EP1303452A1 - Procede et dispositif d'empilage d'objets plats - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif d'empilage d'objets plats

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EP1303452A1
EP1303452A1 EP01947093A EP01947093A EP1303452A1 EP 1303452 A1 EP1303452 A1 EP 1303452A1 EP 01947093 A EP01947093 A EP 01947093A EP 01947093 A EP01947093 A EP 01947093A EP 1303452 A1 EP1303452 A1 EP 1303452A1
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stacking
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objects
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shaft
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Erwin Müller
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Ferag AG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/003—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/02—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by mechanical grippers engaging the leading edge only of the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2405/00—Parts for holding the handled material
    • B65H2405/50—Gripping means
    • B65H2405/55—Rail guided gripping means running in closed loop, e.g. without permanent interconnecting means

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  • the invention is in the field of conveyor technology and relates to a method and a device according to the preambles of the corresponding claims.
  • the method and device are used for stacking flat objects, in particular printed products such as newspapers, magazines, etc., which are flatly fed to the stacked objects in a conveying stream.
  • Print products are stacked, for example, for intermediate storage between processing steps or for packaging before shipping.
  • a stacking shaft with an essentially vertical stacking axis is used, which stacking shaft has a floor plan that essentially corresponds to the shape of the printed products and, at the bottom, an advantageously vertically displaceable stacking table.
  • the stacking chute is open on the upper side (opposite the stacking table). The products are fed into this opening and are positioned in the stacking shaft through this opening.
  • Printed products are fed to such a stacking shaft, for example in the form of a shingled stream lying loosely on a conveying base, for example on a conveyor belt, the leading product edges being on the top of the stream.
  • a conveying base for example on a conveyor belt
  • the products are conveyed to the opening of the stacking shaft and each product is conveyed through them Push the opening until it falls into the shaft or onto products already stacked in the shaft.
  • the stacking table can usually be moved in the vertical direction and is set in such a way that the top of the stack created in the shaft is immediately below the opening at all times.
  • Stacking by supplying a loosely lying shingled stream to a stacking shaft is described, for example, in the publication DE-2752513 (or CA-1091707, F93) or EP-0309745 (or US-4886265, F244).
  • the feed is also suitable by means of grippers coupled to a pulling element, each holding a product at its leading edge, pulling it over the stacking shaft opening and then releasing it.
  • Both of the briefly described stacking methods thus include a horizontal feed and a subsequent free fall, which means a change of direction that is not easy to master and an uncontrolled movement.
  • the object of the invention is to create a method and a device for stacking flat objects which are fed in series in a conveying stream, in particular for stacking printed products, in such a way that stacking without free fall and without slipping movement or at least is made possible with a significantly reduced, slipping movement in such a way that, according to the invention, even objects known to be difficult to stack become easily stackable.
  • the method and device should be easy to use not only for the production of simple stacks but also for the production of so-called cross stacks in which the products are rotated in layers relative to one another by 180 ° about the stack axis.
  • the method according to the invention essentially consists of feeding the objects to the stack individually, forming a stack-like arrangement from a group of objects supplied in this way, in which the objects are still kept individually, stabilizing the stack-like arrangement and the Only then release items from their individual retention, which then creates the desired stack.
  • the objects are thus held individually in the area of an edge, and in groups, each group having a plurality of objects which are parallel to one another, essentially transversely to the conveying direction and aligned with one another and which have such small distances from one another that they are individual held stacked and can be stabilized in this stack-like arrangement.
  • the above-mentioned, stack-like arrangement essentially consists in that areas of the objects of a group lying opposite the held edge areas are brought into a position in which they are positioned relative to one another essentially as in a real stack, that is to say in direct contact with one another and as high as possible Mass are aligned with each other, while the areas of the held edges are aligned with each other, but have a distance from each other defined by the means with which they are held.
  • This stack-like arrangement is stabilized in a suitable manner and only then are the objects released from their retention, so that the areas of the originally held edges of the objects come to lie against one another and the group of objects forms a real stack in which the objects stack on one another fully aligned directly on top of each other or lie against each other.
  • the stacks are conveyed away in a manner known per se.
  • a stack-like arrangement as is created in an intermediate phase according to the method according to the invention, is only possible if the flat objects can be bent at least to a limited extent parallel to the held edge and if the distances between the objects defined by the held conveyance are based on this bendability and the number to be processed in a group Items is matched.
  • Completely stiff objects can theoretically only be arranged in a stack-like arrangement of the type mentioned if their held edges abut each other without any spacing. Appropriate, sustained funding is rather difficult to implement.
