezers, one for each collection position. Each clamp has some means that allow it to actuate its closing and opening, each of which is also mounted on a mobile car. Said carriages are driven by at least one translation drive device (for example, a linear motor) and can all be moved in parallel in a translation direction. At least one of said clamps can also be moved in a transverse direction, on a transverse guide mounted on its respective carriage, said transverse guide being arranged horizontally and in a transverse direction, perpendicular to the direction of translation, and therefore perpendicular to the direction of carriage travel.
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    In this way, the at least two clamps can collect from at least two corresponding collection positions, by actuating and closing the clamps, each a flexible container, said collection positions being arranged consecutively and adjacent on the same line. Each clamp moves its corresponding container in the direction of translation and in the direction of production, thanks to the movement of the corresponding mobile car. The aforementioned transverse guide mounted on at least one of the carriages, allows that in addition to the displacement in the direction of translation, at least one of the clamps performs a transverse displacement in a transverse direction, perpendicular to said direction of translation. This allows that when the car arrives at the end of its route, the clamps and the containers transported by them, which in the collection position were adjacent in a row, when arriving at the delivery position they are not adjacent and arranged in at least two rows, then being able to deliver said flexible packages, by releasing the tweezers, to at least two parallel production lines.
    The realization of this invention will be obvious with two, three, four or more clamps, with their corresponding mobile carriages and transverse guides, allowing also to feed two, three, four or more production lines.
    Said transverse displacement perpendicular to the direction of translation can occur, according to a preferred embodiment, simultaneously with the displacement of the mobile carriage, guided by a follower connected to a cam that regulates the transverse position of the clamp according to the position, in the direction of translation of the mobile car. In another embodiment said transverse displacement is produced by means of a programmable actuator arranged in the mobile carriage.
    Preferably, the length of the travel path of the different carriages carrying two clamps is different allowing two or more flexible containers, collected simultaneously by two or more clamps of two or more successive collection positions in the direction of translation, are simultaneously delivered in two or more delivery positions, feeding two or more production lines, so that said production lines receive a regular contribution of flexible packages in the direction of translation, that said flexible packages delivered to each production line are distanced each other in the direction of translation a predetermined distance, and / or that the flexible packages of all the production lines are aligned with each other in the transverse direction.
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    To achieve this effect, in a preferred embodiment the two or more delivery positions are misaligned with each other in the transverse direction a distance equal to the width of a flexible container in the direction of translation, plus the predetermined desired separation distance, or a multiple of that sum.
    In another embodiment, the delivery positions are aligned in the transverse direction.
    Additionally, the rhythm of collection and delivery of flexible packages can be regulated, or the different clamps do not produce collection and / or delivery simultaneously, thus allowing the production rate to be varied, or the predetermined distance between flexible packages. fed on the production lines. Said regulation can be carried out by means of a programmable adjustment device.
    Thus, the proposed invention is very simple in its construction, since each mobile car travels only in the direction of translation, and very easy to adapt to the production needs, since the number of production lines can be added or reduced simply adding or removing mobile cars, or activating and deactivating its operation. Furthermore, by replacing only the cam, the separation between the delivery positions can be altered and adjusted, and by means of said programmable adjustment device, the transfer speed, the separation between the flexible packages delivered to the production lines, and the length can be regulated. of the travel of the cars.
    It should also be noted that with the present embodiment, a displacement in a transverse direction of all the clamps is not necessary, since at least one of them can be limited to only a displacement in the direction of translation, which results in greater mechanical simplicity of the present device.
    The present invention also describes a method for transferring empty flexible packages from collection positions aligned in the direction of translation to misaligned delivery positions in the direction of translation, allowing flexible packages to be collected supplied by a single delivery device, and deliver them to at least one conveyor device that feeds at least two production lines.
    Said method includes the steps of grabbing at least two flexible packages arranged in at least two collection positions, by means of at least two clamps of the transfer device, and moving all the clamps in a direction of translation.
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    During said movement of the clamps in the direction of translation, all but one of the clamps move, in addition, in a transverse direction, perpendicular to the direction of translation, making a deviation from its trajectory.
    When moving the clamp in the direction of translation, a follower connected to a cam varies the position of the clamp, and allows the position of the clamp, when arriving at the delivery position, to be misaligned, in the direction of translation, with respect to at least one of the tweezers.
    This allows flexible packages supplied in a single row to be delivered in at least two rows to at least two parallel production lines.
    Other features of the invention will appear in the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment.
