EP0870611B1 - Verfahren zum Bedrucken von Verpackungsteilen - Google Patents

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EP0870611B1
EP0870611B1 EP97610009A EP97610009A EP0870611B1 EP 0870611 B1 EP0870611 B1 EP 0870611B1 EP 97610009 A EP97610009 A EP 97610009A EP 97610009 A EP97610009 A EP 97610009A EP 0870611 B1 EP0870611 B1 EP 0870611B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B7/00—Closing containers or receptacles after filling
    • B65B7/16—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons
    • B65B7/28—Closing semi-rigid or rigid containers or receptacles not deformed by, or not taking-up shape of, contents, e.g. boxes or cartons by applying separate preformed closures, e.g. lids, covers
    • B65B7/2807—Feeding closures
    • B65B7/2814—Feeding closures the closures being interconnected
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F17/00—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
    • B41F17/24—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles
    • B41F17/26—Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles by rolling contact
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2200/00—Printing processes
    • B41P2200/20—Lithography
    • B41P2200/21—Dry offset printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41P—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO PRINTING, LINING MACHINES, TYPEWRITERS, AND TO STAMPS
    • B41P2217/00—Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes
    • B41P2217/50—Printing presses for particular purposes
    • B41P2217/53—Printing presses for particular purposes for printing on the interior of hollow articles

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  • the invention concerns a method for the printing of packaging parts of the kind disclosed in the preamble to claim 1.
  • a method of the kind disclosed in the preamble of claim 1 is described in DE A 20 21 917.
  • a method for the printing of formed packaging parts in the form of lids is disclosed, which packaging parts are feed to the printing apparatus as individual parts.
  • the packaging parts are conveyed by carriers, which may be disposed on chains.
  • This known method also has the abovementioned disadvantages in connection with the handling of the individual packaging parts, as the packaging parts must be placed individually on the carriers and must be removed individually after the printing.
  • the number of stacking operations is reduced, in that the method enables the printing of foil webs with packaging parts by feeding direct from the machine which produces the packaging parts.
  • the formed packaging parts comprise a part of a continuous web of foil, in that the individual packaging parts lie at a distance from one another and are in connection with one another via the foil web, where the continuous foil web with the formed packaging parts is fed forward to a printing section where the printing of the formed packaging parts takes place in the printing section with printing pads, and each offset print comprises a packaging part or several packaging parts lying parallel at the side of one another with a distance between them, as the packaging parts form longitudinal, preferably parallel rows, said rows comprising at least one and preferably four rows, and as in the lateral direction the rows similarly form preferably parallel rows, and where the packaging parts are then fed forward to a separation section where the individual packaging parts are separated from the foil web by a separation process preferably by punching.
  • the foil web with the formed packaging parts is conveyed directly forward to the printing section, whereby the necessity is avoided of having to stack and subsequently place the packaging parts in the cassettes, which will then transport these forward to the printing section in the manner which is commonly known.
  • the printing according to the invention takes place down in the packaging parts, which can lie expediently along the same line seen in the transverse direction.
  • the foil is hereafter positioned in relation to the next row of printing pads, so that the next transversely-lying row of packaging parts is placed opposite the next row of printing pads.
  • the printed packaging parts are removed from the foil web by a separation process at a time at which the foil web part with the printed data is stationary, and the packaging part can now be stacked or handled as required, in that it is now ready for use.
  • the process is thus characterized by being a continuous process, where the need for manual operation is minimal, and there is achieved an expedient and definite positioning of the packaging in relation to the further handling process and the tool in use, while at the same time a high production of printed packaging is possible.
  • the packaging parts can be formed closely at the side of one another in the foil web, in that the positioning movement ensures that there is room for the subsequent print-pad section in the subsequent packaging part's section.
  • the possibility is achieved by means of the optical sensors to register the front edge and the rear edge of the individual packaging parts, and thus to position the packaging parts correctly in relation to the print-pads.
  • the CNC system ensures that the speed of the print-pads is controlled, while at the same time the CNC system regulates the motors for the driving of the foil web as a function of the speed of the print-pads.
  • fig. 1 shows section A comprising the forming of lids from a roll of foil 17 by a thermoplastic moulding process.
  • the feeding can also be effected directly from an extruder.
  • Typical materials are polypropylene PP, polystyrene PS, polyethylene PE and polyvinylchoride PVC, which in the heated condition, for example by a vacuum-or pressure-moulding process, is formed into the desired product.
  • the foil web with the formed packaging parts is led to the printing section B, and in order to avoid that the handling of the foil from the one section is imparted to the second section, the foil 1 with the packaging parts hangs expediently down in an arc.
  • a semi- manual process stage M is incorporated for the adjustment and control of the colours.
  • the foil and packaging parts are conveyed further to the drying section C and thereafter further to the separation section D, where the punching-out of the packaging parts is performed.
  • a manual or automatic handling M' of the packaging parts is carried out, for example in the form of stacking, packing etc.
  • certain foils - especially PP - must be exposed to a heating T, whereby the surface tension of the foil is adjusted.
