EP0544078B1 - Device for cutting off tubular plastic sheets containing transverse welds from a continuous sheet, and stacking them - Google Patents

Device for cutting off tubular plastic sheets containing transverse welds from a continuous sheet, and stacking them Download PDF

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EP0544078B1
EP0544078B1 EP92116565A EP92116565A EP0544078B1 EP 0544078 B1 EP0544078 B1 EP 0544078B1 EP 92116565 A EP92116565 A EP 92116565A EP 92116565 A EP92116565 A EP 92116565A EP 0544078 B1 EP0544078 B1 EP 0544078B1
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Hans-Ludwig Dipl.-Ing. Voss
Andreas Dipl.-Ing. Schrödter
Uwe Dipl.-Ing. Köhn
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B70/00Making flexible containers, e.g. envelopes or bags
    • B31B70/74Auxiliary operations
    • B31B70/92Delivering
    • B31B70/98Delivering in stacks or bundles
    • B31B70/984Stacking bags on wicket pins
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00Flexible containers made from webs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2155/00Flexible containers made from webs
    • B31B2155/003Flexible containers made from webs starting from tubular webs
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31BMAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31B2160/00Shape of flexible containers
    • B31B2160/10Shape of flexible containers rectangular and flat, i.e. without structural provision for thickness of contents

