EP0523394B1 - Method for making, filling and closing bags - Google Patents

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EP0523394B1
EP0523394B1 EP92110407A EP92110407A EP0523394B1 EP 0523394 B1 EP0523394 B1 EP 0523394B1 EP 92110407 A EP92110407 A EP 92110407A EP 92110407 A EP92110407 A EP 92110407A EP 0523394 B1 EP0523394 B1 EP 0523394B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for producing, filling and closing bags from a tubular film web made of thermoplastic material, preferably provided with side gussets, according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the sections that later form the sack are pulled off a hose chain according to a previously known method.
  • This hose chain is perforated at predetermined intervals so that the sections corresponding to the later sack can be torn off at the perforation.
  • the individual tube sections are fed to a filling funnel for filling, for example with a granulate.
  • the open sacks are removed, pulled tight on their open side and sealed in a specially provided edging device.
  • the generic method can also be carried out, for example, by a device according to DE-OS 37 15 685.
  • This device has sliding and preferred rollers through which the front end of the tubular film web, which is each provided with a cross-weld seam, is pushed freely in a vertical direction intermittently by one bag or sack length between welding jaws of a welding device which execute opening and closing movements in a horizontal plane.
  • a cross cutting device is arranged below the welding jaws and below this cross cutting device are arranged in pairs grippers provided on a transport device which hang the bags or sacks separated from the tubular film web and provided with bottom weld seams with a horizontal conveying direction over a cooling section for cooling the cross weld seams to a filling station Feed transporting transfer device.
  • the transport device consists of a hub-like support piece rotatably mounted about a vertical axis with radial arms, at the free ends of which the grippers provided in pairs are arranged.
  • the cooling section consists, as it were, of a cooling carousel, which feeds the bag workpieces provided with the transverse weld seams and separated from the tubular path from the welding station on a circular path to a device for transferring the bag workpieces to the filling station. If this device has, for example, four radial arms, a welding device and a cutting device are located above the first station.
  • a sack already provided with a transverse weld seam is inserted into the first opened pair of grippers from above in each cycle for the production of a sack, and is preferably gripped and cut off over a sack length.
  • a new cross weld seam is then formed at the end of the tubular path, while the cooling carousel rotates intermittently through an angle of 90 ° and remains in this position until another sack with a cross weld seam has been inserted into the subsequent station.
  • the sack is filled with a predetermined amount of filling material, a predetermined weight of filling material usually being filled in.
  • the filling material for example a granulate to be filled, has different bulk volumes with the same weight. This is due, for example, to a different moisture content in the bulk material. Due to the different bed heights, it can now happen that the bag has an undesired free space between the filler and the filler after it has been closed by the transverse weld seam. This means that the bags are not filled to the brim, which has disadvantages in particular when handling the bags further.
  • EP 420 821 A discloses a process for producing a vacuum pack for free-flowing products, in particular ground coffee.
  • the object of the present invention is to further develop the generic method in such a way that it is ensured that all bags are automatically tight and bulky, i.e. can be filled without unwanted dead volume.
  • This invention is based on the knowledge that the pouring properties of the filling material do not change abruptly. If it is determined by means of the measuring sensor designed as a sensor or optical measuring sensor that the bulk volume of the filling material has changed due to a change in the bulk density, then this measuring signal is passed on to a central unit, from where the slide and feed rollers of the device which prefers the tubular film web are controlled in such a way that the intermittent take-off length of the tubular film web sections formed is adapted to the respective filling level of the filling material in the sack. This means that the tubular film section forming the sack, which is already provided with the bottom weld seam and is fed to the filling device, is longer or shorter, depending on the bulk height of the filling material.
  • a tubular film section a few centimeters long is created, which can be collected separately and sent for recycling.
  • a corner weld is also provided (cf. EP-A-0 021 463), it must be taken into account here that the corners of the opening edge of the leading one are not at the same time Bag and the corners on the bottom weld seam of the subsequent bag section can be attached with a tool, as is easily possible with a tubular film web with scattering pressure is. Therefore, in accordance with this development of the method, the corner weld on the opening edge of the bag section is carried out simultaneously with the separating cut and the corner weld on the bottom seam is carried out simultaneously with the formation of the transverse weld seam. This requires a separate tool for corner welding on the edge of the opening and corner welding on the bottom seam.
  • corner welding seams can also be formed together with the second transverse welding seam by means of the separate corner welding tools, the distance between the corner welding tools then being able to be adjusted manually or automatically.
  • a frame 1 has side walls 2 and 3, which are indicated in FIG. 2. Both side walls 2, 3 are connected to each other by a crossbar 4.