  • the heating can be effected either as gas or electrical heating.
  • fig. 2 shows a foil web 1 with packaging parts 2 which, in this case, are packaging lids which comprise a central surface 3 on which the printing is to be applied, plus a surrounding edge 4.
  • the foil web is fed forward by means of gripping elements 5 which consist of two upper wheel sets 6 and two lower wheel sets 7, comprising eight wheels in all.
  • the upper wheel set 6 is spring-loaded and presses against the upper side of the foil opposite the place where the lower wheel set 7 lies up against the underside of the foil web 1.
  • the wheel sets are disposed between the individual lid tracks or at each side outside the outermost lid tracks.
  • the lower set of wheels 7 are locked together mechanically and driven by a highly dynamic motor, which thus regulates the forward feeding and the return movement of the foil web simultaneously with the gripping of the foil web.
  • the number of wheel sets can vary from one set of wheels up to several, depending among other things on the number of rows, the weight of the foil and the speed at which it is fed.
  • guide rails 15 are provided on the upper or the underside of the foil web 1, said rails extending up between two rows of packaging parts or at each side outside the outermost rows of packaging parts, hereby ensuring lateral stability of the foil web.
  • Long guide rails can also be mounted if they are required.
  • the rails can be disposed between the wheel sets 6 or on the outer side in relation to these wheels.
  • the printing equipment comprises a printing roller 8 and a counter-pressure roller 9.
  • the printing roller 8 is provided with print-pads 10, preferably four print-pads placed on the same circumference of the roller's periphery and displaced 90' from each other. However, the number can vary from a single pad to several, depending among other things on the foil part which is to be printed. Several rows of print-pads lying at the side of one another, preferably four, may well be provided. The print-pads are expediently placed so that they form rows lying parallel with the centre axis of the roller.
  • the actual surface 11 of the print-pads which must apply the printing and which deposits the ink from so-called block rollers, is slightly convex.
  • the printing is the so- called dry offset printing.
  • the speed of the surface 3 of the lid when the offset print is applied corresponds to the peripheral speed of the print-pad 10, in that the print-pad 10 runs as master, and the motor which regulates the feeding speed of the foil runs as so-called slave in relation hereto.
  • the motor for the foil web and the motor for print-pads and inking devices are appropriately controlled via a multi-spindled servomotor control similar to those used on CNC machine tools, robots etc. It is herewith possible to handle the foil web with reciprocating movements, adjustment of speed, position etc., so that this is synchronized electrically together with the current position and speed of the print-pad.
  • the number of rows which follow the circumference of the roller 9 corresponds to the number of rows of print-pads, whereby the counter-pressure dollies are eight in number when there are sixteen print-pads.
  • the speed of the counter-pressure dollies is adjusted in accordance with the speed of the print-pads, so that the dollies 12 serve to provide a counter-pressure when the offest printing is applied to the packaging, and lie directly opposite the print-pads 10 when these apply their print, and have the same peripheral speed as the print-pads 10.
  • the cycle time can be as short as approx. 500 milliseconds, which corresponds to 120 cycles per minute. If 4 print-pads are used in a transverse row, it will thus be possible to print up to approx. 28,800 lids per hour.
  • the foil web is fed backwards slightly, in that the next row of packaging parts lies so close to the printed packaging parts that there will not be room for the print-pad to apply its print correctly in the new row of lid surfaces.
  • Sensors 16 preferably optical sensors, for example light- diodes or lasers, register the front edge and/or the rear edge of the packaging, so that the next row is positioned correctly in relation to the print-pad 10 and printing can now take place, in that the mutual speed of the foil and the print-pad is adjusted as described earlier.
  • Fig. 4 shows the foil web seen from above and with rectangular lids.
  • the foil web could naturally also comprise packaging parts of other shapes, such as round, triangular, oval parts etc., and the packaging parts could be other than lids, e.g. trays, tubs etc.
  • the packaging parts lie relatively close to one another, and in the concrete case at a distance of about 10 mm. This distance will naturally depend on the shape of the packaging part.
  • the upper wheel set 6 is seen gripping down on the foil between the rows or at each side outside the outermost row of lids, and with a pair placed on each its side of the printing section.
  • the packaging parts are formed in the foil so that they form longitudinal, parallel rows 13 and also parallel rows 14 in the lateral direction.
  • the foil is controlled in the punching-out section following the same principle as that in the printing machine, so that setting-up time can also be saved here when changing over to lids of another shape, in that expedient use is made of a twin-spindle motor control whereby various calculations can be made.
  • the sorting out of bad lids can be effected by skipping the punching-out section, and instead feed the whole web further to granulators or roll winders.
  • Bad lids can, for example, be lids where the foil, the forming or the printing are not in order.
  • Optical equipment can be mounted for the checking of the items produced, whereby the optical equipment compares the picture of the foil web with another picture which has previously been scanned, and hereby registers any irregularities.
  • this process can also include the checking of the packaging parts.
  • the packaging part can be a rectangular lid comprising a lid surface 3 and an edge 4, the underside of which engages in or grips around the container on which the lid is mounted.