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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a cooling chamber coated with blown air is provided between the cross-welding and separating station and the stacking station, in which bottom weld seams are cooled when the sections are deposited on the stack.
  • a rotating computing drum is provided in the lower region of the cooling chamber, on the rotating rods of which, forming the envelope cylinders, the ends of the sections provided with the bottom weld seams fall that they are fanned out.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned, which ensures good cooling of the trailing or bottom weld seams of the sections, so that these can be stacked one on top of the other without fear of sticking in the area of the bottom weld seams.
  • this object is achieved in a device of the generic type by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the drum can be driven continuously or preferably intermittently. After each advance of the leading end of the web and its fixing in the stacking station, the section provided with a rear transverse weld seam and separated from the web is taken along by rotation of the drum from a rod or a wall part forming the enveloping cylinder, so that the rear with the bottom weld seam a detour and can cool down.
  • the drum is expediently provided with two mutually opposite cylindrical shell-shaped wall parts.
  • a baffle is arranged approximately in a horizontal plane within the envelope cylinder of the drum. This baffle ensures trouble-free pushing of the leading end of the web through the column of the drum.
  • the guide plate there is an elongated chamber which is connected to an air line and whose lower wall is provided with air outlet nozzles. Blown air under pressure can be introduced into this chamber, so that blown air emerges from the nozzles and blows down the respective rear end of a welded section or bag so that it lies on the stack that is being formed.
  • the blowing air emerges expediently from the nozzles in time with the rotation.
  • the blown air blown out of the nozzles of the chamber not only supports the good placement of the sections or bags on the stack, but additionally also cools the weld seams.
  • the part of the guide plate facing the cross-welding and cross-cutting station is expediently angled or bent downward, so that it forms a ramp-shaped run-up area for the freely advanced end of the web.
  • the lower jaw is provided with an elastic strip such that it or the like in the gaps between two rods. is supported on the edge area of the guide plate.
  • This elastic strip bridges the gap between the clamping jaw and the guide plate, so that the freely protruding end of the tubular web cannot come into contact or get caught.
  • the lower jaw of the pair of clamping jaws is also expediently designed to be lowerable and liftable.
  • an elastic strip is attached to the edge region of the guide plate facing the stacking station, which strip or the like, the gaps between the rods. interspersed in the radial direction.
  • This elastic strip bridges the gap between the guide plate and the stacking station or the rear end of the stacking table of the stacking station.
  • the drum rotates, it sweeps the rear area of the section still lying on the guide plate over the back of the next rod or the wall part of the drum, so that particularly good cooling of the bottom weld seam is achieved.
  • the stack expediently forms with its rear end hanging freely downward between the drum and the rear edge of a stacking table.
  • a pair of preferred rollers 1 pulls a double web or a flat tubular film web made of thermoplastic material, for example from a supply roll in cycles.
  • This preferred pair of rollers is followed by a welding device 2, by means of which individual bags are separated from the film web.
  • the individual bags are then fed to a stacking station 4 via a transfer device 3.
  • a gripper carriage 5 After forming a stack more predetermined This is then gripped by a gripper carriage 5 and fed to a punch 6.
  • this punch 6 By means of this punch 6, the stack is punched out in such a way that a stack of shirt bags 7 is produced, which is then deposited by a further transport device 8 on a discharge conveyor belt 9 such that the individual stacks 10 lie in a scale formation on the belt 9.
  • Such a system is known except for the transfer device 3. Therefore, only the construction in this area and the function of the transfer device are to be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1-7.
  • a welding device 2 can be seen from FIG. 2, which has an upper and a lower welding bar 11 and 12, which can be moved against each other. Both welding jaws have a central groove 13 and 14, a separating knife 15 being arranged in the upper groove 13, which can dip into the lower groove 14 and thereby cut through the tubular film web held between the welding jaws 19, 20.
  • Each welding bar 11 and 12 has two welding jaws 17, 18 and 19, 20 running parallel to one another, so that two welding seams running parallel to one another are formed during the welding process, between which the cut then takes place.
  • the leading head seam is designated with 21 and the trailing bottom seam with 22.
  • the following bottom seam 22 is located on a piece of bag 23 that has already been needled.
  • the actual welding device 2 is assigned clamping jaws 24 and 25, so that the film is held on the one hand by the clamping device 24, 25 and on the other hand by the pair of preferred rollers 1 during the welding process.
  • a pipe 26 which extends over the width of the entire machine, is rotatably mounted in a manner not shown, which has two wide slots 27 and 28 located opposite one another. Inside of this tube is a transfer plate 29 is arranged, which can be fixed in the side parts of the machine.
  • an arcuately curved sheet preferably a cylindrical shell-shaped sheet
  • the arcuately curved sheet is provided with rows of bores which form blowing air nozzles from which blowing air can escape in the direction of the arrows.
  • the sides of the elongated blown air chamber are closed by end plates (not shown), one end plate being provided with a connection for supplying the blown air.
  • the blown air supply is expediently switched in such a way that blown air always emerges from the blown air nozzles when a rear section or bag end detaching from the lower jacket region of the drum 26 has to be blown onto the depending rear part of the stack being formed.
  • This strip 30 bridges the short distance from the lower clamping jaw 25 to the transfer plate 29.
  • a further strip 31 is also firmly connected to the latter and also made of elastic material, which free space between the right end facing the viewer the transfer plate 29 bridges to the stacking station 4.
  • FIG. 2 shows the situation in which two pieces of sack are already needled in the stacking station 4. However, the last piece of bag 23 needled does not hang down freely, rather it loops bottom end still partially around the lower jacket region 26 'of the tube 26.
  • the pair of preferred rollers 1 is actuated so that the tubular web is carried forward with the head seam 21 leading in accordance with the desired bag length.
  • the end of this preferred movement is shown in Figure 3. From this figure it can be seen that the needles 32 are arranged so deep that they do not hinder the advance of the film web. The film web is guided through the two slots 27 and 28 of the tube 26 and partly lies on the transfer plate 29.
  • the two clamping jaws 24 and 25 then move against one another, so that in the area of the welding device 2 the film web is clamped on the one hand by the clamping jaws 24 and 25 and on the other hand by the pair of preferred rollers 1.
  • the strip 33 of the stacking station 4 also moves downward, so that the tubular film web is needled onto the needle 32 in this area.
  • the two welding bars 11 and 12 move against one another, whereby two welding seams 21 and 22 are formed, between which the tubular film web is cross-separated by the knife 15. This situation is shown in Figure 5.
  • the device described above ensures that the bottom weld seams 22 have enough time through the use of the slotted tube 26 to cool down partially before they rest on the bottom seams 22 of the bag pieces which are already needled.
  • the use of the transfer plate 29 in the rotatable tube 26 ensures a perfect transfer of the leading hose piece from the separating device to the stacking station 4.
  • the strips 30 and 31 are provided, which must be present in particular if working with a blown air comb through which the film is discharged from the pair of feed rollers.
  • the strips 30 and 31 then prevent the occurrence of turbulence in the region of the tube 26.
  • the top guide plate 29 is bent downward on its side facing the welding device 2, so that the strip 30 rests on the transfer plate 29 even when the clamping jaw 25 is lowered.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung gemäß dem Oberbegriff des Anspruchs 1.The invention relates to a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

Bei der Herstellung beispielsweise von Beuteln, die mit hoher Taktzahl von einer intermittierend vorgeschobenen Kunststofffolienbahn abgeschweißt und anschließend gestapelt werden, besteht das Problem, daß beim Stapeln die nachlaufenden Querschweißnähte bzw. Bodenschweißnähte zu einem Zeitpunkt, in dem Stapel aufeinander zu liegen kommen, in dem diese noch nicht ausreichend abgekühlt sind, so daß ein Verkleben der aufeinanderliegenden Bodenschweißnähte in dem Stapel zu befürchten ist.In the production of bags, for example, which are welded off at a high cycle rate from an intermittently advanced plastic film web and then stacked, there is the problem that when stacking, the trailing transverse weld seams or bottom weld seams come to rest on one another in the stack at the time in which they lie are not sufficiently cooled so that the superimposed ones stick together Bottom welds in the stack are to be feared.