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    The foregoing and other advantages and features will be more fully understood from the following detailed description of an exemplary embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, which should be taken by way of illustration and not limitation, in which:
    Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the transfer device, the clamps being in an intermediate position between the collection position and the delivery position, and the supply and transport devices not being fully represented;
    Fig. 2a shows a plan view of the transfer device, and the supply and transport devices are not represented in their entirety, the clamps being in the collection position, each being flexible packaging;
    Fig. 2b shows a plan view of the transfer device, and the delivery or transport devices are not fully represented, the clamps being in an intermediate position between the collection position and the delivery position, carrying two containers flexible, and the transport clips being prepared in the delivery positions to receive said flexible packages;
    Fig. 2c shows a plan view of the transfer device, and the delivery or transport devices are not represented in their entirety, the clamps being in the delivery position, and the supply device having placed new flexible packages in the collection positions;
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    Fig. 3 shows a perspective diagram of the position of the flexible packages before their transfer (with dashed lines) and after their transfer, but without said transfer device or any other shown, indicating by arrows the movement made by said flexible containers moved by said transfer device, and indicating the collection and delivery positions.
    Detailed description of an embodiment example
    Fig. 1 shows a transfer device 40 of flexible packages 30 according to a preferred embodiment, provided with two clamps 10a and 10b, each of which connected to a mobile carriage 20a and 20b, which can move linearly in a direction of X translation, dragging said clamps 10a and 10b with them.
    Said flexible packages 30 are deposited in the collection positions 31a and 31b by a supply device 41, which delivers them in a translation direction X, forming a horizontal row of flexible packages 30 aligned with the adjacent thermo-welded vertical joints and arranged vertically.
    As can be seen in Fig. 2a, 2b, 2c and 3, the transfer device 40 transfers said flexible packages 30, from collection positions 31a and 31b, aligned in a direction of translation X, to delivery positions 32a and 32b misaligned in the direction of translation X, so that flexible packages 30 arranged in a single row and adjacent to each other are collected, and delivered in two parallel delivery positions 32a and 32b that feed two production lines A and B by means of a transport device 42. Said transport device 42 consists, in the present embodiment, of a conveyor clip 43 for each delivery position 32a and 32b.
    Regulating the transfer rate, and the rate at which the transport device 42 delivers the flexible containers 30 deposited in the delivery positions 32a and 32b, in relation to the speed at which the flexible containers 30 are displaced by the production lines A and B, a predetermined separation distance D can be inserted between the flexible packages 30 delivered to said production lines A and B. A programmable adjustment device allows to configure said predetermined distance D, by regulating the speed of supply, transfer and delivery of flexible packages 30 as well as the feed rate of production lines A and B.
    Said clamps 10a and 10b are provided to each hold a flexible container 30 deposited in one of said collection positions 31a or 31b, and to deposit said
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    flexible container 30 in a delivery position 32a or 32b. Flexible containers 30 deposited in delivery positions 32a and 32b are removed from said position by a transport device 42, which feeds two parallel production lines A and B.
    5 To ensure that the packages supplied in a single row are delivered in two rows, it is necessary to move one of the tweezers 10b in a transverse direction Y, perpendicular to the direction of translation X. Said displacement in a transverse direction Y is obtained thanks to a transverse guide 50 fixed on the mobile carriage 20b, and which allows said transverse movement Y of the clamp 10b with respect to said carriage 20b.
    In this embodiment, the actuation of said displacement in the transverse direction Y is produced by means of a follower 61 connected to a cam 60, which regulates the position of the clamp 10b, in the transverse direction Y, depending on the position of the car 20b along its travel path.
    权利要求:
    Claims (12)
    [1]

    1.- Transfer device for transferring flexible containers, in the form of bags of heat-weldable material, from at least two adjacent collection positions, where the flexible packages are horizontally aligned and with their respective adjacent heat-welded vertical joints, up to at least two positions of non-adjacent delivery, where:
     a delivery device is provided to position in the aforementioned collection positions, a horizontal row of flexible and aligned containers, arranged vertically;
     at least one conveyor device is provided to remove the flexible packages from the delivery positions, which are at least two, feeding at least two production lines; Y
     the transfer device has at least two operable and transferable clamps, each of which is suitable for picking up a flexible container in one of said collection positions, by actuating the clamp, and suitable for transporting said flexible container to a of the at least two delivery positions, by moving said clamp;
    characterized by that
     the at least two clamps (10a and 10b) configured to grab and transfer at least two flexible containers (30), are mounted on at least two respective mobile carriages (20a and 20b) provided to move in parallel along one direction for translation (X), and for transferring said flexible packages (30) in the same direction of production, said mobile carts (20a and 20b) being driven by at least one translation actuator device;
     all, or all but one, of said mobile carriages (20b) have a transverse guide (50) arranged in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to the direction of translation (X), so that the corresponding clamp (10b) , mounted on said at least one mobile carriage (20b), travels in the transverse direction (Y) on said transverse guide, with respect to said mobile carriage (20b), introducing a deviation from the production line (A).