  • This cross-member 4 carries approximately in the middle a downwardly projecting fixed axis 21, on which a swivel arm 5 is mounted near the cross member 4, which via a pressure-piston-cylinder unit 6, the cylinder of which is held by a support piece, in one of two possible end positions can be moved.
  • pivot arm 5 designed as an angle lever carries a molded part 5 'at its free end and is provided with a locking roller 7 in its angular region.
  • the function of these parts is discussed further below in the description.
  • a further vertical axis 8 is fastened to the cross member 4, which carries a four-armed turntable 9 below the swivel arm 5, which can be rotated by a motor 11 at intervals of 90 ° by a toothed belt 10.
  • the direction of rotation of the turntable is indicated by an arrow A in FIG.
  • Fig. 2 From Fig. 2 it can be seen that the freely cantilevered arms 9a of the turntable 9 forming a hub, as it were, carry fittings 12, each of which has two upwardly projecting pins 13.
  • a lever 14 is mounted rotatably about each pin 13 and is designed as a gripper 15 at its free end. Each of these grippers 15 rests against the counter surface 17 under the force of the springs 16, each shaped piece being provided with two counter surfaces 17.
  • the mutually facing levers 14 of two adjacent arms 9a are functionally connected to one another via a link 18 in such a way that the two associated grippers 15 open or close simultaneously, for example by a sack 19 to be able to grasp and hold.
  • the grippers 15 are opened by the wedge-shaped or curved cam surfaces of the molded part 5 'of the support arm 5 of the fitting 12 apart so that the grippers 15 pivot about the pin 13 and detach from the associated counter surfaces 17. At the same time, the grippers 15 of adjacent shaped pieces are released via the handlebars 18. In the position shown in FIG. 2, the gripper units 15 facing the upper and the right-hand edge of the drawing would thus be released when the pressure medium-piston-cylinder unit 6 is actuated.
  • the securing roller 7 mounted in the angular region of the swivel arm 5 runs into a guide groove 22 of a locking plate 23 when the swivel arm is pivoted to open the grippers.
  • This locking plate 23 is firmly connected to the turntable 9 by means of screw bolts 24, so that it is prevented from rotating by the securing roller 7 of the swivel arm 5, for as long as the molded part 5 'is between the rollers 20 of a molded part 12.
  • a hose 26 runs from a roll 25 from above into an inlet station 27.
  • This inlet station 27 is connected in a stationary manner to the frame-shaped frame 1 and can be seen in more detail in FIG. 3.
  • 3 shows the central axis 8 of the cooling carousel and a part of the turntable 9.
  • a hose section 19 provided with a bottom seam is clamped by the grippers 15 and the counter surfaces 17 of the turntable 9, but which is initially still connected to the tubular web 26.
  • the carrier 30 also has a knife groove 32 and a welding jaw 33.
  • a knife 34 dips into the knife groove 32 to separate the bag 19 from the tubular web 26, while a second welding jaw 35 interacts with the welding jaw 33 in order to provide the leading end of the tubular web 26 with a transverse weld seam.
  • the tubular web 26 When printing the tubular web 26 in format printing, it is important that the tube sections are not cut into the print when the tube sections are formed. Therefore, the preference of the tubular web is clocked by means of a print mark arranged at the opening edge of the respective sack.
  • the length of the bag section is changed in accordance with the measurement signal recorded by the sensor by cutting a more or less long strip between the opening edge of the bag section and the bottom weld seam of the following bag section.
  • These cut away tubular sections can be collected and sent for recycling.
  • the knife 34 When the separating cut is formed at the opening edge, the knife 34 is placed on the tubular web 26 without the welding jaw 33. After corresponding preference around the intermediate section to be cut away, the knife 34 is placed again on the tubular web 26, but this time together with the welding jaw 33. The separating cut of the intermediate section and the transverse weld seam of the subsequent bag section are therefore carried out or formed at the same time.
  • a further clamping device is provided above the welding jaws 33 and 35, which clamps the tubular web 26.
  • These consists of a pivoting lever 39 which is provided with a clamping strip 38 and which can be moved via a pressure medium-piston-cylinder unit 40.
  • An arm carrying a roller 41 is fixedly connected to the pivot lever 39, the roller 41 being at a distance from a guide piece 43 in the clamping position of the pivot lever 39.
  • This guide piece 43 is connected to a lever 44 which is held against a stop 46 via a spring 45.
  • the pivot point of the lever 44 lies on the axis of the preferred roller 47. It has a downward-facing shoulder which is designed as a counter-holder 48 to the terminal strip 38.
  • the pressure medium-piston-cylinder units 37 and 40 are first actuated after the formation of a bottom seam and a separation cut, and as a result the coupling rods 28, 36 and the lever 39 are pivoted away.
  • the roller 41 comes into contact with the cam surface of the guide piece 43.
  • This causes the counter-holder 48 to pivot in the direction of the arrow C, which on the one hand releases the freely hanging end of the web 26 from the welding jaw 33 and on the other hand deflects it. This deflection ensures that the web does not collide with the carrier 30 when it is advanced by a sack length by the preferred rollers 47 and 51 at the next cycle.
  • the preferred rollers are provided with annular grooves 49, 50, into which stripping fingers 52 and 53 engage. Of these fingers, the fingers 52 are held in place on the frame and the fingers 53 are attached to the counter-holder 48 as wiping rakes.