Es sind bereits zahlreiche Vorrichtungen bekannt geworden, die ein Abkühlen der Bodenschweißnähte vor dem Stapeln der abgeschweißten Abschnitte bewirken oder die andere Maßnahmen, beispielsweise ein versetzt zueinander erfolgendes Ablegen der Bodenschweißnähte, vorsehen, um ein Verkleben von Schweißnähten miteinander in dem Stapel zu verhindern.Numerous devices have already become known which cause the bottom weld seams to cool before the welded sections are stacked or which provide other measures, for example placing the bottom weld seams offset with respect to one another, in order to prevent weld seams from sticking to one another in the stack.

Bei einer aus der DE-PS 32 01 170 bekannten Vorrichtung der eingangs angegebenen Art ist zwischen der Querschweiß- und Trennstation und der Stapelstation eine mit Blasluft bestrichene Kühlkammer vorgesehen, in der Bodenschweißnähte bei der Ablage der Abschnitte auf den Stapel gekühlt werden. Zusätzlich zu dem versetzten Ablegen der Abschnitte in dem Stapel, das ein Aufeinanderliegen der Bodenschweißnähte in dem Stapel verhindert, ist in dem unteren Bereich der Kühlkammer eine rotierende Rechentrommel vorgesehen, auf deren deren Hüllzylinder bildenden rotierenden Stangen, die mit den Bodenschweißnähten versehenen Enden der Abschnitte derart fallen, daß sie aufgefächert werden.In a device of the type specified in DE-PS 32 01 170, a cooling chamber coated with blown air is provided between the cross-welding and separating station and the stacking station, in which bottom weld seams are cooled when the sections are deposited on the stack. In addition to the staggered placement of the sections in the stack, which prevents the bottom weld seams in the stack from lying on top of one another, a rotating computing drum is provided in the lower region of the cooling chamber, on the rotating rods of which, forming the envelope cylinders, the ends of the sections provided with the bottom weld seams fall that they are fanned out.

Aufgabe der Erfindung ist es, eine Vorrichtung der eingangs angegebenen Art zu schaffen, die eine gute Kühlung der nachlaufenden oder bodenseitigen Schweißnähte der Abschnitte gewährleistet, so daß diese aufeinanderliegend gestapelt werden können, ohne daß ein Verkleben im Bereich der Bodenschweißnähte befürchtet werden muß.The object of the invention is to provide a device of the type mentioned, which ensures good cooling of the trailing or bottom weld seams of the sections, so that these can be stacked one on top of the other without fear of sticking in the area of the bottom weld seams.

Erfindungsgemäß wird diese Aufgabe bei einer Vorrichtung der gattungsgemäßen Art durch die Merkmale des kennzeichnenden Teils des Anspruchs 1 gelöst.According to the invention, this object is achieved in a device of the generic type by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.

Dabei kann die Trommel kontinuierlich oder vorzugsweise intermittierend angetrieben sein. Nach jedem Vorschub des vorauslaufenden Endes der Bahn und dessen Fixieren in der Stapelbildestation wird der mit einer hinteren Querschweißnaht versehene und von der Bahn abgetrennte Abschnitt durch Drehung der Trommel von einer den Hüllzylinder bildenden Stange oder einem Wandungsteil mitgenommen, so daß das hintere mit der Bodenschweißnaht auf einem Umweg geführt wird und dadurch auskühlen kann.The drum can be driven continuously or preferably intermittently. After each advance of the leading end of the web and its fixing in the stacking station, the section provided with a rear transverse weld seam and separated from the web is taken along by rotation of the drum from a rod or a wall part forming the enveloping cylinder, so that the rear with the bottom weld seam a detour and can cool down.

Zweckmäßigerweise ist die Trommel mit zwei einander gegenüberliegenden zylinderschalenförmigen Wandungsteilen versehen.The drum is expediently provided with two mutually opposite cylindrical shell-shaped wall parts.

Nach einer besonders bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist vorgesehen, daß etwa in einer horizontalen Ebene innerhalb des Hüllzylinders der Trommel ein Leitblech angeordnet ist. Dieses Leitblech gewährleistet einen störungsfreien Durchschub des vorauslaufenden Endes der Bahn durch die Spalte der Trommel.According to a particularly preferred embodiment it is provided that a baffle is arranged approximately in a horizontal plane within the envelope cylinder of the drum. This baffle ensures trouble-free pushing of the leading end of the web through the column of the drum.