  • the degree to which the regions opposite the held edges can be aligned with one another in the stack-like arrangement also depends on the distance between the held edges and additionally on the manner in which the held edges are aligned with one another. With an arcuate, in particular with an arcuate arrangement of the held edges, there is a higher degree of alignment for the object areas opposite the held edges than is the case with a straight alignment of the held edges.
  • FIG. 1 shows a group of objects conveyed on hold, as is fed to the stacking according to the invention
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b show the diagram of an exemplary embodiment of the method according to the invention for producing simple stacks (FIG. 3a) and for producing cross stacks (FIG. 3b);
  • FIG. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention for producing simple stacks
  • FIGS. 5a and 5b show a side view (FIG. 5a) and a top view (FIG. 5b) of a further exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention for producing cross stacks;
  • FIGS. 6a and 6b show another exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention for producing cross stacks in two states, in which stack sections for cross stacks rotated relative to one another are created.
  • FIG. 1 shows a group 1 of flat objects 2 as they are conveyed to the stacking according to the invention.
  • the objects 2 are held individually by holding elements 3, which holding elements each have a rolling or sliding body 4 and a gripper 5 arranged thereon.
  • the objects 2 are held by the gripper 5 in the region of an upper edge 10 here in such a way that they are arranged essentially transversely to the conveying direction F, essentially parallel to one another and aligned with one another.
  • the rolling or sliding bodies 4 roll along a rail track 6 and are driven with a suitable drive for this movement.
  • the holding elements 3 are designed such that when they are positioned in contact with one another on the rail track 6, a regular distance between objects 2 held by them is set.
  • the rolling or sliding bodies 4 that define this distance, that is to say all of the same length in the conveying direction F, which length is greater than the corresponding extension of the grippers 5 and the objects 2 (thickness of the objects).
  • the holding elements 3 are advantageously at least to a limited extent independent of one another, that is to say with varying distances from one another, can be moved along the rail track 6, and they are driven for stacking in such a way that the distances within groups 1 correspond to the minimum distance.
  • a drive system with magnetizable drive elements 7, which are continuously moved in a rail 8 running parallel to the rail track 6 of the rolling or sliding bodies 4 in the conveying direction F and to which the rolling or sliding bodies 4 are coupled, is suitable as the drive, as long as the driving elements 7 are magnetized.
  • a conveyor system suitable for feeding objects 2 into the stack according to the invention with holding elements 3 and a drive, to which the holding elements 3 are optionally coupled and are conveyed in the conveying direction F along a rail track 6, is described, for example, in the publication WO-99/33731 (F475).
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b each show groups 1 of objects 2 held individually by holding elements 3 in a stack-like arrangement, as are created according to the inventive method before the objects 2 are released from the holding.
  • the regions of the objects 2 lying opposite the held edges 10 lie against one another in such a stack-like arrangement and are aligned with one another as well as possible.
  • these areas opposite the held edges 10 are held together, for example, by suitable pressing means 11 by pressing.
  • FIG. 2a which shows a straight alignment of the held edges 10 (straight rail track 6 on which the holding elements 3 are arranged)
  • the objects 2 for creating the stack-like arrangement be bendable to a very limited extent and that the minimum distance between the objects 2 and / or the number of objects 2 to be processed in a group 1 defined by the holding elements 3 must be matched to this bendability.
  • FIG. 2a A comparison of FIG. 2a with FIG. 2b, in which the holding means 3 are arranged on a rail track 6 which is curved in the form of an arc, that is to say the held edges 10 are aligned with one another in a circular arc, shows how the orientation of the object regions opposite the held edges 10 is not only of the distances between the objects but also on the type of alignment of the held edges 10 with one another, that is to say depending on the shape of the rail track 6.
  • the objects In order to create a real stack from a stack-like arrangement, as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b, the objects have to be released by the grippers 5 so that the areas of the held edges 10 can also be brought into a mutually adjacent state , and the areas opposite the held edges may have to be aligned even better with one another.
  • This alignment represents a sliding relative movement between the objects 2 to be stacked and is therefore limited to a minimum by the best possible alignment of these object areas already in the stack-like arrangement.
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b schematically show the sequence of the method according to the invention on a method variant in which simple stacks (alignment of all objects in the stack are the same) or cross stacks (orientation of the objects in sections rotated by 180 ° around the stack axis A) can be produced.
  • FIG. 3a illustrates the production of simple stacks 20 or stacks in which the correlation between the orientation of the objects in the feed flow supplied and their orientation in the stack is the same for all objects.
  • the holding elements 3 are driven along a rail line 6 shown by a dash-dotted line in the conveying direction F, specifically in groups 1 in which they lie close together, so that the minimum distances are set between the objects 2 held by them.
  • the object areas of a group 1 opposite the held object edges 10 are encompassed and pressed together by pressing means 11, which in this phase are moved on a track 21 parallel to the rail track.