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The invention relates to a method for manufacturing, filling and closing bags made of a tubular web of film of a synthetic thermoplastic material preferably with gussets, in which the forward end of the tubular web of film in each case is provided with a transverse weld seam and a section forming an open bag is severed from the tubular web of film, and in which the bag is then filled and the open side of the bag is closed by a transverse weld seam. To achieve the object, to design a method of this type which guarantees that the bags to be filled are always filled until they are tight and taut, provision is made for a measuring sensor to determine, while the bag is being filled, the level to which the bag is filled when a certain quantity of the filling material is drawn off and for variation of the length of the formed sections of tubular film web in advance, in accordance with the filling level of the bag.

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Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Herstellen, Befüllen und Verschließen von Säcken aus einer vorzugsweise mit Seitenfalten versehenen Schlauchfolienbahn aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff nach dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a method for producing, filling and closing bags from a tubular film web made of thermoplastic material, preferably provided with side gussets, according to the preamble of claim 1.

Derartige Verfahren sind im Stand der Technik weitgehend bekannt. So werden beispielsweise die später den Sack bildenden Abschnitte gemäß einem vorbekannten Verfahren von einer Schlauchkette abgezogen. Diese Schlauchkette ist im vorbestimmten Abständen perforiert, so daß die dem späteren Sack entsprechenden Abschnitte entsprechend an der Perforation abgerissen werden können. Nach Verschließen der Bodenschweißnaht werden die einzelnen Schlauchabschnitte zum Befüllen beispielsweise mit einem Granulat einem Fülltrichter zugeführt. Nachdem eine vorbestimmte Menge des Füllgutes abgefüllt ist, werden die offenen Säcke abgenommen, an ihrer offenen Seite straffgezogen und in einer eigens dafür vorgesehenen Besäumeinrichtung verschlossen.Such methods are largely known in the prior art. For example, the sections that later form the sack are pulled off a hose chain according to a previously known method. This hose chain is perforated at predetermined intervals so that the sections corresponding to the later sack can be torn off at the perforation. After the bottom weld seam has been closed, the individual tube sections are fed to a filling funnel for filling, for example with a granulate. After a predetermined amount of the filling material has been filled, the open sacks are removed, pulled tight on their open side and sealed in a specially provided edging device.

Das gattungsgemäße Verfahren kann aber auch beispielsweise durch eine Vorrichtung gemäß der DE-OS 37 15 685 durchgeführt werden.The generic method can also be carried out, for example, by a device according to DE-OS 37 15 685.

Diese Vorrichtung weist Gleit- und Vorzugswalzen auf, durch die das jeweils mit einer Querschweißnaht versehene vordere Ende der Schlauchfolienbahn in vertikaler Richtung frei herabhängend intermittierend um jeweils eine Beutel- oder Sacklänge zwischen in einer horizontalen Ebene Öffnungs- und Schließbewegungen ausführenden Schweißbacken einer Schweißvorrichtung durchgeschoben wird. Unterhalb der Schweißbacken ist eine Querschneideeinrichtung angeordnet und unterhalb von dieser Querschneideeinrichtung sind paarweise an einer Transporteinrichtung vorgesehene Greifer angeordnet, die die von der Schlauchfolienbahn abgetrennten und mit Bodenschweißnähten versehenen Beutel oder Säcke mit horizontaler Förderrichtung hängend über eine Kühlstrecke zum Abkühlen der Querschweißnähte einer diese zu einer Füllstation transportierenden Übergabeeinrichtung zuführen. Dabei besteht die Transporteinrichtung aus einem um eine vertikale Achse drehbar gelagerten nabenartigen Tragstück mit radialen Armen, an deren freien Enden die paarweise vorgesehenen Greifer angeordnet sind. Die Kühlstrecke besteht gleichsam aus einem Kühlkarussell, das die mit den Querschweißnähten versehenen und von der Schlauchbahn abgetrennten Sackwerkstücke von der Schweißstation auf einer Kreisbahn einer Einrichtung zur Übergabe der Sackwerkstücke in die Füllstation zuführt. Weist diese Vorrichtung beispielsweise vier radiale Arme auf, befindet sich oberhalb der ersten Station eine Schweißeinrichtung sowie eine Schneideinrichtung. Gemäß diesem Stand der Technik wird in jedem Takt zur Herstellung eines Sackes ein bereits mit einer Querschweißnaht versehener Sack von oben in das erste geöffnete Greiferpaar eingefahren und nach Vorzug über eine Sacklänge ergriffen und abgeschnitten. Anschließend wird an dem Ende der Schlauchbahn eine neue Querschweißnaht gebildet, während sich das Kühlkarussell um einen Winkel von 90° intermittierend dreht und in dieser Stellung so lange verharrt, bis in die nachfolgende Station ein weiterer mit einer Querschweißnaht versehener Sack eingefahren worden ist.This device has sliding and preferred rollers through which the front end of the tubular film web, which is each provided with a cross-weld seam, is pushed freely in a vertical direction intermittently by one bag or sack length between welding jaws of a welding device which execute opening and closing movements in a horizontal plane. A cross cutting device is arranged below the welding jaws and below this cross cutting device are arranged in pairs grippers provided on a transport device which hang the bags or sacks separated from the tubular film web and provided with bottom weld seams with a horizontal conveying direction over a cooling section for cooling the cross weld seams to a filling station Feed transporting transfer device. The transport device consists of a hub-like support piece rotatably mounted about a vertical axis with radial arms, at the free ends of which the grippers provided in pairs are arranged. The cooling section consists, as it were, of a cooling carousel, which feeds the bag workpieces provided with the transverse weld seams and separated from the tubular path from the welding station on a circular path to a device for transferring the bag workpieces to the filling station. If this device has, for example, four radial arms, a welding device and a cutting device are located above the first station. According to this prior art, a sack already provided with a transverse weld seam is inserted into the first opened pair of grippers from above in each cycle for the production of a sack, and is preferably gripped and cut off over a sack length. A new cross weld seam is then formed at the end of the tubular path, while the cooling carousel rotates intermittently through an angle of 90 ° and remains in this position until another sack with a cross weld seam has been inserted into the subsequent station.

Dies wiederholt sich bei einem vierarmigen Kühlkarussell so lange, bis sich die erste Station in drei Takten um 270° gedreht hat. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt ist die Querschweißnaht abekühlt und der Sack wird an eine Übergabeeinrichtung übergeben, die den Sack zu einer Füllstation transportiert. Dort wird nach Befüllen des Sackes anschließend eine weitere Querschweißnaht zum Verschließen des befüllten Sackes nach vorherigem Straffziehen der offenen Seite des Sackes angebracht.This is repeated in a four-arm cooling carousel until the first station has rotated 270 ° in three cycles. At this point the cross weld seam has cooled and the sack is transferred to a transfer device which transports the sack to a filling station. After the sack has been filled, a further transverse weld seam is then applied to close the filled sack after the open side of the sack has been pulled tight.