Nach einer Weiterentwicklung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß auf der Unterseite des Leitblechs eine langgestreckte, mit einer Luftleitung in Verbindung stehende Kammer angeordnet ist, deren untere Wandung mit Luftaustrittsdüsen versehen ist. In diese Kammer kann unter Druck stehende Blasluft eingeleitet werden, so daß aus den Düsen Blasluft austritt, die das jeweils hintere Ende eines geschweißten Abschnitts oder Beutels nach unten bläst, so daß sich dieser auf den sich bildenden Stapel legt. Entsprechend den Ausschnitten in dem Mantel der Trommel erfolgt der Austritt von Blasluft aus den Düsen zweckmäßigerweise im Takt der Drehung. Die aus den Düsen der Kammer ausgeblasene Blasluft unterstützt nicht nur die gute Ablage der Abschnitte oder Beutel auf den Stapel, sondern bewirkt zusätzlich auch eine Kühlung der Schweißnähte.According to a further development of the invention, it is provided that on the underside of the guide plate there is an elongated chamber which is connected to an air line and whose lower wall is provided with air outlet nozzles. Blown air under pressure can be introduced into this chamber, so that blown air emerges from the nozzles and blows down the respective rear end of a welded section or bag so that it lies on the stack that is being formed. According to the cutouts in the jacket of the drum, the blowing air emerges expediently from the nozzles in time with the rotation. The blown air blown out of the nozzles of the chamber not only supports the good placement of the sections or bags on the stack, but additionally also cools the weld seams.

Zweckmäßigerweise ist der der Querschweiß- und Quertrennstation zugewandte Teil des Leitbleches nach unten abgewinkelt oder abgebogen, so daß er einen rampenförmigen Auflaufbereich für das frei vorgeschobene Ende der Bahn bildet.The part of the guide plate facing the cross-welding and cross-cutting station is expediently angled or bent downward, so that it forms a ramp-shaped run-up area for the freely advanced end of the web.

Nach einer vorteilhaften Ausgestaltung ist vorgesehen, daß zwischen der Querschweiß- und Quertrennstation und der Trommel ein Klemmbackenpaar angeordnet ist, dessen untere Backe derart mit einem elastischen Streifen versehen ist, daß er sich in den Spalten zwischen zwei Stangen o.dgl. auf den Randbereich des Leitbleches abstützt. Durch diesen elastischen Streifen ist der Spalt zwischen der Klemmbacke und dem Leitblech überbrückt, so daß es zu einem Anstoßen oder Verhaken des frei vorgeführten Endes der Schlauchbahn nicht kommen kann.According to an advantageous embodiment it is provided that between the cross welding and cross cutting station and the drum a pair of jaws is arranged, the lower jaw is provided with an elastic strip such that it or the like in the gaps between two rods. is supported on the edge area of the guide plate. This elastic strip bridges the gap between the clamping jaw and the guide plate, so that the freely protruding end of the tubular web cannot come into contact or get caught.

Zweckmäßigerweise ist auch die untere Backe des Klemmbackenpaars absenkbar und hebbar ausgebildet.The lower jaw of the pair of clamping jaws is also expediently designed to be lowerable and liftable.

In weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung ist vorgesehen, daß an dem der Stapelstation zugewandten Randbereich des Leitbleches ein elastischer Streifen befestigt ist, der die Spalte zwischen den Stangen o.dgl. in radialer Richtung durchsetzt. Dieser elastische Streifen überbrückt einmal den Spalt zwischen dem Leitblech und der Stapelstation bzw. dem hinteren Ende des Stapeltisches der Stapelstation. Zum anderen streicht er bei der Drehung der Trommel den hinteren Bereich des noch auf dem Leitblech liegenden Abschnitts über die Rückseite der nächstfolgenden Stange bzw. des Wandungsteils der Trommel schlaufenförmig aus, so daß eine besonders gute Auskühlung der Bodenschweißnaht erreicht wird.In a further embodiment of the invention it is provided that an elastic strip is attached to the edge region of the guide plate facing the stacking station, which strip or the like, the gaps between the rods. interspersed in the radial direction. This elastic strip bridges the gap between the guide plate and the stacking station or the rear end of the stacking table of the stacking station. On the other hand, when the drum rotates, it sweeps the rear area of the section still lying on the guide plate over the back of the next rod or the wall part of the drum, so that particularly good cooling of the bottom weld seam is achieved.

Zweckmäßigerweise bildet sich der Stapel mit seinem hinteren Ende zwischen der Trommel und dem hinteren Rand eines Stapeltisches frei nach unten hängend aus. Sobald die hinteren Bereiche der gestapelten Abschnitte durch die Drehung der Trommel von den diese mitnehmenden Stangen oder Wandungsabschnitten freigekommen sind, liegen sich diese gegen den nach unten hängenden Teil des sich bildenden Stapels an.The stack expediently forms with its rear end hanging freely downward between the drum and the rear edge of a stacking table. Once the rear portions of the stacked sections are rotated by the drum from the rods or wall sections that carry them are released, they lie against the part of the stack that is hanging down.