  • the holding means 3 are advantageously arranged on a part of the rail track 6 which is curved in the shape of a circular arc (see also FIG. 2b).
  • the stack-like arrangement is stabilized by the pressing and the objects 2 can be released from the holding. This is realized by a divergence between rail track 6 and track 21 on which the pressing means 11 move and by control means (not shown) by which the grippers 5 are opened.
  • the group 1 stabilized by the pressing means 11 is transported through this against a stacking shaft 22 and placed in the stacking shaft. Then the pressing means 11 are moved apart to release the group 1 and, for example, extended laterally out of the stacking shaft 22.
  • the stacks 20 produced in the manner described are removed as such from the bottom of the stacking shaft 22 in a manner known per se or they can be combined as stacking sections in the stacking shaft to form a stack comprising a plurality of stacking sections and only then be released from the stacking shaft 22. In the latter case, a plurality of stacking tables 23 movable laterally out of the stacking shaft are to be provided. If cross-stacks are to be produced using the method illustrated in FIG. 3a, a stacking shaft, for example, is to be provided, in which stacking sections are placed, while a lower part of the stack is rotated by 180 ° about the stacking axis before the stacking section is added.
  • the stack-like arrangement in which the object regions opposite the held edges 10 are held against one another by pressing means 11, can also be subjected to strapping directly, with a strapping band 24 being placed around the objects 2 of the group 1 arranged in a stack, as is shown in the reference number 25 indicated detail and how this can be carried out in a strapping station known per se if the strapping station is arranged on the parallel movement path (6 and 21) of holding elements 3 and pressing means 11.
  • a stack-like arrangement stabilized with pressing means 11 can, after the objects 2 have been released, be deposited by the holding elements 3 without a stacking shaft 22, for example directly on a conveyor belt.
  • the prerequisite for a method variant as shown in detail 25 is that the object areas opposite the held edges 10 are already sufficiently well aligned with one another in the stack-like arrangement for the definitive stack.
  • the method according to FIG. 3b differs from the method according to FIG. 3a in that every second object group 1 after the objects 2 have been released from the holding elements (not shown) and before being deposited in the stacking shaft 22 by a corresponding rotation of the pressing means, of which the group 1 is held, is rotated by 180 ° about the stacking axis A.
  • stacks 20 stored in the stacking shaft 22 become so-called cross-layers, that is to say too relative stack sections rotated relative to one another by 180 ° about the stack axis A, which together form a cross stack.
  • a device for carrying out the method according to FIGS. 3a and 3b has, for example, a conveyor system according to publication WO-99 / 33-731 (F475), as well as a circulation system equipped for the necessary movements of a plurality of pressing means 11, a stacking shaft 22 and means for conveying away stacks 20 created in the stacking shaft 22, a strapping station being used instead of a stacking shaft 22 for the variant 25.
  • a conveyor system according to publication WO-99 / 33-731 (F475), as well as a circulation system equipped for the necessary movements of a plurality of pressing means 11, a stacking shaft 22 and means for conveying away stacks 20 created in the stacking shaft 22, a strapping station being used instead of a stacking shaft 22 for the variant 25.
  • FIG. 4 shows, in a very schematic manner, an exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention, which is used to produce simple stacks 20 from objects 2 supplied in groups and individually.
  • the device has a conveyor system with holding elements 3, a rail track 6 and a suitable drive for moving the holding elements 3 along the rail track 6, for example in the manner as has already been described above.
  • the conveyor system is designed in such a way that groups 1 of supplied objects 2 are guided over a stacking shaft 22 and are transferred into a stack-like arrangement with the aid of a correspondingly running (for example circular arc) rail section piece and a stacking table 23, the stacking table 23 serving as a stabilizing agent and possibly supporting it by means of an auxiliary underlay 31.
  • the objects 2 in the stack-like arrangement are released by the grippers 4, for example by opening and pivoting the grippers 4 (or by opening the grippers 4 and pushing the objects away through a corresponding backdrop), either successively during the stacking table 23 descends into the stacking shaft and the objects get into the guidance of the stacking shaft walls or all at the same time and only when the entire stack 20 (or stacking section) is positioned in the stacking shaft.
  • the auxiliary support 31 can be pivoted away from the stacking shaft opening.
  • the stacking shaft 22 advantageously has a plurality of, for example, rotating stacking tables 23, so that during the formation of a stack-like arrangement and its positioning in the stacking shaft 22, a previously created stack 20 can be lowered onto a conveying means 40 (for example a conveying belt) and transported away.
  • a conveying means 40 for example a conveying belt
  • the stacking tables 23 are designed to be pivotable or extendable from the stacking shaft. If cross stacks are to be produced with the device, the lower part of the stacking shaft 22 is to be made rotatable about the stacking axis.