In der Füllstation wird der Sack mit einer vorgegebenen Menge an Füllgut aufgefüllt, wobei in der Regel ein vorbestimmtes Gewicht an Füllgut eingefüllt wird. Nun weist aber das Füllgut, beispielsweise ein abzufüllendes Granulat, bei gleichem Gewicht unterschiedliche Schüttvolumina auf. Dies ist beispielsweise durch einen unterschiedlichen Feuchtigkeitsgehalt des Schüttgutes bedingt. Aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Schütthöhen kann es nun vorkommen, daß der Sack nach Verschließen durch die Querschweißnaht zwischen dieser und dem Füllgut einen unerwünschten Freiraum aufweist. Das bedeutet, daß die Säcke nicht stramm gefüllt sind, was insbesondere beim weiteren Handling der Säcke Nachteile mit sich bringt.In the filling station, the sack is filled with a predetermined amount of filling material, a predetermined weight of filling material usually being filled in. However, the filling material, for example a granulate to be filled, has different bulk volumes with the same weight. This is due, for example, to a different moisture content in the bulk material. Due to the different bed heights, it can now happen that the bag has an undesired free space between the filler and the filler after it has been closed by the transverse weld seam. This means that the bags are not filled to the brim, which has disadvantages in particular when handling the bags further.

Diesem Übelstand wird bei dem erstgeschilderten Verfahren durch entsprechende Höhenverstellung der Besäumeinrichtung, die von einem Maschinenwart vorzunehmen ist, begegnet. Das bedeutet, daß die entsprechenden Schweißbacken nach der aktuellen Schüttdichte, bzw. dem daraus resultierenden Schüttvolumen des Schüttguts eingestellt werden. Das führt wiederum dazu, daß bei den das Verfahren durchführenden Vorrichtungen permanent ein Maschinenwart zur Überwachung bzw. Einstellung der Vorrichtung anwesend sein muß.This disadvantage is countered in the first-described method by appropriate height adjustment of the edging device, which is to be carried out by a machine operator. This means that the corresponding welding jaws are set according to the current bulk density or the resulting bulk volume of the bulk material. This in turn means that a machine attendant for monitoring or adjusting the device must be permanently present in the devices performing the method.

Bei der Durchführung des Verfahrens mit einer Vorrichtung gemäß der DE-OS 37 15 685 ergibt sich darüber hinaus das Problem, daß eine Verstellung der in der gleichen Vorrichtung angeordneten Besäumeinrichtung nicht vorgesehen ist, so daß je nach Schüttdichte des Füllguts die Säcke - wie gewünscht - stramm oder aber mit einem unerwünschten Luftüberstand zwischen dem Füllgut und der Verschlußquerschweißnaht gefüllt sind.When performing the procedure with a Device according to DE-OS 37 15 685 there is also the problem that an adjustment of the trimming device arranged in the same device is not provided, so that, depending on the bulk density of the filling material, the sacks - as desired - tight or with an undesirable air supernatant are filled between the product and the sealing cross weld.

Aus der EP 420 821 A ist ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Vakuum-Packung für rieselfähige Produkte, insbesondere Mahlkaffee, bekannt.EP 420 821 A discloses a process for producing a vacuum pack for free-flowing products, in particular ground coffee.

Aus der DE-A-30 07 246 ist ein gattungsgemäßes Verfahren gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1 bekannt, bei dem auch bereits die Länge der gebildeten Schlauchfolienbahnabschnitte entsprechend der Füllhöhe des Sackes variiert wird. Diese Entgegenhaltung betrifft aber eine Optimierung des Verfahrens für unbedruckte Behälter oder Behälterteile.From DE-A-30 07 246 a generic method according to the preamble of claim 1 is known, in which the length of the tubular film web sections formed is already varied according to the filling height of the sack. However, this citation relates to an optimization of the process for unprinted containers or container parts.

Aufgabe der vorliegenden Erfindung ist es, das gattungsgemäße Verfahren derart weiterzubilden, daß es gewährleistet ist, daß sämtliche Säcke automatisch stramm und prall, d.h. ohne unerwünschtes Totvolumen, gefüllt werden können.The object of the present invention is to further develop the generic method in such a way that it is ensured that all bags are automatically tight and bulky, i.e. can be filled without unwanted dead volume.

Erfindungsgemäß wird, ausgehend von einem gattungsgemäßen Verfahren, die Aufgabe durch die Merkmale des kennzeichnenden Teils des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.According to the invention, starting from a generic method, the object is achieved by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.