  • Fig. 6 shows the printing roller 8 and the foil web with packaging parts 2 seen from above, and where the formed lids are fed from the one side, provided with the required print and continue further towards the drying and separation section for further handling.
  • the dry offset printing itself is applied to the surface of the lid, and the disclosed method according to the invention ensures that the print lies correctly centred.

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  1. Verfahren zum Bedrucken von geformten Verpackungsteilen (2), insbesondere Deckeln zur Verpackung, wobei die Verpackungsteile mindestens zwei unterschiedlich angeordnete Oberflächenebenen (3, 4) in vertikaler Richtung, zum Beispiel eine Deckeloberfläche (3) und eine Kante (4), haben, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass
    die geformten Verpackungsteile (2) einen Teil einer kontinuierlichen Folienbähn (1) aufweisen, auf der die individuellen Verpackungsteile (2) im Abstand voneinander liegen und über die Folienbahn in Verbindung miteinander stehen,
    die kontinuierliche Folienbahn mit den geformten Verpackungsteilen zu einem Druckabschnitt B vorwärts bewegt wird,
    das Drucken der geformten Verpackungsteile (2) in dem Druckabschnitt mit Druckkissen (10) ausgeführt wird und jeder Druckzyklus ein Verpackungsteil oder mehrere Verpackungsteile umfasst, die parallel und in einem seitlichen Abstand voneinander liegen, wenn die Verpackungsteile (2) längliche vorzugsweise parallele Zeilen (13) bilden, wobei die Zeilen mindestens eine und vorzugsweise vier Zeilen haben und die Zeilen in Querrichtung ähnliche vorzugsweise parallele Zeilen (14) bilden, und
    die bedruckten Verpackungsteile anschließend vorwärts zu einem Trennabschnitt D befördert werden, in dem die einzelnen Verpackungsteile von der Folienbahn durch einen Trennprozess vorzugsweise durch Stanzen getrennt werden.
  2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die kontinuierliche Folienbahn mit den Verpackungsteilen (2), wenn sie vorwärts und rückwärts über einen Zufuhrunterzug bewegt wird, auf diesen in der Querrichtung mittels Führungselementen (15) gehalten wird.
  3. Verfahren nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass während der Vorwärts- und Rückwärtsbewegungen die kontinuierliche Folienbahn mit den Verpackungsteilen in der Längsrichtung mittels eines Mitnehmerelementes (5) gehalten und gesteuert wird.
  4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Mitnehmerelemente (5) Radsätze haben, wobei die Radsätze vorzugsweise vier Paare von Rädern haben, und dass die Räder paarweise auf jeder Seite der Folienbahn (1) angeordnet sind und in Kontakt damit stehen, um einen oberen Radsatz (6) und einen unteren Radsatz (7) gegenüberliegend voneinander zu bilden, wobei der obere Radsatz (6) gefedert und der untere Radsatz (7) motorbetrieben ist.
  5. Verfahren nach einem der vorgehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Druckabschnitt B mindestens ein Druckkissen (10), vorzugsweise vier pro Längszeile der Verpackungsteile, und ein oder vorzugsweise zwei Gegendruck-Widerlager (12) hat, wobei das Druckkissen und das Gegendruck-Widerlager jeweils auf einer rotierbaren Trommel (8, 9) befestigt ist und wobei ein Druckkissen (10) und ein Gegendruck-Widerlager (12) gegenüberliegend voneinander während des Druckvorgangs liegen.
  6. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Verpackungsteile (2) Deckel zum Verpacken sind und vorzugsweise aus Plastik bestehen, und eine Deckeloberfläche (3) und eine Kante (4) haben, die auf einer anderen Ebene im Bezug auf die Deckeloberfläche (3) angeordnet ist.
  7. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass während des Bedruckens die Verpackungsteile sich nach vorne bei einer Geschwindigkeit bewegen, die der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit des Druckkissens entspricht, und nach dem Bedrucken einer Zeile von Verpackungsteilen die Folienbahn ihre Bewegung stoppt, anschließend die Folienbahn vorzugsweise eine Entfernung rückwärts bewegt und relativ zu den nachfolgenden Druckkissen positioniert wird, und sich anschließend beim Bedrucken der nachfolgenden Verpackungsteile in Querrichtung bei einer Geschwindigkeit bewegt, die der Umfangsgeschwindigkeit der Druckkissen entspricht.
  8. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Bedrucken und die Vorwärtsbeförderung zum Druckabschnitt B relativ zueinander durch ein Steuersystem und ein Positioniersystem gesteuert und reguliert werden, wobei das Steuersystem vorzugsweise CNC-Technik (18) aufweist und das Positioniersystem vorzugsweise Sensoren (16) hat.
  9. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Trennabschnitt D eine Stanzmaschine hat, wobei die Stanzmaschine die Verpackungsteile aus der Folie ausstanzt.
  10. Verfahren nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche; dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verfahren außerdem einen Trocknungsprozess C hat, wobei der Trocknungsprozess nach dem Druckabschnitt B und vor dem Trennabschnitt D durchgeführt wird.
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