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

Fig. 1
eine Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von von einer Schlauchfolienbahn abgeschweißten Beuteln, zum Stapeln der Beutel und zum Stanzen und zum Abtransportieren der Beutelstapel in schematischer Seitenansicht,
Fig. 1a
eine Draufsicht auf einen mit Kopf- und Bodenschweißnähten und mit Seitenfalten und Stapellöchern versehenen Schlauchabschnitt,
Fig. 1b
eine Draufsicht auf den nachlaufenden Teil des Beutelstapels, der mit sog. Hemdchenausschnitten versehen ist, und
Fig. 2-7
die Querschweiß- und Quertrennstation und Stapelstation der Vorrichtung nach Fig. 1 in vergrößerter Darstellung und in unterschiedlichen Betriebsstellungen, wobei die durch ein mit der Unterseite des Leitblechs verbundenes zylinderschalenförmig gekrümmtes Blech gebildete Blasluftkammer nur in Fig. 7 dargestellt ist.
An embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the drawing. In this shows
Fig. 1
1 shows a device for producing bags welded from a tubular film web, for stacking the bags and for punching and for transporting the stack of bags in a schematic side view,
Fig. 1a
2 shows a plan view of a hose section provided with head and bottom weld seams and with side gussets and stack holes,
Fig. 1b
a plan view of the trailing part of the bag stack, which is provided with so-called shirt cutouts, and
Fig. 2-7
the cross-welding and cross-cutting station and stacking station of the device of FIG. 1 in an enlarged view and in different operating positions, wherein the blowing air chamber formed by a cylindrical shell-shaped plate connected to the underside of the guide plate is only shown in FIG. 7.

Bei der aus Fig. 1 ersichtlichen Vorrichtung zieht ein Vorzugsrollenpaar 1 eine Doppelbahn bzw. eine flachgelegte Schlauchfolienbahn aus thermoplastischem Kunststoff, beispielsweise von einer Vorratsrolle taktweise ab. Diesem Vorzugsrollenpaar ist eine Schweißeinrichtung 2 nachgeordnet, durch welche einzelne Beutel von der Folienbahn abgetrennt werden. Die einzelnen Beutel werden dann über eine Überleitvorrichtung 3 einer Stapelstation 4 zugeführt. Nach dem Bilden eines Stapels vorbestimmter Größe wird dieser dann von einem Greiferwagen 5 ergriffen und einer Stanze 6 zugeführt. Mittels dieser Stanze 6 wird der Stapel so ausgestanzt, daß ein Hemdchenbeutelstapel 7 entsteht, der dann von einer weiteren Transporteinrichtung 8 auf ein Abführförderband 9 derart abgelegt, daß die einzelnen Stapel 10 in Schuppenformation auf dem Band 9 liegen. Eine derartige Anlage ist bis auf die Überleitvorrichtung 3 bekannt. Im folgenden soll daher anhand der Figuren 1-7 lediglich die Konstruktion in diesem Bereich sowie die Funktion der Überleitvorrichtung erläutert werden.In the device shown in FIG. 1, a pair of preferred rollers 1 pulls a double web or a flat tubular film web made of thermoplastic material, for example from a supply roll in cycles. This preferred pair of rollers is followed by a welding device 2, by means of which individual bags are separated from the film web. The individual bags are then fed to a stacking station 4 via a transfer device 3. After forming a stack more predetermined This is then gripped by a gripper carriage 5 and fed to a punch 6. By means of this punch 6, the stack is punched out in such a way that a stack of shirt bags 7 is produced, which is then deposited by a further transport device 8 on a discharge conveyor belt 9 such that the individual stacks 10 lie in a scale formation on the belt 9. Such a system is known except for the transfer device 3. Therefore, only the construction in this area and the function of the transfer device are to be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1-7.

Dabei ist aus der Figur 2 eine Schweißeinrichtung 2 zu erkennen, welche einen oberen und einen unteren Schweißbalken 11 und 12 aufweist, die gegeneinander bewegt werden können. Beide Schweißbacken weisen eine mittige Nut 13 und 14 auf, wobei in der oberen Nut 13 ein Trennmesser 15 angeordnet ist, das in die untere Nut 14 eintauchen kann und dabei die zwischen den Schweißbacken 19,20 gehaltene Schlauchfolienbahn durchtrennt. Jeder Schweißbalken 11 und 12 weist zwei parallel zueinander verlaufende Schweißbacken 17,18 bzw. 19,20 auf, so daß während des Schweißvorganges zwei parallel zueinander verlaufende Schweißnähte gebildet werden, zwischen denen dann der Schnitt stattfindet. In der Figur 2 ist dabei mit 21 die vorlaufende Kopfnaht und mit 22 die nachlaufende Bodennaht bezeichnet. Die nachfolgende Bodennaht 22 befindet sich dabei an einem bereits aufgenadelten Sackstück 23.A welding device 2 can be seen from FIG. 2, which has an upper and a lower welding bar 11 and 12, which can be moved against each other. Both welding jaws have a central groove 13 and 14, a separating knife 15 being arranged in the upper groove 13, which can dip into the lower groove 14 and thereby cut through the tubular film web held between the welding jaws 19, 20. Each welding bar 11 and 12 has two welding jaws 17, 18 and 19, 20 running parallel to one another, so that two welding seams running parallel to one another are formed during the welding process, between which the cut then takes place. In FIG. 2, the leading head seam is designated with 21 and the trailing bottom seam with 22. The following bottom seam 22 is located on a piece of bag 23 that has already been needled.