Dieser Erfindung liegt die Erkenntnis zugrunde, daß sich die Schütteigenschaften des Füllgutes nicht abrupt ändern. Wird also mittels des als Fühler oder optischer Meßaufnehmer ausgebildeten Meßaufnehmer festgestellt, daß aufgrund einer Änderung der Schüttdichte das Schüttvolumen des Füllgutes verändert ist, so wird dieses Meßsignal an eine Zentraleinheit weitergegeben, von wo aus die Gleit- und Vorzugswalzen der die Schlauchfolienbahn vorziehenden Vorrichtung derart angesteuert werden, daß die taktweise Abzugslänge der gebildeten Schlauchfolienbahnabschnitte der jeweiligen Füllhöhe des Füllgutes im Sack angepaßt wird. Das bedeutet, daß der den Sack bildenden Schlauchfolienabschnitt, der bereits mit der Bodenschweißnaht versehen ist und der Füllvorrichtung zugeführt wird, je nach Schütthöhe des Füllgutes länger oder kürzer ausgebildet ist.This invention is based on the knowledge that the pouring properties of the filling material do not change abruptly. If it is determined by means of the measuring sensor designed as a sensor or optical measuring sensor that the bulk volume of the filling material has changed due to a change in the bulk density, then this measuring signal is passed on to a central unit, from where the slide and feed rollers of the device which prefers the tubular film web are controlled in such a way that the intermittent take-off length of the tubular film web sections formed is adapted to the respective filling level of the filling material in the sack. This means that the tubular film section forming the sack, which is already provided with the bottom weld seam and is fed to the filling device, is longer or shorter, depending on the bulk height of the filling material.

Durch die erfindungsgemäßen Maßnahmen nach Anspruch 1 wird einerseits die Sackabschnittlänge der sich ergebenden Füllhöhe beim Abfüllen der bestimmten Menge Füllgutes angepaßt. Andererseits wird es in vorteilhafter Weise verhindert, daß durch die Variation der Länge des jeweils gebildeten Schlauchfolienbahnabschnitts die Schlauchfolienbahn an einer bedruckten Stelle durchtrennt wird. Entscheidend ist es, daß die Schlauchfolienbahn immer bis zu einer Druckmarke am Öffnungsrand des abzuschneidenden Sackes vorgezogen wird, daß sie dann abgeschnitten wird und daß dann entsprechend der Länge des zu bildenden Abschnitts die Bodenschweißnaht des folgenden Abschnitts entsprechend dem Füllhöhensignal des Meßaufnehmers variiert wird. Dabei entsteht je nach Füllhöhe des Füllgutes ein wenige Zentimeter langer Schlauchfolienabschnitt, der jeweils separat gesammelt und einem Recycling zugeführt werden kann.The measures according to the invention according to claim 1, on the one hand, adapt the length of the sack section to the resulting filling height when filling the certain quantity of filling material. On the other hand, it is advantageously prevented that the tubular film web is severed at a printed location by varying the length of the tubular film web section formed in each case. It is crucial that the tubular film web is always pulled up to a print mark at the opening edge of the sack to be cut, that it is then cut off and that the bottom weld seam of the following section is then varied according to the length of the section to be formed in accordance with the level signal of the sensor. Depending on the filling level of the filling material, a tubular film section a few centimeters long is created, which can be collected separately and sent for recycling.

Wird in der zuvor geschilderten Ausführungsform des Verfahrens, bei welcher die Schlauchfolienbahn im Formatdruck bedruckt ist, ebenfalls eine Eckabschweißung (vgl. EP-A-0 021 463) vorgesehen, so ist hier zu berücksichtigen, daß hier nicht gleichzeitig die Ecken des Öffnungsrandes des vorlaufenden Beutels und die Ecken an der Bodenschweißnaht des nachfolgenden Beutelabschnitts mit einem Werkzeug angebracht werden können, wie dies beispielsweise bei einer Schlauchfolienbahn mit Streudruck ohne weiteres möglich ist. Daher wird gemäß dieser Weiterbildung des Verfahrens die Eckabschweißung am Öffnungsrand des Sackabschnitts gleichzeitig mit dem Trennschnitt vorgenommen und die Eckabschweißung an der Bodennaht gleichzeitig mit der Bildung der Querschweißnaht. Dies bedingt ein getrenntes Werkzeug für die Eckabschweißung am Öffnungsrand und die Eckabschweißung an der Bodennaht.If in the previously described embodiment of the method, in which the tubular film web is printed in format printing, a corner weld is also provided (cf. EP-A-0 021 463), it must be taken into account here that the corners of the opening edge of the leading one are not at the same time Bag and the corners on the bottom weld seam of the subsequent bag section can be attached with a tool, as is easily possible with a tubular film web with scattering pressure is. Therefore, in accordance with this development of the method, the corner weld on the opening edge of the bag section is carried out simultaneously with the separating cut and the corner weld on the bottom seam is carried out simultaneously with the formation of the transverse weld seam. This requires a separate tool for corner welding on the edge of the opening and corner welding on the bottom seam.

Die Eckschweißnähte können mittels der getrennten Eckschweißwerkzeuge auch zusammen gleichzeitig mit der zweiten Querschweißnaht gebildet werden, wobei dann der Abstand zwischen den Eckschweißwerkzeugen von Hand oder automatisch nachgestellt werden kann.The corner welding seams can also be formed together with the second transverse welding seam by means of the separate corner welding tools, the distance between the corner welding tools then being able to be adjusted manually or automatically.

Ein Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand der Zeichnung näher erläutert. In dieser zeigt:

Fig. 1:
eine Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des erfindungsgemäßen Verfahrens zum Herstellen von Beuteln oder Säcken mit Kühlkarussell in schematischer Darstellung in Seitenansicht,
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einen Schnitt durch die Vorrichtung gemäß Linie II-II in Fig. 1,
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den in Fig. 1 mit strichpunktierter Linie eingekreisten Teil in vergrößerter Darstellung,
Fig. 4:
den mittleren Teil der Vorrichtung gemäß Fig. 1 in vergrößerter Darstellung und
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die aus Fig. 4 ersichtliche Verriegelungsplatte in Draufsicht.
An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing. In this shows:
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1 shows a device for carrying out the method according to the invention for producing bags or sacks with a cooling carousel in a schematic representation in a side view,
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2 shows a section through the device according to line II-II in FIG. 1,
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the part circled in Fig. 1 with a dash-dotted line in an enlarged view,
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the central part of the device of FIG. 1 in an enlarged view and
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the locking plate shown in Fig. 4 in plan view.