    [2]
    2. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that said clamp (10b) that moves on said transverse guide (50) in the transverse direction (Y), is displaced in said transverse direction (Y), pushed by a follower (61) connected to a cam (60) arranged along the travel path of the mobile carriage (20b).
    5. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that said clamp (10b) that moves on said transverse guide (50) in the transverse direction (Y), moves in said transverse direction (Y) actuated by means of an actuator device arranged on the corresponding mobile car (20b).
    [4]
    4. Device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 characterized in that the length of the travel path 10 of the different mobile cars is different.
    [5]
    5. Device according to claim 4 characterized in that said difference in the length of the translation path between any two mobile carriages (20a and 20b), which support two clamps (10a and 10b), is equal to the width, in the direction of translation, of a flexible container
    (30) or at a multiple of that distance.
    Device according to claim 4, characterized in that said difference in the length of the translation path of two mobile carriages (20a and 20b), any bearing two clamps (10a and 10b) is equal to the predetermined distance (D) of separation between two consecutive flexible packages (30) fed on the same production line (A or B),
    or a multiple of that distance.
    Device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that adjustment means control the rate of collection and delivery of flexible packages (30) and / or the transport rate of the transport device (42).
    [8]
    8. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the delivery device (41) is a flexible packaging forming unit (30) or a delivery unit
    25 preformed containers.
    [9]
    9. Device according to claim 8, characterized in that the delivery device (41) supplies the flexible packages (30) connected to each other, and a cutting device suitable for individualizing said flexible packages (30), is placed in an immediate rear position. to that of the delivery device (41).

    [10]
    10. Device according to claim 9 characterized in that the cutting device individualizes the flexible packages (30) that are in the at least two collection positions (31a and 31b).
    [11]
    11. Device according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that it has three clamps mounted on three mobile carriages, and three collection positions aligned in the direction of translation (X) and three delivery positions misaligned with each other in the direction of translation (X).
    [12]
    12.- Transfer method for transferring empty flexible containers, in the form of heat-weldable bags, from at least two adjacent collection positions, where the flexible containers are horizontally aligned and with their respective adjacent heat-welded vertical joints, up to at least two positions Non-adjacent delivery, which includes the following stages:
     provide the transfer device, by means of a delivery device, with a horizontal row of flexible packages in at least two collection positions, and arranged vertically;
     hold at least two flexible containers, arranged in said at least two collection positions, by means of at least two operable and transferable clamps that are part of the transfer device;
     move each flexible container, by moving each independent mobile clamp that holds it, from said collection position to a delivery position where they are released, feeding at least one conveyor device that removes the deposited flexible containers, by the device transfer, in delivery positions; Y
     feed, by said conveyor device, at least two production lines
    characterized in that the step of moving each flexible container (30) includes:
     move all the clamps (10a and 10b) carrying said flexible packages (30) in a direction of translation (X), and in the same direction;
     move all the clamps, or all the clamps except one, carrying said flexible packages (30), in a transverse direction (Y) perpendicular to said

    translation direction (X), simultaneously with the movement in the translation direction (X).
    [13]
    13. Method according to claim 12 characterized in that the clamps that move in the transverse direction (Y) are driven by a follower (61) connected to a cam (60), 5 during the movement in the travel path of the mobile carriage (20a and / or 20b).
    [14]
    14. Method according to claim 12 characterized in that said clamp that moves on said transverse guide (50) in the transverse direction (Y), moves in said transverse direction (Y) is actuated by means of an actuating device arranged on the corresponding carriage mobile (20a and / or 20b).
    15. Method according to claim 12, 13 or 14 characterized in that the predetermined distance (D) between two consecutive flexible packages (30) supplied to the same production line (A or B), is regulated by a programmable adjustment device which controls the speed of the transfer device (40) and the speed of the transport device (42), in relation to the speed at which the containers move
    15 flexible (30) in the production lines.
    [16]
    16. Device according to claim 12 characterized in that some adjustment means allow to vary the rate of collection and delivery of flexible packages (30) and / or regulate the predetermined distance (D) between two flexible packages (30) delivered to the same line of production (A or B).
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