Aus der Figur 2 ist weiterhin zu erkennen, daß der eigentlichen Schweißeinrichtung 2 Klemmbacken 24 und 25 zugeordnet sind, so daß die Folie während des Schweißvorganges einerseits von der Klemmeinrichtung 24, 25 und andererseits von dem Vorzugswalzenpaar 1 festgehalten wird. In dem Abstandsraum zwischen der Schweißeinrichtung 2 und der Stapelstation 4 ist ein über die Breite der Gesamtmaschine verlaufendes Rohr 26 auf nicht dargestellte Weise drehbar gelagert, welches zwei breite gegenüberliegende Schlitze 27 und 28 aufweist. Im Inneren dieses Rohres ist ein Überleitblech 29 angeordnet, welches in den Seitenteilen der Maschine fest gelagert sein kann.It can also be seen from FIG. 2 that the actual welding device 2 is assigned clamping jaws 24 and 25, so that the film is held on the one hand by the clamping device 24, 25 and on the other hand by the pair of preferred rollers 1 during the welding process. In the space between the welding device 2 and the stacking station 4, a pipe 26, which extends over the width of the entire machine, is rotatably mounted in a manner not shown, which has two wide slots 27 and 28 located opposite one another. Inside of this tube is a transfer plate 29 is arranged, which can be fixed in the side parts of the machine.

Wie aus Fig. 7 ersichtlich ist, kann nach einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform mit der Unterseite des Leitblechs 29 ein bogenförmig gekrümmtes Blech, vorzugsweise ein zylinderschalenförmig gekrümmtes Blech verbunden sein, das eine durch das Leitblech 29 geschlossene Blasluftkammer bildet. Das bogenförmig gekrümmte Blech ist mit Reihen von Bohrungen versehen, die Blasluftdüsen bilden, aus denen in Richtung der Pfeile Blasluft austreten kann. Die Seiten der langgestreckten Blasluftkammer sind durch nicht dargestellte Stirnbleche geschlossen, wobei ein Stirnblech mit einem Anschluß zur Zuführung der Blasluft versehen ist. Die Blasluftzufuhr wird zweckmäßigerweise derart im Takt geschaltet, daß aus den Blasluftdüsen immer dann Blasluft austritt, wenn ein sich von dem jeweils unteren Mantelbereich der Trommel 26 lösendes hinteres Abschnitt- oder Beutelende auf den herabhängenden hinteren Teil des sich bildenden Stapels abgeblasen werden muß.As can be seen from FIG. 7, according to a preferred embodiment, an arcuately curved sheet, preferably a cylindrical shell-shaped sheet, can be connected to the underside of the guide plate 29, which sheet forms a blown air chamber closed by the guide plate 29. The arcuately curved sheet is provided with rows of bores which form blowing air nozzles from which blowing air can escape in the direction of the arrows. The sides of the elongated blown air chamber are closed by end plates (not shown), one end plate being provided with a connection for supplying the blown air. The blown air supply is expediently switched in such a way that blown air always emerges from the blown air nozzles when a rear section or bag end detaching from the lower jacket region of the drum 26 has to be blown onto the depending rear part of the stack being formed.

Wie dabei aus Figur 2 zu erkennen ist, ist mit der unteren Klemmbacke 25 ein Streifen 30 fest verbunden, der aus elastischem Material, beispielsweise einem Teflonband besteht. Dieser Streifen 30 überbrückt den geringen Abstand von der unteren Klemmbacke 25 zum Überleitblech 29. Auf der diesem Streifen 30 gegenüberliegenden Seite des Überleitbleches 29 ist mit letzterem ein weiterer Streifen 31 ebenfalls aus elastischem Material fest verbunden, der den Freiraum zwischen dem dem Betrachter zugewandten rechten Ende des Überleitbleches 29 zur Stapelstation 4 überbrückt.As can be seen from FIG. 2, a strip 30, which consists of elastic material, for example a Teflon tape, is firmly connected to the lower clamping jaw 25. This strip 30 bridges the short distance from the lower clamping jaw 25 to the transfer plate 29. On the side of the transfer plate 29 opposite this strip 30, a further strip 31 is also firmly connected to the latter and also made of elastic material, which free space between the right end facing the viewer the transfer plate 29 bridges to the stacking station 4.