Ein Rahmengestell 1 weist Seitenwände 2 und 3 auf, die andeutungsweise aus Fig. 2 ersichtlich sind. Beide Seitenwände 2, 3 sind durch eine Quertraverse 4 miteinander verbunden. Diese Quertraverse 4 trägt etwa mittig eine nach unten ragende feste Achse 21, auf der nahe der Traverse 4 ein Schwenkarm 5 gelagert ist, der über eine Druckmittel-Kolben-Zylindereinheit 6, deren Zylinder durch ein Tragstück gestellfest gehalten ist, in jeweils eine von zwei möglichen Endstellungen bewegt werden kann.A frame 1 has side walls 2 and 3, which are indicated in FIG. 2. Both side walls 2, 3 are connected to each other by a crossbar 4. This cross-member 4 carries approximately in the middle a downwardly projecting fixed axis 21, on which a swivel arm 5 is mounted near the cross member 4, which via a pressure-piston-cylinder unit 6, the cylinder of which is held by a support piece, in one of two possible end positions can be moved.

Aus Fig. 5 ist zu erkennen, daß der als Winkelhebel ausgebildete Schwenkarm 5 an seinem freien Ende ein Formteil 5' trägt und in seinem Winkelbereich mit einer Sicherungsrolle 7 versehen ist. Auf die Funktion dieser Teile wird weiter unten in der Beschreibung eingegangen.From Fig. 5 it can be seen that the pivot arm 5 designed as an angle lever carries a molded part 5 'at its free end and is provided with a locking roller 7 in its angular region. The function of these parts is discussed further below in the description.

Weiterhin ist an der Traverse 4 eine weitere vertikale Achse 8 befestigt, die unterhalb des Schwenkarmes 5 einen vierarmigen Drehteller 9 trägt, der durch einen Zahnriemen 10 von einem Motor 11 taktweise um jeweils 90° verdrehbar ist. Die Drehrichtung des Drehtellers ist in Fig. 2 mit einem Pfeil A angegeben.Furthermore, a further vertical axis 8 is fastened to the cross member 4, which carries a four-armed turntable 9 below the swivel arm 5, which can be rotated by a motor 11 at intervals of 90 ° by a toothed belt 10. The direction of rotation of the turntable is indicated by an arrow A in FIG.

Aus Fig. 2 ist ersichtlich, daß die frei auskragenden Arme 9a des gleichsam eine Nabe bildenden Drehtellers 9 Formstücke 12 tragen, die jeweils zwei nach oben ragende Zapfen 13 aufweisen. Drehbar um jeden Zapfen 13 ist ein Hebel 14 gelagert, der an seinem freien Ende als Greifer 15 ausgebildet ist. Jeder dieser Greifer 15 liegt dabei unter der Kraft der Federn 16 an einer Gegenfläche 17 an, wobei jedes Formstück mit zwei Gegenflächen 17 versehen ist. Über je einen Lenker 18 sind die einander zugewandten Hebel 14 zweier benachbarter Arme 9a funktionsmäßig derart miteinander verbunden, daß die beiden zugehörigen Greifer 15 gleichzeitig öffnen bzw. schließen, um beispielsweise einen Sack 19 ergreifen und halten zu können.From Fig. 2 it can be seen that the freely cantilevered arms 9a of the turntable 9 forming a hub, as it were, carry fittings 12, each of which has two upwardly projecting pins 13. A lever 14 is mounted rotatably about each pin 13 and is designed as a gripper 15 at its free end. Each of these grippers 15 rests against the counter surface 17 under the force of the springs 16, each shaped piece being provided with two counter surfaces 17. The mutually facing levers 14 of two adjacent arms 9a are functionally connected to one another via a link 18 in such a way that the two associated grippers 15 open or close simultaneously, for example by a sack 19 to be able to grasp and hold.

Geöffnet werden die Greifer 15 durch die keil- oder kurvenförmigen Nockenflächen des Formteil 5' des Tragarms 5. Wird durch Ausfahren der Kolbenstange der Druckmittel-Kolben-Zylindereinheit 6 der Tragarm 5 verschwenkt, drückt das Formteil 5' die mit den Hebeln 14 verbundenen Druckrollen 20 des Formstückes 12 auseinander, so daß die Greifer 15 um die Zapfen 13 verschwenken und sich von den zugehörigen Gegenflächen 17 lösen. Über die Lenker 18 werden dabei gleichzeitig die Greifer 15 benachbarter Formstücke gelöst. In der in Fig. 2 dargestellten Lage würden also bei Betätigung der Druckmittel-Kolben-Zylindereinheit 6 die dem oberen und die dem rechten Zeichnungsrand zugewandten Greifereinheiten 15 gelöst werden.The grippers 15 are opened by the wedge-shaped or curved cam surfaces of the molded part 5 'of the support arm 5 of the fitting 12 apart so that the grippers 15 pivot about the pin 13 and detach from the associated counter surfaces 17. At the same time, the grippers 15 of adjacent shaped pieces are released via the handlebars 18. In the position shown in FIG. 2, the gripper units 15 facing the upper and the right-hand edge of the drawing would thus be released when the pressure medium-piston-cylinder unit 6 is actuated.