  • the rail track 6 runs downwards, so that gravity can be used as the force driving the holding elements 3. For this reason, no further drive is to be provided in this area and a drive to which the holding means 3 can be coupled and as described, for example, in publication WO-99/33731 (F475), can be provided on one of the conveying paths of the holding means (rail track 6 ) run different funding path 41. This may make it possible to give the arc-shaped rail section a smaller radius .;
  • Figures 5a and 5b show a side view (Fig. 5a) and a top view (Fig. 5b) of another exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention. Like the embodiment according to FIG. 4, this has a conveyor system with holding elements 3 and rail track 6, as well as a stacking shaft 22 and a stacking path conveyor 40.
  • the rail track 6 has a controllable branching point 42 above the stacking shaft 22, from which two branches 6.1 and 6.2 (both only visible in FIG. 5b) extend towards the bottom on both sides of the stacking shaft 22 and in opposite directions Directions by 90 ° rotate.
  • Groups 1 of items 2 are used for the formation of stack-like
  • auxiliary support 31 Arrangements and their stabilization by the stacking table 23 and the auxiliary support 31 alternately controlled on one or the other rail track 6.1 or 6.2 and thereby rotated by 90 ° in alternating directions and placed on opposite sides on the stacking table 23, so that they stacked layers crossed in the stacking shaft 22 form.
  • the auxiliary support 31 is advantageously designed such that it supports the object areas opposite the held edges 10 during the rotation by 90 °, during which rotation the group 1 is also formed and brought into the stack-like arrangement.
  • the holding elements 3 on the rail tracks 6.1 and 6.2 are driven by gravity, so that a rotating drive according to WO-99/33731 (F475) over the stacking shaft 22 along one of the conveying paths (rail tracks 6.1 and 6.2) of the holding elements 3 different funding path 41 can run.
  • WO-99/33731 F475
  • FIGS. 6a and 6b show a further, exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention, which in turn is used for the production of cross stacks, FIG. 6a showing the device in a configuration for storing a first stack section and FIG. 6b the device in a configuration for storing one the first stack section is followed by the second stack section, which is rotated by 180 ° about the stack axis A with respect to the first stack section.
  • the device in turn has a conveyor system with holding elements 3 and a rail track 6, as well as a stacking shaft 22 with a plurality of stacking screens 23 which can be lowered therein and a conveying means 40.
  • the rail track 6 has, above the stacking shaft 22, a rail section 6.3 rotatable about the stacking axis A by 180 ° with an arc-shaped region and two rail sections 6.4 and 6.5 adjoining this rotatable rail section 6.3 in both of its positions for conveying away the holding elements 3 after removal - release of items 2.
  • the rotatable rail section 6.3 connects to the feeding rail track 6, along which the holding means 3 with the objects 2 are fed, so that a group 1 of objects 2 or holding means 3 on the rotatable rail section positioned and at the same time can be formed into a stack-like arrangement (stabilization by auxiliary pad 31).
  • rotatable rail piece 6.5 it is also conceivable for the rotatable rail piece 6.5 to assume a central position for the connection to the feeding rail track 6 and for the storage of alternating stack sections to be rotated through 90 ° in opposite directions.

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Abstract

Selon la présente invention, des objets plats (2), en particulier des produits imprimés, sont dirigés individuellement par le biais d'éléments de maintien (3) au niveau d'un bord (10) d'objet, de manière à former des piles (20). Des groupes (1) d'objets (2), amenés les uns à la suite des autres, sont agencés sous la forme d'une pile. Les régions des objets opposées aux bords (10) maintenus sont superposées, pendant que les objets (2) restent maintenus. Les groupes empilés sont stabilisés par des moyens appropriés puis les objets (2) sont alors retirés de leur unité de maintien. Les groupes empilés (1) sont stabilisés par positionnement des zones d'objets opposées aux bords maintenus (10) sur une table d'empilage (23) pouvant être déplacée dans le sens vertical dans une cuve d'empilage (22) et/ou sur un support auxiliaire (31), puis pressées et cerclées par des moyens appropriés. Avant d'être déposés sur une table d'empilage (23), les groupes de piles (1), formés les uns à la suite des autres, peuvent être pivotés de manière alternée autour de l'axe d'empilage (A), de sorte que qu'ils sont positionnés pour former des couches d'une pile entrecroisée dans la cuve d'empilage (22). Cette technique d'empilage convient particulièrement à l'empilage de produits imprimés et présente, par rapport aux procédés d'empilage connus, l'avantage d'éviter de manière significative tout mouvement incontrôlé ou incontrôlable des produits.
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