Die Funktion der vorstehend beschriebenen Vorrichtung wird nachstehend näher erläutert. In der Fig. 2 ist die Situation dargestellt, in der bereits zwei Sackstücke in der Stapelstation 4 aufgenadelt sind. Das zuletzt aufgenadelte Sackstück 23 hängt allerdings noch nicht frei herunter, vielmehr schlingt sich das bodenseitige Ende noch zum Teil um den unteren Mantelbereich 26' des Rohres 26. In diesem Moment wird das Vorzugswalzenpaar 1 betätigt, so daß die Schlauchbahn mit vorauslaufender Kopfnaht 21 entsprechend der gewünschten Sacklänge vorgetragen wird. Das Ende dieser Vorzugsbewegung ist in Figur 3 dargestellt. Aus dieser Figur ist zu erkennen, daß die Nadeln 32 so tief angeordnet sind, daß sie den Vorschub der Folienbahn nicht behindern. Die Folienbahn ist dabei durch die beiden Schlitze 27 und 28 des Rohres 26 hindurchgeführt und legt sich zum Teil auf das Überleitblech 29 auf. Nach dem Vorzug fahren dann die beiden Klemmbacken 24 und 25 gegeneinander, so daß im Bereich der Schweißeinrichtung 2 die Folienbahn einerseits durch die Klemmbacken 24 und 25 und andererseits durch das Vorzugswalzenpaar 1 eingeklemmt wird. Während der Bewegung der Klemmbacken 24 und 25 gegeneinander bewegt sich auch die Leiste 33 der Stapelstation 4 nach unten, so daß die Schlauchfolienbahn in diesem Bereich auf die Nadel 32 aufgenadelt wird. Sobald dies geschehen ist, fahren die beiden Schweißbalken 11 und 12 gegeneinander, wodurch zwei Schweißnähte 21 und 22 gebildet werden, zwischen denen die Schlauchfolienbahn durch das Messer 15 quergetrennt wird. Diese Situation ist in Figur 5 dargestellt. Unmittelbar danach bewegen sich die Schweißbalken 11 und 12 ebenso wie die Klemmbacken 24 und 25 auseinander, wobei gleichzeitig das Rohr 26 im Uhrzeigersinn verdreht wird. Aus Figur 6 ist dabei zu ersehen, daß der vor dem zuletzt abgeschweißten Sack aufgenadelte Sack beginnt, sich mit seinem Endbereich von dem Mantelbereich 26'' des Rohres 26 zu lösen, so daß er nach unten fallen und sich gegen den Teilstapel 34 anlegen kann. Während der weiteren Drehbewegung des Rohres 26 gelangt dann die vorlaufende Kante des Mantelbahnbereiches 26' in Kontakt mit dem zuletzt abgetrennten Sackstück 23, so daß dieses von der vorlaufenden Kante des Mantelbereiches 26' mitgenommen wird, weil ja die Leiste 33 noch in der unteren Stellung verharrt und das Sackstück 23 festklemmt. Diese Situation ist in Figur 7 dargestellt. Während der weiteren anschließenden Drehung des Rohres 26 im Uhrzeigersinn erreicht dieses die in Figur 2 dargestellte Lage, woraufhin dann die Leiste 33 angehoben wird. In analoger Weise wiederholt sich darauf folgend jedesmal wieder das Schweißen eines neuen Sackstückes.The function of the device described above is explained in more detail below. 2 shows the situation in which two pieces of sack are already needled in the stacking station 4. However, the last piece of bag 23 needled does not hang down freely, rather it loops bottom end still partially around the lower jacket region 26 'of the tube 26. At this moment, the pair of preferred rollers 1 is actuated so that the tubular web is carried forward with the head seam 21 leading in accordance with the desired bag length. The end of this preferred movement is shown in Figure 3. From this figure it can be seen that the needles 32 are arranged so deep that they do not hinder the advance of the film web. The film web is guided through the two slots 27 and 28 of the tube 26 and partly lies on the transfer plate 29. According to the preference, the two clamping jaws 24 and 25 then move against one another, so that in the area of the welding device 2 the film web is clamped on the one hand by the clamping jaws 24 and 25 and on the other hand by the pair of preferred rollers 1. During the movement of the clamping jaws 24 and 25 against one another, the strip 33 of the stacking station 4 also moves downward, so that the tubular film web is needled onto the needle 32 in this area. As soon as this has been done, the two welding bars 11 and 12 move against one another, whereby two welding seams 21 and 22 are formed, between which the tubular film web is cross-separated by the knife 15. This situation is shown in Figure 5. Immediately afterwards, the welding bars 11 and 12, like the clamping jaws 24 and 25, move apart, at the same time the tube 26 is rotated clockwise. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that the sack needled in front of the last welded-off sack begins to detach itself with its end region from the jacket region 26 ″ of the tube 26, so that it can fall down and lie against the partial stack 34. During the further rotational movement of the tube 26, the leading edge of the jacket web region 26 'then comes into contact with the last cut piece of bag 23, so that it is carried along by the leading edge of the jacket region 26', because the bar 33 still remains in the lower position and the bag piece 23 clamps. This situation is shown in Figure 7. During the further subsequent rotation of the tube 26 clockwise this reaches the position shown in Figure 2, whereupon the Bar 33 is raised. In an analogous manner, the welding of a new piece of sack is repeated each time.