Um sicherzustellen, daß bei ungewolltem Einschalten des Motors 11 durch das ausgeschwenkte Formstück 5' keine Beschädigungen auftreten, läuft die im Winkelbereich des Schwenkarms 5 gelagerte Sicherungsrolle 7 bei einer Verschwenkung des Schwenkarms zur Öffnung der Greifer in eine Führungsnut 22 einer Riegelplatte 23 ein. Diese Riegelplatte 23 ist über Schraubbolzen 24 fest mit dem Drehteller 9 verbunden, so daß dieser durch die Sicherungsrolle 7 des Schwenkarms 5 an einer Drehung gehindert wird, und zwar solange, wie sich das Formteil 5' zwischen den Rollen 20 eines Formstücks 12 befindet.In order to ensure that no damage occurs when the motor 11 is inadvertently switched on by the pivoted-out shaped piece 5 ', the securing roller 7 mounted in the angular region of the swivel arm 5 runs into a guide groove 22 of a locking plate 23 when the swivel arm is pivoted to open the grippers. This locking plate 23 is firmly connected to the turntable 9 by means of screw bolts 24, so that it is prevented from rotating by the securing roller 7 of the swivel arm 5, for as long as the molded part 5 'is between the rollers 20 of a molded part 12.

Aus Fig. 1 ist ersichtlich, daß von einer Rolle 25 ein Schlauch 26 von oben in eine Einlaufstation 27 einläuft. Diese Einlaufstation 27 ist ortsfest mit dem rahmenförmigen Gestell 1 verbunden und aus Fig. 3 näher ersichtlich. Fig. 3 zeigt die zentrale Achse 8 des Kühlkarussells und einen Teil des Drehtellers 9. Von den Greifern 15 und den Gegenflächen 17 des Drehtellers 9 wird ein mit einer Bodennaht versehener Schlauchabschnitt 19 festgeklemmt, der aber zunächst noch mit der Schlauchbahn 26 verbunden ist. Oberhalb der Greifer 15 und 17 ist eine parallel an Lenkern geführte Koppelstange 28 vorgesehen, die an ihrem der Bahn 26 zugewandten Ende eine Klemmleiste 29 trägt, die mit einer in einem gestellfesten Träger 30 befestigten Gegenleiste 31 zusammenwirkt. Neben der Gegenleiste 31 weist der Träger 30 noch eine Messernut 32 sowie eine Schweißbacke 33 auf. In die Messernut 32 taucht zur Abtrennung des Sackes 19 von der Schlauchbahn 26 ein Messer 34 ein, während mit der Schweißbacke 33 eine zweite Schweißbacke 35 zusammenwirkt, um das vorlaufende Ende der Schlauchbahn 26 mit einer Querschweißnaht zu versehen.From Fig. 1 it can be seen that a hose 26 runs from a roll 25 from above into an inlet station 27. This inlet station 27 is connected in a stationary manner to the frame-shaped frame 1 and can be seen in more detail in FIG. 3. 3 shows the central axis 8 of the cooling carousel and a part of the turntable 9. A hose section 19 provided with a bottom seam is clamped by the grippers 15 and the counter surfaces 17 of the turntable 9, but which is initially still connected to the tubular web 26. Above the grippers 15 and 17 there is a coupling rod 28, which is guided in parallel on the handlebars and carries at its end facing the track 26 a clamping strip 29 which interacts with a counter strip 31 fastened in a support 30 fixed to the frame. In addition to the counter bar 31, the carrier 30 also has a knife groove 32 and a welding jaw 33. A knife 34 dips into the knife groove 32 to separate the bag 19 from the tubular web 26, while a second welding jaw 35 interacts with the welding jaw 33 in order to provide the leading end of the tubular web 26 with a transverse weld seam.

Beim Bedrucken der Schlauchbahn 26 im Formatdruck kommt es darauf an, daß beim Bilden der Schlauchabschnitte nicht in den Druck hineingeschnitten wird. Daher wird der Vorzug der Schlauchbahn mittels einer am Öffnungsrand des jeweiligen Sacks angeordneten Druckmarke getaktet. Eine Veränderung der Sackabschnittlänge erfolgt nun entsprechend dem durch den Meßfühler aufgenommenen Meßsignal dadurch, daß ein mehr oder weniger langer Streifen zwischen dem Öffnungsrand des Beutelabschnitts und der Bodenschweißnaht des folgenden Sackabschnitts weggeschnitten wird. Diese weggeschnittenen Schlauchbahnabschnitte können gesammelt und einem Recycling zugeführt werden. Bei Bildung des Trennschnitts am Öffnungsrand wird das Messer 34 ohne Schweißbacke 33 auf die Schlauchbahn 26 aufgesetzt. Nach entsprechendem Vorzug um den wegzuschneidenden Zwischenabschnitt wird das Messer 34 erneut, diesmal aber zusammen mit der Schweißbacke 33 auf die Schlauchbahn 26 aufgesetzt. Hier wird also gleichzeitig der Trennschnitt des Zwischenabschnitts und die Querschweißnaht des nachfolgenden Sackabschnitts durchgeführt bzw. gebildet.When printing the tubular web 26 in format printing, it is important that the tube sections are not cut into the print when the tube sections are formed. Therefore, the preference of the tubular web is clocked by means of a print mark arranged at the opening edge of the respective sack. The length of the bag section is changed in accordance with the measurement signal recorded by the sensor by cutting a more or less long strip between the opening edge of the bag section and the bottom weld seam of the following bag section. These cut away tubular sections can be collected and sent for recycling. When the separating cut is formed at the opening edge, the knife 34 is placed on the tubular web 26 without the welding jaw 33. After corresponding preference around the intermediate section to be cut away, the knife 34 is placed again on the tubular web 26, but this time together with the welding jaw 33. The separating cut of the intermediate section and the transverse weld seam of the subsequent bag section are therefore carried out or formed at the same time.

Oberhalb der Schweißbacken 33 und 35 ist eine weitere Klemmeinrichtung vorgesehen, die die Schlauchbahn 26 einklemmt. Diese besteht aus einem mit einer Klemmleiste 38 versehenen Schwenkhebel 39, der über eine Druckmittel-Kolben-Zylindereinheit 40 bewegbar ist. Mit dem Schwenkhebel 39 fest verbunden ist ein eine Rolle 41 tragender Arm, wobei die Rolle 41 in der Klemmstellung des Schwenkhebels 39 einen Abstand zu einem Führungsstück 43 aufweist. Dieses Führungsstück 43 ist mit einem Hebel 44 verbunden, der über eine Feder 45 gegen einen Anschlag 46 gehalten ist. Der Schwenkpunkt des Hebels 44 liegt auf der Achse der Vorzugsrolle 47. Er weist einen nach unten weisenden Ansatz auf, der als Gegenhalter 48 zur Klemmleiste 38 ausgebildet ist. Zum Lösen der Klemmung werden zunächst nach dem Bilden einer Bodennaht und erfolgtem Trennschnitt die Druckmittel-Kolben- Zylindereinheiten 37 und 40 betätigt und dadurch werden die Koppelstangen 28, 36 sowie der Hebel 39 weggeschwenkt. Im Zuge dieser Bewegung gelangt die Rolle 41 in Kontakt mit der Nockenfläche des Führungsstücks 43. Dies bewirkt ein Verschwenken des Gegenhalters 48 in Pfeilrichtung C, wodurch zum einen das frei herabhängende Ende der Bahn 26 von der Schweißbacke 33 gelöst und zum anderen abgelenkt wird. Aufgrund dieser Ablenkung ist sichergestellt, daß die Bahn nicht mit dem Träger 30 kollidiert, wenn sie von den Vorzugsrollen 47 und 51 beim nächsten Takt um eine Sacklänge vorgezogen wird.A further clamping device is provided above the welding jaws 33 and 35, which clamps the tubular web 26. These consists of a pivoting lever 39 which is provided with a clamping strip 38 and which can be moved via a pressure medium-piston-cylinder unit 40. An arm carrying a roller 41 is fixedly connected to the pivot lever 39, the roller 41 being at a distance from a guide piece 43 in the clamping position of the pivot lever 39. This guide piece 43 is connected to a lever 44 which is held against a stop 46 via a spring 45. The pivot point of the lever 44 lies on the axis of the preferred roller 47. It has a downward-facing shoulder which is designed as a counter-holder 48 to the terminal strip 38. To release the clamping, the pressure medium-piston-cylinder units 37 and 40 are first actuated after the formation of a bottom seam and a separation cut, and as a result the coupling rods 28, 36 and the lever 39 are pivoted away. In the course of this movement, the roller 41 comes into contact with the cam surface of the guide piece 43. This causes the counter-holder 48 to pivot in the direction of the arrow C, which on the one hand releases the freely hanging end of the web 26 from the welding jaw 33 and on the other hand deflects it. This deflection ensures that the web does not collide with the carrier 30 when it is advanced by a sack length by the preferred rollers 47 and 51 at the next cycle.

Um weiterhin zu verhindern, daß sich die Bahn 26 um die Vorzugsrollen 47 und 41 herumwickeln kann, sind die Vorzugsrollen mit Ringnuten 49, 50 versehen, in die Abstreiffinger 52 und 53 eingreifen. Von diesen Fingern sind die Finge 52 gestellfest gehalten und die Finger 53 als Abstreifrechen an dem Gegenhalter 48 befestigt.To further prevent the web 26 from wrapping around the preferred rollers 47 and 41, the preferred rollers are provided with annular grooves 49, 50, into which stripping fingers 52 and 53 engage. Of these fingers, the fingers 52 are held in place on the frame and the fingers 53 are attached to the counter-holder 48 as wiping rakes.

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  1. Method for the manufacture, filling and sealing of bags manufactured from a tubular film web of thermoplastic material, preferably provided with side folds, in which the leading end of said tubular film web in each case is provided with a transverse weld, and a section forming an open bag is cut off from said tubular film web, and in which the bag is then filled and the open end of the bag is sealed by a transverse weld, wherein during the bag filling operation, a measuring sensor determines the level of fill in the bag as a certain quantity of product is poured in, and wherein the length of the sections of tubular film web formed is varied according to the level of fill in the bag,
    characterised by the following sequence of operational steps:
    with a tubular film web being provided with a printed format imposition, after formation of the transverse weld to seal the bag, the tubular film web is indexed to a printed marking;
    the section forming the bag is separated by a cutting operation without simultaneous formation of the subsequent transverse weld to seal the subsequent tube section;
    the following tubular film web is again advanced by a relatively short, adjustable length;
    the advanced short, adjustable length of the tubular film web is cut off;
    the transverse weld sealing the following tubular section is formed.
  2. Method according to Claim 1 with additional corner welding of the sections forming the bags, characterised in that the corner welding operation at the open end of the bag section and at the base weld is performed in each case by a separate corner welding tool.
  3. Method according to Claim 2, characterised in that the distance between the separate corner welding tools may be automatically adjusted.
  4. Method according to Claim 3, characterised in that the corner welding operation at the open end of the bag section is performed simultaneously with the separation cut, and that the corner weld at the base seam is performed simultaneously with formation of the transverse weld.
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