Durch die vorstehend beschriebene Vorrichtung wird sichergestellt, daß die Bodenschweißnähte 22 durch die Verwendung des geschlitzten Rohres 26 genügend Zeit haben, teilweise abzukühlen, bevor sie sich auf die Bodennähte 22 der Sackstücke auflegen, die bereits aufgenadelt sind.The device described above ensures that the bottom weld seams 22 have enough time through the use of the slotted tube 26 to cool down partially before they rest on the bottom seams 22 of the bag pieces which are already needled.

Die Verwendung des Überleitbleches 29 im drehbaren Rohr 26 gewährleistet eine einwandfreie Übergabe des vorlaufenden Schlauchstückes von der Trenneinrichtung zur Stapelstation 4. Um diese Übergabe in der letzten Kosequenz sicher zu gestalten, sind die Streifen 30 und 31 vorgesehen, die insbesondere dann vorhanden sein müssen, wenn mit einem Blasluftkamm gearbeitet wird, durch den die Folie aus dem Vorzugswalzenpaar ausgetragen wird. Die Streifen 30 und 31 verhindern dann nämlich auftretende Turbulenzen im Bereich des Rohres 26. Das Oberleitblech 29 ist auf seiner der Schweißeinrichtung 2 zugewandten Seite nach unten abgebogen, so daß der Streifen 30 auch bei abgesenkter Klemmbacke 25 auf dem Überleitblech 29 aufliegt.The use of the transfer plate 29 in the rotatable tube 26 ensures a perfect transfer of the leading hose piece from the separating device to the stacking station 4. In order to make this transfer safe in the last sequence, the strips 30 and 31 are provided, which must be present in particular if working with a blown air comb through which the film is discharged from the pair of feed rollers. The strips 30 and 31 then prevent the occurrence of turbulence in the region of the tube 26. The top guide plate 29 is bent downward on its side facing the welding device 2, so that the strip 30 rests on the transfer plate 29 even when the clamping jaw 25 is lowered.

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  1. Device for applying transverse welds and transverse separating cuts or transverse separating welds to an intermittently pushed-forward and/or advanced tubular or half-tubular sheet of thermoplastic material and for stacking the detached sections, having a cyclically operating transverse welding and transverse separating station (2) for detaching from the sheet sections provided with bottom welds and, if appropriate, additionally with leading top welds, preferably bag sections; having a cyclically operating stacking station (4), which is provided with means for securely holding or fixing the fed-in sections; and having a drum (26), which is mounted between the transverse welding and transverse separating station (2) and the stacking station (4), has a transversely lying axis, and the enveloping cylinder of which is formed by at least two rods or wall parts; characterized in that the drum (26) lies in the conveying path of the sheet and is driven rotatably in the welding cycle by one angular increment which amounts to the fraction of a revolution corresponding to the number of rods or the like (360°/number of rods or the like); and in that in the depositing cycle there is a push-through path for the sheet through gaps of the drum between the transverse welding and transverse separating station and the stacking station.
  2. Device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the drum (26) is provided with two mutually opposite cylinder shell-shaped wall parts (26', 26'').
  3. Device according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a baffle (29) is arranged approximately in the horizontal plane within the enveloping cylinder of the drum.
  4. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that on the underside of the baffle (29) there is arranged an elongate chamber, which is in connection with an air line and the lower wall of which is provided with air-outlet nozzles.
  5. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the part of the baffle (29) facing the transverse welding and transverse separating station (2) is angled away or bent away downwards.
  6. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that between the transverse welding and transverse separating station and the drum there is arranged a pair of clamping jaws (24, 25), the lower jaw (25) of which bears a flexible strip (30) in such a way that it is supported on the edge region of the baffle (29) in the gaps between two rods or the like.
  7. Device according to Claim 6, characterized in that the lower jaw (25) of the pair of clamping jaws (24, 25) is also lowerable and raisable.
  8. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that on the edge region of the baffle (29) facing the stacking station (4) there is fastened a flexible strip (31) which passes in a radial direction through the gaps between the rods or the like of the drum (26).
  9. Device according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the stack forming develops with its rear end (34) hanging freely downwards between the drum (26) and the rear edge of a stack table.
EP92116565A 1991-11-28 1992-09-28 Device for cutting off tubular plastic sheets containing transverse welds from a continuous sheet, and stacking them Expired - Lifetime EP0544078B1 (en)

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